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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
WOULD NOT CONFESS lGNC
RANCE,

A physician, called to attend an in
jured Irishman, gave his wife II.
mute directions respecting the medi
cine prescribed, which he insisted
the patient must take in a recum
bent position. The puzzled woma>
confided her dilemma to the husband
Tim, dear, here's yer midicin al
roight, but the doctor do be after
sayin' yeZ must take it in a recOomD
ant posishin, an never a wan hey
we in the house."
Tim met the situation with the
suggestion that she might borrow
one "Ther's Missis O'Mara, now
she do always be hevin' things com
fable an handy loike."
So the more provident neighbor
was appealed to.
Misses O'Mara, me Tim hez bin
hurried"
'The poor soul"
eyes; an he's that bal the doctor
seq: Civ him his midicin il re,
coombant posishin,' an, Misses
O'Mara, we hewitt wan in the house
W'd yez moind giv;n' me the loan of
yours ?"
Faith, an yez can hev it an will
come; but me friend Misses Flaharty
hez it; she BORED it Chewsday week
-jist around the third corner be-
yant, forninst the pump
The quest was continued:
Misses Flaharty, excoose me f'r
trubblin' yez, me bein' a sthranger
o1toirely t yez, but me man is hurt
ed an the doctor seq: No hope
savln him onless yez Civ him his
medicin in a recoombant posishin.'
Meself didn't happen to hev wan, so
L stepped over to bora Misses
O'Mara's an she tould me yez he'd it,
W'd yez mOind me takin' it the while,
me Tim bein' SO bad?"
'Moind? Av cocrce 2ct, but, sorra
the day, Flaharty--he be moigncy
onstiddy betoimes-he drapped it Oh
the f1ure last nOight an broke it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
Wanted Change of BedfeI!ows.

Little Tommie had been put to bed
| alone. 1t was upstairs, and the
thunder rolled and lightning flashed
numerically. He lay quietly until
he could no longer stand it and then
his little nightgowned figure appeared
at the head Of the stairs.
MAJ" he cried.
Eyes, my son." came the calm re
joinder.
I'm afraid, ma 1t thunders so and
I'm all alone"
go back to bed Tommie," came his
mothers voice. Don't you know
nothing can hurt your
Tommie went back to bed, but not to
stay.
MA" he cried again and this time
the little figure was half way down
stairs.
"Tommie,' called his mother, don t
you know have told you nothing can
hurt you; God is always with you?"
Then, ma" and this time there
came an audible sniff from the weep
ing Tommie, you come up and sleep
with God and let me sleep with pa
Llppincott's.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
TWO KNOWING Dogs.

In the old days of the James river
canal, a fine setter was taken by his
master on packet boat which was
so crowded that the dog was put in
the captains cabin to be out of the
way. His owner reached his destina-
ton after nightfall, and had taken 40
much wine by that time that he was
carried off the boat, and no one re-
membered his setter.
Next morning the captain took the
dog on deck with him, but was much
afraid he would jump off to the tow
path and try to return that way. and
SO handsome an animal would have
been in danger of being stolen.
Carol, however, lay perfectly quiet
out with an air of listening that at
tracted notice. Toward noon he
heard the sound of the horn of
packet coming from the opposite
way; and, as the boats passed each
other he made leap and was next
heard from as having got off at the
place where his master had stopped.
and as having gone at once to the
AON"S HhClC hS WdS d guest.
Could human intelligence have slr
passed that?
This same dog lay on his masters
grave, and refused food until he died
from starvation. But I do not give
his as case in point.
A man who lived a hundred miles
rom city moved there with a., of
us possessions, including a bulldog |
which had been raised at his fathers |
home where he had hitherto resided |
ne was locked up in the car with the |
urnlture, and in the hustle of m
oading he disappeared, and two DAYS
'fterWard he reached his former
home, coming by an inland route as
vas known by parties who recognized
I'm, so that he evidently marked out
us own path without reference f.
he railroad on which he had been
arrled away.-Christian Endeavor
World
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
IMMUNE FROM TYPHOID.
Arabs are Practically Free From
the Disease.

the Disease.
Some Frenchman or other read d
paper before the Paris Society Oh
Biology recently which makes the
statement that the Arabs are prac-
tically immune from typhoid fever
That is to say, an Arab can bear any
kind of exposure to typhoid fever
without taking it. They account for
this peculiar bodily condition of the
Arab from the fact that ever since
his early infancy he has been reared
on impure drinking water, which, in
the countries where the Arabs
abound, is notably bad. 1t is satur-
ated with all sorts Of contamination.
This has had the effect Of wedding
out the weaker ones and leaving
only those to live who can stand ty-
phoid fever germs. The grown
| Arab, therefore, is able to bear ex-
posture that would give a European
| typhoid fever at once. This, how
ever, is not intended as an argument
for the use of impure drinking water.
| It only shows that the human system
! is capable of adjusting itself to I'LL
| favorable conditions.
| But while the Arab is immune
from typhoid fever, he is especially
susceptible to consumption. This
fact is accounted for by the reason
| that he has been accustomed to the
very pure air of the mountains, ana
when exposed to the climate of Eu.
! hn nI1ioly1u To
sumption. He can stand our drink
ing water, but he cannot stand ou1
climate.
The whole subject of national sus-
ceptibility and unsusceptibility t.
disease is a very interesting one. II
may be, after all, that our climate
which is SO peculiarly provocative OF
catarrh, will at last produce a race
of people that will be practically i'm
mune from catarrh. We hope so, al
least. At present it is a national dis
| ease, and nearly everyone has it.
The very best authorities on chron
ic catarrh state that there is such a
thing as immunity from this disease
The cold bath every morning, garg
ling the throat with cold water
splashing the neck and chest with
cold water-if this is practiced thor.
oughly every morning it will practl-
cally render anyone immune from
catarrh.
Padding the feet every evening in
cold water might be also be added
to this regimen. This practice hard
ems the nervous system against the
vlcissitudes of the weather, and will
soon produce condition of the sys-
tenn IN which the subject need have
no fear o. catarrh. Medical Talk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11

IL was many and many year ago,
In the land of the heather Chinee.
mat maiden there lived whom you
never did know,
But her name it was Sula Hop Lee:
And this maiden she lived with
single thought,
And that single thought was me.
was man and she was maid,
IN the land of the heather Chinee.
And we loved with love that was fed
by love,
and my Sula Hop Lee.
And our love it was famed by a bel.
lows of love.
And the bellows was worked by me
And I can't tell why, in this long ago.
In the land of the heather Chinee.
That snake should bite, but it
certainly did,
My beautiful Sula Hop Lee:
So that sent for little glass flask
For the use of her and me,
! For 1 confess that 1 was so shocked
| l needed it worse than she
The angels were not so happy in
Heaven
AS I was, or seemed to be,
! For I was uplifted las all men know
| Who ever drink snake-bite teal.
But that was no help to the poor little
maid
| For the snake was the death of she.
But our love. I have said, it was fan
ned by love,
And the bellows was worked by me,
And the handle was pulled by me;
And neither the sting of the serpent:
! tooth
Nor the sweep of the share smoker
snee,
Can ever discover my soul from thu
Of my beautiful Sula Hop Lee
bringing me dreams
OF the beautiful Sula Hop Lee;
And the flag never flaps but my MIND
must relapse
To thoughts of my Sula-Hop Lee;
And 1 never can hide though often w,
tried
From the wish that might have hat
her for bride,
And remained with my Sula Hop Lee
In the land of the heather Chinee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
A Crab With Faculty of Reasoning

Eugene Blackford, the ex-fish COM
missioner, was standing in the door
of his office in Fulton market one
day last week, says the New York
Times, when a literary woman came
up to him and said: "Mr. Blackford,
l am gathering material for an article
on crabs. Do you think those little
crustaceans have the faculty of
reasoning?" WELL madam replied
Mr.. Blackford, 81 have never giveu
the subject thought, but l have
known crabs to do some remarkable
things. Last summer l was fishing
for founders in Jamaica bay. The
water was shallow, and | could easily
see the bottom. A crab sided up to
my bait, picked up the hook with one
claw, took off the bait with the other,
ate it, and then climbed up the line
hand over hand, tumbled into the
boat, and went nosing around looking
for the bait-boX. If that isn't reason
it certainly is very high degree OF
instinct
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
EMBARRASSING EXPERIENCE.
A Horseback Ride That Proved Any
thing But Pleasant.

tnln9 6ut FfedSant.
Although Miss Kitty Lotus, the &C
tress, says NJ. A. P, is one of the
most enthusiastic of motorists, on as
well as off the stage, horses as
means of holiday or sporting locomo-
ton have in her time appealed to
her. 1t was her custom not so very
long ago when touring to hire some
sort of saddle horse in every town;
and in one place her experience IN
this way was of a notable kind. She
was riding with gentleman IN
Doblin when she discovered that the
horses they had hired were sucn great
friends that they refused to work
apart and logged along side by side
as if in double harness. When they
reached Phoenix Park the gentleman
managed, by the exercise Of few
persuasive actions which have long
been associated with the ethics of
equestrianism, to hustle the quadru-
ped he was riding into fairly decent
canter; but Miss Lotus horse, which
was not carrying comradeship to the
absurd length of cantering when it
wanted to trOt, looked out for another
horse that was going comfortably
alng and went and trotted beside that
To Miss Lotus confusion the saddle
of her horses new companion was &C.
cupied by young gentleman who
was an entire stranger to her. They
logged along in silence for some
minutes, he looking utterly Devil
dered over the strange business, and
she feeling hopelessly at loss to
know what to say. Naturally as a
young woman she didn't wish to say
anything that would amount to al
admission that the fault was hel
own, and naturally as young man
he didn't care straw whose fault il
was as long as Miss Lotus rode be
side him. At last Miss Lotus said
in voice which would have conveyed
to a third party the impression thai
the strangers horse had followed
hers: Don't you think you had better
, tie your horse to a tree and wall
mine away for mel" The stranger
! dismounted, fastened his horse, lee
the actress affectionate animal abou
an eighth Of a mile onward and wen
| back. But in the exercise of it's &c
centric temper Miss Lotus horse ha(
not knocked off" for the day Find
| ing itself deserted by it's new FRIEND
it went in rapid seach of the horse
it had come out with, and went abou
this move in such a reckless name
| that it's unfortunate rider was soo1
hit across the face with the brancl
ground. 1t may be that all this &C
counts for Miss Kitty LOTUS havins
taken to motoring so keenly
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
Summer Sofa Pillows.

Cool and rather pretty cushion GOV.
ers for the summer are of linen
crash, and one may obtain the
by the yard stamped for
embroidering, or buy the made-up
covers at reasonable figures. They
are finished with a rutfie, with a
corded hem extending about an inch
beyond the edge of the pillow. or
come with perfectly plain edges, in
which case the corners are caught
with round crash covered buttons.
White cotton embroidery is seen on
a majority of these cushion slips
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
"limited."

Have you done anything to make
the human race richer and happier"
asked the big-hearted philanthropist
Well answered the man with
icicles in his arteries, II haven't had
time to experiment on any member of
the human race except myself And
IN that connection | can truthfully say
[ have done my best. '-Washingto
Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11

How often, after exposure, we find
ourselves in the throes of a severe
coId, which may be followed by pneu-
monla. To cure the one and prevent
the other take & dose of Harris Honey
ard Horehound. Sold by J. w. Wight
man, Druggist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
An Unlucky Speech.

Vlscount Kitchener has assured the
Londoners that England has nothing
less than the making of a new
America in the southern hemisphere.
Rather an unlucky Speech for Ameri-
ca had the markings of the revolution
within her confines. Cor
mercial Appeal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11

around his arm and frightened In an
effort to make him relax his hold. 1t
moved its body SO vigorously that in
spite of holding with both hands he
feared it would escape Fortunately
his companion came to his assistance
and cut the snake from his arm be-
fore he was quite exhausted with the
struggle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
The Care of Rims

AS the wearing Of many rings. both
IN the afternoon and evening. has De
come pronounced fad, the care of
the gems is worthy of attention. Il
you want your rings to last dent
wear them with gloves. The cen
slant friction wears off the poin, )
that hold the stones in place and "a !,
stones Will drop out unless constan,
attention is paid to them. The
Wearer may not detect the loose
stone. but jeweIer will see it p
once. Rings should be sent to IN
jewelers. at least once a year to he
overhauled if worn under gloves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11
Cannibal Habits of Mosouitoes.

1t is satisfactory to reflect tha,
mosquitoes eat one another. THIS
fac is brought cut by a correspon-
den, in the British Medical Journal
K. Z Barnett writes from India, an
says that he has observed that III.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11

LIFE.
Mans life means
Tender teens,
Teachable twenties,
Tireless thirties,
Fiery forties,
Forcible fifties,
Serious sixties,
Sacred seventies,
Aching eighties,
Shortening breath,
Death,
The sod,
God.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-09-11

well, did she buy the book?"
NO. replied the clerk; "she said
she didn't like the cover design"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29

admitted that TO advocate winter prun-
Ing of fruit trees Is contrary to the
general idea Of when this work may
be done to advantage, but skilled or
chardists do 1t each year when the
snow does not prevent. Experienced
fruit growers know that the tree may
be pruned safely any time after the
leaves fall until the sap begins to flow
freely in the spring and. this being
the case. the pruning should be placed
among the winter jobs. The writer was
much averse to winter pruning up to
five years ago. but has since practiced
il with the best results. Three years
ago the trees In a young orchard were
pruneG in January, when it was reces-
sary to jostle the snow off cf the limbs
in order to see where to use the knife
to advantage. The following crop the
first one, was good; and two very large
crops have followed. This plan Of win
ter pruning gives one all the time in
the spring to devote to work that can.
not be done at any other season.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
An, t,Ncnse In a storm.

Only few weeks age" said a man
who does collecting for hig business
house in the city. Il had 10 call on "A
delinquent. lie was man of standing
I made bold 10 venture that ne was
something like three months tardy.
noticed MS right hand was in Il sling.
Why. he hegau do you know /
am very sorry. hut I've had an accident
10 my hand and here he made a great
show of his wounded member and
haven't been able to sign any checks
lately.
New. of COURSE" the collector contin-
ued. L get all kinds Of excuses from
all kinds OF people Some say they are
very busy some say they are temper
ariIv plnchal und conhdiusly plead for
mercy. hut IT amy oue had advanced
any such excuse rs "a wounded hand
I'd have taken il as Il bit of irony had
not heard the man md seen from his
face that he expected that the excuse
would he -uod Well it WAS good.
There was ret cnor gh of ma left 10
ask him if THAR hand fai held him up
for t1ree months fmm .aaking Jay
men : st any rlvc. t detained him
thrse weeks more Boston Herald.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
The Farm Horee.

Mr.. w J. Overton, of Illinois. writes
TO the Breeders Gazette, that he does
not believe the place for the draft
horse Is on American farms. He has
raised some of the largest and best
draft horses In the county, and sold
them at the yards at figures not
reached by any other draft horse In
six months, but he never could get
the work out of them that he could
get out of good-sized American horse
with as much Morgan blood as he
could get. When they tried to breed
their small or medium sized mares to
the draft horses they thought they
wanted larger horses. They got them
larger in some parts. 1t might be in
the legs, the head or the body. but
usually not all in one colt. No one
will claim that they have as good
wearing breed of horses as they had
twenty years ago. THE farmer who
only raises colts for his own use. with
now and then one to sell, had better
stay by the good-sized, smooth, Amer.
ican-bred horse" he says.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
OPENED BY THE KING.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT RESUMES
ITS LABORS.
Regal Pomp Attends the Ceremonies
-PopnIace Halls the king-Speech
from the Throne Greeted with Cheers
Fuller Defends His Soldiers.

King Edward opened Parliament with
a ceremonial in all essential respects sim
liar to that of February last. The pro-
eession to the House of Lords was of
the same character as that witnessed ON
the occasion OF the opening of the first
Parliament of King Edwards reign,
while within the upper house were seen
the same state pageantry, the same his
toric dresses and the same revival of an
Gent forms
The route of the royal procession,
though less than a mile in length, was
lined with more than 1000 trained troops
and 1000 policemen.
King Edward aud Queen Alexandra
occupied their thrones beneath a canopy,
with the Prince and Princess of Wales
on either side Of them. The other mem
bers Of the royal family were seated on
chairs at the foot of the steps leading
to the throne
The gentleman usher Of the Black Rod,
Gen. Sir Michael Biddulph. having sum
moned the speaker and the members of
the House of Commons. his majesty read
the speech from the throne. Their ma
jesties then retired amid a fanfare Of
trumpets and attended by the same regal
ceremony as accompanied their entry into
the house.
King Edwards speech from the throne
opened with reference to the tour Of
the Prince and Princess of Wales. They
were everywhere" said the King, re
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29

Those who want TO produce what Is
known as baby beef or animals well
grown and we'll fattened for the butch
err at an age anywhere from Is months
TO 2 years old, know that they cannot
afford to let even one day pass without
making some gain in flesh. Some of
them have learned that this gain can
be made at the least cost while the
animals are growing, by the use of sue
culent food, grass in the pasture and
green crops to Ipply its place when a
drought cuts the grass short, or by
roots and other vegetables that have
not much market value OF course
these foods make but soft flesh, and
we might say water flesh, because the
percentage of moisture in meat grown
upon such food is larger than that
made from corn and other concen-
trated grain food. But there are those
who claim that ensliage and grain fed
together will make as large a gain, or
even more, in live weight than any
other succulent food, and at the same
time, if properly proportioned, make "a
good, firm flesh, not 700 fat, and not 50
soft as to shrink in the cooking.
lean Cultiyator.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1902-01-29
WHY NEW BREAD is HURTFUL
Bakery Products Fresh from the Oven
Are Not Well Masticated.

Bakery Products Fresh from the Oven
Are Not Well Masticated.
1t is "a commonly accepted opinion
that new bread is hurtful to people gen.
orally because of the gases it contains.
A weli-known writer disputes this and
claims that bread fresh from the oven
is no more injurious than that which is
stale, provided it is masticated as thor
oughly He says stale bread when
broken between the teeth resolves itself
into gritty particles, which, if they
were not softened with saliva, would be
next to impossible to swallow, conse-
quently man thoroughly masticates
stale bread. and i'm doing so impreg-
mates It with saliva, which partially di-
gpsts and adapts it to the alimentary
tract.
But new bread. being soft and plas.
tic. is more apt to he swallowed with
out mastlcation, or. in other words,
bolted II is i'm this act, he thinks. that
| the injury exists aud rot in the char
acter of the bread. Hot rolls would be
Just as digestible as stale ones If they
were properly masticated. He refers in
this connection TO the dog as a teacher
of an important physiological lesson.
This animal bolts meat, but eats bread
because the mouth parts are able to do
! little toward the digestion of meat be-
yond reducing It to a convenient form
! for swallowing He, however, seems to
overlook the fact that the dogs teeth
are lily constructed for chewing. and
! that Is the most lihely reason for his
expeditions holting of meat.
Another curious fact which he calls
attention to il that stale bread is not
more dry than new This is shown by
submitting stale bread for a short time
to a high temperature. Under such con-
ditlons il becamc soft and plastic, re-
gaining its newuess. and this despite
the fact that some moisture must be
driven of in the operation. He thinks
this is explainable on the superstition
that in new bread there is free water
present. hut that In stale bread while
it is still There, II is IN a state of true
chemical combination. In general he
concludes, it is sound physiological
plan to thoroughly maStieate every
nlorsel of food before swallowing it.