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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
IS LATEST OF MEN
Lies in Bed for Days at a Time,
His Wife Declares.
Makes No Protest When Spouse So
Described Him in Tottenham Po-
lice Court RecentIy-Cannot
Find Work and Is Healthy.

London.-Though Archibald Depau
Of Tottenham has never claimed on
his own behalf to be the LATEST man
in the world" he made no protest
when his wife so described him at
Tottenham police court recently.
The court was much amused by the
recital of his misdeeds, or lack of
deeds, and the magistrate advised
Mrs. Depau to leave him and then
summon him for maintenance.
How can l leave him with the
children?" asked Mrs. Depau. For
two years he hasn't worked and won't
try to get work. Through the Nation
al Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children he was sent to
neglecting them and me.
While he was away | was allowed
five shillings week for the three
youngest children, and with the help
OF my son Robert, who Is twenty, and
liftman in the city, we got along
all right. But five weeks ago Archi-
bald came out again-they knocked
off month and gave him few shill-
fngs wages when he left Pentonville,
so he must have worked there.
Since then he hasn't done stroke,
even in the house, and the five
shfllings a week has stopped. l can't
feed him, and we are worse off than
ever. He used to lie in bed for weeks,
and once when l lifted him up, bed
and all, and put him out of the house,
he crawled in again through the win
dow. He doesn't lie abed so much
now, but he has only been out one
afternoon these five weeks.
1--WE used to respect him once. He
was brought up as waiter, and his
father kept hotel. He hasn't any
trade except waiting and bartending,
but he could get something"
Archibald himself, the world s
LATEST, YEARLY sauntered into the
room and gazed at the visitor with
lack-luster eyes. Il don't sleep when
I'm in bed" he said gently, very
gently
Il shall be fifty this month";" he said
| In reply to a question. Il can't get
| work. I've no pain. It's not a dis
ease" He was too tired to smile or
cough.
But he is not Ill looking at all. His
iron-gray beard and whiskers are be-
| coming. He Is not bald. and his fea-
lures are good
Things can't go on like this" said
his son Robert. They won't have him
in the union because he's sane and
healthy.
MY eldest brother Archibald, was
killed in the South African war. The
next one, Joseph, has gone back to
Australia, where father lived for II
years, and where I was born, because
he couldn't stand fathers laziness.
People tell us to turn father out,
but what would people say If we did
and any harm came to him He's as
well able to work as I am. Why
should l support him? It's as bad for
him to sit about in the kitchen as to
lie abed. He's never unkind and
doesn't hit anybody. If he was like
that it would be different He's just
lazy"
Archibald, before doing off again,
said that he was too old and nobody
wanted him. He wanted new teeth
and some hair dye and better clothes.
I'm happier in bed than anywhere"
he concluded, as his chin fell on his
breast.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
CHILDREN IN AERIAL LEAGUE
English Boys and Girls Organize to
Aid in New Science of Aero
nautics.

London.-Although the science of
aeronautics has only just found foot
ing in England, schemes for helping it
along are springing up on every side,
and the latest of these has developed
In the shape of the Boys and Girls
Aerial league, in the organization Of
which Miss Gertrude Bacon Is active
ly interesting herself. Miss Bacon is
herself an aeronaut of considerable ex-
perience, though that, up to the pres
ent, has been confined TO balloontng.
The object of the institution Is to ed
ucate and interest children in all mat
ters of aviation, to encourage them by
means of competitions in modern fly
ing machine construction, and in es-
say writing on aeronautical subjects,
and to stir up public interest by organ
ling a lecture campaign through the
county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Healthy Fowls,

The natural inheritance of all fowls
is constitutional vigor, provided, of
course, they are not enfeebleG by in
judicious breeding. Constitutional
vigor can be maintained and brought
about by choosing the strongest,
heaIthiest and hardest of the stock for
breeders every spring and by killing
off the weak and sickly ones in the
fall The introduction of fresh blood
frequently not only keeps up the
stamina, health and vigor of stock, but
it also enables them to resist sick
ness and sudden changes Of weather
much better than fowls closely and
continuously inbred, or fowls not bred
to any degree of constitutional ex-
cellence. or selected for establishing
any permanent quality.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Poultry Business.

The poultry business is not adapted
to sluggards. The lazy man loses
money with hens. Every neglect in
poultry raising has its cost.
He who is constantly complaining
about dad luck" is only advertising
the fact that his methods are at fault.
Bad luck investigated will nearly al
ways prove to be wrong management.
Good luck and proper management
are akin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Hay Crops.

Wheat, corn and other crops are no
more improved by rotation than hay
The Minnesota experiment station
elbows that plot continuously cut for
hay the past Is years has given an
average yield of 1.73 tons per acre,
while plot under a three-year rota-
ton of wheat, clover and corn hay has
yielded the past 10 years an average of
20 tons per acre. In fVe-year rota-
ton of wheat, timothy and clover, pas
ture, oats and corn, the hay has yield
ed an average of 3.9 tons per acre
since 1900. Eight tons of manure per
acre were applied once in five years
on the five-year plots. There is money
In manure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
DEAD DOG MADE TO BARK

An interesting demonstration. in
which a dead dog was made to bark
by the application Of feeble electric
current to certain muscles of the
throat after the lungs had been ar
tistically inflated, took place recently
before the French Academy of Sci
ences. Howls were produced by null
tiplying the experiment, and from this
1t is argued that the so-called loss of
voice by singers may be counteracted
by electricity applied to restore mus-
eular activity of the larynx
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
PRAYER CAUSED LIBEL SUIT

If one might not be irreverent in
saying so, there is a strong humorous
flavor in an extraordinary libel suit,
in which Rev. R. Fisher, pastor of the
Presbyterian church at Neoga, H., has
been sued for $4,000 by a member of
his congregation, named Jacob
Stroll The cause Of the trouble was
3 prayer: 20. Lord, make Brother
Stroll a better man; cause him to
pay his debts and have him cease
backbiting," fervently duplicated the
minister in front of a startled congre-
cation. Other faults" of the parish
oner were recited in the prayer, and
divine interference was asked for, to
rectify them Naturally, Jacob re-
sented such special mention, and re-
quested the minister either to make
another prayer and sort of clear his
character before Providence, or be
sued for libel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
TILTED LOVER GOT REVENGE

A young Swiss couple at Davos
were to have been married shortly,
but the girl Tilted her lover because
lie had shaved off his beard Though
he pleaded for several weeks she re-
fused to see him or reply to his let
ters. Then during the night he pasted
all the love letters he had received
from his fiancee on the walls of her
residence. In the morning a crowd
collected before the house and was
busily engaged in reading the letters
when the f1ancee discovered the affair.
While a gendarme kept back the
crowd, the servants, armed with
brushes, soap and water, scrubbed off
the love letters from the walls. cart
less girl, l return you your letters"
was written in large letters above the
correspondence
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Old Man Rides Far.

Greeley, Col-Roos Magnus, SO
years old, rode into town the other
day from West Virginia, having GOV.
cred the distance on horseback.
He came west to locate farm on
government land. In the United
States land office he displayed $4,000
in bills which he had carried in his
bootleg.
Il feel like a boy" he said at the
end of his three months ride.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
SPEND HONEYMOON IN PRISON

A strange love drama was enacted
at Hamburg recently, where a sailor
and his sweetheart determined TO
commit suicide owing to their mar
riage being opposed by the girls pa
rents. With this object in view the
couple went to field outside the city
with two pistols, sat down opposite
one another. and each aimed at the
others hearts. They fired stimuli
taneously, but only succeeded In
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Chick Fountain.

f1ve-efghths of an inch from the bot.
tom; fill with water and place dish
over same diameter of dish must be
about two inches larger than diameter
of CAM.
Turn the can and dish over quickly
and set where desired.
The advantages of this simple ar
rangement are many, the chicks can
not stand in the water and foul it,
neither can they turn it over, and the
dish is automatically filed from the
tank as fast as the chicks drink it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Big Bounce BaIks Peril,

Hazleton, Pa.-Because he is a hu-
man rubber ball, Louis Pickensham,
a lineman Of Hazleton, In the employ
of the Hardwood Electric company, de-
spite a 30-foot fall from pole at
Yorktown, lives to tell the story, hav-
ing sustained two split bones in his
right foot only. His body struck the
ground with such force that 1t re-
bounded five feet in the air. landing
him on his back
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25

wounding one another slightly. Then
the police came up and arrested them.
The lovers were tried and acquitted.
but the public prosecutor appealed.
Meanwhile the lovers had overcome
their relatives objections, and had be-
come man and wife. The second trial
nevertheless took place, and the
couple are spending their honeymoon
in JAIL for the man was sentenced to
a months Imprisonment for attempted
murder and the woman to a fort
nights Imprisonment for the same Of
Tense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25

the Thames recently. While a po-
hceman was bathing in the river near
Molesey Lock he felt something grip
his leg. and had some difficulty in
getting free. Determined to investi-
gate the matter further he afterwards
diyed in and came into contact with
a human body. Brought to the sur
face, it proved to be that of boy Of
thirteen, Leonard Williams of East
Molesey. The boy gradually revived,
and stated that he got into difficult
ties while bathing, and after sinking
for the third time and barely con-
scious he felt the constable's foot and
Immediately gripped 1t.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Coins Melted In Pocket

Vincennes, Ind.-Arthur Moore, a
young man living near Bridgeport, Ill,
was sitting on the front porch of his
home when lightning struck the house
He was rendered unconscious and was
revived with difficulty. 1t was found
that several keys and coins were melt
ed in his pockets. Young Moore does
not seem to be any the worse for his
experience.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
DEAD MAN DRIVES ENGINE

An extraordinary incident, which
might have led to a grave disaster, is
reported from Paris to the effect that
the driver of a train on the line from
Etel to Carnac died on the footplate
the other day from heart failure. His
stoker noticed nothing unusual until
the train was just about to enter the
station, when, percetving that the
train was still travelling at a compar-
atively high speed, he turned to the
driver, and to his establishment found
that he was standing up, leaning
against the side of the cab, stone dead.
He at once put on the brakes and re-
versed steam, and the train stopped
just in time to avert a catastrophe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Poultry Runs.

There is more or less dry weather
during the summer, and the runs-not
infrequently become baked, and in
heavy soils more or less filthy. The
man who has the best interests of his
stock at heart will once week use a
hand pillow in such yards and stir up
the soil SO as to make it loose and
fresh If he does this at night, the
next morning the fowls will get at
work, scratching, hunting worms and
stirring up things generally. 1t is
wonderful how much they find in this
turned up soil that furnishes them
both amusement and food.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Twins Come Three Times.

Winsted, Conn.-For the third time
Mrs. Elof Peterson has presented her
husband with twins. They are boys
this time, weighing six and one-haIf
mounds and seven and one-half pounds.
Mr.. and Mrs Peterson are SO years
old and have had II children during
their Is years of married life. Seven
of them, six boys and one girl. are
living.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
HOME MADE CHICK FOUNTAIN
Handy and inexpensive Receptacle for
Watering Little Ones-Many
Advantages.

The above sketch illustrates a prac-
teal chick fountain which can easily
e made from tin can and an earth.
ern or tin dish.
Procure tin can about four inches
IN diameter (baking powder usually
comes in cans this size) and punch
hole in the lower rim with a nail about
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25

Clean, of uniform size and color,
packed in substantial neat cases hay-
ing clean filters
No. Ito consist of new laid eggs,
not over five days old, weighing not
less than twenty-one ounces to the
dozen. Clean, packed in substantial
and neat new cases with clean filters.
Note.-Common eggs, not covered
by the foregoing grading, must not be
marketed under the brand of the as
sociation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Pastors In Gum Test

Canton, O.-To find who could chew
his gum the longest and stretch it
the the most, ministers, deacons and
elders entered into an original contest
at the picnic of the German and
United Evangelical churches.
Disappointment was caused by the
quality of the gum, which refused to
be stretched more than a foot or
two.
The prize was awarded to John Su-
tiers, an elder. Rev. William Davis
of the Trinity United Evangelical
church, was beaten by a mere frac.
ton of an inch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Chinese Corn ExnerIments.

Manhattan, Kan.-EXperiment In
the production of variety of corn
that will resist drought are being
conducted by the botanical depart.
ment OF the state agricultural col
lege here.
About dozen kinds of corn from
the dry western counties of the state
have been secured. Crosses are to
be made between this variety and a
Chinese corn obtained from the
United States department of agricul-
ture.
This oriental corn is said to have
unusual drought resisting qualities.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Whale,s Lawhonea Heaux

New York-The jawbones Of the
largest whale ever caught by japanese
whalers have just arrived here, con-
signed to the Museum Of Natural His
tory.
The bones weigh 55 tons-11O. 900
pounds They are 40 feet long and
were transported from the steamship
pier on large truck drawn by u
horses.
The whale was caught of Mol,
Japan. and was more than 200 feet
over all. The tail was 20 feet long.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
C0STERS IN COMPETITION

American visitors at the recent in.
ternational horse show at Olympia,
London, were especially interested in
the novel costers' competition. The
donkeys, costers and domains, attired
in dresses of bright-hued colors, en-
tered the arena to the tune OF
Knocked EN- in the Old Kent Road.
Many Of the drivers had their clothes
literally covered with "pearliest," re
calling a type which is now rapidly
dying out. Their presence certainly
added to the picturesqueness of the
show
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Benefits of Cultivation.

Those who have kept the cultivator
busy in the cornfield will see the ben
eficial effect Of soil mulch this year
The more perfect the mulch has been
kept the less water has evaporated
from the soil and the more, conse-
quently, has been utilized by the
corn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
"GHOST" IS ONLY BLACK CAT

very large black cat Mason mistook
the cat for ghost and demanded the
cat to throw up its hands, but instead
it landed on Mason's shoulder, and at
the last report Mason was making for
Lakewood at thirty miles an hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Small Hats In Autumn,

London.-There are signs that the
day OF the gigantic hat IS on the wane,
and experts state that smaller hats
will be fashionable this autumn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Tran Nest Method,

Although the average hen does not
lay more than 80 eggs per year, the
trap nest method has shown In good
iocks an average Of between 135 and
i4o. i.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
6oX for Crit.

Do not throw oyster shells, char
coal or beef scraps upon the ground
or litter, but have box for such pur-
poses. A self-feeding box with three
partitions admirably serves the pur-
pose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25

Buddhist
architecture
the "chtya" India
and its excavation is acbed 49,
its
church In FORM consisting and side ases terminating in
tteen aisle capital
richly the
originally
and draped and surmouned with umbrella
remains The
OF lighting undivided
opening overhead and falling
obcury The
the hall is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25

The giant tortoises of the Galapagos
islands and other lands are known to
be exceedingly longlived, but they
probably are not older than the mon
ster tortoise that is kept near Matara,
on the Island of Ceylon. This great
creature is known to have been in ex-
lstence towards the end of the eigh-
teenth century, and since then his
continuous existence has been certi-
fed by successive governors of Cey-
ion and others.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
Food for Fowls.

The natural grain feed Of fowls Is
hard and they should be fed hard
grain when in confinement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
BeIoian kinq Had London Estate.

London.-Estate in this country
worth $27,140 was left by the late
king of the Belgians, whose will has
been proved in London.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25
QUEER RESCUE OF A BATHER

A boy was rescued from drowning
in q most extraordinary manner on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25

ruler Mich
title of
Princess Men win At the time
the ancient Of the Prince Nicholas born 1871
said
will remodel the Cet the lines of the Of
Of elaborate complicated
of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25

board. The deacon says he thinks the
rats crawled half mile from the eel
lar of a local barroom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-08-25

Archibald, before doing off again,
said that he was too old and nobody
wanted him. He wanted new teeth
I'm happier in bed than anywhere"
he concluded, as his chin fell on his
breast.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-05-27
FOR RENT:

FOR RENT:-Corner Kentucky and
Alameda. modern S o nouse.-
Apply E. G. Minton, 100. E.. 3rd.
street. 34tf
FOR RENT:-A 4 mouse C
ed on Main street, connected with
city water and sew er.-Apply Joe
Torian, phone 46s. 4Stf.
FOR RENT:-A 4 room furnished
horse. $500 per month. call pnone
No. IS. 55tf.
FOR RENT:-Nice 6 room h0ise.
modern conveniences.-711 n. Rich
ardson. Geo. French. 56tf
FOR RENT room modern aouse
with bath electric lights and city
water at 500 s. Lea. ave. also Office
rooms. Inquire DR.. J. w. Kinsinger.
5stf
FOR RENT:-House or rooms I'll y.
Washington. Tito"
FOR RENT:-Modern 3 room apart
ment, BATH, aot and cold water gas,
electricity, oiled floors. $1s.0o-111
s. Kentucky. 7It3-
| FOR -RENT:-A Modern furnished
house, n s. Lea. ii.
| FOR RFNT:-One 6 Oom house with
bath. city water-and all modern con
v~eniences. chose in.-Apply 10 S
Prayer, Price & Co. 72t3'
FOR RENT light housekeeping
rooms, no children.-s16 N. Main
Phone 472. 72t:
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FOR SALE:
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FOR SALE:-Residence in good To-
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every modern convenience. Apply or
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FOR SALE:-A beautiful 6 room
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hall front and back porches, east
front, good neighborhood, close Ii.
Only s2,250. will give YOU terns.-
Roswell Title & Trust Co. 56tf
FOR SALES acre tract. 6 room
house. big artesian we'll. located at
corner East 9Th, and city limits,
owner leaving city. must sell. phone
1917 rings. 57tf.
FOR SALE:-Fine Jersey COW at
Excel Orchard and Nursery Co.'S
ranch. 4 IL miles Gas on Second
St. 6st6s
FOR SALE:-A new modern home
IN best part of city; cheaper t-lan
building. Address W." the Record
6stf.
FOR SALE:-Tools. fixtures and
stock of hoe shop: also sewing
machine. All will be sold ar auction
Saturday coTner of Main and 2nd
Streets.
horses in city. G years. sound. fast.
a beauty, safe for lady: also Stade-
baker runabout and harness, pFac-
tically new outfit at a bargain. Box
424. 7Otf
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WANTED:

WANTED:-Buyer for two resident
lots on Richardson, owner leaving
city, must sell. Phone 1912 rings.
WANTED TO buy second hand furni-
ture.-McElhannon & Co. opposite
court house 404 n. Main, phone No
4O3. 6It26.
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Auction Sale.

| will sell at auction, Saturday May
% on tAe corner of main and End
streets, one bed room suite, one Re
gina music box. one rocking chair, one
oldin cot, one good burro, gentle and
Kind for children, with cart and har-
ness. Must sell, wner leaving city.
T. e Harrison, V. s,
TltZ". Auctioneer.