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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18

! Il wouldn't live that night over again
| for all the world. l couldn't tell you
in an hour all the thoughts that
crowded to my mind as l worked and
waited. Nearly all the men compos-
, ing the crews on these two trains were
| married; l knew their wives and
children. l had grown up among
them. And before the break of day, l
thought, they would be widows and
orphans; and l, l should never dare
to look them in the face again. Per
haps the law would punish NE. Here
the idea occurred to me that I must
escape; it didn't matter where l went.
l only wanted to go where | should not
be seen by those who knew of my
criminal carelessness. About o'clock
| had figured that in a few moments l
should know the worst. By that time
| was no longer fit to handle trains,
and although l had said no word to nv
call boy he knew that something was
wrong, and without consulting me
awoke the chief dispatcher. l re,
membered seeing Johnny come intoth
office; then, l may as well confess it,
l laid down on the counter, or someone
put me there The next thing knew
was that water was being dashed into
my face and the chief was saying:
Come, old man. it's all right; they
didn't hit, they met at Ludlow
The climax was dramatic Every
man in the party sat bolt upright to
catch the last sentences, for the voice
Of the general manager was husky
with emotion.
I never sent another train order in
my life; I never shall. That" said
the speaker, as he rose and motioned
to the clerk for his key, was how l |
ran trains and allowed them to ar
range their own meeting point But
then, as I stated in the beginning, it
happened in Arizona, the hottest land
under the sun. '-Kansas City Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
Pain in Annotated Limbs.

One cold morning at Columbus, Ga,
we met. distinguished ex-confeder-
ate general, who had driven to town
in his buggy. We inquired as to his
health and he replied: Il am feeling
we'll except in this arm" He pointed
to an empty sleeve and added: My
hand and fingers are almost froZe
and give me great anguish" Now
the hand and fingers aforesaid were
invisible They had long been buried,
yet they remained in some apparently
mysterious manner with the original
owner. We once heard of a man
whose leg had been amputate6
screaming with pain because, as ne
said, his foot, no longer attached to
his body visibly, was being roasted
at fire. Investigation demonstrated
that some medical students had re-
moved the ampatated leg to an up
per chamber ana left it near a lot
stove, foot foremost, and it was really
roasting. The doctors explain this,
we believe, by muscular phenomena,
the stump retaining tendons and
sInews once used for the whole
limb. The psychologists contend that
the real body is the invisible one,
which alone has sensation, and that
no surgeons knife can sever that
from the trunk of man. 1t is all very
curious, no matter how you look at it..
Augusta Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18

-, cred on all sides with woven wire net
| ting and with two thicknesses of net
ting, tarred and buried in the ground
| to prevent burrowing. A weather
| tight roof should cover the entire rab-
bitry and project beyond enough to
| protect the animals from the weather
| In the winter the sides should be
! boarded up.
The pens should be cleaned twice
a week and the animals fed on second
crop clover hay, oats and bran and
green vegetables. Lettuce and car
rots are favorites and both are cheap
and easily raised, and potato and APP
pie parings are much liked. Clean
water should be given every day and
the pens kept dry. Plenty of straw
should be given the animals with
which to line their beds. In this the
little mother will make her nest of
straw which she will line with fur
from her own body.
While nursing her little brood the
mother should be given milk, oatmeal
and wheat. No green food should be
given her, for this will kill the babies:
and the little ones should have no
green food until four months old. They
Will eat clover hay, oatmeal and bran
and drink water and milk when three
or four weeks old.
At ten months of age a hare should
be ready for the market, and since it
sells for something like 20 cents a
pound, it is worth s1.25 to 81 dressed.
The skins will brink from Is to 25
cents each. Fine ones that are cor
rect in color, markings and size, in
tended for breeding, will bring from
SIS to 800 a pair.
The best way to cook a hare. it is
said, is to steam it in a double boiler
using just enough water in the inside
boiler to cover the meat Steam it
three hours, thicken the gravy, sea-
son with salt, pepper and butter and
serve like quail on toast Stuffed with
chestnut dressing and roasted it is
said to be better than turkey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18

and ear. The top of the pointed ear
is black, and the rest Of the ear is
brown which shades off into rich
chestnut red on the shoulder, chest
and fore legs. The hind legs are gray
ish, shading into white on the under
side Of the body.
The Belgian hare is a gentle ami
NAL 1t can be readily taught to eat
from the hand the lettuce, carrots,
cabbage and turnips which are its
fayorite foods. 1t must have bran or
meal, and water. Since it is not able
to climb, chicken wire fencing will
keep it within bounds, but it must
have straw or hay for bedding, and in
the winter a warm shelter. This lat
ter is very necessary, for there is al
ways a nestful of babies to be kept
warm. 1t is scarcely to be believed
that these hares breed every six
weeks, and in the course of a year
one pair may become the parents Of
one hundred. A pair can be bought
for from five to ten dollars, with
W 11SI4 " DS0lLi VI OCu1A4S. NY o1O"
rapidly and at nine months can be sold
for eight cents a pound in the mar
ket. The fur is now being used to
make felt and beaver" hats.
Out in California hare is called the
poor mans turkey. The meat is white
in the hare of pure breed, and as deli
cate and tender as a chicken. Where
the hare has been cross bred with the
rabbit the flesh is something like ven
ison, having a red color and a gamey
raising Belgian hares for the market
has grown very large, and hare shows
have been held in a number Of cities
Every effort is being made by the
breeders there to keep the breeds
pure. There are five standard varie-
ties now known as Champion, Crown
Imperial, Crown Royal, Crown Stand
and Belgian Giant. Pedigrees are
furnished to purchasers, and every an
imal is named and registered IN the
National Belgian Hare Stud Book.
These pedigreed animals bring a high
price, from people who wish to begin
breeding, or who wish to improve the
stock.
Some fears have been expressed
that the Belgian hare might become
dangerous pest like the Australian
rabbit. In Minnesota the farmers
have asked the state legislature to
compel breeders to keep the hares in
close confinement. They breed so rap
idly that they might, if allowed to
grow wild, destroy garden vegetables
and young corn in the fields. The claim
is made that the Belgian hares are
too delicate to lead wild life. They
need very warm shelter and careful
feeding to bring them through a cold
winter. If they lived in the open and
had to find their own food, it is said
that they would be killed in one win
ter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
Mans Soul Lives in Dou,

A cablegram from Paris says: One
of the most wonderful stories of the
transmigration of souls ever told
comes from L'Orient, an eastern sea-
port, where seven persons of intelli-
gence and reputation for truth swear
upon their honor that dog spoke to
them intelligently. Ten years ago,
according to their testimony, mar
liner of the name of Kerbec, who had
always been a firm believer in the
transmigration of the human soul to
the body of an inferior being, told
his wife that after he died he would
return to her in the disguise of some
domestic pet.
-Four years ago a strange dog wan
dered into the house and remained,
being we'll taken care of by the family.
Three days ago Widow Kerbec, her
three grown children and three
neighbors, including a skeptical
schoolmaster, were spending the
evening together at the house, chat
ting pleasantly, when suddenly the
dog, crouching away in a dark cor
ner, began to moan piteously.
Everyone thought that the animal
was dreaming, but presently he rose
on his hind legs and spoke distinctly,
in faraway, unnatural voice, these
words: "Adieu, wife and children;
adieu, friends"
Then the dog fell over stone dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
HERE'S ABOUT HARES
GENTLE ANIMALS, FINE FORPETS,
FINER FOR FOOD.
BR EEDEVERY 81 WEEKS
The "Poor Mans Turkey"-Creatures
Not Hardy Enough to Live in Wild
State in This Ciimate-Hints as to
Rearing-Profit in the Somewhat
New Business.

The Belgian hare is nowthe most pop
ular animal pet in the country and is
rapidly taking the place of the pigeon
in the affections of the boy, says The
Little Chronicle of Chicago, which
knows boys like a book. There is also
great deal of profit in breeding it
for the market, and the business has
become a craze in California and Col
orado, where owners of small places
have given up poultry raising for the
more profitable business of breeding
hares.
Many people think that hares and
rabbits are the same, but this is mis-
take. These Belgian hares are big
fellows, often weighing eight pounds
when full grown. In color they are a
rich fawn marked with white and
black. There are usually white patches
and streaks about the eyes and chin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
Paper Made From Leather.

A novel use Of leather is in the
manufacture of fbroleum, new pa
per product, which is the invention of
G. Brigalant of Barentin, in France.
This is sort of leather paper on
board, which is made from waste
cuttings Of skins into small bits, and
then immersing them in a large vat
containing an alkaline solution, which
dissolves the glutinous matter, but
leaves the fibers unaltered. The
resultant fiber is then beaten and af-
terward pressed through a refner.
The stuff is run onto the wire and a
very thin paper is made, which is cut
into sheets, and while wet is placed
in piles and subjected to pressure to
squeeze the water out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
NEW FAST-FIRING RIFLE.

An Australian inventor has produced
a rife which fires forty shots a minute,
but this speed has often been sur
passed. More than twenty-five years
ago the Soper rifle, single-shot breech
loader, was fired sixty times in one
minute. The first magazine rifle, that
used in the American civil war, fired
only ten shots a minute. Then came
the Spencer" which emptied its mag
azine Of seven shots in ten seconds.
Probably forty shots a minute is the
average maximum of modern service
rifles, but there are automatic rifles, in
principal similar to the Maxim, which
can fire ten shots a second, the diff
Guilty being to supply the ammunition
quickly enough for minutes contin-
uous firing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
Could not Translate Ii.

Hiram had returned home from col
lege, where he had won high honors
as student of the ancient languages,
but he fell down" one day when his
slste-, a Semnre young girl in her
teens, asked him TO translate a sign
she had seen in front of an optician's
office which read thus: Con sultu sabo
utyo urey es. Hiram struggled man
fully with it for several minutes and
gave it up. 1T isn't good Latin" he
said. There are some words in it
that are Latin, but the others are
either wrong in termination or are
barbarisms from other languages,
and taken as a whole, it doesn't make
sense" THAT is what I said" re
joined his sister, ''but Keturah, out
in the kitchen, translates it without
any trouble. She says it means
Consult US about your eyes Where
upon Hiram collapsed-Youth's Com
panion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
HOT WEATHER DIET.
Meat Once a Day Is Amply Sufficient
For All,

For All.
Unless you are undergoing eXtraor-
binary physical fatigue, once a day is
often enough to eat red" meat in this
fiery weather, says the Philadelphia
Record. If you can arrange the family
meals to suit yourself, feed them on
plenty of poultry, fresh fish, fresh
vegetables, soups, and, above all,
plenty Of fruit. The red-blooded
meats are not necessary as they seem
to be in cold weather. Lamb is better
than beef when the mercury is rang
ing about the century mark. If you
have beefsteak for luncheon or for din
ner that will suffice for the day. A
ripe peach or two, French rolls, good
coffee, and boiled egg, or a fried
perch, makes good breakfast, unless
you prefer cantaloupes to the peach,
reserving the latter for your dessert.
This suggestion is made for the bene-
mt OF those who lead comparatively
sedentary lives, and who do not re-
qulre the broiled chop and fried po-
tatoes which the man who works hard
with his muscles deserves to start the
day.
Beef eating is admirable in winter,
autumn and spring, but in a climate
such as Philadelphia yields in July
and August a very little red-blooded
meat is necessary in the daily diet
Beef-eating warns you up, and no
such treatment is required nowadays
Roast chicken, sea foods, roast ducks,
fruits in profusion, and the vegeta-
bles which grow above ground are pre-
ferable just now. Good ice cream is a
valuable addition to the daily diet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
Practical Points.

A successful breeder of Belgian
how to raise these pretty and profit
able pets, says that the first thing nee
essary is to get your hare and the
second is to take care of it as nearly
after natures plan as possible.
There are plenty of hares to be had,
means. In getting a pair to start
rabbitry, the greatest care should be
taken to secure animals that have the
proper coloring and markings and that
are of good size. A full grown hare
weighs from eight to fourteen pounds
In color the pure bred Belgian is a
reddish tan which is deepest on the
shoulders and the top Of the neck.
The sides and launches will be darker
with many Of the hairs tipped with
black. This gives a notified appear
ance which is a sign of pure breed.
The underside Of the body is white
The head is carried well up and the
eyes are dark and bright. The ears
are about five inches long and are
tipped with black and they should be
carried erect While the fore legs are
small the hind legs are large and pow
erful and can give vigorous kicks.
The animal should, therefore, always
be lifted by the skin between the
shoulders exactly as a cat carries her
kittens.
The hare needs plenty Of room. Each
grown hare should have a run" of its
own at least twenty feet long, two
and a half wide and six feet high Gov
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
BAD TASTE IN PULLMAN CARS.
Their Interior Decorations Show the
Most Glaring Inharmonies of Color.

In the Ladies' Home Journal Ed
ward Box sharply criticises the in
terror decorations of Pullman cars as
A Riot of Bad Taste, that is absolutely
inexcusable, for "the Pullman COM
pany,' he contends, "is a rich corpora
ton which can have what it wills. If
good taste does not exist in it's fur
nishing department, as indisputably
seems to be the case, the company can
and should buy it. For the same
amounts now expended on these cars,
effects Of harmony and Of truly arts
tic drapery could be obtained which
would be a credit to the company.
These cars could have an incalculable
influence on the community The new
cars which the company constantly
builds could, better than any other
medium that know of, be made to re-
fleet in panoramic manner the new
est and most progressive steps made
in artistic decoration and furnishing.
They could be made the most effective
travelling educators of the public. In
stead, they are simply vehicles of the
worst taste imaginable-in fact, of 10
taste whatever. AS amazing con-
generations of the most glazing and
grossest inharmonies Of color, they
stand absolutely supreme. They VIC
late even the simplest canons of good
taste"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18

OF one hundred and fifty OF these
wretched creatures persisted in this
way" Captain Ramsey said after
ward that he and his men distinctly
saw the sharks tearing the slaves as
they struggled in the water.-John R.
Spears, in Scribner's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
HOURS OF TORMENT
TRAIN DISPATCHER TELLS STORY
OF HIS LAST TRICK"
OVERLOOKED AN ORDER
Expected That Terrible Collision
Would ResuIt-MentaI Torment
While Waiting for News That
Came Not-ThriIling Tale of Actual
Experience.

There were four of them and they
were seated in the corridor Of the Mid
land hotel the other evening, smoking
and talking over the experiences of
their younger days. All of them were
railroad officials whose names are
familiar the land over. None was less
than so years old and all had reached
the age when the hopes and ambitions
Of life have either been realized or
laid carefully away, like faded flow
ers, never to be looked at again, per-
haps, except with regret. But the
world had treated them kindly and
they had watched each other climb up
the ladder step by step, steadily, per-
severingly, until the top had been
reached and the long-delayed and we'll
earned reward had come.
1T is very easy to get into the
wrong department of railroad" said
one of the group, portly man with
hair that was snowy white. Il made
that mistake in the very beginning Of
my career. Went into the operating
department and it required one of the
severest lessons of my life to teach me
that l didn't belong there. Let me tell
you about it. The first position OF i'm
portance that l ever held on a railroad
was as a dispatcher on one of the
western roads, il the hottest country
the sun shines upon i'll this hemis-
phere today. 1t happened in Arizona.
The heat was SO intense that to sleep
was utterly impossible until nature
became exhausted. During the day the
thermometer frequently registered 120
and I remember how we used to hold
a lighted cigar under the instrument
just as the overland passenger train
pulled in at noon with tourists almost
Frustrated. And many a hearty laugh
we had, too, as they gazed wonder
ingly at the thermometer with the
mercury up to the highest point, after
which they would send scores Of teIe-
grams to friends in the east describing
the heat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
a Matter of Custom.

Il can't see the justice" said Tooler,
in condemning the Mormons for driy-
ing their wives four-in-hand because
we prefer to hitch ours tandem."-
Smart Set
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18

Joseph NJ. Chapple, editor of The
National Magazine, published in Bos-
ton. which he has made a great sue
cess, is visiting at his old home in
Ashland.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
OUR PLAYING CARDS
FIRST MADE TO AMUSE AN IN
SANE KING.
CONCERNING THEIR ORIGIN

The Question Is In Some Doubt-At
Present Time American Manufac-
turers Turn Out Millions of Packs
Yearly-Consumption Simply En-
ormous.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-18
Works Of Art.

At one time an experiment was
tried of having beautifully engraved
pictures of women and men in royal
robes for monarchs of the deck, and
they proved really beautiful works
Of art. But the result was a failure
and pecuniary disaster. A big stock
of these cards was later auctioned off
in California, and brought something
like a cent per pack.
The manufacture of cards in this
country has been so improved that
now the American product finds a
great market abroad, readily under
selling the English, French and Span
ish articles Of the very best make
The manufacture of cards for the use
of clubs is a speciality in itself, the
backs of these cards being decorated
with each clubs monogram, and
many English clubs now buy directly
of the American makers. Wealthy
private individuals also have cards
made with their monograms or Crests
upon the backs, and it is only short
time ago that one of the wealthiest
gentlemen in this city had $1,000
worth made at a single order.
The consumption of playing cards
at present is enormous. The people
seem to have passed the era of the
real cheap article, and there is a re-
action, the demand everywhere being
for the better grades. Strange as it
may seem, there are more cards used
per capita in the east than in the
west, where gambling is supposed to
be general.
The Alamogordo news. (Alamogordo, N.M.) 1899-1912, 1900-11-01

torial Importance above his personal
prejudiees and jealOusies. III the lat.
ter, he has already reae he'd the acme of
ms ambition and it is time TO lay him on
the shelf.
II the Republicans Of Santa Fe coup-
ty desire to preserve the integrity of the
party and keep a winning organization
before the people they should support
the straight Republican ticket recog
nlzed by the regular Republican count,
central committee. In the name of de.
ceney and political purity, put down
the usurping, degrading. irresponsible
gang ot hoodlnms who aspire 10 politi.
cal control. Otherwise look for contin-
hed Democratic success and Republi-
can machine Odious TO all good citizens
Ii Mr.. Catron, through his course
hopes TO imrresS the legislative nom
inees that Governor is not boss Of
santa Fe county politics, he has sue
cetded. But he has also convinced the
voters of the entire territory that Gov.
ernor Otero appreciates the dignity Of his
position and is too great man to soil
MS robes Of Office in the gutter of un-
clean politics. Otero is more than ever
entitled to the respect and confidence
u people of the territory, and his course
turing his term of office has not onl,
been manly and honorable throughout.
Dut II has also been wise and beneficial
70 degree never before attained by
New Mexico governor. Governor Otero
$ governor Of New Mexico, and not
ward heller And the contemplate
lght made against him has only
'trengthened the estimation his old
rlends have always borne for him. and
las added many new friends TO his
'etinne.
Otero county is for Governor Otero. |
hrSt, last and all the time, and any |
member OF the legislature who betrays |
ne governor, need not come to thisue |
i the woods looking for votes. Mr.. |
'erea is horrible example of Catron
'olltics and their end Is anyone else |
boxing for like sepulchre?