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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

ator Smoot on the ground that he
pledged his first allegiance to the Nor
mon hierarchy, thus setting it above
the United States government The
question of polygamy was not raised.
The eighty volumes are to be distrib-
uted among the Senators, and the pro-
test they represent will be presented
by Senator Burrows of Michigan. Then
each Senator will present the sigma
lures from his State
The names of New York women fill
seven volumes, of Pennsylvania six
volumes, of Ohio four, of Iowa three,
of Illinois three, and of other States
from one to three. All the Western
and Southern States sent long lists of
names, except Utah, where only 47S
signatures were secured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
When Lincoln Won His spurs.

Leaving the question of his relative
standing in the profession at large for
further consideration, it is confidently
submitted that Lincoln won credit
able position at the local bar, almost
at the outset of his career, among
capable lawyers, but men of excep-
tional force and character. Indeed
it is exceedingly doubtful if the bar
of any other State in the Union pos
sessed as much native talent and abil-
ity as the frontier State of Illinois
fury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
The Winter EGG Sunniy.


The poultry man is anxious to get
winter eggs. The price paid for eggs
in winter is enough to warrant cOnsid-
cradle time and thought upon methods
of wintering and feeding the poultry
for winter egg production. The old
way of letting the chickens roost in
the trees or on fences usually keeps
healthy fowls and results in most eX-
cellent laying in the spring as the
weather gets warmer and more pleas
ant. But every farmers hens lay at
that time of year, and eggs get very
cheap. Winter eggs are profitable be-
cause of the great demand for them
during the winter season.
In spring the hens get a variety Of
foods. They exercise running over the
fields, gathering a variety Of foods.
They are warm both day and nigh :.
By surrounding them with similar
conditions during the winter months
winter eggs may be obtained. A
warm. well-ventilated roosting place,
kept clean, is one essential.
4 warm place, free from winds,
snow and rain. in which to exercise
is another Then feed a variety of
grain in cut straw or other litter in
this warm place so the hens may work
scratching the litter apart. Oats, with
wheat thrown into the cut straw, will
give them exercise. Near noon feed
the bran mash, including table scraps
and milk and at night a full ration
of corn. If cabbage or turnips given
raw can be fed to them, they will do
even better. Green bone. meat scraps,
grit. clean water are also helpful. If
these conditions can be met with in
the dead of winter the hens viii do
some laying, at least when eggs are
scarce and prices are high. Good ven
tilation without a draft is very i'm
Dortant as a draft often causes Gods
and roup.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

SENATOR TILLMAN. moved to lay the
resolution on the table.
Following was the resolution:
Resolved, That the President of the
Senate be authorized to appoint a COM
mittee of five Senators to investigate the
recent unfortunate incident at the White
House resulting in the expulsion from
the executive Offices of Mrs. Minor Nor
ris, and report to the Senate.
Evidently in anticipation of a re-
newal of Wednesdays discussion, the
galleries were crowded when the Vice
President raped the Senate to order.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Has Success with Geese

1 have always taken great inter
est in the raising of geese here in our
climate. l prefer the Toulouse. /
keep one gander for every four geese
and keep my flock in a little house by
themselves. They go out and in as
they wish. 1 have never given them
any water and have raised as high
as seventy-five in one season. About
September / 1 do not let them run any
more, but pen them up and feed them
ground corn and water. In six weeks
they will gain considerably in weight.
H. II. Hinkler of MINES ota, in o.
T. Farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

from the United
States Senate have
been sent to Wash
ington.
Six months ago
t b e n alton a |
League of Won
ems Organizations
sent an appeal to
every State asking
women to sign a
memorial to the
Senate asking the
expulsion Of Sen
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

by the following
vote Yeas, 81 !;
nays, s.
After q brief
S "a e m e It in
which Tillm a n
said that Mr.. Hale
h a d C b a llenged
him to introduce
the matter, Mr..
Daniel of Virginia
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Without real trial, how soon we
find rust upon our arms and sloth
upon our souls, and the paltry diff
culties of common life weighing like
chains upon US, instead of being
brushed away like cobwebs.-Robert-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
REBUkES SENATOR TILLMAN.

Senate Votes Down His Resolution
Aimed at the President.
The Tillman resolution as to Mrs
Minor Morris was introduced and laid
on the table in the Senate Thursday
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

When you wean the colt give him
plenty of oats and he will go through
all right, but no other grain will take
the place of oats.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Often the cow which gives but a
small quantity of milk enriches it so
that it is very profitable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Austria is the country most lenient
to murderers. In ten years over 500
persons were found guilty of murder,
of whom only twenty-three were put
10 death
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Much is said about the use of the
cultivator for corn, but the harrow will
do good service in destroying small
weeds, and if the small weeds are
killed as fast as they appear the work
later in the season will be Iessened.
The object in cultivating should be not
to injure the roots of the corn more
than is possible. for which reason the
cultivation should be shallow. If the
land is baked and hard, it should then
be deeply cultivated, going between the
rows until the work is well done, Civ
ing shallow and level culture at the
next workings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
A Deem One.

The Ardent Elephant-Your beauty
is skin-deep, darling
Miss Hippo-CL, you wicked fiatter-
er!-Puck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

A clam recently taken from Green
witch Bay, Rhode Island, weighed an
ounce over two pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

It is more economical to keep the
calves growing rapidly even though it
does require more feed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
OF Minor

81 have discovered a wonderful
remedy" said the chemist.
What will it cure?" asked his
friend.
i haven't decided yet" replied the
chemist I'm going to take a day off
next week and hunt up a suitable dis
ease for it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

A man always with his eyes on the
ground bumps his head; a man with
his nose always in the air stubs his
zoe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
Breeding Horses for Gait.

The gait which an animal will as
sumo when in great danger, or in fear
for its life, is prompted by instinct.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Carbolic salve or vaseline are good
remedies for sore teats. They can be
applied before starting to milk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Green string beans, onions, wax
beans, parsley, beets, cucumbers, rad
ishes and tomatoes are desirable for
the home garden.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
I OLD [l}llIzIRS !
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J. Lathrop Allen, who made the first
band instruments in the United States,
is still living in New York at the age
of 90.
Lord Strathcona, high commissioner of
Canada, has just turned his eighty fifth
year, but is still as active as most men
of go.
There are four Governors that served
during the Civil War still living. Will
liam Sprague, whose home is near Mar
ragansett Pier, r. l.; Frederick Hol-
brook of Brattleboro, Vt; Samuel J.
Crawford Of Kansas and John J. Pettus
of Mississippi.
DR.. William Rolfe, the celebrated
Shakspearean scholar, has just celebrat-
ed his seventy-eighth birthday at Cam
bridge, Mass.
John Bartlett of Familiar Quota
habits and valuable in service Of the
literates of Boston, died recently at the
age of Sc.
William Thompson, who died the 9th
er day at Shelbyville, Ind, aged II,
was known as the man who sold his
gold at S2.T5 during the Civil War. This
premium was within 10 cents of the
highest price ever paid for gold.
Henry Holmes. formerly musical in
structor to Queen Alexandra of England,
and for the last seventeen years a resi-
dent Of San Francisco. IS dead. He was
born in London in 1899, and was ere
ator of the celebrated orchestra of the
Royal College of Music.
George 7. GoodaIe of the Detroit Free
Press recently completed his fortieth
year of continuous service on one paper.
Statues Of William Goebel and Henry
Clay are proposed for Kentucky's rep
resentation in the hall of fame at the
capitol in Washington in n bill introduce
ed in the Kentucky Legislature. An ap-
preparation of $4,000 is provided.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Washingtons first ride was when he
took hack at the cherry tree.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Successful gardening can be done
only on a fixed system.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Joseph chamberlain was howled down
while attempting to make a tariff speech
at Derby, England.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

You cannot fatten sheep proftably
while they are fattening parasites.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

The second trial of former Tax Col
lector V. T. Sanford of Rome Ga, for
the murder Of George Wright ended
in a verdict of acquittal. Sanford
claimed he killed Wright because of his
relations with Mrs. Sanford, from whom
he IS seeking a divorce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Gov. Johnson has fixed Feb. Is as
the date for the hanging of William
William who was convicted of the muir
der of John Keller. boy about y years
of age, at St. Paul.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25
so BOOKS AGAINST sMooT.

Names Asking Mormon Senator's
Removal Fill Many Volumes.
Eighty volumes containing the sigma
lures of American women who desire
to see Reed Smoot of Utah ousted
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

It has been discovered that two hens
127 plus 67 eggs, while two others Of
similar races, fed with raw flesh, laid
176 plus 121. The total for the first
two is 1914, for the other two 297. There
was a superiority as to weight in ia
vor of the eggs laid by the meat-fed
fowls, their average being 50 grams
against 40 grams for the vegetarians.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

There is an onion hoe on the market.
long and narrow but triangular in
shape, that is most handy for getting
in narrow places in order to keep
down the weeds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

The stock yards is a very good place
to sell all kinds of finished live stock
buy sires for breeding purposes. Stock
yard sires grade all the way from very
poor to no grade and their breeding is
like the X in algebra. There is also a
splendid chance for the introduction of
disease by such a practice. 1t is bet
ter to buy from a reputable breeder
than to run any chances by buying
from a stock yard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

A new hardy English walnut is be-
ing introduced which it is claimed can
be grown in the latitude of Central
New York State. One tree in Niagara
County is reported to have yielded
twenty-five bushels Of walnuts, for
which the owner was offered % cents
per pound. The shell is very thin and
the meat of excellent quality. 4 num-
Der of groves have been SET out in Nj
agara County, and one Orleans Coun-
ty farmer is planting a five-acre or
chard. This grower writes that his
trees have gone through the winter
without injury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Several dairymen have put in large
crops Of beets, the tops of which make
excellent feed, increasing the flow and
adding richness. They can be used
as silage and are cheap aDd valuable
milk producers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Contrary to general impression, the
fewer eggs a hen lays, the more are
they likely to be infertile, if we can
judge from experiments carried on at
the Maine Station. There an attempt
was made to breed downward in egg
yield as we'll as upward The expert
mentors We're surprised at finding an
unlooked-for obstacle, namely, the in
fertility of the eggs from hens produc-
ing the fewest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

Something of a novelty in the line of
dairy schools is the recently establish
ed Norwegian course for dairy maids.
The instruction is Of practical kind,
the young women being taught to tend
cattle, sheep, swine and poultry, in
Guiding feeding, tending, also dairying,
scrubbing and cleaning the milk YES
ed and a record kept. There is in
struction from text books on the care
of live stock in addition to the prac
teal work. The course requires about
six months attendance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

A very careful accountant has cal
culated that it costs about sixteen
cents per bushel to raise corn in the
corn belt When it is known that the
selling price is considerably more than
double that amount it is easy to see
why good corn land sells at the one
hundred mark.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-25

In some parts of Wisconsin farmers
have been growing peas for canning
purposes and now they claim that il
depletes the land and they further re-
fuse to grow them. Besides the dete-
rioration in fertility there has come a
phenomenal growth of all kinds of
weeds and they have concluded to call
halt. There are some things the crop
grower will not even dare to do.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
LYCEUM-.
~ - .s
'tConfusion."

"Confusion, brilliant English
farce with title which suggests linn
itless opportunities for fast and furious
entertainment, will be the bill at the
Lyceum this week, commencing with a
matinee performance today. The piece
was written several years ago, and
made a wonderful hit in London, and
few seasons later served as one Of
the brightest vehicles in which the con
spicuous abilities of Nat G. Goodwin
were ever employed.
Ralph Stuart, who, to paraphrase
Lord Bacon s celebrated observation,
has "taken all plays to be his prov
ince,N knows the comedy well, and as
Mr.. Stuart 8 judgment has never been
at fault in a Lyceum production, the
public can take his estimate of 'lCon-
fusion" +" For genuine fun, clean-eut
comedy, bordering at all times on the
farcicaI and often breaking into whirl-
winds Of uproarious farce, Confusion is
one of the best pieces now available for
the purposes Of stock companies said
Mr. Stuart. 81 am sure that the
Lyceum 8 clientele, which has splendid
" endorsed my idea of giving clean,
bright amusement in lighter vein during
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
looming. ATTRACTIONS
Biiiou-

The attraction at the Biiou for the
colt! in "When Knighthood Was in
Flower,' will be one of the most
unique Of the season, "My Wife s
Family a musical farce comedy by
two of the most recent and most sue
cessful producers, Stephens and Lin
ton. The plot deals with the efforts of
a young husband, assisted by friend,
to rid his house Of horde Of his wife IS
relatives, who seem determined to live
with and upon him forever. He sue
ceeds, but not until he has resorted to
everything short Of murder, and has
been the storm center of innumerable
hair-breadth escapes and complications.
Miss Emily Gale, who is appearing in
GAS Told in the Hills,'' which will be
seen at the Bijou soon, is ain accom-
plished horsewoman, as well as one of
the best rifle shots in the country. One
Of her most priced possessions is a
silver-mounted rife which Colonel
William F. Cody, better known as Buff
falo Bill, presented to her three years
ago. Colonel Cody said he had heard
Of her ability with a rife and jestingly
remarked that on the proposition of her
being able to find two-inch target at
a distance Of 100 yards, he would have
to be "shown. The result Of their
talk was that the party went to the
show grounds, and in friendly contest
Miss Gale scored s. out of a possible
100 shots, and Colonel Cody scored 49,
Before she left the city he presented
Miss Gale with beautiful rifle. accom-
panied by a note saying that in their
contest three of the cartridges used by
Miss Gale were blanks. ,--t'--
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27

the summer months, will like this piece
immensely
The gratifying success which Mr.. Stu
art achieved with his new play "At
the Rainbow End,' has made him
more than ever anxious to present only
the best plays at the Lyceum. That
new melodrama, even one boasting Of
such magnificent authorship as Frank
lin Fyles, dramatic critic of the New
York Sun, and Ralph Stuart, could
arouse extraordinary public interest at
this time of the year, is an achieve
ment of which Mr.. Stuart is exceeding
ly proud. Not only was the play in
dorsed with every manifestation Of ap-
proval, but the attendance during the
week was of that gratifying, substan-
tial character which puts heart in the
".poor player' and makes him feel that
his efforts to please are not all in vain.
OF the plot Of Confusion Mr.. Stu
art says it contains a surprise so
"cute that it would be pity to spoil
it by letting it be known. It is kno wn,
however, that some well-meaning low
ers-t there are at least four young la
dies in the mix-up-get into an awful
tangle, as lovers are wont to do, and, be-
tween a laundering lot Of servants, an
educated pug dog, a darling baby, not
endless funny complications. 49, ~
A big cast, elegant appointments and
special scenery will give "Confusion -
an adequate production all of this week
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27

Augustin DAILY, esteemed the greatest
judge of theatrical effect in America as
he was acknowledged the premier stage
director, when he saw "The Great
Ruby produced at Drury Lane, Lon
don, Immediately arranged for its
production in America. His iudg-
ment of the play was confirmed
by run of two years in New
York. Jacob Lift, who was one
from the producer standpoint, paid
Mr.. Daily IS per cent Of the gross re-
ceipts to play the piece at McVicker s
theater in Chicago. He also was in
dorsed by run which broke all records
for money and enthusiasm the house
had known under his management.
This play. which has never been seen
in the northwest, will be produced in
Minneapolis by Mr. Ferris stock com
pany, at the Metropolitan beginning
Sunday, June 3. It will not be a
patched-up production, but it will be
given by a competent company picked
by Mr.. Ferris and including well-known
artists. The play calls for strong
cast, and strong cast will be given it.
The twelve scenes are being painted
afresh on the stage of the Auditorium.
The mechanical effects will all be pro-
original. There are about 100 people
in the cast. The effects include four
horse tally no, several automobiles and
a real balloon. This is not mere
''stage effect,' but balloon which
must be inflated for each performance,
and in whose basket two men have
desperate fight before the audience.
But "fThe Great Ruby" does not con-
ceal faults of construction behind
mask of effects. The story itself is
sustained and thrilling. 1t requires
good actors and many of them to ade-
quately put the piece on, and Mr.. Ferris
feels sure he has provided these in such
artists as Florence Stone, one of Amer
ica's greatest actresses; Leila Shaw,
big favorite with Mr.. Ferris company
last season; Blanche Douglas, who
leaves the cast of the "Optimist in
New York to appear here, and Carrie
Clarke Ward, who has been the charac-
ter woman in many Metropolitan casts.
Among the men are Harrington Reyn-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-27
Swedish Dramatic Club.

The Swedish Dramatic. club will oc-
cupy the. boards at the Metropolitan
on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
evenings and Wednesday matinee
- Nerkingarne'' will be played Monday
and Wednesday evenings, and s'Verm-
.1endingarne' on Tuesday evening and
Wednesday afternoon. Both are folk
plays and have been standard in the
old country for years. 49,
The dramatic club asks the public to
share in congratulating itself on secur-
ing for the star parts in these plays an
actress of great ability and personal
charm from Sweden, Miss Ida Oster-
gren. Miss Ostergren for years has
been under the management of Ranft,
the theater king Of Sweden, which
alone is enough to admit her to any
stage where merit is the criterion. She
has been in this country only few
weeks, but she has already appeared
in plays in Chicago where notices Of
her acting were uniformly fattering,
4 almost to extravaganza.
Miss Ostergren takes the leading
part in both plays, but her support has
been so we'll trained that the line be-
tween her perfection as a professional
{aetress and the merits of the amateurs
lis faint, indeed. Prominent among the
local talent are Hjalmar Nilsson and
Oscar Anderson, both well known in the
twin cities.