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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
VALUE OF THE CRASH APRON
Smart Garment Especially Adapted for
the Girl Who Is Fond of
Fancy Work.

Infinitely practical looking and,
therefore certain to be of comfort to
the average fancy worker, are the
cretonne headrests in lowered and
Dutch patterns, which need merely to
be braid outlined, or the French linen
block print table and pillow covers,
which come in cretonne patterns and
require only to be braid and fringe
finished.
To keep these 'unspotted" from the
world while in the course of their put
ting together, some young women are
making for themselves white and blue
crash aprons furnished with four deep
pockets formed by simply turning up
the lower edge to the required depth
and edging it with wide braid
Into such pockets may be placed the
materials for .teacloths to be bordered
with the lace crochet, of which there
are are many beautiful patterns, in
Guiding rose design not unlike that
seen in genuine Irish crochet.
Cluny machine made laces are used
to trim scarfs, tablecloths, luncheon
cloths, buffet covers and doilies, while
for those women who fancy the quaint
rather than the novel are linen illus
trating household replenishings with
Kate Greenway stories in colors har.
monizing one with another.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
AS Between Man and Man

I'm order that I may conduct your
case intelligently, my friend" said
the lawyer who had been appointed
by the court to defend the penniless
prisoner, sit will be necessary for you
to take me into your confidence. You
will have to tell he whether or not
you committed the offense charged
against you"
We'll, now, it's this way, boss" an
swered the prisoner. 'S'pOsin' you
had a chanst to make a little easy
money yourself. S'posin' you was in
store an saw a customer drop
dollar bill on the floor, an you knowed
he was rich an wouldn't never miss
it, an you had an awful thirst on
you, an nothin' to squench it with.
put it right up to you, boss; wouldn't
you wait till he'd gone out and then
wouldn't you pick up that there dol
lar bill an put 1t in your pocket, an
say nothin' about it,"
The lawyer reflected a moment
MY friend" he said, scratching his
law thoughtfully, 81 guess you'd bet
ter plead guilty and throw yourself
on the mercy of the court"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
Insomnia in PHILADELPHIA.

Ushers in theaters handle some Pc.
culiar people during a season, but the
experience Of the employees Of a Phil
adelphia playhouse was puzzle for
some time.
A well-dressed, mlddle-aged man
would secure an end seat in the front
row almost every evening He would
tell the usher if he fell asleep he was
not to be disturbed until after the
show. AS he was much in earnest
and had paid for his seat no objec-
tons were raised.
No sooner would the orchestra play
the overture than the ushers would
notice that the man was asleep. At
the close of the nights entertainment,
some one would arouse the sleeper
and he would leave with a polite &C.
acknowledgement.
One night he explained his strange
behavior
q suffer from insomnia" he said.
The only relief 1 get is when l sit
close to the drummer in an orchestra.
There is something in the rhythmic
beating of the drum that soothes me
TO sleep"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13

army of people must have been long
busy fashioning these new and
strange and beautiful feather decora-
tons.
Smart, to the last degree, is the
pompon military style) of Spanish
coQue, such as the Italian army Off
GERS wear on their hats Miladi has
borrowed this crisp. dignifed decora-
ton for her turban of fur or velvet.
The coque feather is an expensive lux
ury, but it is elegant and never out of
style
There are innumerable made wings
in which each separate feather Is
seWed to foundation. They are
single and in pairs, and many mem
bers of the world Of birds who are
natural enemies, are represented In
these creations. They lie down in
piece" together. as the facetious ex-
press it.
Among the ARREST are the new
mountings of ostrich into sprays or
aigrettes. They will form a substitute
for the aigTette which is forbidden in
sunni oloICo anu WHICH OH6 Lldy uOL
wear with a perfectly easy conscience
The made fancy feathers are nearly
all the result Of intelligent designing
with feathers of domestic or other edi-
BILE fowls, and their manufacture gives
work to thousands of families. No
one need have scruples against wear
ing them, or against the ostrich plume
or fancy ostrich feathers.
The pieces pictured, and others like
them, make the work of the home
millfner easy. Given good, graceful
shape and one of these feathers, the
trimming problem solves itself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
STITCHING A HEART

A remarkable surgical operation is
reported from Philadelphia, where at
the Pennsylvania hospital a man
named Joseph Spence was admitted
suffering from a bad knife stab re-
ceiYed in quarrel. 1t was found that
his heart had been gashed, and DR..
Francis Stewart, the house surgeon,
decided to attempt the delicate opera
ton of stitching up the injured organ.
This he accomplished successfully,
putting FIVE stitches in the mans
heart, and afterwards sewing up the
wound in his side.
DR.. Stewart was compelled practic-
ally to hold the mans heart in his
hand while inserting the stitches,
which to make the operation more
delicate than ever, had to be inserted
between the heart beats. Spence was
then returned to the ward, and his re-
covery appears quite probable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
DIVIDE WITH THE BIRDS
Lover OF Feathered Songsters Argue
That They Never Take More
Fruit Than They Need.

Birds We must have, not only Il
make The country countrifed, not only
for the company and the song. but be
cause our crops are dependent Sc
largely upon their help. The singers
not only sing, but they eat vast uuan
titles Of insects and the seeds Of nox
ious weeds are devoured by the ton
So much Of this help do they extend
that we can afford to seed them as
regularly and Systematically as we dc
the cow and horse. 1t is those who
do nothing of this sort who suffer
most from their depredations.
/ knew man who advocated killing
robins to save the cherries / early
learned q better way; plant more
plant enough for all of US. When ii
comes to ripe cherries I cover about
two-thirds OF my trees with mosquito
MEETINGS and say to the catbirds and
thrushes, You own the rest" l dc
not give them these; l only recog-
nize the fact that they belong fairly &c
my partners. Catbirds are wise
enough to soon learn which are their
II CCSY DIS lOI IODlu ISuDISaSl, ne II
never particular. In Florida the
hooking bird soon learns to keep close
to us and pick up the pieces.
Say what you will, birds never take
any more than enough for sustenance;
they are not wasteful. If you will
plant hedge of Tartarian honey
suckle and then windbreak of noun
tain ash, with wild cherries alter
mating. you will find not only a beau,
tiful display of flowers and berries,
but the birds will go there instead of
dining in your garden. Where you
have large fields of raspberries and
currants, bird intrusion is not notice
able
Coax your neighbors to plant-giy-
ing them trees and bushes. Plant the
glens and the woods and the forest
edges with bird feed. My father went
still further, for he would graft the
wild cherry trees with choice sorts,
ito give the birds better cherries"
One of our best authorities notes the
mulberry as a good tree to grow
wild, or along the streets, to call the
birds from cultivated fruits.-E. P
Powell in Outing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
A Safe Game.

He may have meant to be polite, but
there can be no question that he actu-
ally did a very rude thing. He was
a Frenchman, riding in street-car.
Two women entered, and seeing no
seats, stood. The gentleman, who sat
near them, rose, removed his hat, and
said, Il give my seat to the elder of
these two ladies'"
Neither made move to take the
seat, but each glanced at the other in
a naughty manner, as much as to say,
sit down, madam!"
rs neither madame said the
Frenchman. bowling to one lady,
nor madame" bowling to the other.
the elder? Then l shall have to re-
sumo my seat"-Youth's Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
Hat BOX THING OF BEAUTY
Receptacle for Headgear May Be
Made an Ornament for the
Girls Room.

Covered hat boxes are already much
in demand for prizes, while for gifts
or for sale at fair they are still sui
fciently original to be eagerly
sought.
For a rose colored boudoir Du
Barry pink MORE bordered about the
hox itself as well as the lid with a
good sized French print placed both
on the top of the box and on one or
all panels is really beautiful. A well
made hat box with wooden frame must
be procured to cover, for an ordinary
cardboard box is not sufficiently strong
to be worth the covering. All the more
EXPENSIVE hats are now generally sent
home in these boxes having wooden
framework, and If girl is not SO for
tunate as to possess such a box her
self she surely can beg, borrow or
steal one from some friend or rela-
tive.
The prints, of course, must be pasted
o the material before the box itself
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
JOKE BY THE WIND.

A strange freak of the wk:rlwind in
its tantrums was witnessed near Neuf-
chatel, Switzerland, some time ago. A
large field of barley had been reaped.
and the work of harvesting had just
begun. The first wagon was being
loaded when a sudden whirlwind al
most in an instant swept the whole
field clear. The grain rose to a great
height in the air, was then turned
over, and finally disappeared in the
distance, coming down in quite diff
terent district. So sudden was the oc.
currence that everything had disap-
peared, while the amazed harvesters
stood with their implements in their
hands. From the whole field not so
much as one CARLOAD could be Sc
cured.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13

few Of these missiles reach us. In size,
meteors vary from a few ounces to
many pounds in weight, and it is only
very occasionally that one is of suffi-
cient dimensions to survive the pas
sage OF eighty to one hundred miles
through an atmosphere increasing in
density as the earth is approached
The speed at which they enter the at
mosphere, calculated at not less than
thirty-fye miles a second, generates
such intense heat by friction that the
iron Of which the meteor principally
consists is Immediately reduced to an
incandescent vapor, which is the lu-
minous train so frequently seen in the
heavens on clear night. The vapor
rapidly cools, and condenses in the
form of these minute particles, which
assume the spherical form as does
shot during its fall from the top of
the tower. Finally, the little spheres
are scattered by the winds and cur
rents in the upper regions, and gradu-
ally descend in their millions as al in
visible but never-ending shower.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
WILD DEER KICKS A MAN

Carl Muller, a member of a party
of politicians returning to San Mateo,
Cal. from Halfmoon Bay, tried TO
capture a deer single handed near
Aqua lake. The deer kicked Muller
on the chin, rendering him uncon-
scious, and made its escape.
Five deer were in the road when
the automobile party, of which Dis
trict Attorney j. J. Bullock was a
member, approached. No one in the
party was armed, but Muller con-
ceiyed the idea of capturing one of
the animals alive
He jumped from the automobile
and sneaked up to the herd. AS he
got within striking distance of
young buck the animal let fly its
heels and caught Mr. Muller squarely
on the chin. That ended the chase
It was five minutes before the deer
chaser could be resuscitated and the
trip resumed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
A Poor Piece of Work.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, presi-
dent Of the international Woman Suf-
frage alliance, was talking in her New
York Office about an anti-suffrage ora.
tor
"He was badly hazed," she said
during his last speech in Brooklyn
His theme was the hackneyed one,
Womans Sphere, the Home In the
home woman welded a power far
greater than the ballot And so forth
My wife he cried, striking his
breast, proudly. my wife has made
me what l ami"
That's the way with you men"
a shrill voice shouted from the gal
lery. Lay all the blame on a
woman!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
BENT PROCLAMATION TREE

At the mouth of Pattalonga creek
at Glenelg, South Australia, within a
half mile of the golden sands of Hold
fast Bay, stands an old, decaying bent
gum tree on which is fixed a board
bearing the following inscription; con
this SPOT on the 28th December, 1886,
the colony, South Australia, was pro-
claimed a British dependency" On
the day mentioned Captain Hind
marsh landed in the bay from the
Buffalo and proceeded with the Off
GERS of his council to tent where
the orders creating the colony a Brit
ish province and appointing the col
onial officers were read, the oaths ad-
ministered and the proclamation
made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
PECULIAR MISHAP TO HAWK

More than 80 years ago a farmer
living in Shasta county, California,
set out a number of small steel traps
TO catch the gophers that were play
ing havoc with the crops.
One day while looking after these
traps the rancher CHANGED to see a
very big yellow hawk swoop down
on one of the traps.
The bird was caught sure enough,
and while it was struggling to free it
self from the trap, the slender wire
chain was torn from the fastening
and away the hawk few, carrying
with it the trap and chain-both dan
CLING to the left foot
Recently a farmer living in Sac
ramento county-more than 500 miles
from the rancher, shot and killed q
very large yellow hawk. Securely at
tached to this hawks left leg was q
No. g steel trap and more than a
yard of small chain. Beyond all
doubt this was the very bird that had
carried off the other rancher's trap
over three years before and had flown
with 1t several hundred miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
DUST FROM SHOOTING STARS

The group of shot-like pellets ar
ranged IN the middle of the illustra-
ton are minute hollow spheres of
steel known as meteoric dust; they
are infinitely finer than ordinary sea
shore sand, a few grains of which
have been placed around the group for
the purpose of showing their compare
tive size. The whole is magnified
twelve hundred times, or thirty-fve
diameters, and could be placed inside
a circle one-tenth of an inch in diam
eter Their origin is interesting.
Meteors, or shooting stars, as they
are more generally called, have from
the beginning of things been bonn
harding the world at a rate estimated
by the highest authority at many
thousands an hour, of which, however,
an average of only five or six are Wis
ible to the naked eye during the same
period of time. Fortunately owing to
our protecting envelope of air, very
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
Dress UpztOsOafe.
~ ~ sss e ss SO

there are contrasting under surface
Of bright satin
For evening gowns the black velvet
models bid fair to carry the laurels
They are combined with gold on silver
embroidery or with wonderful beaded
plastrons that reflect the colors of the
rainbow.
When you discover the magnificent
evening wraps of black velvet that
are friendly in that they will grace
any colored costume, then, indeed, the
full significance of beauty will burst
upon you. These can be lined with
metallic tulle under chiffon; they can
be lined with soft hand-painted satin
or brocaded silk, and are so lovely
on the inner surface that many own
ers will be tempted to turn them in
side out for a change.
But remember that black velvet is
the fabric for this autumn and win
ter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
STRANGE LIGHTNING FREAK

A farmer in Lincolnshire. Eng, who
some time ago. lost hand and now
wears a steel hook on his arm in its
place, was caught recently in severe
storm. A terrific fash of lightning
rendered him unconscious, and on
coming to he felt severe pain in his
MANNED arm. Looking down, he saw
that the hook had been Strengthened
out and twisted, his coat sleeve and
the leather sheath (Which Is fitted to
the handless arm and to which the
hook is f1xed) were torn to ribbons,
and the stump of the arm itself was
severely injured. He was otherwise
uninjured, but the arm is now com.
pleted paralyzed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
Prize Fiohtinu and PRAYER.

The little son of Nelson T. Wender
of Seattle has been trained by his ia
Their TO box. He is only six years Of
age. His father puts the gloves ON.
with him and usually, after few
rounds, holds him down on the fiooI
until he counts him out in the regular
fashion of:
One-two-three-"
One night the yOungster melt down
at his mothers knee to say his pray
ers and began:
ooh, Lord, one-two-three-four-
five"
Then he remembered himself and
said quickly:
"'Scuse me, God. thought l was
being counted out."-Popular Mag
aZine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
The Privilege of Man.

B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the ex-
ecutive board of the Frisco system OF
railroads, on one occasion took to task
a young man in his employ who had
announced his intention OF marrying.
The youth in question was drawing
a small salary, and Yoakum remon-
strated with him on the ground that
ne could not afford to marry and that
his wife would have to suffer great
priVatiOns.
ooh" said the young man, q guess
I've got as much right to starve a
woman to death as any other man
as."-Popular Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
cow GUARDS DYING WOMAN

Guarded by the family cow as
death zane slowly from self-destruc-
ton, 1I.t. L. A Lambert, aged SO
years, w.s found unconscious in
field near her home, about two miles
from Windber, Pa.
Beside her were a bromo choral
bottle AID carbolic acid bottle,
both esaDty. She died in a short
time. Eelancholia, due to illness. is
given as the cause of the suicide.
Her Nly child Irwin, aged Is, no.
ticed that morning that the cow had
not come to the barn for milking. and
he startHd to find the animal. He
found the cow standing beside the
body Of his mother, who had slipped
srom the house during the night
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
Eaby's Screen.

To make an attractive screen for
the nursery, get a light bamboo screen
(an old one will do and remove the
siIkoline with which these are usually
covered. Substitute dark red or green
cambria and cover it with colored pic
lures, pasted on so that each panel is
given over to one kind, such as flow
ars, animals, children, etc. The screen
will prove its value in the early morn.
ing hours, when the baby will lie and
look at the pictures instead of starting
an untimely concert
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
MOTHER DOG ADOPTS KITTEN

Mrs. Edward E. Leach of Montclair.
n. j., Is the owner of a French poodle
that IS acting as foster mother to q
Maltese kitten. The dog has three
puppies, and to give her adopted prog
eny proper care Fido has installed it
In separate home.
The day after the puppies were
born Mrs. Leach's son, Edward. found
a litter of kittens in the barn. He
was about to drown them, when Fido
appeared. She nosed the kittens over.
and finally selected one which she de-
posted In a box with her own.
me puppies being larger crowded
the newcomer, but Fido was equal to
the emergency. Lifting the kitten. she
carried 1t to horse stall and made a
bed for it. The poodle has taken ex-
celIent care of both families, dividing
her time between them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
STORK NEVER VARIES DATE

In the future August so will be
made the occasion for the biggest eel
ebration of the year in the home of
Councilman J. Emory Shute Of AL
toona. Pa. His sixth child, a girl,
was born on August 80. She is the
third of his growing family to have
ben born on that date. John, now
aged 13. was the first; Thomas, aged
eight, the second, and the girl the
Jast.
When the visit of the stork was ex-
5ected. Councilman Shute laughingly
predicted that it would arrive with
its precious freight on August 30, &nd
he guessed right the very first time. "
Hereafter all important transactions
in the Shute home will take place on
August 80.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13

feline. AS the ceiling was plastered
three weeks before, the cat must
have erept into its prison when the
workmen were finishing their task.
How the cat managed to live three
weeks without food is a mystery
Even Its natural prey, mice, would be
scarce in what is practically new
building
When released puss crawled to the
ground and lay down, apparently
about to give up the ghost A dog
happened around and volunteered to
assist the cat to better lands. In a
moment there was a flying mass of
fur, splitting and scratching, then
two animals rushing away in opposite
directions. The cat has not been seen
since.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
SAVED CHILD AND FELL DEAD

Standing on her doorstep in a street
in Carmarthen, Wales, recently, a
widow named Hannah Owen saw a
fiye-year-old girl knocked down by a
motor car. She rushed forward,
sratched the child towards her, and
took her into the house, where she
found that the little one was only
scratched on the arm. The incident,
however, had such an effect upon the
woman that she fell dead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
a TRIMMING Revival

The ribbon lacing of a decade ago
is being much revived This is much
ased on simple house gowns, tea
gowns of negligees. The buttonholes
may be cut in the material and work
ed with heavy buttonhole twist to
match or If broad ribbon is used the
openings can be bound in bias silk or
velvet. These are newer than crochet
rings covered with heavy twist or rope
silk to match the costume.
A soft, pliable ribbon is used, mucL
wider than the buttonhole, so 1t falls
into folds. The ends are drawn to a
point with a gold or silver tassel or
ornament
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
Mistake In the Specifications.

The Sultan-By Allah, l shall bow
string my yizieri Behold, l announced
that l would sell my harem at auction.
and none but penniless females are
present at the sale.
The Caliph-Your august advertising
nan is a humorist, commander of the
faithful He put a headline on his no
tice, Grand Bargains in Corsets. -
Stray Stories.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-10-13
Hint to Married Men.

So many married men are mistaken
Tor burglars and shot these days while
entering their own homes might sug-
gest to the inventive mind a new ex-
cuse for not coming home until broad
daylight Better return at that late
hour half-shot than to gum-shoe into
the fat a few hours earlier and get
wholly shot-New York Evening Tele
gram.