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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Good feeding is something more than
shoveling unhusked corn on the ground
and allowing animals to dig it out Of
the mud.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Never let the dead wood remain on
the fruit trees. 1t not only provides
hiding places for insect pests, but it
opens the way for extending the de
cay of the heart of the tree.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Barley is good for horses, but it is
better for making beer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

William Jennings Bryan owns 500
600 worth of farm property. His home
place, near Lincoln, Neb., is assessed
at So, COO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

About 245000 acres, or nearly 1888
square miles of land, in Missouri, that
was formerly worthless has been
changed from marsh and boys to fine
| farms
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Daniel Freeman, of Brownville, Neb.,
filed ON the first free homestead pro-
vided by the government on January
LIST, 1868. He is still in possession of
this old patent, which is numbered /,
and lives on his homestead
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Forty-five thousand dollars is tidy
commission on land deal-a sum
which is said to have been paid on the
sale of the Spur ranch in Dickens
county, Texas, to an English syndi-
cate for 50 500 600
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Rye sown in corn ground in Septem-
Der makes fine pasture for late fall. If
clover is sown the next spring it will
make good pasture until the rye is ripe,
when the hogs will thrive upon the
grain
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

The fenced farm is the only one on
which live stock can be kept and the
rotation of crops followed, and as this
method of farming is the only profit
able one in the long run, it follows
that the farm must be fenced to be
handled properly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24
S-S-SSSSS

Never keep a boar pig that is not
fully up to standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

1t is essential that we attend to the
comfort and bodily ease of our COWS.
1t would be well If some of us would
ask ourselves how certain lines Of
treatment would suit us. All animals,
man included. have much in common.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Dr. o. P Bennett, of Macon, H., has
bunch of artichokes planted in each
of his poultry yards. These make a
dense shade during the summer, and
spring up vigorously year after year
They require no cultivation and frost
does not injure them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Professor E. c. Parker, Of the Min
nesota experiment station, has gone to
China at the call of the government
of that country to organize and con-
duct an experiment station and school
of agriculture at Mukden, in Man
churia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

In 1910 the first ship load Of Peru
Wan guano was sent to England to be
applied as land fertilizer. This was
used for its ammonia. The Southern
rock phosphate mines were opened In
1867, the Florida and Tennessee phos-
phate mines later. The trade in nitrate
Of soda began about 1910.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Again the Pennsylvania station, at
great labor and cost, proves that steers
fed in sheds will make more gain than
those fed in the open during a cold
winter. Did anybody ever suppose they
would not?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

There is an objection TO alsike by
some farmers, it is claimed, for the
reason that its foliage has a slightly
bitter taste, and stock do not take TO
it as readily as they do to red clover,
but they will learn to eat it in a short
time if they are allowed no other grass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

That there was a net increase of
100000 in the population of the coun-
try as the result of immigration for
June, is shown by the report of the de-
partment of commerce and labor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Capt. G. A. Merriam, e. s. N, COM
mandant Of the Portsmouth navy yard,
died following an operation for appen-
dicitis. He was So years old,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

The summary of reports of the con-
ditiOn of the national banks at the
close of business July Is, 1908, shows
the total of the item bonds, securities,
etc." held by the banks to be $780,
500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Secretary Straus has approved the
action Of the immigra ton officials Of
Boston in the so-called Mormon cases,
wherein a number of immigrants were
held upon the allegation of entering
the country in violation Of law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

The outcome of the prolonged con-
sideration of the appeal of the eight
West Point cadets expelled for brutal
haZing is the announcement that upon
the recommendation of the President,
Secretary Wright had decided to let
the dismissal of two, ROssell and
Weaver, stand, but to suspend for one
year the other six who are younger.
The two who are expelled were mem
bers of the first class.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

President Roosevelt has established a
zone sixty feet wide along the Next
can border, the land of which is with
drawn from settlement. The purpose
of this action is to render it more diff
cult to smuggle Asiatics over the line
into California.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

Twelve non-commissioned officers
have just been commissioned as second
lieutenants in the army as the result
of recent examinations
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

While attempting to relieve a COW
which had swallowed q turnip, a Mia
nesota farmer pushed broom handle
down her throat and broke off twenty
inches of 1t. Recently the stick was
taken out of the cows back just be-
hind the right shoulder and she is get
ting well.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-24

The retirement Of Rear Admiral Rob
ley D. Evans placed Rear Admiral Cas-
per Goodrich, commahdant of the navy
yard at New York, at the head Of the
active list of rear admirals Of the navy.
Admiral Goodrich will be retired in
January next. The position of senior
read admiral will in no way be a ma
terial advantage to him.
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Until She Was Fain to Scream Sui.
ficiency.

arrived in perspiratiOus quantities,
and made the Land of Pebbleonthe-
beach look and feel like the innermost
recesses of Japanese warskip during
battle in the newspapers.
And the City Man and the City
Mans wife and his wife's nearest kinS-
woman, and all the diminutive mem.
bers of his own individual tribe, tor
sock their raiment and rushed into
the ocean, which was full of cold wa
ter, saying to one another: "Ha! ha!
the humidity cannot touch US here"
And behold! the waves put on their
white caps and communed one with
another, saying: The Cityites are in
our midst; let us make merry with
them!"
And straightway the little waves COL
laborated in a successful effort to land
on the City Mans solar plexus, and what
they did to his was a plentiful plenti-
tude. And unto the wife Of the City
Man the little waves did likewise, un-
til she was fain to screanl sufficiency.
And the undertow grabbed the City
Mans wife,s kinswom&p and stood her
ON her head, and rendered her unfit
for specialization.
And the members CT the life-saving
station worked overtime hauling from
the cavernous depths CT the ocean the
diminutive members of the City Mans
own individual tribe; and trouble was
their portion.
And when the City!tes were come
back from the bosom of the mighty
deep, the Mosquito and the Landlord
presented their bills, and yet; unto
this very hour the City Man knoweth
not which bill penetrated with the
most terrifying penetrativeness
And 1t came to pass that the City
Man knew no peace in the Land of
Pebbleonthebeach, and he communed
with himself, saying: "Lo! the gentle
voiced advertisement is delusion and
a snare; for the wild waves are even
an automobile chauffeur for rudeness;
the humidity followeth INCREASINGLY,
and the Mosquito stingeth like an ad-
der. Therefore will l gather the rem
nants of my tribe about me and fee
for the City whence l came, lest, per-
adventure, the Landlord shall take my
wearing apparel, even as he hath
taken my purse and the contents
thereof"
And straightway he got up and gat
And even as he gat he communed
with himself, saying: "stang!"
Cheer up, Bunch; the wurst is yet
to come, as the man said when the
waiter didn't bring the sausage.
Yours as heretofore,
]. H.
Copyright, 1908, by G. W. Dillingham; co..
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Mischief Done by GulIs.

That many of the gulls have become
far too numerous during the last Is
or 20 years, thanks to coddling and
overmuch protection, has become a
patent fact to those who observe and
understand the habits of these birds
Here and there measures are being
taken to lessen the plague, and by
some few county councils the protec
ton once accorded has been with
drawn.
Gulls are responsible for an enor-
nous destruction of fish, as well as
raids on the eggs and young Of various
birds. In many parts Of Scotland the
lesser black backed gulls have become
the veriest vermin, in this respect
rivaling the hooded crow and common
rook, tho latter another recent de-
,velopment Of unwiss overpreserve4loe-
County Lie. " - = $
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BY
w. w. JACOBS
Copyright, Dodd, Mead Company

Talking of prize fighters, sir,' said
the night watchman, who had nearly
danced himself over the edge of the
wharf in illustrating one of Mr.. Cor
belts most trusted blows, and was
now sitting down taking in sufficient
air for three, they amt wot they used
to be when I was boy. They adver-
tlse in the papers for months and
months about their fights, and when
II does come off, they do it with
gloves, and they're all right agin day
or two arter.
"The strangest prize fighter 1 ever
come acrost was one wot shipped with
me on the Cavendish. He was the
most eggstrordinary fighter I've ever
seen or 'eard Of and e got to be
such nuisance afore ed done with
us that we could 'ardly call our souls
our own. He shipped as an ordinary
seaman-a unfair thing to do, as e
was anything but ordinary, and 'ad
no right to be there at all.
WED got one terror on board afore
he come, and that was Bill Bone, one
o the biggest and strongest men I've
that's saying a good deal. Built more
like a bull than a man, e was, and
when he was in his tantrums the best
thing to do was to get out of is way
or else get into your bunk and keep
quiet. Oppersition used to send i'm
crazy Almost, an if e said a red shirt
was blue one, you 'ad to keep quiet.
1t didn't do to agree with i'm and
call 1t blue even, cos If you did he'd
call you liar and punch you for tell
ing lies.
THE v'y'ge I'm speaking of-we
used to trade between Australia and
London-Bill came aboard about an
hour afore the ship sailed. The rest
of us was already aboard and down
below, some of us slowing our things
away and the rest sitting down and
telling each other lies about wot we'd
been doing. Bill came lurching down
the ladder, and Tom Baker put is and
TO i'm to steady i'm as he got to the
bottom
"'Who are you putting your 'ands
on" ses Bill, glaring at i'm.
"'Only olding you up, Bill ses Tom,
c;miling.
Oh ses Bill
He put is back up agin a bunk and
pulled his-self together.
Gliding of me-up-was you?' he
ses; 'whaffor, if | might be so bold as
to arsk?'
"I thought your foot 'ad slipped
Bill, old man. ses Tom; but I'm sorry
if it admit
"Bill looks at i'm agin,' ard.
Sorry if my foot didn't slip?
he ses.
"'You know wot I mean, Bill ses
Tom, smiling uneasy smile.
Don't laugh at me, roars Bill
81 wasn't laughing, Bill, old pal,
ses Tom.
Els called me liar ses Bill
looking round at us; called me liar
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"What Talk Have Ye, eilldad7 Quit
Your Joshing."

full soon his heaving bosom rested on
the onyx trimmings of the bar, and his
right foot was in tender touch with
the brass rail at the base thereof.
And great joy shone forth from
his eyes as he murmured: six beers
what are you going to have?"
And when the night was far spent,
Billdad the son of Jimdad drew zig
zaggingly high unto his habitation,
and his knees were prone to wobble
with much uncertainty Of purpose.
And Maud, the wife of Billdad the
son of Jimdad, stood in the open door,
and she made scornful conjecture,
saying: "Ha! Ha! Thou did'st sit
at the feet of the wise men of Egypt,
eh? Thou look'st the part, for, me-
thinks, the wise men of Egypt used
you for door-mat Thou did'st also
imbibe wisdom-from a stein! Bah,
Billdad! Speak not to me of politics!
Come, now, stand before me, Billdad,
and with straightforward voice say
after me these words: I simply stood
and heard those speakers shout"
And Billdad the son of Jimdad
swayed gently to and fro in the light
of the breaking morn, and he spake,
saying: Il simply sh'ood an her
zoash sheekers spout"
And of the fretful finish of Billdad
the son of Jimdad let there be no cruel
chronicle made.
Pebbleonthebeach.
And it came to pass that a certain
City Man looked upon the sun when it
was red, and he communed with him
self, saying: Behold! the summer
approacheth on rubber shoes, and the
mercury will soon be up against the
roof of it's habitation; therefore, it be.
hooveth me to journey quickly unto
the Land of Pebbleonthebeach, lest
peradventure, great humidity shall
rise up over the city and transform me
into state of meltedness."
And the City Man spake unto his
wife and his wife's nearest kinswom.
an; and unto all the diminutive mem.
bers of his own individual tribe, say.
ing: Behold, the bow-wow days will
soon be upon us; therefore let us pull
down the blinds, place our worldly
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Ooo9y.
old my coat. Charles, and I'll split
i'm in halves.
Charlie took the coat like a lamb,
though he was Toms pal, and Tom
looked round to see whether he
couldn't nip up the ladder and get
away, but Bill was just in front of it.
Then Tom found out that one of is
bootlaces was undone and he knelt
down to do it up, and this young or.
dinary seaman, Joe Simms by name
Put his 'ead out of his bunk and he
ses, quiet like:
"'You amt afraid of that thing,
mate, are YOU?
"'Wot? screams Bill, starting.
"'Don't make such a noise when I'm
speaking ses Joe; where's your man
ners, you great ulking rascal?
Il thought Bill would ha' dropped
with surprise at being spoke to like
that. His face was purple all over
and e stood staring at Joe as though
e didn't know wot to make of i'm
And we stared, too, Joe being small.
ish sort O. chap and not looking at all
strong.
"'Go easy, mate whispers Tom
you don't know who you're talk
Ing to-
"'You touch that man. he ses.
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quietly, pointing to Tom, and FL give
you such a dressing-down as you've
never >'ad afore. Mark my words,
now ~,'~' - -, =. T. 81
"'1 wasn't going to IT nlm;s ses Bill,
In a strange, mild voice.,
"'You'd better not,' ses the young
'un, shaking his fist at i'm; you'd bet
ter not, my lad. If there's any fighting
to be done in this fo'c's'le I'll do it.
Mind that
'It's no good me saying we was
staggered, becos staggered amt no
word for it. To see Bill put is hands
in is pockets and try and whistle, and
then sit down on locker and scratch
is head, was the most amazing thing
I've ever seen. Presently e begins to
sing under his breath.
"Stop that 'umming,' ses Joe; when
l want you to 'um, I'll tell you
Bill left off 'umming, and then he
gives little cough behind the back of
is and, and, arter~ fdgeting about a
bit with is feet, went up on deck
again.
'Strewth,' ses Tom, looking round
at us, ave we shipped bloomin'
prize fighter?'
"He was a ordinary seaman, mind,
talking to A. BIS like that. Men who'd
been up aloft and doing their little bit
when e was going about catching cold
in is little pett1cuts. Still, if Bill
could stand it; we supposed as we'd
better.
BILL stayed up on deck till we was
under way, and is spirit seemed to be
broke He went about is work like a
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1T is inexpedient publicly to en-
courage women to adopt chemistry as
professional pursuit.
In this concise way is expressed the
view Of those members of the Chem
ical society of Great Britain who dis
approve of the proposal to allow wom-
en- to become members.
Out Of 3,400 papers read on per-
sonal researches during the last IS
years, only % have been contributed
by women alone. There is a growing
desire, however, on the part of many
of our leading scientists to admit wom-
en- chemists to membership, and, as
the wish has met with the strongest
opposition from other members, the
question is being put to a ballot.
Nine. Curie is at present the only
woman member, and she has been
made merely an honorary fellow"
with neither voting power nor eligibil-
ity for Office on the council.
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man WOt was walking in is sleep, and
when breakfast come e 'ardly tasted it
Joe made a splendid breakfast, and
when he'd finished e went to Bills
bunk and chucked the. things out all
ever the place and said e was going
to ave it for himself. And Bill sal
there and took it all quiet, and by and
by he took is things up and put then
in Joe's bunk without word.
you've been in a scrap or two ir
your time, know Tom ses, admirine
like. L knew you was a bit of a one
with your fists direckly l see you
"'Oh, 'ow's that? asks Joe.
~ could see by your nose ses Tom
You never know how to take peo
pie like that. The words 'ad ardly
left Toms lips afore the other ups
with basin of 'ot tea and heaves il
all over i'm.
Take that, you insulting rascal,
he ses.
Get up, ses Tom, dancing with
rage. Get up: prize fighter or nc
prize fighter, III mark you
Sit down. ses Bill, turning round
I'm going to ave a go at i'm, Bill,
ses Tom; If you're afraid of i'm,
amt
Sit down. ses Bill, starting up
''Ow dare you insult me like that?'
Like wOt?' ses Tom. staring.
eff l can't lick i'm you can't ses
Bill; that's 'ow it is, mate
But can try ses Tom
All right ses Bill. Me fust, then
if you lick me. you can ave a go al
i'm. If you can't lick me, ow can yor
lick imp
THAT was the beginning of it, anc
instead of 'aving one master we founC
we'd got two. owing to the eggstror
dinry way Bill had O looking at things
In about three days our life wasn'
worth living, and the foc's'le was
more like Sunday school class thar
anything else. In the fust place Joe
put down swearing. He wouldn't ave
no bad langWidge. he said. and he
didn't neither. If man used a bac
word Joe would pull i'm up the fus
time, and the second he'd order Bill
to it i'm, being afraid of 'urting i'm
too much imself.
Then Joe objected to us playin:
cards for money. and we 'ad to al
range on the quiet that brace buttons
was ha'-pennies and coat buttons pen
MES, and that lasted until one evenin,
Tom Baker got up and danced ant
nearly went off is cad with jo,
through havin' won a few dozen. Tha
was enough for Joe. and Bill by hi
orders took the cards and pitched 'en
over the side.
II wonder whether you'll see tha
little gal at Melbourne agin this trir
Bill" ses Ned.
"'Wot! screams Bill, waking up on
of is sleep, and jumping out of I
bunk
1T was only a little joke O. mine
ses Ned, who saw ed put is foot in il
Bill 'ates 'em worse than-wOrse thai
-pison.'
"'Oh, very we'll then. I'm going t
ave bit of fun now, ses Joe. Bill!
YES ses Bill.
II won't it Ned myself for fear
shall do i'm lasting injury ses Joe
so you just start on i'm and keep o.
till e tells all about your goings o.
with that gall
Ned wasn't much of fighter, an
'alf expected to see i'm do bolt u
on deck and complain to the skipper
He did look like it for a moment
then he stood up, looking bit whit
as Bill walked over to i'm, and tn
next moment is fist few out, an
afore We could turn round I'm blost
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:.:.' ~: ON =. =.
SAN,SC::R|lT 7;
STORIES
ev GEO: v. HOBART, t"AueH' M'HUeH.")

possessions in the trapped depths of
the safsty-vault, and HE US to that
balmy peacefulness which the gentle
voiced advertisements say abounds
with a joyous plentitude in the Land
of Pebbleonthebeach forever and
ever" .,t :.
And the wife of the City Man and
her nearest kinswoman and all the:
diminutive members of his own indi-
vidual tribe made swift answer, and
spake, saying: "Let's!"
And it came to pass that they jour-
neyed into the Land of Peebleonthe-;
beach, and their hearts were glad,
within them, for the scene was fair to
look upon, and the ocean was full of
cold water.
And 10! even as they looked hot
wave arrived on fast train from the
City and enveloped all the Land of
Pebbleonthebeach, and humidity also
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Woman Chosen citv Alderman.

Woman Chosen City Alderman.
Mrs. H. J. Gates has just been elect
ed one of the six aldermen of Magee.
Tenn. For several years she has
taken an active interest in the educa-
tional work of her town and wanted
to be elected alderman because it
would help her in this work. She is
reported to have made about the most
aggressive campaign ever witnessed in
Magee, II not in Tennessee. The town
people seemed pleased with her elec-
ton, and even those who voted against
her believe she will make a first.class
alderman.
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BREAKS A COLD PROMPTLY

The following formula is a never
failing remedy for colds:
One ounce Of Compound Syrup Of
Sarsaparilla, one ounce Toris Com
pound and one-half pint of good
whiskey, mix and shake thoroughly
each time and use in doses of a table
spoonful every four hours.
This If followed up will cure an
acute cold in "a hours. The ingre-
dents can be gotten at any drug store.
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than all other diseases put together and until the last
lew years was supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced It local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly falling
TO cure with local treatment pronounced it ncurable
Science has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis
ease and therefore requires constitutional treatment
Hals Cata!rh Cure. manufactured by F. J. Cheney
Co.. Toledo Ohio is the only Constitutional cure on
tne market 1t Is taken internally In doses from 10
drops to teaspoonfu 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system They offer ono
nundred dollars for any case 1t fails to cure Send
tor circulars and Testimonials
Address: F. J. CHENEY 4 CO.. Toledo Ohio.
Sold by Druggists 75c.
Take Halls Family Pilh for constipatiop
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Euiivama Modernized.

The beautiful mountain peak Of Flu.
jiyama, which is regarded by the Jap
anese as little short Of sacred, is to
be modernized by electricity. For the
benefit of tourists the mountain top
and the trail to it will be Illuminated
by electric lights. Hotels and refresh
ments houses will be erected on the
mountain slope, as well as telephone
and telegraph stations.
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-11-06
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
Verv unktnd.

Stage Door Johnny-Now what do
you think is the first necessary for .
nice little supper?
Experienced Show Girl-A nice biz
lobster.