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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
CHEAP LIVING IN FRANCE.
Ham Is 80 Cents Slice and Ice 10
Cents for a Coffee Cup Full.

Ham Is 80 Cents n Slice and Ice 10
Cents for a Coffee Cup Full.
American women wouldn't complain
about the prices of meats here if they
once tried living in Bordeaux" said a
woman who has just returned from a
year of housekeeping in that French
city. to a New York Press reporter.
The cheapest meat obtainable there is
ham, she explained, "and that costs
90 cents a slice. Chickens are so eX-
pensive that every scrap of them. even
the head, is made use OF by the Bor-
deaux cook. 1 remember my surprise
when the first plate of chicken soup
was placed before me at my own table,
to behold funny little red scraps float
ing through it. The waitress explained
that those We're the chickens comb.
chopped fine To waste the comb OF 4
chicken is considered an unheard of
extravaganza in Bordeaux.
Meals are not only high in price
there, but extremely poor. 1 soon
adopted the custom of the wealthy fam
lilies and sent my orders to OAK, the
nearest large city, twice a week, and
had my meats expressed from there.
The meats are no cheaper in OAK than
in Bordeaux. but they are the best 1
have ever eaten anywhere. AS if to
make up for the eXorbitant price of
meat, all vegetables cost a mere moth
ing, and the poor subSiSt entirely on
vegetarian diet.
''One of my chief delights was the
patisseries, where the most delicious
cakes and tarts could be had for pen
ny or two each. They were of infinite
variety, and SO delicious that after eat
ing them it is easy to understand why
the French say we Americans don't
know what cake is. Every customer
is given a plate and fork upon entering
the patisserie, and goes around the
counters selecting her own. When you
are leaving you are asked the amount
of your bill and your statement is never
questioned. You pay what you say you
owe.
But how l did long for a plate Of
good American ice cream. 1t is IN
known there, except, perhaps, at a for
NAL dinner where it is served in infin-
itesimal portions, frozen in some fancy
shape or figure. Every one over there
assures you that the French don't care
for ice cream, and can't be made to
patronize a place which serves it; but
when you buy ice you understand the
real reason of its lack of popularity. \
piece of ice which costs 10 cents will
almost IL inside coffee cup"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
Big Pennsylvania Oak.

A monster rock oak tree was recently
cut in Juniata township, Huntingdon
county. Its dimensions were as follows
after having been cut down and peeled ::
The circumference of the butt was -
feet { inches, or diameter of about 1
feet; the diameter at the end of the last
log, or 81 feet from the butt, was %
inches no limbs were on the tree with
in 60 feet of the ground. The logs We're
that can be made is 2.190 feet board
measure, and twelve crossties can be
made from the limbs. The bark will
amount to from IL to ia cords
PHILADELPHIA Record
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

From the beginning of the foundation
to the time when the great church OF
st. Peters in Rome could be said to be
complete three and a half centuries had
elapsed, eighteen architects had been
employed and forty-three pOpes had
reigned. The cost of the great church
can never be known with eXactness. At
the end of the seventeenth century it
had cost S5O,OOOOO0, without including
the sacristy bell. towers, ETC. The last
important work on the edifice was done
by Pope Plus TX, on the four hum
dredth anniversary of the birth of Mi
chelangelo.-New York American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
Australian Cadets.

All children in Australia are drilled,
but the elder boys are attached to the
Australian military forces by means of
the cadet corps. Almost every large
school has its band of cadets. who
wear neat khaki uniforms and are
armed with light rifles, in the use of
which they are frequently instructed.
Every year those boys have shooting
matches, and the scores prove that
among the youngsters there are many
who have already become skilled
marksmen-London Standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

1346-English defeated the French at
the famous battle of Cressy.
1664-New Amsterdam surrendered to
the British, who changed the name to
New York.
lI33-Brandt made the first accurate ex-
perlments on the chemical nature of
arsenic
175fA disturbance of the French and
Indians occurred upon Hoosick and
Schaghticoke, which led to the break
ing up of these settlements.
1II6-British defeated the Americans in
battle of Long Island.
1119-Gen. Sullivan defeated the Tories
and Indians at Elmira, n. Y.
149S-James Wilson. one of the signers
OF the Declaration of Independence,
died
lSO4-Margaret, widow of Benedict Ar
mold, died in London, aged A years.
1S1IThe city of Washington burned by
the British. :. British evacuated the
city OF Washington. Specie pay
ments We're suspended in Philadel-
phia.
1S1S-The Savannah, the first steam YES
sci to cross the ocean, launched at
New York.
lS29-tirst temperance society formed
IN ireland. Warfare between Co
lombia and Peru ended
1S3O-The steam locomotive was adapted
to passenger service for the first
time IN America, on the Baltimore
and Ohio railway.
1S35-Sir John Gosford Earl of Col
borne, sworn in as Governor OF Can
ada
1S36-Opening of the Buffalo and Nj
agara railroad.
1S47-Republic of Liberia inaugurated.
1S4S-Trials of the Chartists began in
London.
1S51-The yacht America beat the iron
yacht Iltania on a race of forty
miles by eight miles.
1S55-The vessel engaged to lay the sub
marine cable between Cape Ray, n.
F., and Cape North, c. B., began to
pay it out.
Gated at Albany, n. Y.
1S51-Beginning of a financial panic in
the United States, which eliminated
in a, almost entire suspension of the
banks.
1S5S-First treaty signed between Great
Britain and Japan.
1S60-Victoria railway bridge at Mon
treal opened by the Prince of Wales
1S69-F'irst Confederate soldiers monu-
ment unveiled at Griffin, Ga.
1872 Severe storm and high tide did
great damage along the New England
coast.
1S7S-The independence of Servia pro-
claimed at Belgrade.
1SS3-The Salvation army began opera
tons in Canada.
1SS4-England closed a contract with
Chicago firm for 100000 pounds of
compressed beef for the Gordon re-
lief expedition to Khartum.
1SS6-William J. Kendall, clothed in
cork vest, swan through the Mag
ara whirlpool rapids.
Io51-lJecennlal census placed the pOpu-
lation of Canada at 4,S23, 3344
1S94-A tornado swept the shores of the
Sea of Azof and caused the loss of
1000 lives
1S97-President Borda of Uruguay assas-
sinated at Montevideo. Congress
of Salvador adopted the gold stand
ard. Gen. J. P. S. Goblin of Penn
sylvania elected commander-in-chief
of the G. A. r.
19O2-Monsignor Guidi was appointed
apostolic delegate to the Philippines
by the Pope.
1904-Battleship Louisiana launched at
Newport News
1907-The new cantilever bridge in
course of construction across the st.
Lawrence river, near Quebec, col
lapsed, causing the death of nearly
100 workmen. . . British House of
Lords passed the bill legalizing mar
riages with a deceased wife's sister,
thus settling a long pending ques-
ton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
HAMS Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displaoements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration.
Why don't you try 1t?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

The best dressed man in the United
States, according to the best of au-
thority, is c, s Eddy, bankers clerk
of Providence. II. l. Eddy possesses
some tifty-odd suits He says that is
approximately the number, but really
it's too much trouble to count them.
you know. There is suit for each
day In a month, suits for social func-
tons, for driving, walking. for almost
every special thing human being can
do. Moreover, it is said he is con-
stantly adding to his collection.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
Patrick to Supreme Court.

Albert L. Patrick, serving a life SEN
tence for the murder of Millionaire Rice
in New York several years ago, has now
appealed to the Supreme Court from the
decision of Judge Lacombe denying his
application for release on habeas corpus
writ and a new trial. He makes the novel
claim that the life sentence is an increase
of penalty over that of the electrical
chair which was formerly imposed on
him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
Fruit and Sugar for Horses.

Grain is not the only food on which
the horse thrives. In Egypt, the Khe-
dives best mares are fed largely on cur
rants, and these animals are noted for
their endurance and speed.
Figs, during the fig harvest, form the
food of the horses of Smyrna; they
turn to it from oats or hay
In Tasmania peaches and in Arabia
dates take the place of the usual hay
and oats corn and bran.
The green tops of the sugar cane are
fed to the horses of the West Indies,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
And Save Money.

In the city there's the clang of the troll
leys and their bang,
In the country there's the ROSTERS
early crow:
In the city there's the foot of the 6
O'Clock salute.
In the country there's the cattle, how
they low
City life, or country, noise comes upset
ting all your joys,
The jackass gives hee-haw, or the car
Swiftly goes a-whizzing by, driving sleep
far from your eye;
Oh, you might as well remain right
where you are.
Houston Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

ago l suffered mis-
cry with lumbago.
Every movement was
one of pain. Doan's
Kidney Pills remov-
ed the whole Difficult
ty after only a short
time. Although | dc
not like to have my
name used publicly,
l make an exception
in this case, so that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
Tit for Tat.

Affable Barber-You're very bald on
top, sir.
SelfIConscious Customer (much an
noyed) What If 1 am? You needn't
talk so much. 'Ow about that squint
Of yours London Telegraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease FREE

Write to-day to Allen s. Olmsted. lie Roy,
n. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes.
2 1t cures tired, sweating, hot, swollen, ach-
Ing feet 1t makes new or tight shoes easy.
certain cure for Corns and Bunions. All
Druggists and Shoe Stores sell 1t. 25c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
Medicinal Properties of vesetat

Medicinal Properties of Vegetables.
Vegetables have medicinal properties,
Tomatoes act on the liver, spinach on
the kidneys, so does asparagus; all
kinds Of greens purify the blood Let.
tuce and cucumbers cool the system
and celery is excellent for both rheu-
matism and the nerves. A soup made
with onions is regarded by the French
as restorative in cases Of debility and
weakness of the digestive organs Leeks
and garlic promote digestion, and it is
said that beet root gives energy and
cheerfulness.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
HOUSE
0RK

Thousands Of American women
1n our homes are daily sacrificing
their lives to duty.
In order to keep the home neat
and pretty, the children well dressed
and tidy, women oyerdo. A female
weakness or displacement is often
brought on and they suffer in silence,
drifting along from bad to worse,
knowing well that they ought to
have help to overcome the pains and
aches which daily make life a burden.
IL L. Il 4hnrn fnith FIJI ruo,,onr, 4hn4
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

other sufferers from kidney trouble
may profit by my experience"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
TynOpraD hical Error.

Kutten-I was surprised when this
mornings Thunderbolt, in referring to me,
said / had "Websterian intellect"
Dryde-So was the editor. He told me
he wrote it tsobsterian."-Chicago Trib-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
The Purely Personal Interest

Ought we. not to do something for
the preservation of our forests?''
ooh, what's the use?' answered Sen
ator Sorghum, impatiently. ''Trees
can't te."-Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
Care of Horses.

While grass is the best condition
powder in the world, it must be given
| in very small doses at first until the
| horse gets used to it.
It is much better to let a horse get
| his grass from the pasture in his own
way than to cut it and place it in his
manger for him. If horses are allowed
| to run in the pasture at night they
should be provided with shelter to
| which they can go in case Of storms. \
| wet hide is conducive to much trouble.
In spite of the general belief that all
mules are born stubborn and vicious
1t is not true. If right care is used in
breaking the mule when young he can
be made just as gentle and useful as a
horse. Most bad mules are the result
Of bad breaking.
Did you ever notice that a new collar
| which fits perfectly in the spring may
be too large in a week? This is be-
cause a horses shoulders shrink when
suddenly put to hard work when he is
soft.
|
| of an ill-fitting collar. If the old horse
shows ravenous appetite all the time
but does not get fat you may be pretty
sure his teeth are bad ard that he rs
unable to properly chew his food. Get
busy with a file.
The inside Of the horse stable should
| be kept clean with whitewash. 1t Is
not right to bring horse in from the
bright sunlight and shut him up in a
dark stable for more than a few hours,
particularly in the day time.
Some horses are so fastidious that
they will not lie down in filthy straw,
| and thus fail to get the needed rest.
If he works hard he deserves a good,
clean bed.
A horses stomach is small and he
| should be fed often. He will begin ia
lose flesh the moment he goes hungry.
There is a great difference between
a good feeder and greedy feeder The
latter bolts his feed because he is IN
too big a hurry TO get away with it.
Put some large pebbles in his feed box
and let him nose around for his grub.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

The community where the good dairy
cow is in the majority is the commu-
nifty which is marked by contentment
and prosperity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
Worth Its Weight I'm Gold.

It's PETTIT'S EYE SALVE, strength.
ems eyes of the old. tonic for eye strain
weak and watery eyes. All druggists or
Howard Bros. BuffIo. n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

Tue favorite amusements OF Queen
Wi!helmina of Holland are skating ana
riding. but as a child her hobby was the
keeping Of poultry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

Better to plant a little in the gar
den and plant well than to half plant
a great quantity Of stuff
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

A dairy COW shut up in a dark stable
and fed on highly concentrated food
quickly burns out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

1t is good scheme to use kerosene
literally about the interior Of the place
the entire year
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

Sow little more clover and divide il
up into hog pastures. 1t will pay big.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

Pie is good, but nobody wants it three
times a day, and nothing else. No
more does a hog want corn month in
and month out without change
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

The feeding out of the odds and ends
weather ruins it is important and
means the saving of a snug sum every
year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

and for long weeks, in many parts of
Canada, windfall apples form the
horses food
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

Feed the COW all the hay or other
roughness she will eat, even if she is
running on good pasture. Her appetite
tells her better what she needs than
you can tell.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

Rape makes fine hog feed. They do
not bloat On it as sheep do.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
Make IL Gradual.

The change from whole to skim milk
In feeding the calf should be made
by Withholding a small amount of milk
the first day, more the second, and so
on. The amount withheld is thus grad
ually increased from day to day An
amount of skim milk must be added,
at least equal in quantity Of new milk
withheld, until the change has been
completed.
Some substances should be added as
soon as the change begins that will
supply an equivalent to the fat coz
tanned in the new milk withheld. No
substance has been found superior for
such use to linseed meal, that is.
ground fiaXseed. Oil meal will answer
the same purpose, and is far more
frequently fed than ground flax, for
the reason probably that it is relative
ly cheaper. When the latter is used
it is necessary to feed a larger guam
tity than the former.
In some instances the meal thus
added is stirred in the milk, but III
other instances, as when the calves
have learned to take meal before the
change from new to skim milk has
begun, it is simply added to the meal.
Sometimes the faxseed is made into
a jelly, and this fed along with the
milk
This practice was common years
ago. but it is not so much practieed
now, since separator milk has come to
be SO extremely available. The
jelly was usually warmed before it
was put into the milk, and this helped
to warm the latter when cold. The
amount to be fed may be regulated for
a time, at least, by the influence that
the meal or the jelly exercises on the
digestion. If too much is fed, the d.
gestion will be unduly lax.-Prof
Thomas Shaw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

The Hongkong harbor has a water area
of ten miles, and is regarded as one of
the finest in the world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

Mrs. Winslo,v's eooTHIse syrup for Children
tsething; softens the gums reduces Inflammation al
lays pain, cures wind collie. Is cents Q bottle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

Some genius of figures estimates that
the corn crop Of Missouri for 1907
would fill 100000 farm wagons,
which, If hitched close together, would
make a chain that would reach around
the world.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

There are about twenty-five kinds of
nut-bearing trees in the United States.
The consumption of nuts is increasing
rapidly, the demand evidently growing
increased
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
Practical Pigeon Hints.

Pigeons must have grit Don't for
get that.
There should be one bath pan for
every twelve pair of birds.
Hemp seed is one of the best stimu-
lants known for pigeons.
Thomas Wright says a pigeons prime
OF life is from to 8 years Of age.
Green food is a luxury, but not
necessity. 1t is advised not to feed let
tuce to pigeons.
Never catch bird in the daytime I'M
less absolutely necessary. This alone
will make tame birds wild.
Never feed one kind of grain eXclu-
sively. 1t is not good for the health of
pigeons and greatly lessons the number
of young birds raised
1t is said by experienced SQUAD grow
ers that in ninety-nine times out of 100
If two birds are Matched, the first
Matched viii be male
The homer is somewhat larger than
the Antwerp, longer faced, and in a
greater variety of colors, and in man<
ways superior as a squad breeder
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
SScS SSSSS

Charcoal is appreciated by the flock.
Provide it for them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

The average man isn't ashamed to do
lot Of things that he would be asham-
ed to be caught doing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
LYDIA z. PENKHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

comes as a boon and blessing,
as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, of
Mayville, N. Y, and to Mrs. w. P.
Boyd, Of Beaver Falls, Pa, who say:
was not able to do my own work,
owing to the female trouble from which
! suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound helped me wonderfully,
and | am SO well that can do as big
days work as l ever did. l wish every
sick woman would try it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10
A TEXAS CLERGYMAN
Speaks Out for the Benefit Of Suffer-
Ing Thousands.

Rev. G. NJ. Gray, Baptist clergyman,
of Whitesboro, Tex, says: -Four years
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

1t seems at the present time that
the graduates Of the state agricultur-
al schools of the country are finding
no trouble in getting located. The
young man who knows the science of
good farming and how to apply it
commands SIS to 500 a month, with
his board and lodging, and lives cas-
ily comfortably and wholesomely. The
farmer, who can do so, should give
his sons the education that will thus
lift them to the heights of their occu-
patton. Young men trained so that
they can command such financial re-
turns for their services to others can
use their scientific training to still
greater profit for themselves The sci
entific farmer, who is worth 500 or
$3.50 month to another man, is worth
5000 to $500 to himself if he apply
science to his own SOIL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

In spite of the fact that Professor
Milton Whitney says that there is
enough land east of the Missouri river
to sustain the population for the next
fifty years, a Texas drainage system is
expected to reclaim 100000 acres
which lie along the coast
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

The Holstein breeders in their re-
cent national meeting appointed
committee to secure a federal law for
the inspection of cattle for tubercu-
losis and to do away with inspection
by the states. There is no question
that such a law would prove advan-
tageous.