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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

The regiment went to Washington and
the Quaker boy drilled placidly and shot
straight. But l shall never fight" he
reiterated
Word went out that there was trail
ferred with the captain, and all the forms
Of punishment devised for refractory SOL
diers were visited on him. He went
through them without finching, and there
was only one thing left. He was taken
before the colonel.
What does this mean?" demanded the
officer. Don't you know you will be
shot?"
The Quaker was a manly boy with
steady eyes and a square chin, and he
smiled little. THAT is nothing" he
said. "Thee didn't think I was afraid
did thee?"
The prisoner went back to the guard
house and the colonel went to the Presi-
dent, to Lincoln, who was great because
he knew the hearts of men, The case
was put before him-of the mutinous
Quaker who talked of his religion. the
soldier who refused to fight, who defed
pain and laughed at the fear of death.
Lincoln listened and looked relieved
why that is plain enough" he answer
ed. There is only one thing to do
trump up some excuse and send him
home. You can't kill a boy like that, you
know. The country needs all her brave
men Wherever they are. Send him home"
So the Quaker went back to the island
to life and duty az he saw them, and his
children tell the story.-The Waterman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
hanging from the upper part of the
mechanism

hanging from the upper part Of the
mechanism.
A by-product of cotton-growing Is
just now enjoying boom. Europe has
become an enormous cotton-seed oil con-
sumner, and export sales have been re-
Gently progressing in New York at the
rate Of 1000 barrels per day. Cotton
seed oil is now recognized as an i'm
portant article of food, replacing olive
oil, lard, and butter in many forms of
cooking and table use. It's consump-
ton equals and the demand exceeds
the entire production Of the Southern
States, where cotton is grown. At the
cotton-seed mills in the South the seed
is scraped by machinery and the lint
baled for the market. The shells are
made into potash.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Progressing Finely.

Lovett-I suppose fellow ought to
have a great deal of money saved up
before he thinks of marrying.
Marryat-Nonsense. l didn't have
cent when married, and I'm getting
along fine now.
Lovett-That so? Installment plan?
Marryat-Yes, and we've only been
married and keeping house for year
now, and I've got the engagement ring
all paid for now.-Philadelphi Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
LINCOLN AND VIRGINIA.
Agitation Caused by His Letter TO
Ex-Confederate Official.

Agitation Caused by His Letter TO
Ex-Confederate Official.
I'm April, 1860, just after the end OF
the war;" said Major Anderson, L was
sitting on the porch of the residence OF
Lieut. Gov. Price in Lewisburg, in Green
brier county. l had just returned home
from the army, and you may well believe
| was enjoying the rest and the company
of the prettiest girl in the world, Gov
Prices daughter, who was on the porch
with me.
while we were talking" Major Al
derson continued, "a soldier suddenly gal
loped into sight and drew rein at the
door. He asked if that was Gov. Price 8
house, and upon my telling him rEat II
was he said he brought a letter for Gov
Price from the President of the United
States.
II told him that the Governor was
down on his farm two or three miles
away and that as he seemed tired and
broken down would deliver the letter.
II found the old fellow at work in
the barn tanning wheat" Major Anderson
went on, with a reminiscent smile. Ihey
had buried two or three sacks OF grain
to keep it from falling into the hands
of the Northern troops and now they
had resurrected it and were cleaning it
to have some bread. A negro was turn
ing the wheat fan, another was scraping
away the cleaned wheat and Gov. Price
was standing by the hopper working the
grain through to the riddles.
81 jumped off my horse and hurried
into the barn.
Governor 1 said in some excite
ment, here is a letter for you from the
President of the United States
1.-THE old fellow turned as white as a
sheet. You see, we did not know at that
time just what course the United States
government would pursue toward the men
who had fought in the Confederate army
or held Office under the Confederate gov
eminent. The old fellow broke the seal
and took out large document, portentous
looking indeed. He read hurriedly and
then laughed.
Its all right he said, and he handed
me the letter. 1t was addressed to Lieut..
Gov. Price, and signed by Abraham Lin
coin. 1t requested him 70 call the Vir-
ginia Legislature together at once to take
action regarding the changed condition of
affairs in the State. In conclusion were
these words, which 1 shall always remem-
Der: L want you people to come back and
hang up your hats on the same old pegs
But on the very night that letter was
received, l think" said Major Anderson,
1.-The President was assassinated, and his
plans for the government of the States
which seeded were never carried out"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Cauxe of Soft-Sbeu Eggs.

Hens that acquire the habit of laying
soft-shell eggs should be watched very
carefully in order TO break them of it.
There are two causes for soft eggs.
One is feeding too much stimulating
food: the other, not enough shell-form-
ing material being furnished. Toe
much spiced food and meat is general.
ly found to be the chief cause, and II
that is cut out the evil can generally
be overcome. If the hens have been
overfed they will show it by the lack
of eagerness with which they eat new
food. After YOU are satisfied that they
have been fed too much. reduce the
supply and add little epson salts to
their drinking water for about fou
days. Grit or crushed oyster shells
should be fed if want of lime is the
trouble
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
The Wonderful Chinese.

Big Osh, emperor of China and
founder Of the Bing dynasty, was IA
nous for the number of things in which
he anticipated our present civilization.
One day, after sitting awhile in
deep thought, he called his equerry to
him.
Harness Niagara" he commanded,
briefly.
And it was done.
OF course, it is with no invidious
wish TO detract from the splendor Of
this achievement, incredible as it IN
doubtedly seems, that we add the fur
Their fact that Niagara was the empar-
or's old bay mare.-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
He Knew Better.

Very pleasant out this way now,
isn't it," growled the sarcastic Mr..
BacklotZ, as he plowed through the
snow and mud.
Not very, to be sure" replied Sub
bulbs, but there's one comfort about
it,
Huh. What a cheerful liar you
are r-Philadelnhia Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Pruning Peach Trees.

As the result of experiments at the
Massachusetts experiment station, the
following would seem to be the best
method of peach tree pruning:
1. Prune peach trees moderately, re-
moving not more than one-third to one
half the previous years annual growth,
when the wood has been injured by
freezing
2. When only the fruit buds are
killed, the wood being uniniured and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Lincoln and woman. Rights.

MANY people who celebrate his birth
day do not know that Abraham Lincoln
stood for woman's rights" quietly re-
marked the clubwoman. He appreciated
the worth of his mother too we'll to see
why she should not have a voice in pub
lie questions, especially since she had not
only been of a fine character but had
been so much in advance of his father
that she taught him to write his name.
1T was at Vandalia, ILL.,, in 1886, that,
after making a wonderful speech which
electrified his hearers and caused friends
to carry him from the court room on
their shoulders het was requested to make
statement of his political principles
L CO. he said, for all sharing the privi-
leges of the government who assist in
bearing its burdens; consequently I go
for admitting all whites to the right of
suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms, by
no means excluding females
Already his heart had been deeply
moved at a slave market scene and he
expressed himself at the injustice of slav-
ery."-Philadelphia Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
LincOln's Kindness.

One of the many examples of Abraham
Lir coins kind-hearted nature recently
came to light among the papers on file in
the War Department. 1t was a letter
from young woman in Western State
asking for the return of her sweetheart
who was at the time a soldier in the
Union army. In a pathetic manner she
told how at the beginning of the war she
became engaged, and how her lover had
gone to the front promising to return at
the close of the war and make her his
bride. Over year had passed, the war
continued, and her lover was lying wound
ed in hospital. The young woman said
if the soldier in question did not return
at once she would die of a broken heart.
Whether or not the two lovers were ever
reunited the department records do not
show, but the paper bears evidence that
the appeal touched the heart of the War
President, for across the back is written
in his own handwriting Let him go to
her-A Lincoln"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

The hour was on us; where the man?
The faithful sands unfaltering ran,
And up the way Of tears
He came into the years,
Our pastoral captain. Forth he came,
As one that answers to his name;
Nor dreamed how high his charge,
His work how fair and large
To set the stones back in the wall
Lest the divided house should fall,
And peace from men depart,
Hope and the chiidlike heart.
We looked on him; otis he" we said,
Come crownless and unheralded
The shepherd who will keep
The f1ocks, will fold the sheep"
Unknightly, yes; yet twas the mien
Presaging the immortal scene,
Some battle of His wars
Who sealeth up the stars
Nor would he take the past between
His hands, wipe valor's tablets clean,
Commanding greatness wait
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

Not he would cramp to one small head
The awful laurels of the dead,
Times mighty vintage cup,
And drink all honor up
No flutter of the banners bold
Borne by the lusty sons of old,
The naughty conquerors
Set forward to their wars.
Not his their blare their pageantries,
Their goal, their liberty, was not his;
Humbly he came to keep
The fiocks, to fold the sheep.
The need comes not without the man;
The president hours unceasing ran,
And up the way of tears
He came into the years.
Our pastoral captain, skilled to crook
The spear into the pruning hook,
The simple, kindly man,
Lincoln, American.
John Vance Cheney. in New York
Independent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
THE VALENTINE OF MY YOUTH.

by teens were still dispensing wine
When, Gaping all their dear delights,
Ally first and sweetest valentine
Beamed on me. from enchanted heights,
der hair was like the summer dark,
her cheeks pair of rosy lures
To illustrate, | might remark
Her cheeks were roster than yours
de- mouth had such teasing play
OF pursuing like a poppy bud,
And then enclosing In a way
To stir the most ascetic blood
Her eyes with love and pity lit
Were beacons to lost mariners
INDEED, my dear, / must admit
Your eyes are not so bright as hers
Her voice-what's that l see. tear!
Why, dear, It's your young charms sing
You've changed, you know, since that dim
year
When we Jared downward for ring,
But though youths graces all may flee,
Willie / am camped this side the line
You'll still possess my love. and be
Ny best my only valentine.
Edward " Barnard Jr, in Munsey's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Hard tn shake on.

Hewitt-He sticks closer than a
brother. Jewett-Yes: he sticks like a
church debt.-Woman's Home Compan-
Ion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

The largest mail in the world Is that
which leaves Cannon street, London, on
Friday nights for China, Japan and
other parts of the world via Brindisi.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
fE& &E & I(iI|Ea1 ar z

the trees in good condition. prune Sc
verely. cutting back the annual growth
to two or three buds. 1t may be expe-
dent to cut some branches back even
into two or three-year-ol wood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Keeping Tab on Cows.

A sympathetic and accurate record
of each and every COW In dairy herd
IS valuable for many reasons. First,
the owner determines which animal to
retain and which to weed out. Every
COW showing a deficient balance sheet
urder average conditions should be sold
to the butcher at once. Second, it en-
courages accuracy and system. Third,
it enables the feeder to judge the COM
parative value of different feeds
Fourth, II COW Is not doing properly.
the fact Is at once noticed ON her milk
sheet and the necessary changes may
be made to restore the animal to her
proper condition. Fifth, 1t furnishes D
good way Of checking careless or indif-
ferent mixers. Sixth, it shows any
i1regularity, effect Of early or late milk
ing, effect of high or low temperature.
effect OF exposure to cold or storms and
the effect of drinking ice-cold water.
Last, and most important, the daily
milk record tells exactly each month
Just what the cows are doing. No dairy
can be successfully conducted without
it. Keeping an accurate record Is one
of the most important parts of the bust
ness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

Mating should be more than just
sending to get a rooster or some hens.
If the breeding is to be successful, the
mating should have some object in
view.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Seeds and Weeds.

Unclean seed has more to do with
the distribution Of weeds than all
other causes combined. These ara
brought upon our farm from garden
and field seeds from foreign countries.
Russian faxseed is responsible for the
introduction Of the Russian thistle,
which first appeared upon single
farm, and now covers over 10000
square miles Of the United States. AL
falfa, beet, turnip and other field and
garden seeds imported from Europe
are the potent cause of the contamina-
ton of our lands with farm weeds.
Nor are the farmers of this country
at all particular in saving their seeds,
fields containing weeds often being set
aside for a seed crop, insuring the
foulest seeds in many cases. And then,
in the purchase of seeds, the farmer
is not careful to buy pure seed only.
but plants whatever some dealer offers
him. Until these methods are done
away with we must expect to have new,
pernicious weeds constantly appearing
among our crops.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Storage House for Apples.

Replying to a correspondent who
wanted to know how to construct
house for storing apples the Country
gentleman gives the following advice:
"A house for storing apples should
be made as nearly alright as posi-
BILE. Set the stills in mortar, and do IL
we'll. Let the floor be double, with
sheathing paper between the two
thicknesSes Of boards. Double-board
the outside and use paper between.
Cell up on the inside, filling in between
with sawdust. Do not put in any win
dows unless they are covered with
tight shutters. Should the weather at
any time be warm, open the doors and
windows at night, and close tightly
in the morning. The main secret of
keeping apples is an even temperature.
as near the freezing point as possible.
not below it; keep them dry, and do
not permit circulation Of air."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

Growth of Useless Animal Organs.
In many animals there are certain
organs which, useful in their earlier
stages. have apparently been so greatly
developed as to become rather hin.
ORANGES. The horns of certain deer,
for example, useful weapons of defense
when smaller, have become SO large
as rather to handicap the animals in
the struggle for life. The huge over
grown teeth, or tusks, Of certain Of the
boar family may be cited as further ex-
amples. These are sometimes explained
as organs which have been more useful
in their present state under former diff
ferent conditions, and which have per-
sisted through heredity. In the Amer
lean Naturalist, however, Mr.. +. B.
I.oomis brings forward another explain
alton He thinks the growth OF such
organs is due to what he calls "momen-
tum In variation" As variation pro-
ceeds In a certain direction, it ac-
quires, like body moving under the
action of gravity, momentum which
may carry it past the stage Of greatest
utility. This factor in evolution, Mr..
LOOMS thinks, has not been assigned
the Importance it deserves.
Other evolutionists, however have
suggested that when an animal or p1ant
has once started to vary in given d.
rection, 1t acquires tendency to go ON
varying In that direction. And this.
although the word momentum Is n0e
used, agrees with the above theory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
And it was done.

First impressions of dental students
are seldom the best.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
S@SSSSH

Fifteen cents invested in harness re-
runaway or perhaps broken neck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

Persons suffering from any disease
or who have been in contact with con-
tagion, should keep away from the
cows and the milk room.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

The labor of the dairyman is a new
er-ending one. He feeds the COW to
make the calf and then feeds the calf
to make a COW, and thus it goes on
forever
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07
Destroying Cabbage Worms.

Farm, Stock and Home gives the fol-
lowing method of destroying cabbage
worms: Simply sprinkle the -four Of
sulphur freely on the cabbage. Fill the
cover of a baking powder can with
small nail holes, like a pepper box.
fill the can with sulphur and use for. a
sitter. Do not wait until the worms
appear on the cabbage before apply
ing it, but begin with it as soon as the
first white butterflies are seen circling
over the cabbage patch. Immediately
after a rain or while the cabbages are
wet with dew sift sulphur over them,
we'll down among the leaves, two or
three times a week. If there is neither
rains nor dew, wet the cabbage with IL
watering pot or sprinkle with a whisl
broom and pail of water, as the cab
bages must be wet so the sulphur will
adhere to them. 1t destroys the eggs.
also the worms. We never failed to
have fine cabbage, free from worms,
when all our neighbors who did not use
our plan had their cabbage destroyed
by worms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

Thirty billion, 500 million, 961 thou
sand feet-this was the total cut of
lumber in the United States during
1905. These figures were compiled by
the Forest Service in cooperation with
the National Lumber Manufacturers
Association, and are believed to be as
nearly correct as is possible to gather.
They were complied from the return
of 1866 establishments. The esti-
mated value of this product is five hun
dred million dollars. In the kind Of
lumber yellow pine led, and walnut
foots the list, the total cut Of the lat
ter being only 29,S51 feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

Japan controls the camphor produc-
ton of the world, and as camphor is
an important ingredient in the manu-
facture of smokeless powder, she would
have great advantage over other ma
tons in event of a world-war Ex-
periments by the Bureau of Plant In
dustry have established the fact that
the camphor tree can be grown in the
southern portions of this country. and
the government has acquired three
Immediately be planted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

1t does not take as long to scoop out
a load of corn as it does to huSk it,
but it requires more back muscle and
greater endurance than it does to gath
er in the ears.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-07

The newly awakened desire to pre-
serve tree species approaching extinc-
ton manifests itself in respect to the
big trees of California Seven hundred
seedlings of the sequoia gigantea have
been set out in the sequoia forest, and
it is the intention of the Agricultural
Department to transplant them when
sufficiently grown to other national
parks where conditions are right for
their growth
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-10-31
Shaking Him Up.
' SI'
ErOm Tlt-RItc

FROM Ilt-BitS.
a young married lady one morning
gave her husband n sealed letter, which
he was to read when he got to the
follows.
L am obliged to tell you something
that may give you pain. but there is
no help for 1t. You shall know every
thing, whatever be the consequences.
For the last week 1 have felt that it
must come to this, but l have waited
uhtil the last extremity, and can re-
main silent no longer. Do not over
wheim me with bitter reproach, for you
VIII have to put up with your share of
the trouble as well as myself
Cold perspiration stood in thick drops
on the brow of the husband, who was
prepared for the worst. .
Tremblingly, he read on:
Our coal Is all gone. Please order
a ton to be sent this afternoon. L
thought 0 might forget it for the
tenth time. and therefore wrote you
this letter."
But he didn't forget that time.