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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18
Ono WAY to BE Hannu

The only way TO be happy is to take
every loaf of bread at Its face value
and every pound of butter for sixteen
ounces. for the sure road to discomfort
Is TO inquire more closely into such
occult mntte.s.-S Paul Dispatch.
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A. Good Thine.

"He seems to be making quite a lot
OF money now. Is his system Of phys
ical culture n good tlling?"
"Well-er-every one who pays for
il is. "-EXchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-12-18

The Colonel Do you believe In
dreams? Little Jones-No. l married
ne!-London Opinion.
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County Correspondence.

lists and they all agree that a canoe,
is growing on the eye and he may
lose the sight in it. His many
friends will regret to learn this
Reporter.
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ALEX. sereTRoM.

GENERAL BLACKSMITH, horseahoeipR /,
VI specially. Interfering and oorns cufed 81
no pay. Prices reasonable, and the best 81
work guaranteed A share Of the public petspn.
age Is solicited. Shop on Franklin street, near
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S CLARK,

CLOTHING AID Gents furnisning goods 4
" City Hall block. FRANKLIN street. y
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Sickness is every mans master.-
Danish Proverb
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(NARPLNTER, CONTRACTOR h BUILDIk
~ am now prepared to do all work In my
line In good and W0rkmanlike manner. SAtis.
faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates fur
nished. Work taken in town or country, Hhop
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q. CLARK.
TRY GOODS. Notions. Carpets. Cent? Fur.
~ hlshing goods. etc. Franklin street.
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!. M, pEARsE.

!. M.PEARsE.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND COLLECT.
q OR. All business entrusted to him Rfyen
prompt attention. ONCE In City Hail block
second floor. ~ 81 - =
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PHYSICIANS.
DIR. l, j. BOWMAN

MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS.
I 8 prepared to furnish Granite and Marble
Monuments and Head Stones OF various De.
signs Have the county right for Sipe'G Patent
Grave Cover; also dealer In iron fences. VIII
meet all competition. Ell q
W, NJ. MCINTOSH. 80
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r. wkRKMRIarRp

q ENERAL DEALER IN FURNITURE,
stock Of Furniture and Upholstery always on
hand, OF prices that defy competition. A good
hearse kept for attendance at funerals. Earl
vile, Iowa. 20
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N. DREW.

nRY Goods. Carpets, Millinery. Hats and
T.. laps. hoots and Shoes etc.. Main street.
Manchester, la. :.
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j. II. ALLEN.
elLpMER eRoe.

GLOTHING and Gents furnishing goods Co
~ ner Main and Franklin streets. (
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Az. PETERSON.
DEALER IN Groceries, Provisions. Orocl i.
u cry, Fruits. etc. Main Street, :
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3. W. eREMs,
Successor to Lawrence 3 Grams.

ouccesSur 20 LaWfeuc6 y Of6mB.
DRUGS. Wall Paper, Stationery. paints. oils.
~ etc. City Hall block. a
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ANoERs q PHILIPPE
DRUGGISTS AND STATlONEkS. Toilet
~ Articles, Wall Paper, Paints and Oils,
Corner Main and Franklin streets. II.
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Thos. T. cANkEGk.
A ROHITECT AND BUILDING SUPRRIN.
~ TENDENT,S. e. Corner, 9Th and Main st.
dubuque. Iowa. n g ! 8
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
The blackberry Cane Borer.

Since the borer began to destroy
the blackberry canes the old and we'll
known Wilson variety-the largest and
most attractive of all blackberries-has
almost been obliterated in some sec
tons but where gro wers have united
In the work of cutting away the canes
and burning them the evil has been
greatly lessened. One slovenly fruit
grower in a neighborhood who leaves
his canes may cause loss to the whole
community by propagating a new crop
Of borers. The study of the life his
tory of each injurious insect at the
several State experiment stations las
done much to enlighten farmers in re-
gard to preventing injury from para
sites and insects, but all methods sug-
gested demand vigilance and work ON
the part Of the fruit grower, and he
will not succeed unless he is willing
to do everything that is required.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
ALWAYS TRUST THE GIRLS.
Stenographers VIII Spurn Brides
Rather Than Betray Secrets.


Rather Than Betray Secrets.
Not long ago a Kansas City stenog-
rapher learned that the railroad for
which she was working had determined
to extend it's line. She had a friend
living in the town through which the
line was to run.
A letter to him, with her savings,
would have enabled him to buy at a
low price the land the road needed,
and the peculiar nature of the ground
in that neighborhood would have en-
abled him to sell at great profit. She
did not consider the thing more than
minute and then decided that it
would be a dishonorable thing to do.
Another stenographer in a large real
estate Office became aware of deal in
which $4,000 was involved. Certain
information she possessed would be
worth thousands to the other parties.
They made q few advances and limited
at rewards as high as $1,000 for her
betrayal of her firm. She Indignantly
refused and told her employers of the
scheme.
Another stenographer was offered
$1,000 for copies of three letters which
she had written. A lawsuit in which
her employers were involved might
have gone against them had the oppos-
ing party been able to secure the infor-
nation contained in the three letters
The lawyer for the other side laid
ten $1,000 bills on her mothers table
and told her they were hers for the
permission to read the letters. The girl
scorned the offer.-Kansas City Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
Wisconsin
State News
RUNDICK WAS MURDERED
Opinion of Coroner's Jury in Powers
Lake Case.

opinion of Coroner's Jury in Powers
Lake Case.
The body of Edward Rundick. aged 80
years, Chicago man who disappeared
from Powers lake in Kenosha county on
Feb % of this year. was found f1o-ting
in the lake and the coroner's jury which
investigated the case returned a verdict
to the effect that the man had been muir
dered by men working in the ice fields
at that time. The body was badly de-
composed, but the physicians who exam
ined 1t found bad confusion and blood
clot at the base of the BRAIN which had
evidently been caused by a blunt instru-
ment. The finding of the body was re-
ported to Sheriff Pfenning in Kenosha
and he at once began a search for the
men alleged to have caused the death of
Rundick. He and four Others who had
been employed as channel men at the
lake had been ordered by the foreman
to remove the slush ice from the channel.
Just before the men left the engine room
to do this work, Rundick had engaged in
a violent quarrel with one of the other
icemen and he stated that he was afraid
to go out on the lake with them. The
foreman told him he was foolish. An
hour later two of the men returned and
declared that Rundick had been drowned.
The lake was dragged for months, but no
trace of the remains was found. Two
arrests were made Immediately after the
man disappeared, but the suspects were
released. All were members of the wan
dering body of ice cutters and it is doubt
full if they can be found again.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
Rat. a Costly Plague.

An infallible method of exterminat-
ing rats would be worth more to the
people of the United States in a single
decade than the department of agricul-
ture has cost since its establishment,
a bulletin of the department., just is
sued, declares.
It says the brown rat is the worst
mammalian pest in existence, and
adds:
"If for each COW, horse, sheep and
hog on the farms of the United States
the farmers support one rat on grain,
the toll levied on the cereals by these
rodents would reach the enormous total
Of S100,00e,000 a year.
'aTheir prolifcness is the chief OBJ
stacle to their determination. If three
litters Of ten each are produced every
year. single pair, breeding without
chec, and without losses by death, in
three years would be represented by
ten generations and would number 90
1892 individuals. The eleventh gen
Grafton, due at the beginning of the
fourth year, would number over 1OO,-
OOOOO0."
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naIs nearly doubled.
The signal dininution in Australia may be explained
on the ground of its social reforms for the pro-
etaran there stands better economically than an official
in Europe Another lies in the scattering Of the
people in isolated outlying farms and the rule of
toral life which is little predsposed to crime, and,
finally in the continual uninterrupted warfare that is
waged against the corruption Of the young
Further than this many judges and attorneys, who
now feel themselves pledged infct punishment
the crime, will find another way and transform the
social revenge into healing process which will be far
more eficacious than punishment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
Frog Raising.

The pennsylvania department of fish
cries has been studying the problem of
commercial frog raising, and now be-
lleve that enough information has been
gathered as to the life history of the
frog and his food habits to make such
ventures possible.
For profitable frog culture, 1t is
stated that at least three acres are re-
quired, which should be divided into
at least three ponds, all of which
should be carefully fenced to prevent
the mature frogs from escaping
AT the outset, small pond is re-
quired for matching eggs, and devel-
oping tadpoles and the other ponds, for
the young frogs, the 2-year and the 3
year-olds. The tadpoles eat any dead
animal matter, but the mature frogs
exist principally on live insects, which
are attracted to the ponds by placing
boards smeared with honey near the
edges of the water.
For young tadpoles, it is estimated
that one pound of fish or liver is slffi-
cient for a weeks rations for about
1000.
1t is reported that the principal enc
mics of the, young frog and tadpoles
are birds, snakes, cells, fishes and the
larvae of the water beetle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
A MOTHERS QUESTION.

Soft waves of chestnut hair-gold in the
Red mouth, whose curving lips dimpled
with fun;
Skin fair and soft and smooth, cheeks
tinged with rose,
Eyes in whose smiling depths happiness
CLOVIS,
Never the cloud of tears Swallowed their
This was the mothers face my baby
knew.
Hair white as driven snow, face scanned
and drawn,
Pale lips with grief-lines marked, all
laughter gone,
Eyes dull and lusterless, faded by tears,
Empty arms, aching heart, all these long
years
Lord, if we meet again, by Thy dear
grace,
How shall my baby know his mothers
face?
The Bohemian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
The Fatal Letter.

A year had passed since they faced
the parson together, and upon his re-
turn home he found his wife in tears.
what are you crying about?" he
asked.
1--WE j-just been r-reading the letter
in which you proposed" she sobbed.
"Well. l don't blame you" he re-
Joined Every time l think of that
letter | feel like swearing"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
An Adventure
on DartmOOr

"A promise made under compulslon,' -
I observed in the course of argument,
carries, no obligation"
1T depends" declared Billy Hig-
ginson. II made one once and nothing
on earth would have induced me to
break It"
l caught his eye.
"A girl?" l queried.
He nodded.
But it's quite a funny story" he re-
marked persuasiFely.
Billy Higginson loves telling people
about his numerous girls.
IF you must-you must" greaned,
~but wait till I'm ready"
l always take the same precautions
when l know I've got one OF Billy's
yarns to listen to.
My pipe glowed red before the first
gray crust OF ash formed over it.
Right l said, putting my feet on
the mantelpiece.
Billy started Off at once.
1T was when l was down at Oke-
hampton last year." he said. st was
horribly dull and she was awfulIy
pretty"
please don't describe her" I
begged, Il can quite imagine her."
Hair as black as a raven" he went
on ignoring my protest ''and eyes as
blue as the sky"
looked at the gray day outside, but
made no comment. Billy was never q
poet
$50. OF course, we became good pals.
Her Gather had small farm out by
Bels;one."
''Iiow did you meet herr I inquired
ma ciously.
There was only one trouble" he
continued "she had been walking out
with the son of a neighboring farmer,
one Peter Collins by name. and he was
Il Jealous. morose sort OF beast"
But she didn't care for him, and we
used to go for long rambles together
over the moor, and that's how the trou-
BILE came about.
She had promised 10 show me Gran
mere Pool-about the worst bog on the
moor, and we went there one Sunday
afternoon.
I had always thought her sensible
girl, but suddenly as we stood Just by
Perrots cairn Of white stones-he was
a local guide" he broke off tc explain,
"she turned to me and put both her
hands on my shoulders"
"Dyeu love mef' she asked, her eyes
burning into mine.
''Of course do, little woman" said
lightly.
no, not like that" she blazed and
stamped her foot so the sodden earth
quaked, mot little woman not light
o'-lovei D'yeu love me as my manY'
1t was horribly awkward moment.
and then 1 tried to change her mood.
'Hetty," I said, smiling. you're a
dear, good girl, but you've broken a
promise"
"Me?" she Queried.
"You said you'd show me the pool"
said; come along"
My plan seemed to have socceeded,
for she dropped her hands and turned
towards the bog.
-You'm best follow careful" abs czisd
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over her shoulder, 'else belize you'll
get mired."
followed behind her till she stopped,
and then she turned and spoke to me,
her arms hanging by her side.
Wont you answer-straight?" she
asked.
What, DEAR" I answered, gazing
over the moor.
"Hev you bin playin' with me?" she
said straight out.
you're a very dear friend" I said
putting my hand on her arm.
"Yeu an me can never be friends"
she answered, with hard eyes.
There was pause.
"Oh, it's love-your love-I'm thirst
in for" she cried out suddenly. 'Ban't
l pretty enough for you?"
She threw off my hand and stood
swaying before me. her hands stretched
out to me.
you are very pretty" I said, SOL
emily
But you don't love meT"
mo"
/ couldn't lie to her, but I longed to
say YES"
''Yeu'm playin' with me?" she said
mo, not that" 1 cried, upon my
honor. never that, only l never thought
you'd care for mel thought we'd be
just-good friends"
"My hearts broke" she said simply
Forgive me-" I said, catching her
dress as she passed me.
She tore it from my fingers
Can't you leave me alone now? she
cried, her eyes blazing.
''As you WISH" I answered, longing
for the scene to end
I watched her figure to the cairn of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
An Execution.

Skurry-No, sir; I've never seen a
successful man who talked too much.
Skidd-Hold on. Do you see that
prosperous-looking fellow just crossing
the street? Well, that man is worth
100000 and he completely disproves
your theory.
How 500"
"He's a ber."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
Peat as Horse Feed.

In Germany the consumption of peat
is constantly increasing, says the Sci
entific American. AS bedding for stock
only the second and third layers are
used. The blocks Of peat are dried by
air or in a kiln; they are then shred
ded by machinery and sieved, after
which they are compressed and packed
in bales by means Of Stats of wood and
iron wire.
For fodder only the top layer is used.
1t consists of moss and the fbers Of
partially dried parts. The dried peat
is then ground and sifted and mixed
with moIasses in the proportion of 20
to % of peat and 20 to 10 of molasses,
obtained in the manufacture Of sugar
from beets. This product is guaran-
teed to contain 50 to 40 per cent of
sugar.
Horses fed with this develop glossy
coats, gain in appetite and are free
from collie Neat cattle are said to be-
come less subject to foot and mouth
disease. The addition of A pounds
to the daily feed of milch-cows is said
to increase the daily yield of milk
about 55-100ths Of gallon.
In the province of Hanover from 10,-
OO0 to 1900 tons are used every year,
while Germany as whole consumes
10000 to 100000 tons.
The value of peat for fuel is shown
by the fact that it contains 81 per cent
of carbon against 80 per cent in wood,
10 in soft coal and SO in hard coal.
The so-caIled ''torfmul" or turf Gust
is sifted out of peat and used for pack
ing fruit, such as tomatoes and other
products, while '.nlull," q by-product
of peat, is used in potash works as q
filter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
GERMAN PRINCES IN TRADE.

Various Lines of Business in Which
They Are Engaged.
The kaiser, who inherited from one
Of his wealthy subjects a porcelain fac
tory at Gardiner worth about 100000
marks, Is not the only royal man OF
business in Germany.
The Prince Of Lippe-Detmold make.
the major part Of his income from the
sale of butter and eggs from his estate
and bricks from his limekilns. His
civil list is small and he keeps up the
royal state Of his little principally Che
looks into three countries from his
drawing room window by the revenues
from his personal property.
Prince Bismarck had the monopoly
Of supplying the telegraph poles for the
German empire and had distillery in
which he produced a particularly viva
cious schnapps, which is said to be "a
near thing to torchlight procession"
Prince Guido Won Henckel Won Don
nermarck is not only the richest coal
proprietor in the German empire, but
is also a silk manufacturer.
Prince Christian Kraft Won Hohen-
lohe, Duke of Ujest, Is not only mine
owner but also the owner of the Hohen-
lobe meal factory, the Hohenloke cake
bakery and-horrible to relate-the
Hohenlohe corset factory.
Prince Max Egon Won Furstenberg
the richest aristocrat in Germany end
friend of the kaiser, is a brewer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
Rinrlings Will Not Move.

The report that Ringing Bros. pur-
chased land in Indian Territory for win
ter quarters is without foundation. Ring
ling Bros circus proper will remain in
Baraboo che proprietors have recently
purchased additional lands and are now
making extensive improvements. The
Forepaugh & Sells Bros circus is under
the management of August and Henry
Ringing. The winter quarters are in Co
lumbus, Ohio, but a change is to be
m do
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stones, and then the mist and the twi-
light hid her


light hid her.
1 lit a cigarette and started off nv
self, but every step l f1oundered more
in the mire, and in the end I shot sud-
denly up to my shoulders in the bog. l
didn't dare struggle much, was afraid
of going in farther, but 1 lifted up my
voice heartily enough, though how far
l could be heard l don't know. It
seemed ages to me, and it must have
been several hours before saw light
flashing in the distance 1 called out
frequently, and it gradually drew near
er me, and presently lantern flashed
in my eyes
l heard low laugh.
II was told by Hetty some 'un were
mired," he said, and then 1 realized
it was Peter Collins, "but I didn't ak
who IN be"
Pull me out" said, blinking In the
glare Of the lantern.
wait q WHILE" he answered; ''I be
master, you'd best keep that TO mind"
What do you meanT I demanded.
"Only this, you'll stay where you be,
else he stopped.
go on I said.
ELISE you promise me never to see
HetU again"
I didn't want to see her again, you
may imagine, but I didn't like giving
IN to the fellow.
You wouldn't dare" rejoined.
Don't fox yourself" he retorted
"No soul knows I've trapsed here
seven miles cross Dartymoor. You'll go
in further yet before you'm missed"
He swung his lantern to and fra.
1t didn't take me hong In the end to
make up my mind.
II promise" I said.
That's enough" he answered, and
had me out In q few moments.
He walked home almost In silence,
but In the morning went to see him.
what for7"I asked.
He saved my life, and-we1l. some
how I wasn't very proud OF what I'd
done"
r'looked at him approvinS1y.
II wouldn't have thought It Of you,
n1G." I aid
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11

Don't quarrel over the line fence
If you cannot agree with your neigh
Dor get surveyor to set The stakes.
The o1tiav of q few dollars is better
than the unpleasantness and the uE'
certainty as to the exact boundary
line
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11

Well" remarked the observant young
man, there's one funny thing about
self-made men,
whats that?" demanded his friend.
They seldom have daughters who
care for self-made dresses. '-Philadel-
phia Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11

tai economy, have corresponding form of discourse
which may best be characterized wrangling. They
talk and they differ but it is seldom done with
obtaining light from opponent.
Therefore find what they consider argument with
womankind not in the least profitable It frequently
into exasperatng desire have
word without the least reference anything has
gone before it. remains sort of strength test
this contingency arises the wise departs and
if matter is worth it, goes his Office says what
he has to say paper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11

Beeswax mixed with enough tallow
to make it soft Is an excellent water
proof dressing for leather. 1t should
be rubbed into the latter while 1t Is
held near the stove and the leather
ought to be very dry in order to read
lily take up the preparation. For har-
ness dressing lamp black is mixed
with it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11
DEATH WAS NEAR THEM.
Tender on Passenger Engine Leaves
Rails on DANGEROUS Curve,

l.
Rails on Dangerous Curve.
Two hundred passengers, many of them
from Milwaukee, had a narrow escape
from death when the forward trucks on
the tender of the south-bound Chicago
and Northwestern passenger train jump
ed the track while going at the rate of
fifty miles an hour, just north of Apple
ton. The train was just rounding a curve
on an embankment $50 feet high near the
mills of the Interlake Pulp Company
when the accident happened. The tender
humping along, tore up the track for
distance of nearly 800 yards before the
engineer could bring the train to a stop.
The train was taken back to Kaukauna
and around to Appleton Junction, being
brought into Appleton over the Wisconsin
division of the road.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-11

Thered be more happy homes II ev-
cry man could be as patient ABOUT
home as he is when he goes fishing
Some men will growl If dinner Is Two
minutes late and then they'll stay q
whole day in a boat and never get a
bite.