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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
ALLEGED RELIGIOUS CURE.
Faith Made Me Whole" Healing Almost
a Miracle

Relatives and many friends of Miss
Josephine Reilly, the 19-year-old daugh-
ter of John ]. Reilly, an insurance brok-
er, who lives in Brooklyn, believe she
owes her sudden cure from lameness to
going into the waters of the ocean on
the day of the Feast of the Assumption.
Her faith made her WHOLE" they say,
and prove the assertion substantially as
follows:
A frail girl, she was taken i'll with
typhoid fever last March. When, after
fifteen weeks, it left her, she was unable
to walk without the aid of crutches.
The Feast of the Assumption was last
Tuesday. Many friends talked to her of
the wonderful curative properties of the
ocean waters on the day of the feast.
Accompanied by her father, sister. and
three brothers, she went to Coney
Island, took off her shoes and stockings,
and waded in the surf with the aid of
clutches. Her sister rubbed the inya-
lids legs with salt water for a few
minutes The cripple then hobbled to
shore, threw down her crutches, and
walked away, easily, confidently, . and
rapidly.
Miss Reilly is certain she could never
have walked if she had not taken the
water cure. Her physicians, however.
believe that she might have walked be.
fore had she the needful confidence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
POOR GIRL WINS. COUNT.
Goes to Italy to Study Music and Re-
ce;veS HonorS.

While studying in the conservatory at
Milan, Francesca Biscegia, the accom-
pllshed and comely daughter of a Chi
cage garment cutter. has won the heart
OF the Count Edvardo NiaEcini of Milan,
whom she soon will wed.
-Four years ago Miss Bisceglia went to
Italy 10 cultivate her voice, which Chi
cago musicians told her was of the rarest
quality. Her father was garment cut
ter, living in a dingy room at 12S Stave
street. But he had an Italians passion
for music and a fathers pride for his
daughter, and he willingly made the sac
rl1ces necessary for the trip.
In May of last year the girl received
one of the greatest honors it is possible
Tor the Italian government to bestow.
She was admitted to the Verdi conserva-
tory at Milan; being the first American
girl to be so elected.
soon after, at a reception, she met the
count, who fell in love with her, and
after her great triumph in "Traviata,"
some months later, he proposed marriage.
But Miss Bisceglia asked that the be-
trothal be delayed until her father could
arrive. He went to Italy and gave his
consent, and yesterday arrived with his
daughter in Chicago. Miss Bisceglia
would not consent to an immediate mar
rage, for it is her desire TO earn enough
money by her own efforts to repay her
father
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Odd Pockets TailorS Make.

"a music pocket?" said the tailor
"Oh, yes, for professional singers l often
make music pockets. They run across
the back of the coat, as rule, above
the waist, and they hold, without crush
ing, half dozen songs.
Il have three or four detectives among
my patrons, and in their business suits l
always put handcuff pockets. These
pockets are in the sleeves. Their adj
vantage is that the handouts can be
drawn forth without the prisoners see
ing the action. When rambunctious
prisoner sees a detectives hand 60 to-
ward an ordinary pocket he knows what
is coming and prepares accordingly; but
with my special pocket the handcuff is
on him before he knows where he is at.
'One of my patrons has his trousers
lined, from the knee down, with leather.
bit 4 large chunk out of the calf of his
leg, and he doesn't want to incur such
a loss again" Chicago Chronicle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Lesson for Women.

Jersey Shore, Pa, Aug. 2S.-(Spe-
cial.) -'Dodd's Kidney Pills have done
worlds of good for me-" That's what
Mrs. G. B. Earnest of this place has to
say of the Great American Kidney
Remedy.
Il was laid up sick,' Mrs. Earnest
continues, and had not been out of
bed for five weeks. Then l began to
use Dodd's Kidney Pills and now l am
SO l can work and go to town without
suffering any. l would not be without
Dodd's Kidney Pills. l have good rea-
son to praise them everywhere"
Women who suffer should learn
lesson from this, and that lesson is
cure the kidneys with Dodd's Kidney
Pills and your suffering will cease"
Woman's health depends almost entire
ly on her kidneys Dodd's Kidney
Pills have never yet failed to make
healthy kidneys
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
The Art of Dishwashiu2.

A dish we'll scraped is half washed
Scrape and stack dishes carefully.
When knives. forks or plates are
greasy or fshy from the serving Of
fish, wipe them off with pieces of
paper which are easily burned. Keep
the grease out of the pan and away
from the dishcloth.
Let the dishcloth be of linen if pos
sible and always hemmed. An unhem-
med wash cloth or wiper leaves the
dishes covered with lint and particles
of the frayed edges stop up the sink
drain
Wash the silver first, using plenty Of
hot water and soap.
Two pans are necessary to wash
dishes properly-one for the washing.
another one for rinsing. Into the bot
tom of the rinsing pan fit a wooden
strainer, two or three inches from the
bottom of the pan, that the water
turned over the dishes may drain
through it and leave the dishes free
of water. This saves dish towels. Use
hot water for rinsing. Wash the
glasses after the silver, and then the
cups and saucers, plates, etc. When
the dishes are washed, throw the
water out. Don't wash tinware or
kettles in thick water. Have a separ-
ate dishcloth for pans and another
for kettles. Plenty of scraping, plen-
ty of water, plenty of soap, plenty Of
pans DlpDtV of towels opd r,ocbo-c
make dish washing what it should be.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
BABY CAME NEAR DYING

From an Awful Skin Hunour-
Scratched Till Blood Ran-Wasted to
SkeIeton-Speedily Cured by Cuti-
Cura.
when three months old my boy
broke out with an itching, watery rash
all over his body, and he would scratch
till the blood ram. We tried nearly
everything, but he grew worse, vast
ing to a skeleton, and we feared he
would die. He slept only when in our
arms The first application of Cuticura
soothed him so that he slept in his
cradle for the first time in many weeks.
You don't know how glad / was. One
set of the Cuticura Remedies made a
complete and permanent cure. (Signed)
Mrs. NJ. G. Maitland. Jasper, Ontario.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01

a similar manner, less smut will be
found on those cereals grown on a cold
clay soil than on a loamy soil, and, as
a rule, the greatest amount Of disease
will be found In cereals grown on
sandy humus soils. A high temporal
ture Of the soil during the first week
after sowing favors the termination
Of the smut pores, and consequently
the infection of the cereals. Cereals
will terminate and begin their growth
at temperature below that at which
the fungus can develop.-New Eng
land Homestead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
ENDURANCE SAVES LIVES.
Holds Hands Over Boat Leak Until Aid
Comes.

By holding her hands over hole in
a rowboat for more than half an hour,
Miss Hattie Manley, New York city,
saved herself and companion, Mrs. John
Hoffman, from drowning in Hennessey' s
lake at Circleville. The boat struck a
stump which penetrated the bottom.
Miss Manley tossed a dipper to Mrs.
Hoffman, saying:
You bail out as fast as you can and
| will take care of the Leak
Miss Manley, with both hands about
the end of the stump, which projected
through the bottom of the boat,
pressed them against the jagged cut
This lessened the thrush of water, and
Mrs. Hoffman, who used the dipper en-
ergetically, soon got the water down to
within a few inches of the bottom and
was able. through the efforts of Miss
Manley, to keep it at that level for
over half an hour. The perilous condi-
ton was discovered by Thomas Hen
Messy, who rowed to their rescue.
Miss Manley's hands and arms were
benumbed from the trying experience,
and the clothing of both women was
wet. When they reached the hotel the
greeting they received from the other
boarders caused them to forget their
sufferings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
The SGuab Fad.

The inflated boom for SQUAD rails
ing has nearly passed off, and yet the
legitimate SQUAD plants continue in
business. 1t is with this branch Of
the poultry industry just exactly as
it is with other branches, the egg bust
ness, the duck industry, the Bel
gian hare, etc. Every little while
there is big stir made about one of
these enterprises, creating quite
fever for a time. This gradually sub
sides, and that particular business set
ties down to its proper basis. and many
who keep on in their usual way.
raising squads, pullets for laying.
ducks, etc. continue TO secure, not TN
told wealth, but fair profits from their
operations.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
CIEMENTiNA GONZALES,
or CENTRAL AMERICA.
RESTORED TO HEALTH.
PE-RU-NA THE REMEDY

Miss Clementina Gonzales, Hotel Pro
vincia, Guatemala, G. A, in recent
letter from PAT Cleveland Ave, Chicago,
Ill, writes:
~ took Peruna for q Worn-ouf con-
dition. was so run down that could
not sleep at night, had no appetite and
felt tired in the morning.
81 tried many tonicS, bH Peruna
was the only thing which helped me In
the least After 4 had taken but a half
bottle 4 felt much better. Iconfinued
its use for three weeks andI was COM
pIefeIy restored to health, and was
able 10 take up my studies which I had
been forced TO drop. There Is nothing
better than Pernna to build up the
system. '---CIeHeHnna Gonzales.
Address The Peruna Medicine Co,
of Columbus, Ohio, for instructive free
literature OF cntar"h
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Why Strawberry Plants Die.

Many strawberry plants die because
they are kept too long after being dug
before transplanting. Some die be-
cause set too deep and the crown or
center of the plant is covered. But
in q dry time more plants die from a
lack of pressure on the soil about the
roots than from all other causes. In a
wet season they will live if left on
top Of the soil with no earth to cover
the roots. Plants out of the ground
are like fish out of water. Therefore
the sooner they are in their natural
element the lower the death rate
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Lavish with His Tips.

A second "Scotty," in the person of
George Geisler of Los Angeles, Cal,
handing money out lavishIy. He ar
rived in on the Big -Four, en- route to
Patoka, where his wife is visiting. The
connections are close and he missed his
train. The agent was astonished when
he asked for a special and more so when
Geisler produced the money, $50, and
offered the agent So for his trouble.
While the train was being made up Gels
Ter gave boy on the platform 81 for
getting him a cigar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Ripe Tomatoes Picked.

Wipe carefully one peck of smooth
ripe tomatoes and pack them into a
jar, sprinkling them as they are pack
ed with one cup of SHADES Picking
Spice. Scald one gallon Tor enough to
cover the tomatoes) of strong cider
vinegar and pour over the tomatoes;
cover closely and let stand three days.
Pour off the vinegar, scald and return
to the tomatoes. After three days
repeat the process, then set aside for
six or eight weeks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Feeding of DuckS

All who raise ducks in large num-
bers for market find it necessary to
feed a considerable quantity of rich
food, chiefly meat, in some form But
it is a thing to be done with judgment.
Ducks are hearty eaters and digest al
most anything, but too much pushing
with meat foods is almost certain to
kill many Of them. Pushing for early
markets has to be done with caution.
Weak Bordeaux Mixture.
For the summer spraying Of peaches
and Japanese plums: Copper sulphate,
2 pounds; fresh lime (Inslacked), 8
pounds; water, 30 gallons.-Rhode
Island Formula.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Clean Water for HoEs.

How to provide clean water for the
hog is one of the problems. 1t is diff
cult to devise any means by which
water can be kept before the swine
at all times and yet be SO arranged
that the hogs will not wallow in it. 1t
appears, however, as though a valu-
able suggestion looking to the solution
of this point has been made in late
issue of the Iowa Homestead by
Kansas farmer who suggests a plan
from which the accompanying cut has
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Canned Beets.

Wash the beets and leave on several
inches of tops. Boil until tender; pour
off the hot water and cover with cold
When cool enough to handle, rub the
skins off with your hands, and slice.
Have ready and scalding hot a quart
of vinegar which has been brought to
the boil with little salt and pepper
and two cups Of graduated sugar. Lay
the sliced beets In this, and when they
are scalding hot, pack in jars; fill these
to overfowing with the vinegar and
seal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01

In life when wOman's great change
may be expected.
These symptoms are all just so many
calls from nature for help. The nerves
are crying out for assistance and the
cry should be needed in time.
Lydia. e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound was prepared to meet the needs
of woman's system at this trying
period of her life. It invigorates and
strengthens the female organism ana
builds up the weakened nervous system.
1t has carried thousands of women
safely through this crisis.
For special advice regarding this i'm
portant period women are invited to
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass,
and it will be furnished absolutely free
of charge.
Read what Lydia E. Pinkham's Com
pound did for Mrs. Hyland and Mrs.
Hinkle:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 had been suffering with falling Of the
womb for years and was passing through the
Change of Life. Ny womb was badly swol-
len; my stomach was sore; l had dizzy spells,
sick headaches, and was very nervous.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Boast Releases Lions.

Two lions. the property of the city of
Blackpool, England, We're found loose
one morning in the yard adjoining their
cage, together with portions of the body
of a workingman. The man on the pre-
vious night made the boast that he
would enter the lions cage. Evidently
in an attempt to carry out his boast he
opened the cage. The animals escaped
and killed him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Good Chocolate Sauce.

-Four ounces sugar, one gill of water.
boiled for five minutes. Then stir in
slowly four ounces chocolate When
these are well mixed pour into a Jug
or a jampot, placed in a pan Of hot
water. Let the sauce cook in the Jar
for five minutes, then stir in a gill of
cream, or milk, or custard, and flavor
with half a teaspoonful of vanilla.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Summer Fiction.

There has been a scarcity of sea SER
penis this year, but some of the sub
stitutes for the old stories have all the
nip and bouquet of the best stories of
the comet year. Here is one from Som
er's Point, down in Atlantic county, that
tells of a farmer who drilled for an ar
tesian well, struck a subterranean lake
of the finest water ever and so full of
speckled trout that he got about equal
quantities of fish and water.-Jersey
City Evening Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
In a Pinch, Use Aliens Foot-Ease.

A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet, Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Gallons, Aching, Sweating feet
and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by
all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen S. OlmSted,
LIE Roy, \. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Mail by Sky-RoCket.

Perhaps the most unusual way of de-
iivering mails is that adopted for one of
the islands of the Tonga group in the
Pacific. where the danger of approach
ing inshure renders it necessary for the
mail steamer to use a sky-rocket as a
pOStman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01

Take a piece of plank, say 2 feet long,
inches thick and inches wide; set
bottom end about l foot from post; let
chain come up over plank and lean
plank toward post. Fasten single-tree
to end of chain and when horses pull
the post will come straight up
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
flashed Brown Potatoes.

Peel white potatoes and cut into
small dice of uniform size. Cover with
sailed water and boil until tender but
not broken. Drain and dry between
the folds of a clean dish towel. Turn
into a pudding dish and cover with
hot milk that has been thickened with
a lump of butter rolled in -four. Put
a cover over the dish and cook for
half an hour, then uncover and brown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01

of the three national holidays in
Japan the greatest is February II, the
anniversary of the coronation of the first
Emperor. The other two are January /
and November 3, tie birthday of ths
reigning Emperor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01

81 wrote you for advice and commenced.
treatment with Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-I
table Compound as you directed, and I am!
happy to say that all those distressing symp-i
toms left me and have passed safely through
the Change Of Life, well woman. | am;
recommending your medicine to all my
friends. Mrs. Annie f. G. Hyland, Chester
town, Nd.
Another WOman's Case.
"During change of life words cannot ex-
press what suffered. My physician said L
had a cancerous condition of the womb. One
day / read some of the testimonials of women
who had been cured by Lydia E. PinkhaIn's
Vegetable Compound, and decided to try il
and to write you for advice. Your medicine
made me well woman, and all my bad symp-
.oms soon disappeared.
Il advise every woman at this period OF lie
take your medicine and write you for adj
vice. Mrs. Lizzie Hinkle, Salem, Ind.
What Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound did for Mrs. Hyland and
Mrs, Hinkle ii will do for any woman
at this time of life.
1t has conquered pain, restored
health, and prolonged life in cases that
utterly baffled physicians.
hOund S,,rcaade Whore Nfhprc Fail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01

Portraits of Charles I. and Queer
Henrietta Maria, by Sir Anthony van
Dyck. were sold recently at Christies,
London, for $50. go.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Beef Cakes.

ANY remains of underdressed beef;
salt and pepper to taste, a few sprigs
OF parsley, one egg, mashed potatoes
equal to one-third the quantity of the
meat. Mince the meat very fine. Boil
and mash potatoes equal to one-third
the quantity of meat, mix them nicely
with it. season with the pepper and
salt mince up and add the parsley to
it. Then beat the yolk Of one egg, mix
1t with the mince to bind it, Make
the mince into cakes about the size of
the round of the top Of a teacup and
half an inch thick; -four them, and fry
them a nice brown in hot beef dripping
or lard. Serve with a garnish of pars-
lev
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Smut Attacks Late Sown Grain.

Early sowing of cereals when the
soil temperature is low gave in expe
riments with barley, oats and spring
wheat less smut than late soWings. In
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01

been made. Writing to our contem-
porary this man says:
ut is my opinion that many of the
maladies and much Of the fatalities
among hogs is due to carelessness on
the part OF the owner by which the
hog is compelled to take into his sys-
tenn large quantities of filth in his
drinking water. I know where there
are wallowing places 1t is indeed a
problem to prevent this, because if
there is one thing which a hog delights
in more than another 1t is to battle
himself in mud and then try to dry it
off in the drinking trough, and he gen
orally succeeds quite we'll And a
bunch of them can usually put three
or four inches of mud in the bottom of
trough in a single week. / enclose
you q drawing illustrating the plan
that have used for some time in try
ing to keep my troughs clean. The
trough in this case is made out Of two
planks, one 2XS and the other 2x6,
piece of eight-inch plank Is inches long
nailed on each end. To this in turn
two other planks are nailed, thus fur
nishing an agency for scraping off
considerable mud from the hogs while
they are drinking. I then nail on an
upright as is indicated in the illustra-
ton, mOrtised out so that a plank NAV
be raised or lowered directly above the
center of the trough, the height de-
pending upon the size Of the hogs that
have access to the trough. l acknowl-
edge thai 1T takes q little labor to
make troughs of this kind, but where
one has q big bunch of hogs l believe
that he can save the price of his mate
rial and labor almost every day"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-09-01
Goats Or Sheep,


The AngOra goat certainly has not
yet become very popular in New Eng
land. There are a few small f1ocks
but those who have them seem less
enthusiastic than they were two or
three years ago, and their neighbors
do not seem anxious to invest in them.
In Texas and some other States of the
South and Northwest they appear to
give better satisfaction. Reports from
many sections in the Eastern States
show an increased interest in sheen
and many fine flocks can be found, es-
pecially of the larger English mutton
breeds. Vermont seems to stand by
her Merinos, as she properly should.
for they have attained a high reputa-
ton and have sold at high prices, but
even in that State may be found good
tiocks of Oxford, Shropshire and
Hampshire, and these seem to be tn;
favorltes with those who are startinG
new f1ocks or those who have f1ocks
OF mixed breeds that they wish to i'm
prove by crossing with a pure-bred
ram Of larger breed. Let the good
work go on, until New England has
as many sheep in proportion to popu-
lation as were here a century ago.
Sod-Bound Fruit Trees.
Sod-bound trees are not very COM
mon, but they are to be met with.
When a tree has made a good growth
and has spread out it's top to cover its
feet there is little danger of it's be-
coming sod-bound, for the branches Of
the tree catch most of the sunshine
and the grass growth below is meager.
The sod bound condition comes when
the tree is either very young or SO
old that the leaves are thin and few.
The young tree that is set in grass
ground and has never obtained a very
good hold of the ground is the one
most likely to become bound.
Which means that the roots of the
grass have possession of the soil and
ale taking most of the plant food and
n.oisture. Such tree can be relieved
cry by digging out the grass and Civ
ms its roots the c@tire use Of the
ground.