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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
SWeetiy GirIisn.

Once upon time a Gentle Girl
came upon Wicked Snake swallow
ing a frog.
How cruel!" she cried. Indignantly
and got club and killed the Wicked
Snake and set the frog free.
The next day it rained, but the dav
after that it was lovely for fishing.
And the Gentle Girl sat all day in a
boat and held line with frog hung
on the hook at the end of it, and the
frog was much alive and struggled
beautifully, and attracted no end of
baSS-Life
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
IN THE SHADOW.

! | am sailing to the leeWard,
Where the current runs to seaward
Soft and slow.
Where the sleeping river grasses
Brush my paddle as it passes
To and fro.
On the shore the heat is shaking
All the golden sands awaking
In the cove;
And the quaint sand-piper, winging
Ger the shadows, eases singing
When | move.
On the waters idle pillow
Sleeps the overhanging willow,
Green, and cool;
Where the rushes lift their FURNISHED
Oval heads from out the furnished
Emerald pool.
Where the very silence sIumbers,
Water lilies grow in numbers,
Pure and pale;
All the morning they have rested,
Amber crowned, and pearly crested,
Fair and frail.
Here, impossible romances,
Indefinable sweet fancies,
Cluster round;
But they do not mar the sweetness
Of this still September feetness
With sound.
[ can scarce discern the meeting
Of the shore and stream retreatings
So remote;
For the laggard river, doing.
Only wakes from it's reposing
When l float.
Where the river mists are rising,
All the foliage baptizing
With their spray;
There the sun CLEANS far and family
With a shadow soft and sanity,
In its ray.
And the perfume Of some burning
F'ar-off brushwood, ever turning
To exhaIe
All its smoky fragrance dying,
IN the arms Of evening lying
Where | sail.
My canoe is growing lazy,
n the atmosphere so hazy.
While I dream:
Eastward indistinctly gliding
Down the stream.
e. Pauline Johnson
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
THE BOESTER.


I'D like" said he, "to see"-
And he said it boastfuIly-
The daughter Of a woman who could
make fool of mel"
He turned, and there she stood,
He knew full well she could,
And in his wildly beating heart he
fondly hoped she would.
The lady turned away
With not word to say,
Her laugh was like a ripple and her
countenance was gay;
Forgetting all his pride,
He followed, eager-eyed,
And let her make him foolish, though
she never tried.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
ballCWe'e en-.

WI merry songs and friendly cracks
1 wat they did ma weary:
And unco tales, an funny jokes
Their sports were cheap and CHEEKY:
Till buttered sowens wi fragrant lunt
Set "a their garbs a-steeriu'
Syne, wi "A social glass o'strunt
They parted ofy careerin'
Flu blythe that night.
Robert Burns.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
An Enthusiastic Rooter.

See that man in front of you?'
whispered the fat man to the lean
one sitting next to him on the bleach
ers. Look at his hands. Baseball did
that"
The hands referred to were bruised
and the fingers blistered.
What position did he play?" wills
pered the thin one.
'He never played"
"But his hands?"
HE got 'em that way cheering for 81
deaf mutes' team. New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

Perhaps there Is no night in the
year which the popular Imagination
has stamped with a more peculiar
character than the evening of Oct. oil,
known as Halloween, the vigil of
Hallowmass, or All Saints day.
1t certainly must be relic of pagan
times, for there is nothing in the fol-
lowing day to have originated such ex-
traordinary notions as are connected
with this celebrated festival.
In Scotland it used to be and still
is celebrated with very singular OBJ
servances and a refernce to the poems
of Robert Burns will be found to be
very interesting in this connection.
! Halloween is the time when super
natural influences are supposed to
prevail, the night set apart for the
walking abroad of spirits, both of the
visible and invisible worlds; divination
then obtains its highest power and
! the calling of "spirits from the wasty
deep becomes available to all who
choose to benefit by the privileges of
the occasion.
In these highly enlightened days the
supernatural beliefs have been largely
exploded, but there are still villages
in which the old faiths are cherished.
In the majority Of cases, however,
the observance Of Halloween is con-
fined to the roasting of chestnuts, the
significant cutting and eating OF
apples, and in many cases to rough
horse play which is by no means
creditable to those who indulge in it.
Irish and Scotch Customs.
1t is a custom in Ireland when the
young women would know if their
lovers are faithful to put three nuts
Fupon the bars of the CRATE, naming
the nuts after the lovers. If a nut
cracks or jumps the lover will prove
unfaithful; if it begins to blaze or
burn he has a regard for the person
making the trial. If the nuts are
named after the girl and lover and
burn together the couple will be
happily married.
Apples are used in Scotland and
northern England in various forms on
Halloween. They are cut in two and
the seeds counted, and from these are
foretold the likeIihoods of matrimony
and happiness for those undertaking
the test.
Much fun is extracted from hanging
an apple on one end of a horizontal
pole and lighted candle on the other
the pole being suspended from the
ceiling. Same is then set in rOtatory
motion and the company then en-,
deavor to catch them in the mouth
It is in Scotland, however, that the
season Of Halloween will always be
regarded with affection and some de
gree of superstition, made immortal
as it is by the verse of FRantin'
Rovin' Robin" the plowman poet.
Many customs are there associated
with this season. One Of the princi-
pal essentials Of Halloween ritual was
the lightning of a bonfire by each
household at nightfall, which points
to the very ancient custom of kindling
sacred fires at certain seasons of the
year.
Witches Are Abroad.
Halloween was thought to be a
night when witches, devils and other
Notwithstanding beings were abroad
on their baneful midnight errands par
ticularly the aerial people, the fairies
are said on that night to hold a grand
anniversary.
The first cermony Of Halloween was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Som eWhat Different.

Miles-Have you ever noticed that
a widow has nothing but words Of
praise for her late husband?
Giles-Yes; and I've also noticed
that a sleepy wife has anything else
but words Of praise for her late hus-
band
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
AID Interim.

Johnny"
what, dad?"
GIVE been thinl5in' bout how you
can put in your time to best ad-
vantage"
eyes, dad"
us the corn all in, an the potatoes
dug?"
yep"
'The winter wheat sowed, an the
apples barr'led?"
yep"
''Then l don't see why you shouldn't
tween now an Christmas an git you
college degree. There amt much
else to do."-Newark News
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
criminal Not Vet ARRANGED.

''You have discovered a new disease,
have you, doctor? Mnat are you go
ing to call it,"
THAT is a matter requiring some
thought" responded the eminent med
zeal specialist. Z have decided upon
a name, so far as the first three or
four syllables are concerned, but have
not made up my mind yet whether to
classify it as an tits or an tosis'"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Very Likely True.

Hope springs eternal in the human
breast" remarked the person who
makes a specially Of quotations.
Eyes" rejoined the practical man,
That's why the pool of disappoint-
ment is always stopping over"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
The Limit of Speed.

so you were guest of the million"
aire chauffeur" said the friend. DID
his machine go fast?"
"Fast?" echoed Major Bourbon.
why, by the time you could pull out
your flask you would be in a prohi-
bition state and by the time you put
it back you would be out again"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
STUCK IN HIS THROAT.

A minister, a man Of prayer,
Who stubbed his toe against a.
chayer
While hunting matches in the dark.
Was strangled by the choice remark
He'd like to say but didn't dayer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Information Wanted.

Mrs Newed-What are those purple
things?
Elephants, ma'am.
Mrs. Newed-Oh, how lovely I'll
take two and set them out in our back
yard. Do they bear fresh eggs all the
year round?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
As Indie ated.

Ping-That fellow Graspit certainly
knows the value of a dollar
Pong-Been trying to borrow one Of
him?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
No Reference to Anv On.

do you believe these per cent
assessments for campaign funds are
proper?"'
Certainly. They're perfectly legi-
innate, and I can't understand why
any one whose party has given him a
public job should raise an objection. %
Have you ever been assessed?n
"Of course not. I'm one of the
ones that help distribute the Jobs.
Who'd get the benefit of the assess
ments if we had to contribute? "-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Playing the Limit.

Toni understand your friend.
Miss Ryder, is a great horsewoman.
Edyth-Yes, indeed. Why, the other
day when she was taken suddenly i'll
she sent for veterinary surgeon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
SeasonabIe.

A seasonable trade would be
panama straw hat for half a ton of
cOal.-Buffalo Courier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

Traveler-''I say, your razor's pull
ing most confoundedly!"
Local Torturer-"Be it, EUR? Well,
old on tight to the other chair. an
We'll get it off summon, London
Punch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
His Profession.

what profession do you follow"
Il follow the medical profession
I'm an undertaken. Town Topics.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

the pulling the stock or plant of kali.
The young people went out hand ID
hand, with their eyes shut, and pulled
the first they met with. It's being big
or little, straight or crooked, was
prophetic Of the size and shape OF the
grand object of their wishes, the hus-
| band or wife.
Ii any 'yird' or earth stuck to the
root that was ''tocher'' or dowry, and
/ the taste of the ''custocks' or heart of
! the stem was indicative of the natural
! temper and disposition Of the future
partner. Lastly, the stems or ''runts'
were placed somewhere above the
head Of the door and the Christian
names Of the people whom chance
brought into the house were, accord
ing to the priority Of the placing of
the "runts,' the names in question.
Another superstition which was
acted upon in the west of Scotland
was the taking of a candle and going
to the loolIing-glass and eating All
apple before it, at the same time
cOmbing the hair, when the face of
the future partner would be seen Ill
the glass as if peeping over the
shoulder.
Maidens on this night would steal
out of the house unperceived and SOW
a handful of hemp seed, narrowing it
with anything they could conveniently
find and saying, Hemp seed, J. SOW
thee, and he that is to be my true
looked over the left shoulder it was
said that they would see the person
invoked, in the attitude Of pulling
hemp.
Various superstitions were associat-
ed with the wheat stored in the
granaries.
The Water Test.
Young people also were in the
habit of going to the spring and
dipping their left shirt sleeve in the
water. They would then go to bed in
sight of a fire and hang the wet
sleeve before it to dry. Near mid
night it was stated that an apparition
having the exact presentment of the
future partner would appear and turn
the sleeve as if to dry the other side.
All these customs and superstitons
are mentioned by Burns in his Hal
lowe'en," and one which he also calls
attention to and which was very
popular in the farmhouses of the
western highlands was to take three
dishes, putting clean water in one
foul water in another and leaving the
tnlrd empty. A person would then
! be blindfolded and led to the hearth,
upon which the dishes were placed.
II he dipped his left hand in the
clean water he would marry a maid,
! if in the foul water, a widow, and if
| in the empty dish he would live and
! die bachelor. This would be done
three times, and the final result would
seal his fate.
Burns draws very homelike
! picture Of the frolics of this uncanny
eve, after which the party breaks up,
all going off to their respective homes
! to dream of the future into which
they have endeavored to penetrate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Sneed AriSfncracN-

Mrs. Newrich-Mercy! Samuel, Is
it necessary that we go thirty miles
an. hour?
Mr. Newrich-But, Henrietta. if we
go slower people will say that our
automobile cost only a thousand or
50
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
As Exclaimed,

What do you mean by embers of
the dying year?" asked the poets wife.
why, November and December, of
course, my dear, replied the long
haired one with fendish grin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Witches Are Abroad.

Halloween was thought to be a
night when witches, devils and other
misunderstanding beings were abroad
on their baneful midnight errands par
ticularly the aerial people, the fairies,
are said on that night to hold grand
anniversary.
The first cermony of Halloween was
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
QUEEN &CRlSCaHl
- r GU T E ~


The Beet Line. TO- New York, ,Philsp
dolphia, Baltimore, Washingtes. ClD
cinnati. Chattanooga. BirminehAn asd
all points In thOSEast!.
Through Sleeper. New Orlsans -
New York via Chattanooga, Bristol.
LyncAburg. Washingtoas and 1snna.yt
vania Railroad:
Pullman Sleeper, New Or3Uans -
Cincinnati.
D;ninE Car Services. on beth New
York and Cincinnati Lines, serving I'll
meals.
Coolest 01eaaost.
Full detailed information 1orniUhoA
On application
Geo. H. Smith,
q. p. A..
R. J. Anoe1DoA.
l.. @. p. 4.
NV, 01laann, II
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25

The Neches,, Trinity, Gand aloupe,
Blazos aud Colorado and Rio
Grande.
The rice belt has more than the
average rainfall. MorenavigHble
water than any similar belt the
states and as far as tried under
laid with an unlimiting supply Of
pure fresh irrigable wvter in
easy reach, pressing to the sur
face just adapted to the best
growth of vegetation. At the
same time it kills many trouble
some weeds, grasses and insects,
worms, bugs aud hoppers. The
latest we'll drillers go deeper and
use more screened casing- One
hundred and FIFTY to 350feet deep
in Southwest Louisiana make
successful wells. Eight to ten
inch casing gives best results all
around. Ipstead Of pumps and
pits the aircompressor is coming
into use.
We are right up against this
proposition. The aircompressor
is not new in the sense OF the
swift progress OF the present
time. It has been used for the
past twenty tive years. The
uses are numerous, tunnelling
quarrying, pumping Water and
oil. Numerous companies are
:, engaged extensively in their
manufacture, such as Messrs.
Ingersoll, Sergeant Drill com
:, pany, q Courtland ST., N. Y.
American Wei! Works, Aurora,
H., and another large company
in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are in
use at Beaumont, Tex, Jennings
: and Lafayette, Louisiana, Dixon,
Illinois and many other places.
= After looking the ground over
hurriedly l have 30 say they are
, too costly as yet for the small
farmer, and as that is the great
. necessity it will oe broughtabout
soon. In the meantime we will
: lower the pumps and pray for
rain. Itmay Soon be practicable
. to have q central power plant in
town {steam, gas, electricity: hot
e air, or other powerful agency
c with fuel oil and most improve
machinery under control of {
. few to furnish power TO lift water
l. from u large system ofdeepwells
= to food our land cheaply and per
10 fectly and relieve the masses O.
l. all this great burden Of care ant
- worry. This is not ethiopian bu
t. entirely consistent with the
IL present order of things. Its il
. the air. Its in the hope and viii
} not be broken to the heart. If /;
IL trust, it's a beneicient one. I
:, Ii increases production of tht
- best and most valuable cerea
70 plant on earth. Two blades O.
y rice whereonegrew before Won ll
20 be a real benefac ton to the race
10 The long continued drouth Will
. doubtless result in d very grea
- Improvement in all our irrigation
'N methods and machinery. W.
40 have broken all records fol
IA drouth and heat and what fol
- unless to perfect the best ane
~ largest irrigation system eve
~ attempted by man. No othe
:" scheme ever had the steam en-
gine. the electricity, the dyna
~ mite, in fact all t,e inventions o
" " the 10th century back of it. S.
- perfect will this be when com
~ plete that when we are ready t
80 food our rice, we will send t
our president and he will invit
~ a few of the kings of the earth
-, be present when he presses tn
,,s button to start the greatest irr
. CATION system on earth in,
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25
THE FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Continued from first page.

.dtlO VI dOOu0 OOO pOuuuS pei
acre at II cost OF So per acre. It
IN APPROVES the corn. Farmers
would do we'll by setting aside
! tenth of an acre, and would see.
the difference when acid phos-
,,hat was used. In one years ex
pertinent they would be con-
and continue to spread
out.
S. L. Cary next followed with
I. paper on "Irrigation," d sub
ject that concerns the rice peo-
pie to a large extent. Mr.. Cary
read as follows:
l tiatter myself that this great
s.ougress of farmers has assigned
20 me for discussion the most i'm
p ,rrant principal to come before
you; "irriyation," the union Of
earth and water; the foun dation
If all vegetable life. The earth
by Itself is Il desert, dead - u
Great SaharaIs of rolling sands.
The touch OF water makes the
GRASSY plain, the wooded hillside,
the waving fields of grain, the
l.ndscape OF Il overs, the baoling
brook, the sparkling spring, the
long silvery river, broad lakes
and grand old oceans.
Nature will allow US to assum e
thai there is male principle ana
its counterpart. female principle.
In irrigation, water is the domi-
lant one, as ali Grtility must be
in solution to be available. Pure
clear water at a stant temper
ature Of 20 degrees Fahrenheit is
best. Irrigation antidates all
history. Its use is always bene-
ticial. It's disuse has left the
.nightiest wrecks known to civil
izati IN. The lack of water is
more fatal than the lack of food.
Millions have been spent both
proiitably and wisely in work S
for irrigation. But in all history
we find nothing that equals in
feasibility, in amount of water,
in cheapness of plant, power and
capacity of production as the
system OF irrigation inaugurated
ten years since in the great rice
belt af Louisiana and Texas. This
child of ten can show larger re-
suits than a full-grown man in
any other age or land. l speak
now of tioodiug rice by canals
and wells. The king Of Babylon
took ages and millions to gather
water sufficient to il rigate two
millions of acres. We use more
water in flooding one-half million
acres of rice than they used to ir.
riSate two millions. The largest
irrigation work in history was
the construction by the Pharoahs
of canal from Peluslum to the
Red sea. The largest irrigatlor
in south Europe is the valley o
the Pc, China, in Asia ior rice
and the mouth Of the Nile in Al
RIGA. Neither of these woult
eq ual What single one Of on
projected canals promises t.
do when co;n tneted. l quot
B.tyard ,Tal lor for authority i
saying tnat u Yankee is nowher
when it comes to telling larg
story, with the oriental. On
) hundred irrigating canals fiooe
S ing from 300 acres up to d prou
): ised half million. One thousan
$ wells flooding fifty up to 300 acre
s each. The first canals not owe
$ ten years old aud we'll not sever
s. What will 1t be when we hurnes
= the mighty Mississippi, the swi
flowing Red, the spreading AtcI
y afali;., Ea. GU Lafourche, the We
million river, Bayou Tech
Placqumine, Cannes, Nez Piqu
\ Cocodra, Queue De Tortue, Me
mentau river, Lake Arthu
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25

Signs of all kinds, E. F. Nc
Givney, over Two Brothers bi
cycle shop.
The Jennings daily record., 1902-07-25

Frank Breese sells Alpine safes
because they are the. best.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-10

eral conference to adopt the transit
and building fund society. with its con-
stitution and workers, then they will
constitute part of our regular system
amenable to the general conference.
Why not work under the missionary
committee
T. My methods are so averse from
theirs that the two can't be mixed up
in the same office any more than can a
coal yard and a mIner's shop.
daughter and applauseD
,. ! am informed on high official au-
thority that my methods are wrong;
and that l am deceived, and am deceiy-
ing the people. They would not, could
not, be responsible for what they con-
slider my idiosyncrasies. What then?
Why, down with the brakes! So, in
stead of freedom at the front to be
led by the God of missions, | would be
under the command of good men SOC
miles in the rear. cloud applause).
If it shall be the pleasure of this gen.
eral conference to reappoint me to At
RIGA for the next quardennium, l shall
be ready, ID. V, at an early day to re-
sumo my work in that most difficult
and perlous field, mot counting my
life dear unto me-" so that l may full
fill the great trust committed to me
CApplause). New York sun.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-10
READ IT IN HIS NEWSPAPER.

George Schaub, a well known Ger
man citizen of New Lebanon, o., u. S.
A., is a constant reader of the Dayton
Nolkszeitung. He knows that this pa
per aims to advertise only the besr in
its columns, and when he saw Cham
berains Pain Balm advertised therein
for lame back, he did not hesitate in
buying a bottle of it for his wife, VINO
for eight weeks had suffered with the
most terrible pains in her back and
could get no relief. He says; After
using the Pain Balm for a few days my
wife said to me, I feel as though born
anew, and before using the entire con-
tents of the bottle the unbearable pains
had entirely vanished, and she could
again take up her household duties"
He is very thankful and hopes that all
suffering likewise viii hear Of ner
wonderful recovery This valuable lini .
mentA is for sale by all dealers. Benson
Smith d Co., general agents.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-06-10
me Young DINORcE-

OAKLAND, Cal, May 27.-Alexander
Young, Jr., whose wife is suing him for
divorce on the ground of mental
cruelty, has failed to answer her filed
complaint and today his default was
ordered entered in the record. The tes-
timony of Mr. Young will be heard by
Court Commissioner Crowell and it is
understood that there win be no stones
placed In the pathway Of the couple, as
both desire a legal separation. All
monetary arrangements will be settled
out Of court. The defendant is a son of
prominent Hawaiian sugar planter.