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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
Business Outlook as Rep5rted by
Schwartz, Dupee & Co.
CHICAGO. ILL. Nov. 80.

CHICAGO: Ill, Nov. 80.
Those who have been predicting that
there could be no genuine revival OF
business this fall because of the APP
preaching session of congress and con-
sequent talk of possible action on the
currency and Cuban questions are be-
ginning to see the weakness of their
position.
With the price of railroad and other
securities advancing every day, and
with wheat approaching dollar in price
all the time and actually selling at that
figure last week, there is little comfort
for the professional croaker. The stu
alton In wheat is a particularly strong
one for those who believe in still better
values for that grain. The present firm
ness is not only purely natural, but is
substantial in the face of a considerable
amount of short selling every day by
men who have been educated to lower
range for wheat. These traders have
many times been compelled to settle
their contracts at loss since wheat left
the 70-cent mark some months ago, and
they are not as confident as formerly
On the other hand the undoubted
shortage of wheat all over the world is
bound to have its legitimate effect.
When this time comes, those who are
on the bull side claim, dollar wheat will
look cheap. In the meantime the far
mer is assured of a ready market at ex-
cellent prices for his grain and as the
bulk of it goes abroad and brings money
to this country there is no one here,
who, directly or indirectly, does not
receive some benefit from the transac
| ton.
Corn has been sluggish in action, even
at low price, for several weeks, but
with the rise in wheat will come an APP
probation in corn values, and farmers
are holding corn rather than market it
at present prices. Provisions are at a
low-water mark in point price, owing
to the free arrival of hogs, but are now
on basis where there should be little
| if any decline.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
he Opera Hat.

This evening the new opera house
will be opened by nice company be
fore nice audience This is the SUI
preme opportunity for twin city ladies
to settle the bat question right. Dom
make a high lat ordinance necessary
but start in by wearing your smallest
not largest headcovering. OF course
there are many who have perhaps bu
one hat for such occasions and that ha
is ceiling scraper. Remove it while
the play is on and accept grateful thanks
forever afterward FROM an appreciativc
people in the seats behind you
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
Conditions of Trade.

The heavy exports of wheat, with the
renewed advance In price, is the most
interesting and important feature of the
weeks events Since August LIST when
the extent of foreign deficiency became
realized, exports have been larger than
in corresponding weeks of any previous
year. The cotton exports also have be-
come very heavy, and the outgo of corn
falls but little below last years unpre-
cedented record, while in exports of
manufacturing products, especially ma
chinery, all records for the season have
been surpassed. While the aggregate
tor November last year was over $780,
100000, shipments from New York for
three weeks have been but slightly
smaller, with fair prospect that the
known increase in cotton and other pro-
ducts from other ports may make up
the deficiency. Meanwhile imports are
running behind last years, at New York
nearly 100000 this month, so that
another excess of exports over imports
amounting to about $50, 100000 for the
month is probable. But this would
make an excess of about 1925, 200, 900 in
four months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
The Working Girl in Society.

'The social position of the working
girl is recognized, and it is with her to
be success in society or not" writes
Ruth Ashmore in the December Ladies
Home Journal, Of ''The Social Position
of the Girl Who Works" "She is quick
of wit, and she need make no mistakes
if she notes what the older women do.
She will be wise if she makes for her
self friend Of some woman in society
who is older than herself and who is
kind of heart. But she must not pre-
sumo upon this kindness The girl who
works, like the girl whose duties are in
her own home, must learn what tact
means.
GA well-mannered, tastefully dressed
agreeable girl is social delight. Beauty
is not social necessity. but desirable
personality is. Therefore, make your
self agreeable. Share your pleasures
with your neighbor. and behold, when
your neighbor has joy you will be in
vited to divide it with her. Selfshness
is girls social ruin. Tact, which is
society's word for consideration and
sympathy, is the art you must cultivate
And what is tact after all? 1t is saying
and doing the right thing at the right
time and in the right place. And that
is nothing more than you are asked to
do by the greatest of all Teachers, 'the
doing unto others as you would they
should do unto you"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02

DR.. d. A. Teller, dentist. office over
Wood County National bank, Grand
Rapids, Wisconsin. Will be out of town
every Monday and Tuesday If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
Home Seekers Excursions.

On November 2nd. 10Th, and Decem
Der 9Th and 2lst, 1897, the G. B. & w
R. R. Co. will sell excursion tickets fol
one fare plus S2G0 for the round trip to
points in Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas
Indian Territory, Oklahoma, Wyoming
Colorado, Utah, South and North Da
kota, Minnesota and Iowa Also points
in southern states. Tickets limited tc
% days from date of sale For particu
lars call on the agent.
Nv A. d. Hill, Agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
There is a Class of People

Who are injured by the use of coffee
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called Grain-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place Of coffee The most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and but few can tell it from
coffee. 1t does not cost over ! as much.
Children may drink it with benefit. Is
cents and % cents per package. Try it.
Ask for Grain-O. Sept.9y1.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
ST. Paul Ry. Excursions.

The c., M. & st. Paul Ry. will sell
Home Seekers Excursion tickets Nov
ember 10Th and Dec eth and Dist, 1897,
to points on their line Also to points
in Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colo
RADIO, Florida, Georgia. Idaho, Indian
Territory, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Miss
issippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, North
Carolina, North Dakota, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, South Carolina,
Oregon, and Oklahoma. Good Il DAYS
to return from date of sale. One fare
for the round trip with $500 added.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
What DIR. A. E. SaIter Says.

- BUFFALO, n. Y.-Gents: From
my personal knowledge, gained in OBJ
serving the effect of your Shiloh's Cure
in cases of advanced Consumption, /
am prepared to say it is the most re-
markable Remedy that has ever been
brought to my attention. 1t has GER
tainly saved many from Consumption.
Sold by John E. DAILY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
Take a Knife
And Slash

into any stuffed furniture you get
here. You'll find it is made just
as we said. If we said it was
stuffed with hair-you'll find hair
not moss or excelsior. The
frame will be strong, made for
wear as we'll as for ornament. 1t
will be worth every dollar you
paid for it. 1t will give immense
satisfaction, and if it ever wears
out, you will come back for a
duplicate of it.
j. w. NATWICK
cENTRALlA, WIS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
ONE OF TWO WAYS.

The bladder was created for one pur-
pose, namely, receptacle for the urine,
and as such it is not liable to any form
of disease except by one of two ways
The first way is from imperfect action
of the kidneys. The second way is
from careless local treatment of other
diseases.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02

We solicit any business connected with
banking, and promise prompt and
careful attention to every interest
entrusted to us.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-12-02
The Other Side.

He-1t seems to me that bashful
lover is about the most pitiful object in
the world.
She-How about the Chicago
Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
First Transvaa, Paper.

Journalism in the Transvaal dates
back less than forty years; the first
paper published there appeared be-
tween 1850 and 1860, probably in 1853,
says the Westminster Gazette. 1t was
called the De Dude Emigrant, and the
editor, printer and publisher WAS a
Cape Colonial Dutchmau. 1t was issued
NJ Potchcfsstroom, which, although
most of our contemporaries seem una
ware Of the fact, was then and still is
the capital of the South African repub-
lie. The paper, which was short-lived.
was "A single sheet printed on both
sides. and it's reports were personally
carried to the office on horseback by
the more enterprising and educated OF
the old yoortrekkers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18

with spontaneous epiGram, locked I'D
in these vast, gloomy rooms. How
strangely the place dominated the peo-
pie. The old seemed the significant
fact, the infesting butterflies but sha-
dowy things inhabiting for brief pc
riod this great somber pile. He looked
up and noticed door that had escaped
his observation in the afternoon. He
tried the handle. then cold shudder
went through him as he turned from il
and crossed the immense room, only
dimly lit by candles that spluttered at
intervals. Ee glanced again at the
locked door. What q miserable hole
they had consigned him to! A wild
desire to sneak away elsewhere became
almost irresistible.
Unable to rest, he flung himself out
of bed, stirred up the fire TO a blaze,
and lit every candle in the room. As
he held the match To each one he
looked with renewed fear over his
shoulder. Then he placed chair near
the fire, yet facing the dreaded quar-
ter. and sat down. determined TO watch
till daybreak. But with inactivity and
the dead silence and the blaze of light
The strange incomprehensible terror
returned doublefold The sound of his
own breathing became painful. He
thought OF Mary Clifford, then some
thing moved. He sat still as one par
alyzed; his blood romped through his
veins, and icy hands seemed to grip his
heart. The handle before him turned,
md the door that had not opened for
a hundred years swung back and a man
walked slowly into the room. He was
dressed In evening clothes. and seemed
10 all appearance like other men, but
for a startling expression in his gray
eyes. Ra.f rose to his feet tongue-tied
while his visitor walked to the fire.
place and sat down. Il can give you
an hour" he murmured. There was
silence.
what for?" said Ralf at last.
.'To live" he answered, indifferently.
It leaped to Ralf Segweiis mind that
he was entertaining Il mailman. The
house was full, which necessitated the
using of this room. The mysterious
door was undoubtedly the entrance to
tho apartments OF some insane relative.
His own previous apprehension must
have been caused by latent con-
seriousness of human presence
stones throw from him. The thought
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18

put of butter from a slightly increased
number Of COWS has been increased
three-fourths. How shall we account
for this? Those who have made ex-
tensive observations in the south con-
firm Us in the statement that while it
had in tho earlier years a great many
cows, they were poorly cared for and
moro poorly fed. The Introduction Oh
tie so-called "no-fcnce" laws. which
requires that all stock shall be kept at
home or fenced in, has, however, led
To the elimination of worthless COWS
and the better care Of those remain
ing. The production Of cheese has
doubled also. This Industry has re-
Gently been firmly established in the
state of South Carolina, where 1t was
previously unknown.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
Bear trapped Himself.

While William Delong OF Cammal.
Pa, was driving along the road with
his butcher wagon, a bear smelt him
and began to follow him. The rear door
was open and coming up behind, Bruin
calmly climbed in and commenced
chewing on a leg of mutton. His paw
struck the lever which closes the door.
1t shut with bang. and belong, to his
intense surprise, found that he had
live as well as dead meat aboard. The
bear tried his best to escape, but
couldn't, and Delong drove four miles
to Cammal, where the animal was shot.
and converted into steaks.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
MX2N

ailments. I have reared many thou
sands of fowls. l have examined
every bird | got hatched, but q
crooked-breasted chicken l never saw
when Matched; they all come out
as right as they can possibly be. l
once got sitting OF Leghorn eggs from
a famous English breeder. | reared SIX
OirGs, and every one had q crooked
breast. The cause was q towel rail
that happened to- be in their house
with chickens, and the lively little crea-
lures perched On it when their bones
were soft, and this caused the deform-
ity. AS usually happens, the best pair
were tho most deformed. | was not
AFRAID, however. TO breed from them,
though the fact that the whole DrooG
were dcformed looked like an heredi-
tary weakness. / reared about forty
chickens from the pair. The chick
ems came all right. / left them TINS
time in house with nothing but straw
to sit on, and the breasts of every one
of them kept as straight as they could
be. Turkeys are very subject to this
defoTmity; the good ones are partic-
ularIy so. and people object TO maze
bird with the slightest tendency in
that way. Some years age | lost
good deal by it. The very best OF the
flock were those usually affected. l
adopted very good plan. / prepared
a turkey house with divisions II 1T.
by It. for each brood. These were
3 it. high, covered over with wire net
ting, and the floor is concrete. put in
straw for nests. and when they get
larger I cover the floor with straw,
which is taken out every day and shak-
en- and returned. / leave the young
birds in these pens till about Septem-
Der. l then remove the wire netting,
and put in. lath on top Of the d.
visions. on which | nail strips OF old
carpet, and pack with hay, forming
cushion. l have worked on this plan
for number of years. and never had
q single case of crooked breast.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
Graduation of Test Bottles.

Many of the Babcock bottles. Their
momoters and pipettes which are pur-
chased from the dairy supply houses
are improperly graduated. The follow
ing method for testing such bottles Is
simple, rapid and accurate enough tor
all practical purposes. Fill the Dottie
20 tho zero mark of the scale with
water, removing any drops that may
adhere to the neck with a strip or dot
ting or filter paper. Then add TWO
cubic centimeter pipette full oil water
10 the test bottle. II the bottle is prop
erly graduated the water added will fill
It TO the ten per cent mark. II the
water comes two-tenths of q Per cent
or more above or below the ten per cent
mark the bottle should be destroyed
In making this test always read from
the lowest point Of the curve formed
by the surface of the water on level
with the eye. Pipettes for the above
purpose can be ordered by residents of
Pennsylvania through the experiment
station at cost OF 50 cents each in ad-
vance. Common dairy Thermometers
are liable to be several degrees in error
and should always be compared with q
standard instrument before using. Cor
rect thermometers for this purpose, as
well as standard milk and cream pip
cites, test bottles. ETC.. can also be Or
dered through the station on the terms
named in Bulletin 33.-M. E. Melon
nell. Pennsylvania Experiment Station.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18

A correspondent writes: Il was drunk
on and off for over twenty years, drunk
when had money. sober when had none
Many dear friends lost, and and numbers
gave me good advice TO no purpose; but,
thank God, an angel hand came at last in
the form of my POOR wife, who admins
tered your marvellous remedy, "Anti-Jag,"
to me without my knowledge or consent.
am now saved and completely trans
formed from worthless fellow to sober
and respected citizen"
Ii "Anti-Jag" cannot be had at your
druggist, it will be mailed III plain wrapper
with full directions how To give secretly,
on receipt of One Dollar, by the Renova
Chemical Co.. G6 Broadway, New York, or
they will gladly mail full particulars free
TO you
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
S.nniiest in the wori,t

The smallest inhabited ISLAM. in the
world is that on which Eddystone light
house stands. At low water IL is thir.
~ feet in diameter. At high water the
lighthouse, whose diameter at the base
is twenty-eight and three-quarter feet,
completely covers it. II is inhabited
By three persons. Il lies niue miles oft
the Cornish coast and fourteen miles
southwest of plymouth breekwater.-
Exchange.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
WISE WORDS.

The glory is not in the task. but in
the doing it for God.-Jean ingelow.
Love is on the verge of hate each
time it stoops for pardon.-Bulwer.
Let no man know thy business save
some friend, man of mind.-Bailey.
Home is the resort of love where dear
relations minglo into hliss.-Thomsou.
OF all thieves fools are the worst;
they rob you OF time and temper. -
Goethe,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18


Whats the fascination in Segwell?'
murmured a guest irreloyantly. LOOK
at him and Miss Clifford
"He deceives us ALL" answered 4
pretty American. "He's enigmatc and
melancholy. He's the only
concrete specimen Of evil know. We
talk good deal about bad things ana
read bad books, but on the whole mod
ernity is very good-don't you think
sow
Some OF you have ferocious bark,
Miss Swift"
Most persons bark is worse than
their bite; Ralf Segwell's bite is much
worse than his bark. j guess that's
why he's so uncanny. III fact, he
never barhs at all--he just walks IN to
one in friendly sort Of way and bites.
| hope they have consigned him to the
haunted roCm!"
They have, | believe, but he doesn't
know. They never tell their guests,
then nothing ever happens. There's
nothing TO happen, for they haven't a
ghost, you know; only Il door that
leads nowhere. An obtrusiye thing
that forces its personality or doorality
on you. II has not been opened for
hundreds of years-no human power
can force it,
=
Il asked Mary Clifford to please you. -
said Lady Wallace. They were sitting
together in the great hall. You were
such friends. i am sorry-it's host
ess' duty to know all these things. l
apologize" She noticed q weary eX-
preston settle on his face. Her SYM
pathies were touched. When their eyes
met she flushed and smiled with a
winning. Intimate grace that was dar-
ing without being bold. How shall l
atone?"
you witch!" he said in q very low
voice; then suddenly he stood up as a
little white figure passed at the end of
the hall.
1T was Miss Clifford" she said.
WAS it," he answered indilferently
'Let us talk about you
That night as Ralf Segwell shut him
self in his room the feeling of depres-
sion he experienced on arriving at
Mersdale returned. His thoughts wan
dered to the house party-nineteenth
century men and women, effervescing
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
Cost Of Carelessness.

A little carelessnesS In q dangerous
thing. | have found this out to my
cost. There is no reason why per-
son should permit their fowls to get
sick with the roup, except by down.
right carelessness: at least this is my
view of it. a short time ago, about
three weeks, one of the panes of glass
in the poultry house was broken. l
knew that the position Of the window
indicated that when the wind was in a
certain direction it would blow through
the apcrature onto the hens asleep on
the roost. | knew this, but kept neg
lecting the needed repairs from day
to day. None OF my fowls had ever
had roup, and so l had little fear Of it.
A few days ago l was surprised, in
going into the pen in the morning, to
find that one of my hens had her head
swelled up ard the water running
from her eyes. promptly sequestered
her. The next morning another was
found in the same shape. l put her
also in quarantine. Then I fixed the
window. If the fowls die 1t will be the
direct result Of negligence on my part.
This leads me to remark that most of
our poultry troubles are caused by want
Of proper care of the fowls or their
surroundings. This word Of caution
may do some reader of the Farmers
Review good, hence give it. AS to the
fowls, tried a remedy that I have
seen recommended. but which may be
a little hard on the fowls. l made n
solution of alum and naked with 1t
about one-third its quantity of vine
gar. / bathed the heads Of the fowls
with this, being careful that II got
into their nostrils. ! call it hard on
the fowls, for any one knows, or should
know, that alum water in the eyes Ia
of the birds are swelled shut it may
not be so very painful. At
last reports one OF the birds
had her eyes open and the swell
ing was going down. l wish the read
ers Of the Farmers Review would tell
me what they do in cases of this kind.
OF course l know what the books say.
but what is the practical experience?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
a Sure kI~u.

Her Awfully bad news.
sister," The Sister-"What% Hee
Brother-"That count of yours is a
bogus one" The Sister-''How did you
find that out?" Her Brother-'T was
telling him today how hard up was,
and he actually offered to lend nae
Si00."-Syracuse Post.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
Dairy Advancement. In the sou,,.


The mich cow may well be called
the housekeeper OF the farm. says q
writer in Southern States" From an
industrial and economic standpoint
she is the manufacturer of all forms
of spare food products made upon the
farm. For this reason her numbers
and products speak more eloquently
oftentimes. with regard to farm and
family thrift. than almost anything
else tho census counts. Let us see,
therefore. what her statistics teach us
with regard to the south. In 1880 the
census tells us there were only $780,
900 milch cows reported in the south I.
in 1890 this had increased to 2,S0O, 900.
and the reports of the department of
agriculture indicate that the cows in
the southern states now number about
100000. This is not great Increase
but the butter production tells a more
favorable story. The Southern States
under consideration produced in 1880
only 10000, 600 pounds OF butter, which
was less than seven pounds per capita
of the entire population, this Is only
enough to give each person a fair al
lowance of butter for each Sunday. In
1890 the same states produced 156, 900
300 pounds, or over ten pounds per
capita OF the population. In other
worlf, between 1880 and 1890 the out
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-18
A yery Sad Cuse.

"Plcase to give me something to eat.
sir" says an old woman. II had q
blind child--he was my only means Of
subsistence-and the poor boy has re-
covered his sight"