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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-31
Hja Criticism.

An old man stood on the street cor.
ner in Cherryyale when the trolley
stopped and let OFF woman passen-
ger. She had on linen dress, a Pan
anna hat, champagne-colored hose and
strapped pumps GOSH" exclaimed
the old man. I'D spend less money
on my bonnet and buy some socks. -
Cherryvale (Kan.) Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01
Maine Man Began Over Again

ture and beginning my political ca
reer all over again
Well, the following autumn con-
tinued Mr.. Reed, Hale was a candi-
date for his old seat in the lower
house Of the state legislature He
was elected easily from the town of
Ellsworth, and back he went to Au-
gusta the same old Eugene Hale that
he was when he first took his seat in
that body. He did not complain at
the come down; he did not moan over
the fact that he was no longer in con-
gress. He applied himself assiduous-
ly to his duties as q state legislator,
and the first thing his political enc
mics knew-the very ones who had
prophesfed some time before that he
was dead politically-Hale's conduct
had so won the admiration and re-
spect Of the state that when 1t came
time for a new senator to be elected
from the state of Maine Eugene Hale
easily led the list of candidates and
won the coveted honor l am sure
that his demeanOr during this second
period in the Maine legislature served,
more than any other one thing-more
than his long record in congress, more
than the fact that he had been offered
and declined the post Of secretary Of
the navy by President Hayes-to
cause his party, without dissent, to
insist that he succeed Hannibal Ham
lin in the United States senate. And
I doubt whether he would have got to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01
Eugene Hale, Defeated for Reelection
to Congress by Stonecutter Named
Murch, Started His Political Ca
reer Anew, and Succeeded.

Eugene Hale, who retired from the
United States senate last March, is to-
day the country's most famous man
from Maine. He had been in the SEN
ate since 1881, longer service than
any other member now in the senate,
and he had been in public life and
public Office practically continuously
since he came Of age in 1857. But, so
far as know, it has never been told
IN print how, after he had been a
county attorney for nine years. a
member Of the Maine legislature for
two years and a member of the lower
house of congress for five terms he
began his political career all over
again.
A few days after Mr.. Hale had
been sworn in as United States SEN
ator for the first time I met Thomas
3. Reed in a telegraph office in Wash
lngton. He was in one of his delight
full philosophical, contemplative moods
and he spoke Of the great enjoyment
he was then experiencing through his
discovery Of French classic. After
a While the conversation drifted
around to national politics, then to
Maine politics and then l reminded
Mr.. Reed that in 1879, when a stone
cutter Of the name of Murch had de-
feated the new senator from Maine
in his sixth candidacy for congress.
predictions were freely made that
that was the end of Eugene Hale DO
liticaIly"
Well" drawled Mr.. Tteed. that
might very well have been the end of
Eugene Hale If he hadn't begun all
over again. At any rate, I'm certain
that he wouldn't have got into the SEN
ate so soon if it hadn't been for the
Greenback craze that swept over
Maine and leveled him, among others.
before it died down.
Not long after this fellow Murch
defeated Hale l asked Hale what he
was going to do.
Tom, he said, L am going to be-
gin all over again.
How are you going to do that?'
asked.
Well he said, you know I served
two terms in the Maine house of rep
resentatives in 1858, 1 made my DO
Htical mark there and from there I
was sent to congress. Now, they are
saying that l am dead politically, be-
cause, after serving five terms in the
house of representatives of the United
States l have been beaten by an I'M
known, stonecUtter, backed by the
Greenbacks, the labor vote and the
Democratic party. But didn't think
so; in fact, am going to prove to all
who say I am dead politically that
they are wrong, and I'm going to do it
by going back to the Maine legisla-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01
Teaching Agriculture
in Rural Schools
By PROF. x. L. HATCH
Wisconsin CoiIege of Agriculture

Can agriculture De taught in the
country school? Yes, as it should be
taught and for the purpose for which
4 should be taught. 1t is not ex-
pected that the average girl teacher
of the country school can teach farm
eTs' children how to till, fertilize and
drain, but it is expected that she can
teach them why we do these things.
1t is expected that she can teach them
TO put brains inCo their work; y is
expected that she can create a love
Cor things pertaining to farm life and
8 respect for the vocation of farming;
1t is expected that she can train farm
ers' children for the farm rather than
away from it, and it is expected that
she can be a means of awakening a
9entiment in her community for better
farming.
Now, how may this be done? In the
first place she should interest herself
IN the farmer and his problems. She
sAOUld visit the homes in the district;
she should eat at the farmers table,
ningle with his family amid partake of
bis hospitality. In this way she may
come into a sympathetic relationship
with the farmer and his work. She
should not pose as his informant on
agricultural matters, but as his serv-
ant, She should express a desire to
obtain for him the information which
he will tell her that he needs, if she
FIRST wins his confidence. Having
learned this need she should seek to
supply it. Bulletins of the United
States department of agriculture and
of the state experiment stations are
always available for the asking. She
should offer to get such of these for
him as will be of value to him. at his
request. She is not his teacher. but
his co-worker for a better agriculture.
and both should appreciate this rela-
Honship.
The teacher should encourage the
farmers children to take part in the
corn contests and the various other
agricultural activities designed espe-
cially for school children She should
interest first herself, then her pupils,
IN better corn, better cattle, better
everything that goes to make up
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01
Believed 1t imperative That He Re-
main at His Post to Meet Pos
sibIe Attacks Against Founda-
tons of Commonwealth.

Melville w. Fuller of Chicago be-
came chief justice Of the United
States in 1888, being at that time
fffty-five years of age In 1908,
after he had served twenty years, and
when he was seventy-five years of
age, some of the more intimate of his
personal friends ventured to hint to
him that it would be well. in view
of his advanced years, if he should
give some thought to retiring from
the bench. They intimated that he
would find abundant opportunity for
the cultivation Of those refined and
studious tastes which he had not en-
tirely neglected while serving as chief
justice. Some Of these friends knew
that he was as Industrious as in the
early days Of his career at the bar,
which was characterized by unusual
habits of industry. Sometimes, often,
his studies were prolonged until late
into the night.
To these somewhat vague but we'll
meant hints the chief justice at first
paid no attention. He turned them
aside by some kindly remark, some
times intimating, for example, that
he was still physically strong, and
sometimes in a spirit of Jest, asking
his friends If they detected any men
tai impairment in him.
Therefore, after time, the matter
was dropped. But about a year after
the first suggestion Of this nature
was made to him, Chief Justice Full
ler's friend again, in a kindly and
sincere spirit which he fully appre-
ciated, ventured still more earnestly
to urge upon him that he owed it to
himself, to his family and to his
friends that he take early advantage
Of the opportunity for retirement
from the bench, which had been his
at any time since he had been sew
enty years of age. This intimation
was followed by others, and from
the same sources, and at last the
chief justice, perhaps conscious Of
the fact that already intimations had
appeared in the public press telling
of his contemplated retirement at an
early day, was persuaded that the
time had come when he should take
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01

The judging of horses is an art to
be acquired by careful observation,
practice and experience Not every
man has the naturally keen observing
powers and love of the subject pecu-
liar to some men who become notable
experts; yet all may acquire a prac-
teal, useful knowledge Of the exterior
OF the horse by methodical and con-
scientious study. To become a prof
cfent Judge Of horses is worth stTiv-
Ing for. The attainment gives its pos
SCISSOR personal satisfaction, the neces-
sary information for use in breeding,
buying, selling and managing horses
and enables him to help his fellow
men by counsel in horse matters. or
the selection Of prize winners in the
show ring. Masters of the art WELD
mighty influence on the horse breed
ing operations of the country.
How to Acquire Art.
The student should get into the
habit of sizing up every horse he
sees. BY comparing one horse with
another, he will gain experience and
be able to estimate correctly the val
ues Of component parts and to Judge
Of beauty, symmetry, correlation of
members and adaptability for breed
ing purposes or work After learning
the names Of the various parts of the
horses exterior the student is equip
ped to analyze the value or deficiency
Of each and at length will be able to
judge quickly and inteHigently of the
value OF the entire combination of
points constituting the individual
horse.
A great number of horses must be
examined. Then several must be con
sideTed together and one compared
with the other until each can be
placed in its proper position as re-
CARDS merit and utility. Horses of
varying breed, age, type, quality.
soundness and serviceability should
be used as material for study. Where
possible the student of horses should
visit horse breeding establishments.
sale stables and shows to continue his
studies and round out his experience.
as soon as a practical knowledge OF
the work of judging has been &C.
quired.
How to Examine Horse.
Have the animal led out ito halter"
and stood at ease in an open, we'll
lighted place. View the horse from
all directions. In this way an impress
sion of the conformation, style, char
acter and general appearance" of the
animal and peculiarttIes or excellen-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01

better agriculture, and from this null
dtude of things she should select one
or two of greatest Importance to the
particular school district in which her
lot is cast, learn all she can about
them, get all the Information she can
on these subjects, teach it to her pu-
pills and disseminate it among the
farmers in that district In this way
she will render a vital and immediate
service to better agriculture, create
love for farm life which will tend to
keep the boys and girls on the farm
and thus shape the ideals which are
to govern the acts of the next genera
ton of farmers.
A Babcock milk tester should be
found in every rural school and every
rural teacher should know how to
operate it. A forthcoming circular of
the Wisconsin station will tell ex
actly how to make this important test
and every owner of dairy cattle should
be familiar with the contents of this
circular. Likewise the forthcoming
circular on the dairy COW and how to
JuoSC hS1, anu Tie OlLS Su DONlUG
tuberculosis already issued should be
placed in the hands OF every farmer
and farmers child who can make in
telligent use of them In the distri-
button of them directly from the sta
ton many farmers are missed. No one
can render greater service in the
proper distribution or such informa-
ton as this than can the teachers in
the rural schools
To win the confidence and respect
of the farmer, to appreciate his prob
lens, to teach his children interesting
facts about the life of which they are
a part. to disseminate information OF
vital Importance to the farmers in
the district-that is teaching agricul-
ture-not as mere text book study, but
as a mode of life, and this is the way
it should be taught. Is this impossible
for the rural school teacher?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01

cies Of the various members is OBJ
tanned. The horse may be moved
around, first at a walk and then at
trot, to afford the judge a broadside
view. This should be followed by
careful study of the animal as he
walks from and to the observer and
Is then led away and back at a trot.
The examination may then follow IN
detail. This analytical work is best
accomplished by means of the score
card.
The student should learn to use his
eyes rather than his hands in iudg-
ing The eye is master OF the situa-
ton. The hand should only be used
as an assistant to the eye. 1t may be
used when the eye cannot unaided de-
termine a question Of quality, size,
condition or soundness. For example,
the eye sees plumpness Of flesh, but
the hand must be used to decide its
depth on the ribs-or other part; or
the eye detects what appears to be a
bone SPAWN and the hand by feeling
cOrrOborates or disapprOves the sus-
picion. AS a general rule much han
ding is to be avoided by the student.
Excessive handling suggests lack Of
confidence, experience and mature
judgment. 1t betokens the am ateur.
Purpose of Score Gard.
The use Of the score card IN judg-
ing teaches the student to analyze
the component parts Of the horse one
by one until he becomes thoroughly
efficient il estimating the yalGe Of all
points combined in the animal Prac-
tice with it will, in time, enable him
to rapidly look over a horse, note its
good and bad points and arrive at a
correct estimate Of it's value. For the
beginner who would become a capable
Judge Of horses, it is necessary a.
first to examine each Of the points on
the score card. The experienced judge
does not use score card in the judg-
ing ring.
The points" or parts Of the horse,
referred to above, are shown in ac-
companying figure. They should be
thoroughly learned by the student and
then demonstrated to the teacher.
The teacher should explain the char
acters of an ideal draft horse They
will aid the student to form a correct
impression of what should constitute
an ideal draft horse. Then repeated
Judging of many widely different
horses by the score card cannot fail
to make an intelligent horse judge of
the one who earnestly strives to be-
come proficient in this useful art.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01
How He Killed z Caribou.

"The only caribou that I ever shot,
said DR.. Oscar H. Sellenings, came
my way in a somewhat peculiar man
ner I was up in the New Brunswick
country for big game and my guide
and myself had tramped about the
country without seeing any. We were
going through the woods when the
guide remarked: Well, just on the
spot where you are standing a doctor
from Boston got caribou last year.
Maybe We'll see ole now. The guide
had scarcely got through talking when
l happened to turn around and there
was one of the big animals tramping
along, but beyond gunshot. He was
coming my way, however, and I pre-
pared for him.
Il aimed between two trees and just
as his head appeared fred and he
crashed down and was dead when we
got to him"-Columbus Dispatch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01
Harrisor's Pathetic Desire

fact, any of the thousands of Ameri-
cans who met General Harrison while
he occupied the White House-was
more keenly conscious of this tenn
peramental defect than was Harrison
himself. To his intimate friends he
sometimes spoke of it. To one he
declared he sometimes wondered if
his inability to appreciate music was
not part, or cause, of his tempera-
mental difficulties. Il do not know
one song from another" he confessed
excepting that at last I have learned
TO distinguish one of the military
tunes think it is Yankee Doodle"
And some time later, when he was
discussing his great weakness-or
what ne looked upon as his great
Weakness-with another intimate
friend, he said-and there was an
unmistakable longing in his voice. 'T
want to be good fellow. I have
tred hard to be companionabIe II
mas been my great desire. But
don't know how"
Clearly, the mystery of his appa-
rent coldness Of disposition was as
unsoiVable to Benjamin Harrison as
1t was to the politicians who were
brought into contact with him during
the Jour years that he was president.
But what neither Harrison himself
nor the politicians could clear nm a
great Democrat did. at least TO his
own satlsfaction-and that was
Grover Cleveland, both predecessor
and successor of Harrison in the
White House.
After Cleveland had retired from
the presidency in 1893 he fell into
the habit Of chatting freely with his
intimate friends of events that had
occurred while he was president and
OF pubic men he met during those
two periods.
BEFORE l first met Benjamin Harri
son, when he was president-eIect -
said Mr.. Cleveland. 81, of course had
great respect for his intellectual abiI-
lty; and l may add that I had heen
told that he was a man of phlegmatic
disposition, having no warmth of
heart. But twice I had good oppor
tun1ty to learn that this was not the
truth. The first time we met 7 ar
rived at the opinion that what was
thought to be GOODNESS in Mr.. Harri-
son was, in fact, nothing but exces-
slVe shyness. I think he was the
shyest of all the men in public life
nave ever met. That shyness. of
course, caused some self-conscioUs.
ness, and the two together worked to
make him cold of heart, apparentIv
And | came to know what his kind
ness of heart and his capacity for
courtesy were. Nothing could have
been more cordial than his reception
OF me when l returned to the White
House in 1893, after I had defeated
him; and it was due to his thought
tuI consideration that I found the
executive mansion perfectly fitted for
cur comfortable reception in every
possible detail. This service Presi-
dent Harrison himself had done. or
1t was done under his direct over
sight. And this experience confirmed
me in my earlier impression that Cen
eral Harrison's apparent coldness
was due alone to excessive shyness,
which he could not control"
Copyright, 1911, by E J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01
Beavers a Benefit

Enos Mills of Estes Park, Colo
radios self-taught naturalist, is an
ardent champion of the beaver, and
has written, convincingly in proof Of
that conservationist. From many
years study of the beaver and his
works Mr. Mills is convinced that a
vast amount Of good has been done by
this industrious animal, whose dams
have retarded the foods that other
wise would have swept down the
mountain sides and denuded the
slopes of soil and trees.
The survival Of the beaver is one of
the interesting stories of the west. 1t
was the beaver that lured the first
trappers to the far west, and that re
suited in the first real exploitation
and trail blazing in the land that was
known vaguely as the great Ameri-
can desert" The beaver was hunted
by rowing bands of company men and
free trappers for many years.
Many great fortunes were built on
a foundation of beaver pelts. The ro-
nance of the west centers about the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01
Fish Stops Ship.

It is not often that a fish is large
enough to stop the progress of a
steamer, but an incident of this nature
occurred recently of the coast Of Aus
tralia, when a huge sunfsh became
wedged under the port propeller of the
steamboat Fiona. The engine, as the
account states, was brought up all
standing and the steamer stopped to
investigate the cause Of the trouble.
1t was impossible to extricate the fish
at sea and TIE steamer, which for
tunately was provided with twin
screws, proceeded slowly on her way
with only one engine working. The
fish was removed at Port Jackson and
found to weigh two tons fourteen hun
dred weight. A fine specimen Of the
sunfsh, though infinitely smaller than
the one just noticed, is shown in the
series Of mounted fsh.-Museum
News, Brooklyn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01
Why Fuller Died in Harness

his personal friends into his conf
dence. This he did in the manner
and with the words here reported.
Il have not been unmindfuI Of the
suggestion that at my age it may be
the better part for me to retire to
the serenity and comfort of private
life" he said But l should say to
you now that I have already placed
my resignation in the hands of Di-
vine Providence. It may be accepted
at any time. 1t is certainly to be
accepted within two years. I await
with serenity the call
Il have done this because it has
seemed to me that in these times,
when great events are in progress
when it is apparent that some severe
test of stability of a Republican
Democratic form of government is
now or is about to be made-when
there are to be observed certain
preachings and agitations made. pos
sibly, in sincerity, but containing
seeds of grave danger-it is impera-
tive that I should remain at the post
to which I was called so long as l
have my faculties, to the end that
our tribunal, the master work of our
federal constitution, may still stand
as rock in permanent support of
the fundamental principles upon
which our great commonwealth is
founded. You now have my reasons
for not accepting heretofore your sug-
gestion that I voluntarily retire from
my high office. And you have my
reasons for not accepting it now"
A few months later Melville w. Full
Ter had his resignation as chief JUS
tice of the United States accepted by
that Divine Providence in which he
placed implicit trust
Copyright, 1911, by z. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-01
Coolest Man Who Ever Sat in the
White House" Wanted to Be a
Good Fellow, but Did Not
Know How.

General Benjamin Harrison has
frequently been called the coolest
man who ever sat in the White
House, although history has inter
mittently striven to give this distinc-
ton to John Adams.
Certain it is, the politicians and
public men of Harrison's day es-
teemed the twenty-third president OF
the United States as one who had
greater intellect than temperament.
Especially the politicians, after they
had swarmed to the White House
following Harrison's inauguration,
confessed to one another that they
had found the new president icy.
They said with one accord that his
greeting was cold, that his handshake
was limp; and speedily there grew up
a popular impression that there was
no warmth of temperament in Benja-
min Harrison, although there was
general recognition not only of the
brilliancy but also of the profundity
of his intellectual powers.
But none Of the politicians-nor, in