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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
TWO WIVES UNDER )
The SAME ROOF

An extraordinary matrimonial tangle
was related in Judge Murasky's court
yesterday by Mae E Newman, who se-,
cured a divorce from Harry c. New
man, Chinatown guide A woman
named Flora Edith league was New
mans first Wife. Twelve years ago
Mae E. Newman went through a mock
marriage with Newman In a Chinatown
restaurant but afterward learned that
the league woman was his wife The
next move was the obtaining of
divorce by Flora Edith league, after
which, in 1894. Newman remarked
Mae. According to the testimony yes
terday. however. the three lived to-
gether from that date until in 1902,
when Mrs. Newman was, she testified,
forced to leave her husband. During
those eight years. Mrs. Newman stated,
her husband gave the league woman
the money to run the household De-
sertion was the technical ground upon
which the divorce was granted
Jacob Levy, real estate man, but
who Is described in the complaint as
retired merchant with an income of
5000 a month, was sued for divorce
yesterday by Esther Levy on the
ground of cruelty. Mrs. Levy asks
for 5000 a month alimony.
Emil Herman. who holds a promi-
nent position with the Joshua Hendy
machine works. yesterday sued for a
divorce fro mMattie Herman. charging
her with cruelty. She visited saloons
with male companions, Herman COM
planned. He also charged that she had
him arrested for failure to support. got
malicious interviews with herself pub
lished in San Jose papers and mailed
copies to friends and acquaintances OF
his.
Other suits for divorce begun yes
terday were: Rosemond Sobell against
Morris Sobell. failure to provide; Annie
E. Kempen against William Kempen,
habitual intemperance; Charles Siepel
against Lillian Siepel desertion
The following divorces were granted
yesterday: BY Judge Sturtevant-
Amelia L. worden from William II.
worden, willful neglect. BY Judge
Graham-Celia Boscolo from Caribeno
Boscolo, cruelty; Amelia Doerr from
Henry Doerr. conviction of a felony
(the presentation of false pension
claim) BY Judge Buck-Teckla ".
Hextrum from A. w. Hextrum, extreme
cruelty.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
DISGUSTED TRUSTEES
TO FORFEIT FRANCHISE
City Attorney Ordered to Take
Steps Against the United
Railroads

SAN MATEo, March 24.-Disgusted
with the dilatory tactics of the United
Railroads in carrying out the street
work in this city, for the completion of
which ii is responsible, the city trustees
have ordered City Attorney Charles N.
kirkbride to take the proper legal steps
for the forfeiture of the company's
franchise within the city limits I'm
der the terms of the franchise the com
pany is responsible for the condition
OF the roadway between it's tracks.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
CoBuRN WILL APPEAL

REDWOOD CITY. March 24.-Loren
Coburn viii appeal 10 the supreme
court in an effort to prove that he is
still mentally competent. despite the
decision OF Superior Judge Buck re-
Gently handed down. The coastside
millionaire is determined to fight the
matter to the last ditch.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
INCUBATOR ExpLopEs

PETALUMA. March 24.-W. r. Thom-
as, poulterer, was injured when an
incubator blew up yesterday. wilson
entered brooder house and lit a
match In the explosion that followed
he was severely burned about the face
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
ARTIST TO JOIN FLEET

SOUTH BEND. Ind. March 24.-T.
Dart Walker. an artist, now at Notre
Dame, will make the trip with the
American fleet in it's homeward cruise
by way of Japan. Mr.. Walker did not
able work as an artist during the
Spanish American war
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
PosTMAsTERs NoMrNArEp

WASHINGTON, March 24-The fol-
lowing California postmasters' nomina-
tions were today sent to the senate
Tucke, Fortuna; E. T. Ketcham. Santa
Maria; Gala ]. Westfal, Venice.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
TO PAY ARMoR BILLS

WASHINGTON. March 24.-Secretary
of the Navy Metcalf in a cOmmunica-
tion to the house today recommends
that an appropriation OF 81. 600 900 be
made immediately available in order
that more bills for armor and arnla-
ment may be paid without further de-
Law
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
FLorrLLA FoR PACIFIC

WASHINGTON. March 24.-The fourth
torpedo boat fiotilla was established to-
day by placing in commission the Far
ragut, Fox and Davis, torpedo boats
built on the Pacific coast. The fotilla
will operate in those waters.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
pieces Of the battleships. The ships q

pieces of the battleships. The ships of
the Connecticut type. of which there
are five in the fleet. will use up at least
half more ammunition than the
Tennessee, and the older ships of the
Kentucky and Illinois types will use a
third more.
The standard of accuracy at record
target practice has been set this year
by the cruiser Albany. which made a
total score of 12S hits out of 1870 shots.
at a rate of fire never before attained
In the navy
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-25
CONES TO ATrENp TnIAI.

WASHINGTON. March 24.--Repre-
sentative Hayes left today for San
Jose TO attend the criminal libel trial
against Charles NJ. Shortridge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
.S15O,OOO,OOO
Esperanto VS.. VOlapuk,

The primary cause of its success IN
dOubtedly, may be found in the ease
with which it can be acquired, says
George Harvey Of Esperanto, in the
North American Review. We are con-
WINGED by personal experience of the
justice of the claim that application
Of one hour a day, by a fairly we'll
educated person, for a period of three
months, Is sufficient to insure reason
able proficiency. Indeed, with the aid
Of a simple key, ineligible communi-
cation may be had Immediately with
a member Of any other nationality
possessing like means of translation
That the strength of Esperanto lies In
its really amazing simplicity is indi-
Gated by the following comparison:
In English-'The international Ian
guage should be comprehensive to the
whole educated world; but no man on
earth, except the Volapukist would
comprehend even the word 'yolapuk.'"
In volapuk-"Puk nevunetik pakapa-
lom ia vol loiik pekuiivol; abu men
nonik tala sesumu volapekels, kapalom
puki lekaniX, 'Volapuk.'
In Esperanto-''La lingve interna-
cia estas komprenita de la tuta monde
edukita; sed nenia homo sur la tero
eksklusive la Tolapukistoj komprenas
Ia artan lingvon 'VolapIk'"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21

above and around Pelee was unscathed
By lightning. Miss Stansbury had been
at the piano, but the music now ceased.
"How long is it since the mountain
has had a session of grumbling, Uncle
Joey2" Constable asked.
From time to time for the past ten
days Before that. twenty years, Peter"
This is quite a novelty-this added
egg MOON" Constable added. ITS the
ash-fog lying between. If there isn't
heavy rain in the night. We'll have
white world tomorrow"
Miss Stansbury appeared on the We
randa, and moved out upon the lawn,
where Constable was standing.
'Are you really so greatly worried, Mr..
Constable?" she asked in a low tone.
"Why, the fact that Pelee is acting out
of the ordinary is enough to make any one
skeptical of his intentions. There are
few man-eaters among the mountains of
the world-krakatoa Bandai-san, Coto-
paxi, Vesuvius, Etna-chronic old ruff
fans, whom you can't tame. A thousand
years is nothing to them. They wait
still as crocodiles, until cities have formed
on their TANKS and seers have built tenn
pies in their riffs They have tasted
blood, you see, and the madness comes
back Pelee is a suspect"
Ito be continued.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
Application of Manure.

III order to reduce the loss in manure
in handling it, the general aim aud
practice should be to haul it directly
from the stable to the field and spread
it at once On the average farm the
following of this practice all through
the year would result in less loss than
any method that could be pursued.
The use of rotten manure rather than
fresh manure is desirable in connec-
ton with any market garden or vege-
table crops, as it gives quicker re-
suits and with root crops will give
Smoother and nicer product.
Manure should be spread as soon as
il is hauled to the field The practice
of putting 1t in piles is Objectionable
because OF the loss that is likely to oc-
cur. The placing in piles also involves
additional labor.
The manner Of spreading will depend
upon local conditions, but where tue
distance to haul is relatively short and
it is desired to have it evenly spread
the manure spreaders will be found
serviceable machines.
From ten to twenty tons Of manure
per acre is usually considered fair
application but considerably more IS
frequently applied for market garden
crops. Experiments have shown that
generally it would be far more profit
able to use about one-half the usual
Quantities and supplement it with COM
mcrcial fertilizers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
Hard on the JanftOr.

In some of the downtown skyscrapers
the elevator service is suspended on
Sunday and the janitors and their FAM
lilies, who in many buildings are quar-
tered on the topmost floor have to de-
scend and climb from 20 to 80 flights of
stairs whenever they want to get in
touch with the outside world, says a
New York paper. In one building,
which is "a stories high, the 10-year-old
daughter of the janitor makes three
round trips each Sunday one when she
goes to church in the morning, one
when she attends Sunday school in the
afternoon and another when she goes
to meet her playmates after dinner.
Each flight consists of 20 steps, making
960 steps to a round trip. Three trips
make it 2.SSC steps-a mountain climb
ing record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
Onions from Seed.

There Is little danger of blowing too
deep for onions If the ground Is loose,
friable and rich to about 10 inches or
foot in depth. Land that was plowed in
the fall can as a rule be worked the
soonest 1t Is very important to SOW the
seed, or set the bulbs at the earliest
possible date. 1t should be done as
soon as the ground can be worked.
The ground must be kept free from
weeds. On a weedy piece of land it is
apt to cost more to keep the patch clean
than the crop is worth. The young on
ion is tiny plant that is easily
smothered with weeds or destroyed by
the formation Of crust on the soil
that may form after a rain. The young
plants come up slowly and do not start
quick growth until che roots are well
established. This makes the crop diff
cult to manage on weedy land, or soil
that bakes early In the season before
the plants have a chance to reach good
size
The great bulk of onions produced
in this country is grown from seed
sown in the open ground. The soil
should be narrowed and rendered fit
for sowing the first d. that it Is dry
enough to use implements. The seeds
should be sown somewhat thickly in
drills. IS inches apart. The rows
should be straight, so that they may
be more readily followed In hoeing,
while the plants are very small. About
four pounds Of seed viii be required
for an acre, which will need twelve TO
fourteen seeds to the foot One-half
to three-fourths Of an inch is the proper
depth to SOW in most soils, but 1 inch
is not too deep if the ground is sandy
or loose.
Work the plants as soon as possible
after sowing. Cultivation should be
frequent enough so weeds never get
start. Thinning the young plants
should be carefully done as soon as the
young plants are large enough so the
proper selections can be made, and be-
fore they begin to crowd each other In
the row.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
HERE Is A REAL WILD MAN.
This Ancient Lunatic Lives Like q
Prehistoric Savage.

This Ancient Lunatic Lives Like q
Prehistoric Savage.
Certain villages in Ireland are ring
ing with the story of a wild man who
lives in the woods and eats berries,
roots, fish and small quadrupeds, just
like prehistoric savage, says the Kan
sas City Star. He has silvery locks,
long. snow-white beard. He dresses
in garments old, scanty, tattered and
torn. 1t is said he has never had
home-that the whole of his wretched
three score and ten years or there
abouts have been spent in the open air
and that as far as is known he has
no name The story told of him by
the peasantry is that he was dumped
on a desolate Irish moor when a little
child by loathsome, vagabOne moth
er of, terrible to say, gentle birth and
education, and that alone he has waD-
dered ever since, fleeing from his fell
lowmen as though some wild, timid
creature of the night, and making his
home in the densest woods and on the
most lonesome commons and wastes.
1t is said, though doubtless no one
knows for certain, that the man cannot
talk plainly and that his vocabulary is
limited to but a score of words or so.
In the more povertystricken and desc
late districts in the Emerald Isle the
man is familiar to most of the peasant
~, who give him clothes from time to
time The clothes are dropped on the
ground and when the givers have with
drawn to a distance, then and only then
will he come and pick them up. AS a
rule, no sooner has he got them in his
hands than he runs off as fast as his
legs can carry him.
Food he will accept from no one. An
adept in the art Of catching things, he
prefers to cater for himself. Far and
wide you might search before coming
across one more skillful in poaching
fish and game than this old white-hair-
ed man. He will spear salmon with a
spiked pole, catch pheasants and part
ridges when the birds are asleep in the
night and ever grab fish from streams
with his hands.
There is story that several years
ago he fell in love with beautiful peas
ant lass, whose home he haunted every
night, bowling hideously. Yet he did
not see the object Of his affections on
more than a few occasions and never
nearer than hundred yards or so.
The girls parents, intensely supersti-
tious, like most Irish people, were fraid
to adopt any means to put stop to the
annoyance. Another of the colleen's adj
mirers, however, was holder, and one
pitch black night concealing himself in
some brushwood, fired off a gun within
a yard or so of the man as he was
emitting one of his loudest howls The
old lunatic fed and from that time his
visits ceased and he has not been seen
in the vicinity since.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
CHAPTER LII.

Constable had incurred the especial
displeasure of the mother on a former
visit. through the unabashed fashion with
which he had endeayored to pry into the
secrets of the volcano. Old Pelee was
identified with the inner life of Martin
iuue, like the memory and the statue of
Josephine. Mrs. Stansbury felt that the
mysteries of the mountain were not for
the eyes of man: least of all, for the eyes
of an American. in whom the spirit of
veneration was not. She had a very clear
picture in her mind of Constable as he
peered. and possibly spat, into the appall-
ing chasms of the summit, and pottered
about in the dim gorges which scanned the
Titan's TANKS. The daughter had shared
a 1.-THE of her mothers opinion until Con-
stables monograph on the mountain had
fallen into her hands. Then she realized
that this was no parvenu who had car
ried on his studies in their midst.
Mr.. Stansbury was away on his annual
trip to the States. The mantle of host
fell, accordingly. upon the ample Shout
ders of Uncle joey. He arrived within
an hour. and his trip out to the Madame
had not been futile. since he brought
Breen with him. The latter seemed to
divine at once the defective current be-
tween Mrs. StaDsbr-y and his friend, and
forestalled any slight tension during din
ner that evening by sprightly narratives
of the voyage. He seemed 70 attrct the
attention of the elder woman. and to be
stimulated By her close scrutiny of his
face and personality. That evening. after
dinner. the men moved out upon the We
randa to smoke.
This is secondhand air. Uncle Joey"
Constable remarked. Il shut my eyes
moment ago and thought l was down
among the steel mills of the lower Mo-
nongahela."
You're the expert in Pelee. not 1. Pc
ter" the old planter answered April
and May aren't our best months. but I
never knew such heat between rains as we
are having now"
Constable moved ont into the garden
TO look at the sky. In no way did he
underestimate the seriousness of the time
In the south. low and to the left of the
Carbet peaks. the new moon arose, but
without the sharpness of outline pecu-
liar to the tropics. 1t was an orange
hue, instead of silvery, and blurred. as If
seen through fine wire screen. A faint.
low rumblng was heard from the north.
1t was like thunder, but the horizon
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
ABOUT THE TAMALE HUSKS.
New Industry Developed by the De-
mand for the "Hot Thiprs.v

New Industry Developed by the De-
mand for the "Hot Things"
do you know" said the tamale fiend
to a Kansas City Times man, "that a
good part of the profit in the tamale
trade goes to the farmers of johnson
County, Kansas"
"Oh, shucks! !" returned the other.
Yes, that's just it. The farmers out
there supply the Kansas City market
with the corn husks the tamales are
wrapped In, and it would surprise you
to learn the extent of the business. ANY
old corn husk won't do for the business.
either. If you'll look at these you'll
see the texture is very close, the sur
face smooth and that the lengths are
uniform. Only the inner husk is used.
the fine white covering that grows next
to the ear. The proper length is about
nine inches, to allow for the ends be-
ing folded over the tamale when it is
steamed, as you see them now"
why, who'd go to all that bother
for dinky little business like this?"
asked the listener incredulously.
Bother? Dinky? Say, do you know
these corn husks are shipped in here in
oOO-pound bales? That's quite a re-
spectacle sized industry, take it. At
any rate, the Kansas farmers have
found it profitable enough to go to the
expense of buying presses to bale the
product and large agricultural supply
house in Kansas City finds it worth
while to carry it in stock and cater to
the trade of the tamale men"
What is the particular advantage
OF using corn husks for this purposet"
asked the listener isn't there any,
thing else that would do?"
Nothing that would answer as MANY
purposes. The corn husk holds the
tamale while it is cooked and at the
same time imparts a flavor to it. II
also holds the heat as nothing else
would"
well, it beats me-" said the other
man, as they went on. 81 never gave
it much thought, but always supposed
the tamale men bought up all the old
mattresses to get their corn husks."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls.

Bulletin No. 81 of the North Carolina
Agricultural Experiment Station sums
up the results of several experiments in
feeding cotton seed meal and hulls by
saying: /. All animals in these ex-
periments remained in a healthy con-
dition. and at no time did their diges-
ton seem impaired, except with two
steers in the first trial. 2. Cotton seed
bulls and meal are unquestionably very
cheap and valuable articles Of cattle
food for fattening purposes. B. The
most suitable time to fatten stock on
cotton seed bulls and meal is during
the fall and winter months, when these
articles can be obtained fresh from the
oil mill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-21
.'di leeA& j:

whats the matter with you, jim
mie?" asked the kind-hearted employ
er. Didn't you get enough sleep last
night|
II feel kinda sick, SIR" replied the
Junior member of the Office force. Il
wasn't sleepin'."
That's rather unusual" commented
the kind-hearted employer. "a SOM
nolent condition seems to be normal
with you. Come over here and let me
see you. HIM! You look rather flush
ed. Let me see your tongue. Hah i,
Quite red. This may be serious, Jim
mic"
The boy shuff1ed his feet uneasily
and his eyes wandered about the room
There's good deal of grip about, p"
said the kind-hearted employer, seri-
ously, rubbing his chin. do you think
that you have got the grip?"
II dunno, SIR" replied the boy.
Because if you have, the very best
thing you can do is to remain quietly
in q warm, even temperature. l think
the Office is Just about right for you.
Perhaps could arrange it so that YOU
could sleep here tonight and send
word home to your mother so she
would not be worried about you"
Il don't think it's the grip, sir" said
the boy.
Where do you feel sick"
''Kinda all over. sir"
THAT looks like a complication.
said the kind-hearted employer. ct
might be a cardiac affection, with a
touch of laryngtis and a sympathetic
Inflammation Of the medulla oblongata
Possibly there's a arrangement of the
epigastric nerve. l don't think il
would be wise to neglect this. Have
you got shooting pains in the lumbar
region?'
II don't think so, sir" said the boy.
ANY buzzing In the ears?'
"No. SIR"
''It's a curious case" said the kind
hearted employer, refectively. mo
buzzing IN the ears? Well No spots
boating before your eyes, either?"
"No. sir"
"You think your eyes are all right
your sight, 1 mean? You think YOU
could distinguish moving objects at
distance"
Il guess So" replied the boy, squirm
ing.
And your lungs? You seem a little
husky, but that might be bronchial.
Do you think your lungs are so that
you could yell at the top of your voice
for about three hours at a stretch?
Supposing you were looking at some
thing that made you want to boiler, do
you think you could manage it with
out serious pain?"
Maybe" replied the boy. But I
feel SICK" he added.
"Ill telephone for an ambulance at
once" said the kind-hearted employer,
with an air Of concern. (which hospi-
tai do you prefer, or have you any par
ticular preference"
II don't want to go to no hospital"
What do you want to doT
81 wanta go home"
You want your mother to care for
you, Of course. Do you know of any
bright. neat, careful, industrious boy
whom you would care to recommend to
fill your placer"
II think I'll be well again by TO-
morrow, SIR said the junior member
Of the Office force. IF l can Jest lie
down this afternoon"
Where is the game going to be, jim
mie?' asked the kind hearted employ
er-Chicago Daily News.