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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Fashion Notes.

The shoulders of all new gowns are
broad in effect.
Neapolitan and milan straws are
both in evidence.
italian braid, closer woven than the
Japanese, is very smart
Embroidered roses In pink, green
and silver decorate a white tulle hat
Japanese straw, something like the
tea-box coverings, is new and dashing
French buttons, with the tone of the
cloth in their center, are beautiful and
in the best of favor.
To trim chiffon with cloth is a popu
lar fad. and the contrast of the two
materials is certainly most effective.
Little capes reaching only TO the ell
bow are likely TO be good style for the
spring costume that has a princeless
skirt
The new short chemise consists Of g
chemise ending exactly at the hips and
is worn under the corset in place Of 6
shirt.
Very smart is a stiff hat with crown
of red Japanese straw, brim of mixed
red and white, and trimming Of rec
wings.
A very great use of ribbon is made
on evening gowns, on some falling il
long pointed ends from the belt al
| around the skirt.
Among the simple but attractive
| white silk muslins, one has around
| the bottom a ruffle Of chin, glossy tat
feta, four inches wide, having a mar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

step, and their acquaintance rapidly
developed into something more. An
engagement followed and the poet,
who meanwhile had received an APP
pointment in the Congressional Libra
nv, returned TO New York, where they
were quietly married.
Since that time Mrs. Dunbar has
contributed occasionally to newspa-
pers and magazines and a collection of
her stories has recently been brought
out in book form.
OF her literary ability her husband
said:
"She writes much better prose than
do and is invaluable to me as a
critic"
All of his work was typewriter by
her and much of it taken down In
shorthand at his dictation. while her
sympathy and companionship inspired
some of his best efforts She is an
| Episcopaliau in creed. and Mr.. Dun
bar, while not member of any COM
| munion, attended church with her.
The peal of the organ, the flowers,
the dim. restful light, the ritual-all
appeal to me-" he once said. Most
men have at some period of their lives
an attack of agnosticisim. as of mea-
sles. but with me it has left no scars y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

row quarterback lace for edging on
both sides.
A novel ceinture is made Of three
soft strips of ribbon, blue green and
lavender, twisted together in a rain
bow effect and fastened with fancy
buckle
To meet the new blouse demapds
there are collars of embroidery edged
with lace, with long strip down the
front, that is tucked in at the waist.
There is variety of design for these
The tendency of evening dress is to-
ward the lighter, almost invisible fab
RIGS. such as chiffon, meteor and chif-
fon cloth, made up first over chiffon
as lining, with the colored silk un-
der that
Circular skirts are here and they are
here to stay, but more for house dress
cs than for street suits. When the
circular skirt is used for a walking
suit it is laid in panels, so as to keep
it from sagging.
The fash and sparkle of the empire
are seen in all the trimmings Of all the
suits and all the dresses and can be
obtained by the use of silver or gold
tissue, gilt buttons, tinsel braids and
even yellow cloths.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
The ORIGINAL New ENGLAND

Not one man in a thousand living on
the Pacific coast knows that as a mat
tongue were heard on the beach not far
from San Francisco forty-one years be
fore English was spoken on Plymouth
Rock. More amusing still is the fact
the Pacific coast, for Francis Drake
in 1879. at the close of a months stay
took possession of the country for his
sovereign, Elizabeth, and named the
new acquisition Nouva Albion New
England) because he thought the white
cliffs near what is now Point Reeves re
sembled the chalk cliffs near Dover
Outing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
NOTED NEGRO POET.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, who Recent
Iy Died.

Iy Died.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, the poet of
the Negro race, died at his home in
DAYTON, Ohio, recently, of consump-
ten
Mr.. Dunbar was born in Dayton,
June 81, 1872, and was first a news
boy and then an elevator boy, and in
his ups and downs for a livelihood
practiced writing. His first poem was
written when he was Z years old. His
first work to attract attention to him
was class poem written for the
Steele High School in 1891. His first
of a total of twenty one books was
"Oak and Ivy"
His poem best known was when
Malindy Sings which was written
to his mother. whose name was Ma
linda.
Among other of Dunbar's works are
''Majors and Minors" Lyrics of Low
ly Life" Talks from Dixie" The
| Uncalled,' Lyrics of the Hearthside, -
Poems of Cabin and Field" The
Strength of Gideon" The Love of
Laundry" Candle Lighting Time y
Lyrics of Love and Laughter" Lii
| CAR and Heart of Happy Hollow"
Mr.. Dunbar met his wife, who was
Alice Ruth Moore, through a poem
written by her and published in a
Boston magazine. He was abroad then
and when he returned he made the ac-
quaintance CT the author of the poem.
From admiration of her writings to
admiration of the author was an easy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
The WnY To Entertain.

How shall we entertain? asks Il
writer. Joyously! Pleasure is con
tagious. Remember, hostess, every
house has its climate; some are in the
torrid, some in lie temperate, some in
the frigid zone. Remember, moreover,
that you create the climate Of your
house. More important than the style
of your dress, the ordering of your
banquet, the setting of your table, is
the mood in which the appointed hour
of entertainment finds you. When the
door bell peals to the ring of the first
arrival put aside all thoughts Of how
YOU look, how your drawing room
looks, how good, bad, or Indifferent the
dinner may prove; Danish every care,
meet your guest with nothing on your
mind save the anticipation of passing
and helping him to pass a delightful
hour. If you can do this the battle is
already half won.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Advice 10 Girls.

Do the little things, and then if
you have the time, dream of the great
things.
Be natural Remember there are
others as lovely as you are
Have many friends. A chum usu-
ally is disappointing and leaves a sore
spot which might have been avoided.
Be conservative. Your acquaintance
do not want your condolences.
At all times me womanly. A masCu-
line girl does not retain admiration.
Be careful not to grieve over the
wickedness of others; watch yourself,
"lest you grow a few sprigs of ungod-
liDeSs"
Be quick to believe good. Believe
the good until the evil is evident.
Be pleasant at all times. A smile
does more good in this world than all
the preachings.
Think beautiful thoughts. 'Beauti-
full thoughts are angels bright
Remember that you are judged by
your actions. do noble things, don't
dream them all day long
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
A Lesson in Pruning.

Lewis TerrilI, one Of the biggest fruit
growers In northern Kentucky. is firm
believer in winter pruning Of trees He
says: I'm the first place, establish a
definite object to be accomplished.
Don't go into the orchard simply with
the idea that you are to cut off limbs.
Keep in your mind that the objects are
to give shape to the trees and to re-
move dead and injured parts. Pruning
for the first purpose should be done al
most entirely while the trees are
young. Having decided what cutting
is necessary for each particular pur-
pose, remove the parts, as Aar as
possible, with the pruning knife, using
the saw only as a last resort Large
limbs should not be removed where it
is possible to avoid it. Parts which
are to be removed should be cut off as
close to the main limb or body Of the
tree as possible so no knots will be
left TO decay and make place for fun
gus diseases to get in and spread to
other parts. Cover the wounds with
two coats of white lead and oil. Then
dig around the base Of your trees and
remove all sprouts. 1t is good idea
to dig a circle about a foot or so
around your trees and fill up the hole
with wood or coal ashes. 1t makes
tree healthy" E. L. HELMS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

magnificent
brown chifons
of distinguished future
another fashion
in
ounces
CLOTH sparngy full
of soft coong up
explained 1t this that
while that headgea
the
mensely and also Immensely smart
Floatn
which of all threaded
Something
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
HQSty Marriages.

A popular picture represents mud
despatched coachman sitting in the
tap-room of an English inn, telling to
a group of his fellow servants the
story Of the clipping lovers who sit on
the other side of the partition
The popularity of the picture doubt
less represents the attitude of the gen
eral public toward the young man
and the young woman who have deter
mined to marry in spite of opposition.
1t is the old story of all mankind low
ing a lover, and if any further evil
dence were needed it could be found
in the prominence of news of elope-
ments, and in the repressed editorial
chuckle with which certain places are
called the Gretna Greens of America.
All this manifestation of sympathy
may spring from a wholesome senti-
ment, but it is i'll considered. The
parents of these young people have
clothed and fed and educated and
cared for them, only to be made a
laughing stock when they seek to adj
wise their son or their daughter in the
most serious event of life. Their la
bors and their sacrifices are entitled to
more consideration than this.
Most of the hasty and clandestine
marriages are performed by justices
Of the peace or other civil servants;
but not few are solemnized by cler-
gymen, who thereby sacrifice their own
dignity and lower the standard which
the church ought everywhere to main
tain. Is it any wonder that divorces
are common when a youth who is
earning hardly enough to support him
self can find some one willing, with
out question, to marry him to school
girl in short dresses?
The young people themselves may
not be deferred by any advice which
could be offered, but if the Companion
might be permitted to address a word
to them it would be this: Consider
first of all whether haste be necessary;
whether anything will be lost by wait
ing. Then think a little of the father
and mother who will have to nurse
their wound in silence.
Is it worth the price?-Youth's
Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

Henry Labouchere's beautiful
daughter. the Marchesa di Rudini. will
soon visit this country. AS girl she
was the toast of London.
Miss Margaret Putnam, of Westfield,
Mass, was the only woman who had
the honor of passing the examination
for admission to the bar of that State
out of a mixed class of go.
Mrs Hepburn, wife of Senator Hey
burn of Idaho, is a portrait painter of
ability. One of her works is the por-
trait Of the late Thomas F. Bayard,
which adorns the State house at Will
mington, Del.
1t is said that Princess Ena, who is
betrothed to the king of Spain, writes
daily to her ruler sweetheart on pic
ture post card in Spanish, and with
similar regularity King Alfonso writes
a few words in English upon a SINH
lar card TO the princess.
Nine. Patti believes that the pleas
ures Of the table are not for the sing
or. She follows a severe regimen OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Fattening Of the Hogs.

Much has been written and said
about feeding hogs, which Is well and
good; but just as much depends on
their care while getting this feed. If
their feed Is put on a floor covered with
six inches Of snow, you may be sure
that you are feeding at loss. They
must have a good, clean feed floor Il
good results are to be reached. Again,
it has been found by carefully conduct
ed experiments that hogs being com
PEELED to lie out In the cold will con-
sumo fully % per cent more grain IN
make a hundred pounds gain than hogs
that are well housed. The matter OF
drink is also important. Hogs that are
on full feed naturally will drink lots
of water If it Is not too cold. They
should be given water at least twice
each day and that no colder than when
first drawn from the well or spring.
Being careful along these and other
liLes makes the difference between sue
cess and failure in the business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
How Peanuts Grow.

The peanut vine differs In one re-
spect from all other plants in tho
world, so far as we know. The flower
Of the plant grows downward and after
it falls the pod that contains the little
nut is literally forced into the ground
by the rapid growth of the rigid stalk
from which it depends.
II you would like to see this interest
ing process, plant a few raw" peanuts
in your yard or garden, and watch the
vine as the flowers appear and fall.
You will notice that if from any cause
the plant is unable to push the pod into
the ground the peanut will at once
cease TO grow and will remain unde-
yelOped.
This explains why the peanut Is
sometimes called the ground nut"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
U~~~u~o@~~@~~~~Q~~~&~~M
MY PROMISE

@u~~~~~~~~~@~~~~~@e :
~~~O~OO%O"

00S HEN Irving Peck came to
WhW IIiIdreth and joined our social
circle my foster mother had
just died and left me the care of her
daughter CYNTHIA, eight years old.
Margaret" said our mother the day
before she died, you know what have
done for you?"
Indeed 1 do l replied.
Now is your opportunity to make a
return Cynthia has no kith or kin to
rely on. Without your care 1 know
not what will become of her. Promise
me that you will be a mother to her"
81 will.
ITO do that you must not have chill
dren of your own. l know woman's
nature. We will never permit any
child's interest to stand in the way of
our own. Promise me that you will not
marry until Cynthia comes of age"
l was silent.
AT least until she has married"
Again | made no reply.
"Will you not promise me this?'
81 promise you that l will not marry
till Cynthia has a love Of her own
until she is engaged"
My foster mother sighed and turned
away She knew she had no right to
ask such sacrifice. What l had prom
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Health and Beauty Hints.

Powdered. rice applied on lint will
stop a bleeding wound.
Celery is good for nervousness, be
ing considered a nerve stimulant.
Drink all the water you want be
tween meals, but none with your
food" is the latest cure for obesity.
Grapes and raisins are nourishing
and fattening and apples eaten daily
insure clear, bright compilations.
Rose water, Ell, at ounces, and tine
ture of benzoin, two drains, make one
Of the best skin tOnics and whiteners
The orange stick is the only nal
cleaner necessary. The stick properly
pointed will not injure the enamel OF
the cuticle around the nail.
Vaseline will darken and increase
the growth of the eyelashes and eye
brows. It should be heated a little
and applied with a small cameFs hair
brush.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Counting Cost of Farming.

Farmers are now in a position to
know pretty well if the operations of
the last year have been profitable In
some sections crops have been partial
failures; In others, some crops have
been 80 good that prices rule exceed
ingly low, but taking the country
through, farmers should have had
prosperous year. If not, what has been
the trouble? One thing worthy of
serious thought is whether one Is wear
ing out his farm. This is quite likely
to be the case In the older States
If the crops have been satisfactory,
have we, in growing them, furnished 10
the soil enough fertility to grow the
crop and still return to the soil the
plant food which it contained before
the seed was sown? If not, we may
consider that just so much we have
taken from the vitality of the soil, and
that, In consequence, the next crop win
be correspondingly smaller.
While old-time farmers thoroughly
believe In the old rule Of making the
farm grow everything needed for the
living of the family and stock before
planning to sell any part of the crops,
conditions may change this rule slight
ly. One would not be justified in rails
ing hay for one or two animals, when
the soil would bring him a much bet
ter return If it grew Strawberries, for
example. At this season of rest each of
us should carefully look over the past
and search for the mistakes quite as
earnestly as for the successes.-Ex-
change.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

Old Woman" of America. the Pionee.
Girl Of sixty years ago, who blazed a
path through the wilderness of wom-
ans rights. Every act of her life has
been consistent with the principles
which she has taught to others. She
has never advocated spinsterhood as a
plank in the suffrage platform, though
it is q privilege she has reserved for
herself.
Born at South Adams, Mass, in the
Hicksite Quaker Settlement, in 1920,
life for the child was very quiet tran
quill and devoid of events such as
might be expected to have b'aspired
to form so strong and resourceful a
personality as the world has known
Miss Anthony to be. AS child, Susan
Brownell Anthony was as gentle and
obedient as any little Quaker maid.
No hint of her coming worldwide in
fluence was manifest until she had
grown up. In 1852 she addressed a
large convention of men teachers. A
clergyman who was present compli-
mented her afterwarG.
You spoke ably and WE'LL he said,
but | had rather see my mother and
sisters dead in their graves than to
hear them speaking from a public plat
form"
She preached the doctrine of suffrage
and equal rights, and no one grasped
her message, not even the women them
SalvaC Hor vory mama haoap,a tar,,,
of deriSiOn. She was caricatured in
suited. jeered, denounced, and still she
went on preaching. Fifty years ago
woman's rights stood for dress reform,
for neglected home duties, for so-called
unwomanly women and for rabid pOlit-
| zeal tendencies. Susan B. Anthony said
that woman should have the right to
vote. The world s.asped and asked
what for. She tried to teach women
their own power with the ballot and
they laughed at her, saying they did
| not want 1t.
In 1872 Miss Anthony cast a vote
| She was arrested and fined for illegal
voting. 1t was the entering of the
wedge. She never paid the fine. To
| day four States in the Union have
granted the suffrage to women; twenty.
three States have given them the right
to vote at school elections, and in New
York women taxpayers may vote upon
all questions affecting the taxation OF
property. The wedge has split the
trunk Some day the tree may fall.
Officially Miss Anthony has with
drawn from public life. With her sis
ter Mary she lives in a quiet. pretty
home in Rochester, \. Y. Life and
time slip by in the little home as tran
| gully as in the old Hicksite Quaker
/ Settlement.
| Visitors call. expecting to find a fee
bic old woman, with memory dulled
and faculties failing Instead. they
find one erect and stately. with a MIND
attuned to every new thought or new
movement in The advancement Of WON
! en-. Letters came to her from all over
the world asking her advice or direc
ton, and she answers them personally
When she was so she learned to oper
ate a typewriter, and up in the garret
of her home she has her own private
"den," where even sister Mary does
not intrude, and there she spends many
hours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
THE FARMER BOY.

Pulling the weeds from the garden,
Driving the cows home at night.
Dropping the corn in the springrime,
Mailing a pale on tight;
Hunting for eggs in the barnyard,
Looking for turkeys astray,
Carrying lunch to the reapers,
Tossing the new-mown hay;
Riding the horses to water,
Feeding the chickens and COWS,
Throwing the hay to the hangers,
Down from the fragrant mows
withdrawing corn-cribs and fences,
Gathering fruit from the trees,
Covering flower 6eds in autumn,
For fear of an early freeze;
Pumping the clear, cold water,
Chopping an arm-load Of wood
These are the farmboy's gymnastics;
They're cheap, but none the less goo,
Unknown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
HER EIGHTY-SIXTH.
Grand Celebration of Miss Susan b.
Anthony's Birthday.

There was a notable gathering in
New York the other night when wom-
en- authors, artists, architects, doctors,
lawyers, preachers and business wom-
en- in general met at the Hotel Astor
in celebration of the eighty-sixth birth
day of Susan B. Anthony, the pioneer
of all business women. Preparations
had been made for more than 1000
guests Nearly all of them were wOm-
en-women from all over the country,
from Maine to California; women
whose names are household words !;
and, more than that, women whose
names are known in the legislative bod
les of every State in the Union.
Susan B. Anthony, after fourscore
years and six, stands to-day the Grand
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

Clean the barrel thoroughly until all
bad odors are removed; then cover the
bottom with three inches of salt and
pack in layer of pork. closely filling
the space and covering the whole layer
with salt three inches 3eep. Pound it
down solid with an ak and start another
layer, keeping on in the same way
until the pork is all packed. Cover the
whole with a half bushel of salt and
let it stand a few days, after which
clean cold water should be added. A
float with fiat stone on top will keep
the meat from rising above the surface.
This plan requires more salt than COM
monty used, but is very sure for keep
ing meat.-American Cultivator
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

till Cynthia should become engaged.
With her engagement you are free.
She is engaged or was engaged to me.
I have broken the engagement"
What for?''
"Tc marry you"
saw it all He had duped Cynthia
to absolve me from the letter of my
promise.
Did she deserve this? Was Irving
justified in 1t? | do not know. In a
year after that she married, and then
| accepted my freedoh.-Cedar Rapids
Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15
Chinese Cabbage.

Success has at last attended the eff
forts, which were began as early as
1910, to cultivate the pe-tsai, or Chi
nese cabbage, in France. This vegeta-
BILE is very nourishing, and forms IL
most important article of diet in China,
but the European climate seems mimi
cal to it, but the cultivation is still so
costly process that the pe-tsai remains
luxury suitable only for the gour-
mand who does not mind expense when
he wishes to enjoy a novelty of the
table. 1t is anticipated, however, that
this favorite product of Chinese gar
dens will eventually become widely
known in Europe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-15

The best time to cut flowers to keep
well is in the early morning before the
suns rays have reached them. A
knife or a pair of scissors should al
ways be used to clip them off, as they
should be cut smooth and clean from
the stem, and never broken off. Flow
ers that are not fully developed will
keep the longest but they should reach
their maturity of color and size before
heing cnt