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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
INDIAN RIVER PIRATES.
How They Disguise Their Real Pur-
pose-Make Some Big Hauls.

How They Disguise Their Real Pur-
pose-Make Some Big Hauls.
There Is little doubt that the gentry
responsible for the long series of crimes
and offenses against river-bound trade
are in every sense Of the word pirates.
There are several gangs, whose methods
are known to the police, and Of these
four stand out prominently. The first
is known as the Bunphur gang, other
wise Umllas, who hail from Gya and
Benares.
These men are all Hindus. They
swoop down from the upper reaches of
the river and hire or purchase large
passenger dinghy, generally a green
boat. Eight, sometimes ten, of the
gang pose as oarsmen, and in addi-
ton a considerable number travel in
side the deckhouse to personate pas
sengers. A license is procured and
the arrangements are complete. The
spots selected for operation are general
ly lonely places in the river.
When coming into Calcutta from a
distance, loaded cargo boats frequently
have to anchor for the night or to
Is kept, except, perhaps. in rare in
stances, and the pirates range alongside
and demand their booty. This Is fire.
quently delivered up without a strug-
gle. But even when resistance is of
fered the victims are invariably taken
~,
withstand for any length of time the
powerful and always numerous assail-
ants. The latter, moreover, are al
ways armed-the weapons being any
thing from a lathf to a dao; and in
some cases guns have been know to
be used
The Bunphur gang sometimes imper-
senate a police patrol. One Of their
number sits on a deckhouse, and when
a livelylooking boat Is encountered
halls the crew and demands certain
Information, and before the boatmen
know quite what Is happening they are
overpowered and terrorized into giving
up whatever Is demanded Of them.
A second gang Is known as the Fish
ermen gang, and these ruf1ians con-
duct their operations In a fishing boat
complete with nets and fishing appli-
ances. As they really engage in fishing
they could deceive anybody. They wait
for nightfall and then go alongside an
anchored boat and make some request
generally for fire. If they find the crew
awake and on the alert they sheer of,
but II the boatmen are asleep they
commit the dacoity. This crowd as a
rule go about unarmed and do not
SHOW fight. Similar to these are the
members af the Dome gang, so called
they are comprised Of low-bred NOLAN
medans, Domes and low-casts Hindus
The fourth lot are the Bumboat gang,
and these men represent themselves to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
BY MISADVENTURE
= r A ~ K 3 a r R E T T


it necessary to question how you disposed
of it"
That's all right. Of course. whatever
| do with the money will be for our COM
mon good. So that settles the thing"
he said rising from his chair Eight,
ten months will be soon enough to settle
my creditors little bills. III manage
them !"
But In ten months I may be as far
as ever from being able to let you have
the sum you need; in the meantime. you
must be mourning fresh debts unless you
have some definite means of earning
money"
''But Audrey told me that he intended
settling the whole of the interest on the
money left by Flexmore on you for TAX
ing the care of the child off his hands,
and quite right that he should"
II know nothing at all about that. Mr..
Keene proposed salary that l thought
reasonable; if he had proposed more,
think l should have declined to accept
it"
Il must have an explanation with Aw-
drey at once. There seems to be a little
shuff1ing here. / must know the facts
of the case.
"Mr. Keene is in the next ROOM" sug-
gested Miss Dalrymple.
Lynn replied with an expression in re-
gard to me which it is unnecessary OF
repeat, for l think l have shown enough
to prove that he was blackguard, and
quilted the room to go and have it out
with Awdrey," in a manner so devoid of
feeling, or even comomn courtesy, that it
must at once have destroyed any faith in
his sincerity that poor Gertrude cherished.
Poor Gertrude it was some time after
the door closed upon Mr.. Lynn Yeames
before she came fron, the room where he
left her, and then, despite the cheerful
air she assumed, l perceived that she had
been crying.
Here, again, l have wondered what
she cried for. Had she not every reason
to be pleased that she had found out the
mans real character before marriage rath-
er than after it? Was not scorn of such
base fellow enough to dry in its source
the regretful tears that would have
sprung in losing a lover? l should have
| thought so. But nothing puts on so many
unlocked for aspects as human nature
| One cannot reason upon the movement of
human hearts as if they were made of
wheels, automatically arranged. to pro
duce from a given impulse a certain and
| undertaking result. SO l say again, poor
Gertrude! for she was weak as we'll as
strong
Had she really loved Lynn? or was
she only interested in him from belief
that her influence had ennobied him?
cannot say; all l know is that she wept
in realizing that he was neither noble
nor lovable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
FARMERS WAYS IN JAPAN.
How They Live, Work and Have
Their Being.

How They Live, Work and Have
Their Being.
Straw which American farmers
throw away japanese farmers would
utilize, says the st. Louis Globe Dem
Ocrat
Whatever grows or passes to decay
is of value to him, he managing to get
along and be happy and contented on
very little
One who Is the possessor Of horse
and cart Is considered to be wealthy.
1t seems very good to us, but most Of
the horses belonging to the farmers
wear shoes made of rice straw, even
the clumsiest horses.
A farmer taking goods to market
will take extra shoes with him to re-
shoe the horse in the event of one pair
wearing out The shoes are tied
around the ankle with straw rope
made of rice straw, braided so that
half an inch thick.
The average shoe usually lasts about
eight miles Of travel
In Japan in former times It was u.s.
ual to measure the distance by the
number Of shoes 1t took to cover the
distance. The horses hat and harness
Is also made Of the rice straw.
They are too poor to buy harness
like American farmers would have.
The farmers wear shoes, hats and
raincoats made Of rice straw.
The japanese farmer usually dwells
in a comfortable, inviting, faultlessly
clean home, without particle of dust
or dirt.
The transparent paper wall Of his
house made of the bark Of the mitsu-
mata shrubs, foods his dwelling with
light and keeps out the wind.
He enjoys good food served In dainy
ty but inexpensive dishes made Of ma
tive woods.
there are no visible signs Of poverty.
There is no squalor In agricultural
Japan. The humblest peasant farmes
Is clean, industrious ard comfortable.
The area Of fence corners abandoned
on many American farms to wild mus.
tard, pigweed, etc. would furnish q
comfortable living to japanese farm
er. In Japan, when japanese farm
er permits a telegraph pole to be erect
ed on his land. he has made a grea,
| concession to modern reform.
Only the exceedingly rich have fences
the cost Of the fence, but the value OF
the ground the post and picket woulA
consume.
II a border Is required 1t Ii custo
mary to plant mulberry tree.
A farm laborer only receives frm
10 to 10 cents day and rice, but nsr
ertheless Is happy and contented
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

be river hawkers of provisions. fruit.
vegetables, etc. They include Hindus
and Mohammedans, and are, like the
Bunphurs, inclined to violence when re-
sisted.
The Bunphurs are recognized as be-
ing the most dangerous of these river
pirates. They have a completely and
efficiently organized intelligence branch,
an elaborate system for dlsposing Of
stolen property, and when pressed do
not hesitate at actually taking life De
lection is an extremely difficult mat
ter, as in most cases before intelligence
Is received that they are on the move
they have actually swooped down on
their prey and retired with their spoils
into some lonely creek or backwater
In the river, or, as they have been
known to do in some cases, abandoned
their boat and taken to cover on shore.
Madras Mail
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
Kinds of Soy beans.

One reason why soy beans have not
become more prominent In American
agriculture has been the imposslbility
of securing seed of particular variety.
In the few localities in the United
States where farmers have learned
how to utilize them to best advantage
they have proved to be crop of high
value. They are especially valuable
for mixing with corn for silage, for the
production of hay, and for use as pas
ture, especially for pigs.
An expert of the Department of Agri-
culture has made study Of the
soy beans for several years and has
identified no less than twenty-five
varieties. These have been classified
and described in bulletin just issued,
and the department hopes that with
this information farmers will hereaf-
ter be able to obtain from seedsmen the
particular varieties which they wish to
plant
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
CAMPING IN THE PYRENEES.
Frenchmen Have Found a New Play
ground in the Mountains.


A party Of ten young Frenchmen are
preparing to spend next summer In the
Pyrenees, according to the Boston
Transcript. Some Of them went
through the experience this year and
they consider themselves the discover
ers Of the Pyrenees as a playground
They so in with tents made Of duck
over light frames, which when set up
are about six feet six square and FIVE
feet high, each of which shelters four
or five men at night. They also take a
collapsible boat. When the railway Is
left the first stages Of the journey into
the mountains are made by picking up
some Of the muleteers who cross the
mountains from Spain taking sweet
grapes to the French markets. These
good fellows on their way home are
only too glad to carry the camp equip
age on the backs Of their burros In con-
sideration Of a few polite phrases and
a few francs.
At the close Of long days tramp
down the darkenlng side Of the noun
tains the explorers will sometimes see
fame suddenly shoot up ahead Of
them. The guides and porters give an
exclamation of pleasure and hurry to-
ward 1t They find it has been kindled
to guide them by some herdsman.
whose ear, used to the silence Of the
mountains, has caught the noise Of
their footsteps in the distance He had
no Idea who they were. Most likely
he thought they were smugglers ply
Ing between France and Spain.
Close by his hut the camp is set up.
In one great soup pot there is an ola
podrida Of meat and barley. From an
other comes the fragrance of tea. A
skin of red wine is preached and the
Frenchmen produce such delicacies az
smoked sausage and ported fowl o.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
Protecting trees from Rabbits.

If you are troubled with rabbits eat
ing the bark of the tree during the win
ter, try wrapping the trees. Newspa-
pers can be bought at any local newspa-
per Office, and a whole paper should be
used to each tree, tying the paper at
both ends and around the middle with
stout Irvine. Manila paper may also be
used in the same way; it costs more,
but Is more durable. Nurserymen use
split tile, placing them around the tree
and tying so they will not part. Two
or three hundred of these can be
bought at any tile factory at very
reasonable cost. Have them split while
green and burned with the other tile.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
Tile Drainage.

In some reclamation work in Mari
nette, Wis, marsh land, noted by the
Department of Agriculture, 1t was
found that phosphoric acid Is the ele-
ment most needed In such work, and
that potash is also beneficial. In tile
draining, the red clay lands near Supe-
rior, the best stand and the best yield
Of corn was obtained where the tile
lines had been placed forty feet apart.
Further distances between the lines
gave poorer results. In the Marinette
and many other experiments, the re-
suits indicate, with reasonable certain
ty, that "acid soils need phosphate, and
that it w.ii oe possible, by a test of a
soil, with litmus paper (obtainable at
any drug stOrel to tell if it needs, or
will need, in the immediate future, an
application of phosphate fertilizer"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
Raising AuiEnfOrS.

OF all the interesting uses to which
incubators have been put that of hatch
ing alligator eggs is probably the most
striking, says Popular Mechanics. An
Englishman at Hot Springs, Ark, Is
engaged in raising alligators for the
market. The demand for the hides to
use for manufacturing purposes is con-
stantly increasing, while parks and ZOOS
buy the live reptiles for exhibition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

rations is desirable and essential is desirable
in the interests of the corporations themselves
difficult conceive of the possibility establishing any
uniform Intelligent regulation of corporations If every
State is permitted to pass its laws
1 firmly believe that the granting of a federal fran
chise license would tend fully to protect such
panies as remained within the law and would defend
them from harassment by separate Legislatures.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
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combing wool, and the average Of
fleeces is from to pounds. Selected
fiocks produce considerably more wool
The wethers fattened at IA months old
in England, weigh from 10 to "a
pounds per quarter, and at years old
from 20 to 30 pounds per quarter They
frequently are made TO weigh conSid-
erably more in this country. Their
mutton is superior to that of the Lei
cesters, the fat being less abundant and
better mixed with lean meat. They are
much used in crossing other breeds and
varieties. They impart more hardness,
with stronger constitutions and better
qualities as breeders to the Leicesters,
and thicken them In the hind quarters.
They are decidedly favored sheep with
the breeders of the United States.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

owners probity If a fraudessly become pos
of ten thousand he can If he works with the
ZEAL skill and power, only easily, but
easily, hundred thousand, two hundred thou
sand five hundred thousand a million hundred million
1oars Just here financial geniuses find opportunity
Now and again arises up amid the throng
of business with the ability to utilize the
end that semiauomatic to set and keep this hun
dred million earning with the precision governing
his first investment He combines industry with industry
and effects saving He takes advantage Of rivals
and hesitancy.
If he becomes Millionaire, you have right to de-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
For the Farmers Benefit.

Those who are crying out against the
tariff laws and say that the farmers
are not getting the benefits of protec-
ton. should look over the records of
the past. and see if there ever was
period when the farmer in this country
got so much for his produce as within
the past ten years. With 1000 millions
of produce to the credit of agriculture
this year, it is a good time for those
who dig wealth from the ground to
look closely into the matter and see
what part the protective policy of the
Republican party has taken in securing
remunerative prices. In the interest of
his own financial prosperity let the
farmer lay aside any consideration of
the partisan view, and do little tigur-
ing on the problem Of the conditions
changed, so that his products would be
seeking a market in foreign countries
to feed the poorly paid working men
there. instead of at home to better paid
and better fed and clothed working
men.-Mulhall (Okla.) Enterprise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

What does the employer in this ruthfulness?
Hero at once may be the first proof of that young
mans fixed value that house That he will tell the
truth at lifts heavy burden from the employers
shoulders. That young will to it that there is
occasion for a calling before powers again If he
can prevent it He won't try to lie out Of unpleas-
ant situation therefore he prevent anything that
can lead to such a situation Could employer ask
for greater assurance in work well done?
Men who have lied all their lives have made socaled
business successes But they not admired of
friends in wholesale AND who shall that their world
ly of might have greater
they had been disciples Of the truth?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
Rough Shell Eggs.

Perhaps you have noticed a preju-
dice among your customers against
rough-shelled and malformed eggs. 1t
is natural and should be needed by
you in marketing the product. In the
Matching season, set all such, If of
good size, says a writer in a poultry
paper. They hatch as well, and the
chicks are as well formed and healthy
as from the best formed and smoothest
eggs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
FEDERAL REGULATION OF TRUSTS.
By /. N. SeIigman, Banker.

That there are evils or dangers connected
with the trusts is undeniable, but the way to
remedy them is to seek by appropriate legs-
lation to cure the evils while maintaining the
benefits. To seek to abolish trusts as such Is
visionary; to seek to cure some Of the evils
Of trusts is perfectly reasonable.
1t appears to me beyond any reasonable
doubt that a national regulation Of our corpo-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

Tom-It was case OF love at first
sight with me.
Jack-Then why didn't you marry
her?
TomEOh, I saw her again on several
occasiona-Chicago News
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
IN DEFENSE OF HONEST WEALTH.
BY e. BENJAMIN md

l care net straw for the rich, as such
My interest End sympathy are solely with gen.
eral society and the common man. And, speak
ing as a representative of the people at large,
l urge that the pride, idleness and doubtful
practices of a few rich are no just cause for
putting all rich men in pillory.
The possession of wealth, however great
furnishes by itself no nreSumntion against the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO TELL LIE.
By John A. Rowland

Reading the young man Alright In his truth
telling. he Indicates in this virtue training
and salf-control that cannot fail to be of value
to an employer. Let a superior in Office call
that young man before him for questioning
Something is wrong in the young mans work
He is asked to explain, and he, recognizing
his fault, takes the blame for it all upon him
self without seeking subterfuge of any kind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
HI. Strong Point.

Managing Director-Weil, and what
are your qualifications 70. the post OF
night Waterman?
Applicant-Well, sir, for one thing,
the least noise wakes me up.-Illus-
trated Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

part his fortune upon proof of fraud
The fact of his being rich naught but proof
his genius and his industry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

1t is the surplus or increase of price
above cost of production that adds to
the prosperity of the people,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

Use brush and warm water for wash
ing milk cans, then rinse with scalding
water and stand in the sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

The rotation Of crops does not call
for more blowing, but less, and more
stirring of the soil.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

The louder child bawIs the less 1t
10 hurt. Same way with grown peo-
pie: The more fuss they make the lem
0ay hAvo to fuss ovee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

Clay soils are lacking in nitrogen
and sometimes phosphoric acid. This
can be supplied by barnyard manure
The growing of legumes has made it
possible for the farmer to grow some
kind of a leguminous crop, one that
will gather nitrogen from the air and
store it up in the soil. Salt Is not a
plant food and therefore cannot sup
ply the elements needed by the clayey
soil
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

ems superhgh heels frequently give them the appearance
or being Intended for Chinese torture When
woman dressed that walk along the streets
perceves that she has hard prosac role play
that Of dressing.
For the law to attempt to regulate change such
standards is hardly practicable. Custom alone and
will do It, Revolutions change the political life of
state but not external forms of public life which still
continue to exist long after they indicate
anything concrete. Thus modern costume does not
appertain to modern man 1t does exactly suit him
and agree with him. However, will have put up
with it as long putting up with other customs
speeches and writings which more harmful to So
ciety.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

The difference between a good and
inferior caretaker is everything in the
matter of success or failure in cattle
feeding.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

For wounds from barbed wire apply
carbolic acid, one part, with lard, eight
parts Cleanse the wound first.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

Did 20 never notice how bunch of
hogs will always work their feeding
troughs away from and never toward
the slop barrel?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

Pull the cabbages up by the roots,
instead of breaking or cutting the
stalks. Remove any dry or decaying
leaves and hang them to the studding
in dry cellar by means of twine tied
about the stalks. placing them so that
they do not touch one another or the
walls of the cellar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
The CotswoId Sheep.

The Cotswolds are large, hardy and
prolific sheep, and the ewes are good
mothers They furnish a valuable
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02
MODERN DRESS CONTRARY TO NATURE.
By DIR. Toulouse.

The dress of woman represents the highest
point Of reckless phantasy and is in bitter op-
position TO sense and good judgment The
chest, which contains the heart and the lungs
is frequently barely covered, while the hips.
which are far less susceptible to cold. are
padded unnecessarily. The long dresses in
which women delight. are in every case him
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

Don't feed heifers that are intend
ed for the dairy large quantities of
fat-producing foods, but an abundance
of good hay and limited supply of
oats and corn for the habit of laying
on flesh in calfhood is liable to follow
her to motherhood, and lead her to
placing the results of heavy feeding on
her back instead of in the milk pail.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-02

atlantic liners side has just completed Of
$4200O0 the lights
tiding
which
which frequently dashed completely
of OF
a