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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

DR.. L. 0. Howard, entomologist of
the Department of Agriculture, has
just made public some startling state
ments of the property losses caused by
insects. He believes they aggregate
over S3OO,0O0,0OO a year. The Rocky
Mountain locust, or Western grasshop-
per, in 1874 ate up S10O0OO,OOO worth
Of growing crops. The chinchbug alone
has eaten S33O,OOO0OO worth of corn
and wheat in the Western States since
1850. AS for the mosquito, apart from
the losses believed to be due to its per-
nicious activity in the spread of yellow
fever and malaria, it is an immense
depreciator of real estate values. 4
New Jersey newspaper recently esti-
mating that its determination in that
one State alone would add to its real
estate valuation not less than 100000
1t certainly would pay to wage a con-
tinuous war of extermina+ o. against
all these insects
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
Feeding Floor for Hogs.

When one has a number Of hogs to
feed the trough is not always the best
thing to use for the purpose, for the
swine are apt to break it down or else
are unable to get the food fast enough
to suit them, and so get to quarreling.
One Of the best methods of feeding is
a large pan or floor made of cement
and rough logs; this may be of any
dimensions desired, although it is best
made just wide enough so that the ami
mails can feed from both sides, which
will accomplish much in the way of
keeping them out of it with their feet.
Make the frame of rough lumber or of
logs cut in half and some six or eight
inches high.
Fasten this frame securely at the
corners and also fasten securely to the
floor so that the swine will not root it
up. Then make a floor inside of ce-
about the same grain as would be
used for a stable floor If desired the
frame may include a board floor over
which the cement floor is laid. The
pushed aside and trampled upon. It Is
not intended to use this feeding floor
for slop or for soft food of any kind,
but only for grain, roots and roughage
The Illustration shows the plan clearly
and any one can easily build such a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
BURY STEEL FOR CORPSES.
Respect Shown to Dead Men Lost in
Metal Tank.

With the burial rites of the Roman
Catholic church a forty-ton steel ingot
was inferred at the Midvale steel works
at Philadelphia and its burial served as
the funeral of John Forkin and Joseph
Gazda, employees of the company, who
were killed recently when $4,000 pounds
of molten metal were let into a pit by q
defective plug. The bodies of the men
were completely obliterated. Not even
a trace of their clothing has been seen
since the accident. The management
of the works desired to show some sort
of respect for the dead and caused q
section of the hardened metal, oval in
shape, twenty-eight feet long, six feet
wide and five feet thick, to be cut out
and conveyed by travelling crane TO
the rear of the machine shop, where a
grave ten feet deep was dug. 4 plat
form was erected over the spot and reg
ular funeral services were held. They
were conducted by two priests and were
attended by President Harrah and other
officials OF the company. Only those of
the workmen on duty in the plant were
allowed to be present
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
WinterinE Fall Calves.

If the calf is worth carrying through
the winter it is certainly worth caring
for properly and by properly is meant
good food and water and proper care
If the calf is strong and healthy il
ought to pay well for the best atten.
ton that can be given it; first of all il
needs a dry, clean place, not warmed
by artificial heat, but as warm as lack
of draughts in a comfortable stable
will make it. The early days of the
calf, just after weaving, are of great
Importance to it and too much care
cannot be taken to see that the milk
given it is absolutely fresh and pure
and fed in proper quantities.
As a rule, the calf will properly take
care of eight pounds of milk per day,
which amount can be gradually in
creased until at month old it is con-
Stunning twelve pounds daily. About
this time it ought also to become in
terested in hay and after a while will
begin chewing it's cud. A calf built I'd
in this manner during the winter will
be in excellent shape to turn out to
pasture in the spring and get most of
its living until fall, when you will have
a splendid animal, one you will be
proud to add to your herd.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
cUTICURA, THE SET, $500.

Complete Treatment for Every HUI
NOR. from Pimples to scrofuIa,
from Infancy to Age-A Set often
Cures.
Cuticura Treatment is local and con-
stitutional-complete and perfect, pure,
sweet and wholesome Battle the af-
fected surfaces with Cuticura Soap
and hot water to cleanse the skin of
crusts and scales and soften the thick
ened cutlcle, dry without hard rubbing.
and apply Cuticura Ointment freely to
allay itching, Irritation and infamma-
ton, and soothe and heal, and lastly
take Cuticnra Resolvent Pills to cool
and cleanse the blood, and put every
function in a state of healthy activity
More great cures of simple, scrofulous
and hereditary humors are daily made
by Cuticura remedies than by all other
blood and skin remedies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
PUBLIC EXECUTIONER DEAD.
Hanged Many Noted Criminals-Eas Pc
culiar Experience on Train

William Ellington, the public execu-
TONER, is dead in Lancashire, England,
in his thirtieth year. He was barber
by trade, and succeeded his father in
the Office of hangman rather more than
two years ago. Ellington had ofte:l
said that he liked his grewsome work.
and could hang a man without the
slightest fear. Dropsy was the cause of
death.
During his career he hanged many
notorious criminals. After the execution
of Edwards, who murdered the Darby
family, Ellington had curious adj
venture. He caught train from ST.
Pancras for Bolton. and at Luton he
was found in a dazed condition on the
line. He explained that he was attacked
in the train by men, who threw him
against the door, which flew open, and
he either fell or was thrown out. The
railway officials, however, discredited the
story, and believed that Ellington woke
up in a dazed condition, and, thinking
the train was entering a station, opened
the door incautiously, and fell on the
limo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

heavy backaches, and my general
health was affected when l began u.s.
ing them. My feet We're swollen, my
eyes pulled, and dizzy spells We're fire.
quent. Kidney action was irregular
and the secretions highly colored. To-
day, however, am a we'll woman. and
/ am confident that Doan's Kidney
Pills have made me so, and are keep
ing me Well"
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn CO., Buffalo, n Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
VentfIating Corn Shocks.

Sometimes a streak of foggy or
rainy weather will cause the stacks OF
corn in the field to mould badly, which
may be overcome if a ventilator is
used The ventilator racks are made
Of rough lumber or, if one has access
to the woods, poles could be cut which
would answer the purpose quite as
we'll.
This rack is not of necessity used in
the field, but can be used near the barn
after the stacks havebeen garnered and
in this way a considerable quantity
can be stored. 1t consists of four up
right pieces each ten feet long, which
are used as corner posts; cross pieces
are fastened on all sides six or eight
inches from the bottom, these pieces
being three feet long; set of shorter
cross pieces is provided for placing at
about the middle Of the rack and an
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

white beds are women and girls who
are awaiting or recovering from opera
lions made necessary by neglect.
Every one of these patients had
plenty of warning in that bearing down
feeling, pain at the left or right of the
womb, nervous exhaustion, pain in the
small of the back, leucorrhoea, dizzi-
ness, ffatulency, displacements of the
womb or irregularities. All of these
symptoms are indications of an I'M
healthy condition of the ovaries or
womb, and if not needed the trouble
will make Roadway until the penalty
has to be paid by dangerous opera
ton, and a lifetime of impaired useful
ness at best, while in many cases the
results are fatal.
The following letter should bring
hope to suffering women. Miss Luella
Adams, of the Colonnade Hotel, Seattle,
Wash, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:-
about two years ago Z was great suf-
ferer from a severe female trouble, pains and
headaches. The doctor prescribed for me and
finally told me that had tulnor on the
womb and must undergo an operation if
wanted to get well. | felt that this was my
death warrant, but | spent hundreds of dol
lars for medical help, but the tumor kept
growing. Fortunately corresponded with
an aunt in the New England States, and she
advised me to take Lydia E. Pinkhams Veg
etable Compound, as it was said to cure tu-
mors. [ did so and Immediately began to
improve in health, and | was entirely cured,
the tumor disappearing entirely, without an
operation. | wish every suffering woman
would try this great preparation"
Just as surely as Miss Adams was
cured of the troubles enumerated in
her letter, just SO surely will Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cure
every woman in the land who suffers
from womb troubles, Inflammation of
the ovaries, kidney troubles, nervous
excitability and nervous prostration.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all young
women who are i'll to write her for free
advice. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
Deer Shooting in Austria.

In the field Of sport Austria is coun-
try where they do everything on a large
scale. cartridges are bagged by the
thousand; SO are hares. Even in such
bigger game as deer the bags" are IN
enviable contrasts with anything known
in England. Baron Alfred de Rothschild
possesses a deer forest at Langau, and
although the season is only a few weeks
old, 100 head have already fallen to the
gun. What the total will be before close
time sets in one can scarcely conjecture.
In this country a hundred head is con-
sidered fine yield for a whole season.
London Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
Poultry. Truck, Fruit Farming.

Likely there is not another combina-
ton which may be taken up by the
farmer, which promises better returns
on the amount of capital invested, for
those who are situated right for it,
than poultry raising, gardening and
fruit culture In order that the very
best prices may be realized for the
product OF such farm, and therefore
the greatest possible profit, it is neces-
sary that this be located at Or near d
thriving city Of perhaps not less than
$1,000 or 10000 population. To be sure,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
BEAN HARVESTER.

exclusively by machinery in the main
districts. The bean harvester or cut
ter, shown here, is a two-wheeled ma
chine, having two long steel blades, SO
adjusted that as the machine passes
over the ground they sweep along just
at or below the surface and cut the
bean stalks or pull them mp. The
blades are set obliquely, sloping back
ward toward one another.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
BaptiSma1 Fnunt in Mourning

Rev. Francis H. Sinclair, pastor
of IS. Peter and Paurs Roman Catholic
Sunday, registered a protest against race
suicide by causing to be draped in
mourning the baptismal font in his
church. He was prompted to this act
because for six weeks not one infant has
received the sacrament of baptism in his
church
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
Have Cnrns ON Ears.

Pittsburg telephone girls are deserving
their employment because they find the
constant wearing Of receiver produces
ugly corns on the ear
They also say their sense of hearing is
more acutely developed in the left ear
than in the, right. They do not mind
this so much as they do the disfgure-
ment, which betrays their occupation,
no matter how handsomely they are cos
tuned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
HOSPITALS CROWDED
MAJORITY OF PATIENTS WOMEN
Mrs. Pinkham's Advice Saves Many
From this Sad and Costly Experience.

It is a sad but
true fact that
G We + y y e a T
brings a n in :
crease in the
number ofopera-
tions performed
upon women in
our hospitals.
More thanthree-
fourths of the
patients in g
on those snow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30


and other kidney
ills, will find COM
fort in the words
OF Mrs. Jane Far
rell, of COG Ocean
Ave, Jersey City,
n. j., who says: Il
reiterate all | have
said before in
praise Of Doan'S
Kidney Pills. l
had been having
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

ATTRACTIVE YOUNG LADY
AGENTS wanted in every Town and
City.-Complete outfit furnished free.
We guarantee that you can make from
S1.O0 to $500 per day. Address P. O.
Drawer No. 900. Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
Proper Storage of Apples

PROPER storage Oh Apples
To decide properly to which kind of
storage the grower or buyer shall send
his fruit requires the best of judgment,
for many factors must be considered in
making the choice and upon their just
balancing will depend, to quite an ex-
tent, the profit or loss in handling the
crop. Growers, generally, are more in
terested in storage this year, probably
than usual. To all growers, to those
who usually hold more or less Of their
fruit for winter sale or home use, and
to the buyers who must plan for the
best keeping of the purchased fruit,
the bulletins of the agricultural expert
ment stations will be Of interest and
value. One Of these discusses critically
the factors which influence the keep
ing quality of apples, as ascertained
through many years experience at the
station or by correspondence and in
terviews with the leading apple hand
lers of the country. 1t also gives de-
tailed results Of the storage of 165 va
rieties of apples, in the ordinary tenn
perature room of the station fruit stor-
age house, or in a cold storage build
ing, with notes upon most of the varie-
ties as handled by practical storage
men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
, profitable business of this kind can

a profitable business of this kind can
be conducted near much smaller city
than this if there are not too many
there that are also engaged in the same
business.
Poultry is one of the best paying
branches on the farm and is kept fully
in keeping with its Importance by dele
eating the work attached thereto to
competent help and plenty Of it. The
same can be said in reference to the
fruit and truck business. A poultry,
truck and fruit farm may comprise as
much as 125 acres with good drainage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

From South America comes the lat
est substitute for sugar cane. Its juice
cannot be fermented, and for this reason
the plant is to be developed for the man
ufacture of syrup.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

Gold is on exhibition in the mining
department, Melbourne, Australia, found
in the New Chum mine, Bendigo, at a
depth Of 1900 feet, the record depth Of
gold discovery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

ttDr. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy cured my wife of a terrible disease. With
pleasure l testify to its marvellous efficacy" J.
Sweet, Albany, N Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

MRS. WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP 70,
Children teething; softens the gums, reduces In
Eammation, allays pain, cures wind collie. :,
cents q bottle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
Comfort in the Hog House.


In repairing our hog houses we
found that roll of building paper and
one of tarred paper We're the best in
vestments we had made in some time,
the one was used on the walls and the
other on the roof so that much more
expensive repairs We're saved. Then
we found it was policy to arrange the
sleeping corner in such way that it
was impossible for it to get any of the
filth or the wet which the swine gath
cred during the day. 1t was placed SO
that none Of the slop got into it and
about the only way it got soiled was
when the swine trampled through it
with their muddy feet. Even then by
taking 1t out into the sun each day it
made good bed for a number of
nights. A hog is a strange animal
stubborn, of course, but it will not long
muss its bed if the latter is clean and
comfortable. Much of the nastiness Of
hogs is due to the neglect of their
owners. We also arrange the sleeping
corner SO that it is out of the draft
although the house is properly venti-
lated; as a result there are few if any
cases of chiIls and colds among our
swine. All this extra good care means
healthy swine. 1t is not we'll to work
on the plan that if the hogs escape
cholera they are doing well-Ex-
change.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

In the early days of railroading in
this country horses were used to help
the locomotives on upgrades.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
Quick Churning,

A novelty at the large agricultural
show in London is q churn which is
reported to make butter in sixty sec
onds The cream is placed in the YES
sci so that the 'dasher'' is in the cen
ter, and about ~ inches below the
surface. The handle is then turned
slowly for a few seconds, and then at
a good speed, and within one minute
butter is formed. If some fresh cold
water be poured in and the handle
turned slowly two or three times, the
butter is ready for washing and max
ing up.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

Butter first, bacon next, are the mos
nutritious foods.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

An Oregon bee keeper has planted
many acres of alfalfa for his bees and
his $50 colonies last year produced
nearly 10000 pounds Of honey.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

Piso's Cure for Consumption always
gives immediate relief in all throat trou-
bles.-F. e. Bierman, Leipsic, Ohio, Aug.
81, 1901.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
TWICE-TOlD TESTIMONY.

A Woman Who Has Suffered Tells
how To Find Relief.
The thousands of women who suffer
backache, languor, urinary disorders
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

Harvesting the Been Crop.
Formerly beans were pulled by
hand, but now the work is done almost
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

A good. vigorous colony produces IN
average Of 100 pounds of honey each
year, besides storing up enough to
keep themselves during the winter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30
Losses Inv Insects.

floor, which, if carefully made, will
last for years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-30

TKcac very strong words coming from n
FGfEaSS9 drug concern Gan take faGEa word
asd give ffsfS grand remedy frEas2
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-30
Good Musical Program.

The musical program at the Key
lor Grand this week under the direc-
ton of R. C. Ducnand has made de-
cided hit with the audience, besides
being rather an innovation at a roper
toire engagement
Among the hits introduced during
the week, Moonlight" serenade
from the pen of Neil Moret, the ia
NOUS composer of 'Hiawatha," and
"Gertana' waltzes by Chauncey Hahn
es, who gave to the musical world
"The Mississippi Bubble" are two
exceptionally clever numbers, while
"Keep a Shufflin' can be called a rag
time classic. Miss Fairfax has made
a decided nit with my Dusky Rose
and with several of Harry Won Tilz-
er's new numbers, among them "Just
Across the Bridge of Gold"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-30

true to life. Mr.. Sutherland left moth
ing undone as "Mr. Brandon" while
Wing Lee" found favor in the hands
of Mr.. Bronson.
But it was left for Ed Redmond to
supply the merriment, and everything
he appeared broad grin spread upon
the faces Of all present, which finally
found expression in a hearty roar of
laughter. Miss Alta Phipps was per-
fectly at home as Mary" and played
with her usual skill. Miss Tate made
a charming sister and introduced a
speciality that secured a we'll earned
encore. Miss Dunn is also worthy of
mention and aided much toward the
success of the play
my Partner was offered for the
matinee this afternoon and will re-
ceive its final production tonight.
Sunday evening another change of
bill is announced and on Monday night
the entire Redmond organization will
move to the Keylor Grand.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-09-30
ADJUSTMENTS
Keylor Grand Theater.

The company that will present Isl
dore witmark's comedy opera, The
Chaperones," at the Keylor Crane
next Thursday night, October D. Il
cold n he one of the best singing or
carnations in America.
It is under the auspices OF lsa'
dore Witmark of the famous puoilsh'
ing family. Mr.. Witmark is noted a.
one of the most lavish and liberal o.
all the producers in this country. BE-
fore "The Cnaperones' made its ad-
vent Mr. Witmark laid out the entire
scenic and costume scheme OF tne
niece. with the result that Joseph
Phvsioc. the scenic artist, developed
two stage pictures that are marvels OF
beauty and spectacular effect, while
the costume sketches which came
from the celebrated poster artist
Archie Gum, and which were faith
fully duplicated by Mr.. W1tmarK
wardrobe department, are most stun
ming examples of the modiste's art.
But it is in the organization of the
company where Mr.. Witmarks musl-
cal taste shows most plainly. The first
qualifications demanded in a MEMBER
of the company has been voice, MIS-
trionic ability and personal appear
ance. although absolutely necessary
were. so to speak, secondary consider
atoms.
Naturally it has been difficult to
organize a company of comedians who
could sing, and it is perhaps not nee
essary to say that all young women
with good voices are not pretty; but
Mr. Witmark succeeded and it IS
his boast that every young woman In
the company is pretty.
The company presenting the piece
this season is equipped with COM
plete new set of costumes. Among the
principal members are such we'll known
artists as Madelyn Marshall, John
Price. Ruth Lloyd, Harry Ladell, Doris
Goodwin, Frank Wooley, judith
HAYES, Hunting,on May and Helen
Clark.
Sale of boxes and seats opens at
Ootnhnr
at $50 a. m.