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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-06-24
with friends in Wausau.

Mrs. J. w. Cochran spent Tuesday
with friends in Nekoosa
n. Christman of Stevens Point Wis.
tied relatives in this city Tuesday.
Mrs. D. J. Arpin returned Thurs
day from Chicago, where she had
been shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Potter of Gran
moor were in the city shopping Fri
day.
Guilbert Skull of Plainfield is Wis
iting at the home of his sister-in
law, Mrs. Margaret Skull.
Mrs. Erwin Dawley, who has beer
visiting Mrs. l.. Brown, left Thurs
day for her home in Wausau.
Miss Elizabeth Broderick of James
vile arrived Friday to spend a few
days with Miss Martha Wheir.
Miss Ellen Doherty left Friday fol
her home in Berlin, where she viii
spend the summer.
Miss Eleanor Slattery of NekOosa
was in the city to visit her parents
Friday between trains.
Miss Charlotte Shermer left Sat
urday for Salt Lake City, Utah, to
spend some time.
Mrs. 7. Kuntz left Friday fol-
Marshfield to visit friends for {
few days.
Mrs. W. o. Simpson of Dexter
vile has been the guest of Mrs. w
H. Hunt the past three days.
Mrs. NJ A Buddle of Waupaca
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-06-24

formerly Of this city, arrived here
Friday on business.
Mrs. T. P. Peerenboom left Satur-
day for Fond du Lac to spend a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM elise are rejoic-
ing over the birth of a baby girl who
was born Thursday.
Phillip Weber of Beloit arrived
Saturday to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Weber, of South Side.
Miss Ruth HetzeT of Almond Is
guest of Miss Jaunita Jackson for
a few days.
Miss Leila Doyle of Medford ar
rived Wednesday to visit relatives
in this city for few days.
James B. Nash, who has been
to Seattle to the exposition and al
so on business, returned Thursday.
County Supt. Robt. Morris of Ar.
pin transacted business in this city
Thursday.
A bachelor is man who either
has too much sense to marry OF
not enough.
Miss Katherine Hoeneveldt of Yes
per visited friends in this CITY Thurs
day.
Mrs. Eugene Miller left for Plovel
Thursday to attend the Home Com
ing at that place.
Mesdames VIM. Nicnolaus, o. Der
ger and A. R. Cowie of Nekoosa
visited friends in this city Thursday.
Mrs. VIM. Hooper and son, Harold
of Nekoosa visited relatives anG
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-06-24
friends in this city Tuesday.

DR.. w. M. Ruckle returned from
Kansas and Nebraska, where he had
been on a business trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. A Dretzke left Sat
urday for Wausau to visit for few
days.
Mrs. Arthur Preston of Port Ed
wards was in the city shopping
Monday.
Mrs. Harvey Eimerman and child
rem left Monday for Marshfield to
visit relatives for few days.
Miss jeanette Muir returned Mon
day from Nekoosa, where she has
been visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Woolenslayer of
Neenah spent Sunday at the John
Woolenslayer home in this city.
Miss Hazel Meter, who has been
visiting friends in Lodi, returned
home Saturday.
Clarence Emmes, who has been Wis
iting relatives in Rudolph, returned
Monday to his home in this city.
Malcolm Johnson spent Monday at
Nekoosa visiting his sister, Mrs. j.
b. Nash.
VIM. Bowering of DePere was a
guest at the home of Mrs. Chas
Quin over Sunday.
Mrs. Margaret Lytner, stenographel
for DR.. Pomainville, is reported quite
i'll at her home in this city.
Miss Harriet Arms trong returned
Monday from Necedah, where she
had been visiting her parents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-06-24
PERSONALS

j. B. Arpin left Friday morning for
st. Paul on business.
Edward Lynch left Saturday fog
Portage on business.
,Orson Cochran spent Saturday In
Nekoosa on business.
Supt. H. S. Youker left Saturday
for Waterloo to spend few days.
Miss Grace Sherman left Saturday
for Plainfield to visit relatives.
Miss E. Evans of Sparta was in
this city on business Saturday.
Mr.. Kaudy left for City Point
Thursday on business.
Phillip Griffin left Friday for Port
age on business.
Mesdames r. T. Dodd and A. M.
Muir spent Friday in Hancock.
Ed Brazeau of Nekoosa transacted
business in this city Monday.
Conrad Alteen of Wausau is visit
ing friends in this city.
Miss Christina Hague Of Necedah
is visiting friends in this city.
Miss Caroline Kuntz left Saturday
for Merrill to visit friends for a time
Mrs. Sarah Tucker of PlainfieId is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dan Ellis.
F. G. Schmelling spent Sunday with
his parents at Wausau.
Rev. r. Evans was in Port Edwards
between trains Tuesday.
Miss Alice Sweeney spent Monday
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
yVnrfh Reading.

This country has 1873 cities with 4
popnlation Of over 10000 each.
There are thirty-nine miles of books
on the shelves of the British Museum
If it wasn't for the fly's curiosity il
wouldn't get caught in the spiders
web.
We would willingly have others per
feet. and yet we amend not our OWL
faults.-Thomas a Kempis.
At Yale University there is a skull
of a prehistoric animal which measures
nine feet long and six feet broad
At the present moment the countries
Of Europe are spending on their armies
and navies as much as 100000 8
day.
Although coal has been found II
nearly every one of the Philippine isl
ands. but 4,545 tons were mined las
year.
Thirty-five different types of mechan
zeal breadkneaders recently were ex
hibited at a machinery show at Lyon
France.
4 German author. DR.. Johanna.
Muller. has written a book on woman.
sphere. in which he contends that al
girls should be taught nursing. "Nurs
ing" he says, lis woman's military
service"
IT has been stated in the Calcutta
press that the Government railways il
India will next year use coal brough
to India by steamer from Natal, be
cause il is better than Bengal coal ant
more economical
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07

In hens egg only one-fifth of tn.
substance is nutritious, one-ninth par
is refuse, and the remainder, the great
er portion, is water
White-shelled eggs are not quite n
good us yellow ones, for they contain
Il trifie more water and little less far
But your purveyor knows this and FIRE
quently cOlors his white eggs with cot
fee.
Judged by the amount Of nutriment
a goose's egg is the most valuable
Next in order are ducks, guinea fowls
hens. turkeys and plovers. Eggs con
tain large quantity of sulphur, which
is purifying TO the blood and good fol
the complexion.
To get the best egg you must feeC
your fowl on grain, and TO cook ii il
the most digestible way you must mo-
boil the water. Heat the water TO 1St
degrees and leave the egg in it for ter
minutes. You will then digest ever,
morsel. But if you boil it for tire,
minutes no less than one-twelfth of i
will fail to be digested. Thus If yol
eat two eggs boiled for three minute:
every day you waste five dozen In {
year-London Mail.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
Potash and PhoSDboric Acid.

While we can get all the nitrogen
required in general farming from the
air and the stable manure. we can not
get all Of the phosphorus and potas-
siue, and when they are deficient they
must be restored to the soil In some
way The element most generally de
fcient In most Of our old cultivated
soils is phosphorus It is taken from
the soil to form the bones of every ami
NAL and is used largely 10y grain crops
Potassium is abundant in most clay
soils, but it is In form that is not
available to the plants. In sandy loose
soils It is deficient. ON clay soil the
potassium can be made available faster
by the use of lime or land plaster. 1t
is many times q question Of whether
1t Is cheaper to use lime or plaster or
TO buy potash salts. On farm where
live stock is fed the loss from these ele-
ments will be slow and when the deep
rooted legumeS are grown in the rota-
tions they bring UP these elements from
the subsoll. a large portion Of which
eventually goes to promote the growth
of succeeding crops in the rotation. If
large amounts Of purchased grain FOODS
are fed on the farm the amount of pot
ash and phoSphoric acid in the soil
may be greatly increased. Whethe. the
supply Of potassium and phosphorus
will be sufficiently maintained in the
cultivated soils without feeding pur-
chased grain foods will depend to a
and subsoil and the extent 10 which
deep-rooted plants are grown. On
many farms where these elements are
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07

Illustrative of the eXasperating ease
with which chickens occasionally "come
home to roost." is this story from a
Soldiers Letters to Charming Nellie"
On a day in June, 1862, in the early
part of the Civil War. General Hood of
the Texas brigade halted each regiment
in turn. and gave his orders. To the
Fourth he said:
Soldiers OF the Fourth. | know as
little of your destination as you do.
If, however. any of you learn or suspect
il. keep ID a secret. To every one who
asks questions. answer, L don't know.
We are now under the orders OF Gen.
eral Jackson. and I repeat them &c
you" -.
General Jackson also gave strict or
ders against foraglng; but apples were
plentiful. and II was contrary to nature
for hungry soldiers not to eat them,
ard so it came about that on the march
10 Staunton General Jackson came upon
Il Texan sitting on the limb OF an apple
tree. busily engaged in filing his hayer-
sack with the choicest fruit.
The general refined in his old sorrel
horse. and in his customary curt tone
asked:
What are you doing in that tree
sir"
Il don't know" replied the Texan.
"What command do YOU belong to-
81 don't know"
rs your command ahead Of you or
behind you:"
Il don't know
Thus it went on, II don't know
given rs answer 70 every question. Fin
ally Jackson asked. sternly:
"Why do you give me that answer
to every question:"
"'Cause them's the orders our general
gin us this mornin', an ik tole us he
got 'em that er way straight from ole
Jackson replied the man in the tree
Disguised with n too literal obedience
70 his own commands. hut yet not car
Ing to argue the point, General Jackson
rode on.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07

King Victor Emmanuel is rapidly be-
coming known as the Haroun al Ras
child of Italy-no group OF peasants. no
quiet road inn, no crowd of officers
may be certain that the next instant
his Majesty may not appear amid
them.
The other day the kim and Queen
Elena. having outdistanced second
motor car containing their suite, were
brought to n standstill at the gate of
Lucca by one Of the octroi guards The
King. to the question whether he had
anything contraband, replied in the
negative. but the guard was not salts
fled. and pointed to three small bags,
inviting King Victor to open one.
which his Majesty, with an amused
smile, declared impossible, as his wife's
maid had the keys.
Meanwhile the chauffeur had shown
signs of great uneasiness, making faces
and signs behind the royal backs to let
the man understand whom he had To
deal with, but which he took, together
with the Kings refusal. TO mean that
there was smuggling going on.
At last, losing patience, he turned TO
the chauffeur saying: Speak, speak !.
What are you making faces about? 1t
will not prevent me from doing my
duty, That valise must be opened be
fore you leavev' quite right" said
the King, but and the chauffeur,
unable to contain himself any lOnger,
sputtered, Fool. can't you see it's the
King?"
AS they went on Queen Elena was
heard to say, laughing, But, Victor, if
you had opened the bag they might
really have seized that" but what
they might have found was lost in the
toot-toOt of the Washington Post.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07

A number OF war stories had been
told at the last meeting of the Old SOL
diers' club when the veteran announced
that Sergeant Spriggins would for the
first time explain the real circun-
stances which resulted i'm his winning
his chevrOns, and the sergeant, says the
Detroit Free Press, coughed once or
twice. blushed afbit and began.
1T was at one of them fights in the
Wilderness" he said, zone of them hot
ones that comes up every now and
then. but don't get much of a show in
history They're heap sight worse
thai the big ones though. and take all
the nerve mans got to spare and
more, too. | was n corporal then. and
one day the colonel ordered me TO go
OH little scoutin' expedition with ten
men. There wasn't anything much to
DO, and we had abo;t got that done
when all OF a sudden we ran into TWEEN
ty-five or thirty OF the enemy sneaking
along In the bushes mighty nigh right
in our lines. They had one of their
Tags with them, taking it somewhere I
guess. and before either side could do
anything else we were at 1t hand to
hand. clubbing muskets and shouting
and tearing up the ground right and
left. There was heavy fighting going
on half a mile 70 our right, and our
little scrimmage didn't seem to disturb
ANYBODY but ourselves. / never did
know how it happened, but the first
thing | knOwed I'd got my legs tangled
up in that flag and the way / clawed
and fit to get shet Of ii was a caution
The enemy was too many for us and
my men busted out Of the woods In q
hurry. leaving me behind. still raslinc
with that flag. and a dozen of the
enemy knocking at me fore and aft, and
me tryin' to git away all the time. III
nally i'm the row | tore the flag off
of the staff and with il flutterine
around me / broke for home with the
gang after me- I'd a-give all my back
pay and pension claims to have got that
flag untangled SOS could run free. but
il wasn't any use. / had my legs
through IT and my arms and head q
good deal as If ! had been used to sew
Ii up with, and lad to dodge around the
best way I could l wasn't going to
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07


Canker sore mouth always appears
in young pigs under six weeks old and
frequently with fatal results. The
symptoms are as follows Large water
blisters appear about the lips and
snOut. rapidly succeeded by much heat
and swelling of the parts, and later
thick brown scabs appear, which open
into deep cracks. These scabs extend
over the face, head and even to the
body and limbs, the joints Of the latter
becoming much swollen and infiamed.
Ulcers frequently form about the
snout anu jaws, eating the flesh from
the bones. The pigs show dizziness, a
disincllnation TO move, often refuse to
sucllle. or to do so in a very half
hearted manner.
To be effective the treatment should
be prompt and thorough. Prepare a
solution of permanganate of potash,
which can be had at any drug store,
using one ounce of the crystals dis
solved in one gallon of water in a COM
mon pail. The young pigs should be
dipped head foremost into the solution
and kept there for brief time. Re-
peat this two or three times. giving
the pig time to catch its breath in the
intermission. This treatment given
every day for three or four days will
usually effect a cure If the trouble is
not of long standing. In extreme
cases where ulcers and heavy scabs
have formed use two ounces of the
permanganate to one gallon of water
and before dipping remove all the dead
and loose tissues that have been eaten
away. The sow's udder should be
day
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
To Increase Dairy Profits.

The dairyman is entitled to liberal
compensation. as he represents the
most strenuous branch of husbandry.
The dairyman is confined to his work
every day in the year and follows a
branch of live stock industry that
needs methodical. systematic manage
ment The dairyman is compelled to
r'cce business before pleasure or suffer
serious losses. Regularity in feeding
and milking is one of the great secrets
Of success in the dairy industry. Any
branch Of agriculture that involves
such strenuous effort as dairy hus-
bandry should receive reasonable prof
Its
There is no class Of farming more
under the control of the proprietor
than dairying 1t is branch of hus-
bandry that calls for the exercise of In
telligence and judgment The mer-
chant and the manufacturer keep q
record of their transactions and can
tell whether their business is operated
at profit or loss. The milk producer
can keep a record of his cows and weed
out the Improbable members and re-
place them with better performers. To
keep n record of the individual pro
duction of the different members of the
herd Will add interest to dairy hus-
| bandry and show the proprietor how to
Increase his profits.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
Right Way to Use Silage.

Silos have been abandoned in many
cases because the milk became so bad
~ tainted as to become unstable. If
the creamcries and cheese factories
We're as particular as they should be
they would condemn n great deal of
the milk that is now accepted from
slage-fed herds This is not the fault
OF the silage: It is the fault of the
man who handles It. SiIage has a very
penetrative odor. which is taken up
very quickly by milk. If silage is fed
before milking the milk is quite GER
tain to become tainted If the milk
is allowed TO stand few minutes in
the barn after milking and silage is
fed while the cans are standing around
the milk viii be tainted. If the stable
is not ventilated or is poorly ventilated
the silage odors will linger in the stable
and faint the milk. In ar unventilated
stable the stable itself will in time be-
come saturated or permeated with the
silage odor and will faint the milk
no matter how the silage is handled
The corn is frequently cut into the silC
too green, which makes very sour sill
age, with a strong odor. The sllage is
frequently carelesSly handled in the
stable; it Is scattered through the
alleys and allowed to remain on the
floors In such instances the stable
will be scented with the sllage and thu
milk will be tainted.
If good results arc expected from
silage ii must be properly handled IL
the stable. First. silage must be fec
only after milking. Second. the floor!
must be kept clean and no silage al
lowed to accumulate in the alleys
Third. there should not be more silagt
fed than the stock will clean up a
once. Fourth. the stable must be vel
ventilated Fifth, corn should not b'
cut in too green. Sixth, don't feeC
modify silage
From the foregoing it will be seer
! that silage must be more carefully
handled than ordinary roughage. On,
cannot throw silage around as h
might straw or hay and get satisfactor,
results. To get best results from sill
age a little extra care must be exer
cised all along the line. more care Il
filling sllo. care in taking silage out
care in handling silage in barn. care il
ventilating stable and, withal, cleanli
ness. If one is not willing to give thi
extra care the silo is best not built
for this is the price of success witt
silage. Silage properly put up am
properly fed is very cheap and mos
excellent food improperly put up AM
improperly fed ii may be an expensive
and hazardous experiment
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
Happenings of '64.

was a farmer lad and had always
lived with father in the eastern part
Of New York State, but in the summer
Of GA | enlisted in the 81 New York
Light Artillery. Co. II. l entered my
first battle near GOldsborO, y. {. This
was the worst encounter l was ever
i'm. I had three horses shot from I'm
der me. We were then ordered back
to the rear. where we left cur horses
but we had TO 60 back and enter the
fight with GO rounds each of ammuni
ton. At this time the enemy was
shooting so low that we were ordered
10 lie down and do the best we could.
Many of us dug the earth from under
us and piled it up in front. / shall
never forget one fellow who was lying
next me- He became so tired and stiff
from his cramped position that he
tried to turn over In doing so he
raised his head few inches above
the rest of us. when ball struck him,
literally dividing his head into two
pieces and exposing his brain to full
view. He fell back by my side a
corpse.
One day myself and another fellow
were sent ont to bury some horses.
The woods there were numerous with
rebel sharpshooters. We had nearly
finished our work when / heard the
distant report of q rifle, and looking
around saw my fellowwOrkman lying
on the ground. shot to the heart.
had but a moment to wait when n Sec
ond ball entered tree standing by my
side | lifted my arms above my head
and fell. | had been lying there but
few moments when l saw a gray
coat drop from a tree some % rods
away. He went off into the woods
looking for his next victim, evidently
thinking that he had added two more
feathers to his crown. When he passed
out of sight | carried my dead partner
back TO camp.
Another sad case which came under
my notice was that of poor fellow
who had been tried and convicted OF
attempt at desertion. He was sentenced
to be executed. Twelve men were de
tailed to do the shooting The victims
grave was dug and his box stood be
| side it. lie was led in and sat upon
| his box, then after he was blindfolde6
by the provost marshal the order was
| given to the twelve men TO fire tone
of the guns was always loaded with {
blank. As the eleven balls entered hi:
body he sprang to his feet. wrestling
his hands from where they ha,
been bound behind his back. He tore
the bandage from his eyes and pleaded
| for mercy, but the marshal drew his
revolver and ended the poor fellow
| life with three more balls.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
he captured though. If | could help it,

he captured though. If l could help IT,
and at last I got to the open. where |
could see my regiment and the other
chaps didn't dare to follow. and then
the way I went would have made a
bay race horse turn pale They fred
at me as I ran, hut Any luck was with
me. and l came into The lines with "a
wild whoOp scared half to death, and
the whole regiment set up 4 cheer that
sounded bully"
The sergeant was about to sit down
at this point. when some ore asked
about the chevrOns.
We'll" he laughed In a hNlf-guilty
way. the boys told about the fight and
never told how scared I was. The
captured flag told the rest of the story
and it wasn't long after that until
was Sergeant Spriggins.'
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07

Senator La Toilette was discussing
with great appreciation the Presidents
suggestions toward the abolition Of
stock gambling.
''Such marginal transactions are not
business" said Senator La Toilette.
Look at them. After all, what is a
successful stock gambler"
He paused and smiled. Then he an
swered his own question neatly.
in a successful stock gamble" he
said, you pay fer something that you
don't get. with money that you haven
got. then you sell what you never had
for more than it ever cost"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
a Word for the Kaiser.

There's wan ting" remarked Mr.
Rafferty, thoughtfully, ito be said in
favor Of the Kaiser
An what's that?" asked Mr.. DOlan
suspiciously.
"He took the trouble to put his re-
marks into German, so that no one
would understand 'em unless they wint
to the pains of havin 'em TRANSLATED,
In which case it's largely their own
fault" Washington Star.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-01-07
CanceIing the Obligation.

You have saved my life" said the
old man, whom the tramp had saved
from drowning. AS your reward, you
may have my daughter there"
The life-saver glanced at the daugh
ter. then bent again over the old man
"What are you doing?" asked the per
picked father.
Going to drop you In again.