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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

hnOW.-Puck.
We bought a lawnmower at the
Montague auction"
We'll, that was all right. wasn't it,"
All right? Maria says it is our old
one which they borrowed and never re-
turned. Detroit Free Press.
/ cannot reach his heart" she ex-
claimed passionately.
Further, the senorita went.
That is what comes" she exclaimed
some more, 'of allowing myself to be
cajoled into buying a stiletto at a bar
gain sale for 10 cents "-Indianapolis
Journal
Dad said the youthful Bilivinian,
thar's big rattlesnake under the
bed,"
All right" said the old man, COM
posedly, 'Jes' let him stay thar-kase
Ell you poster him he'll spring his rat
tie an wake yer nanny up, an then
there'll be the devil to pay.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Tommy think mamma is an awful
gossip.
Ethel-Oh, Tommy! How can YOU
say such a thing?
Tommy-Well. she is. Everythine
that l do she goes and tells papa.
hate gossip.-Philadelphia Press.
The Sweet Young Thing-What is
the meaning of the old custom of
throwing rice at a newly married
couple?
The Grabbed Old Bachelor-It grew
out of the idea, l suppose, that the
bridegroom is usually pudding
Louisville Dispatch.
Enough champagne is drunk year.
~" said the statistical person, Ito
float the Oregon"
L once fioated $4,000, 900 trust"
said the promoter, "on only three
dozen quarts. Indianapolis Journal.
Old lady-If I give you this quarter
what assurance have I that you won't
Immediately go and get drunk?
Ploddin' Pete-De knowledge, lady,
dat it takes at least dollar ter git me
ull.-Philadelphia Record.
Tell me, do you like the color of
my hair?"
Indeed, do. My dear madam, you
could not have made a better choice
Fliegende Blaetter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

Remember, boys" said the master,
that in the bright lexicon of youth
there's no such word as fail"
After a few moments a boy raised
his hand. well what is it, my lad?"
asked the master.
Il was merely going to suggest re-
piled the youngster, that if such is
the case, it would be advisable to write
to the publishers Of the lexicon and
call their attention to the omission"
-Tit-BitS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08
HUMANITY BEGINS AT HOME.

Lady-'Why did You have that boy
arrested?"
Baker-eWhy. he was throwing
stones at a poor cat.
Lady-sHow cruel. 7 am glad to
see that you are so humane
Baker-sYes. One Of the stones
broke my window"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

During the house-cleaning, she call
ed the dining-room girl, saying:
Maggie, set all the cut glass on that
table on the south side piazza"
"Yes?" asked the servant, with an
accent of Interrogation.
Yes. l want those people next door
who have been too stuck up to call on
us to see what we have in the house. -
kansas City Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

sewious matter, deciding just whom to
invite and whom TO leave out, We
know,-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

The Morins block, Lowell. Mass.
ive-story business structure. was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss 800. 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

Shall we elect our senators by a
popular voter" asked the friend.
Look here" said Senator Sorghum,
Il don't believe you say it right. 1
don't believe this idea was got up so
much with view to the electing as it
was in the hope of leaving some of US
at home ''-Washingto Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

Enough champagne is drunk year.
~" said the statistical person, Ito
float the Oregon"
I once fioated a 100000 trust"
said the promoter, ION only three
dozen quarts. '-Indianapolis Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

Yes, that's the bride"
Every young, isn't she?"
Nineteen, I believe"
who are those middle-aged women
with herr"
Those are her unmarried sisters.
She's chaperoning them. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Mr.. Gotrox-I suppose you thorough
" realize that marriage is a serious
matter?
Mr.. Dudley-Well, I should say yes,
ye know, Such a deucedly twying and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

First theatrical manager-Is your
new year drama realistic?
Second theatrical manager Real
istic, Why, would you believe it, on
the opening night the canned beef in
the second act smelled so horribly that
We had to give away scent bottles as
souvenirs ,-Philadelphia Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

Old lady-If I give you this quarter,
what assurance have I that you won't
go and get drunk?
Ploddin' Pete-De knowledge, lady,
dat it takes at least a dollar ter git me
ull.-Philadelphia Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

Tell me, do you like the color of
my hair?"
Indeed, I do. My dear madam, you
could not have made better choice
Fliegende Blaetter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08

We bought lawnmower at the
Montague auction"
Well, that was all right, wasn't it,"
All right? Maria says it is our old
one which they borrowed and never re-
turned. Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-02-08
THE DUDE CHANTTCLEER.

Isn't that young Coxcomb of very low birth 2"
"Oh, yes. They say he was incubator-hatched. ,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
.,1,,od :, . boon oovarod with straw

placed in a heap, covered with straw
and then enough earth is put on them
to prevent freezing in the severest
winter weather. This is great mis-
take, and many pits are lost because
of this over protection. 1t is very
desirable to avoid storing large guam
titles of roots in the cellars OF dwell
ing houses. Consequently where no
separate storage place is available'
pitting outside is the best plan.
Gather the roots after they have
been dug and sufficient time has
elapsed to allow them to dry OH.
Place in oblong heaps in high spot
in the field 80 that good drainage is
possible, cover with straw and few
inches of earth 80 that moderate frost
and the slight freeze of early winter
will not injure the roots, dig trench
around the base of the pit so that
water will not stand. Where the
water rises near the surface during the
wet period, it is best to place the roots
on the top Of the ground.as suggested
above. However, if there is good
drainage there is no reason why an
excavation cannot be made six feet
wide and about foot deep and as
long as necessary. Begin by carefully
stacking the roots, filling the first two
feet of the trench. This will form the
first section, leave space of about
six inches, then put in another Sec
ton, and 80 on. Round up the top.
fill the six inches of space between
the heaps with straw and cover the
whole with straw and 18 or more
inches of soil.
This plan requires much less work
in covering and is in reality a series
of small pits each distinct. The tubers
keep better in this way, and as only
one section at time need be opened
there is less liability to waste than il
the pit were large one containing
the entire crop. In some sections o.
the country the covering or soil mus
be two or three feet deep to preven
freezing. New England Homestead
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
Mu1chinp tho Garden.

There is work that may be done in
the garden after the ground is frozen.
The rhubarb or pie plant should be
mulched as soon as the ground is
frozen an inch or two, with coarse,
strawy manure from the stables or
poultry yards. If this is not at hand,
any variety of mulch, as straw, leaves
or evergreen branches will be better
than nothing, but the plant is rank
feeder and cares little whether its fer
tilizer is green or we'll rotted, or a
chemical fertilizer, but the latter is
best if put on in the spring. The
mulch is, of course, to prevent alter
nate freezing and thawing. This will
enable it to throw up stalks earlier in
the spring, and if manure is used lib
orally and the plants are not frost
bound, the stalks in the spring will
make the marketmen or the house
keeper who gets them, think it is the
mammoth sort.
OF course almost every strawberry
grower understands the benefit OF
mulching the strawberry bed for win
ter protection, but few know how
much good it will do the currants and
gooseberry bushes, the blackberry and
raspberry to have a heavy mulch put
along the row at the same time. Try
it once, and the crop will pay for ii
and leave balance to pay for doing
80 another year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
A WILL in TWO Pieces.

The will of Eli A. Smith of Perry
township, offered for probate, has
caused some trouble to the probate
commissioner. The will was written
on page of letter paper, which erl-
IDENTITY had proved too short to contain
all that the writer wanted to say, and
continued on another scrap of paper,
the two being pinned together.
The scrap bore the signature OF Mr..
Smith and attesting witnesses. Mrs.
Smith the beneficiary of the will, has,
therefore, had to introduce evidence
of persons who were present when
her husband signed his will. Among
other witnesses she introduced Benja.
min Morgan, trustee of Perry town
ship, who swore that he wrote the will
and could not get it all on one piece
of paper, 80 he continued it on the
scrap and pinned the two together.
Other evidence will also be offered to
show that the pinning was done before
the will was executed. Indianapolis
Nows
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
Where We Get Caviare.

Caviare Is consumed III vast quan-
titles all over the Russian Empire. 1t
is also sent to Italy, Germany, France
and England and is largely eaten In
this country. Caviare is a shining
brown substance in little globules,
looking exactly like little bramble-
berries. It is obtained from sturgeon
in March by millions on their spawn
ing beds in the mouth Of the Danube,
the Dneiper, the Don and the Volga
rivers, where both nets and hooks are
used to capture the fish.
After the membrane OF the roe has
been removed the grains are washed
with vinegar or the cheap white wines
Of the country. Then they are dried
in the air, salted,' put into bags and
pressed and packed in casks. 1t is ont
of the most important articles OF Rus
sian trade, the sales reaching annually
over $1O,0O0,0O0.
The importation Of caviare to Amer
lea is increasing yearly. In 1899 1t wal
double that Of the previous year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
Recipes.

Apple Roly Poly Pudding-Make
rich soda biscuit dough, roll it out in
square about quarter of an inch
thick, cover with thin slices of tart
apples, roll up, pinch firmly together,
prick several times with fork and
steam. Serve with cream and suga-.
Potato Pufs-Beat pint of mashed
potato and two tablespoonful of
melted butter until light Then add
one half of cupful of cream and two
beaten eggs, white and yolks beaten
separately. Beat we'll and put in a
buttered dish and bake in quick
oven.
Snowflake Cream-Put in stewpan
four ounces of ground rice, four ounces
of sugar, few drops of almond ex-
tract, or any extract you may wish;
three tablespoonfuls of butter and one
Quart of milk. Let cook until quite
creamy, pour into mould. When
stiffeued serve with whipped cream.
Rye Shortcake Toast-Mix one cup
each of -four and rye -four, one table
spoonful Of sugar, one-half teaspoon
full of salt and four level teaspoonfuls
of baking powder. Make stiff dough
with about one cup of milk and
one tablespoonful OF butter. Roll
thin, cut in rounds, bake on griddle
or in the oven Tear open and pour
thick cream sauce over them.
Grilled Sprats--Cleanse some sprats
and dry them we'll, brush them over
with melted butter, season with salt
and cayenne and -four them. Run
some small skewers through the heads
of the fish and fasten them together
thus in rows, then grill them over a
clear but not too fierce fire, turning
the fish once or twice so that they may
be we'll cooked. Dish them up on a
very hot dish and serve with lemon
and rolls of thin brown bread and
| butter.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
wh.,. the Canada Goose Breeds.

The breeding place OF the Canaua
goose is in the neighborhood OF huo
SON Bay and in northern Labrador anu
Newfoundland. 1t is the fayorite olsn
Of the Indians Of these districts, ana
its advent is a joyful occurrence 1or
the Montagnais and Nasquapees VINO
winter In the far interior OF the Lao-
rador beniusula. When caribou, par
tridges and fish fail, there Is little lei'
for them until the geese come. Indeed
throughout British North America 'se
advent of the geese is honored anu
welcomed in many different ways. one
~ tho Indian names Of month means
"the moon when the goose lays nei
eggs" soa
The goose dance IS q time-honoreo
custom among the Crees OF the sas,
katchewan: and similar rejoicing ana
ceremonies existed among the Montag'
nais and Nasquapees prior to their con.
version to Christianity. On the coast OF
Hudson Bay, the coming OF the geese
IA watched for with the greatest anx-
iety. When the long and drcary winter
has fullyexpended itself. and the WILL
low grouse have taken their departure
for more southern regions, there Is ire
ouently a period Of starvation 10 many
Of the natives, who are generally ~
that time moving from their wlnterins
grounds to the trading posts.
The first note, therefore, OF the large
gray. Canada goose is listened to "ltn
RAPTURE knowI only to those who
have endured great privations and
gnawing hunger. 1t was computed no, nsa
LONG ago, that not fewer than 74'oW
geese are killed annually by the In,
dians of Hudson Bay, and that not
fever than 1,2oO, 900 leave their breed
ing grounds by the Hudson Bay hn'
Of fight for the South.-Correspon'
dence New York Sun.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08

not broken through for five days, and
no one knew how his neighbor was
iariug.
In the meantime Mr.. Stone took
Gaze Of Holiness stock, and Mr..
Holmes took care of his, while their
wives revelled to their hearts content
IN the supposed domestic advantages
and Improvements for which they had
envied each other so long. At last
the two families were able to get word
to one another, and day was set for
the mutual evacuation of each others
premises and meeting at Hydeville
on the way. Both parties were in
vited to dine at Jason Soper's that
memorable day, and the reader may be
sure it was not one of those dinner par
ties that languish for lack of conver-
sation.
Late in the afternoon, as the Stones
came in sight of their own pleasant
farmhouse, Mr.. Stoue said, hesitat-
ingly, 'John and I had some talk OF
exchanging farms while we were har-
Messing un. We thought, if''-
Stop right there, Amasa Stone!"
cried his wife, with a sudden uncalled
for burst of tears. ''If you ever men
ton such thing again" -
''Why!" exclaimed Mr.. Stone, in
glad astonishment, II thought you
were crazy for Cousin Maria's modern
conveniences, and John said that
Maria made life burden to him by
hankering after yours. So we thought
we'd please both of you by swapping
farms"
well, you'll neither of you ever
hear anything more on the subject
from Maria or me, "sobbed Mrs. Stone.
"We were both of US so homesick and
so ashamed that we burst out crying
when we were up in the front chamber
at Mrs. Soper's, and confessed what
fools we had been. I guess neither
of US will ever quarrel with her own
things again-lesst of all, with her
own husband. "-American Agricul-
turist.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
Wrong Way to Advertise.

Street boardings, covered with aashy
posters, are as much nuisance in the
city as tie rocks and trees defaced
with hideous painted signs are on rail-
road lines. The place for ADVERTISE
ments is in a paper, not on fence.
I doubt whether the posters do
advertisers any good; they seem
more likely to repel than to at
tract business patronage. There
should be o city ordinance to prohibit
the disisur ement of our streets. Look,
for example, at the ugly sign-board
fence that Mr.. Elbridge L. Gerry has
erected around the ruins of the Wind
sor hotel, thus adding another horror
to those of the fatal fire. I hope that
the Herald will continue its crusade
against such unsightly and offensive
attempts at publicity.-N. Y. Town
Tonnes
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
THE NEW WoMAN'S BABY.
She Brings Him Up According to Il
Rules Laid Down in the Books.

She Brings Him Up According to the
Rules Laid Down in the Books.
'But haven't yo1 any more books
on the subject?" asked the woman, ap-
pealingly, much as if the person she
was consulting had large installments
of books hidden away, only forthcom-
ing when his heart should soften.
''Not in, now," and the young man
at the circulating library turned to a
newer conner.
"Why don't you take something
else?" advised her companion.
Because I do not come here to
get any books. just want books that
will give me information about caring
for baby. Ever since he was wee
little thing I have been reading every
thing l could set on the subject. l
think" she said, crushingly, turning
to the young man in charge, 81 will
not take any book today"
Then as she started away her tone
changed to one of pity.
Glow was it," she said to the other
woman, that babies used to struggle
up, when there were no. magazines or
books about how they should be
trained? Every one of my friends who
has baby does just as do and gets
evey article she can upon their physi-
cal Or mental or moral we'll being.
And one does get such help. Just the
other day was reading somewhere:
NO mother should be without a baby's
diary. Jot down all the sayings of
the little one, 'and so I've started with
such pretty book, leather bound, you
know, and I mean to keep it up"
'sTbat must be awfully interesting"
said the other woman, isn't it?"
"This last book, the one I had
given back when I met you, gave me
fine directions for caring for baby's
teeth, especially the second teeth. I
shall do exactly rs it says, and take
him to the dentist in time. In that
way, you know, you avoid all trouble
about teeth coming in crooked and sill
that. kindergarten methods are fine,
too, and I've been reading up about
them, for I want him to have the ad-
vantage of the latest ideas"
"How old is he now?" asked the
listener suddenly.
''Three months old, "said the proud
mother, fondly.-New York Sun.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
Burying Potatoes.

Potatoes always keep best if buried.
Put foot of straw over them, and
taen thin layer of dirt This Will
do until cold weather sets in, when
another layer of straw should be pat
on, and then some more dirt. The
dirt need not be over six inches deep
for the last layer, and four inches for
the first, claims writer in the Epito-
mist. After the ground is we'll frozen
a coat of manure put over them will
keep them nicely, and hold the frost
in until late in the spring, which will
retard sprouting. Make long piles
that will be about five or six feet in
the bottom, and heap them up as high
as they will stand it. It makes no
difference how long the pile is, how
ever. The longer, the cheaper, as
you get rid of covering up 80 many
ends. I have had potatoes buried in
this way keep until the first of June
without scarcely any sprouting. If
kept in cellar they should be kept in
q dark place, for nothing spoils the
eating qualities of an eating potato
more than to have it exposed to the
light. If potatoes are for seed, the
more they are exposed to the light the
better, even if they turn green and
short, stubby sprouts have started out
On them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
Beware of the Earthworm.

Who could suspect the earthworm
of being a possible enemy to the chick?
Have we not, from our earliest infancy
dug earthworms to feed to the young
chicks, and have we not encouraged
others to do likewise? This many
times has been the cause of the little
ones dying from attacks of gapes. but
we did not suspect it. Not till science
took the matter up and demonstrated
conclusively that the earthworm is the
host by means of which the cape
worm eggs are conveyed to the trachea
of the fowl, did we recognize the
earthworm as an enemy. The micro.
scope has revealed the process in
enough of its stages to prove the rest.
The government experiments have
shown that to keep the chicks free
from cape worms they need only be
kept from all possibility of picking up
worms. Not that all worms have in
them the eggs of the cape worm, but
we never know when the danger is
present. After the chick is q little
more than half grown this precautlon
may be set aside, as the cape worms
are unable to destroy good sized
birds.
The writer has fed chicks earth
worms and. as an apparent result, has
lost chicks. It is the best plan to
keep the new broods on grass plot
or on board floor. The grass plot is
preferable, unless the sod is very thin.
There is little or no danger of the
earthworms coming within reach Of
the chicks. even in wet weather, as
would be the case on bare ground.
A little caution in this matter, espe-
cially where gapes have prevailed, will
save many chicks.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
Chaf Packing.

I believe that exclusive chaff pack
ing directly over bees will admit of
too much ventilation, and more
especially so if a limited amount is
used, which is usually the case.
Twelve inches of very fine chaff thor
oughly placed and weighted. down,
with the entrance of hive left open.
will still admit of too 1much draft
through the hives with the usual COW
ering on them.
I have come to the conclusion that
so much top dressing in the way OF
chaf' cushions, etc. and leaving large
entrance open to its full capacity, is
about on the same principle as that of
trying to keep sitting room COM
Portable with the outside door
open. We know that bees keep in
good condition in hive or anywhere
else. A two-story hive that contains
a half bushel of bees, and is full of
honey in the hottest part of the sea-
son, can get along and do business
with a very small entrance, perhaps
no larger than will admit of half
dozen bees at once. If this be the
case, and think no one will say it is
not, then how. much of an entrance
does q hive require in winter, with
one-fourth the amount of bees, and
set of combs containing only twenty
five or thirty pounds of honey, to give
them all necessary ventilation re-
ouired? In answer to ID will say
that no entrance whatever is required
when the bees are not flying, and in
addition, the top of the hive should be
air tight as the bees make it by gluing
up all the cracks, and also coating the
cloth covered surface entirely as they
do.
I do not say that bees do notrequire
a large entrance in summer, for [ am
a believer in very large entrance in
summer, and especially so during the
honey season when colonies are
strong. But in winter I have thor
oughly experimental with all the diff
ferent plans, and the last one referred
to suits me best, and my bees have in
variably come through the winter in a
more healthful condition and stronger
in number "A. b. Duff in Farm,
Field and Fireside.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-08
Pretty Table Surprise.

The newest table decoration and
entertainment is a very pretty one
indeed. In the middle of the table is
a bank of roses, violets, smilax, ferns
aud lilies of the valley. At each plate
there are three vases in three solid
colors. These are of Bohemian glass;
they may be mounted handsomely or
left undecorated. By each vase is
placed half a dozen roses and some
violets or lilies of the valley. The
hostess announces that the guest ar
ranging his flowers in the vases most
artistically wins the cut-glass rose
bowl which contains the flowers in the
middle of the table.