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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31
NYE AND RILEY.
To be continued.

While James Whitcomb Riley and
Bin Nye were travelling together they
found themselves registered at a
country inn, and, in the adjoining
room, separated only by a thin par
luton, was recently married couple
VINO evidently were just beginning to
nnd each other out The woman was
railing at the man in waspish tones.
and the husband was gruff1y replying
whenever opportunity afforded. Both
were mad clear through Finally the
wife calculated, with tears in her
voice, if not in her eyes: You told
me you were we'll off before we were
married." BY Cd, 1 was!" roared
the husband, but l didn't know it,"
Another time Riley and Nye were in
the cotton belt. where lard was un-
known, and where cottonseed oil was
used in cooking. The faint of cotton
SEED met them at every turn, and
their stomachs finally revolted when
ever they ventured into a dining
room. Nye grew desperate, and,
tucking Riley under his arm, he SAL
lied forth to find a cafe where he
could personally superintend the cook
Ing Of a steak. Then Nye hied him.
self to a butchers stall, where he Sc
lected tenderloin of ample proper
tons, and, returning to the cafe, he
cooked and served it himself. Riley
says that the steak tasted like nectar.
After each had eaten his fill Nye call
ed for the bill, and was surprised to
lind that he had been charged $3.50.
Usually he never kicked against big
bills, but this excited comment, and
he demanded to know why he was
so much where the expense
had already been borne by himself.
In rich southern dialect the cafe man
replied: Il need the money, sab" Nye
paid without further protest.-Cin-
cinnati Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31
BITS OF INFORMATION.

In Russia it is not considered good
form for girl to dance a whole waltz
or polka with one partner. Three or
four men dance a round or two each
with the same lady, returning her to
her original partner at the end of the
dance.
Nearly 100000 persons in Germany
are insured against illness. One-third
OF these reported illness in 1888. the av.
erage duration being seventeen DAYS.
which, taking the average wages of
only so cents day, means very con-
siderable loss.
II is healthy to yawn, according to 4
French physician, who says it is as
efficacious in its way as gargling the
throat IN cases of sore throat. buzzing
OF the ears. catarrh and like troubles.
New Jersey man has declined a
nomination for alderman because all
the other members of the common
council are Germans and German is the
only language spoken at the meetings.
bridgeport, Conn, contractors are
charged with adulterating garbage
with water and marble dust in order to
make it weigh more and thus increase
their pay for removing it.
Sweet peas said to have been grown
from seed taken from the tomb of an
Egyptian mummy buried 1000 years
ago, were recently exhibited at a Lon
don flower show
Concord, Mass, will celebrate April
10, the one hundred and twenty-ffth
anniversary of the opening fight of the
revolution.
Health Commissioner Wilkie of Osh
kosh, Wis, has issued an order reouir-
ing milk dealers to use a ticket only
once
The average consumption of alcoholic
drinks in England last year was at the
rate of 500 worth per family of five.
There are 1921 officials on the New
York state pay roll.
Greece has forbidden the exportation
of ANTIQUITIES
Paris is to have bicycle police force
of $50 men.
Louisville, KY, is to have a large
Mormon temple.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31

equal to that of the English hare, the
weight of which is about the same as
that of its Belgian relative, and both
are much the same in color Indeed,
these two kinds of hare may nave had
the same origin, for they resemble each
other in form, in color and in habits.
AS is Indispensable for the correct
breeding of all animals belonging to a
breed, this animal has it's points, which
have been fixed on by the English asso
citation of breeders as follows:
Color-A rich red or brownish red.
with golden reflections in the sunlight,
carried we'll down the sides and quar-
tiers, with but little light or white I'M
der the belly: 20 points.
Shape-A long, slender body, thin,
with flank tucked up, and well ribbed;
back little arched, loins rounded,
long head, broad chest, tail straight:
| 20 points
Ticking-Plentifu and wavy in ap-
pearance: Is points
Gyes-Large, round, prominent;
hazel color, bright and lively: 10
points.
Legs and Feet-Fore feet and legs
long, slender, straight, self-colored, aud
free from white hairs or bars: 10
points. AS to the hind legs, the Stand
| ard calls for this somewhat uncertain
| and ludicrOus condition: AS well col.
ored as possible" 10 points. ct will
strike the interested reader that this
ten points is possibly open to a good
deal of dispute in close competitions. J
Slze-Eight pounds or over: points
Condition-Not fat, but flesh firm
and solid; muscles we'll developed, and
good kind Of fur, soft and long: 5
| points
Want OF Oewlap-5 points.
Topped ears or ear, white front feet,
or white bar on them; wry front feet
and Wry tail are disqualification. Any
doubt whatever is to go as a negative
CurIously enough, the light weights
prlng higher prices as breeders than
heaVy animals, which, for meat-pro-
ouC4hS market ANIMALS, would seem to
be the most valuable, and all the more
as this is so in all farm animals reared
for the butcher.
The feed is easily grown, and one
acre Of good land we'll cultivated will
iced 30 animals easily during the sum-
mef, and one acre more in oats and
peas, with bag or two of bran for the
winter, will supply the rest. A plain
building, preferably of two stories, for
economy, will be required, and of such
size as will furnish a pen of "a or %
1eet square for each doe The bucks
Will be kept in separate apartments.
Breeding stock needs not be procured
IN large quantities to begin with, as
these animals increase with great
rapidity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31
FILIPINO NATIVE RULE

of the origin and affiliations of this
CLASS IL Is sufficient to note that no
SpanIard or Spanish mestizo ChaIf
caste) could be chosen to anv municipaI
Office or admitted to the electorate
only natives or Chinese rnestizOs were
eligible, and they had to be solvent
taxpayers, able to speak and write
spanish. The exclusion of Spanish ele-
ments from the principalia seems to
nave been due from the traditional Dol.
Icy OF cherishing division among the
colonists, also to the persistence of the
trlars in resisting the advent of those
who might become their rivals in DO
ntlcal intrigue or industrial enterprise
Besides the modest educational
qualification, there was a tendency to
limit the choice of municipal officers TO
men of property, who were thus ex
posed to penalties for any deficiency in
the financial returns from their wards.
Moreover, no legitimate compensation
was allowed for men charged with the
onerous dutie sof tax gathering. Nat
urally, there was a disposition to avoid
these burdens or to arrange for Illicit
gains to cover wages and insurance. To
carry out such schemes, it was neces-
sary to secure the consent of the parish
priest or friar, and a system of con-
certed division seems to have been the
general operation, whereby al esti-
mates OF population are vitiated. All
Official classes, Spanish and native,
shared IN this tolerated corruption. The
promptness with which the mupicipal
captains Joined the instruction NAV
be attributed to the natural resentment
for the irritations and humiIiations of
this situation.
The duties of these petty governors
were thus defined in their commission:
10 aid the friar in enforcing attend
ance at mass and submission to the
church; to suppress drunkenness and
scandalous conduct; to compel the viii
layers to follow trades and to tend
crops and raise cattle; TO keep roads In
repair; to exercise judicial functions
in petty cases; to collect taxes from all
natives and Chinese Practically. this
last was the only function of impor-
lance. In 1894 the Instructions were
modified, and some effort was made RI
secure responsibility by restricting the
dependence Of native magistrates upon
The will OF the friars. The clericaIs and
resisted this reform and
prevented it from booming effective
which does not hinder them from at
the revolt of 1896 to this at
empt at reformation. '-Ainslee's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31
THE STORMINC OF BADAJOS.

IN his account of The Storming of
Badajos in the New Lippincott Stephen
Crane makes the following statement:
The fire of the French was frightfully
accurate and concentrated. General
Walker himself simply dripped blood;
he was mass Of wounds. His ladders
were found to be all too short The
walls Of the fortress were thirty feet in
height. However, through some lack
of staying power in the French, sue
cess at last crowned the attack. One
man clambered somehow to the top Of
the wall and pulled up others, until
about half of the Fourth Foot (now the
Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regi-
menO were fairly into the town.
Walkers men took three bastions. Gen
eral Pitcon, severely wounded, had not
dared to risk losing the castle. but
now, hearing the tumult Of Walkers
success, he sent his men forth and
thousands went swarming through the
town. Phillipon saw that all was
lost, and retreated with a few hundred
men to San Christoval. He surrendered
next morning to Lord Fitzroy Somer-
set. The English now occupied the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31

rection,' and branded that branch of
the Filipinos as semi-human monsters.
This trick has the inconvenience of dis
torting fact and causing miscalcula-
tons Of force and endurance. An emil
nent English traveller, Mr.. W. G. Pal
grave, compared the Tagalo with his
nelghbors, the Ilocan and Visayan. and
found him distinguished above all
others for energy of character and
other admirable qualities. Moreover,
1t is easy to compass deceit by exag-
gerating the tradition of hostility be
tween the natives of different prov
Inces. This appeared when certain
journals in Manila chose to call the To-
cal revolutionary government at Iloilo
the Visayan Republic in spite Of the
terms of the native proclamation.
But even the outbreak of 1896 had
It's recruits and it's victoms among the
V1cols of NueVa Caceres and the Ilo-
cans of Vigan. In 1898 Cebu and Fam
bales broke into a belated rebellion.
which was surpassed by the last act of
the Spanish naval forces. In 1898 sim.
liar provincial instructions, doubtless
stimulated by emissaries from Luzon
put an end to Spanish domination in
the Philippines Lieut.. Com. Calkius
in Ainslee's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31

| Repented at Leisure.
BERTHA M. CLAY.
BERTHA M. CLAY.
Continued.

IF she had given smile for smile
If she had seemed proud from the ad-
miration lavished upon hers she had
sought in the least degree to attract. 1t
might have been different. AS 1t was.
no man could boast of one mark OF ia
ror, no man could fiatter himself that
Ethel st. Norman cared for him.
It was debated whether more ANNA
ton or dash of cOQuetry would I'M
prove her The decision always was
that she could not be more winning
than she was in her calm, cool pride;
that she could not be more charming
than she was in her proud. serene in
difference.
She had numberless admirers. and
would have had many lovers. but she
shrank with pain from all such. NO
man had the courage to make love to
her. They called her Snow Queen, but
she never even smiled when she heard
the name.
She knew why she could never sun
herself in the warm light of kindness,
or even of love; she knew why no man
must win a smile from her lips, or
bring a sparkle into her beautiful eyes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31
No LEADERS HALF-BREEDS
Aguinaldo and His Fellows of Pure
Tagalo Blood

another vituperative fashion is re-
VeaIed in such phrases as 'half-breed
leaders and half-caste rebellion, ;
Ihese epithets are sometimes supple
mented with gossip about somebody's
maternal grandfather but they most
y disregard facts. During the past
generation many rich Chinese have
CraHed IN Manila, and they have
earned or purchased social recognition
ior themselves and education for their
descendants. Doubtless some of the
professional and commercial classes
mentioned above might acknowledge
traces OF Chinese descent among their
members. But no leader OF the Fill
plnos is in any strict sense a half-breed.
VI the Two classes of metizos, those nf
spanish and Of Chinese strain. the
former have been made a privileged
Grass and have rarely preferred the
race OF their mothers. Mestizos de
odhgIey mix with native families, but
the crosses soon become indistinguish
able from the Tagalo or aboriginal
stock.
Malay and 'Tagalog' have also been
found convenient labels Of ethnolog-
lcal contempt and the Spanish chron-
lciers also wrote Of the 'Tagalo insur-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31
THE BELGIAN HARE
GETS 4 FOOTING IN MADISON Al
LAST.
WORTH 20 CENTS A POUND
And Can Be Bred Easily and Fed
Cheaply in This Climate-Fur Sells
for Electric Seal-Meat as Good as
Frogs Legs and IS Very Readily
Marketed.

The Belgian hare has come to Mad
ison and where ne comes he usually
stays. II ne does not his astounding
progeny does. Capt. Henry A. Chase
has some p Of the creatures and W. II.
Plumb one or two. Capt. Chase's are
of the Rufus red variety-higb toned
fellows among the rabbit 400.
The Belgian hare is a very remark
able commodity. His meat, white, firm,
tender and Of fine fiavor-nothing beats
it except frogs legs-brings 20 cents a
pound at any time, and as two bucks
and 100 does are calculated to produce
1000 Of their kind in a year, it may be
seen that there is money in farming
them.
The so-called Belgian hare is a ma
tive of Belgium, Austria and Germany.
The hares are buff-colOred, sometimes
tan and occasionally sandy grey. They
are very large, and their hardness is
one of theiI chief recommendations in
this climate. They grow to a weight
of between eight and ten pounds. The
flesh sells readily during the game sea-
son.
Until quite recently these hares have
| been imported and bred for the fancier,
but the excellent quality of the meat
and the ease and rapidity with which
| they can be bred have brought about a
demand for them that far exceeds the
| supply. The price is such that the
culture of the rabbits is profitable.
Many of the best bucks have been sold
in California at s100 each, while the
price has occasionally gone as high as
$500 for single hare. In fact, at Los
Angeles last February one sold for
$500, another for $500, while $3.50 was
refused for third. At the same time a
doe went for $3.50. She was a high
bred, naughty creature.
The Belgian hare will come as near
as goat to eating anything that
grows, all sorts of fruit, vegetables
weeds, grass, clover, leaves, twigs and
bark. About the only thing that will
kill them is the leaf or bark of the
peach tree. Wet green stuff will give
the young rabbits collie which they are
wise enough not to acquire in their
wild state, but which will be found one
of their ailments in captivity. They
are especially fond of oats, and nc
hutch should be left without plenty OF
fresh water every day.
From this it will be seen that the
food Of the hare is not a considerable
item of expense, and that it can be bred
in large numbers on waste places here
in the northwest with practically nc
cost to the breeder.
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town. With their comrades lying stark,
or perhaps in frightful torment in the
heids beyond the walls of Badaios.
these soldiers, VINO had so heroiealIy
won this immortal victory, became the
most abandoned. drunken wretches and
maniacs. Crazed privates stood ar the
corners of streets and shot everyone in
sight. Everywhere were soldiers
dressed in the garb of monks, of gem
temen at court, or mayhap wound
about with gorgeous ribbons and laces.
Jewels and plate, silks and satins. all
suffered wanton destruction. Napier
writes of Shameless rapacity, brutal
lntemperance, savage lust, cruelty and
murder, shrieks and piteouS lamenta-
ton He further says that the hor-
rloIe tumult was never uuelled 1t sub
sided through the WEAKNESS of the SOL
dlers. One wishes to inquire why the
man who was ultimately called the
Iron Duke did not try to stop the
shocking business. But one remembers
that Wellington was wise man, and
he did not try to stop this shocking
business because he knew that his SOL
diers were out of control and that if he
tried he would fail.
Mrs. Hoon-Why do you suppose
she insisted on being married in a
balloon?
Mr.. Hoon-I don't know, unless it
was because she thought no man on
earth was good enough for her
Smart Set
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31
MATRON COMFORTS A BRIDE.

When the matron called upon the
bride of three months, she discovered
her in tears.
Why, my dear, what is the mat
ter?' she cried
Il want to die! l want to die!"
sobbed the bride.
There, dear, there; what is the
matter?"
"It's-it's Harry sobbed the girl
wildly.
Has ne been abusing your"
"No-o-o, but-oh, dear, what shall |
do?"
What on earth is the matter,
dear?"
"He-he-oh, I can't tell you!"
You must. Has he been staying
out late nights?"
"No-o-o."
Has he been drinking?"
"No-o-o."
Then what is the matter?'
"He-he doesn't love me any more!"
Tell me all about it, dear; l am
sure it is nothing serious"
But it is" sobbed the bride. Il
know l shall die!"
The matron drew the sobbing girl
TO her side.
Now tell me all, DEAR" she whis-
pered.
"When-when he c-came home
last night he didn't k-k-kiss mel"
she sobbed.
My DEAR" said the matron, you'll
get over that. When my husband
came home last night he did kiss me,
and I have been wondering ever since
what he has been up to."-Detroit
Free Press.
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discover why How little he thought
that this proud, peerless daughter OF
his dreaded lest people, looking at her
pictured face, should say in after
years: Il saw her portrait once; she
was the wife of a dishonorable mana
common forger,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31

Stanley Weyman's romantic story,
Castle Inn. which is to be deliberately
done some time next year by Jacoba
Lift, will be dramatized by the we'll
known English dramatist, Henry
Hamilton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-05-31
A BAGATELLE.

l stole a kiss. She did not mind;
She did not care one penny.
Her pretty head to mine inclined
What's one among so many
Smart Set.
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The San Francisco Argonaut looks
upon the spread of the new industry in
California with some alarm. The rab-
bit is so prolific that large profit can
be figured out from raising the animals
for the food market alone A hare
reaches maturity at + months, and at
tains an age Of or years A pair of
| rabbits will increase to twenty-five at
the end of year, to 1882 at the end
Of the second year, and to 3,S09,322 at
the end of the fifth year. These figures,
| coupled with the experience of Austria
liza, furnish an impressive warning.
About thirty years ago the colonists of
New Zealand and Australia imported a
few hares for hunting purposes, and
they increased so rapidly as to become
a pest.
The government of New South Wales
expended millions of dollars in keep
ing them in subsection and then failed
to put an end to the danger that they
would eat the whole continent of Aus
tralia bare Of every living plant. In
the early stages Of the industry in Cali
fornia the animals are too valuable to
be allowed to run at large. The danger
will come later when prices fall and the
owners will not take the trouble to cap
ture the pairs that happen to run away
The Argonaut wants the matter looked
after at the very outset. 1t would be
unfortunate If California or. Co1o,olo
should fall heir to the experience of
Australia. It would be more dangerous
and costly than the sad case of Massa,
chusetts, battling at a cost of millions
against the gypsy moth.
While commonly a hare's weight
runs to only or 10 pounds, it is en-
tirely practicable to fatten the fellows
to even p pounds. They are not sub
Ject to diseases or vermin, are quiet and
thrive in confinement and, besides
meat, yield fur that is fraudulently sold
as electric seal-while as harmless
toward man as any other Dummies thew
fight among themselves freely-that is.
the bucks do. Their beliggerency takes
an odd form, the animals jumping over
eacn other and kicking as they go. If
bucks are permitted among the young
they will kill all save the does. Male
gray squirrels resort to emasculation.
AS yet Capt. Chase has not sold anv.
but he means to do so as soon as his
flock reaches the proper size.
Few persons possibly know the Diff
ference between a hare and a rabbit,
says The Country Gentleman. It is all
IN their habit of nesting. The hare
makes a form under some sheltering
conceaiment, root. tuft of fern or
tail grass, but it never burrows, as the
true rabbit does. Our native rabbits
are all hares, for the reason that they
90 not burrOw in the ground and dig
out their hiding-places in a sloping,
dry bank, as the true rabbits do Our
large northern rabbit" which is
DROVE IN the summer and white in the
winter, is a hare, as well as is our
western jack rabbit, and the small |
eastern and southern species. The hare
is much larger than the rabbit gen.
orally, and so this Belgian is called q |
mare On account of it's size, which is
The Savannah morning news., 1900-12-16

weeks OF sailing. they had reached New
York city. In February, 1900 they were
onsned In Air Erdgman's home ln Brook
ism. in the presence of a small company
az whom tho writer was one The matter
hos been kept private up TO the pres
tut
ln the course OF Lieut. Pcary's dash
20 the Pole he had reached, IN 1922. a
point in latitude Mlf.ll uorth. marked
ou tho MAPS Fort Couger" Here la
'"l the famous but dictated Lady Frank
nn Bay expedition. under Lieut.. \. ".
Greedy tnow General Greedy, chief OF
The United States Signal Service had
made its hea1quarters, ana from this
camp Lieut.. J. b. Lockwood bad
made a dash toward the poe. attaining
u point which for some time was the
'farthest north" In this FAR north camp.
Greedy and his men remained until 1859
waiting and longing Tor the expected
let. and finally from it- protection. the
little PARTY set out southwark in despair
over the icenelIs hoping 10 meet inc
relief ship which was 10 have come long
before. The horror OF that jourucy 1nd
tlD desperate wait which followed at
Cape Sabine IS familiar Arcie history.
The winter deopcned. the provisions Of