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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
OLD SOAKERS
Get Saturated with Caffeine.

When person had used coffee for a
humber of years and gradually declined
in health, it is time fine coffee should
be left off in order 10 see whether or
not that has been the cause of the trou-
BILE.
A lady in Huntsville. Ala, says she
used coffee for about 40 years. and for
the past 20 years has had severe stom-
ach trouble Il have been treated by
many physicians but all in vain. Ev-
erything failed to give relief Was
Frustrated for some time, and came near
dying. When | recovered sufficiently to
partake of food and drink / tried coffee
again and it soured on my stomach.
L finally concluded that coffee was
the cause of my troubles and stopped
using it. l tried tea in its place and
then milk, but neither agreed with me !:
then l commenced using Postum, had it
properly made and it was very pleas
ing TO the taste.
1 have now used it four months, and
my health is SO greatly improved that
l can eat almost anything | want and
can sleep well. whereas. before, 1 suf
fered for years with insomnia.
L have found the cause of my trou
bles and way to get rid of them. You
can depend upon it 1 appreciate Pos
tum.' There's a Reason" Read The
Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
The Cooking of Food.

There is no reason in the world why
men. whether average men or men CT
genius. should despise the cooking of
their food. They never show. or are
required 10 show. the same contempt
toward any other art, and on no other
is their mental calm more completely
dependent An i'll fitting coat is a
worry. but not such a worry as dinners
perpetually i'll dressed. To many men,
and especially TO men whose work is
sedentary or whose brains are fully
taxed food which is at once light and
nourishing is an absolute necessity if
they are TO exert their highest powers.
and food of that kind is obtainable
only by care in selecting meats and
good cooking when they are selected
A man should not think too much of
his dinner or devote too much time to
preparation for it or enjoy it too visi-
bly, when ii has arrived, for all those
are animal peculiarities. But to re-
main content with bad food. when Il
little more thought or carefulneSs or
criticism would procure it in state
lit TO be eaten, is only what Scotch
men used to described as "a wasting
of the maircies. London Spectator
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Roaring Ways.

Specialists modern scientists are
bound TO be. But they are not the
shriveled specimens so often pictured
by" the man in the street, all cold in-
tellect and devotion to the pursuit of
an abstract idea. They know how to
play: like other men, they are gregar-
ious and play together.
The Red Lion Club was composed of
great Englishmen, and Huxley was one
of the members. The club used to
meet during the session of the British
Association.
To a certain meeting at Ipswich.
England. which Huxley described in his
Letters some foreigners were invit-
ed-the Prince of Canine. Bomaparte's
nephew. among them-and greatly as
tonished they We're at the exceedingly
human behavior of the learned profess
sors
The Red Lion men had a custom Of
roaring instead of cheering. ana of wag-
ging one coat-tail-the lions tail
when spplauding. The prince was
much impressed by these proceedings.
and when he stood up to respond to
the toast of his health, instead Of max
ing a speech, he gave three mighty
roars and three wags.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
RHEUMATISM RECIPE.
PREPARE THIS SIMPLE HOME
MADE MIXTURE YOURSELF.
Buy the Ingredients from Any Drug
gfst In Your Town and Shake
Them In a Bottle to Mix This
Harmless Preparation.

4 well-known authority on Rheuma-
tism gives the readers OF large New
York daily paper the following valua-
bic, yet simple and harmless prescrIp-
ton, which any one can easily prepare
al home
Fluid Extract Dandelion. one-half
ounce; compound Kargon, one ounce;
Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla, three
ounces.
Mix by shaking we'll in bottle, and
take a teaspoonful after each meal
and at bedtime.
He states that the ingredients can
be obtained from any good prescrip-
ton pharmacy at small cost, and. be-
ing vegetable extraction, are harm
less to take
This pleasant mixture, if taken reg
ularly for few days, is said to over
come almost any case of Rheumatism.
The pain and swelling, if any, dimin-
ishes with each dose, until permanent
results are obtained, and without in
juring the stomach. While there are
many so-called Rheumatism remedies,
patent medicines, etc, some of which
do give relief, few really give perma-
nent results, and the above will, no
doubt, be greatly appreciated by many
sufferers here at this time.
Inquiry at the drug stores of even
the small towns ELECTS the information
that these drugs are harmless and can
be bought separately. or the druggists
will mix the prescription if asked to.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Think Lightly of 1t,

The road to home happiness is said
to lie over small stepping stones. So
small sometimes are the causes of our
unhappiness that we wonder the conse-
quences can be so great. One great
palliative is the determination by
every member of the family not TO
dwell on the circumstances, whatever
they may be, which are alike sad to
all. If it be poverty let it be cheer
fully and silently borne; if it be the
i'll temper of grandpa try to make q
joke of it. If it be something infinite
ly worse and also hopeless accept it
bravely do not talk of it. Try ia the
family circle to ignore it. Accept every
little enlivening circumstance. Let in
all the sun and air. Work on ~ eerily
and hopefully, knowing that mere is
the ray of sunshine somewhere that
has only TO be looked for to be found.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
SEX of Piua at Birth.

The Bureau Of Animal Industry Of
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture has been collecting informa-
ton with a view to ascertaining the
relative proportion of the two sexes Of
pigs at birth. Reports were received
from eighty-two breeders, located in
twenty-three different States and terri
tories, representing eight different
breeds Berkshire. Chester Whites
Duroc-Jerseys, Hampshires, Large
Yorkshires. Ohio Improved Chesters,
Poland-Chinas and Tamworths. One
thousand four hundred and seventy
seven litters were reported, with to-
tai Of 1925 pigs, OF which there were
$3.50 boars and 6,625 sows. This shows
the proportion to be almost equal, there
being 1905 boars to every 1000 sows,
or POI boars to every 200 sows
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Preserving Sweet Potatoes.

A bulletin of the South Carolina
Station calls attention to the fact
that. while sweet potatoes may be pro-
duced in abundance in the South at
small cost. and furnish a cheap and
wholesome food that is nutritious and
palatable not only for man, but for
domestic animals. they have fallen far
short of the measure of success as a
market crop, because ID they are too
bulky to pay for extended transporta-
ton. and ca they cannot stand rough
handling and exposure to freezing
weather.
The station, therefore. undertook to
find a method by which the potatoes
might be dried, with an improvement
of the keeping quality and no loss of
edible quality. After numerous ex-
periments it believes that these results
may be obtained by boiling the pota-
toes in an open kettle and drying in a
fruit evaporation. The method follow
ed at the station was as follows:
BY means Of a derrick used in the
cannery several bushels of green pota-
toes were lowered in an iron basket
into q boiler in which the water was
heated by steam. To secure uniform
cooking the roots should be nearly of
the same size. Those weighing from
one to two pounds required one hour
for thorough cooking Six to eight
hours were required ror eyaporating
them at a temperature of $50 degrees
f. An ordinary laborer peeled and
sliced one bushel per hour.
The evaporated potato, 1t is claimed
viii keep for an indefinite time and
bear transportation to any part Of the
world at any season. 1t contained
moisture, 342 per cent; crude ash
24S per cent; crude protein. SOC per
cent: crude fair, so per cent: crude
fiber. eos per cent. and nitrogen-free
extract 86.16 per cent To prevent
hardening of the product is should be
packed in close boxes as soon as prac-
ticable after removal from the hot
room.
To prepare the potato for the table,
soak the slices in warm water for an
hour and prepare as dressed or can
died potatoes. The desSicated pota-
toes may also be used as are the fresh
roots for buildings or custards.'
For the latter purpose they may be
quickly prepared by adding a small
amount of warm water and boiling
and not more than fifteen minutes viii
usually be required
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Hitch1ng the Colt.

When first hitching q colt always use
a harness with a breeching, so that he
will get used TO it along with the 9th
er harness. Before hltching colt in
the cart it is best to put set of hop
pies on him. This can easily be made
by taking a set of straps, which should
be strong and large enough to pass
around the fetlock These straps
should have rings in them. To the
rings attach a rope about twelve feet
long. Pass the rope from each one Of
these straps up through the girth and
to be very helpful in case anything
should 60 wrong and the colt should
become unmanageable so far as rein
ing him by the bit is concerned. Should
anything happen just pull on the rope
and you will bring him down on his
knees, and thus prevent his running.
He should not be pulled up too severe
ly. as sometimes by so doing you may
bruise or skin his legs. This will also
be found very helpful in teaching the
colt to stand, as he VIII soon discover
that you have power over him which
makes it impossible for him to get
away-W. J. Kennedy, Iowa Expert
ment Station.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
HIGH WAGES IN AFRICA.
Natives Charge Eleven Cents IA Day
to Accompany Hunter.

Natives Charge Eleven Cents IA Day
to Accompany Hunter.
| had never got an African elephant
or a hippOpOtamus or a rhinoCeros. and
l wanted to try. There is the whole
story, says writer i'll Appleton's.
This brought me about the middle of
last October by ship to Zanzibar, and
thence by another vessel some six hours
to the nOrthward on the east coast Of
Africa to Il town called MOmbasa, the
SuuthernmOSt seaport of British East
Africa and the beginning of the Uganda
Railway. 1t seemed necessary to gath
or together for the outfit about thirty
men. native blacks Of all grades, vari-
Gus colors and marvellous typeS-por-
ters who carried daily on their heads
sixty pounds of my own luggage and
whatever each needed for himself be-
sides. and dressed in the most remark
aDle costumes it has been my fortune 10
see. They will walk from fifteen to
twenty miles a day, up hill and down,
through jungle and over open flats.
with as little trouble as | would walk
down 9th avenue. And in recompense
for all this labor these dusky gentle
men get II cents per day and one and
half pounds of rice. for the comfort
of their insides.
There were pOrters, Il personal SER
want Il cook, gun bearers and head
man. The latter held the whole motley
crew in the hollow of his hand. and
ran them and me, and cheated us both
with frankness and thoroughness
that was too genial to be irritating. He
stole aud sold my aluminium cooking
outfit that was the apple of my eye,
and never 50 much as gave me a COM
mission
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
SKIN SORE EIGHT YEARS.


Spent $500 on Sectors and Remedies
but Got NJ RSlief-CuIfcura Cures
in Week.
Upon the limbs and between the
toes my SKIN was rough and sore. and
also sore under this arms, and | had to
stay at home several times because of
this affection. Up to week or SO ago
| had tried many other remedies and
several doctors, and spent about three
1undred dollars, without any success.
but this is to-day the seventh day that
l have been using the Cuticura Rene
dies Costing a dollar and a half g,
which have cured me completely. so
that | can again attend to my bust
ness. | went to work again tonight
| lad been suffering for eight years
and have now been cured by the Cuti-
cura Remedies within a week Fritz
Hirschlaff, "a Columbus Ave, New
York, n. Y, March % and April g.,
1867
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
WHAT is PE-RU-NA?
Is it a Catas-rh Remedy, or a
Tonic, or is il Both?

Some people cali Peruna a great
tonic. Others refer to Peruna as q
great catarrh remedy.
Which Of these people are rightl
Is it more proper to call Peruna ca
t2rrh remedy than to call it tonic?
Cur reply is, that Peruna is both a
tonic and catarrh remedy. Indeed,
there can be no efectual catarrh rem
edy that is not also tonic.
In order to thoroughly relieve any
case of catarrh, remedy must not
only have specific action on the mu-
cous membranes affected by the ca
tarrh, but it must have general tonic
action On the nervous system.
Catarrh, even in persons who are
otherwise strong, is a weakened con-
dition of some mucous membrane.
There must be something to strength.
en- the circulation, to give tone to the
arteries, and to raise the vital forces.
Perhaps no vegetable remedy in the
world has attracted so much attention
from medical writers as HYDRASTIs
CANADENSIS. The wonderful eff.
cacy of this herb has been recognized
many years, and is growing in its hold
upon the medical profession. When
joined with CUBERS and COPAIBA a
trio of medical agents is formed in Pc
runa which constitutes specific rem
edy for catarrh that in the present
state of medical progress cannot be
improved upon. This action, rein
forced by such renowned tonics as
COLLINSONIA CANADENSTS, COR
YDALIS FORMOSA and CEDRON
SEED, ought to make this compound
an ideal remedy for catarrh in ell its
stages and locations in the body.
From theoretical standpoint, there.
fore, Peruna is beyond criticism. The
use Of Peruna, confirms this opinion.
Eumberless testimonials from every
quarter of the earth furnish ample
evidences that this Judgment is not
over enthusiastic When practical OK
perience confirms well-grounded the
DRY the result is truth that cannot be
shaken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

Down on a southern plantation the
dairy hands were accustomed to do the
milking squatting down in primitive
milking stools with other improvements
But the initial experiment with the in
novatiOn was not exactly Il success. The
darky who first sailed forth with the
stool returned bruised and battered
and with an empty pail.
Il done my best. sab he explained
Dat stool looked all right to me. but
de blamed COW she won't sit on it,
Womans Home Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Jaya's Fire Island.

One of the greatest wonders of Java,
the fire island Il large lake of boil
ing mud, is nearly two miles in cir
conference, and in the center i'm
mense columns of soft. hot mud may
De seen continually rising and falling
like great black timbers thrust forth
and then suddenly withdrawn by a
giants hand Besides the phenomena
of the columns. there are two gigantic
bubbles near the western edge, which
fill uD like huge balloons and explode
on an average three times per minute
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
WOMEN WORKERS SCARCE.
Hotel Projectors and Housekeepers
Search in Vain for Help.

Hotel Projectors and Housekeepers
Search in Vain for Help.
That the young women of New En-
gland have been affected by the wave
OF prosperity which has swept over the
country seems evident by the great lack
Of help, especially noticed by hotel ana
restaurant proprietors and private fam
lilies desiring housemaids, says the Bos-
ton Transcript The hotel men. whose
business contiued throughout the year
have been expecting to see the situa-
ton relieved somewhat with the close
of the summer season and the conse'
quent loss of employment by many
women. The proprietOrs have, now
ever, been forced to run their houses
without the full complement OF help,
and with a large number of the al
ready much reduced force going TO
schools and colleges they have a sup
ply inadequate for their needs.
The fact, too. that the mills, 80
tories and other establishments
throughout New England have had a
most successful summer and have
prospects for an equally successful fall
and winter does not seem to promise
much chance of relief from a source
generally reliable for at least a small
number of young women. The superin-
tendents of these establishments are
also on the lookout for more opera
tives. Hospitals are in need of help
ers, telephone companies report a lack
of operators, and stores, offices and
other places are all in the same pre-
dicament, which seems to be general
throughout all trades and occupations
in the New England States.
The smaller summer hotels have
been severely handicapped in the sum
mer operations. In many cases the
DrOprietor'S family had to wait on ia
bic and care for the comfort Of their
guests, while others had to cur
tail their season, owing to inability to
get young women at any price.
One method OF relieving the situa-
ton, and one which has occurred 10
many and in some cases has found an-
ceptance, is the employment of Chinese
to do table work. The idea has gainen
ground in the West, and Il large num-
Der of Chinamonu are employed in
American establishments in various cl-
pacities. taking the place of the young
women, who are now so hard to find.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
HelpfuI.

Say. boss" began the beggar, gin
ne de price OF a square meal. won't
yer? | don't want booze. I'll 60 right
in ter dis restaurant
Haven't got any money for you"
srowled the dyspeptic who had just
come out. but I'll give yoa a tip. If
you do get the price don't go in there
for a square meal, for you won't get
it.'-Philadelphia Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
In n Mexican Hat store.

Half a million straw hats is no I'M
common sight TO be met with at ono
time in the hat stores of Mexico. The
hats are made of Il long pampaS grass
which grows nowhere else in the world.
1t is specially cultivated for the hat
industry. So rapidly are the hats made
that some skilled workmen can turn
out ten or a dozen a day, and they are
then sent to all parts of the world.
They cost about fourpence each 10
make are retailed at from l shilling
Sixpence to shillings and are SO dur
able that it not infrequently happens
that those of an economical turn of
mind make a single hat last ten years
London Queen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Has Its Compensations.

You're about II years old, aren't you,
Frank said his employer.
No, SIR" answered the Office boy. I'm
nearly 10
You don't look it, by four or five
years. Isn't it a bit notifying to be
taken always for little boy?''
Nav Its a good ting | gifts tree
cent rides on de street cars
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
About Even.

DO you think an editor or an orator
stands the better show as Il candi-
date:"
Its about an even thing" answer
ed the cynical citizen. ''One runs the
risk of writer's cramp. and the other
takes chance on clergyman's sore
throat "-Washingt Star
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Treatment of Domestic Ami ais.

Few things about the farm need
given the faithful. helpless farm ami
mails. Until steam and electricity
come into common use the farm horse
will ever be an Indispensable factor in
agricultural production. The farmer
with pillow without the horse would
be in as bad a fix as to have the horse
without the pillow. Aud when we con-
slider the treatment of the faithful and
indispensable farm horse receives from
so large a number that are absolutely
dependent upon his work-how he is
overworked and underfed-it is enough
TO make humanity weep.
The Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals has accomplished
great good in many of the large cit
les by protecting the 'lame and the
halt" and the half-starved and unmer-
cifully overburdened beasts Of burden
that are being cruelty imposed upon;
but this great work of humanity
should not be permitted to stop at
what has been done. but extended TO
every nook and corner of the CONT
nent where work animals of any Kind
are employed. Every State Legisla-
ture and town and city council should
enact stringent laws with severe pen
alties and have officers promptly en-
force them in every instance, where
violated. of overworking, underfeeding
and overtaxing any horse, mule or OK
in the land.
1t should be the duty of every State,
county and municipal officer to enforce
these laws under heavy penalty for ne
glecting the same. Any man who
works an animal without giving it
proper feed and humane treatment de-
serves punishment commensurate with
the offense The law should give am
pie protection to all dumb animals
from inhuman treatment Of brutal
owners
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

the kidney secretions were badly dis
ordered. | was completely worn out
and discouraged when l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, but they went
right to the cause of the trouble and
did their work Well l have been feel
ing well ever since"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
FosterMilburn Co, Buffalo. n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
State of Ohio, City of Toledo. Lucas Coun.

ty.
Frank J. Cher - makes oath that he is
senior partner OF ne firm of +. ]. Cheney &
Co., doing business III the City Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm viii pay ne sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case of Ca
tarrh that cannot be cured by the use Of
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. ID.
1886. A. W. GLEASON.
(SeaL) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
and acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Send for testimo-
mails, free. F. ]. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, D.
Sold by all Druggists Toe
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

THE MILK PAIL is kept free from
staleness, S.iminess and sickness if it
is washed with Borax and water in
the following proportions table
spoonful to quart of water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
AIRY IL Yenr Old Girl

Can make those delicious Lemon. Chocolate
and Custard pies as well as the more expert
enced cook, if she uses "OUR-PIE" prepare
ton, which is now sold by nearly all grocers
at 10 cents per package Just the proper in
gradients In each package.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24

this time forward about 100 gallons
per acre or even more will be required
for efficient treatment With ordi-
nary four-row sprayers IL VIII be wise
TO go twice over the fields, moving In
opposite direction the second time after
first spray has dried
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-24
Another Rem dictionary.

1T is permissible, l believe" said the
lecturer, by way of making his idea still
palmer, ito take an illustration from the
great book of nature"
Il protest" interrupted sour-faced
man in the audience. President Roose-
welt owns the copyright on that book :"