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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
PLEASING A PATIENT
SOME GOOD DIVERSIONS FOR THE
SICK ROOM.
Must Never Be Forgotten That I'M
mediate Surroundings Exert Great
lnfiuence-Flowers Always an
Interest and Delight.

The immediate surroundings exert a
great influence upon the general state
of the mind and health Of the patient
Take room with the walls of a plain
color; the pictures are a source of IN
ceasing pleasure. Have about eight
prints; the next week, under the pre-
tense of cleaning, replace the pictures
with others
The patient will discover after a
time an entirely different lot hung in
their place. Each week the same
thing can be done The patient is sure
to take an interest in them, and be
glad to talk Of them with friends.
A second interest and delight are
the flowers. OF course, only living
plants would be allowed to stay in the
room all the time, but a broad shelf
can be attached near the bed, and the
patient will love to watch each new
leaf and bud unfold day by day. An
ever blooming cyclamen and red
gerantum are good plants. A glass
bowl, with two or three goldfish, are a
good idea, as they will interest a pa
tient wonderfully, watching the grace
full movements and exhibitions of In
telligence.
l heard of a patient who was too
Ill to read, but friend brought In
some seed catalogues. 1t was wonder
full what a lot of pleasure the patient
got out Of them. 1t required so little
mental effort to just look at the pic
lures and read the names, with here
and there description.
1t is like greeting old friends.
And the announcement of a new
variety of some favorite kind of flow
ers was quite exciting AS the patients
mind began to regain some of it's &C
tiVity he planned what he would have
this year in his garden.
Then he drew diagrams, and laid it
out carefully-here the formal garden,
here old-fashioned and wild flowers.
and beyond the vegetables. OF course,
it took endless arrangements, and
he was brought all the illustrated gar
den catalogues procurable.
1t was great fun and amusement.
A friend coming in would greet him
with: I've discovered a new variety
of such hover we simply must have
and discussed the garden quite seri-
ously. AS spring approached a small
box was brought, III which he put two
or three seeds of several kinds of
flowers. After the third day some
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
WILL LOOK TO
CANADA FOR WHEAT
ONE REASON WHY AMERICANS
GO TO CANADA.

In the Chicago Inter-Ocean Of a few
days since reference was made to the
fact that in 1909 the United States
raised 737, 1S9. 900 bushels Of wheat,
and last year grew only 695,443, 900, a
decrease of 41,746,000 bushels The
article went on to say: True we
raised last year more than enough
parent that if production continues to
decrease in that ratio we will soon
be obliged to look to other countries
for wheat to supply our rapidly in
creasing population.
The purpose of the article was to
show that reciprocity was TO be de-
sired. This is question that l do not
propose to deal with, preferring to
leave it to others who have made a
greater study of that economic ques-
ton than I have. The point to be
considered is, with the high price Of
lands in the United States, and with
the much lower priced lands of Can
ada, and their ability to produce prob
ably more abundantly, is it not we'll
for the United States farmer to take
advantage Of the opportunity Canada
affords with its lower-priced lands
and take part in supplying the needs
Of the United States, which it is quite
apparent must come sooner or later?
1t is probable there are now about
100000 American farmers in Western
Canada, cultivating large farms, and
becoming rich, in the growing of 25-
and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, in pro-
ducing large yields Of oats and barley,
and in raising horses and cattle
cheaply on the wild prairie grasses
that are there, both succulent and
abundant. All these find a ready mar
ket at good prices. Amongst the
Americans who have made their homes
in Canada are to be found colonies of
Scandinavians, and all are doing well.
l have before me a letter from an
American Scandinavian, now a Cana
esting. Writing from Turtle Lake,
Saskatchewan, he says:
81 came up here from Fergus Falls,
Mimi, October oath, 1910, and thought
l would let you know how have been
getting along. We had a very mild
then 1t has been quite cold and lots of
snow, but not worse than that we
could be out every day working, even
though we had 65 below zero a few
times, but we do not feel the cold
here the same as we did in Minnesota,
as it is very still ana the air is high
and dry. This is a splendid place for
cattle raising and mixed farming.
There is some willow brush and small
poplars on part of the land, which is
rolling and covered with splendid
grass in the summer. Not far from
here there is timber for building ma
terial. There are only Norwegians
here, Scotchmen, 2 Germans. The
lake is 20 miles long and full of very
fine fish.
There Is lot of land yet that has
not been taken and room for many
settlers, and we wish you would send
some settlers up here, as there are
fine prospects for them, especially for
those who have little money to start
with. Send them here to Turtle Lake
and we will show them the land, If
they have secured plats, showing the
vacant lanos, at the Dominion Lands
office in Battleford. Send us up some
good Scandinavians this spring"
The Canadian government agents
will try to meet his wishes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
sTENClLING THE RAG RUG
Properly Done, it VIII Make a Really
Charming and Unique Bit of
Furnishing.

Have you thought that rag rugs can
be made things of beauty by stencil
ing them? Take rug woven all over
of white rags, for instance; stenciled
in some conventional designs in a
queer blue or green, 1t becomes a fit
covering for your bedroom floor, a
really charming and unique bit of fur
nish1ng.
Another pretty variety is the rag
rug made of all sorts of bright colors,
woven without respect to design, and
then finished with a stenci1ed border of
some solid harmoniZing color.
Colors should be bought in the raw
tint, and then diluted to the shade de-
sired with white lead or common
white paint. The latter is better, as
the linseed oil contained in it sets
the color and makes the rug wash.
able.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Avoid the Cheap and "Big Can" Eak-
inc Powders.

The cheap baking powders have but one
recommendation: they certainly give the
purchaser plenty OF powder for his money
but its not all baking powder; the bulk
Is made up OF cheap materials that have
no leavening power. These powders are
so carelessly made from inferior mate
rails that they viii not make light, whole
some food. Further, these cheap baking
powders have a very small percentage of
leavening gas; therefore it takes from two
to three times as much OF such powder to
raise the cake or biscuit as it does of Calu-
met Baking Powder. Therefore, in the long
run, the actual cost to the consumer Of the
cheap powders is more than Calumet
would be-
Why not buy a perfectly wholesome bak-
ing powder ike Calumet, that is at the
same time moderate in price and one
which can be relied upon? Calumet gives
the cook the least trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Changing Variety Of Seed Wheat.

Many farmers make the mistake Of
sowing year after year a variety of
s heat which yields several bushels
less per acre under their conditions
than some other variety would do IN
der the same conditions, says the
Maryland experiment station Often
the only reason why particular vari-
sly has become popular in certain To-
cauties is because when first intro
duced 1t gave an extra high yield, due
more to exceptionally good treatment
in a favorable season than high-yield-
ing qualities of the variety. When a
new variety is introduced in a com
munity or on a farm it should always
be grown in the same field and beside
a well-known or standard variety. 1t
Is difficult to determine the POSSIBLE
ity of any variety when comparing a
field on one end of the farm with an
other on the other end. or what is still
worse. comparing one mans field with
that of his neighboT
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

There is nothing so easy but that it
becomes difficult when you do it with
reluctance-Terence
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

Abode of the Evil One.
The heart of man is the place the
devils in.-Sir Thomas Browne.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
EATS WHAT HE LIKES
AFTER TAKING FREE SAMPLE

1t will be welcome news to dyspeptics
to learn Of a remedy that, in the opinion
Of thousands, is an absolute cure Tor in
digestion and all forms Of stomach trou-
BILE, and, better still, it is guaranteed to
do SO. The remedy Is DR.. CaldwsIps
Syrup Pepsin.
We all know the value OF pure pepsin
In indigestion, and add to this some ex-
ceptionaI laxative ingredients and yeu
have a truly wonderful remedy. Mr. T.
W. Worthy of Forsythe, Ga, got to the
point where he could not even eat or d.
gest vegetables and after many years Of
seeking he found the cure in DR.. Caia-
wells Syrup Pepsin. Mr.. Rudy Kasner OF
Moline, Ill, was in the same bad pre-
dicament with his stomach. took Syrup
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
The Point of View.

Il notice that you have given up
the fight for a cleaner city. You used
to be one Of the leaders in the oppo-
sition to the smoke nuisance"
Yes. I've come to the conclusion
that smoke cannot be abolished It's
useless to keep harping on the ques-
ton"
by the way, what business are you
in now?''
ooh, I've quit working for a salary.
An uncle of mine left me a valuable
interest in one of our biggest ma
chine shops"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
HOUSE GOWN OF CASHMERE
Remarkably Pretty Little Dress With
New Ideas That Make Effective
Touches.

This little dress is to be made in
cashmere of a soft, deep blue, and, of
course, in all-in-one princess form,
though the waist is sufficiently defined
bv an encfrcling band of brighter blue
satin. whose shading shall be matched
bv the little tie, and the scarf which,
when tied round the hair, gives such a
pretty finish to the whole toilet, as
well as the couture. Make this, by the
way, from piece satin of the softest,
cut on the cross, and just hemmed all
round. and let it be sufficiently long to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
LOCUST EXPECTED IN KANSAS
VIII Appear First in Eastern Part Of
State Latter Part of May or
First of June.

The 17-year locust will visit Kansa
within the next two or three months,
according to a prediction of Prof P. A.
Glenn Of the department of entomol-
ogy at the University Of Kansas The
locusts win appear first in the east
ern part of the state, particularly in
Leavenworth county, the latter part
Of May or the first days in June.
Seventeen years ago this spring
Kansas experienced the last visitation
Of the pest known to scientists as CT.
cada. Since that time the insects
have been living in a dormant state
in the ground All indications at this
time point to their 17-year proverbial
visit in Kansas.
Their greatest damage" declares
Professor Glenn, will be done to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Spring Reseeding of Sod Land.

If you have any WORKOUT, rundown,
unproductive meadows or pastures, re-
seed them with disk drill early this
spring. 1t will pay big dividends on
the time, seed and labor The best
time to do this work is when the sod
is wet, which is In the spring when
the frost is leaving the ground. This
plan increases the tonnage of hay and
provides the best kind of forage for
the stock at a time when pasture is
short" The majority of our old pas
lures and meadows are sod bound, Z"
or ''root-bound," and by using a good
disk drill-one that is strictly up to
date-the work of reseeding can be-
done to perfection.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

Pepsin and is now cured. Hundreds of
others would gladly testify.
1t is a guaranteed cure for indigestion,
constipation, biHousness, headaches, gas
on the stomach and similar complaints.
bottle can be had at any drug store
for fifty cents or a dollar. but If you wish
to make a test Of It first send your ad-
dress TO DR.. Caldwell and he will supply
free sample bottle, sent direct to your
address. You will soon admit that you
have found something to replace salts,
cathartics, breath perfumes and other
temporary reliefs. Syrup Pepsin will cure
your permanently.
For the free sample address DR.. W. B.
Caldwell, POI Caldwell building, Month
cells, Ill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
WiIlInq to Make an Effort.

On a large estate in the Scottish
highlands it was the custom for a
piper to play in front of the house
every week day morning to awaken
the residents. After an overconviv-
ial Saturday night, however, the piper
forgot the day and began his reveille
lean it be played on the pipes?) on
Sunday morning. The angry master
shouted to him from the bedroom win
dow: Here, do you not know the
fourth commandment" And the piper
sturdily replied: Nae, sir, but yen
-hic-whustle it I1l-hic-try it, sir"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
ECZEMA ITCHED SO |
COULDN'T STAND IT."

'1 suffered with eczema on my neck
for about six months, beginning by
little pimples breaking out. l kept
scratching till the blood came. 1t
kept getting worse, / couldn't sleep
nights any more. 1t kept itching for
about a month, then l went to a doc
tor and got some liquid to take. 1t
seemed as if was going to get bet
ter. The itching stopped for about
three days, but when it started again
was even worse than before. The &C.
zema itched so badly l couldn't stand
it any more l went to a doctor and
he gave me some medicine, but it
didn't do any good. We have been
having Cuticura Remedies in the
house, so I decided to try them. I
had been using Cuticura Soap, so l
got me a box of Cuticura Ointment,
and washed off the affected part with
Cuticura Soap three times a day, and
then put the Cuticura Ointment on.
The first day l put it on, it relieved
me of itching SO I could sleep all that
night. 1t took about a week, then
could see the scab come off. l kept
the treatment up for three weeks, and
my eczema was cured.
my brother got his face burned
with gunpowder, and he used Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment. The PEG
pie all thought he would have scars
but you can't see that he ever had
his face burned. It was simply awful
to look at before the Cuticura Rem
edies (Soap and Ointment) cured it
(Signed) Miss Elizabeth Gehrki, For
rest City, Ark, Oct 16, 1910.
Although @uticura Soap and Oint
ment are sold by druggists and deal
ers everywhere, a liberal sample Of
each, with 32-page booklet on the care
and treatment of skin and hair, will be
sent, postfree, on application to Potter
D. & G. Corp, Dept. x, Boston.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
GOOD USE FOR OLD BICYCLES
Rear Portion OF Discarded Machine
Converted Into WheeInarroW-
Handy on Amy Farm.

The old bicycles are gradually be-
ing put to other uses. What struck
me as very novel idea was the con-
verting of an old bicycle wheel and
the frame from the seat post to han
ger, into the running year of a wheel
barrow, says a writer in the Home
stead. The owner of this wheelbaTrow
is a city man, but as he makes good
use of it, there is no reason why a like
continuance would not come in handy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

ED GEERS, "The grand old man." he
horses in races. He says: 81 have used
SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE for II
years, always with best success. 1t is the
only remedy [ know to cure all forms of
distemper and prevent horses in same sta
bic having the disease" SOC and 81 bot
tie. All druggists, or manufacturers Spohn
Medical Co., Chemists, Goshen, Ind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Charming Gown for Debuta ~.

For the pretty net gowns of the
debutantes this season, a charmine
girdle is Of the net eneasing a wide
ribbon Of pale pink or blue according
to the trimmings. This casing ia
fulled so as as to get a puffy effect
and is placed high-such mode as
this but the slender would dare to
attempt, therefore all the more desfr
able for those who can bear it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Wool Flowers

The very latest Paris modification
Of the artificial corsage bouquet is the
single flower, an orchid, a chrysanthe.
mum, or what not, worked in delicate
shades of fine wool, wonderfully
wrought both as to form and color,
and nested within the scarf around the
weareTs' throat.
This does not sound very attractive,
know, but really these wool flowers
are lovely, and anyone who knows
how to make paper flowers should
know how to make these also They
are much more durable than the silk
and rice-paper creations, and can be
easily cleaned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

inch projection in the middle of col,
lar. The neck was shaped surnrce
In front
The collar was edged all around
and across bottom Of stole ends with
Valenciennes lace two inches deep
and an inch from the edge; a two
inch insertion outlined the shape Of
the collar
The kimono sleeves were sIoshed
on top and edged with lace with the
insertion similarly set The sleeves
and collar were fastened with ros
cites of pink gauze ribbon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
His Business Irnrovino.

Yes" said the old lady, now that
spring is with us business will pick
up with the old man"
Asked what he did for living she
replied:
We'll, he sells rabbit feet for watch
charms an to stave off hoodoos, an
he does fine with rattlesnake rattles,
but he makes most at sellin' young
mockin' birds an prayin' fer rain"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

amined averaged 100 bugs a day, not
bad days work for the mistreated
father of the pollywog. Nearly every
bug the toad eats is injurious to plant
life
The toad spends its winters in the
ground. It chooses a mellow spot and
digs into the moist earth until it
reaches a point not affected by the
freezing and thawing of winter. Here
it sleeps for four or five months, eat
ing nothing and breathing little.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
BLOUSE FOR SPRING WEAR
CoIIarIess Garment That viii Be
Appreciated as the Warm Sea-
son Comes On.

The new aspects of our old friend.
the blouse, are SO distinctly attractive
that there will be special interest and
pleasure in making choice Of those
which are to complete your spring
costumes. The design shown here is
one Of the best, its Magyar modelling
making it most comfortable, while the
absence of any collar-band gives still
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
The Bee Industry.

Bees were unknown to the Indians,
and they were brought over from Eng
land only few years after the land
ing of the Pilgrim Fathers 1t was
more than two centuries after the
first white invasion Of New England
before modern beekeeping began. The
industry of the present day dates
from the invention of the movable.
frame hive by Langstroth, in 1852
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
irish Landmark Gone.

The famous temple Of liberty, one
of listers best-known landmarks, was
burned to the ground the other morn
ing Erected at Toomebridge, on the
County Londonderry side of the River
Bann, by the late Rev. John Carey
some so years ago, it had romantic
history. Its founder was a remark
able man, possessed of considerable
wealth. He was a descendant of g
Cromwellian family, and had been ar
rested and tried for murder, but was
unanimously acquitted by the jury
whereupon he erected the building il
question.-London Mail
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

thing pushed through the earth. and
nearly every morning there was an
other seed coming I'D.
1t was exciting to guess which would
come up next, or which would get its
second leaf first. When bigger a few
of the seedlings were planted in pots
and kept on the window shelf, When
they came into bloom he was proud
Of them. Fond as you may be OF
plants that are given you those you
have watched grow seem much more
YOUR own
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Household Remedy
Taken in tie Spring fer Years.

Ralph Rnat. Willis, Mich, writes:
Hoods Sarsaparilla has been a house
hold remedy IN our home as long as I
can remember. l have taken it in the
spring for several years. 1t has no
equal for cleansing the blood and ex-
pelling the humors that accumulate dur
ing the winter Being a farmer and ex-
posed to bad weather, my system is often
parilla with good results"
Hoods Sarsaparilla is Peculiar to Itself.
There is no Gust as good"
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Saskatoon offers You Success

If you are an intelligent, Woodworking
agriculturist in any branch You could
not credit the prosperity of our farmers
unless you actually came and saw. Why
not come? If you do, you will be sorry
you had not come years ago. Perhaps you
are not getting along very well, except in
the matter of years. Better do something
for your children's sake. Join our pros
perity. For all information write the
Commissioner, Board of Trade, Saska-
toon, Saskatchewan, Western Canada.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
E#-S sSS5"Fo
WI[z ~
Mg1| -
SeVenteen-Year Locust.

young orchards. In depositing their
eggs the insects split the branches Of
the young trees and destroy them.
The locusts will remain with US about
six weeks, when they viii disappear
into the ground for another seventeen
years.
The 1911 brood of cicada is limited,
however, and do not expect it to do
as much damage as the brood that
will appear in the spring of 1913.
This latter brood will cover prac'
ticaIly the entire state"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

a nd SO nervous /
could Il o t do any
thing. The doctors
treated me for diff
ferent things blu {
did me no good. I
got SO bad that I
could not sleep day
or night. While in
this condition / read
of Lydia Z. Pink
hams V e g ia BILE
c m po und, and
began its usa and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
a COUNTRY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

in New York City. Best features of coun-
try and city life Out-of-door sports on
school park of IS acres near the Hudson
River. Academic Course Primary Classic
Graduation. Upper class for Advanced
Special Students. Music and Art. Write
for catalogue and terms.
Mss BANGS and Mss wha Rkerdsk Avenue ,53r st. VEST NJ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Loca.,nC Hives.

1t is said that bees cannot profit
ably travel more than two miles for
nectar. If they have to fly a greater
distance and carry back their load
they cannot bring to the hive enough
during the working hours to make it
profitable. The hives must therefore
be placed with this fact in mind.