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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
TEACUP POLITICS.
A Bit of Life at Washington in

A Bit of Life at Washington in
Which Women Are Prominent.
From Ash Wednesday until the
summer time scattering, the teapot
and tie samovar, with the punch bowl
as a helpful ally, become potent aids
in the forwarding of political careers
at Washington How eficacious these
simple elements in the official game
of good fellowship prove to be is past
conjecturing, but old-time hostesses
well up in the sport of politics as
played across the afternoon tea table
are the last to decry the tea-drinking
habits as practiced in Washington.
The wag who said that politics is
the voice of Washington women
would have found much in the talk
of those who surround the tea tables
to support his views. Many of the
prettiest and apparently least serious
young women in officiaIdom actually
have views on subjects political,
which show that the young heads be-
meath the elaborate coiffures are bet
ter stored with knowledge than even
their most ardent admirers would
have dared to hope. In the game of
politics as played by fair women. the
tea table is an all-important adjunct.
= Those who make the rounds of
Washington drawing rooms assert
that everything from a nomination to
the corraIing of a goodly block of
votes may be accomplished at
Washington afternoon tea" For the
orderly and effectual dissipation of in
cipient ructions back home" nothing
is equal to the simple expedient OF
asking the wife Of a visiting constitu-
ent to assist at one Of these weekly
functions. Feminine insurgency is
not equal to holding out against the
lures offered by the tactful hostess,
and many a cup of tea slipped in the
drawing room Of an accomplished
woman of the world has marked the
turning point in a career.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

seen at the exhibit. 1t is beautiful;
but the system that produces it at this
cost Of young life is an abomination.
Hand-seWed mems neckties, intended
to be sold at from 80 cents to 81 each,
pay the maker 50 cents a dozen. The
ultra-respe ctable black collar for elder
ly women, retailing for so cents, costs
the vender for making less than ~
cents apiece. IS it nothing to those
who buy such things that childlife is
stitched into their seams? The Con
sumers' League exists to help these in
articulate workers to help themselves.
1t can succeed only by enlisting the
cooperation of buyers, for whose pro-
lection it has provided a label of in
vestigation and approval stating that
the garment that bears it is made
under clean and healthful conditions"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

same toilers had received. A large
part of the exhibit was the work of
the child victims of the sweatshop sys-
TEN. And it was by no means clothing
of the cheaper grades that was most
conspicuous, but articles made to meet
the wishes of the well to do and even
the fastidious, such as are sold in the
city's most deliberately furnished
stores. For dainty feather stitching
on baby's dress child-herself
hardly more than baby-is paid per-
haps 4 cents. Twelve punches of arti-
fetal roses are made for penny. If
the worker is speedy she can earn
so cents a day Artificial violets are
cheaper A mother and four children,
of ages from Il to 5, earn together
so cents a day. Their work may be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
How to Send Eggs to Market.


Provide clean, dry hay or straw or
suitable material for the nests, renew
the material frequently, and always
when it becomes wet and soiled
Collect eggs every day shortly before
noon, Or preferably twice daily, at
noon and at dusk. It is especially adj
visable, when hens are broody, to col
lect twice daily.
On no account should eggs which
have been found by chance in nests in
the open during harvest time or at any
other time be mixed with those in
tended for market Any such eggs
which are fit for consumption should
be used at home.
Any dirt on the egg when it is col
1ected should be at once removed by
means of a dry cloth, or, if that meth
cd fails, a slightly dampened but not
wet cloth may be used. Do not wash
hen eggs or put them in water, nor
use any chemical to remove the dirt
Keep the eggs in cool, dry place,
free from Objectionable doors, and re-
serve the small ones for home and
market the best and largest. Put
clean, dry hay in the basket or boz
used for packing those for market
Eggs should always be kept dry.
Contact with wet material or exposure
to moisture causes them to go bad very
quickly; therefore eggs when taken to
market should be protected from the
wet by suitable coverings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

ChantecIer, the king of the farmyard, is convinced
that his role in life is to make the rise with his
Growing. One day, while Chantecer is happy in his
supremacy all the Birds the eternal feminine
appears in the form Of hen pheasant chased by sport
ing dog. Chandeliers heart by this beautiful
stranger The second opens the depth of night with
group of conspiratOrs the owls, who equally
convinced that Chandeliers song is the of the
break of day, determine kill the author of the hated
daylight, and arrange that fighting cock shall Stay
Chantecer. Suddenly the "Cocorico of Chanecler is
heard the valley through the opening the
est becomes rosy with the light of the rising sun; the
night birds dispersed and Chanecler and the hen
pheasant appear the scene. In the act the
guinea fowl is at home in the kitchen garden Chan
tecer fights with the game cock and is almost Killed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
F1lTtSLM TRADt
IN FRANCE

let
Father Of the protection
policeman call
her Liberty holds all effectiveness of the
law
cOnsran They
cient
boring girl without Ihl democratic without Whh no can
be willing
prefecture
applicant bids mediate
i told its
The defense for against
cynical perfectly
counting
intelligence Recently
respectable, London Each
hold them He be persuaded
possible London Surely the French in
"bu nothing
be administered home
be relaxed when expectation is in question"
right the detective brigades in the
French cities have been fully occupied with their specially They
willingly those
frauds have not been the line bgades because recruiting
At the the 1902
peculiarly nidiou
they vaudeville
all small the
third because they
must sit and consume" with the audience between
chief blind
police is at present e old standby OF Kidding Paris OF female undesb
rescal of JAIL single conviction will
for each And France Will cease to hold the exporting record
the white slave trade
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
On n CnSh Business

The dairyman has something to sell
for cash every day in the year. His
daily cash receipts may not seem very
large to men who have been used to
grain farming or stock farming, but at
the end Of the year mis- bank account
will make very good showing along
with that of his neighbor who farms
on broader scale. Ready money is
greatly to be desired at all times and
the dairyman is more fortunate in
that respect than any other farmer.
Another thing in his favor is that he
is not subject to the market fiuctua-
lions. The market for his product
can be fixed by himself if he produces
the right kind of milk and butter
They are not affected by panics in the
wheat market or gluts in the livestock
market He is always able to tell al
most to the dollar what his income
will be and is thus enabled to lay his
plans and govern his expenses accord
ingly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
VANITY'S COST IN LIFE.

NIute Witnesses of the Poverty of
New York ToiIers.
Appeal to heart and conscience alike
must have been powerfully made to
the many women and fewer men who
we're beguiled by social curiosity or
led by philanthropic interest to exam
inc the collection of garments and of
photographs made by the Consumers
League and exhibited last week at
the Normal College in New York, says
the Churchman of that city. The pho
tographs showed tenement rooms on
the east side with men. women and
little children working on the garments
that hung close by with placards fas-
tened to them telling the few pennies
an hour and garment that these
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

but, by accident, is in the end victorious. At that
moment the shadow of sparrow hawk is thrown
the whole gathering and they rush to the protecting
wings of their wounded chief who crows defiance
the threatened danger In the fourth act THE Night
OF the Nightingale Chanecler has wandered into the
forest with his chamer La Fasane She is jealous of
the cocks love of his work by subteruge, which
keeps him asleep till after the has risen shows
him idle is his belief that it is only through his
agency that the day is born Chantecler however de-
termines go back the farm pursue his daily
with the frmness of purpose before The
golden pheasant is left behind, only to fall into poach
ers trap be brought, chastened in spirit the
farmyard in subsection to Chantecer. TIE final
the play, which is pronounced the beautiful
here pictured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
To BE Called Early.

ION the morrow call me early.
Can me early, mother dear!"
Said the maid unto her parent
As she brushed away tear.
Are you going shopping. daughter?
Are YOU going out to dine?
or why should I call YOU early,
Cali you early, daughter mine?"
Let me whisper to you, mother,
Let me whisper in your ear;
IT'S tonight I marry Early
Mr.. Early. mother dear
-Yonkers Statesman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
PreDarinm Soil

If the land is to be plowed twice be-
fore planting in order to make it thor
oughly fine, it will be well to r0-7 it
before the second blowing in order to
pack the surface somewhat and make
The earth turn better without clogging
the moldboard. The roller is also use
ful in breaking clods and in packing
The surface to prevent excessive eyap-
oration in dry weather.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
Height of Mill. EInrU

A COW does not come to her high.
est and best flow of milk until about
the fourth week after freshening. Dur
ing these first weeks of lactation she
should not be given all she will eat
and part of the feed should be of a
laxative nature. She may be placed
on full feed at the end of the fourth
week, when the flow will be at its
best. The cow with her first calf may
not come to her fullest and best flow
OF milk until the fifth or sixth week,
owing to the fact that bringing forth
young for the first time is a more Sc
we're physical strain than later in life,
hence a longer time for recovery from
the weakness caused by CESSATION will
be required. For this reason, the
young COW coming fresh should be
fed more carefully than older cows at
the same period
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
4 New ..Trick."

Grinding hay is one of the newer
tricks, with alfalfa meal as the result.
rms Is another example of the grinder
making the feed more valuable. 1t puts
the alfalfa in such shape that it may
all be assimilated. That it makes the
stuff worth $50 ton hardly seems
probable, but town farmers are pay
Ing that price and feeling satisfied
with the result. A farmer with S3-a-
ton alfalfa could not exchange it for
alfalfa meal, paying $12 difference,
and save his sin whole, 1t would not
surprise me to see a portable machine
on the market in a few years that can
be moved from farm to farm, doing
alfalfa grinding for us.-Field and
Farm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
SHOP GIRL BRIDE OF
PHILANDER c. KNOX, JR.

The bride of the son of Secretary of
State Knox was Miss May Boiler, a
shop girl of Providence, r. l. Her
husband was first suspended from
school for his elopement and then was
told by his father to look out for him
self. He has 500 a month from an IN
heritance and has accepted a job as IN
auto salesman to piece out his income.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
Entfenin= DucLs

There is no need of the "cramming
system" being used in fattening ducks.
Place your feed before them and they
will cram themselves. They are great
feeders, and this has led to the gen
eral verdict, they eat their heads off. y
With good range and their proper
feed, they will not cost any more to
keep than so many chickens.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

use need not be extensive, or even
very large if the best care is given.
therefore, one acre for the orchard
and vine fruits in approximately the
following number, gives ample quanti-
" as well as variety. Twelve apple
trees, each of the pear, plum, peach,
sour cherry, sweet cherry, ounce and
grape, 200 strawberry plants, 25 each
OF black and red raspberries, 25 good
blackberries, y currants, and, final
~, about u gooseberries. And this
list Will, or should at least, afford
some selling at times,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
A Bad Sort.

q wonder why the De Ritches al
lowed their daughter to marry that
broken-down foreign count"
you know, they are Just crazy after
bargains, and the count was slightly
damaged and very much reduced. =
Baltimore American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
The FIiDpancy of John.

Mrs. Mott-What is a sympathetic
strike, John?
Mott-A sympathetic strike, my
dear. is being touched for quarter
by a beggar with a hard-luck story
Boston Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
An Oyerrated Harm.

In almost anything we do
Some dangers Turk.
But one thing kills but very few,
That's oyerwork.
Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

Penelope-It's dreadful. Papa wants
me to marry a man 1 have never
seen.
Perdita-That's nothing My father
wants me to marry man I have seen.
Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
Reward of Industry.

story is told of two New England
boys who started farming twenty years
ago in the same neighborhood They
were schoolmates. Jim had $4,000
from an uncle to start with. John had
nothing, so he worked out to get
money to buy stock and implements.
To-day Jim has nothing and John has
Jim's $4,000, or the farm and i'm
provements that represent it. Money
is a damage to a young man unless
he knows what to do with it-Agri-
cultural Epitomist
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
Feeding FLOOR for Hn-s-

No farmer is so well-to-do that he
can afford eXtravagant feeding meth
DDS. Corn is worth money every year,
and every bushel fed should weld a
profit. No hog feeder can afford to
waste corn, which is money, by the
old-fashioned system of feeding. The
man who expects to make money feed
ing corn to hogs nowadays must
avoid waste and pay some regard to
the laws of Matchmaking. There
should be dry feeding floor on every
farm where hogs are fed This is
best made of cement, but if it is too
late for that this year make it of
plank. Corn is worth close to a cent
a pound and only the rich man can
afford to waste it in mud and snow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
. Poem, Tb,t paid Somebody.

a Poem That Paid Somebody.
My new hat is a poem" she said,
enthusiastically
q have just received the bill for it, =
replied he. I don't understand these
stories of so many poets dying in pow
erty.'-Washingto Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

Promoter-Td like to bring a trolley
road into your town If I can raise the
wind here.
Uncle Si-Waal. I'll be gosh derned.
I s'posed they wuZ still runnin' 'em
by electricity Boston Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

Bjones-Why don't you buy an auto
mobile?
Bjenks-Buy an automobile! Great
Scott It will be seven years still
before we get the piano paid for
Somerville Journal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
saving the Farm shoes.

A manufacturing concern gives a
good way to treat farm shoes in order
to get the most and best service out
Of them: Oil is the natural food of
good leather. Any kind CT leather
that is worn around manure, in mud,
in water or dew, will soon get hard
and crack, unless it is kept well oiled
Oil the shoes often and they viii last
twice as long. Any kind Of animal
oil or grease, free from salt, is coed.
Neatsfoot oil, beef or mutton tallow,
or common cooking lard, is good If
shoes are put near the fire or a hot
stove when they are wet or damp they
viii burn almost instantly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
Deserted.

The only girl I ever priced
Deserted me one day.
She left me for a neighbor
Who offered her more pay.
Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
Quite a difference.

Women have all the best Of it
How do you make that out?''
well, nearly every day some mil
lionaire marries a poor actress, but
you never hear of an heiress marrying
a poor actor. Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

Extensive Living.

'.An operation will cost you $500.'
and is it absolutely necessary"
You can't live without it.
Say. doc, the high cost of living
can't ali be blamed on the tariff, can
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
Profit in Sheen.

, Sheep not only pay their own way,
out make up for losses caused by
scrub cows and other derelicts on the
farm
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31
FamfIx Frnit supply.

The area required for the produc-
tion OF fruit for the average family
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

Many mares are unable to supply
their colts with sufficient milk, partic-
ularly- when hard worked In such
cases they should be helped out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

VERYONE exporter o
~
"
AgIH
daily
their bad they
las
the girls inveigled The
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

Hens prefer seclusion when they are
laying, and they are not likely to
break eggs and get into the habit Of
eating them if the nests are kept dark
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

Remember yourself when building
poultry-houses, and plan them so that
you may take care of them with the
least amount of trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

Plenty of screws, strap hinges, gate
hooks and eyes come handy around
the farm. Try a box Of such in the
shop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

No smoking or chewing of tobacco
should be permitted while the milking
is being done. The odor of the weed
is quickly absorbed by the sensitive
milk
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-31

Every stockman knows how incon-
venient stiff new rope halter can be.
New rope may be made as pliable as
old, it is claimed, by simply boiling
it for two hours in water Then hang
it in a warm room and let it dry out
thoroughly.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-16
He NEvER MISSED.

Well Paid, fiery Job That Wsars :
Man Out q Fifteen Years.
The man who stood at tie lever had
story that is common ali over Amer.
lea. Ten years before be had been i
peasant tad in dun little village ia
ireland Drawn up and along By the
emigraus tide. be had drifted to Chi
eago. and here III the works be had
caught the true spirit Of the place,
which Is 70 strain every nerve and
rise. He had risen. His pay was $50
week He worked every night from
3 p m. to 6 Z. m, twelve vlgilanf
hours Watching those three nam
moth tanks, By the tints and hues Ia
their columns OF fame be could tell
Just when to wrench back a lever.
This he did over hundred times In
the night. and II be missed by so much
as thirty seconds he spoiled thousands
OF dollars worth 81 steel ne never
missed.
TO bold this Job n to Jam the
strength Of lifetime into afteen
years-at 500 week The man receg.
nized this as matter Of course. only
qualifying II by the remark that he
knew Of a redheaded Scofchman at
Homestead who had held it seventeen
years before breaking That his whole
life had been changed: that the little
Irish village, the misty bog and the
bowels we're back in another age, on
another planet-all this be felt vague
y and summed It up. with twinkle.
"shure," be said. "its terrible dulck
spin this ould wurId is afther takin'."
Eur be loved the fiery job. called the
huge tanks "me darlin's" and said he
would rather be what be was than be
president = Ernest Poole In Every
body's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-16

Miss Grace Morris is confined "a III,
house by Illness.
George Hoyt is attending conference
this week 81 Island Pond
Rev " r. sparhawk is spending thls
week at his horne in Randolph.
II i expected there viii be services
lat the Methodist church next Sunday.
s. J Norris and L. Myers we're ii
East Montpelier at E M Farnhams
Tuesday
High school commenced last Monday
morning with 80 pupils and three more
to enter soon
The district schools win commence
Monday, April rs. with 8 corps OF eff
fcient teachers.
Prof p. a. Gilmore has heen invited
To speak in tie Congregational church
ia Marshtield sunday
Asa Mack received 81 post cards On.
his SIND birthday April 5, % OF them
from friends in Barre
Mrs Millicent Mcintyre has returned
with q full line Of millinery from Bos-
ton and New York and win have an
opening Tuesday, April 10.
The Athletic association Of Cabot
high school viii give promenade at
town han Friday evening, April %.
Cake and ice cream viii be served and
good music furnished
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-04-16
Good Day For a war.

There was nothing III sight down TIE
road. The major sat tilted against the
wall Of the general store reading yes
terday's paper 1t was a clear, warm
day. Inside the store the postmaster
could be heard sorting the mail, but
without everything was still md
peaceful AT last there was 4 clatter
and rattle. and from somewhere
there appeared negro driving Al nm
painted wagon drawn by d mule. he
drew up with loud seWheal'' ID front
Of the store.
'Majorr' he called.
No response.
"MaiorI Doan' wan'tsr 'aturb 20,
MAJOR
No response.
'Matorg'
The major heard at hast.
@Hello, uncief' be said. what can
do for yougs
"Doan' wan ter 'sturb vi, major,
but Is dey any news in de paperY'
no" said the major mo. there
isn't any news today. YES. there II
too. There's war between France
and Morocco
rs dat scr said the negro as dat
sol An Is dere really a wah, with
fghtin' an blood KILN Y
"A real war" repeated the major.
"GollyN said the negro, gathering mp
bis reins. 'Whar did 30 say dat wah
was, majorT
Morocco said the major. turning
again to the sheet
Well said the coIored man, .'dey
snttenly has got fine day for it.
Giddapg' And be clattered down the
road. Youths Companion.