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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-10-13

it's ideals, it's interests, It's aims and
it's activities.
OF course no one can shut his eyes
to the fact that some marriages are
only union, never a unity: and the
number of them is all too large.
Whether such Is due to the abnormal
character Of one or both of the parties
to the marriage or to the unwilling
ness of one or both to promote that
unity, such marriage, to adopt the
words OF Talleyrand, Is worse than a
crime, it Is q blunder.
It seems pity that those who are
foredoomed to make wreck Of mar
riage for either Of the reasons given,
cannot be restrained from the tragic
step. But once the step is taken there
is no release Of the worthy one from
any Of the responsibilities of the vows
voluntarily taken, and there is nothing
to do but to cultivate all the virtues
they both need and supply to the de-
linquent what is lacking. A great
power will come from such disci-
pine and from such altruism. In time
the effect Of the example may be felt,
as new Indicating point is found for
common interests and activities and
unifying process started at last.
That is kind Of triumph no one is
ambitious for, but, as the alternative
OF utter disintegration, it will be q
heroic achievement.
We get clearer idea Of the nature
of this unity from the incompleteness
Of either the man or woman alone
useless each without the other" Each
is fraction vexed with the pain in
completeness till they combine to
form an integer, each restless and
homeless till they unite in making a
home. That something which we call
home is impossible to either one alone.
Each knows that the other Is neces-
sary to complies the life. To be- sure
there are great souls who seem provi-
dentfally called on to render service
to mankind, which can only be done
by sacrificing home and those fellow
ships that are to be found in the mar
ried life. In that list we place the
Incompatible Paul and many noble
women like Florence Nightingale and
Mary Lyons and Jane Adams and
Clara Barton. Perhaps we may write
Michaelangelo and Beethoven in that
list.
And we ell acknowledge love as the
adequate melting pot' In which the
reconstruction can take place. Given,
then, the incompleteness OF men and
women without each other and love
as the universal solvent and unifer
and the unity to which they are In
vited is not only a necessity but a
never-failing fascination.
But there are two other facts that
should give the aspirant for such life
a salutary pause. One is that not ev-
cry one Of the fractions that seem
available to him or her is capable Of
uniting with him or her In the forma-
ton of an integer Both may be such
large fractions that they will together
foot up more than one, or so small
they will only be another fraction; or
one will be so small a fraction as to
furnish too little to the sum total to
win any notice at all; or one may be-
long so irretrievably to the class of
irregular or defective or vulgar frac-
lions as to vitiate the whole result
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-10-13

~ ONE time in 1881, John
IT, Gold, a retired merchant
BeSA residing at Preston Park,
H. Brighton, England, who
MS had been travelling abroad,
* was mysteriously efaced
from the earth. He was
bis vsv home and had taken a first
oss carriage on the afternoon ex-
acc train. But when the train reach
its destination he was not in it.
nd no stops had been made at way
atoms, The railway guards said
at he was last seen somewhere be-
roan the Merstham and Balcombe
Abnnels.
When the railway carriage arrived
Preston Park a man, who gave the
zame of Lamon, alighted and claimed
hat he had been the victim OF a MUIR
serous assault. He said that there
|ere two other persons in the car
s age with him, one of whom was dis
missed as a countryman. They had
liked together on Indifferent sub
bets but when the train entered the
berstham tunnel some one had fired
) pistol. Lamon said that before he
new what was going on some ore
truck him on the head and he fell
enseless on the floor. He averred
bat he remained in this condition I'M
Just before the train reached Pres
.Dn. when he recovered consciousness
s My to find himself alone in the car
Ziage.
8 His appearance bore out his story.
He seemed dazed. He had lost his
Cllar and tie, and from the appear
nee of his clothing these articles
E ad been torn forcibly from his per-
Cn. The ticket taker at Preston
lark said that Lamon was very en-
hattie in his denunciation Of the rail-
Jay company. The agent also noticed
hat the end of a watch chain was
angling from the boot Of the injured
ban.
The police offerd to accompany the
ban 10 his home where they might
let his deposition. He said he resided
i Croydon, and that it was not neces-
sary for them to go with him. They
hsisted, however, and he went to a
EirPs boarding school at that place,
damaged by his relatives. He asked
PERMISSION to go into the house to
shange his clothes. The police grant
ID this request and while waiting for
I'm strolled about the grounds. At
be end of Is minutes they regretted
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-10-13

The other fact Is that, when one
unites with another to form that In
teger, that Is only the beginning, and
unihcation must be made the one great
business Of the two, to be studied and
planned for and carried forward, with
the wisdom and skill and determine.
ton required in the greatest enter.
prise ever undertaken by two human
beings. Railroading and bookkeeping
and shoemaking are sinecures beside
this. Mutual assimilation is diflcult
enough, even though that is what ma
ture has arranged for and assists in,
but when special differences in tenn.
permanent and training and tastes have
to be reckoned with, the process Is
still more complex. Besides, there
are so many things that make for dis.
indignation it keeps two people watch.
ing all the time-so many outside In.
terests, social and recreational and
professional, that there are apt to ba
two struggling fractions in the home
instead of a growing and triumphant
integer.
OA0 dAO OAO AONOA CQuuL OAO OAlOCO
they both intend to have it SO. Each
must take over the others interests
and liabilities, foibles and faults,
strength and weakness, virtues and
vices; each to appropriate and APP
prove the virtues of the other, as II
they were his own, each to bear with
and overcome the faults of the other
as II he were dealing with his own
faults. That excludes fault finding.
Two are required to perfect that
mutual life. One may put in his whole
time in integrating work, but If the
other Is engaged In the disintegrating
business, it will be failure. Before
marriage there may have been exter.
nal attractions, like music or dash OF
the heroic or an interest in the money
involved, and the mask be laid on.
afterward, revealing the demon or the
skeleton. It only makes for the innQ
cent one a greater task; but his only
hope is In the awakening of the dere.
lict.
Nor can there be unity when either
one is the Zone" and the other moth
ing. The accord Of two, even though
it take time to produce it. is required
rather than the complete dominance
of one. There are spheres In which
each one is to be completely In
charge; there Is sphere in which ev
erything is mutual. Both wills and
hearts must be preserved entire One
a tyrant and the other slave-that IL
not unity.
A deliberate choice of all the things
they can have and think about and
do in common, confidence in and conf.
dences with each other are necessary.
It will promote that unity to assume
It always, whether it has yet reached
its ideal stage or not; before the
world, for the sake of all concerned:
before the children, for the sake Of
all the members of the family. The
radical expression of disharmony In
their presence is a sign of hopeless
disintegration. Love, out Of which the
unity first began to grow, will accu'
mulate all strength and sweetness. AT
first they loved each other for what
was to come; now they love for their
common tolls and sufferings and treas.
ures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
Rubber Made a War Governor

Is it waterproof" Mr.. Buckingham
asked.
You have got pump here, haven't
you?" Hayward asked. I'm put it
under the pump
He did so, and the water rolled off
the piece of rubber as though the
polish were OF.
Wont 1t wear out?" asked Mr.. Buck
ingham.
Not until the rubber wears out -
was the reply. And I want to tell you,
Mr.. Buckingham Hayward continued,
when people put on rubber shoes
with such a polish on them, they will
be as vain as though they had dancing
pumps on
Mr. buckingham thought for a few
minutes. We'll" he said, finally, 81
think there will be no difficulty about
organizing your company, and l will
help you
So it came about that Mr.. Bucking-
manufacturer of rubber shoes which
carried high polish. His name speed
lily became prominent all over the
state as a promoter Of new and great
industry, and when, in 1858, the politi-
clans picked him out to head the gu
beTnatorial ticket of that year because
his had become a familiar name, Mr..
Buckingham accepted the nomination,
feeling that his wealth, gained in rub
Der shoes, would permit him to give a
portion Of his life to service to the
state.
Copyright. 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
Archbishop and Politician
By E. J. EDWARDS

trying TO find out what the commit
tee was going to do with that bill.
He had asked Martin MacMahon, q
very prominent Democratic politician
of that time, and Father of the widely
known Gen. Martin T. MacMahon. to
find out from Senator Smith whether
the committee was going to report
the bill But MacMahon had been
unable to get that information.
Il told the archbishop that would
try TO find out the committees atti-
tude towards the BILL and I did make
the effort, but I was compelled 10 tell
the archbishop the next day that It
was impossible to get the slightest
hint from Senator Smith what the
disposition of the bill would be. l
could not find out whether it would
be buried in committee, or whether it
would be reported. favorably or IN
favorably.
You should have seen the fire in
the archbishop's eye when I told him
this. His Indignation was superb.
Mr.. Weed he said, there are
only two things which l cannot for
give in q public man. One is lying,
and the other is cowardice This man
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
NEW NEWS of YESTERDAY

Smith IS IN my opinion coward. He
Is afraid that If his committee reports
the bill one way, then some of his
constituents will get angry, and that
If he reports 1t another way, others
will get angry. And he does not dare
let me know whether the bill will be
reported at all or not That is cow
ardice'
Then the archbishop sat down be-
side me and spoke in a low voice:
Mr.. Weed, 7 think l can promise that
you will not be troubled with this
senator another year. You mustn't
ask any questions, but when you see
the result Of the vote upon election
day you may recall what | am now
saying to you
Il kept my own counsel I never
limited to anyone what the archbishop
had said to me. But when, at the
next election, the returns showed
that the senator in question had been
completely annihiIated, politically,
and that the work had been done so
secretly that he never dreamt he was
in danger Of defeat, then I said to my
self: Archbishop Hughes is a great
politician And that opinion is
strengthened when we were upon our
secret diplomatic mission to England
and France some years later"
Copyright, 1911, by E J. Edwards. AT
Rights Reseryed.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
Sectional Diagram of Hopper.

hardly necessary to go into detail
about the construction. The roof is
made sIanting so that the fowls can
not roost or stand on it, if it is To-
Gated in the poultry house. The roof
or lid is made hinged at the top and
with wide caves, so that if the hopper
Is placed out in the open, rain cannot
beat in on the feed. A little drop door
may be made to fit down over the feed
trough part at night if there is any
trouble with rats.
Where fowls are kept in any great
numbers in suburban places or on
farms the time and labor saved would
justify the building of sufficient of
these hoppers to feed the entire flock.
They will only need replenishing once
or twice a week. The hoppers may
be made in one, two or more compart-
ments, and places should be provided
for beef scraps, chop feed, bran, mid
dlings, grit, charcoal and oyster shells.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
General Zachary Taylor Ordered
Thousand of the New Weapons
From Colonel Colt for Use in
Mexican War.

Though Samuel Colt is known as
the inventor of the revolver, it was
Gen Zachary Taylor who made the
revolver commercial success, and l
once had from Samuel Colt himself
this confession
The speaker was Marshall Jewell,
twice governor of Connecticut, minis
ter to Russia, postmaster general in
Grants cabinet, and in 1880 chairman
of the Republican national committee.
Colonel Colt, you know" continued
Governor Jewell, secured patents for
a revolver pistol in 1885 and the same
year formed a company for the manu-
faeture of his invention, but seven
years later his company was insolvent;
neither the army nor the public had
taken kindly to the new weapon. So
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14

Rats have killed many young
chicks.
Pure water is as important in the
hen park as in the home.
Sunshine is one of the best articles
in the hennery, as in the home.
Grit to the fowl is what teeth are to
the Illuminating animal, necessity.
Be sure that the poultry house is
wide open and keep the drop-boards
clean.
Ducks ought to have water near
meals.
Filthy accumuI-tions of droppings in
hot weather are liable to cause
trouble.
Do not hold over any males unless
you are sure you wish to breed them
another season
II you have not already done SO. 1t
is time now to carefully Gull your ad-
uIt breeding stock
Bone ashes ground up as fine as
meal and mixed with middlings are
good for breeding fowls.
To prevent gapes the plan Of feed
ing the chickens in litter on the feed
ing floor is recommended.
When planning a new poultry
house. bear in mind that dampness is
one of the main things to be
avoided
To keep a hen in good health she
needs nearly seven times more fresh
air in proportion to her size than
does a horse.
White China geese are very gentle.
They are also good watchers in the
poultry yards, as any unusual disturb
ance is soon told by the noise the1
make.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
Spiders That Aid Astronomy.

Cultivation for scientific uses of GER
tain species of spiders, solely for the
fine threads they weave, has an impor-
tant bearing upon astronomy. No sub
stitute for the spiders thread has yet
been found for bisecting the screw of
the micrometer used for determining
the positions and motions of the stars
Not only because of the remarkable
fineness of the threads are they valu-
able but because of their durable quail
tiles.
The threads of certain spiders raised
for astronomical purposes withstand
changes in temperature, so that often
in measuring sun spots they are unin-
jured when the heat is SO great that
the lenses of the micrometer eve
pieces are cracked.
These spider lines are only one-fffth
to one-seventh of a thousandth of an
inch in diameter, compared with which
the threads of the silkworm are large
and clumsy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
w. A. Buckingham of Connecticut
Gained Riches and Fame by Max
inc the Overshoes Which Car
ried a High Polish.

One of the great war governors so
FEARS ago was William A Buckingham
of Connecticut He exerted himself
continually to raise troops in support
of the Union; he was so earnest in
his efforts to uphold the hands Of Lin
coin that he became widely known as
one of the very abIest and most ener-
getic of all the war governors, either
north or south In September, 1852, he
wrote to President Lincoln: "This lit
tie state has already sent into the
army, and has now at the rendezvous,
more than one-half of her able-bodied
men between the ages of IS and as
years, and has more to offer if want
ed" William A. Buckingham was in
deed and in truth, a great war gov
ernor; and yet, in all probability, he
would never have had this fame but
for rubber.
When Charles Goodyer, who discov-
cred the secret of Yulcanizing rub
Der, thereby giving it its present COM
mercial Importance, vas wrestling
with the problem of overcoming the IA
tai defects of india rubber in its nat
ural state, which is brittle in cold
weather and sticky in warm weather,
he came in touch with rival expert
menter, one Nathaniel Hayward by
name, who had kept livery stable in
Boston. By means of a mixture which
Hayward sold to Goodyear, the latter
was able, through further experiment
alton, to discover the vulcanizing
process and open the way for the COM
mercial use Of rubber.
Not long after this Hayward, upon
a visit to Norwich, Conn, met Will
liam Buckingham, then a dry goods
merchant and manufacturer Of the
town. Said Hayward to Buckingham:
81 know how to make rubber shoes
so that they will not melt in hot wealth
er or crack in cold weather; Goodyear
and I have an arrangement which will
permit me to exercise the exclusive
right Of making rubber shoes under
the vulcaniZing process. But l have
got something else that Goodyear
doesn't know anything about" (Here
Hayward took from a pocket a strip of
rubber which carried polish equal to
that of patent leather) THAT polish on
this rubber is my secret, aud it is a
secret which will belong to the com
pany that 1 intend to organize for the
manufacture of rubber shoes. If you
will help me organize the company,
and can secure a good location for the
factory, | can assure you of great
profits"
do you mean to tell me-" said Mr.
buckingham, that you can varnish
rubber like tAat?"
That isn't varnish; that's polish"
Hayward replied.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
Social Distinction.

In some parts of the south the
darkies are still addicted to the old
style country dance in a big hall, with
the fiddlers, banjoists and other mu-
sicians on the platform at one end.
At one such dance held not long
ago in an Alabama town, when the
fddlers had duly resined their bows
and taken their places on the plat
form the floor manager rose.
Cit 20 partners 70 de mex dance!"
he yelled "AlI you ladies an gennul-
mems dat wears shoes an stockin's,
take yo' places in de middle of de
room. All you ladies an gennulmens
dat wears shoes an no stockin's, take
you place immejitly benin dem An
yo' barefooted crowd, you jes' Jig it
round in de corners. "-Lippincott's
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
Selling System With Poultry.

BY the soiling system profitable
poultry can be maintained on CON-
paratively small area. A 500-hen plant
need not occupy more than an acre.
Small quarters require more care, but
If this is given there is no more like
Hhood of disease than on free range.
The house is the same; the battle
with lice the same; ths additional
work is in growing the green food,
cleaning the runs and keeping them
well Uttered and the soil pure by
turning 1t ever. Most OF the Groupings
viii DO taken out with the litter, so
there is little danger of the soil be-
coming impregnated with filth when
diligence is exercised.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
Cleaning eroeder and Coop,

Keep your breeders and coops
clean Disinfect at least once a week
by spraying or busting with some
louise powder. Pure fresh air is essen
tial to the life of the chicks. Be sure
that you have a properly constructed
brooder.
Almost any kind of an incubator, If
given the proper care, will hatch
chicks. but you must have a good
brooder to raise them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14
WHEN THE LUCK CHANGED
Groceryman at Last Could Believe
That Things Might Be Com
ing His Way.

George II. Earle, the Philadelphia
fnancier, was talking in Washington
about high-over high or rank-f-
nance.
There's a certain type of fnan-
cier," said Mr.. Earle, who, in his
greed for wealth. loses his humanity
He becomes, in fact, a fac smile of
Peter Brown
Peter Brown was a Conshohocken
grocer He was. delivering some gro
ceries in his wagon one morning
when he ran DOWN and badly injured
an old lady. fhe old lady sued him
and got big damages. A few months
later Brown was on his rounds again
when he ran down and crippled an
old man. The man also sued, and so
large were the damages awarded him
by a generous jury that poor Brown
found himself actually on the verge
of ruin.
"One morning about this time
Browns young son rushed into the
shop in great excitement. Father!'
ne cried Father! mothers been run
over by old Gobsa Colds 9O-horse-
power touring car
The grocer's eyes filed with tears.
and In a voice tremulous with feeling
he exclaimed: Thank heaven, the
luck's changed at last!'"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-14

The standard weights are adult cock
% pounds, hen 19 pounds, cockerel 20
pounds, pullets IA pounds.
Compared with the common turkeys
the White Holland turkeys as grown
for market are heavier, dressing be
tween IL and q pounds, they are more
domestic, viii stand confinement bet
ter and certainly some strains of them
are harder.
They are beautiful, snowy birds on
account of their pure white plumage
and their feathers bring a higher
market price than colored feathers,
which Is quite an important item of
profit AS dressed for market they
present a very clean, attractive ap-
pearance.
The pure-bred White Hollands
bring for breeding purposes the same
prices as the bronze and in some
cases a trife higher. Their eggs
sold for Matching command CORE
spending prices.