Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-11-28


hero Of the song. From that moment
during the lady's visit, he was her
devoted attendant. He kept by hel
side when she was indoors, and &C
companied her when she went t.
walk. When she went away he car
ried her satchel in his mouth to the
gate, and watched her departure
with every evidence Of distress.
A Japanese Personal.
The development among the
japanese of the prosaic spirit foster
ed by the wholesale adoption CT the
methods Of accidental civilization has
not yet wholly supplanted the old,
time rOmanticism associated with the
land OF the chrysanthemum and the
cherry blossom groves, to Judge from
the following. clipped from the per,
sonal column Of the Anazawa-Shem-
bum of Tokyo:
Il am a beautiful woman. Nv
abundant undulating hair envelops
me as a cloul. Supple as a willow is
my waist. Soft and brilliant is my
ylsage as the satin of the flowers. ]
am endowed with wealth sufficient
to saunter through life hand in hand
with my beloved. Were | to meet 2
gracious lord, kindly, intelligent, wei
educated end Of good taste, l would
unite myself with him for life and
later share with him the pleasure CT
being laid to rest eternal in a tomb
of pink marble"
What One Woman Thinks.
One can be as brave as the nrc-
verbal lion-when The trouble be-
longs to somebody else.
The man who is always waiting for
something to turn up may some day
wake up to realize that he is being
turned down.
There are times when the knowf-
edge Of how to speak seven languages
may not be so valuable as the ability
to keep still in one.
When man feels we'll enough ac-
quainted to go to sleep during an
evening call on a woman, the romance
has begun to. be eliminated from their
friendship.
Graveyard Wit
Who dares utter the foul Islander
that it requires a surgical operation
to get a joke into the head Of
Scotchman? Let him or her cast an
eye over the following and then sit
silent forever. 1t is on a gravestone
in StonehaVen churchyard:
The place whaur Betty Cooper lies
Is here or here about;
The place whaur Betty Cooper lies
There's neen can fin it out;
The place Whaur Betty Cooper lies
There's neen on earth can tell
Till at the resurrection day
When Betty tells herself"
Useful to Know.
Add a pinch of salt to coffee to give
it tone.
Mix stove backing with a little
ammonia to prevent it burning off.
Mud stains should be allowed to
dry; then thoroughly brush with 4
dry cloth and the spots removed with
alcohol.
Starch for table linen is made by
putting one tablespoonful of dry
starch into two quarts of boiling water
after having first dampened the
starch with cold water. Let this boil
for ten minutes, stirring constantly
and adding little wax, lard or butter.
Fine, heavy damask table linen does
not require starch.
The smart woman is never round
shouldsred nor hollow-chested, nor
does she sink into little heap the
minute she sits down. Instead, the
weight Of the body is distributed
equally over every portion Of it, no
part being made to support an undue
share. Awkwardness and deformity
are thus avoided.
When fall transplanting is done
right after the leaves fall, new feed
ing roots will generally form Inside
the earth surrounding the roots be-
fore cold weather sets in. These will
be in readiness in the spring to be-
gin work as soon as the frost is out of
the ground. If in making the trans
fer the ends of the longest roots are
cut off it will induce the formation of
these feeders.