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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
A SiruuIe Recfpe

Everybody In Cedarby owned that
Mrs. Hanson was the queen Of cooks,
but they were likely to add that when
it came to explaining the processes by
which she arrived at her excellent re
suits. she left a good deal to be de-
sired.
Your scalloped oysters are the best
we ever have at our church suppers OF
anywhere, and you know It," said
neighbor, endeavoring to win special
favor from this culinary goddess.
"Iost folks get 'em either too wet or
too dry. 1 tell 'em l don't know how
you manage it so yours are always just
right. l don't suppose you could tell
exactly yourself"
why, yes, I could" and Mrs Han
son smiled indulgently at the eager,
hopeful face of her neighbor. "All do
is butter the dish, put in layer Of
buttered crumbs, then a layer Of milk.
and back to oysters again. Easy as pie,
it's"
"a layer of milky" faltered the
neighbor.
"Why, yes" said Mrs. Hanson, cheer
fully. That's what makes 'em about
right-layer of oysters, layer Of
crumbs, and layer of milk. Leastways
that's what 1 do, and you say you like
TIM"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

short. He ought to be in the front of
with reluctance that he left her in the
care of her blind old mother, after be-
ing assured that no fractures had been
sustained.
Never again was Amy permitted to be
drawn up into midair as a ''firefy -
Lynn Rush looked after her so closely
that Madam Cleo became alarmed fear
ing the waning of her own influence.
\ month passed; Amy had been given
a small part and sang it so we'll it was
suggested by Rush that she take the
understudy for the prima donna.
When Cleo heard of this she sent for
Miss Ames, all the arrogance of her ma
ture flashing from her eyes.
'Ah, my dear" the tone was sweet
ness as of distilled nectar. 80 you
are TO be my understudy? I congratu-
late you: but, really. do you realize the
danger to your reputation if you con-
time to permit our manager to show
you such marked favors? You are sure
" not so stupid as to imagine you are
capable of singing my part Be care
full, my dear, be careful. You are a
young girl and pretty; Mr. Rush is
known to be a gay Lothario; what
will he care for you when he has tired
of you?"
oh" Amy felt great tug at her
heart. You are mistaken. l am sure
"-mistaken?" Madam Cleo's voice
had ring of mockery. Listen, let me
make a confidant of you, for your own
sake, deluded girl. This whole season
he has deluged me with bouquets, jew
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Improvement in Sheep.

Ancient Shepherd in the Sheep
Breeder says while our other live stock
are being greatly improved, sheep i'm
provement is also keeping pace:
We rear feeces Of 30 pounds weight;
sometimes our lambs are to be seen
in the market at the early age of thirty
days, and hundreds of them at twice
that age. And the markets TEEN with
the fat sheep which were invisible
only few years ago. Then there was
a strong prejudice against mutton as
food. but this has been wholly worn
out. and this best of all meats-the
most digestible, the most nutritious,
and the most conyenient-is becoming
the most popular. And not this only
on account of its cheapness, but as well
for its intrinsic value as a nutri-
ment, and equally for the invaluable
position the sheep has taken by force
of its profitable character as farm live
stock.
We are, however, very far behind the
English farmers IN regard to our
docks. We haze fewer sheep, and
what we have are far less valuable.
We are not mutton eaters; while the
English people use more mutton than
any other kind Of meat. In the at
tention to all interests of our people
our scientists have Analysed and in
yestigated the qualities Of mutton in
every possible way, to the end that
the existing prejudice - which is
wholly unwarranted-mi be remoy-
ed; and various publications ia this
interest have spread abroad the in
formation these people have gathered
under the unquestionable authority Of
scientific research. And all the results
reached after many years Of the strict
est possible investigation combine to
prove, over and over again, that the
meat Of the sheep is the most econom-
zeal. the most nutritious, the most
he5lthful, and the most agreeable OF
all the flesh meats in present use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

els, attentions He loves me, in a thou
sand ways he has shown it"
But you have a husband' cried
Amy, aghast.
'Ha, hal" laughed Cleo. "Hear the
little innocent! That IS what you will
never have if you continue to accept
Lynn Rush's favors."
A step on the threshold.
81 beg your pardon interposed Mr..
Rush, entering. Your prediction Is
fated not to come true, Malam. I
offer Miss Ames a husband here and
now. She not only possesses my adj
miration, but my respect and love-"
He drew Amy away, leaving Madam
undecided whether to resort to hys-
terics or to faint.
In Amy's dressing room the manager
of the company slipped an arm around
her.
You have not said IL you will &C
cept the husband l offer, sweetheart"
A blare of instruments, the call boys
cry Of Overture, drowned her whis-
Pered reply, but love understands
though lips remain mute.-Waverley
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
A FALSE PREDICTION


Madam Cleo, prima donna soprano
Of the Rush Opera Company, sat before
the long table in her dressing room
making up" for the evening perform
ance.
A dash of rouge, a dab OF powder,
myriad beads of blue cosmetic along the
slender edge of her blond eye lashes,
and she was transformed from a plain,
middle-aged woman into a radiant Wis
ion Of youthful beauty.
Suddenly a shrek, sounding from the
stage, startled her.
Scream after scream went up from
the chorus OF fairies gathered for the
opening tableau. Madam's first thought
was of fire; catching up her channels
bag Of jewels, she made dash for safe
ty, but the scene which her open door
disclosed treasured her.
1t was no fire. 1t was only an acci-
dent to one of the chorus girls Indif-
ferentIy she would have turned back to
her preparations but she spied the
manager, Lynn Rush, striding through
the excited crowd.
What Is it," she called to him.
Rigging broke; one of the girls
killed suppose" he answered, shortly.
Her own fault. probably she flung
back. The FREELY girls are too care
less. Don't let 1t annoy you; come in
a moment, Lynn"
He paid no attention to the honeyed
invitation; he had long ago sounded
the depths of Madam Cleo's honeyed
phrases. Pushing his way through the
Mortified chorus of fiimsily dressed
ladies he saw n heap of red and blue
and tiame-like gauZe lying prone on the
stage where she had been dropped by q
defective rigging.
Bring a DOCTOR" he said to one of
the stage hands. a doctor, quick"
Alarmed. he knelt on the stage floor
feeling for pulsation of life. bending
his ear to catch a sound Of breathing
To all appearances the girl was life,
less; ii had been a cruel fall from the
flies.
Here" he called to some Of the men
"help me TO carry her into Cleo's
room
They lifted her gently and bore her
to Madam's door. The star dressing
room was on the stage, only few feet
away. but Madam was in no mood tC
play the role of nurse to mere chorus
girl. She raised her voice in loud OBJ
jections until Rush disguised, babe the
men bring a carriage at once.
Does anyone know who this young
woman is?" he asked.
Several of the girls told him.
amy Ames; she lives at No. 10 Wei
ton Court. with her blind mother" And
some one added:
''She is her mothers only support
What a pity If she is killed"
Lynn Rush. man of the world, the
atrical manager and as selfish as sucl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

EXGoV HLRRICK freely along the lines that have been
so prolific of good in the past.
present the outcry is oudest against the cor
porations doing interstate businespartcularly the
railroads. Abuses in railroad management there have
been doubtless many still obtain. Generally speak
ing rebates private lines discrimination against
tain localities and the issue of securities for improper
purposes evils of magnitude should be prohibited
by stringent legislation Discrimination railroad rates
has not always been unmlxed evil
The marvellous growth and prosperity Of the West are
due in no small degree to the that wheat has been
transported at relatively low rate. Many fourishing
of trade and industry have been developed by
the 1udicous discrimination Of railroads Unfortunately
our being driven by thoughtless agitation
into the much hasty and advsed legisla
tion-inimical the free development Of railroads.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

Charles Field, a farmer living four
miles west Of Richards hauls his faith
er's hay to town with a traction engine
hitched TO five wagons, which are load
ed with over two tons of baled hay
each. The elder Field is good road
enthusiast, and It is over one of the
roads of which he has supervised the
construction that these loads are Raul-
ed. The road is known az tie DSzry
lane, and is considered the best dirt
road in Missouri. The Field farm com
prises 724 acres, 600 of which ia In
meadow. Over 1000 car loads of nay
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
A Wise YounEsfer.

ITO begin with" said the country
merchant to a boy who had applied for
a Job in the store. Il will give you s.
a week and your board"
"Will you let me have all 1 want to
eat?" queried the boy.
Certainly" replied the merchant.
''Why do You ask that?''
Because explained the boy, 'the
more 1 eat the quicker 1 will be able to
work my weigh up. See.''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Up to Date.

well, WELL" remarked old Mr.. Pas
tangon, ''the young women Of to-day
are not what they were in my time"
'sNo?" replied Miss Huskie.
'eNo, indeed. Why, all you young
women nowadays are muscular ath-
letes''
That's so. In the proud lexicon of
feminine youth there is no such word
Is .frail.' '-Philadelphia Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

forth In big type, about new battle with the Moon
They picturesque, glad they far away,
those same Moorish brethren I prefer reading Into
Morocco" by the brilliant Pierre Lott, to taking jour
ney along the southern Of the Mediterranean and
into the lying southwark. good map, after ALL
tells best to the downright, practical mind who and
what the Moors really are.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Rich and Poor Soil.

1t Is well known fact that plants
grow largest in rich soil, but it is not
so we'll understood that the largest
roots may be found in very poor soil.
This has been made a subject of late
experiment by a French botanist Lots
ly, in washed sand, in soil exhausted
by many crops and in good SOIL and
after seven weeks, with like watering.
the roots in the sand had grown four
poor soil ten to twelve inches, and
those in the good soil had grown only
| six inches.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
RAILROAD WRECKERS.
More Strenuous Workers than Fire
Fighters in Big Cities.


Fighters in Big Cities.
The career of the wrecker on big
railroad Is like that of a fireman in
the fire department of big city, only
wrecker is on duty every second day
and night. and, like the fireman, the
wrecker braves billiards. and sleet
storms, often facing hardships and
cruel suffering and even death for the
saving of life and property. But
whereas even in emergency the fireman
never covers an area greater than the
most populous section Of city-the
line traversed by the wrecller covers a
hundred or more miles-and whereas
the fireman is in touch with at least
such comforts as he may snatch while
on his feet, not infrequently the wreck
er is landed in the heart of a wilder
ness miles and miles from the nearest
town, and the pangs Of hunger are add
ed to privation.
Sometimes when a big wreck has
happened and cars and engines are
piled high on crushed and mangled
bodies the wrecker is rushed through
darkness and snowdrift to work from
twenty-four to forty-eight hours with
out even a chance to take his cap off,
and just as his sob" Is nearly COM
pleted along comes another alarm that
sends him sixty or seventy miles in
an opposite direction, where box cars
and coal cars have heaped themselves
thirty feet high, paralyzing the road
and costing thousands Of dollars worth
of loss in time and prestige almost ev
cry hour.
Despite these hardships, the danger,
the excitement and the hustle Of the
work endear it to the men.-Appleton's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Cottonseed Meal for Mich Cows,

COttonseed Meal for Mich Cows.
The Mississippi Experiment Station
has made some experiments with large
feeding of cottonseed meal to mich
COWS which are interesting, as they
show that liberal rations of cotton seed
can be fed with no bad results.
The station herd was fed daily
for a period of two weeks on ration
composed of ten pounds of cowpea
hay, twenty pounds of corn silage, four
pounds of wheat bran, five pounds of
cottonseed meal, and the milk during
the last two days of this period was
made into butter.
In the two weeks following, SIX
pounds of the corn and cob meal was
substituted for the cotton seed, and
the butter made as before. The but
ter was sent to St Louis, where it
was scored as follows, on a scale Of
100:
Butter from the cottonseed meal,
951A pounds.
Butter from the whole cotton seed,
96 points.
Butter from the corn and cob meal,
90 points.
The finding of the station was that
as there was practically no difference
in the score, the quality Of the butter
was not injured by feeding as much
as five pounds of cottonseed meal or
six pounds of cotton seed.
The test also showed that this cot
tonseed butter melted at 101.1 degrees
Fahrenheit, while that from cows fed
on cotton seed melted at 99.8 degrees
Fahrenheit, thus showing the former to
be a better shipping butter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

enter every of life for which their talents fit
them it is nevertheless, true that the great OF
this race will find their opportunities upon the
farm. They need to be moralzed.
This hreeod advance on the part Of the South cons
tues of the finest experiments in education which
mankind and should enlist the sympathetic Co
operation Of the whole nation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
White HuckIeberries.

White huckleberries, in sharp con
trast to the usual deep blue color of the
berries, are being found on the noun
tains in the vicinity of SchuylkilI Ha-
ven, Pa. It is believed that the change
in color was caused by the cool wealth
er of the spring. Tie white berries
are declared to be as sweet as sugar
and more luscious than the ordinary
kind
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
HYirancen PrOnnG ton.

Hardy hydrangea can be propagated
from cuttings.
Make the cuttings about 4 inches In
length, remove all the leaves but the
upper pair, and if the leaves are large,
as they will most likely be, cut away
portion of each leaf from the tip
downward this will leave foliage
enough to sustain proper circulation
and not enough to cause whiting by eX-
cessive Transportation, runs a monthly
suggestion paragraph in House and
Garden. Have the soil mellow and
fully exposed to the sun. Set the cut
tings in the ground and press the
earth closely about the base and the
stem.
Water freely and cover with paper
for two or three days during the hot
test hours of each day. Be sure to re
move the paper at night and do not
replace it before 0 O'Clock in the morn
ing. BY the end of the third day this
protection may be discontinued. If the
weather is dull and damp the protec-
ton, is not necessary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
His QuaIiGc cation

Windig-See here. Hammerton, what
did you tell Muggsby was liar for?
ammerton-Muggsby must have
misunderstood me. l didn't say you
were a liar.
Windig-Then what did you say?
Hammerton-I merely told him that
you were fully capable Of holding down
a Job in the weather bureau.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

song Of Europe full Of the sounding name Even
here in comparatively America tradition has lent
us tale or two connected with the romantic Moors;
in the story OF Captain John Smith, whose captivity
among the is of the episodes the school chill
dren wonder over. But to most of US the Moors
that people which southern SPAIN and held the
centuries only to be driven out finally by cruel
and merciless
These, and Othello 1.-THE Moor Of Venice" make up
picture to most minds, when the newspaper holds
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
All Cannot Equal Him.

Wrongdoing is confined to no class.
Good and evil are to be found among both
rich and poor, and in drawing the line
among our fellows we must draw it on
conduct and not on worldly possessions.
In the abstract most of US will admit
this. In the concrete we can act upon
such doctrine only if we really have
knowledge of and sympathy with one an
other.
If both the wage-worker and the CAPT
talist are able to enter each into the
others life, to meet him so as to get into
genuine sympa thy with him, most Of the
misunderstanding between them will dis
appear and its place will be taken by a
judgment broader, juster, more kindly and
more generous for each will find in the
other the same essential human attributes
that exist in himself.
It was President McKinley's peculiar
glory that in actual practice he realized
this as it is given to but few men to real
ize it; that his broad and deep sympathies
made him feel a genuine sense Of oneness
with all his fellow Americans, whatever
their station or work in life, so that TO
his soul they were all joined with him in
a great brotherly democracy of the spirit.
1t is not given to many of US in our lives
actually to realize this attitude to the ex-
tent that he did, but We can at least have
it before Us as the goal Of our endeavor,
and by so doing we shall pay honor bet
ter than in any other way to the memory
OF the dead President whose services in
life we this day commemorate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
THE MOORs AND WHO THEY ARE
By Ada G. Sweet.

touch of romance Is given by the dis
patches relative to the war with the NIoors.
Christendom was so many centuries fighting
the Moors-Turks, Saracens, they are all CT
one mingled torrent mixed of Arab and North
African blood, Numidian, Phoenician, etc,
with sprinkling Of European. Mohamme-
dams these were known as Moors during all
the long years of warning and the story and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

medical science and in much larger degree by the in
teIlgence of the people.
We must recognize that the saying that must
eat peck dirt before he dies is erroneous and
that dirt Is undesirable.
Preventive medicine is founded upon hard facts pru
dence and sense. The mystery Of the ancient
DOCTOR his of long Names and his extraordinary
scriptions passing away.
Muttudes of shelves full Of bottles which surround
also passing away, and being replaced by
simple living suitable diet, plenty Of sum- and plenty Of
fresh air.
The fight of the present day is against millions Of mi
crobe and the weapons sanitary regulations munich
pal government the sanitary Inspector and the medical
officer Of health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
TOO MUCH THoUGHTLEss LEGISLATION.
BY Ex-Gov. Herrick of Ohio.

It Is high time that we cease to lit
ter our law books with measures
that restrict industry and give 1t
form so rigid as to be unsuited TO
natural development, dwarfng
growth and hampering individual in
itiative, and confne our attention to
the removal Of excrescent growths,
and the passage Of such legislation
as will keep pace with the quicken
ed evolution Of the times, permitting
and aiding the country to progress
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS OF THE SOUTH
By Prof. s. c. MITCHELL Richmond Collier

The South is advancing educationally along
three different lfnes-in education Of the neg
lected white children, in the democratizng Of
the ideals Of the higher institutions of learn
ing, and in the training Of the negroes The
school is within the reach Of every negro child.
Upon these schools the South has expended
since the war perhaps as much as S130,000,0O0
While the negroes should be encouraged to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Do 1t Now.

When a fence is down, put it up, and
then it will not get any worse. When
a harness is broken, mend it before
you have a runaway or before it be-
comes worthless. When weeds, hugs
or fungi threaten, get after them be-
fore the damage is done.-Farm Jour
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
ExS=S@S.s~S

Give the calves the sunniest, warm
est corner in the barn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

The first newspaper in Kentucky was
the Gazette. issued in August, 1877, at
Lexington, by John Fielding Brad
ford
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

Sturdy to do the greatest amount Of
work with the least outlay Of labor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
MYSTERY OF THE ANCIENT DOCTOR
By Sir Frederick TreYes, Surgeon to King Edward

1 am certain it is safe to prophesy that the
time will come when hospitals for infectious
diseases will be empty and not wanted. also
look forward to the time when it will be as
anomalous for persons to die Of scarlet fever,
typhoid, cholera, and diphtheria 1t will be
for a man to die Of VOLTS bite in England.
Very little, however, can be done by the leg
isIature, but everything by the progress OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

A strange dog in bunch of cattle
will run off many pounds of flesh in
few minutes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

Raising broilers for market is profit
able if one has the time and facilities
for producing them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

Be wary of starting a goat farm. 1t
is bucking proposition with some
men.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

1t Is not the things we can get along
without, but the things we have and
can enjoy that make live worth living
to US