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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-08

which Is whitening. He wears
large, squaretoed shoe, with heavy
soles; he eschews Jewelry and is par
tial to black clothes; he shakes hands
heartily, but does not talk much: he
does not want to be taken for states
man and seldom wears a flock coat or
high hat; he loves children, but was a
confirmed old bachelor till past SO
years of age. He would rather be-
known as a farmer than a business
man.
People who have met the keen,
dark-eyed George h. LounSbury may
be able to answer the query. &c. E."
was never heard OF in politics until
four years ago, when he was elected
prising Stamford, Greenwich, Rich
field, New Canaan, Darien and Ridge
field townships, in Fairfield county.
Each of the other towns had had its
representative.
About two miles away at Farming
vile lived &c. E. - in the old home
stead. His father, Nathan Lounsbury,
had been satisfactory horny
handed-son-of-toil candidate in rs.
when he was elected to the legislature.
and 'P. c." had run we'll for governor
il 1887, so Fessenden thought the
name good one to conjure with.
Now, during "P. C.'s" term as gov
ernor the family had leased a hand
some house in Hartford and enter
tanned freely. 1t was wide depart
ure from the old Lounsbury ways, and
caused some talk. But the chief eX
eeutive of the state had TO return
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-08
FOREIGN.

Many christians were murdered by
rebels in China.
There was a great Picquart indigna-
ton meeting in Paris.
Uruguayan troops have checked the
movement of rebels from Brazil.
Frances Premier decided not to de-
fer the PicQuart court-martial.
1t is believed that Germany will bid
against the United States FIR the Caro-
lines.
The duchess of Marlborough re-
turned to Blenheim much improved in
health.
The prince of Wales is disposed to
revisit America if engagements will
permit.
Inc -epublic of the United States of
Central America has been knocked out
by revolution.
The Turkish government will issue
no official denial of the reported mass
acres in Armenia.
Bernhardt's tour Of America next
year, she expects, will be her farewell
to this country.
A cable from Tamatave, Madagascar,
says that the bubonic plague Las
broken out there.
A bomb containing large quantity
of powder and nails was found in the
Marseilles bourse.
Madame Dreyfus has received a
cablegram from her husband saying:
rninino with a nf Won ,;
1t is reported in court circles that
Prince George of Greece i'm engaged to
Princess Victoria of Wales
The sultan of Turkey has agreed to
grant travelling permits to foreigners
in the interior of Asia Minor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-08

courtesies, and social entertainments
were expected. After "P. c." retired
to Ridgefield there often came TO
Sunday night tea" Rev. John S.
Whedon and his bright, clever wife
"P. c." was devout member of the
Methodist church, and liked to have
the dominic at his board On Sabbath
day Brother George used to come over
from the homestead and spend the day
with "P. c." sc. E." was a graduate
of Yale, class of SO, and also Of
Berkeley divinity school of Middle
town. He had been ordained as an
Episcopalian, and had preached sew
eral times in Ridgefield. He, too, used
to enjoy crossing verbal swords with
the Methodist dominic, whose tactfuI
wife always kept the discussion within
amiable bounds.
ABOUT Inc Time sam tessenden was
putting pOIlcdi bees III Vi. II. 5 Don
net, he married the WIDOW OF the Rev.
.nr. w neuon. Mrs. III. q. Is alert.
5agaclouS and not unamDltiouS. she
re.alleu Tie lesI n4e or n. c. m Hart
lOid dlu was uOL dS SlSC W SllIlhE Ill
d larger circle Inan SLaid OLD hloge-
IieIu, favored as 1t Is by the summer
residences OF uozen New YORK mil
lonalreS. 80 .'G. Ii" consented TO
run TOR state senator. He was elected
ana then re-tIectou ny LWlce - great
d majority TWO years ago. he never
maze d stump speech in MS LIE, yet on
flTlf fluT I GA11S
he stIll lives on the old tarm near
the Danbury and kidgeleld road.
Notwithstanding his wealth, he is as
unosteDtz iouS as was mis- shoemaker
father. lie mating on the parIOr
moor OF the old white tWo-Story house
has been covered with handsome rugs,
and steam radiators keep out the cold
better than the old-fashioned log fires
uld. Regular as a clock ne arose at
D a. N. anu took the 1880 train to
South Norwalk, where the Lounsbury
factory is situated, and as regularly
returned at 5 O'Clock. Spare hours
were spent in his library, while Fes-
sender, Chairman Fytes of the repub-
lican state committee, and State Sen4
LII L oil6C CuolASclSu ulo CchI ODD
The governor-elect has no children,
but he has been liberal to his step-son,
and his nephew, George Lounsbury
rockwell, is me apple OF his eye, his
companion on hunting trips to Maine
ana Nova Scotia, and pleasure jaunts
20 California.
Mr.. 4ounsbury never tells OF his
charities, but well-informed neighbors
say he never gives any less than $10,-
900 a year. One said that he had seen
letter from the bishop Of Minnesota
thanking the governor-elect for his
annual donation to pay the salary of a
minister in that state. Ever since an
affection of the throat compelled him
to abandon pulpit career, Mr.. Louns-
bury has paid the salary of "a substi-
tute," as he laughingly terms the re-
cipient of his generosity.
In the republican convention &c. E."
overwhelmed John Addison Porter
President McKinley's secretary, three
to one, and now his most enthusiastic
supporters are talking in whispers of
1904" In that year Mr.. Lounsbury
will be &c years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-08
A PICTURESQUE CHAP
SUCH is THE NEXT NUTMI
GOVERNOR.
NUTMEG
PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITY
His Supporters Even Now Begin to
Whisper About 1904 Clever
Wife Won Late in Life the Secret
of Lounsbury's Entree to Public
Career.

The republican majority of $1,000 in
Connecticut at the late election day,
one of the largest on record, swept in
to view a picturesque personality in
Gov.-elect George E. Lounsbury. Mr..
Lounsbury Is worth 100000, but is in
appearance a typical granger. He
wears bone collar buttons, but gives
away $4,000 a year in charities. He
was educated for the ministry, and
preached several times, but is regard
ed as clever politician, having been
discovered" and groomed by Sam
Fessenden, republican national COM
mitteeman from Connecticut, and the
slickest political manipulation n
Yankeedom.
Just ten years ago Georges brother,
Phineas G. Lounsbury, was elected
governor of the nutmeg state. just
forty years ago 'P. c." as he is
termed colloquially, was clerk in the
wholesale shoe house of Hodges, Pow
ers & Co., in New York city, and &c.
E." was hustling for the wherewithal
to get into Yale College. Their father
was a poor shoemaker, respected for
his probity, and he instilled thrift,
economy and diligence into his two
sons with such success that they now
own and operate at South Norwalk
the largest shoe factory in Connect
cut, and "P. c." is president Of bank
and reputed to be worth upwards of
s10,000,00
The governor-elect is a ine-looking
man. He has heavy shock of ha.r.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-08
TELEGRAMS in BRIEF.
WAR NOTES.

Spain has protested against the pre-
in Italy.
The Philippine newspapers are de-
handing good roads in the interior of
the islands.
The United States will offer Spain
100000 for Strong island, one of
the Carolines.
The last Spanish troops have with
drawn from the Pinar del Rio pro-
vince in Cuba.
The Comal sailed from New York
for Savannah to finish loading 1900
900 rations for starving CuDans.
Senator Edmunds says the proposed
"open-door" policy in the Philip
pines would be unconstitutional.
Three North German Lloyd steamers
have been chartered to assist in car
rying Spanish troops from Cuba to
Spain.
Gen. Fred Grant did not get the
governorship of Porto Rico as ex-
pected. Gen. Henry has been az
pointed.
Thirty-eight persons were Killed OF
wounded in Havana by the supposedly
accidental explosion of heap OF
powder and cartridges.
The United States government and
Cuban leaders are said to have agreed
upon the form of government for Cuba
1t will be protectorate.
The members of the Cuban colonial
cabinet, who resigned when it was
announced that General Blanco would
leave, have been continued in of
fee.
A Spanish lieutenant in an account
Of our land and naval battles at San
tiago says $40 men defended Ell Caney
ten hours and $50 held San Juan four
hours.
dispatch from Paris states that
sentiment on the continent of Europe
is largely against the United States in
its seizure of Spanish colonies in the
Pacific.
Major Henry Lamont, surgeon OF
the rough riders, testified before the
Investigating commission that he was
not allowed enough nurses moi
medicines.
The Spanish peace commissioners in
Paris agreed to cede the Philip
pine and Sulu islands to the United
States and to accept $2O,0OO00O as
compensation.
The Merritt Wrecking company's
representatives say the contract has
been closed with the government tC
oat the Reina Mercedes and bring hel
to this country.
Twelve CT the Sd Wisconsin regi-
ment who were left in the hospital al
Porto Rico, when the regiment was
ordered home, have arrived at New
port News, Va.
In view of assurances that treaty
of peace with Spain will be signed
the war department will at an early
day muster out of service between
10000 and 10000 volunteers.
At the meeting Of the cabinet a dis
patch from Judge Day, chairman O.
the American peace commission, wa:
read announcing the successful termi
nation of the negotiations with Spain
DR.. Amadeo, Porto Rican physi
clan, says the people of the island
have been starved through SPANS
burdensome laws, and gives that as
the reason why they are physically
and mentally inferior to the people Of
the United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-08

About dozen professional nurses
will sail from San Francisco for Hon.
olulu today, of whom Miss Amelia
Bosshard of Bangor is one. Miss
Bosshard is a graduate from Arapa-
hoo county hospital of Denver and
is an expert nurse. For several years
she has been nursing outside the hos
pitals in Denver. She will likely
be aboard for at least a year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-08
NOT THE ONLY UNFORTUNATE.

Mrs. n. Peck-"Down in Pennsyl-
vania they've caught an eel fast in a
wedding ring"
N. Another poor devil that
couldn't squfrm out of it, eh?'-The
jewelers. Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-08

The commissioner of the London
board of trade, which has been inquir-
gan, gave verdict that the disaster
was caused by wrong course being
steered after the Mohegan had passed
Eddystone Light.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-12-08
M'KlNLEY'S MESSAGE
LONG-AWAITED DOCUMENT GOES
TO CONGRESS.
A HISTORY OF THE WAR

Detailed Story of the Trouble With
Spain-Cupans to be Helped to Es-
tabliSh food and Stable Govern
ment-Big Army and Navy Advo-
cated-Currency Reform and Other
Matters.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
TIMELY DAIRY HINTS,

It is bad practice to wash the dairy
utensils at we'll. 1t will pollute the
water.
The placenta should always be re-
moved in three or four hours. If left
longer it will be inclosed by the con-
traction of the womb.
If a quarter of the udder is smaller
than the other parts, Hoard advises
rubbing and kneading it pretty hard
twice a day with pure lard
1t is claimed that when butter is salt
ed in the churn two ounces of salt to
the pound will not leave more sadness
than the average palate will like
Shade for the cow in summer is near
ly as essential as shelter in winter
whatever the fellow whose theory is
that the cow should be kept eating and
not loafing, may say.
If the cow stands in the mud puddle,
mixing her droppings with the water,
and drinking the water you will not
get either good milk OF butter from the
COW. But we have seen hundreds of
COWS that did it.
The greatest enemy of man to man
is he who sneers at what the press says
about improved dairying or other. farm
methods. He is as big fool as ths
man who said in his heart that there
is no God.-Western Plowman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
e CAPACITY OF SILOS.
Table Giving the Average Weight Per
Cubic Foot Of Weil-Matured
and Settled EnSilage.

It would seem as though we might be
excused from answering over and over
again questions relating to the capacity
of silos, but it is perhaps fair to as
sumo that others are much like our
selves-not over careful to preserve the
information not specially needed for
present use.
Silage varies in weight per cubic foot
principally for the amount Of pressure
to which it has been subjected. Hence
the last foot, or five feet, in 4; silo, which
has been filed up 70 20 feet deep is
much heavier (because more colnpact)
than the first foot, or five feet.
The following table gives the average
weight per cubic foot Of well matured
corn silage, at different depths, after
settling two days, and the average for
the entire depth:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.
Daughters Should be Carefully
Guided in Early Womanhood.

What suffering frequently results
from a mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from a mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter!
Tradition says woman must suffer-"
and young women are so taught.
There is little truth and a great deal
of exaggeration in this. If a young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examina-
ton; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.
The following letter from Miss MARIE
F. JOHNSON, Centralia, Pa, shows what
neglect will do, and tells how Mrs.
Pinkham helped her:
my health became so poor that
had to leave school. was tired all the
time, and had dreadful pains in my
side and back. / was also troubled
with irregularity of menses. I was
very weak, and lost so much flesh that
| my friends became alarmed. Ny
! mother, who is firm believer in your
remedies from experience, thought per-
haps they might benefit me, and wrote
| you for advice. followed the advice
you gave, and used Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills as
you directed, and am now as we'll as
ever was. have gained flesh and have
good color. I am completely cured of
| irregularity."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
Raising Calves for Veal.

While we believe under present con-
ditions in keeping for cows all the
heifer calves that promise to be good
mixers, there are many even among
the heifers that show by thick necl<s
and other signs that they are better for
meat than for milk. Nine-tenths of the
male calves should also be fattened and
killed. 1t takes so much milk to prop
erly raise or fatten calf that many
will not do it. Yet if fed with part skim
milk and partly with porridge made
of oatmeal sifted, the calf can be fat
tened until it is two, three or four
months old with profit for all the feed
given. Most calves are killed too young.
Their veal is not good by law until it is
four weeks old. 1t is better still when
it is eight or ten weeks old, if it has been
fed so as to keep growing.-American
Cultivator.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
The Color Question Again.

Butter should be colored to suit the
person for whom it is intended. The
general market demands that butter
should have color, the year round,
about like that Of grass butter in June.
Doubtless any of the standard butter
colors are good. The coloring matter
should be put in the cream after it is
all ready for the chnrn. When the
butter will be nearly white if not col
ored as is often the case in winter,
about a teaspoonfnl of color is usually
needed for eight pounds of butter. In
summer, in times of drought and in the
fall, when COWS are partly on dry feed,
some coloring may be needed. but very
little. One will soon learn by expert
ence how much to use. It is we'll to be
cautious, as it is better to have too
little color than too much. - Dakota
Field and Farm.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
Rye for Milk Cows.

Rye makes excellent feed for cows
giving milk. It contains little fatand a
comparatively large amount of milk
making elements and can be recon-
mended as a milk feed. Green rye is
given the same analysis as pasture
grass, but from experience doubt if
tits as valuable. For soiling, however it
is of greater valueathan pasture grass
by reason of the enormous quantities
that may be secured from so small a
piece of ground. If sown early it may
be cut in the fall and then two or three
crops cut from it in the spring. Rye,
either green or the grain, produces no
particular effect different from other
foods of the same class.-National
6toekman. Il: >sS5ss= .....,.; ~. .za
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
THE REAL CULPRIT.
&c Aept Quiet and Let the Poor Lsi-
ter Carrier Take All
the Blame.

Hi there!" called somewhat excited
hls morning round. "Where's that letter
! sent three weeks ago to my sister in Buff.
iialo! She never got it and has written to
know whether I'm mad at her or some of US
are sick"
u know nothing about it, madam
vi course you don't. suppose the post.
master-general would say the same thing.
My own private opinion is that this govern
ment is running at mighty loose ends. I
put stamp on that letter to pay for having
u sent. It was directed as plain as print.
It IS lost or stolen and my own sister is blam-
ing me for neglecting her. It's all politics,
mats what it is, putting in lot of raw
hands every four years, and don't propose
to stand it. I'm going to find out whether
you mail men can defraud your customers
and make family trouble just because you
don't. know enough to look after your bust.
ness"
"B''t I never saw your letter, my good
woman"
u, don't care anything about that.
Nelther did my sister ever see it. I'll not
sleep till write the president and give him
piece of my mind. The idea of paying an
army Of men to lose letters. It's ridiculous
It won't be long before some of you are look
ing for other jobs, or miss my guess
During this conversation the woman's hus-
band dove frantica}lv into his pockets, ram
hatless through the back gate, put that let
ter into mail box and made fine show OF
temper while helping his wife abuse the gov
ernment.-Detroit Free Press
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
To Secure Good Rcsults.

No doubt there are many men in the
dairy business feeling that the results
from the dairy have not been satisfac-
tory. In many cases the feed is to
blame-there may have been only dry
feed given the cows. If silo is used
and filed the coming fall the returns
from the dairy will be greatly enhanced
in value. Cows need succulent feed
through the winter as well as in sum-
mer, and it will pay to put up silo if
five or more. cows are kept.-Dakota
Field and Farm. II. rs. +-..: 4.* E.. ..s t
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
FEEDING THE CALVES.
Unless They Make a Good Growth
During the First Summer They
Will Not Amount to Much.

The entire future of the animal usual
~ depends on it's first summer. This is
true of all farm stock and especially so
of the calves. Unless they can be made
to make good growth the first summer
they will never make as good animals as
they might and should, for every man
should try to do the best he possibly can
with his stock and crops.
The newborn calf should be allowed
to get his first feed from his dams I'D
der, as the accumulated milk in that
organ is in just the proper condition for
the first few days. After about three
days the milk assumes its natural con-
dition as it becomes fit for use, when
the calf should be removed from it's
dam, and after that it usually has only
skim milk for it's sole diet until it learns
to eat grass. The calf that has plenty OF
skim milk gets along pretty well, but
as a rule there are other uses for this
on the farm, and it is more profitable
to feed the milk to something else and
furnish the calf with d substitute,
Fortunately it is possible to furnish a
substitute for skim milk on which the
calf will thrive wonderfully with but
little milk added to his ration. Have
some oats ground into fine meal and
feed the calf oatmeal Cruel. This will
make him grow wonderfully. and he
will soon learn to like it better than any
other kind of feed. The oatmeal should
be sifted to free it from hulls and two
tablespoonful will be about the proper
amount TO begin with. Cook this
thoroughly in two quarts of water and
then mix the cruel with skim milk,
which will bring the heat down to the
proper point for feeding.
Gradually add a little more oatmeal
and reduce the quantity of milk, and
soon the milk may be dispensed with al
together. Always give calves IN oppor-
tunity to get grass to eat and they will
soon learn to pick it. Oil meal is some
times recommended for calves, but it is
NO Improvement over the oatmeal cruel.
Farmers Voice.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
Average for

Find the number of square feet in the
bottom of the silo, multiply this by
depth Of silage and the product will be
the total cubic feet of silage. For in
stance, if a silo is 12x15 feet inside
measurement, and 20 feet deep, it will
have 5000 cubic feet, and when we'll
filled with mature corn, the average
weight, per cubic foot, will be 1913
pounds, or 10000 pounds ESQ tons) for
the whole. The lower layer of five fee:
in depth will bc nearly 20 tons, the one
above is about 17H tons, and in this
proportion for other depths. -Hoards'
Dairyman
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-05-31
HON. W. E. Chiffon, CHARLESTON,
w VA

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The digestive organs are lined by mucous
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slightest catarrh remains there can be no
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