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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
SUGAR BEET INDUSTRY

Among the beet sugar men and sugar
beet raisers in Germany and Austria,
countries which export large quantities
of beet sugar to the United States, i
was always and is yet a subject of dis
cussion, why do the American far
mers not raise sugar heets and why Go
the people in the United States not
make their own sugar?" says A. G..
Veith Editor German Agricultural and
Horticultural Journal
AS | was practically engaged in
sugar beet raising in my own country,
Austria q came to this country in
1856, | made it a. subject of my inves-
tigation to find the real cause why
sugar heets are not raised here. In
that year there was only one sugar
beet factory in CT Grafton in the United
States and that was the factory at
AlvaradO, Cal. | visited this factory
in 1887, and although | did not get the
details about the let profits of the
product that was turned out, was told
that the factory would not work for
nothing. I spoke with the farmers who
and was told that they received a fair
profit per acre. but only the cheap
Chinese labor enabled them to raise
beets. The same answer that sugar
beets can only be raised with cheap
labor | hear from every farmer, not
only in California, but in Kansas and
Nebraska, with whom I have spoken
about sugar beet raising. Before re-
turning to my native country in 1881
visited the capital, Washington, and
had a talk with Prof H. w. Wiley,
chemist of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, and questioned
this gentleman about the possibility
Of sugar beet raising in the United
States. | was told that climate and
soil in many states are adapted to the
raising Of sugar beets, but that the
farmers do not know how to cultivate
the crop, thinking it costs too much
labor, and being satisfied with other
profitable crops with which they are
better acquainted But" he conclud-
ed, lit Will not be many years before
our farmers will raise sugar beets. -
What effect the United States govern
ment made 20 furnish the farmers and
those interested in beet sugar making
with all the facts gained in other coun-
tries, l learned during my stay in
Reichenberg, Bohemia, as director OF
the Agricultural school The United
States consular agent of that city, Mr.
Hayes, had orders tC make a report or
beet culture TO the State department
and l had the pleasure of furnishing
him all the :lata necessary We alsC
visited together one of the largest bee
sugar factories in Bohemia AS came
the second time to this country in Feb
ruary, 1891, I heard that beet sugar
factory had been started in GranC
Island, Neb., and that one would b.
built in Norfolk, Neb., and one also il
Chino, Cal. I visited the factory i,
Alvarado, Cal, again, saw that the!
had a new building and improved ma
chinery, and was told that they work
ed with profit. To-day we have in tn
United States seven sugar beet fac
tories in operation, and one will sool
De IN operation in Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
A PIXLEY CLUSTER.

When bad men win in politics
The wise ones always say:
1t was the Ubiquitous machine
That helped them win the day"
The moral here. it seems to us.
Is plainly to be seen.
Why don't the honest voters rise
And build a bigger machine?
The time is fast approaching
When the rural king will be
The man who could have traded dogs
With Mckinley in So
They say Mckinley cannot find
The right man to put in it.
That's queer, for anybody else
Can DO IL in a minute.
Frank Pixley in Chicago Times-Her-
aid
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
THE CYCLISTS DREAM.

Last night I dreamed a dream so dire:
1 left this world TO go
Where burns the everlasting fire,
The sulphurous flames that ne'er ex-
pire,
The awful realm of Woe
And there l saw, mid flames so red
That roared with frightful din,
The man we have all learned to dread
Who oft the cyclers' path has spread
With glass and tacks and tin.
| saw amid the awful heat
The ''scorcner'' scorch and char;
A fearful doom l saw him meet,
That wheelman who on crowded street
Raced the electric car.
was not wholly Mortified;
My bliss Ill not conceal,
In hottest corner 7 espied
The chap who stole my wheel
Joe Lincoln.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25

while it is passing from the autumna
! to the vernal equinox. the sun is soutl
Of the equator, and its path eonse
| quently runs low in our heavens.
Now the noon travels around tn,
/ earth in plane not very much inclined
(only five degrees and eight minutes
| to the path Of the sun. But the SUI
| takes twelve months to circle the
heavens, while the moon takes les
than one month. Accordingly at ont
time we find the moon near the sun
and about two weeks later just op-
poSite to the sun.
1t is clear hat when the moon is near
the sun, as at new moon, it will be
north Of the equator if the sun is north
and south if the sun is south But
when the moon is opposite to the sun
as at full moon, it VIII be north of the
equator, if the sun is south, and south
If the sun is north.
We have just seen that from autumn
until spring the sun is south of the
equator. 1t follows that in winter the
full moon will be north of the equator
and will run high i'll the sky. On the
other hand, during the summer. when
the sun is north of the equator, the
full moon will be south of it and will
run low in the sky. Some variation is
produced by the inclination Of the
moons orbit to tie ecliptic, but this
inclination, being small, may be neg
lected in a general explanation.
In consequence of its eastwardly mo-
ton around the earth the moon rises,
on the average, about ffty-one minutes
later every day. This interval is call
ed the daily retardation 1t is shorten
ed or heightened according to what
part of the ecliptiC the moon is near.
In the latitude of New York the inter
val may vary il length between
twenty-three minutes and one hour
and seventeen minutes
The retardation is greatest when the
moons path is steepest to the horizon.
and least when the path has the small
est inclination.
The latter condition occurs, with re-
spect to the full moon. about the time
Of the autumnal equinox. AT that sea-
son the full moon travels in a path
very little inclined to the horizon. and
so, for several evenings in succession.
will rise at nearly the hour of sunset.
This is called The harvest moon. The
next following Moon in October also
has its path hut little inclined, and it's
retardation shortened and is called the
hunters moon.
Some persons suppose that the cres-
cent Of the new moon promises wet or
dry weather according as it's horns are
so inclined that the hollow between
them looks as though it could or could
not hold water. Of course there is
no relation between the weather and
the position of the new moons horns.
The inclination of the new moon may
readily be accounted for, at any time,
when We bear in mind the fact that a
line drawn from tip to tip of the horns
must always be at right angles to the
directions of the sun.-Youth's Com
panion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
THE PATH OF THE MOON

To explain why the moon is son. =
times high in the sky and sometimes
low during different months we must
consider the effect Of the inclination of
the eclirtic Of the earth's equator. The
ecliptic is the path in which the sun
appears to circle the heavens once
every year.
The ecliptic crosses plane of the
equator at two oprc site points, called
the vernal and the autumnal equinox,
the vernal equinox occurring about
the 21st Of March, and the
autumnal equinox about the 21st Of
September. During the interval the
sun is north of the equator, and con-
sequently its path lies high in the
heavens as seen from our hemisphere,
But during the other half Of the year,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
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FASHION AND HOME CHAT.

When grating a rutmeg start from
the blossom end 1t will be found 70
CRATE much more readily.
Fur and greiDe birds form the latest
Partisan combination, and the gar
ments made in this style are partiCu-
larly attractive for evening wear.
If coTks are too large for the mouth
OF the bottles for which they are in
tended, soak them in boiling water tor
a short time and they will soften so
that they may be easily pressed into
the bottles.
The deep, itch shades of red are
again in vogue, not only for gowns, but
trimmed with soft, yellow roses or with
wreath of violetS while the former
are relieved by d trim ming of fur.
1t cannot be said too often that sand
or flour sprinkled over burning grease
or oil will put out the fire. A box filled
with sand kept in convenient place
ghOuld be found in every household, to
be ready in case of necessity, particu-
larly where lamps are generally used.
Canary birds enjoy a change Of food
occasionally as well as persons do.
Hard boiled eggs, chopped fine, mixed
with cracker crumbs and a stock Of
cayenne pepper, is very good to feed to
these pets once in a while, giving them
a small amount at one time. They will
reward you with their sweetest songs.
In washing chamois skins have the
water just warm, and add a little am
monia to it before putting in the skin.
Press and shake, but do not wiring the
skin to remove the moisture, and hang
1t where it will dry quickly. Frequent
ly stretch and Pull the skin while it is
drying, and hang it from different COR
ners, so that it will CRY evenly Treat
ed in this manner the skin should be
as soft as when new.
Many tall persons complain that the
bedding will work itself free at the
foot of the bed, no matter how care
fully it may have beer tucked in. Such
people should try laying a small fold in
the upper sheet at the bottom of the
bed when putting on the covers. That
will prevent the feet from having a
draw or close feeling and obviate the
desire to lift the clothing with the
feet and pull them up from the bottom
The old-fashioned embossed velvet
in which our grandmCtherS always de-
lighted has been brought forward by
some enterprising manufacturer, who
recognizes the desire for antique styles
now prevalent among fashionable
women. OF cousre the material has
beer greatly improved both in texture
and colors, and in all the best shops
this gorgeous velve, is found occupy
ing place Of honor ir fashions favor.
For a woman who rejoices in the
possession of a beautiful neck, the
oollarless gowns seem to have been
especially designed Some of the rich
est and handSomest evening gowns are
finished at the throat with a tiny, al
most invisible cord, and the wearer
adorns her neck with numerous strands
of pearls. If her neck is long she
allows the lower strand to fit close
against the cord. II her neck is short,
she wears but two strands The pearl
seem to be the fav0rite jewel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
BULL AGAINST RHINOCEROS
A Terrific Battle in the Land of the
Zulus.

When | was on the Zulu frontier
(sald a traveller recently | stopped for
week with a native, a splendid fell
dow, who had a fine farm. Among
other animals he had a young bull
called Hulo. He was a great pet and
not in the least vicious, SO | was sur
prlSed on the second evening of nv
stay to see Hulo shifting the air and
paving the ground in evident rage.
L was about to ask what it meant when
out of the forest came an ugly rhin-
oceros. My host and | hurried for our
guns and Hulo dashed at the beast
with dauntless courage. A rush,
crash, and the bull was hurled twenty
feet. Fortunately the horn of his en-
envy had not caught him, and the first
rush had taught him a lesson. His
horns were like sharp swords, but the
hide of a rhinOceros is remarkably
thick, and the young bull soon showed
signs of fatigue. So he resorted to
strategy, and lodged behind the cIum-
sy foe, giving him vicious stabs in the
thighs. This was rapidly weakening
the rhinoceros, and just at this time
we found some steel bullets Qeaden
bullets having no effect on this animaD
and quickly completed the work Hulo
begun. Then the bull stood on the
carcass and beloved his joy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25
IS IT CRUEL.

Is it cruel to keep horse locked up
in a stable without exercise?
Answer: Just as cruel as it would
be 70 keep boy, or girl, or man, or
woman in the same condition
If to this is added solitary confne-
ment without the company Of another
animals then the cruelty is still
greater.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25

William Lampson died at LIE Roy, N
Y, leaving nearly million dollars for
Yale college,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25

woman suffrage amendment by a vote
of Is to 5.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-02-25

No person can look young or pretty
if her mind is i'll at ease.
The Republican., 1897-02-11
Roads and Road Laws.

Once community finds out that
Good Roads are possible all the year
round, and that they are cheaper-by
all odds-than poor roads, it will in
sist on having highways that are a
public comfort and convenience.
THE best is the cheapest applies
to nothing else with more force than
to roads. The farmers are learning
this fact, and only the fear of greatly
increased taxes keeps them from
pushing the movement for getting the
best stone highways.
This objection is now being over
come by following some plan whereby
the whole property of the State, city
and county, is being taxed to build
the country roads, though a system
whereby State aid is being extended
to communities and help is offered
those that offer to help themselves.
1t is matter of uncertainty which
need liking most, the roads or the road
laws of this country. Fixing the lat
ter will do much toward correcting
the former.
In Legislative way, a good deal is
being done. In the matter of the ac-
tual work of fixing the highways there
must, OF necessity, be great improve
ment in work and methods.
The Republican., 1897-02-11
Improvements at the Oakland Hotel.

On Monday of this week the Oak
land Hotel was leased for a term Of
five years from the b. & O. Railroad
authorities by Il gentleman named
Mills, residing in Washington. Mr.
Mills will at once get out large line
of advertising for this house and will
send it all over the country.
The contract for filling the ice
house was given to Mr.. Broderick,
and immediately teams began hauling
ice from the lake
As soon as the weather opens great
improvements will be made at the
hotel. The house and outbuildings
will be painted and the grounds put
in better shape.
The Republican., 1897-02-11

The next attraction at Shartzer's S
Opera House will be Side Tracked,
appearing here one night only, Fri
day, Feb. 10Th, 1897. The Company
presenting this play has just closed
a successful weeks engagement in
one of the largest theatres at Phila-
delphia, where it received many no
tices by the press. This show is
without doubt one of the best on the
road and will be accorded a large
audience when it comes to Oakland.
Tickets on sale at Oakland Pharmacy.
The Republican., 1897-02-11
Are You Oneo

Under the above caption the Bali
more MethOdiSt relates that a county
school examiner recently asked every
teacher in the institute who took
their local paper to hold up their
hands, and out of about one hundred
present only six responded, at which
he expressed the utmost surprise
and said: You don't spend a dol
lar year with these papers, yet you
expect them to print free of charge
notices of institutes, insert large
programs and full reports of what
you say and do on these occasions,
and thus expect them to advertise
you in your chosen profession, thus
helping you to climb the ladder of
higher position and better salaries,
without a cents postage in return. ="
He closed by saying: Your conduct
in this matter would lead me, were
an editor of these papers, to promptly
throw in the waste basket any COM
munications sent in by any society,
the members of which were too prond
and stingy to take Il paper, or if in
serted it TO demand full advertising
rates for every line published"
The Republican., 1897-02-11
Chautauqua Program for 1897.

The FEBRUARY number of the MOUH-
tain Ch0tauquH, contains the follow
ing that will be of great interest to
many of our readers;
Even at this early date, arrange
ments are shaping themselves little
for the Assembly of next summer.
The program of last season was so
thoroughly satisfactory in every
sense of the word and included so
much that was of the first quality,
that it will be difficult to surpass it.
More money, however, than ever be-
fore will be used in the employment
of talent, and only the very best
which the platform is able to provide
will be procured. None will be EN-
ployed, save those who have won
their way to renown and are recogniz-
ed as leaders. Already the following
engagements have been effected:
Madame Cecilia Eppinghousen Bal
ley, the most brilliant concert soprano
in America, who so charmed US last
year, will return for a stay of ten
days. The Airon Lady Quartet, un-
surpassed on the continent, will be
heard for many days. Miss Marion
Short, the most popular reader who
ever came to Mountain Lake Park,
after regretted absence from us, will
return to the delight of all. DR.. T.
Dewitt Talmage, the best known
preacher in the world, and the high
est priced lecturer on the American
platform has been secured for two
lectures. Gen. John b. Gordon,
that brilliant Southerner who SO cap
tured us last year, will again be our
speaker ON Grand Army Day. The
great Baptist, Thomas Dixon, Jr., OF
New York City, who has become SC
famous the country over for his strong
and witty lectures, will be heard
twice. Herbert A. Sprague, the un.
rivalled impersonator, will delight us
with two of his fascinating entertain-
ments Miss Vandelia Varnum, pos
sibly the most brilliant women lee.
turer ever before to public, will lee
ture twice. John Il. Clarke, varsa-
tile genius who has achieved great
renown, will give two of his fascinat-
The Republican., 1897-02-11
Died.

FRIEND. Last Friday afternoon,
Mrs. VIM. II. H. Friend, of Friends
vile, died and was buried Sunday.
The cause of the death of the lady
was an aggravated attack of the grip.
JAMIsON.- Charles Jamison, aged
a little more than forty-two years.
died at his home in Oakland Monday
afternoon. The deceased was taken
ill on Wednesday of last week with
pneumonia, which caused his death
within a very short time. His funeral
occurred yesterday morning from st.
Peters Catholic church, the inter
ment being made in the Catholic
cemetery. The deceased leaves a
widow and five children.
The Republican., 1897-02-11
Threw Away His Canes.

Mr.. d. Wiley, ex-postmaster, Black
Creek, n. y. was so badly afflicted
with rheumatism that he was only
able to hobble around with canes,
and even then it caused him great
pain. After using Chamberlain s
Pain Balm he was so much improved
that he threw away his canes. He
says this liniment did him more good
than all other medicines and treat
ment put together
For sale at % and so cents per bottle
by Oakland Pharmacy and DR.. j. w.
Laughlin, Deer Park.
The Republican., 1897-02-11
Sale of CiCaretts,

Judge Stake has decided, Judges
Boyd and Sloan concurring, that the
cigarette law must be construed liter
ally, and boy under fifteen years
OF age cannot buy cigarettes unless
he has a written order from his par
ents, guardian or employer. George
Wittig, dealer at Frostburg, sold
cigarettes to boy upon the written
order of a man who bore no relation
ship as enumerated above, yet his at
torney, Mr. A. A. Doub, thought a
liberal construction of the law might
bring about Wittig's acquittal. Col.
George a. Pearre prosecuted the case.
The Republican., 1897-02-11
Killed Near Swanton.

On last Thursday afternoon Charles
T. Gilpin, was fatally injured by the
machinery in his fathers steam saw
mill near Swanton, this county. The
lad was only fourteen years of age
and was engaged in oiling a part of
the machinery near the driving belt
when his clothes were caught in it.
He was whirled around number of
times and finally thrown to the
ground. An examination revealed
terrible injuries, the most serious be-
ing that of his arm which was almost
entirley severed from his body at the
shoulder. His feet were very much in
jured also. Surgical aid was summon
ed Immediately. After living "A mum
ber of hours the lad died in great
agony and was buried on Sunday.
The Republican., 1897-02-11

The Hagerstown correspondent to
the Baltimore San last Thursday
says:
At a special meeting of the city
council last night an ordinance was
introduced providing that dogs shall
not be allowed to run at large on the
streets of HagerstOwn, and authorize
the appointment by the mayor, with
the consent of the council, of not
more than three dog-catchers. All
dogs siezed shall be kept twenty-four
hours, and if they are not redeemed
by owners by paying a certain sum
for impOunding expenses, they shall
be killed in the most humane way.
! The chief of police is to witness all
executions and certify to the number
of dogs killed by the catchers. Catch
ers are to receive seventy-five cents
for killing each dog and twenty-five
cents for burying outside of city
limits each dog executed. Any per
son annoyed at night by bowling dogs
may have the dog killed or removed
by complaining to the mayor, who is
requiredAto have an officer abate the
nuisance. Action on the ordinance
was postponed until tonight, when it
is expected it will be passed.
Such an ordinance will naturally
have strong opposition from the low
ers of dogs, but it must be remem-
bered that the comfort and safety of
the people should be the greatest aim
and the dogs must be-well, second
airy. The fact is of late years people
have been paying too much attention
to dogs. We all know of men and
women, too, who upon going into
their homes will speak to and caress
pet dog before noticing their child
ren. Then there are mothers who
will take their pet poodle in their
arms on the streets, who would think
themselves disgraced to carry their
own offspring, and leave their babies
with servants. Men will caress, fon-
die and praise dogs because of some
special qualities, who never have a
good word for boys, no matter how
well they behave or how promising
they are.
Let more attention be given to ed
ucating and benefting the children
and less to dogs and the country will
not be going to the dogs in so many
particulars. Let the worthless dogs
be sent to ''dogheaven" and let the
flea nests be made into flower beds.
Donations are daily made for the
poor, when, if the truth be known, in
many cases portions of the bread and
meat furnished is fed to the dogs that
help to keep the people poor.
OF what use are dogs in city?
They are as much a nuisance as hogs
and as filthy il not more. so. Look at
the wares along the streets and see
uncomfortable filthiness, even ON the
vegetables that people sometimes
buy. It's dreadful! Let Oakland do
as Hagerstown is doing and let the
city be rid of this nuisance, and then
begin on the cats, or they might be
taken together and get rid of the hid
eOus night bowling that one might
expect if he lived along the banks OF
Yough river instead of in the town.
The Republican., 1897-02-11

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