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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03
TO CURE AZOTURIA
A DISEASE LIKELY TO COME 10
HORSES IN SPRING.
DUE TO HEAVY FEEDING
sometimes Results Fatally-Symp-
toms and Treatment for Suffering
Animals-They Should be Exercised
Daily or Feed Should be Reduced
To Insure Good Condition

| Azoturia, disease of horses, is like
ly to give more or less trouble now
The late spring has made the farmer
| anxious to get his crop in with all pos.
| sitle speed. To do so he has durins
| the last few weeks fed his horses heav-
lily to get them into shape for the hard
work ahead Of them. An outbreak OF
this disease, five horses being affected
IN one neighborhood, shows the neces-
slty for some knowledge of azoturia.
AS this disease is a serious one and Oft
times fatal, the best means of proven
ton should be known by the farmer,
says A. j. Hopkins, veterinarian at the
university.
The causes are heavy feeding, espe-
cially on rich foods. and lack of exer-
else, or heavy feeding while standing
for day or two.
The symptoms are: When taken
from the stable and started to work.
the horse goes Off very lively but soon
shows signs of distress, lags in the
harness, sweats freely, may show
lameness in one or more limbs: usu-
ally the hind ones are affected The
lameness increases until the animal is
unable to stand or move, and it event.
ually goes down. When down it
struggles violently. The muscles over
the rump GROUP and loins are often
greatly swollen and hard. The urine
is thick and coffee-coIored
Needed treatment varies according
to the case and to the severity of the
symptoms. The animal should be
placed in a warm, dry, well-bedded
stall, and hot applications be made to
the lo1ns. A blanket wrung out in
not water, or hot salt or hot bran in
bag may be applied, or even some
stimulating liniment. Keep the bow
els moving; injections will aid for
that purpose. The urine should be
drawn once or twice daily and the ami
NAL turned frequently. Encourage
sweating by giving plenty of water to
drink and blanketing. The stall must
be well bedded, to avoid bruises and
ped sores on the patient.
Prevention is far more imnortant
than treatment. Horses must not be
Kept idle in the stable, whether on
Light or heavy feed. Exercise must be
given every day. If animals are to
De laid Off work, reduce the grain feed.
Give bran mash containing a table
spoonful of salt once a week. Horses
that are good feeders and easy keep
ers are especially liable to this disease.
II exercise cannot be given any other
way, turn out in the barnyard or pad
dock for a few hours every day. If
these precautions are followed the
farm horses will never be affected.
with this dread trouble, which usually
appears at the busiest season of the
year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03

whom he found waiting for him. Ar
irving in the lobby of the theater, he
checked his overcoat, and, rejoining
the young woman, started 10 enter the
theater proper, when he discovered
that he had left his seat coupons in
the pocket Of his overcoat. Greatly
embarrassed, he was Obliged to re-
join the long line of men who were
waiting to have their coats checked
before he was able to regain his
checks and secure admittance into the
theater. Nothing more of an unusual
nature occurred to him until at the
close OF the performance, to his great
dismay. he found that he was unable
to open his opera hat Either the
spring was out of order or he did not
understand its mechan-I
ism, and, therefore, the hat would not
open, and. as he walked through the
lobby Of the theater, attracting uni
yersal attention by his endeavors toI
conquer the refractory headgear, heI
heartily wished he had never seen or
hard of an opera hat; nor was this |
feeling at all lessened when, as he |
was just about to step into the street, |
ne made a too vigorous attempt, and
ran his fist through the crown of the
nat. AS he entered the carriage and
vas driven away, amid the laughter
If those who had witnessed his dis
'omfiture, he resolved to eschew, in
he future, all temptations to indulge
himself socially.-Indianapo News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03
WHAT ARE THE X RAYS?

In the first place, what is the pres
ent state Of our knowledge of the x
rays? Have we more efficient methods
of producing them, and can we see
farther into the recesses of the human
body? In regard to the first question,
we can say that, although we may not
be able to answer dogmatically that
we know what these rays are, we have
valuable hints in regard to their char
acter, and our knowledge of their
manifestations and their relation to
light waves and magnetic waves has
greatly increased during the four
years which have elapsed since their
discovery. They are now believed by
the best authorities to be magnetic
and electrical pulses, or waves of ex-
tremely short length. In the spectrum
Of sunlight formed by sending a beam
through a prism of quartz the X-ray
pulses or waves are to be found, &C
cording to their hypothesis, beyond
the violet color Of this spectrum far
into the dark region invisible to the
eye, and only brought into view at
present by the aid of photography. In
this invisible region reside many
singular manifestations Of energy
closely analogous to those of the X
rays.-Prof. John Trowbridge in Ap-
pleton's Popular Science Monthly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03
A CHAPTER ON KEROSENE.

For a burn. wash lightly with kero-
sene for a little while, until the burn
| ing is over. 1t beats carron oil and
cotton batting, and is always handy.
My little girl rank a tack into her
bare foot; it was so firmly imbedded I
had to use my teeth to pull it out. I
then placed her foot in basin of kero :
sene and held it there for about ten
minutes. 1t stopped aching very soon.
After taking from the oil I bound a
rag around it, and in short time she
was running around as usual, and suf-
fered no pain from her accident.
The boss had an ingrowing nail
which made his whole toe ache unbear-
ably. 1 suggested that he soak it in
kerosene; result, pain gone in two
minutes. He then pared down and
dug out the nail, and has had no
trouble since.
Sister Flo had a. small goiter on her
neck; she bathed it with kerosene ev-
cry night on retiring, and in a week or
two her neck was the normal size
again
For sore throat moisten a flannel
rag in kerosene and bind around the
throat; if it is very bad, garg1e with
the oil, also.
For sore lungs wear a flannel damp
ened with kerosene over the chest.
A neighbor' boy exploded some
powder the wrong way and got his
face full. They soon got the soreness
and inflammation out by bathing in
kerosene
If the varnish is old on your fur
niture rub it over with a kerosene rag
once a week and it will look almost
AS good as new.
A kerosene oil stove is almost a
necessity in the kitchen.
Clean the wringer rollers and the
greasy wash-dish with kerosene.
A few tablespoonfuls Of kerosene in
the wash water will whiten the clothes
wonderfully
Wash the windows mirrors and pic
lures with kerosene, wiping with
soft, old rag and polish with a
crumpled newspaper
If the sewing machine is dirty and
gummed up oil it thoroughly with
kerosene, and run it little while:
then wipe clean with old rags and oil
with good machine oil.
We have saved trip to the watch
makers several times by kerosening
our little alarm clock when it got too
dirty to run properly.
Use kerosene to clean up the wheels
Of the baby carriage.
A feather and a quart of kerosene
will rid bed of bugs very quickly.
Use plenty of oil, though.
It is said that kerosene emulsion
will kill aphis on house plants; and l
read lately that a good washing with
kerosene will rid the children's heads
Of the parasites.
Kerosene is one of woman's best
friends. II anyone can add to this list
of its uses, we want to hear from her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03
A HANDSOME LAWN.

Lawn-making Is not so difficult as
most persons seem TO think. You must
begin right if you would obtain
satisfactory degree of success. The
first thing to do is to grade the ground
evenly. Most persons prefer a lawn
that slopes away from house to road
IN an almost imperceptible incline of
surface. Such a lawn Is easier to
make them a level one, because any
little departure from a perfectly even
surface will be far less noticeable. To
secure the necessary slope, earth will
have to be filled in near the house If
the lot is comparatively level one.
Wherever there has been any excava-
ton made for the house-walls or a.
cellar, there will generally be enough
earth near the future house to furnish
all the filling needed in making the
reqired slope. The soil, which is al
most always hard, should be worked
over until is is as fine and mellow as
possible, for good lawn cannot be
made from a soil that is coarse and
lumpy. If the soil is not rich. il
| should be made so. I would advise the
use of bonemeal in liberal quantity in
preference to barn-yard fertilizer, be-
case it never introduces the seeds Of
| weeds into the lawn, as manure from
the stables is very sure to do. Coarse
| bonemeal, in the proportion of a half
pound to each square yard, will give a
soil Of ordinary quality strength
enough to produce an excellent
growth of grass.-Eben G. Rexford in
New LippincOtt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS
Convention Endorses President McKip
ley and Selects Delegates.

Milwaukee, Wis. April 25.-The re-
publican state convention was a most
harmonious meeting. There was one
contest, between H. August Luedke
and A. G. Weissert of Milwaukee for
the position Of delegate-at-large to
the national convention. 1t was for
the most part a squabble in the Mil
Waukee delegation, and Mr.. Luedke
won by an overwhelming vote. The
result was: Luedke, 6971a; Weissert,
32l12. The full delegation at large to
the Philadelphia convention is:
Joseph B. Treat, Monroe; alternate.
G. H. Baxter, Lancaster.
H. August Luedke, Milwaukee; al
ternate A. j. Frame, Waukesha.
Isaac Stephenson, Marinette; alter
nate, John l.. Erdall, Madison.
James H. Stout, Menominee; alter
nate, N. c. Foster, Augusta.
The electors-at-large nominated are:
Alley Peterson, Soldiers Grove.
A. G. Weissert, Milwaukee.
The convention was called to order
at noon by State Chairman J: B. Treat,
who introduced James G. Monahan as
temporary chairman. Mr.. Monahan
made a long speech When the con-
Vention reassembled after recess Judge
Mead, from the committee on perma-
nent organization, recommended the
temporary organization be made per-
manent, and it was done. T. H.
Spence, the chairman of the commit
tee on resolutions, presented the fol-
lowing report, which was adopted:
We, the republicans of Wisconsin.
in convention assembled, reaffirm the
principles of the republican party
popularity approved and Endorsed at
the last national election, and com
mended and justified by subsequent
events. We are gratified that expert
ence neither constrains us to recede
from the high position then taken on
questions before the country, nor 10
subordinate views then vehemently
supported to meet the exigencies of a
new campaign. We hereby express
our profound qualification that the
present congress of the United States
conformably to those principles. BY
formal legislative enactment. has es-
tablished as permanent standard OF
value the gold coin Of the nation. We
indorse the strong and progressive ad-
! ministration of our president. William
Mckinley, under which new luster has
been added to our arms and unparal-
leled increase Of wealth and prosper
| ity secured to the country, and we re-
ly upon our party to deal with AM
! solve the problems that have come Il
Us as result Of the Spanish war il
a manner that will reflect credit upor
| the party and rebound to the homo
and strength Of the nation. We in
| dOrse the thorough, busfnesslike al
ministration Of Governor Edward SEQ
| field, under which, without increasin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03

taxation, the state expenses and debts
have been paid and large surplus ac-
cumulated in the general fund"
The convention then elected dele
| gates-at-large to Philadelphia, and the
| district nominations for delegates to
the national convention were reported
| as follows and ratified:
First district-Dr. J. c. Reynolds,
Lake Geneva; James Hoskins, OAR
lingtor
Second-George J. Kispert, Jeffer-
son; A. A. Porter. Columbia.
Thirds. w. Reese, Dodgeville; J.
H, Bancroft, Richland Center.
Fourth-Irving NJ. Bean, Milwau-
kee; Bernard Leidersdorf, Milwaukee
Fifth-John R. bennett, Port Wash
ington; Charles Elkert, Milwaukee.
Sixth-E G. Nash, Manitowoc; Hoyt
A. Winslow.
Seventh-Levi Withee La Crosse; J.
L. Barber, Eau Claire.
Ninth-Walter Alexander. Wausau:
B. W. Davis, Phillips.
Tenth-R. L. Mccormick, Hayward;
J. T. Murphy, Superior.
The eighth district nominations
have not been made as yet, because OF
the deadlock in the congressional con-
vention.
Nominations for presidential elect
ors-at-large were made by acclama-
ton, and the selection of district pres
ldential electors ratified, as follows:
First district-George A. Yule.
Second-Willard A. Brunt.
Third-Henry Rothe.
Fourth-William Kieckhefer.
Fifth-A ]. Frame
Sixth-John Schuette.
Seventh--John Aschner
Efghth-C. M. Fenelon.
Ninth-The Rev. John D. Nelsenius.
Tenth-Fred A Severance.
AS an incident Governor Seofield an
nounced that he was not a candidate
for denomination.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03
KENTUCKY WITCHERY.
It Still Has a Foothold in the Blue
grass State.

Strange as it may seem, witchcraft
still tiourishes in Kentucky" said a
postoffice inspector, upon returning
from business trip to Letcher county,
in that state. He tells of two instances,
one of which occurred while he was In
village, while the other happened
but few days before
When he arrived in the place al
luded to he learned that there was a
woman in the place who was lying
seriously i'll. The members Of her
family had secured two black cats, one
of which was fastened under the
front steps of the house, while the
other was similarly placed under the
rear steps. A dog was tied by his tail
to the fireplace. The woman and her
family thought that she was bewitched,
and the three animals were supposed
to be on guard against the witch Up
to the time of leaving Inspector Betz
says that no physician had arrived,
and the woman was in a precarious
condition.
The other case he related was as fol-
lows: A young man called upon a
physician a number of miles away
from the house of the formers sick
brother. The young man explained
that his brother was bewitched, and
wanted the physician to use endeavors
to drive away the witch which DOS
sessed him. The doctor told Mr.. Betz
that if he tried to cure the boy in the
regular way but little attention would
be paid to him, so he thought he
would try little conjuring.
From what the young man said the
physician readily diagnosed the case
as commissions, which to the super
stitious would readily give rise to the
belief that the afflicted one was be-
witched. The physician pulled from
mis- library very large volume, and,
opening it at random, began going
through improvised lamentations. He
knew that commissions as a rule ceased
after they had run for a certain
period, and when he had got through
with his humbuggery he told the young
man his brother would be better at
o'clock that day The young man
slept at the doctors house that night,
and early the next morning the pair
drove to the home Of the sick man.
The doctor feared that perhaps his
prophecy had failed, but was treasured
when told that the commissions had
ceased at about the time stated.
He then administered to the sick
man in the regular way so as to pre-
vent an immediate recurrence OF the
malady. He further knew that it was
customary that in cases where witches
had been driven forth he must explain
where they had gone to, so he said
that he would make them enter the
bodies of the chickens, and that they
would have similar commissions and
drop over dead. In the meantime he
had secured a soft biscuit, which he
used in making pills that contained
arsenic, and which, as he was talking,
he dropped carelessly to the ground
The chickens, out grubbing, Of course,
got the pills, and one by one had
spasms, and, after doing a fancy Jig
would drop over dead. The physician
is now revered by the entire commun-
ity as an ancient household god used
to be-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03
CHAPTER XXI.
The Sentence.

u6 sentence.
The London papers were brought
to Ethel, and she searched them anx-
iously for news Of her husband. She
found it at last. His trial was to take
place on the third of August. and no
hope was given that he would be Ieni-
emily dealt with. Until the third OF
August her life passed like a dream:
she neither smiled nor laughed. and
seldom spoke: she sat like one in a
trance, in a Iistless dream.
On the day of the trial she rose with
the dawn; she knelt by the side of her
bed, with clasped hands and bowed
head, full of deep, unutterabIe mis-
cry.
She had driven herself almost crazy
with fear, wondering what she would
do if her husband were set free and
came to claim her-if the story of her
disgraceful marriage were ever made
known.
Il should kill myself" she said
with clenched hands; Il could moi
face the exposure and the shame"
The third of August was a bright
warm, beautiful day, but Ethel sat in
her own room, silent, melancholy, list.
| less, wondering what Laurie was do
| ing-what was happening.
Her heart seemed faint and cold a.
she pictured him in the felon's dock
his handsome face white with shame
his head bent-forger, thief. waitiu!
to receiving his sentence.
She did not love him-she never ha,
loved him-but all that evening sh
sat at her window watching the su,
set, and the moon rise-watching til
purple evening shadows and the dark
gray shades of night-watching tn
stars while others slept. until til
crimson dawn that looked so fair i
the eastern Sky broke once again owe
the earth.
He knew his fate by then; sentenc
had been pronounced upon him. an
i soon she should know it. Was /
> watching the rise of the early daw
through the prison bars? Was /
thinking of her, this forger and THE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03
GREAT RAILWAY TUNNELS.

At present the two greatest railway
tunnels of the world are those pierre
ing the St Gothard and Mont Gents.
II will not now be many years before
that other great mountain Of Alpien
range, the Simpion, will also be
pierced, so that men may pass to and
fro in trains beneath its mighty sum-
nit The operations, it is true, are
progressing slowly, but steadily and
surely. More than 1000 men are
there at work. The length of the cut
ting at the north end is now about
1000 yards, that at the south end only
about 500 yards. The work is now pro-
crossing at the rate Of five yards a
day at each end. It is impossible to
foretell the probable date of compile
ton, owing to the changing nature Of
the strata; but when the two gangs OF
workmen meet in the middle, they
will have completed the longest tunnel
in the world for they will have cut
through thirteen miles of mountain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03
ONE NIGHT IN A DRESS SUIT.
Bashful Man Conquered Everything
Except the Crush Hat.

The bashful young man took his girl
to the theater. 1t was his initial VEN
ture Of this character, and as he laid
his new dress suit on the bed, the first
one he had ever owned, preparatory
to beginning his toilet, he contemplate
ed with awe the prospect before him.
After a half-hour's fierce struggle with
his patented shirt studs, which per-
sistently refused to pierce the cast
iron bosom of his new dress shirt, he
had worked himself into a mood little
likely to facilitate the somewhat diff
cult task of properly arranging his
tie, for it is a well-known fact that
the modern dress tie is built on lines
that makes the tying Of it an opera
ton which even the most adept eX-
perience difficulty in successfully per-
forming. At last, however, it encir-
cled his neck, and he breathed a sign
Of relief as he wiped the perspiratioD
from his forehead and put on his coat
and waistcoat. Wearing a dress suit
for the first time invests man with a
feeling somewhat similar to the one
which comes to him when he removes
from his face his mustache, for in the
| former instance he feels that there is
a too liberal display Of Numbered siirt
| bosom, while in the latter case he il
wildly impressed with the fact tina
| there exists too large a surfact of IN
| covered countenance.
| Being duly clad, the removed from
the box the new opera hat which b.
had ordered by telephone that after
noon, entered the carriage and wa
driven to the home Of the young lady
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03
SIDE VIEWS OF LIFE.

There is no vacation in the school of
experience.
Some people never accomplish any
thing because they have too much pa
thence with themselves.
Some women fancy they hate fiat
terry when all the hate is the awkward
ness of the fatterer.
Nothing worries girl more than to
discover that the man after her own
heart isn't after it at all
Originally is simply a new way of
expressing an old thought
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03

At New York Terry McGovern, the
featherweight champion, was awarded
the decision over Tommy Warren of
Brooklyn, at the end Of the first round
before the Broadway Athletic club
Warren. who is 10 years old and
weighs 40 pounds, displayed absolute
" no Knowledge Of the game, and was
knocked down twice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03

First Chicken-Me father came from
Shanghai.
Second Chicken-Huhl that's no.
thing. Ne mother was an oil stove
from Paris.-Leslie's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-03

At London, George Douglas Camp
bell, duke of Argyll, is dead.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-01-12
FREE OF CHARGE,

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No throat or lung remedy ever had
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Twenty years ago millions of bottles
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