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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
The MOdeSty of Women

Naturally makes them shrink from the
indicate questions, the obnoxious ex-
amnations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
essential in the treatment of diseases of
women. Yet if help can be had, it is
better to submit to this ordeal than let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
is that so often the woman undergoos all
the annoyance and shame for nothing.
Thousands \of women who have been
cured BX Dr. Rerce's Favoritc Prescrip-
ton writ& in. depreciation of the cure
which diSpshscs >SNth the examinations
and local treatments>S There is no other
medicine SO sure .and- sale for -delicaIs
women as "Favorite Prescription 1t
cures debilltating drains, irregularity and
female weakness. 1t always helps. 1t
almost always cures. 1t is strictly nom
alcoholic, non secret, all its ingredients
being printed on its bottle-wrapper; con-
tainS no deletcrious or habit-forming
drugs, and every native medicinal root
entering into its composition has tho full
endorsement of those most eminent in the
several schools of medical practice. Some
of these numerous and strongest OF pro-
feSSional endorsements Of its ingredients,
will be found in q pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also in booklet mailed
free on request, by DR.. R. V. Pierce, of
Buffalo, n. Y. These professional en-
dorsements should havo far moro weight
than any amount of the ordinary lay, or
n-professional testimonials.
The most intelligent women nowadays
insist on knowing what they take as med
icine instead of opening their mouths like
a lot OF young birds and gulping down
whatever is offered them. "Favorite Pre-
scription is of KNOWN COMPOSITION. 1t
makes weak women strong and sick
women well.
Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt of stamps to pay expense of
mailing o,,1U Send to DR.. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for pa
per covered, or 81 stamps for cloth-bound.
If sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
by letter. All such communications are
held sacredly confidential
DIR. Pieroe's Pleasant Pellets invigorate
and regulate stomach, liver and bowels,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Arid Land Farming i'm Utah.

A most interesting account Of the de-
velopment of and farming in Utah is
given in a recent bulletin of the Utah
Agricultural Experiment Station, and
we are told that ION all the farms the
yields with some of the crops were
such as to encourage the belief tlat the
deserts in the sections where the farms
are located will ultimately be reclaim
ed" The significance of this statement
becomes apparent when it is remem-
bered that in Utah alone there are
more than 10000 square miles, or near
" 100000 acres of this arid land
which probably could never be reached
by the present systems of irrigation
For arid land farming" involves meth
DDS which do not count upon rainfall or
artificially obtained moisture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Lived I'd to His Light.

We were trying to teach our little
lad. aged years, to speak well of the
absent AT dinner he began to relate
a personal encounter between himself
and another little boy, and. seeing re-
proof on our faces, he halted for a
minute. and then resumed. with Il deep
sigh, well. mamma. Roy is a real
strong boy'-another 'and-he's
got a good education ,''-Philadelphia
Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Cold Affected Head and Throat
Attack was Severe.
Chas. W. Bowman LIST Lieut.. and Adjt

Chas. W. Bowman, LIST Lieut.. and Adjt.
4th VI. S. NJ. Cav. Vols, writes from
Lanham. Nd, as follows:
Though somewhat averse 70 patent
medicines, and still more aversc TO be-
coming a professional affidavit man. 1t
seems only plain duty in the present
instance to add my experience 10 the
columns already written concerning
the curative powers of Peruna-
II have been particularly benefited
by its use for colds IN the head aHc'
throat. have been able to fully cure
myself of most severe attack in
fOrty=eighf hours by its use accord
ing to directions. use il as a pre-
ventive whenever threatened with
an attack
Members of my family also use 1t
for like ailments We are recommend
ing it to our friends"
-Chas. w. Bowman.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruni
Almanac for 1907.
PONIES skull.

The skull of Alexander Pope, the
poet ana satiriSt is in the private col
lection of q phrenologist. During some
alterations in the churchyard where
Pope was buried it was necessary to
move his coffin, which was opened at
the time TO ascertain the state of his
remains. BY bribing the sexton of the
church possession of the poets skull
was obtained for the night, and in the
morning a different skull was returned
instead. The cost of the skull, includ-
ing the bride, was fifty pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Spraying in Apple Orchards.

From careful examination OF or
chards in New York, it appears that
spraying is valuable in proportion to
its frequency and thoroughness. From
381 acres of apple orchards that We're
not sprayed the yield was an average
of 32S bushels per acre, of which only
81 per cent or 21S bushels was worth
barreling. From another lot of 3d.
acres sprayed once only 346 bushels
per acre were gathered and "A per cent
were barreled From 701 acres sprayed
twice the acreage yield per acre was
374 bushels, and rs per cent was bar
relied 247 acres were sprayed three
times. and the average yield per acre
for this area was 414 bushels. OF this
81 per cent was barreled. Note how
the yield increased regularly with the
number OF sprayings.
Other examinations showed that lf-
ty-fOur orchards Tnsprayed gave cash
return of $103 per acre; thirty orchards
SPRAYED once. gave $3.50 per acre: six
ty-four orchards sprayed twice gave
S143 per acre: twenty-five orchardS
SPRAYED three times gave $1S4 per acre !;
six orchards sprayed four times gave
S211 an acre as the average income.
Such facts are convincing as to the
value of frequent spraying.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
uNriclNing a ShonlifIer.

A Paris woman who was arrested for
picking pockets and who pretended TO
speak an unknown language betrayed
herself in her sleep. When brought
before the magistrate she was interro-
gated by Turkish. Russian. Polish and
Hungarian interpreters. but none could
understand her. The magistrate order
cd her to be kept under strict surveil-
lance. In her sleep she talked fluent
French. with the true Partisan accent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Gentle Exercise. OnfN.

The new owner of a Scotch shooting
preserve had piloted a number Of en-
tireIy harmless gunners about the
ground.
Look here, Mac" he said to the
keeper, rs they came back. These
gentlemen awe to return to town end
of the week. Would it do the birds any
'arm to drive the ground again day aft
er tomorrow
Mon" replied the Scot. I'VE MIGHT
drive it the morn's morn. Fleein ABBOTT
Gamma hurt Them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
A Wonderful Memory.

Richard Garnett. who died recently,
after serving in the British museum
in many capacities throughout his long
life. was one of the most learned men
England has ever had, and had a phe-
nonenal memory.
One who had vainly sought for infor-
nation concerning a certain subject in
libraries on the Continent, met DR..
Garnett and told him his needs.
scum touching upon that. You will
find all you want on page $50" replied
DR.. Garnett. naming the title.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Yea and Neigh.

The village innkeeper had a good
horse. The peasants borrowed it so
much that the innkeeper determined
to discourage them. So one day when
a peasant came TO borrow the horse.
the innkeeper said he was sorry, but
he had let it already. Just then a
neigh came from the stable.
You've not lent it. l heard it neigh
ing" said the peasant.
Look here" replied the innkeeper.
'either | or the horse is telling a lie.
and you take my word for it, it's the
horse. ''-Kolce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Alkaline Soil Conditions.

Lime can also do harm if used inJu-
diciously. 1t may induce the soil to
give I'D plant foods by drawing too
heavily upon the resources of the and
The mechanical effect of lime, IN
changing the texture of the soil, is
also an important result of its use.
Lime gives excellent results when
used in connection with green crops
that are plowed under. It is the ma
nure, or crop, that provides the plant
food. and not the lime, but lime in
duces hasty action, and enables the
materials added to the soil to assume
the forms available for the plants.
When the land is sour. and grown over
with sorrel (Which contains oxalic
acid, lime is said then to NSweeten the
soil'' by removing the sourness but
what it really does is to assist in
changing the acids of the soil into car
Donate of lime and oxalate Of lime,
through chemical combinations, the
sour soil becoming alkaline because
the lime has taken up the acids which
existed before its presence. With the
changes thus made follow otAers, but
they may be rapid or slow. according
to circumstances, sometimes the bene-
fits of lime not being apparent until the
second year. but on soils upon which
lime has not been applied for years it
never fails to give excellent results.
In proportion to the benefits derived it
costs but little, is plentiful and should
be used extensively. Lime may be
said TO be the foundation of a clover
crop, wood ashes also being excellent.
Collie. Founder and Staggers.
a horse owner, writing to Southern
Cultivator, gives the following rene
dies:
l send you sure remedy for founder
which l have never known to fail 10
effect a cure in a short time. Take a
large iron spoon heaping full Of com
mon salt: put on the root of his tongue
You will see change for the better in
twenty-four hours. | have cured some
very bad cases; next day repeat the
dose If you give the remedy as soon
as you discover the horse is fonndered
you will not have to give the second
dose. You can tell if foundered by the
horse being stiff and sore in mis- feet
as though he had been driven hard
Don't say this is too simple, but try it.
Collie: Take four tablespoonfdls of
black powder and dissolve in pint of
water; drench the horse. l have never
known it to fail.
Another simple remedy for collie is a
good-sized dose of morphine; Du- il
on his tongue, the same viii cure
COW that has been poisoned from eat
ing buckeyes.
Blind staggers: Saturate a towel
with chloroform and apply IL to the
nostrils until the animal is thoroughly
under the influence, then bleed freely
in the neck; pour on top of the head
eight or ten buckets of cold water and
give Immediately a half pound oE ep-
som salts; after pouring the water
wrap an old quilt around the heal. to
produce a reaction. Do this and save
your horse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Quack grass is one of the most PERM
cious weeds the farmer has TO contend
with. Cultivation encourages and
spreads the roots. Constantly seeding
AID cropping fields in the ordinary way
has Il tendency TO increase the area
each year Starving is the method to
be pursued In killing this tenacious
plant. Keeping the tops down and dis
turbing the roots but little will do the
work. Small patches may be smoth-
cred by covering of straw. Dense
growing crops like buckwheat, millet
grass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Got HIS nnfca Mixed

What has kept you out SO late?"
sternly asked Mrs. Gayman.
Been s-Sitting up with a dying friend
m DEAR answered her a%fectienate con-
sort.
That won't do this time she reioin-
ed The old year has been dead several
days to my certain knowledge"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Austin, Texas,
writes: Il was
afflicted for years
with pains across
the loins and in
the hips and
shoulders. / had
headache a so
and neuralgia.
My right eye,
from pain. was
of 1ittIa 1Jca to mo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Comfort, contentment and plenty OF
wholesome food is scarce, fowls of all
kinds will eat raw potatoes, cabbage,
beets and onions, if chopped fine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Nothing causes the rise of righteous
indignation more than to see a 9S-cent
man jerking a $3.50 horse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Safety.

At the crowded downtown cGIner the
frightened pedestrians were scurrying out
of the way of street cars, automobiles. de-
livery wagons, and policemen on horse
back.
Gosh :" exclaimed the window washer.
looking down on them from his perch on
the narrow ledge of fifteenth story win
dow. I'm glad l amt in that crowd -
Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Uncle Allen

Its true" said Uncle Allen Sparks.
that rose by any other rame would
smell as sweet. but it isn't the same way
with an old cheese. You can shoot a lit
tie green paint into it and pass it off for
RoQuefort''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Hulled oats are one Of the best bone
and muscle producing foods that can
be fed to poultry. Whatever other
grains are fed, oats should predomi-
nate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

for years. The constant flow of urine
kept my system depleted, causing nerv-
Gus chills and night sweats. After
trying seven different climates and
using all kinds Of medicine I had the
good fortune to hear of Doan's Kidney
Pills. This remedy has cured me.
am as well to-day as I was twenty
years ago, and my eyesight is perfect"
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Your 'woman's lunch club proved to
be failure? How did that happen?"
'No-er-men ever came TO lunch
there
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

\ shell from a twelve-inch gun makes
its flight Of nine miles in forty-two sec
onds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Great care and attention should be
given to the boar He she1ld have a
pen for himself some distance from the
sows, and sufficiently strong to keep
him in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Humus is the organic matter in the
soil. 1t varies in quantity and is easier
kept in heavy than in light soils. The
clay and sand remain about the same
all the time. When soil has sufficient
humus ii is in a crumbly condition and
will not run together" A large amount
of this constituency imparts a dark col
or to the soil, hence dark soil is an
indication Of q good soil
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
UTTERLY WORN OUT.

Vitality Slapped by Years of Suffer-
ing With Kidney Trouble
Capt. J. w. Hogun formerly post
master. of IndianOla now living at
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Sarfnr EcNrrIuS.

The merry little spelling bee
We knew when we were young
Is. as it were. quite up tree,
And. so to speak. is stung.
New York Evening Mail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Qunine Tablets
Druggists refund money II Ii falls TO cure
e. w. GROVES signature Is on each boz. CSC
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Irs- Winsiow's SOOTHING S1RUr for Children
teet hing softens the gums reduces indamnaG oa al
lays pain. cures wind collie. - cents q bottle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
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farmers knew their own business as
well as some bankers do theirs there
would be fewer implements rusting out
in the elements
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Close confinement being an unRatur
al condition to swine, it is liable to
lead to sterility.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

At the Minnesota State Fair there
were exhibited 4,161 plates of fruit.
besides fourteen pecks of Wealthy ap-
pies for special premiums. One man
had fifty plates of Seeding apples. This
is remarkable showing, when one con
siders how far north Minnesota is
but it is just about what one would nat
urally expect in State where more
than 1900 persons belong to the State
Horticultural Society
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
@N&

There is less objection to cement
floors In COW stables than formerly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
a Positive
CURE
EIy's Cream Balm
s quickly absorbed.


Gives Relief at Once.
1t cleanses, soothes
heals and protects
the diseased men,
brane. 1t cures Ca
tarrh and drives
away q Cold in the
Head quickly. Re
stores the Senses of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

4 Lofty Thought.
If seaside hotels
Were as high as their bills
The guests would be thinking
They lived ON the hills.
The Bohemian.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Too Trusting.

"Rastus, you look as if you had been
run through cider mill What's the
matter with your face?''
"Ovahconfdence. sub"
"Overconfidence?"
Yes, sun. Ovahconfdence in my laigs
l thought l could call a man c Iiah an
cit away-an' l didn't git away, suh.''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

A storm sash is the best way to shut
out Jack Frost from the cellar windows.
If this is not provided, leaves will be
found the next best 1t pays to make
the cellar frost proof long before there
is any danger of low temperature For
ty years ago we made the cellars of our
houses warm by building up prairie
sods
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

The new government inspection law
makes it pretty difficult for goats to
masquerade for mutton now. The re
tail butcher knows what he is buying.
though of course many consumer will
eat his goat chop thinking it is high
class mutton. Mohair is less in de-
mand for garments also and goat
ranches may need to send their stock
to the brush and tin pile.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

A farm paper edited by real farm
err" says to cure lampas in horses
mouth feed ear corn" 1t is barely
possible that the writer meant to feed
the corn in the ear. The enlargement
of the ridges in the roof of the mouth
Of horse is caused by indigestion in
old horses and by teething in young
horses. The cure is plain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

In Boston there are one and a half
electric lights for each person.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

The everlasting foundation of a farm
is its fertility. Poor land grows poor
crops. Poor crops are loss to the
farmer and disappointment to the
feeder. Putting manure back on land
is only giving to the land what belongs
to it and the obligation is on the Shout
ders of the farmer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

While it is good taste to have a team
of the same color and marking, it is good
judgment and common sense to have a
team of equal strength and power of
endurance
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Strawberry plants that have eve.
borne fruit should never be used to
start new bed. For d new bed young
plants should be used that have grown
the season previous. The plants that
have borne fruit have black. why roots,
while those that have not borne fruit
have white roots. There is no danger
of being mixed up in the matter, as the
roots tell the age of the plants to any
one who is at all familiar with them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

After all the fuss made about grow
ing ginseng there now comes a new
danger in the way of a blight which
kills the foliage and therefore heads
off the seed crop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

A farmer went to bank recently to
get his note renewed and the banker
asked him if his implements were out
in the weather. Upon being told they
were, he was Informed to go home and
house his farm machinery and then
some in and renew his paper. II some
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Potatoes that are too small to mar
ket may be used to advantage as a
food for young pigs. Many farmers
consider it no loss to have from to 3
per cent of their potato crop too small
for commercial use, as it gives them
such good winter pig food
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

1t is claimed that George Washington
was the first breeder of high-grade
mules in America. Being dissatisfied
with the work of horses, he at once
bred lot of high-class mules for SER
vice on his big Virginia farm.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

An enterprising farmer in one of the
New England states unloads hay with
a machine run by a gas engine instead
of a horse. He says he can unload a
load while man is unhitching the team
from wagon. 1t pulls up the load,
returns the fork and takes the place of
a horse and a boy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

If prone to look after the affairs of
a neighbor, please remember that this
is not the forte of a farmer. The law
yer is the only man on earth who can
get rich attending to the business Of
other people.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

Swelled heads and eyes in chickens
and turkeys are often due to exposure
to draft coming through a crack in
the poultry house. Battle the head in
warm water twice day and anoint
the whole head with glycerine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

The Agricultural Department says
we have 100000 head of sheep, the
various assessors say we have $4,000,
900, While other statisticians say we
have 100000 head who shall de-
eide when doctors disagree?"