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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
CITY FAILURES ON FARMS.
1t Is Asserted Newcomers Expect
Too Much From Nature.

1t Is Asserted Newcomers Expect
Too Much From Nature.
More city men turn farmers at
this season than at any other" said
a farmer who has become city man
to New York reporter. There is no
denying that the country in summer
looks charming to the city dweller.
the city man passes the coy farm
houses where the rich grass in the
front yards is set off by flower beds OF
all sorts, while in the pastures the
cows are either grazing lazily or lying
down peacefully and in the fields the
crops appear TO be growing without
any attention from the farmer. Farm
ing looks mighty easy to the city man.
and the enthusiasm ne stirs up In his
wife and children when he speaks or
going to the country is not chilled by
the real-estate nlan to whom he appeals
for a good, small farm.
Hundreds of city men move to the
country every year, and about ninety
nine out of every one hundred go back
at the end of the twelve months much
wiser. The one man who succeeds out
of each hundred has a real love for
farming, and capital enough to buy
| or rent the right kind Of farm to
experiment on. His wife and children
are able to adapt themselves to the
hours of farm life, going to bed at
dark and getting up with the sun.
such a man gets a moderately good
living out of farming, although he may
| not make a fortune out of it. He finds
| that nature is generous, but she will
| not be trifed with. She gives up hef
treasures when properly approached,
| but resents undue familiarity from
| amateurs.
'"The principal; cause of the city
| mans failure as q farmer is lack OF
| capital A man who would not think
of trying to support his family and
! lay up a competence from the proceeds
| of a business established vita a CAPT
| tai Of $1,000 will not hesitate to en-
| gage in farming on half that or less
| There have been cases in which d
| farmer achieved success on a small
capital, or no capital, but they are
| few.
"a farmer must buy seeds, imple-
| ments and live stock, and have hired
help, and he cannot begin. to take his
| living from the soil for at least six
months after ne starts, and even then
only small part of it. These things
cost money, and without it the city
| farmer will quickly find himself in
debt, dependency and despair.
Even if he has the capital the city
man must not think he can be a farm
| er without some exact knowledge Of
| the occupation. But with a little Of
both, a good supply of faith and cour-
age. business common sense and love
| of the soil, man can safely abandon
| the city with its long hours of labor,
it's Indifference and greed, for the free
dom, healthfulness and sure reward Of
| the farm"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
AhOuf vegetables.

The garden should be cultivated
once a week and as soon after each
shower as it is possible to work the
ground. Sowing of early wrinkled peas
should be made at once for a fall sup
ply. Continue the succession of beans
by making two paintings, one early in
the month and another about the mid
die Seeds of spinach sown now will
be ready for the table in the fall. This
pot herb will grow rapidly during the
cool fall weather of September and De-
tober
Sow a few seeds of parsley for early
crops next spring. Parsley is hardy
and will winter out Of doors If covered
with litter. Seeds of mustard and let
tuce should be sown for fall salads.
Make a sowing Of rutabagas. These
are hardy and will not have to be
harvested before the latter part Of
October. On land from which early
potatoes and early peas have been re-
moved, set plants of late varieties Of
celery, such as Giant Pascal and Fin
de-Siecle. A few sowings of radishes
will not come amiss. 1t Is not too late
to SOW some Of the big Chinese varie-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
Political ParnCraphs

Nh Bryan is having the common ex.
perience of finding his past hard to live
down.
Pretty big crop of Taft" Demo.
Gratis this fall.
Just so Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria
don't get tangled up with some sort OF
Haskell!
Governor Haskell ought to write q
campaign song entitled How the Doc
Feels When the Can is on His Tail"
When Governor Hughes speaks he
says things.
Meanwhile Mr.. Taft is making some
mighty able speeches.
Colorado is all Taft and Roosevelt
wide
AS a political and financial contor-
ZIONIST Haskell seems to have given 'em
run for their money
Mr.. Bryan's last letter shows that he
is anxious to say nothing more about
Haskell
Only 10 speeches a day now for the
Peerless One who wasn't going to talk
so much.
Just wanting to be president has
brought one man from poverty to a
palace.
Who would'er thought Johnny Kern
rid on a railroad pass?'
Added to his other crimes, this man
Haskell is a poet.
And Colonel Guffey is not even al
lowed to look through the stained glass
windows he gave for the house at Fair
view.
Some Democrats are so optimistic
that they even have hopes of carrying
Maine.
Mr.. Roosevelt hits straight from the
shoulder.
1t annoys Mr.. Bryan for Mr.. Taft to
be going away back into his old record
and past performances.
All this isn't bringing as much as
80 cents to the lineup Mr.. Haskell has
lieen holding.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

the extent shown in these schedules.
When it comes to the produce this Is
what we find in the Dingley law as Il
means of keeping the home market for
our own farmers
Corn, 10 cents per bushel of 5i
pounds.
Oats, - cents per bushe.
Wheat, % cents per bushel.
Butter. 6 cents per pound.
Cheese. 6 cents per pound.
Fresh milk. , cents per gallon.
Beans. 40 cents per bushel of LJ
pounds.
Cabbages, 5 cents each.
Eggs, ) cents dozen.
Hay, 81 per ton.
Onions, 40 cents per busheI.
Potatoes, % cents per bushel of 70
pounds.
The American farmer is not fool
enough to throw these duties off to help
outside traffic.-Norwich Conn., Bull
letin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
HER FACE WAS NOT FAIR.
But There Was One to Whom Sht
Would Always Be Beautiful.

But There Was One to Whom She
Would Always BE Beautiful.
The blind boy raised a rapt face 10
the light.
"And my mother?" he said question
ingly Tell me how she looks again
I shall soon be able to see, and | know
l shall find one more beautiful than all
the rest and cry Mother, mother
Why do you not speakT
His sensitive face was turned re-
proachfully toward his father. You
have always told me how lovely she Is.
der-I know that"
The old man laid his arm over the
lads shoulders.
you must know now what your
blindness would have kept you from
knowing" he said. Your mother is
not fair and beautiful in face, but hef
soul is what God made for a mother.
When you can see, look for the face
which holds the greatest love. You
will not be mistaken. 1t will be Your
mothers"
The great surgeon looked for mo-
ment or two into the sightless eyes and
then turned and laid his hand on the
fathers trembling arm.
Only God can make him see, my
friend" he said kindly. Your boy
was born blind. and human skill can
not help him."
The blind boy was the first to speak.
and he laid his arm around the sud
IDENTIFY aged form of his father.
Come" he said, ''let us go back to
mother She will always be beautiful
to me now" and they turned and gave
place to the others.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

have given way-the coupling chain, they
think-and they were going down a steep
incline at express speed. DR.. Cameron
says some of the carriages went over the
cmbankment. and were completely wreck
cd : one or two were turned entirely over
He was in the same compartment with
father and Mabel. They felt jolting
sensation, and the next moment they were
thrown from their seats, the carriage SIDE
was completely smashed, and they were
all flung in a heap. DIR. Cameron was on
the top, and was happily unhurt, with the
exception of a few bruises father was
underneath him; Mabel struggled up
somehow unhurt, and came to father
and no one knew she was much hurt.
"Oh. Roger. how terrible ~
Eyes, it does not do to talk of it, and
hardly to think of it. Now, Allie, if you
have finished, we will go upstairs. By
the way. where is Miss Leigh?
"Oh, ought to have gone to her,, ex-
claimed Alison. How dreadful for her
to lie there, and not to be able to help
US! She has been suffering from one OF
her sick headaches, and, of course, all
this will make it worse. Wait for me
moment, dear. I will just speak to her.
rs that you. Alison?" asked the gov
erness, in feeble voice, as the girl came
to her bedside. Il know all about 1t,
dear, Eliza has told me. Poor children,
Door children and l can not help you.
Roger is good and thoughtful; we
shall manage nicely tonight, and Sarah
will watch Mabel. You must not trou-
BILE, dear Miss Leigh; tomorrow you VIII
be better and then We shall be sure OF
your help"
You must not stay now. Thank you
for coming, my dear, but you must go
TO YOUR father" And Alison was thank
full to be dismissed.
In another moment she was leaning
over her father. He Enclosed his eyes
as he heard her light footsteps, and
faint smile came to his lips.
How is your sisterF' he whispered.
Dear papa" she returned, tenderly,
how happy Mabel will be to know you
asked after her! She is lying quite quiet
ly. the sedative is lulling her, but she is
not asleep"
Poor child ~ was all his reply, and
then lie closed his eyes again, but as Ali
son withdrew into the shadow of the cur
tain tears of thankfulness came to her
ewes; there was no bitterness in her faith
er's heart against poor Mabel. AS
father pitieth his children" the words
came to her mind ah ! 80 might their
Heavenly Father have pity on them"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

and small it al! seems now" finished
poor Missile, reading her past conduct
under q new light. In the dark hours
when ones strength is low, conscience
sometimes filings a vivid torch into the
recesses of ones being, bringing hidden
faults to light
Dear Mabel. we will forget all that
now returned Alison, gently; I'VE VIII
try and love each other more"
"Oh, it is easy for you to love people,
retorted Missie, almost pettishly; every
one is so fond of you, and you are never
cross and disagreeable as l am Roger
makes you his companion, and RudeI is
less rough when you are in the room, and
now papa will love you best.
Hush, dear; what nonsense J!
1T is not nonsense" she returned, IN
a despairing tone Il have forfeited his
love. He will never forgive me now. he
told me that he hated deceit; that ne
should never be able to think the same
of me. He said l should never see Eva
again if he could help it. Oh, he was
so angry, so unlike himself! l suppose
nv obstinacy yexed him, for l would not
say l was sorry He took hold OF my
arm and almost shook me to make me
speak, but l think | was Ike that man
who had a dumb spirit"
(To be continued.l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
The Tariff and the Farmer.

The farmer does not agree with Can
didate Bryan that the tariff is such a
vicious affair, for it protects him from
competition with cheaper outside prod
uctS.
These are some of the duties which
have been of great advantage to the
farmer that Mr. Bryan does not APP
prove of:
Cattle, if less than one year old, So
per head; all other cattle if valued at
more than S14 per head, S375 per head
if valued at more than S14 per head,
2712 per cent ad valorem.
Swine, S1.50 per head
Horses valued at $50 or less per
head, $50 per head: if valued at over
$3.50, % per cent ad valorem.
Sheep, one year old or over, $3.50 per
head; less than one year old, IS cents
per head.
Now, he who raises live animals for
sale-cattle, swine, horses or sheep for
the markets. protected from the com
petition of our Canadian neighbors to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
Keep the House Republican.

Republicans should look closely to
the Congress districts, SO that a House
may be elected which win not under
take to slaughter the protective sys-
TEN. but will improve it, bring it up to
date. and enact a measure which will
correct present defects. command the
approval of a Republican President
and Senate. and bring advantage to
all productive and business interests.
Keep the House Republican. Do it
for quick action, for prosperity. and
for the good of the country-Roches-
ter Democrat and Chronicle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

the protective principle sufficient to
maintain it while adapting it to vary
ing conditions. The American factory
can be kept in order without blowing it
Up with the free trade bomb. The ex-
plosive policy might harmonic with
the position of Philippine datto but
not of an American President.-Troy
Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
Distress i'm Free-TraGe England

Free trade England does not lack pc
riods of depression and armies of I'M
employed. A London dispatch in the
New York Journal of Commerce says
that the situation in the British capt.
tai was strikingly illustrated yester-
day, when 5000 men surrounded and
attempted to make their way into a
porter at a wage of $3.50 week and
meals" A big detail of police had to
be summoned to keep order and to pre-
vent the crowd from storming the
building=TrOy Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

views of things full of glitter and color.
He deals as he always has dealt in the
pleasing unsubstantials. His catch
penny bank guaranty policy has been
proved failure by actual trial in the
East, and his proposed restrictions on
the output of great business concerns
are impossible in practice, and if forced
would bring disaster to the commercial
world that would overwhelm the en-
ployed with their employers.
The country is given Inc choice be-
tween Bryan, perpetual office seeker,
who changes his views of government as
often as he changes his clothes. who
cares nothing for consequences when
set against the attaining of ends of per
Sonal ambition, and Taft, who has lef
office seek him, and who has filled every
place to which he has been called eff
GENTLY and with high credit to himself
and to the people. 1t is a choice be-
tween the tried and the untried. be-
tween certainty and uncertainty.
The thinking voters know these diff
ferences between the candidates. There
are three weeks left-and only three
weeks-in which to impress the facts
in the case on those who are indiffer-
ent and who have shown little disposi-
ton to think for themselves Indiyid
ual missionary work prompted by con-
viction is effective. 1t is not all-sr1fTi-
cient for a man to register and to vote.
The speaking in the campaign should
not be confined to the big halls and to
the men known as orators.
The Importance to wage payer and
wage Garner of the election of the Re-
publican candidate for President cannot
easily be exaggerated. Prosperity is
strong plea in itself. A big business
proposition is before the voters and
they have only a short time remaining
in which to think about it and talk
about it. 1t takes a business head TO
run the country No dreamer is equal
to the work
1t is your duty, you the man who
knows conditions as they are and as
they may be, you who know what
troubles wait on change in admins
trative affairs of he nation. it is your
duty to give the best of individual eff
fort in these closing weeks of the CAM
paign to make certain that prosperity
shall stay.-Chicago Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
Stop Soil washing.

Soil washing Is matter that should
receive careful attention on all farms
and can be prevented by the judicious
use of grass and deep blowing. Many
fine fields in some Of the Western
states have been ruined by soil wash
Ing Some are washed so badly that
they can no longer be worked with
have a good supply Of humus are not
subject to washing, as they have a
greater water-holding capacity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
A Medical Bill.

PATIENT have a touch of ague.
Physician-Yes.
PATIENT shall keep within doors
for a week.
Physician-Yes.
Patient-Shall diet myself carefully.
Physician-Yes.
Patient-I shall take ten grains OF
duinine twice a day.
Physician-Yes.
Patient-How much is your bill?
Physician-Half a guinea.-Punch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
The Natural Inference.

ma, didn't the heathens have god
for everything"
Yes, my child"
well, who was the sod that ruled
over kitchensT
81 don't remember, but 1 think il
was the great god Pan."-San Fran
cisco Bulletin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
Government w,,.sxx,u,


Nhitewash, as used by the govern
ment, is prepared as follows: Take
one-half bushel unslaked lime. Stake ii
with boiling water, cover during the
process to keep in steam, strain the
liquid through fine ST. ~ or stroiners
and add to it peck Of salt previously
dissolved by soaking in warm water 2
pounds ground rice boiled to q thin
paste and stirred in while hot. one-half
bushel Spanish whiting and | pound
clean glue, previously dissolved by
soaking in cold water and then hanging
over a slow fire in small pot hung in
a larger one filed with water. Add
five gallons hot water to the mixture,
stir well and let it stand a few DAYS.
covered from dirt. 1t should be ap-
piled hot, for which purpose it can be
kept in q kettle or portable furnace.
The east end of the White House at
Washington is embellished by this bril-
liant whitewash. 1t Is used by the gov
eminent to whitewaSh lighthouses. A
pint OF this mixture, properly applied
VIII cover one square yard. and will be
almost as serviceable as paint for wood.
Drlck and stone, and is much cheaper
imam the cheapest paint
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
Wages Here and There.

Mr.. Bryan in his Labor Day speech
advocated having a Department of La
hCr represented in the Cabinet Labor
is now represented by a Bureau in the
department Of Commerce. From re-
ports OF that bureau facts collected by
q special agent sent to Great Britain
are obtained. and collated with the sta
tistics OF labor in this country gathered
for the same records. From the tabu-
lations CI these records it appears that
in every trade wa ges are from 30 per
cent to over 100 per cent higher in the
United States than in England Here
are Il few: the figures represent hour
wages in cents and tenths and hun
dredths of a cent: Blacksmiths. United
States, 1862; Great Britain. .174O;
boiler-makers, United States, .2S1S:
Great Britain, .1719: bricl1layers, Uni
red States. .5471; Great Britain. .2OG2 /:
carpenters. United States. $500: Great
britain, POPS; painters, United States,
$50; Great Britain. .1774; plumbers,
United States, 1871; Great Britain,
2021. And so on.
These are only a few of many Ii
Will he pleasure to hear what the de-
Tenders of foreign competition have TO
say of the comparisons indicated.-Bu
falo News
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

1t was a quiet day yesterday. Not
n word from Mr.. Bryan, not line
from the White House. The dropping
OF Mr.. Kern's annual pass as the only
sound that broke the awful Stiffness
New York Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

The good dairyman does not seek
lowpriced help, for he has learned that
low-cost service frequently means
small profits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
The Next Question.

'SThe impudent thing wanted me to
marry him."
when is the wedding going to be~
Nashville American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

Whatever value we may place upon
ourselves, we are worth just what the
public takes us for.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

Molasses is becoming recognized as
very valuable addition to the fatten-
ing ration for cattle, particularly in
the South, where 1t is cheap.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
Wild and WoolIy PhiIosoohv

1t is characteristic of the school of
alleged thought-of Ideas based on su-
perficial emotion and not on the knowl-
edge of the ages-that it seeks to re-
form by subversion. Bryan has been
the mouthpiece of this wild and wool
~" philosophy. Abolish the gold stand
ard. said he in 1896 OF course it
wasn't done. There was nothing the
matter with the gold standard. AdoDt
the policy of scuttle for the PHILIPPINES.
he said in 1900. No, said President Nc
kinley. No, said Mr.. Taft, and he
went over there to live and to show how
TO educate and train the Filipinos. Now
the Bryan cry is, Wipe out American
Industry" by confiscation at one end
and by demolition at the other Guess
not. This is not the year to scuttle
protection and TO surrender prosperity.
The Republican party is the only party
with the experience in and loyalty to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22
Forestry Experiment stations.

Forest experiment stations will soon
be established In number of the ma
tional forest states of the west, accord
ing to plans which have just been COM
pleted by the United States Forest
Service. These new stations are ex-
pected to do the same for the develop
ment of the American forests as agri-
cultural experiment stations have done
for the improvement of the country's
farms. AS a first step in this work an
experiment station has already been
established on the Coconino National
Forest in the southwest, with headquar-
tiers at Flagstaff, AriZ. Stations in other
national forests will be established
later, and 1t Is the intention ultimately
to have at least one experiment station
IN each of the silvicultural regions of
the west ~
One of the most important parts of
the work of the new experiment sta
lions will be the maintenance of model
forests typical of the region. These
areas will furnish the most valuable
and instructive object lessons for the
public in general, for professional for
esters, lumbermen and owners of forest
land, and especially to the technical
and administrative officers of the ma
tional forests. In the recently estab-
lished station on the Coconino National
Forest one of the first problems to be
taken up will be the study of. the re-
production of western yellow pine and
the causes of its success and failure,
Washington Letter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

The bees use their long tongues to
gather sweetness. but a gossiping wom-
an uses hers to sow thistles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

A hundred rods of fence on a farm
above actual need becomes tax on
labor and material that may be better
cut off by removing the fence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-22

A kind act TO a surly neighbor may
be the leaven that softens his heart