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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25
THE MIGRATION OF ROBINS.

For many years naturalists like
wrote CT this BIRD before it was
known that there were robin
roosts," as well as pigeon roosts
Only within the last few years was the
fact brought out that a bird more
Familiarity known than the passenger
pigeon followed this mode of spend
ing the night, although it adopted
spring instead of fail for massing
by hundreds in high sheltered wood
for nights protection from cold, or
because it is the period before pair
ing time, or for some other reason
at present beyond mans ken. Witt
what stealth must this well-knoW'
and much-obseIved bird have fOuDt
its way in such numbers to the same
patch OF timber night after night
in the early months OF the year, ac-
cording to locality, coming from all
directions so swiftly that a secreted
observer coud not count. keeping up
a chatter that could be heard for
long distance, until the last bird,
somewhat Delated perhaps, found
shelter in the darkeDing grove, when
all became silent as thousands Of
wings were folded to rest.
Another peculiar trait of the robin.
unnoted except by so keen an observer
Of bird ways as Maurice Thompson,
is that, with all it's friendly and
confding relations with the human
family during the time of nesting and
rearing its young, in the fall OF the
year it becomes a wild bird, betaking
itself largely to the woods and ever
the secluded parts of the. mountains,
at this season, showing little dis
position to be on familiar terms with
man, giving a note Of alarm and
flying high and swiftly when sur
prised at bis approach. At this
time they range over extensive tracts
of country, but nearly always evince
tendency to seclusiOn. The writer
had seen them in small focks flying
over wide valley at such an eleva-
ton that only by the well-known
sharp squeak, rather than by the
eye, could he surely determine that
they were robins
Even in its migratory habits this
bird is somewhat peculiar. They
seem to move southwark in the fall
with more hardness than most other
birds, allowing the increased severj
ties Of the cold season to push them
off the winters edge. o. are these
late goers the birds Injured to cold by
a residence in the states fur her north,
which, coming southwark. take the
place of others that have gone earlier
in the season? The question of
identity, always a difficult one, al
most precludes argument on this
point.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25

This was when out and specialized
old gentlemen and women began TO
take the cure. Now that pretty girls
are the offenders, the policemen smile
leniently upon them and permit them
to go On their way unmolested
Sometimes the fair Kne ppers 60 on
wheels to the park and in the short
skirts they lock like chorus girls in
an opera.
The proper way to give a Kneip-
ping party is 10 invite your guests
to appear the evening before. The
sun rises so early that it is neces-
sary that there should be no delays
caused by late corners. Sometimes
the Kneippists remain up all night
in order to be on time, for the virtues
of the cure are lost if the sun has
been up long enough to dry the dew
from the grass. Low, loose-fitting
shoes and stockings are worn for tn .
reas that the feet are not dried
after the walk. The stockings must
be put on while the soles Ct the
feet are still wet with the dew. Some
times a rug or a shawl is taken along
so that the Kneippers can spread it
on the ground while they remove
their shoes and put them on again.
Five minutes is about the time al
| lowed for the barefoot tramp upon
the sward, and then home for break
fast. One morning last week party
of the fadists enjoyed breakfast at
one of the park restaurants.
| One of the advantages most quickly
noticed from the cure is the excellent
appetite which it engenders. Rosy
cheeks and bright eyes are unfailing
results Of Kneipping, although cycnic-
al folk say that an early morning
walk with one's shoes on would pro-
duce exactly the same result.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25
OUTSIDE THE GOLDEN GATE.
Graphic Description of the Power CT
Wind and Wave.

Wind and waves presented spec
tacu'ar performance outside the
Golden Gate yesterday morning that
dwarfed into insignifca &c all hui
man efforts. There was a wonder
full grandeur in this display. and at
the same time such an overwhelming
mastery of the elements that the
spectator could but look with awed
amazement while the water ran riot
and took possession of all space.
crested waves Numbered in t.
ward the land in II agnifcent process
sion, and seemed to threaten the
granite cliffs that have stood the
brunt of storms since the beginning
, Of time.
Far to the westward the giant
, rollers could be seen. their white
crowns tossing the spray high in the
air, and this in turn was caught by
the wind and thrown into a misty
cloud which yelled the scene until an
air Of mystery seemed to hover over
the earth, sea and sky. Lashed into
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25
Model for the Modish.

Back and white dotted swiss and
mousselaine de sole is employed ex-
tensively this season for evening
gowns, and certainly make very dain-
ty corrections. A pretty and girlish
frock worn by a petite brunette IS
composed of white mousselaine de
sole, literally sprinkled with black silk
dots. The skirt is made quite plain
over a slip of white taffeta. The bod
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25

foam by the wind, swollen to mini
allure mountains by the loosened
energy # the teal forces and
churGed into mad caldron by the
cenL-. ing currents, the breakers
followed in quick succession until the
whole ocean appeared as vast.
seething, surging pit whose capac Gus
NAV eagerly op nej to draw down
to destruction all living beings that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25

Governor Scofeld Friday received a
petition from the Monroe relatives
and friends Of the members of Co.
H, 1st Wisconsin volunteers, at Jack
sonyille, urging him to exert his in
fuence with the president to have
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25

Street Car Conductor-"I can't tax
this Canadian money; the company
won't take it from u.s." Mrs. X
Dear me! if that's the case, should
think you'd be glad to take tx
change.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25

It is reported in London that Great
Britain intends to demand that the
Chineze government dismiss Ii Hung
Chang, on the ground that he has
caused China to assume an attitude
of opposition to Britain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25

J. W. Jago, chief officer Of the liner
Britannia, was discharged from GUS
tody at Queenstown, but was re-
arrested at the request Of the United
States on charges Of embezzlement
and larceny.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25

ness were bad in the extreme. By
the laws Of the city Of Jacksonville
the troops were not allowed to dig
necessary trenches in the usual way
pursued by an army either in camp
or when engaged n campaign.
Tubs were merely sunk in the earth,
and these were very few in number,
considering the thousands Of men in
camp. My brigade was encamped
in swamp, and the effect of the poor
sanitary arrangement l have spoken
/ OF was terrible. Why, in. one of my
regiments, the LIST Wisconsin, ten men
alone died from typhoid and dysen-
terry and nearly 200 W re down with
4 fever, due TO the same cause The
loss TO this regiment by death in the
camp and to the causes which | have
described was fully that of some of
the regiments now at the front. Then
the tentage was bad. Another cause
of trouble was that the men them
selves were not c0nversant with the
first rules necessary to preserve health
in camp. Then there was careless
ness somewhere in providing medica
attendance. When I got to the camp
l recognized the deplorable sanitary
conditions and l worked early and
late to provide a remedy. Imagine
my surprise when 1 learned after my
efforts that medical service which
should have been applied to the camp
had been ordered to duty at division
headquarters. I Go not care to say
who is responsible. My opinion,
however. is tnau men, and particularly
volunteers, cannot become soldiers In
a day, week or month l have
made military hygiene a study in
connection with my position in the
Massachusetts militia. The army
should and must be reorganized.
Deaths in the First.
Jacksonville, Fla, Aug. 20.-There
were four deaths in the 1st Wiscon-
sin regiment Thursday-Appleton
Taft, company H; Claude D. Mil
ward, company G; Charles EyanSon,
company f; William Mcneil, COM
pany A. Two of the deaths were
due to typhoid fever and that Of
Milward to typhoid malaria. Taft
was a Monticello boy, % years of age,
and Joined the regiment at Camp Har-
vey. His death was due to heart
disease. Milward was from Madison
and was % years of age. He was a
member of the company for four
years. Evanson was a Racine boy
and a member of the bugle c~rps.
He was q years of age. His father
had until recently been with him and
was on his way home when his son
died. The death of Mcneil was the
third death in company A this week.
&c lived ct Marshall and was %
years Of age. Services wera held
Friday morning over Milward and
Evans0n and their bodies sent home.
The remains of Mcneil will be sent
to GAINESVILLE, and Taft to his old
home in Rock county. The camp is
depressed with gloom over the death
record, but an Improvement is noted
in the new cases, and though other
deaths are expected, it is hoped the
rst is over. Rigid sanitary pre-
cautions are to be adopted. The sit
uatiOn IN the Milwaukee battalion re-
mains the best in thu regiment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25
lST MAY COME HOME
FRIENDS PETITION THAT IT BE
MUSTERED OUT.
SCOFIELO MAY SO REQUEST

Says He Will Probably Act in Ac-
cordance With Desires of His Pc
titioners-Col. Schadel Receives
Hight Praise for Prohibiting a Can
teen in His Regiment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25

The war has lasted 105 days and
cost US $40, 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25
Won by w aiting.
EDNA LYALL
EDNA LYALL

Cornelia's neck she exclaimed-'Ma
bien chere! but you are good, but
you are thoughtful; how can I thank
you enough! How happy you have
made ms
1t vas 4 RHAPSODY, 10 doa1-, LGt N
spite of its Frenchness i went
straight 70 Cocaelia's hear. As 81
left the room her fathers voice was
heard calling her from the obser-
vatory, the door which stood opposite
TO Esperance's.
MY dear, just read this footnote to
me, Will you; the print is too small
for me-"
She took the book, but was obliged
to brush her hand hastily across he
eyes before beginning to read-for in
credible though it seemed to her
they were dim with tears.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-08-25


Life, 1 repeat, is energy Of love,
Divine or human; exercised in pain,
In strife and tribulation, and or
dained,
If so approved and sanctifed, to
pass
Through shades and silent rest, to
endless Joy.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-02

Organdies are daintier and finer han
ever, and there is not one of the summer
fabrics that can surpass them. To be thu
perfect gown organdie requires special
treatment. The waist should be full In
front without bagginess, and the skirt
should be gathered at the waist line and
sewed to a belt-better, sewed TO the waist
belt. There may be a slight gored effect il
SO desired. The skirt to be in full styls
should be ruf1led at the bottom, all this
rufiing being edged with white valen-
ciennes or imitation duchess. The mors
ruffles the prettier.
There should be an underdress Of tafeta
of the color best suited to bring out tho
coloring. This skirt must not be toe
heavy and SO should not have too many
ruf1es. One deep Spanish ruffle faced ur
for six inches with the new gauze hairbonc
facing and one pinked or featherboned
rufie just above the lower edge of this il
enough. A good way is to have the whole
Of the taffeta underdress cut en- princesss
and made entirely separate from the out
side. This plan makes the organdie dress,
no matter how many are the ruffles, light
and delightful for summer Then in case
the gown is to be Numbered there Is no
trouble to undo it, and the same silk slip
will do for several gowns.
Organdie can be washed If done quickly
with ivory soap and ironed before it gets
quite dry. A little water starch is an adj
dition. If it gets dry and has to be sprin-
Killed., it is liable to lose color. It should ba
ironed on the wrong side. A little salt OF
alum in the rinsing water will set the col.
or. 1t is best to.dry it in the shade.
In silks for ~negligees and afternoon teas
the pongees have been made up into some
very beautiful gowns. Pongee is Of a color
or tint that seems to blend with anything.
One was trimmed with ruby velvet rib
bons and ruby colored lace. The lace was
set on in cascades down the front and as Q
rufi1e along the bottom. The ribbon was
made into dropping bows with long ends
and put everywhere. New ~taffetas for
house gowns are shown in solid tints and
colors, mostly dark like nut brown, dull
green, prune, Surned orange and mouse.
The tunio skirt appears to grow in favor,
and SO does the skirt flounced to the waist.
a black satin duchesse had ruff1es ~
inches wide set the same distance apart
clear to the waist.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-02

hind her and, seizing herdby the throat,
made his demands. He got more dough-
thar he expected. Fair Grisella was in tho
midst of the process of k~neadiDg. Instead
of going into Mysteries she turned like q
tigress and turned the dish Of dough over
the head of the intruder. Following up
her advantage. she whacked him in the
right eye with a handful of unlocked
bread and then in true ring fashion CAV
him another in the left one. The young
~breadmaker was not content with blind
ing the vision of her unlimited guest, but
after he had unfastened his grasp fremi
her slender throat she just gave q grab at
his whiskers with both hands and pulled
and jerked at them until be howled fer
mercy. Indeed as he scrambled down the
back steps he looked like a whited Eepul-
cher.
Miss Bond did not seem to think that
she had taken an unusual to dis
arm a rascal. She smiled when she told
how she had planted one doughy fist after
another in the fellows eye and admitted
that it was such a good way of doing a.
rog ne up that she advised all women, es-
pecially those who live alone, to give up
rolling pins and brooms and to try plain,
unlocked flour and water with q little
piece of yeast. Miss Bond said:
"When he grabbed me by the throat, T
showed him that / was enough for him. i
dumped the dough on hin n then hts
him in one eye. Then I punched him in
the other. He couldn't see a thing for;
four and wet dough. 1t just closed his
eyes up. Then I slapped one side OF his
face and then the other, and as he didn't
leave off holding my throat l grabbed his
whiskers until they looked as if they were
gray. Finally he yelled and let go and thea
began to pick the dough put of his eyes
He didn't wait to see his way dewn the
back stairs, but he just stumbled dow n,
yowing all kinds of vengeance. / followed
him to tia door and told him il he didn't
stop swearing and get out of the yard I
would call a policeman, and the last (
saw of him he was picking little rolls OF
bread out of his whiskers and of from his
eyebrows
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-02
MIGRANTS SOLD.
Two Negroes Disposed Of at Public Auc-
tion In Kentucky.

Two Negroes Disposed of at Public Auc-
tion In Kentucky.
Two colored Migrants named Wade and
Howard were recently sold at public auc-
tion in Glasgow, Ky. When the sheriff ar
rived with the negroes, he had difficulty in
making bis way up the front steps from
which be was to cry them off. The large
crowd was in a peculiarly good humer
and good naturally guyed the sheriff and
the darkies. Such expressions as HAS he
got any splint knots on him?'' sCan be
work anything but his jawP" and FLOWS
his appetite?' amused the o~nlookers. How
ard was first put up and a number Of men
climbed up the steps and examined him,
as il for his fine points, as they would a
horse. The bidding, however, was spirit
less.
Some one started the ball rolling by q
bid of 25 ceats. He was finally knocked
off at $2.25 to William T. Adams, a farm
er living eight miles from town. Wade
was then put mp, and be also was started
at a quarter. When be had reached d, his
father, a colored shoemaker in town, joined
the bidders, but dropped out after Jim
had passed the 50 mark, evidently believ
ing that his full value. He brought So. so
and was bought by v. F.. Schwartz, Q
merchant.
As soon as the sale wat closed the pur-
chasers paid for their property and each
tool his particular negro. 1t is generally
believed that both boys will soon grow
tired Of their masters and run away.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-02


tened at the throat with an ca
nary bird, very odd, but pretty. Ihe whole
suit was striklngly elegant.
A lavender cloth gown q hat were
also shown. Inc sklrt mad three rows OF
inch wide black velvet ribbon around 1t.
There was an open basque coat with vest
of white satin, with a full double frill OF
crepe lisse down the front. A black velveG
belt with a large gold slide ended the vest.
Tho coat basque had a storm collar and
onormou revers with three rows OF the
black velvet ribbon sewed on Hat. The
same was carried around the collar and
around the bottom OF the basque. Inc nat
was slightly upturned all around n was
OF lavender chip with a wreath OF ostrich
plunes. just under tho brim in the PACK
wa q bunch OF velvet shaded primroses.
The f~avorite shape is the shepherdess-
that is, in the satin faced straws and chips.
The leghorns and milans are wider OF brlm
and more flexible, SO that they can be
Topped and twisted into almost any shape,
and these are generally trimmed with large
plumes and aigrets and scarfs OF mechlins
or null or other fine lace or material. They
are to be the dress hat par excellence.
While masses beyond belief are piled up
Of different kinds of lower on some hats
and bonnets, there are Others with none or
st most a little bunch to rest lovingly
against the hair on the side or at the back.
One dainty dark gray satin straw had a
facing Of soft pink under the brim. Around
the crown was a crulnpled scarf OF white
crepe lisse, with q ruf1ie of fine black chan
lilly falling partly over it. At the left side
were two full black ostrich tips and one
white one. Under the brim at the back
was a cluster of pale pink blush roses.
Toques are very much liked for dress oc-
casions and evenings; capotes rather less
SO, though there are numbers of these seen
too. Capotes are of irregular form and
usually as light as possible. Almost any
thing seems to be right for these. Black
lace, white lace, null, net, silk, velvet
and flowers, besides jet ornaments, rhine-
stone ornaments, feathers and aigrets, are
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-02
To0THLBss FAMILY.
Gums Are Hard as Bone and Serve
tho Purpos of Teeth.

Here is a story sent out q few days ago
from Osceola. Neb., which is given for
what it may be worth, says the New Or
leans Observation-Disclosures Leon
ard, who lives on a farm ten miles south
Of this city, is fifty years of age and has
never had a tooth in his head. Twenty
years ago he married. His wife had a
splendid set of teeth. They raised a fam
lily of four children, all of whom hay in
herited their ather's strange fate.
The family is one of the most remark
able in the State. Their gums have UNI
dergone an Justification or hardening
which makes them as hard and solid as
teeth. The gums come down further than
in the ordinary persons mouth. Mr.. Leon
ard is able to crack nuts in his jaws
without any apparent effort of pain, and
gets along as well as though he had a
full allowance of teeth. The children are
able to do the same thing. ALI show a
remarkable development of the muscles
of the jaws. So amply has nature pro-
vided for the shortage in teeth that the
gums are hardened enough to turn the
point of a pin. They never have any
aches in that part of their anatomy and
seem to be perfectly content. The appear
ance of the mouth Is not the best. Leon
ard is fairly well to do. He seldom comes
to town, but when he does he attracts
end of attention.. Dentists have tried to
analyze his case, bu do not reach a sat
iSfactory conclusion as to what point ma
ture erred in. They say the case is with
out equal, and is especially interesting
because of the children inheriting the fa-
Tiers strange shortage
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-02

That woman is wise who chooses for
her partner in life a man who desires to
find his home a place of rest. It is the
man with man interests, with engross-
ing occupations, with plenty of people to
fight, with a struggle to maintain against
the world, who is really a domestic man,
in the wife's sense, who enjoys home.
wife, who relishes prattle, who feels in
the small circle, where nobody is above
him and nobody. unsympathetic with him,
as If he were in a heaven of ease n
PREPARATION. The drawback of home life,
its contained possibilities of insipidity,
sameness and consequent weariness, is
never present to such a man. He no more
tires of his wife h of his happier
moods. He is no more bored with home
than with sleep. He is no more plagued
with his children than with his own light
er thoughts. All the monotony and wear
mess of life he encounters outside. 1t is
the pleasure-loving man. the merry COM
panion, who requires constant excitement,
that finds home life uncomfortable. He soon
thing so very tame, and so like fiat beer,
that it is impossible for him not only to be
hap, but to feel that he is less unhappy
there than anywhere else. We do not
mean that the domestic man in the Wffe's
sense will be Always at home. The man
always at acme has not half the chance
of the mar whose duty Is outside it, for he
must sometimes be in the way. The point
for the wife Is that he should like home
when he is there, and tina liking we con-
tend, belongs, first of all, to the active and
strong and deeply engaged, and not to the
lounger, or even the easy-minded man. In
marriage, as in every other relation of
life, the contented man is the pleasantest
man to live with, and the safest to choose,
and the one most likely to prove an UNI
wearied friend, and who enjoys n suf-
fers others to enjoy, when at home, the
endless charm of mental repose.-Phila-
de1phia lime