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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15

wisconsin should become a great
apple state. All the requisites of sue.
cessfuI apple growing, soil, climate,
market and enthusiastic growers-are
found here. These are the four essen
tlals OF successful commercial orchard
ing and there seems to be no reason
why this industry should not have a
rapid growth
Only one of the four essentials men
toned above is likely to be cues
tloned-that is climate! 1t is true
that the severe Wisconsin winter has
oeen the bugbear of commercial ap-
pie planting in this state. Climatic
conditions must be carefully consid-
cred IN choosing a location for an
apple orchard, and also in selection Of
varieties, but it is not difficult to find
locations IN which the climatic condi-
TONS are as favorable to the produc-
ton OF adapted varieties as they are
IN many Of the regions Sc widely
known for their production of annles
The selection of varieties for com
merclaI growing is no more limited in
wisconsin than it is in the majority
OF the regions just mentioned. In the
great apple growing districts Of the
west, each has two or three varieties.
or OFTEN only one, which can be grown
successfully. This is not necessarily
drawback to the region because it is
only desirable to grow those varieties
which are best adapted and two or
three are quite sufficient. The selec-
ton is no more restricted in Wiscon.
sin, in fact, the number of varieties
from which to select is quite numeF-
Gus. One must not expect, however.
that he can grow eastern sorts here to
compete with the east, or Jonathans
to compete with the west, but SO long
as Wisconsin can grow high grade
Duchess and Wealthy there is no ne
cessity for worrying about the IN
adapted sorts any more than the New
York grower should worry because he
cannot produce as fine a Ben Davis as
the Missouri orchardist.
1t is not to be expected that all
parts of the state are suitable for
commercial apple growing. This is
not true of other crops or of apple
growing in other states. There is,
however, a considerable area in which
conditions are favorable for the pro-
duction of the fruit on a commercial
scale. 1t is impossible at this time to
give all the areas which may in time
become apple producing centers for in
some Of them the industry is only In
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
o. H. Plat Absorbed II From the BIZ
Bile, Roar Studied De Quincy and
Hooker, Morgan Talked as
He Thought.

Three United States senators OF yes
terday who we're noted for the purity
of their English style and the appro-
priateness Of their speech were Or
vile H. Plat of Connecticut, George
Frisbie Hoar of Massachusetts,, and
John T. Morgan of Alabama. Their
knowledge and employment of the Eng
lish language were a constant source
of mingled admiration, envy and Won
der to many another senator less adept
in his mother tongue, and before each
man had been long in the senate he
had achieved a national reputation as
a master in the English tongue.
Senator Platt," 1 said to him one
day, as he lay at full length on a
soft while he enjoyed a cigar-he was
an inyeterate smoker-"many persons
have often wondered whether the pur-
ity of your English style-your mas
terry of the languages the result of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
Napoleon and Robert Fulton

was stationed in Berlin from 1903 to
1906 as Austria's representative at the
Prussian court, he was instructed to
hold a special audience with Napol-
con; and the appointment having
been arranged for he presented him
self at the palace at the proper hour.
HE was kept waiting for some
time in the anteroom. He thought
this strange, since Napoleon was usu-
ally very prompt in keeping his ap-
pointments. But at last the doors were
thrown open. and Napoleon burst into
the anteroom. He was clearly in
state of violent anger. He took no
heed of Prince Metternich at first, but
stormed back and forth speaking to
himself in his outbursts of fury.
This continued for some time;
then having gained control Of himself
Napoleon observed the prince and
promptly apologized for losing his tenn
per.
"'"But what would your he said.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
James r. Fields In 1879 Predicted
Writers Familiar With Western
Life Would Soon Displace the
New England School.

Who hears today of James Thomas
Fields? Yet in what has been termed
the golden age of American literature,
he was a famous man, albeit his fame
was not so great as that of some of
the many men whose publisher he
was-Longfellow, Hawthorne, Emer-
son, Lowell, Holmes, Whittier But
he was not a book publisher only; he
was writer and lecturer of wide rep
utatiOn, and a famous editor After
Games Russell Lowell resigned the
oditorship of the Atlantic Monthly.
which was published by Mr. Fields's
house, Mr.. Fields himself assumed
the editorial direction of that famous
periodical That occurred in 1862, and
for eight years thereafter he held the
post, although at first his purpose in
taking the position involved no more
than temporary editing until he could
find some one competent to fill Low
ellis place From the day in 1889,
when he became a publisher, until his
death in 1881, he had more intimate
personal associations with the great
II Il al l1CIl anu WOIlCA Vi IlZG Oll1ICO
States and Great Britain than any
other American, and. perhaps, any
English speaking person.
When l met Mr.. Fields. in 1879, two
years before his death, his long beard
quite the beard of a prophet, was
streakeu with gray, as was his abun-
dant head of hair. His complexion
was fair; his eyes seemed to be dark
brown, but owing to a constant witch
ing of his eyelids, it was almost i'm
possible to decide whether the color
was dark brown or deep gray. A slen-
der man, of medium height, his stoop-
ing shoulders, of the boOkworm type,
caused his stature TO appear shorter
than it really was.
Let us sit down" he said, in a de
lightful voice that at once backed up
the reputation he had long enjoyed of
being man of charming personal
qualities. Of deep sympathies, and Of
great iberality in all his dealings
with authors, "let US sit down, and
will make answer, according to my
ability, to your questions: Are there
any young writer's of promise to whom
my attention has been called?'
There are one or two in Massa-
chusetts. I mean, of course, writer's
Of fiction. But I am now satisfied
that the great masters of American
fiction will hereafter be men and wo-
men who have had personal familiar
ity with the new life of the west
Bret Harte and Mark Twain have al
ready shown how rich that field is.
Our New England writer's have al
most exhausted New England as a
field for fiction. Modern New Eng
land is intensely practical and mate
rial I doubt whether 1t is longer pos
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
a Thriller for the Short-Distance Trav
eer Who Was Waiting at
Way Station.

The short distance traveller stand
ing on the platform Of a way station
waiting for train heard a long, sigh
ing whistle and then the rails in
front of the station began family to
hum, and then looking away down the
straight track in the direction whence
the sigh of the whistle had come, the
man saw a black speck,
rs this my train coming?" he asked
the station agent.
No" said the agent, chats A; she
doesn't stop here"
The black speck in the distance
had rapidly grown bigger, and now it
was looming larger and larger, coming
like a whirlwind, but on that solid
roadbed and heavy rails coming steady
as a church, and now with a wailing
scream it was fairly at the station,
and now it was tearing by, a giant
locomotive and two or three baggage
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
DOCTOR PRESCRIBES
CUTICURA REMEDIES

4 wish to let you know of a couple
Of recent cures which I have made
by the use of the Cuticura Remedies.
Last August, Mr.. -- of this city
came to my office, troubled with a
severe skin eruption. It was dermatitis
In its worst form. 1t started with a
slight eruption and would affect most
parts Of his body, thighs, elbows,
chest, back and abdOmen-and would
terminate in little pustules. The itch
ing and burning was dreadful and he
would almost tear his skin apart, try
ing to get relief. I recommended all
the various treatments I could think
of and he spent about fifteen dollars
on prescriptions, but nothing seemed
to help him.
In the meantime my wife, who
was continually suffering with a slight
skin trouble and who had been try
ing different prescriptions and meth
DDS with my assistance, told me she
was going to get some of the Cuticura
Remedies and give them a fair trial.
But as ! did not know much about
SuliCQId DIT JIdb time clS dOubII VI
whether it would help her Her skin
would thicken, break and bleed, es-
pecially on the fingers, wrists and
arms. I could do nothing to relieve
her permanently. When she first ap-
piled the warm baths of Cuticura
Soap and applications Of Cuticura
Ointment she saw a decided improve
ment and in few days she was com
pletely cured.
Il los no time in recommending
the Cuticura Remedies to Mr.. --,
and this was two months ago. I told
him to wash with warm baths of the
Cuticura Soap and to apply the Cuti-
cura Ointment generously. Believe
me, from the very first days use Of
the Cuticura Remedies he was greatly
relieved and today he is completely
cured through their use. l have great
faith in the Cuticura Remedies and
shall always have a good word for
them now that l am convinced OF
their wonderful merits CSigned) B.
l. Whitehead, NJ D., 1O8 Dartmouth
St. Boston, Mass, July %, 1910.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
Artists, Home At AEaiers.

The retiring governor general of Al
geria has left a legacy that will en-
dear him to the artistic world. He has
fitted up an old palace near the city
os Algiers as a place for artists to
study the Orient and oriental effects
of light.
The colony adds an annual scholar
ship of $500. and a species of competi-
tive exhibit is held to determine who
the fortunate jewellers in this new
villa Medici' are to be After this
year the number Of fortunate artists
chosen each year will be limited to
two, one to have two years residence.
and the other one year, thus making
three at the villa at a time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15

Il have just been having an audience
with the American minister, Nj. LiV-
ingston. He brought to me an inven-
tor, an American; the inventor said to
me that he had been told l vas anx-
ious to invade England, but had been
deferred because France had no navy.
And he said he had an invention that
would make it possible for me TO in
wade England without paying any at
tention to wind or tide or England's
navy What, think you, was this
Americans invention, with which I
would be able to invade England no
matter what the wind or tide were?
Bah! 1t was nothing but cooking wa
ter! He told me, Napoleon, that with
cooking water I could invade England
l dismissed him"
The name of this inventor, Primes
Metternich told u.s. continued Prince
Bismarck, was Robert Fulton, and we
all know a few years after he told
Napoleon that with boiling water it
would be possible to invade England,
Fulton's steamboat was sailing upon
one of the great American rivers +"
Copyright, 1911, by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
Publicity Law Badly Needed.

Connecticut, District Of Columbia,
Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan,
Mississippi, New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island and Vermont, have laws
which provide specifically for the re-
porting of tuberculosis and which
make provision for the proper regis
tration of living cases of this disease.
In fourteen other states, laws or reg
uIatiOns of the state boards Of health
require that tuberculosis be reported
simply as one of a list of infectious
diseases. The following % states and
territories have no provision what
ever for the reporting or registration
of tuberculosis cases: Arizona, Alas
ka, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Hi
nOis, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri,
Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Philippine Islands, Porto
Rico, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and
Wyoming.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15

the initial stages Of development. The
accompanying may shows in a general
way the counties in which apple grow
ing has reached commercial proper
tons or in which the conditions are
favorable. In addition to those shown
there may be other isolated areas
which possess conditions favorable TO
apple growing.
Apple Growing Sections.
The apple growing sections Of the
state at the present time may be
roughly grouped into three divisions:
l. The Wisconsin valley section, in,
Guiding Sank, Richland, Crawford,
Grant and part of Vernon counties.
2. The Lake Shore region, compris-
ing the counties along the shore of
Lake Michigan, north of Milwaukee,
including the Door Peninsula. The
width of this region is variable, prob
ably being greatest at Kewaunee.
where it extends westward into Wau-
paca county.
8. Portions of the counties Of Bay
field and Ashland, which are of recent
development. This region gives prom
Use Of becoming an important apple
producing region. Although little
known as d fruit section prior to 1905,
since that time there has been a rap
idly increasing development along
fruit lines
Three other sections deserve men,
ton as probable apple producing cen
tiers, although up to the present time
they have been little developed. The
one in which there seems to be most
interest at the present time is Mar
athon county, particularly in the vicin-
ity Of Wausau. The impetus given
here may be attributed to the results
+: secured from the experiment orchard
of the State Horticultural society. The
bluffs along the Mississippi river and
portions of Dunn, Eau Claire and Chip
pewa counties offer some remarkably
; fine locations for apple orchards In
! the southeastern part of the state we
find that Walworth county possesses
some ideal orchard sites, rolling clay
loan soil, underlaid with limestone
and with easy access to markets.
With all these regions Offering suit
able locations for apple orchards at
prices much more reasonable than is
being paid for land no more valuable
COR apple growing, Wisconsin affords
Il great opportunity for anyone de.
siroUs of taking up this line of fruit
production.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
Seeing 'sForty-four" Go By

and express cars and sleeping cars
and diner-a train roaring past the
station at 40 miles an hour Then half
minute later all you could see of
1t was a black speck in the other di-
rect1on and an instant late" that was
gone.
No, that was A and A Didn't stop
there; not at all For his train the
man waiting at the way station had
to wait a little longer, but he would
have been willing to wait longer still
for the thrill Of seeing Al go by.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
an Lnlaureled Hero.

Here is a niche in the Hall of Fame
for Seth A. Eaton, a rural mail car
rier from the MiddIeboro post office,
who. surrounded by woodland fire, his
horse lying on the ground stifed with
smoke, his own hair singed, his hat
burned and one side of his face and
hands blistered was still mindful OF
duty and saved the mail he was car
rying by burying it in the sand before
he fought through the line of fire to
safety Not all the heroes tread the
battlefield River Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
EXCUSE FOR HIS LAUNDERING
Been Working Under Pretty
Heavy Handicap.

He was an immaculate servant. To
watch him serve a salad was to watch
an artist at work. To hear his sub
dued accents was a lesson in the art
of reproduction. He never slipped,
he never smiled, and his mutton-chop
whiskers marked him ae one Of the
old and faithful stock But one eve
ming, to the surprise of his master, he
showed unaccountabIe signs of nerv-
ousn ess. When the chicken came on,
he confused it with the pheasant. He
served everything in the wrong or
der, made bIunder after bIunder, and
put final touch to his shame by up
setting the salt over the only super
stitious member Of the party. Then,
at last, when the ladies had retired to
the drawing room, he touched his mas
ter on the shoulder. Il beg your par
don, sir" he said in a respectful IN
dertone, but could you manage to
spare me now? My house is on fire"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15

the injury due to the depositing Of
eggs. The curculio differs from the
plum gouger in that it never pene-
trates the fruit stone.
In the adult Iarval state the plum
curcuIio leaves the fruit and burrows
into the soil where it spins a cocoon
and pupates. This characteristic OF
the insect furnishes another means Of
control; thorough cultivation of the
orchard at this stage of the life cycle
eradicates the pupating forms. In ad-
dition this cultural method also con-
trolls the other insects which pass the
pupal stage in the soil
Where labor is cheap the jarring
method of control can be efficiently
used. 1t consists in one man Earring
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
The Wise SAVAGE.

Now" said the intrepid explorer,
after he had shown the guiIeless ma
tive the inside workings of the brass
watch and had noted his naive Won
der at the mysteries of the mechan-
ism, Il will let you have one of these
for two tusks; then you can be the
envy of the whole tribe" The native
gentleman yawned. q traded q sec
ond-hard war club for bushel of
those things when I was at the worlds
fair in st. Louis" said he, land there
was not one of them that ran for
more than a week. Got any chewin'
about your cIothes?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
His disqualification,

When we saw her she stopped pant
Ing by the road to rest. 1t was the
shell road in Bay st. Louis, and she
was black Beside her was a heavy
market basket filed to overfowing.
We smiled at her with sympathetic
friendliness and she responded with
full and free confidence.
"Yessam. l is some tiahed. An
lame. All painful wild miseries.
Yassm. l coulda done SEN some one
else to mahket TO me. Nah grandson
he coulda done gone. But I dasn't
trus' him. He spends nah money too
briefly. "-Housekee
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
The True Difference.

D. c. Richardson, the Mayor of
Richmond, Va, was talking about a
politician whose policy was remark
ably obstructional and pigheaded.
Dash" said Mayor Richardson. "is
one of those men who never learn
the true difference between persever-
ence and obstinacy. Perseverance, you
know, is a strong will AID obstinacy
Is a strong won't"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15

E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and did Today am well and strong
an T d do FL ny z own dGusfwG Pnkba qGs
Vegetable Compound and advise my
friends who are afflicted with any
female complaint to try it.''-Mrs.
ORvILLE Rock, r. R, No. 5, Paw Paw,
Michigan.
If you are Ill do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
For thirty years it has been the STAN
dard remedy for women's ills, and has
positively restored the health of thou
sands OF women. WhYdon't you tryit?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
SASKATOON,S s,lendid FrcI;sb :

SASKATOON'S splendid English-speak-
ing agricultural community has won phe-
nomenal prosperity from a wonderful soil
What are the farmers in your district do
ing? Why not participate in our pros
perity? Come here if you want to make
ability. At any rate, do it for your chill
dren's sake. Write for all information to
Commissioner Board of Trade, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Western Canada.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
Adult of plum curculio, greatly en-.
Iarged, and injury on green fruit.

the tree with a padded and weighted
pole while three or four others hold
a canvas about waist high under the
tree upon which the curculios can be
caught as they fall from the branches,
foliage, and fruit. Then the injurious
curculios can be sorted out and de-
stroyed, while all beneficial insects, as
lady beetles, thus ensnared, should be
liberated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
Loneed-For Opportunity.

Juggins-'Who was It said if he
could make the songs Of the people he
wouldn't care who made their laws?'
Muggins-"Don't know. But if he's the
chap who's making the songs Of the
people nowadays I'd just like to have
the making Of the laws a little whilei
That's ALFRED Hen
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
Controlling the
Plum CurCuliO
By Prof. J. @. Sanders
Wisconsin College of Agriculture

The plum curculio, a native Amer
lean insect, next to the codIng moth.
causes the greatest economic losses
to the fruit grower. Its devastations
are not confined to plums, as it also
causes serious losses in cherry, ap.
pies, pear, ounce, and peach orchards,
1t is most troublesome in orchards
where spraying and clean culture
methods have been neglected.
This insect winters in the adult
stage, alternating under decaying de
bris or in the tangled underbrush OF
woodlands. As the fruit buds begin
to swell IN the spring the adult
energies and feeds on the young foli-
age and tender buds. This Is the only
stage at which the plum curculio can
be effectively controlled by arsenical
poisons, a strong spraying of lead
arsenate, three or four pounds to so
gallons Of water, Graduating the pest
at this time.
Egg Deposit Injuries Fruit.
The female Injuries the fruit in the
dep0SluOn CT nef eggs, WHICH al {
nlaced IL the fruit just beneath the
skin. She then cuts crescent shaped
slit in the fruit just below the eggs
as a means of preventing them from
being overgrown by the rapidly grow
ing fruit Injury from the depositing
Of the eggs in the fruit arises in two
ways. If the egg matches, the young
Iarva burrows into the fruit, eating
out the inner portions and fills the in
terror with excrement. In the case OF
NUNS majority of the fruit falls
from the tree prematurely. Cherries
attacked by the curcuIio usually re-
main on the tree. The cherry seems
TO be able to obliterate to an extent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
His Instinct

Il see the family dog sinking out
of the room. What's the matter with
him."
Precedence. Presently there viii
be a tremendous family row on"
But how did the dog know that?"
Well, so to speak, his nose Is
something of a storm center"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
Abundant OCCUPATION.

THE old custom of choosing a
queen of the May has gone entirely
out of vogue"
Yes" replied Mr.. votewen. There
are too many other officers to be
elected to permit US to bother with
little position like that"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-06-15
The Reason.

Mistress Ito servant hanging out
the washing)-The sunshine doesn't
appear to be very strong this morn.
ing, Bridget?
Bridget-No, mum; but OF suppose
Everybody is usin' av it at this hour
av the day, mun!-Puck.