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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
LORE OF FISHER FOLK.
Beliefs of the Sailors as to the Tides,
Wind, Rain, Sand and Fog.

Beliefs of the Sailors as to the Tides,
Wind, Rain, Sand and Fog.
1t is a common belief among
smacksmen that if it starts to rain at
high water it will continue for the
whole of the ebb, according to a writer
in the London Spectator. They will
say one to another: Il doubt that'n
rain the ebb daown," or Were a-goen
to have an ebb's rain" Others say
that they will have a coarse flood" if
it starts to rain at low water on the
food. Again, on calm summer morn
ing, If 1t is high water at or 8
o'clock and the wind then springs up
easterly-that is, sea breeze-there
will be an easterly wind all day. But
If the tide is midday one there will
be no wind till high water. Many have
noticed that sometimes it will blow a
fresh wind just on high water, when
there has been no wind before, and
there is none after high water.
Fishermen have told the writer that
If they get ashore on a sandbank in
bit of a sea they can tell at once
whether the tide is ebbing or flowing
by the way the vessel bumps. On the
food tide, they say, the sand is alive,
but on the ebb it is dead and has no
give" in it. They will point out,
too, that in fiat calm and food tide
the sand can be seen boiling up" in
the water, but never on the ebb. Ger
tainly smacksmen believe that frost
checks the tides. They say it 'nips"
them, play upon the word "neap,"
which they use as verb and pro-
nounce nip"
Many say that fog checks the tides,
and certainly the writer believes it,
for he once spent a week "neaped' on
a sandbank owing to this. 1t had been
foggy for three or four days and the
little yacht had CROPPED her way amid
fog and sandbanks to near home. The
fog lifted in the morning and close at
hand in the Swim he saw twenty seven
steamers getting under way in a
hurry. Four hours later the fog show
ed signs of shutting down aga'1. By
this time it was getting on his nerves,
so he decided to try the short cut
home across the Maplins int3 Haven
gore creek. He consulted the skipper
of a barge anchored near as to the
water available. The skipper asked
the yachts draft and said: The way
the tides a-comen up you'll ave a
foot and arr ia spare" But he was
wrong, for one hour before high water
the tide stopped rising. Do what one
could the yacht could not be moved.
The tides were taking off" or
diminishing, and the little ship was
"neaped' and not due to float for
eleven days. Luckily after six days,
when there ought to have been bare
foot of water around her at high wa
ter, a northwest wind sprang up,
brought a good tide and she fioated 1t
was an anxious week, particularly at
high water, for sometimes, although
the little vessel did not fcat, she
bumped until the owners teeth ratified,
for the sand is very hard both on the
food and the ebh, with all due defer
ence to those who know better Yes
sells have been known to be "neaped"
for months.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
PAYS 10 ENCOURAGE olaDS
Assertion Made That Farmers Would
Find 1t to Their interest to
Protect Songsters.

What may be done in the encourage
nent of naturally migratory song birds
to remain north during the winter has
been demonstrated at the farmhouse
Of George E. Hoxsie during the last
winter, where colony of II bluebirds
have contentedly lived and apparently
enjoyed their quarters in the bird
houses where they were reared last
summer.
IL is quite interesting to watch their
modes of living, as their habits of pro-
curing food have to be entirely differ
ent from what they are in summer
Every fairly pleasant morning by
the time it is light they fly away and
are not seen again until near sunset,
when they return individually and go
INTO the bird houses, several occupying
one house, and all on the same build
ing.
Mr.. Hoxsie has about his place %
bird houses, all of which were accu-
pied last season, there being two nests
Of bluebirds and 20 nests of stump
swallows
Besides these there were raised
about the buildings four nests of barn
swallows, one nest of chimney swal-
lows, and seven nests of cave swal-
lows. AS these would average four
young birds to each nest, the number
raised, with the sid ones added, would
make approximately 200 birds
Then there were within 500 feet of
the house ten robin nests, one oriole.
one waxwing, one house wren, two
Gh1pptns, two ground sparrows and one
king bird, making in all IS nests, and
with these young and old added would
make total of 500 MISUNDERSTANDING
songsters that were not only a contin-
ual joy, but source of rare profit in
tie great number of gnats, lies, bugs
and worms daily consumed.
Mr.. Hoxsie attributes big yield OF
apples last season to the destruction
by the birds of the insect pest that in
fects the apples from bloom to finish
If every farmer would put up a few
suitable bird houses it would soon
make vast difference to the raising
OF farm products-Wester Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

wives OF congressman has shown me
that their lives are extremely interest
ing. They come from all parts of the
country and from all the varied stocks
which compose our heterogeneous pop
ulation. Add to this the fact that they
are the wives of the men the Ameri-
can people have chosen to represent
them and it is easy to see that they
are possibly the most representative
class of women in the country. l be-
gan to ask the other members of the
club to write little biographies of
themselves for my own persual Th-s
treated it as joke, but l soon saw
that the information they gave, if ac-
cessible to all the members, would
afford wonderfully interesting read
ing"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
The Scorpions Wonderful Ear.

| have studied the habits of the
scorpion for many years and have
often noticed how very sensitive scor-
pions are to the most delicate sound,
musical or otherwise. Under the tho
rax the scorpion has two comblike
appendices. which are the antenna
(pectinata). 1t Is pretty we'll settled
by psychologists and entomologists
that in insects the antenna represent
the organs of hearing. These delicate
structures are easily affected by the
vibrations of sound, and there can be
no doubt whatever that they are also
affected by sounds quite inaudibe to
the human ear. The slightest vibra-
ton of the atmosphere from any cause
whatever at once puts in motion the
delicate structures which compose the
antenna, to which organs insects owe
the power of protecting themselves
against danger as well as the means
of recognizing The approach Of one
another.-London Spectator.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
HEART ON THE WRONG SIDE

A remarkable natural phenomenon
was revealed at Sienna, in Italy, lately
when young shoemaker named Dino
Tacamoni appeared to undergo medi-
cal inspection for military conscrip-
ton
The doctors in attendance made the
astounding discovery that Dino has
his heart on the right side and his
liver on the left.
A specialist summoned to the con-
sultation, however, said that though
the case is most exceptional, there is
no reason why he lhould not be a long
liver, as the heart is quite normal in
it's action. Tacamoui is to be studied
by commission of physiological ex-
merits
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
THROUGH EUROPE PENNILESS

Having crossed the Atlantic by
scrubbing the decks on a tramp steam
er, Chicago steeplejack, named Ed
travelling on foot through Europe
without money or passport. He has
just reached Antwerp, after Il
months journey through France, Italy,
Austria and Germany.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Mixed Metaphor.

Among the many false figures of
speech employed By speakers not a
few are to be debited to municipal
magnaJes.
There is, for instance. one which
described an alderman as the prima
donna of the council
On another occasion a very worthy
alderman, when moving a vote of sym
pathy with the relatives of a deceased
colleague, said, Our friend was also
a man of letters and has left his foot
prints on the pages of the books he
has teni"-London Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
HIGH PRICE FOR HUMAN SKIN

In Vancouver, Wash, human skin, if
good and healthy, is valued at
s1.66 2-3 cents a square inch, or $500
for three square inches for grating
purposes. A surgeon Of that place re-
Gently advertised for 500 square
inches to patch ul man who was
badly burned. He offered the price
quoted and had plenty of replies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

The clearly cut profile of the rock
shown in the accompanying illustra-
ton is entirely the work of nature.
The profile has been carved by the
great artist from a perfectly solid face
at least twelve feet high. 1t is to be
seen on Blue hill, just opposite the
town of Northumberland, Pa, across
the West branch of the Susquehanna
river The hill on which it is located
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
HORSE WALKS OVER TRESTLE

Without any hesitancy horse
walked the ties across the old Pitts
burg & Lake Erie railroad bridge one
half mile long, between Beaver and
Monaco, Pa. Several times during its
walk the horse went to the edge and
looked down on the water. 80 feet BE-
low.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Emioration of Children From ENGLAND

EHII9T aNFOT' u NII'IC Ut OI1 TT OTTI KIT dTIu'
The other day two large parties of
children left Liverpool by the Allan
liner Corsican, Captain Cook. for Que
bee. says the London Times. One
party, consisting Of boys and girls,
was from the Brit home, and the
children were under the care of Miss
Brit, who travelled in the ship. This
lady has been engaged for 81 years in
rescuing children and has taken out
over 5000 and settled them in the
Dominion of Canada. The party in
the Corsican was the eighty-frst
which has gone out under the au.
spices Of the home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Stumped.

because they are always in the
sun"
Dad, why does the servant put the
linen on the line in the sun"
Because the sun makes it white"
Dad, how is it the Africans become
black in the sun and the linen white?''
'Because-here, that's enough. You
ask too many silly questions"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Cnn%n1dicfnrN

Muggins-Women have such queer
ways Of expressing themselves.
Buggins-Such as?
Muggins-Well, my wife was telling
me about Miss Yellowleaf, and said
she was sight to behold, and in the
very next breath said she wasn't fit to
be seen.-Philadelphi Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
At Cross Purposes.

Scott-Half the people in the world
don't know what the other half are
doing. Mott-Noi that is because the
other half are doing them.-Bosron
Transcript.
so Cholly is cured of his love for
Miss Mennyplunks, eh?"
Yes; her father gave him the cut
-oor treatment"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
FINDS A WHITE RATTLESNAKE

DR.. S. Maddox of Monroe county,
Missouri, while in his field watching
his sons pillow, found a white rattle
snake with seven rattles. This is the
first white rattlesnake ever found in
that section.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

Among the Bedouins Of the Holy
Land and other parts of the orient, is
to be seen occasionally remarkable
hammock-like arrangement hanging on
supports that rest on a camel's back.
The continuance is so large that two
or three women and children can ride
in it at a time
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Curves.

School Trustea-Remember chill
dren, Michelangelo often worked for
months on a single curve.
Willie = Whatchergivinus Never
beard of the bushleaguer?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
New Weapons.

western bad men no longer make
notches on their six-shooters to keen
a record of men .hey've killed"
MOP"
NO. Now they keep the notches on
their six-cylinders. Brooklyn Life
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30
Diverted Britishers.

Tens of thousands in our midst to-
day are suffering from the effects of
too frequent meals.---British Health
Review
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-30

Teach your children to save; 1t Is
the hardest, but most important les
son they must learn
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10
NkfIftS ooLIuOV, Osborn Mill No. 2, Fall River, Mas:
BANNER CROP OF
 BIG RED APPLES
\. A. irelan Has Shipped Ten Cars
 That Are Worth s5,DOO.

Rogers, Sept. 9.--A. M. Ireian, who owns a fine apple orchard near Ros- CTS, has just finishel picking his Jonathans, and with tho loading of the last car yesterday he has shipped a total of ten cars of early apple 5 this season. His yield on his Duch- ess, Maiden Blush, Pippins and Jcno- thahs has been extra good and were shipped by carload lots. MT. Irelan's success this season in having good apple crop Wa''4 otH.rs only have a small crop, IS duo to tIi,: care he has taken on his trees, for the past two years. He cultivates, sprays and prunes, and uses smudge pots in the early spring. He has realized over s5,oo0 out of his apple stop SC far this season. and has not yet touched his fall apples.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10
NOTICE OF BOND SALE.

Sealed bids for the purchase of bonds of Sidewalk Improvement Dis trict No. ,, of the city of Pine Bluff, to be issued in the total sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS bearing interest at six per cent, in terest payable annually, bonds to ma ture in one, two and three years from their date, will be received by the Commissioners at the office of Geo. w. Lindsay, Chairman, until 8 o clock P. M. September F, 1910. Bids to be accompanied by certified check ill the sum of THREE HUN DRIED DOLLARS, payable to Geo. w. Lindsay, chairman, to guarantee ac- ceptance of bonds according to bid. Board reserves right to reject any and all bids.
 GEO. w.. LINDSAY,
 o. w. CLARK,
 CHAS HANCOCK. 5t. Committee.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10
scoLD's BRlDLE.

,ni.hmsnt to Which Women
 Were onee Subjected.
 Ink. or scold's bridle, or gos-
 le. was neither more nor less
 uzzle. It was in general use
 Britain from the sixteenth to
 eenth century, and in Scot
 we'll women were muzzled for
 fenses, some at least of them
 ginary than real. The instru-
 torture, even a dogs leather
 uncomfortable. How much
 scold's muzzle! It consisted,
 to high authority, MT. W.
 f d kind of crown or frame.
 iron, which was locked upon
 and 1t was armed in front ag, a plate or a sharp cutting point. which was placed in the hans mouth so as to prevent ling her tongue, or 1t was so hat if she did move 1t or at-
 speak it was cut in a most manner. With this cage up bead and with the gag firmly hnd locked against her tongue |rable creature, whose sole of perhaps was that she raised Ee in defense of her social |gainst a brutal and besotted or had spoken honest truth of le high in office in her town, |aded through the streets, led ain by the hand of a bellman, He or the constable or chained pillory, the whipping post or cross, to be subjected to every |ble insult and degradation, even the power left her of |for mercy or of promising |ent for the future, and when lishment was over she was put from the town hall or the vhere the brutal punishment D inflicted, maimed, disfigured. , faint and degraded, to be the of comment and jeering among s9bors.-London Family Her
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10
coIors of the Stars.

SVioTS or tne stars.
 ngh there is no relation ap- petwen the two phenomena. yet eresting to recall the fact that
 the stars certain colors ap- characterize different stages of
 or evolution. Red stars, ac-
 to the testimony of the spec dlher widely in their consti- rom white or. yellow ones, and peen thought that varying col N give clew to progressive
 n the heavenly bodies. Sirius, Eance, Is said to have changed Pd to white, and some have sus- that Arcturus is fading from Fard yellow.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10

9 z 5t.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10
HER UNIVERSITY.

,,. Worlds Oldest Educ"
 sh;nk of Harvard or Yale z dating auIn from loss and and the as'
 ,-o1 we think of them as ',ass," tss,' says a writer in the ',,u,1 Educational Review; but
 n .s to the other side of the ,'seoyer a., that even the oldest lS'Oi ',.orsities are in reality ], educational institution in ', ,s the University Of El
 ]. for, .'>.h n the year oSS !" s,,...a 1t is the central I,raing for the whole Mo
 uorld. as well as a foun- ,,,tual life. It occupies an
 auo In the Arab quarter of 'oanded by confusing maze straets where the population n of representatives of every Follows the prophet.
 mt. mosque covers several acres ia of a series of courts sur h1 long cloisters with low orted by forests of columns. of red tiles are-sovered daily tude of men and boys, squat nicircles around their teach lit with their backs to tho ecturing in monotones.
 ancellor of the university Is descendant of the prophet nally a man of ability and He occupies apartments in .nd is not only the supreme l, bnt the ecclesiastical head hrch of Egypt
 Is no organization similar to ,dern universities. Any rep |n who desires to teach can privilege by application and d a column where he may sit Srt the truth as he thinks |His fame or ability will at- ke or less students and dis ho pay him fees according to kns,"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10

FOR SALE-All my stock of Bar red Plymouth Rock chickens. Have 6 liens and two cocks. Cost me s50O0. Have about 20 bullets near ly grown about 30 young ones feath- ering. Haven't time to attend to them and will sell them cheap. See me at once. Thos. Smith, office 401 1-2 Main. 9 At.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10
"A Fairly Good Appetite.

\ Fairly Good Appetite. :
 2, North American Indians and
 9oY in "Pickwick" may well : Ps fearful examples of vo-
 U even their grastronomic e exceeded by the full grown
 who wAl daily eat twenty or flesh and oil if he has the while on the authority of Ad- Pafltcheff a Yakut of Siberia has |nown to consume in twenty-four the hind quarter of a large OK. pounds of fat and a quantity ''eu butter for his drink"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10
To Be Avoided.

fes Wilson. Let us turn back. " desire to meet that fellow Last week l asked him to lend fe psends."
 ae certainly might have done nas plenty of money"
 :! Know-and-he did lend me
 -London Mall .
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10
Thankful

THE MAN WHO WROTE THE FIRST AID. DESERVES YOUR THANKS.
 WE DESERVE YOUR THANKS ALSO FOR SUG- GESTING THAT YOU AD- VERTISE IN THIS PAPER.
 ADVERTISE TODAY, TO- MORROW. KEEP AT IT. IT WILL PAY. RICH MEN SAY so.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10

FOR SALE-At a bargain small house and lot on Lakeside Conven- tent to car line. One block from new block st:eet. has city water, electric ights, gas connection, will sell on payments if desired Pinchback Tay- Tor, Phone 1032.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10

Persons contemplating the erect. on of any building should consult with Mitchell Seligman, architect. Citi. sens Bank Building. If
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10
A Strataaist.

A Stratesist. st |s Fellow is a greater strategis, |Napoleon ever was" Ifp howr. -
 . two dollar raise of salary ! 70 and hasn't told his wife yee"-Ptttsburg Post
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-10
LAZY LIVER.

Il ind Cascarets so good that I would not oe without them. l was troubled a great deal with torpid liver and headache. Now since taking Cascarets Candy Cathar- tic feel very much better. shall Ger. tainiy recommend them to my friends as the best medicine have ever seeu."
 Anna Bazinet,
 Osborn Mill No. 2, Fall River, Mass. Pleasant. Palatable, Potent. Taste Good. 20 Good Never Sicken. Weaken or Gripe l0c. 2Sc. soc. Never sold in bulk. The eenn. inc tablet stamped C c. Guaranteed to cure or your money back. 929
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-02
KING G-McELVEEN CASE DECIDED.
Supreme Court Hands Down Decision
Affirming Judgment OF Lower
Court

Columbia, Oct. 2S.-The supreme
court yesterday affirmed the jujg-
ment of the circuit court in a will
case from Sumter county involving
over $4,000. The case was that of
r. e. McElveen as administrator of
the estate of Eunice Olivia King, de-
ceased. against G. F. King. The opin-
ion is by Chief Justice Jones
The action was brought by the
administrator of the estate Of Mrs
E. 0. King, who died August 1906,
against the husband Of the deceased
to recover certain money alleged to
belong to the estate which was held
by the husband. The complainant de-
manded an accounting of all of the
funds In the hands of G. F. King.
Upon the report of the testimony
by master of Sumter county the
case was heard by Judge Sease, who
made decree that r. E. McElveen,
the administrator Of the estate, re-
cover the sum of s6,10249 from C.
f. King, with interest from February
Is, 1909, the date Of the letters of
administration.
There was a check for over $4,000
received by Mrs. King a few days be-
fore her death. This was indorsed in
blank and turned over to her hus-
band. He placed the check to his
credit in the bank. 1t was the con-
tention Of G. F. King that this was a
gift.
THE case depends" says the opin-
ion, upon the question whether Mrs.
King made a gift Of the money to
her husband OF placed it in his hands
as her agent or in trust. The circuit
court held that the check was not q
gift. but placed in trust, and this
contention is upheld by the supreme
court.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-02
Forced to Leave Home.

poor sufferers whose lungs are sore
and racked with coughs are urged to
go TO another climate. But this Is
costly ani not always sure. There's
better way. Let DR.. Kings New
Discovery cure you at home. 1T
cured me Of lung trouble" writes w.
X. Nelson. Of Calamine, Ark, when
all else failed and ] gained At
pounds in weight. It's surely the
King Of all cough and lung cures"
thousands owe their lives and health
to 1t. rs positively guaranteed for
coughs. colds lagrippe. asthma.
croup-all throat and lung troubles
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-11-02
BANKER CARLISLE SENTENCED
Ncwbcrry Banker, Convicted of Mis-
application Of FundS-Giycn Five
Years in Pen.

Greenville, Oct. 26.-Five years in
the Atlanta penitentiary was the SEN
tence imposed today on Milton A..
Carlisle, former president of the
Newberry National Bank, who was
convicted last week on five counts of
an Indictment alleging misapplication
Of the funds of the institution.
The sentence was passed by Judge
Brawley when court convened this
morning, the motion for a new trial
having been argued and refused yes
terday afternoon.
Notice of appeal was given by the
attorney for the defense. This appeal
is to the circuit court of appeals,
which meets three times a year in
Richmond, Va. 1t is not believed that
the appeal with be brought up until
the May session Of that court
The defendant was given an extern
sion Of time Of 60 days TO get up his
bill Of exceptions 1t is possible that
the case may be taken to the supreme
court of the United States.
1t Is reported on good authority
that indictments will be made out in
the near future against three direc-
tors Of this bank who were associated
with Carlisle in the alleged corrupt
transactions