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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
AGATES FOUND IN OREGON.
More Valuable Than Those Which
Come from Mexicn.

More Valuable Than Those Which
Come from Germany or Mexico.
Walter II. Written of Newberg was
in the city recently displaying a por-
ton of his wonderful collection of
agates, says the Portland (Ore.) COR
respondent of the New York Herald.
Written has been toiling away for
twenty years, accommodating agates off
| the Oregon coast, principally near
( Newport, and it is doubtful if there
is a larger or finer collection any
where in the world than is possessed
by this man.
Written stated that he is installing
| machinery and equipment in his lapi-
dairy at home so that he can grind and
polish the rough agate, no matter of
how great size obviating the necessity
of shipping the raw stone to Germany
and shipping the finished agate back
again, on which the. duty must be paid
| both ways.
The finest rough agates in the
world are found right on the Oregon
coast at Newport said Mr.. Written,
''and l will enter them against the
! finest and rarest found in Arizona,
Mexico or in Germany. For more
than twenty years I have been gather
| ing them, until now it has become a
second nature to me, and l am now ne
gotiating for the installation of suffi-
cient modern machinery to handle the
I1-hn of hn TTnitaH
right here at Newberg, where l live,
saving the cost of shipment abroad, as
well as the duty both ways.
Every kind OF agate known is
found in the silica deposits at New
port-the carnelian, the cloudy, the
moss, the coral, the moonstone, the
jasper and so on. The winter is the
best time to find them, for during this
season the ocean current changes its
direction and washes away the sur
face sand clear to the gravel, in which
deposits the rough agates of all kinds
may be found. Sometimes the agate
season lasts but a couple of weeks
| depending entirely upon the ineXplica-
bic caprices of the sea, the winds, the
tide and currents.
The pure grayish white silica gives
us the soft warm-tinted coral agates,
the dark silica with oxides Of manga
nese are the base of the cloudy and
the moss, while the red silica with its
iron gives us the carnelian and the
jasper, and where both iron and man
ganese occur we have the moonstone
The coral and the cloudy are the
finest and most delicate of tint and
suggest purity, while the carnelian
and the jasper are the warm, rich,
glowing stones, perhaps the most val
liable and most eagerly sought.
''-As soon rs | get my lapidary in
shape l shall reach out beyond the To-
cal market and enter active competi-
ton against the German and other i'm
ported varieties. The agate-making is
a home industry entirely overlooked
and one in which we can not only ex-
eel the foreigners in the reality of the
raw material but in the variety and
supply"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
The Hen rs n Destroyer.


The fact that the hen. is consumer
as we'll as producer has been too
generally ignored The literature deal
ing with the virtues and achievements
or the hen tribe has consisted almost
entirely or praise that has been ex-
trayagant to a fulsome degree. The
hen, unless kept under watchful police
supervision, Is a land pirate-a ruth
less pillager that has no more regard
for vested property rights than a wan
dering hobo. 1t is well-known fact
that the barnyard cackler after laying
a 2-cent egg will frequently sneak into
the kitchen garden and scratch up
S1.T5 worth of peas, beans and lettuce.
And, as likely as not, she will follow
this UP by breaking into the straw
berry patch and eating ID cents worth
of berries. This is no warped and
preJudiced statement, and 1t is not an
overdrawn representation of the de-
structive capacity of the INSCRIPTIONS
fowl There was hen enthusiast some
years ago who declared that the hens
of the country every year pay off the
national debt. This wild statement was
at once accepted by millions of chicken
enthusiasts as an automatic truth 1t
is, indeed, high time that the other side
of the great national hen industry
should be investigated.-Ba
American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
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the quality Of the milk from each COW
remained practically constant, whether
she was MIXED by hand or machine
1t required from two to three times as
long TO milk a COW with the machine
as would have been required by good
hand mixer, but one operator can ham
Ole two or three machines. SO he could
milk four or more COWS with the ma
chine in less time than he could milk
the same number by hand.
The success of a mechanical mixer
depends TO large extent upon the cow
as to whether she readily becomes ac-
customed to the machine, according TO
tests just made at the PENNSYLVANIA ey-
pertinent station. 1t was found there
was usually slight drop in milk weld
when changing from hand milking TO
the machine, and two of the cows
could never be MIXED with the ma
chine without leaving one or more
pounds of strippings, while others were
often MIXED as completely as would
be done under ordinary circumstances
In general the cows were MIXED clean
er as they became accustomed to the
machine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
beef Tyne and Dairy TYNE.

The Iowa Experiment Station some
time since reported the results of a
years feeding test to determine the re-
latiye economy for beef production Of
the beef and dairy types of cattle,
question that is receiving much atten-
ton at this time. The results attained
are summarized as follows:
Dairy type steers showed consid-
erably higher percentage of offal and
lower dressing percentage.
Dairy type steers carried higher per-
centage Of fat on internal organs, there
by increasing the total weight of cheap
parts.
Beef type steers carried higher per-
centage Of valuable cuts.
Beef type steers furnished heavier,
thicker cuts; they were more evenly
and neatly covered with outside fat,
showed superior marbling in flesh, were
Of a clearer white color In fat and a
brighter red in the lean meat; but
there was little difference in fineness
of grain.
ihV INV pii,C pau iol udlly
may be due partially to prejudice, and
to the lower grade carcasses but it is
chiefly greater expense Of carrying and
selling, due to an actual inferiority In
the carcasses.
1t Is neither profitable nor desirable
to feed steers Of dairy type for beef
purposes. They are unsatisfactory to
the consumer because they do not fur
nish thick and well-marbled cuts; they
are unsatisfactory to the butcher be-
cause they furnish low-grade carcasses
which are difficult to dispose of, and
they are decidedly unsatisfactory to the
feeder because they yield him little
or no profit, and both breeder and feed
er waste their time in producing such
a type Of steer for beef purposes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
CATHEDRAL MADE OF MATCHES.

A coal miner named Wilhelm Lem
pertz arrived here a few days ago with
a Cathedral cathedral made of
matches. He came from Port Arthur,
Texas, where he had been employed
until recently. The cathedral repre-
sents two years of Lempertz's labor,
such painstaking labor as few men are
capable of performing.
For 20 years Lempertz has been a
coal miner. He worked in the mines
of Germany and America, but a few
years ago he had to give up mining on
account of i'll health. While he was i'll
he did various things to while away
the time. One day he started to build
toy cathedral patterned after a pic
ture he saw in a magazine. His build
ing materials were matches and glue,
his tools a pocket knife and a glue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

known as emotions All emotions should be
der control The cholerc man, violent exuberant Is
feeble fellow, the mercy Of his environments. With
him the nerves dominate abolish individual in
itiatye He is creature Of impulse, no matter where
1t originates. He is a moral and social slave.
The man that Is too lively petuant, dspenses his
forces quickly they produced. He never has
but small amount Of energy to concentrate
thing really useful although he attacks his problems
with vim and with violence. man who wishes to
have strength the right occasions must husband his
resources and hold careful watch his daily
ments ....
Such a man has the advantage in that by his vic
tory Of will power his emotional tendencies over
his animal centers and human instincts, he has purified
his Judgment, reinforced his mental powers and given
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
The ExpIOsiye Force of Water

Water, looked upon as the tamest of
liquids, is as great an explosive as
dynamite, under certain conditions. In
one day water breaks up more earth
and rock than all the gunpowder, gun
cotton and dynamite in the world do
in q year. These explosives can be
controlled by human agency, but water
does not hold itself accountable to man.
It runs into the ground, freezes, ex-
pands and spits the soil into little
pieces. Finding a crack in a huge
rock, it repeats the same process,
forcing it asunder. If frozen in the
pores of a tree it often explodes with
a report like a gunshot and the force
of a dynamite bomb.-Dundee Adver-
tiSer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
CHASE FOR TITLES.
Many Are Real, but Others Are
Merely Assumed.


Merely Assumed.
At least fifty titles, more or less au.
thentic, have been captured by Ameri-
can women in France. How many are
real? A good proportion Others are
papal; others merely assumed. Since
titles were abolished in France the
"aristocracy' has increased fivefold.
There are five times as many dukes.
counts and all that in republican
France to-day, says Vance Thompson
in the Broadway, as there were in the
royal France of old. They spring up
like mushrooms. There Is no law
against your butcher assuming the IT,
tie of the Marquis de Tete de Veau IL
it so pleases him. And therefore comes
it that many a girl does not get what
she pays for-poor child!
However, authentic titles-register-
ed in the Almanach de Goth-are go
ing cheap these days. One of the best
known American women in Paris
makes an excellent living as a mar
rlage broker. I have seen one of her
lists which was brought to the atten-
ton of girl with money-money
made, curiously enough, out of wooden
toothpicks. Among the titled men Of
fered to the wooden toothpick helress
were Due de Montmorency, the Count
de Chateaubriand and the Prince de
Lecca. She hasn't chosen yet 1 rec
commended the Prince de Lecca. He
is OF the Corsican branch of the Co
lonnas and has been trying to marry
an American girl for years and years.
OF course he has no money, but the
title is good one. He is known as
the knight of the sorrowful visaget
he writes verses.
take him." l said to the heiress.
"Why? she asked.
Because he looks like toothpick."
But she didn't like the reason.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Cold Storage Erca.

The eggs stored in this country last
year amounted 10 115, 161 $40 dozen, Of
which 33,750,0O0 dozen were stored in
Chicago. These storage eggs sold at
an average Of 1919 cents dozen, a
little less than was paid for them.
Under normal conditions they would
In storage eggs are kept at a tenn
perature slightly above the freezing
point, they are never allowed to freeze
except when stored In bulk in tin cans.
Eggs are placed in cold storage in
April and May and begin to enter the
market in September.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Tests Cow AIiIker.

The general health Of the cows re-
mained good during the entire expert
ment. No difference in yield was OBJ
served that could be attributed to the
milking machine, and no injury to the
udder took place that could with GER
tainty be attributed to the use Of the
mechanical mixer. Wide variations in
favor and keeping qualities Of milk
were observed from different COWS, but
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

making progress II church not care about the
conditions Of labor, tell you right I'd get out
of the church But the church does care Christ gave
social system He set to better the individual
Josh Billings said: Before you can have an
honest horse you honest human race"
and guess there lots Of horse that state
ment. 1t is not much question Of mans surround
ngs but what he is Within himself that has to
do with composing the social unrest.
The church herself has created this increased social
unrest In showing people the heights which they might
attain That is Jesus Christ would have ia health
full dissatisfaction personal conditions to teach men
how to rise higher.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
DIVORCES ONLY FOR THE CH1LDLEss.
BY Prof. Alexander Graham Bell

Throw wide the gates Of marriage,
and where children are produced close
tight the doors Of divorce. Every child
is entitled. by nature. to father and
a mother, and no people should pro-
duce children who are not prepared
to give them parental care for life.
The grand spectacle is presented to
our eyes Of a new people being grad
ually evolved in the United States by
the mingling together of the different
races Of the world In varying proper
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

quence that the final should be the evolution
of higher and nobler type Of in America. and
deterioration of the nation.
To this end the process of evolution should be carefully
studied and then controlled by suitable immigration laws
tending eliminate undesirable clinical elements and
stimulate the admission Of elements assmiated readily
by population and that raise the standard Of
manhood here
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Rear Admiral Coghian whose vessel, the Raleigh,
dered such conspicuous service the battle of Manila
Bay, tells the Philadelphia Ledger of the important
changes which have taken place in navy
memorable battle Of ten years ago.
THE greatest change said the Admiral, "has, Of
been the great increase in the strength
navy. Never in the history of the world has nation
increased its power within any period of years
we have since the war with Spain. We had then four
battleshps. We have % nearly all of which
commission. The four others which under
ton should be ready for service You might en-
phasize this that any of these battleshps
which have built since the battle Of Manila would
have been than match for the entire feet which
Admiral Dewey commanded.
1.-The other advances. They have been notable and
many There is the increase the rapdlty of fire We
now have actual rapid fire. But in those days such
appliances were introducing might be described
tending to, WELL decrease Of fire: that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Ambiguous.

Il would like to see more moving
verse from your pen," said the ad-
mirer.
DO you mean something pathetic"
asked the poet. "or something about
springtime movesT' = Kansas City
Times
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

fcered and managed by wise, leveheaded exceptionally
able and patriotic
No better public service be rendered by bank Of
cers and directors than to keep the machinery of COM
going an6 to maintain strong and solvent the in
stituons upon which the credit and business the en-
ployment and the living of the people depend
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
THE CHURcH's INTEREST IN LABOR.
By Rev. Charles Sickle.

The labor union is not the labor question.
II all the unions were wiped out of exist
ence the question would remain. This is the
era of the common man. The common man,
the workingman, is coming to his own On
less that victory is based on sound principles,
the last state will be worse than the first.
The square deal for every man should be our
ideal We RIA king nistaIes hut 1ra 70
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
BANKERS SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY.
BY Senator Depew of New YorI

Bankers do not claim that they are
In business for philanthropy or their
health. They do not deny that they
desire to make all the money they le-
ultimately can, to pay good dividends
to their stockholders, and strengthen
their institutions by adding to their
surplus. But no student Of finance
can rise from study Of what the
bankers, not only of New York, but
Of Chicago and other large cities, did
in the recent crisis without feeling
that the hunks Of tho co11ntrr nro cf
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

After an affecting scene at a play
the men all blow their noses vigorous
ly, and the women pat their eyes. A
mans way OF crying Is TO blow his
nose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

would be the best way to express what doing
then. Then the minimum of time required between shots
Of the heavy pieces two and half minutes Now
the maximum is about 40 seconds.
The improved gun mechanism permitted Of a vastly
increased rapdty in firing The telescope sight brought
about vast improvement in accuracy, especially when
firing at long One observer had
impressed with this accuracy that he sought tell
about it in this WISE The captain peerng through his
binoculars at ship just above the horizon says the
captain of six-inch gun: Hit that fellow on the
bridge in the eye. Aye aye, says the gun captain,
which eyer"
Among the numerous other Improvements the Ad-
miral noted the advance in construction, prog
that the II inches which Connect
cut carries has greater resisting power than the IS
inches which the Oregon and her class carried Still
another important advance the smokeess powder with
which our magazines now supplied, this being vastly
superior to the old smoking brown hexagonal with which
fought out the with Spain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
EMOTIONAL CONTROL BRINGS POWER.
BY Siivain Roude.

When we yield to an emotion our sentiment
always transforms itself into movement.
Joy, fear, love, anger are expressed in IN
conscious gestures. in a perfectly clear man
ner. The strong man is master Of his emo
lions and his unconscious movements. In or
der to expend our strength to the best adyan-
tage is is needful to give out as little as
possible under that base form of energy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Wlswell-Charley isn't a bad fellow
socially, but he's dead failure in
money matters. Why. | actually be-
lieve he owes everybody in town?
Wrightly-And you call that a dead
failure? l should say that Charley is
n Napoleon Of finance.-Boston Tran
| script.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

The other day steamship flowed
into San Francisco harbor from the
Columbia River a raft containing o.
100000 cubic feet of piles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

not daring 70 trust himself to speak again.
| Breen found him in his room a few min
utes later
Peter" he said softly, has it ever
| occurred to you that the map of Europe
and the history Of France might greatly
have been altered if our beloved Joseph
inc had been gifted with a will like that"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Use No Hook.

Yon manly breast, o maid on which you
lean,
Though it may harbor nothing base or
mean.
All, lean upon it lightly, for who knows
What frail cigars may nestle there I'M
seen.
-Puck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

1t is asserted that the drum was the
first musical instrument used by hu-
man beings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Fer Its Very Own.

There's one thing that seems to me funny.
When the state of a bank becomes runny,
You're supposed to go back
And sit down. It's fact
They get mad if you ask for your money.
-Lippincotts
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

himself the capacity for discrimination in many other
matters between the important and the Insignificant
useful and the idle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

A black soil is not necessarily rich
soil. 1t may be almost devoid of nitro
gen. and so stand in need of some fer
tilizer,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

brush. The plan was laid out for a
building IA feet high, IA feet long and
I feet wide. He worked with remark
able patience, oftentimes putting in all
his waking hours at his task. After
two years of almost continuous appli-
cation the job was finished
The walls of the cathedral, the tow
ers and turrets, the galleries and stee-
pies, the ornaments are of match
es 1t took more than 100000 match
es to build the church and more than
100 pounds of glue used in fastening
the 100000 matches securely.-New
York Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
In Guarded Tones,

Richun-Money talks. you know.
Poorun-Yes, l know but when it
converses with me it never speaks
above whisper "-Illustrated Bits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

The better food you feed the more
careful you should be of the manure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Concentrated foods should always be
fed with those more bulky.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

There is more profit in growing an
animal than in fattening one already
grown.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Sometimes there is trouble brewing
in brewery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

For humble foot in poultry, paint the
corn literally with tincture of iodine
daily for a week. II this is done in
the early stages the corn can be spread.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Good bacon is great food. It always
man can turn more acres with fewer
hog troughs" on it than On any other
meat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

By the Investment of SIS or $50 in a
good writing desk that can be put I'M
der lock and key, some men can save
a hundred dollars worth of fuss,
worry, mental discontinue and house
no place for business headquarters in
the house
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Science Is getting obstreperous. 1t
has butted into the making Of butter.
The golden product is now as cOnven-
t1onal as the blue bib-overall. There
is no chance for originality. The rich
~ favored, delicately aromatic product
Of the old shallow cream pans and
dash churn Is no more: That's what
we pay for being scientific.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Most men make the mistake of
spreading the manure too thickly. In
most cases it will be better to cover
a larger area with the same amount.
The spreader solves the whole diff
Guilty.