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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

the windows was an array of pans of
various sizes, dish pans, cake tins,
and metal foot tub The pans we're
raised from the floor on bricks, and
seemed to be full of paper. All the
/ chairs and tables were pushed back
against the wall. and the bric-a-brac
was stacked on the mantel.
Half an hour yet" Dial said, clos
ing his watch Plenty of time, and
remember the signal, four short and
two long"
-Four short and two long-all right,
sir"
"And-F7annigan here's something
for you, on account"
Thank you, sir
Dial turned to go out, tripped over
the rug, said something, and passed
me without an idea of my presence.
A moment later Flanagan went out,
and I was left, huddled against the
wall, and alone.
1t was puzzling enough. -Four
long and two Short" "An but the
powder" Not that I believed for a
how Flanagan was the sanest person
1 ever saw in my life. But it all
seemed a part of the mystery that had
been hanging over us for several
days. felt my way across the room
and knelt by the pans. Yes, they were
there, full of paper and mounted on
bricks 1t had not been a delusion.
And then / Strengthened on my
knees suddenly, for an automobile
passing under the window had sounded
four short honks and two long ones.
The signal was followed instantly by
a crash. The foot bath had fallen
from its supports, and lay, quivering
my feet. The next moment Mr.. Harbi-
son had thrown open the door and
leaped into the room.
Who's there?" he demanded.
Against the light l could see him
reaching for his hip pocket, and the
rest crowding up around him
It's only me-" l quavered, that is,
l, The dish pan upset"
Dish PAM" Bella said from back
in the crowd Kit, of counsel"
jim forced his way through then
and turned on the lights. l have no
doubt l looked very strange, kneeling
there on the bare floor, with a row of
pans mounted on bricks behind me,
and the furniture all piled on itself
in a back corner.
Kit! What in the world" Jim be
gan, and stopped. He stared from me
to. the pans, to the windows, to the
bric-a-brac on the mantel, and back
to me.
l sat stonily silent. Why should I
explain? Whenever got into a fool
ish position. and tried to explain, and
! tell how it happened, and who was
really to blame, they always brought
it back to me somehow. So / sat
there on the floor and let them stare.
And finally Lollie Mercer got her
breath and said: How perfectly
lovely; it's a charade!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Guard Shakespeare House

The trustees of Shakespeare's birth
place have held a special meeting at
Stratford-on-Avon, at which 1t was
unanimously decided to purchase for
$4,000 the house occupied by the sec
rotary to the trust. since It's proximity
to Shakespeare house would enable
their chief officer to exercise full and
constant control over the most i'm
portant property belonging to the truss
tees, and it's acquisition would perma-
nently secure the birthplace against
any DETACHMENT by unsuitable build.
ings in its immediate neighborhood.
1t was reported that the secretary's
dwelling house had been placed In d.
rect communication by telephone with
the police and fire stations and with
the burglar alarm at the birthplace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Milwaukee, April "a, 1911


amery-Extras, 21c;
prints, 22c; frsts, 100 zoe; seconds
II a 1Sc: renovated (process), II @
1Sc. Dairy-Fancy, lie.
Cheese full cream
Twins. 1914 Q14c; daisies, 14& q
15c; Young Americas, 14ac; long
horns Is c; low grades, 10 q lie:
imburger, new, liz @12c; brick
12c; Swiss, 1415 @15c.
Eggs-Current receipts, fresh. as
to quality, lac; recandled, extras.
16@167ac; seconds, 11@13c.
Live Poultry-Fowls, lac; roost-
ers, 10c; springers, lac. Turkeys
fat, Ice.
Wisconsin or Michigan,
on track, 500 53c.
Wheat-No. l, northern, 1910
1.02; No. 2, northern, 9s@1.oO; No.
1, durum, SSQS9c; No. 2. durum,
So SIC.
Barley-No. 8, 1.O1@1.07; medi-
UNI, 1.00@110.
Corn-No. 3, yellow, 5ORc.
Oats-No. 3, white, 31@33c;
standard, SAGE.
Cattle-Butchers' steers, $500
6.25; heifers, 1900 $50; cows, $50
q 500; stockers and feeders, $3.50
400; calves. 5.7506.75.
Hogs-Good, heavy butchers, els
q 6.45; fair to best, light, 6.25 @
6.55; pigs, 6.OO@6.35.
Sheep-Lambs, 5.5006.1O; ewes,
4.00@4.35.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
RXk OOh91Hr

so crazy about you; always meant to
love a girl with nice disposition"
left him then. Dial had gone into
the reception room and closed the
doors. And because he had been act
ing so strangely, and partly to escape
from Max, whose eyes looked threat
ening, l followed him. Just as |
opened the door quietly and looked in,
Dallas switched off the lights, and l
could hear him cropping his way across
the room. Then somebody-not Dial
spoke from the corner, cautiously.
rs that you, Mr.. Brown, sir?" It
was Flanagan
"Yes IL everything here?"
"All but the powder, sir. Don't
step too close. They're spread all over
the place"
Have you taken the curtains
DOWN."
Eyes, sir"
'Matches?'
Here, sir"
Light one, viii you, Flanagan? 1
want to see the time"
The fare showed Dallas and FIaU
nigan bent over the timepiece. And
it showed something else. The rug
had been turned back from the win
dows which opened on the street, and
the curtains had been removed On
the bare hardwood floor just beneath
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

place to place by water in the shape
of spring floods, creeks, rivers, irri-
CATION and drainage canals. They
may also be shipped in hay or grain,
but the most prolific source Of intro
duction is through grass and clover
seeds
For this reason all grass and clover
seed should be carefully examined
before sowing, to make sure that it
contains no Canada thistle seed.
While Canada thistles produce more
or less seed, yet the increase of these
pests is largely due to the roots which
spread out rapidly in all directions
and are transplanted In widely diff
ferent portions of the farm by the
plow, drag, and cultivator.
Many methods have been devised
and advocated for the eradication Of
Canada thistIes. Some methods may
be used effectively and economically on
small patches, but prove too costly
for use where the weeds are spread
over large areas. The method to be
used must be largely a matter of
Judgment and suited to the circum-
stances.
In the interval between plowings,
the ground should be cultivated often
enough to prevent all leaf growth
The spring tooth harrow makes an ex-
celIent tool for this purpose, but any
tool which will drag the roots to the
surface is satisfactory. The exposure
of the roots to the hot winds and glar-
ing sunshine Of summer rapidly kills
them A disk harrow is not a salts
factory tool, as it cuts the roots but
does not lift them to the surface suffi-
GENTLY we'll for good results.
If the cultivation Is done thoroughly
and persistently throughout the sea-
son Canada thistles cannot survive
the treatment If adverse conditions
prevail and there IS any doubt about
the complete eradication of the weeds,
the field should be plowed early the
next spring and cultivated thoroughly
until corn planting time, when 1t can
be planted to corn, in accordance with
the check row system, so as to admit
Of thorough cultivation both ways.
The field should then be carefully
watched and if any plants appear, the
destruction may be completed by hoe
ing 1t Is probable that many plants
will survive the preceding treatment.
but 1t is well to make sure:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

Mr.. HARRISON looked thoughtful rather
| than merry. Aunt Selma had gone to
! bed.
| The idea, OF course, was to start an
embryo fire just inside the windows,
| in the pans, to feed it with the orange
fire powder that is used on the Fourth
of July, and when we had thrown
| open the windows and yelled fire"
and all the guards and reporters had
rushed to the front of the house. to
escape quietly by a rear door FROM
the basement kitchen, get into ma
chimes Dial had in waiting, and lose
ourselves as quickly as we could.
You can see how simple it was.
Everyone rushed madly fc motor
coats and wells, and Dal shuffled the
numbers so the people going the same
direction would have the same ma
chine. We called to each other as we
dressed about Marmaroneck or Lake
wood or wherever we happened to
have relatives. Everybody knew
everybody else, and his friends. The
Mercer girls were going to cruise I'M
til the trouble blew over, the Browns
were going to Pinehurst, and Jim was
going to Africa to hunt, if he could
! get out of the harbor
Only the HARRISON man seemed to
have no plans; quite suddenly with the
world so near again, the world of coun-
| try houses and steam yachts and all
the rest of it, he ceased to be one of
US. 1t was not his world at all. He
stood back and watched the kaleido-
scope of our coats and wells, half-quiz-
| zically, but with something in his
| face that l had not seen there before.
/ If he had not been so self-reliant and
/ big, | would have said he was lonely.
| Not that he was pathetic in any sense
of the word. Of course, he avoided
me, which was natural and exactly
what | wished. Belle never was far
/ from him, and at the last she loaded
him with her jewel case and muff
and travelling bag and asked him to
her cousins on Long Island I felt
sure he was going to decline. when he
| glanced across at me.
DO go, I said, very politely. They
are charming people" And he accept
: ed at once,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
MEGAPHONE ACTS AS CUPID
Old-Tire Lovers Reunited When
Widow Recognizes Voice of the
Train Announcer.

For the first time in its history, the
negaphone has played the part of Gu
pid, and as result wedding uniting
Frederick Mulhaus, train announcer
IN the Jersey City terminal OF the
McAdoo tunnel and Mrs. Julia Swat
lenger, a German widow, Will taxa
place in a few days
They knew each other when he was
youth in Germany and visited her at
her fathers cigar factory. Together
they often sat beneath the arbor, and
while she rolled cigars, he dreamed OF
fortune to be made in far-off Amen
lea. He finally bid his sweetheart
good-by. came here and obtained o
position. but no fortune. He could
not I'LL his part of the Agreements
made beneath the arbor, and she man
RED prosperous cigarmaker.
Then he. too, married and lived I'm
comfort for many years, but ten years
ago his wife died. He finally obtained
the position of train announcer in the
Pennsylvania railroad station of the
McAdoo tunnel He It is who calls
out which trains to take for Twenty
third or Cortlandt streets, and to
carry his voice he uses megaphone.
The other day. while he was busy
at his daily task, a middle-aged wom-
an who had been standing at the end
of the platform turned suddenly and
looked at him. She waited thus until
he called out his message once more
and then went up to him
Il am Julia, Frederick" she said
and l know you by your voice"
There must be some mistake" he
answered, this time without the aid of
the megaphone.
Il would never have guessed 1t IL
you had not used that instrument"
she answered, but you must be Fred
Muhlhaus, for your voice is the same
strong, deep, manly voice of my old
friend. 1t is different; it is weaker
when you talk naturally. but, then.
you are older now"
"Julia!"
This is all Muhlhaus said. He then
learned that her husband had come to
America, made a fortune and a year
ago had died He told his story, and
in a few days the two will trip up the
aisle of st. Patrick's church-New
York American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Progress In Congo Region.

The Congo is progressing rapidly.
It Is barely thirty years since Stanley
won his nickname of Bula Matadf by
blowing away the cliffs to make road
around the lowest falls, and since then
the telegraph and the railroad have
connected Stanley pool with the navi-
gable lower reaches OF the river. Now
Belgium proposes to build a pipe line
to pump oil into the heart OF the
Dark Continent.
The oil will be brought to Matadi in
tank steamers and there stored in res
ervoirs. The pipe will be four inches
In diameter and 207 miles long; the
oil will have to be pumped up 600 feet
to the higher level They figure on an
African consumption of 10000 tons OF
oil year for the present, and a cost
of construction of 100000. They will
then be able to cut the cost Of oil at
Stanley pool by more than half and
make their expenses IN addition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27

And Anne guessed ~kitcbeo 1t
once Kit. you know, and the paaa
and-all that" she said. vague;3. Al
that they all took to guessiEgl And
l sat still. until Mr.. HARRISON saw the
storm in my eyes and came over 10
me-
Have you hurt your ankle?" be
said in an undertone. Let me help
you up"
Z am not hurt" / said. coldly.
and even if l were. it would be IN
necessary to trouble you"
Il cannot help being troubled" he
returned. just as evenly. You see,
it makes ne i'll for days if my car
runs over dog.
Luckily, at that moment Dial came
in. He pushed his way through the
crowd without a word, shut off the
lights, crashed through the pans and
slammed the shutters close. Then he
turned and addressed the rest.
.Of all the lunatics-!" he began,
only there was more to it than that.
a fellow goes to all kinds Of trouble
to put an end to this miserable situa-
ton. and the entire household turns
out and sets to work to Illustrate the
whole scheme. You like to stay here,
don't you, like chickens in coop?
Where's F1annigan?"
Nobody understood Dal's wrath then,
but it seems he meant to arrange the
plot himself, and when it was ripe,
and the hour nearly come, he intend
ed to wager that he could break the
quarantine, and to take any odds he
could get that he would free the en-
tire party in half an hour. AS for the
plan itself, it was idiotically simple;
we were perfectly delighted when we
heard it. 1t was so simple and yet so
comprehensive. We didn't see how it
could fail. Both the Mercer girls
kissed Dial on the strength Of it, and
Anne was furious. Jim was so much
pleased, for some reason or other, and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
RECALL ADOPTED IN SENATE
Resolution Providing for a Constitu.
tonal Amendment Affects All the
State Officers Except Judges.

Madison.-After a heated discus
sion lasting over two hours in which
the social democrats were bitterly
attacked after they had assailed the
judiciary of the state, the senate, by
vote of 20 to 7, adopted the reso-
tuition introduced by the committee on
judiciary providing for a constitution
al amendment for the recall of all
state officers except judges.
The resolution as originally intro
duced by Senator Husting included
the Judiciary, but it was due to the
fact that the social democrats favored
this provision and the warning given
by their political opponents regarding
what would happen should this pro-
vision be included, that undoubtedly
secured the passage of the substitute.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Controlling the
Canada Thistle
C
BY PROF. A. L. STONE
Wisconsin College af Agriculture
I t / F

The Canada thistle Is perennial
plant, which ranges in height from
one to three feet, depending on condi-
tons. 1t is said to have received its
name from the fact that it was found
in the French settlements in Canada,
although it was later introduced by
the Dutch into New York and by the
English into Vermont and New Hamp-
shire In England it is called corn
thistle" green thistle" or creeping
thistle"
The Canada thistle has no root.
stalks, but is possessed of true roots,
the parts of which are capable of pro-
ducing plants. When undisturbed by
cultivation the roots are apt to lie
near the surface, but may go deeper
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Where johnson Wrote RasseIaa.

WncFe johnson Wrote HaSSeIdS-
Staple Inn, London, Eng, where an
alarming crack has appeared in the
brick work of the outer court, seems
so called because originally a hostelry
of the merchants of the wool staple,
and has for arms woodstock It has
been an inn of chancery since the
reign of Henry ", and in the spacious
days of Queen Bess had Jas students
during term and So out of term, q
larger number than any other house
of chancery. The much-admired Hol-
bein front, one of the oldest existing
specimens of our street architecture,
dates from the time of James I. DR..
Johnson removed hither on the break
ing up Of his establishment in Cough
square, and wrote from here to tell
Miss Porter that he was going to pub
lish a little story book" This was
"Rasselas," which he wrote 'fn the
evenings of one week" to defray the
expenses of his mothers funeral. In
the present garden behind the inn are
two small service trees, said to have
been planted about that period.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
CHAPTER XIIl.-Continued.

Il think you are very rude" l said
at last. You fell over there and I
thought you were killed. The nerv-
GUS shock I experienced is just as bad
as if you had gone-all the way"
He put down the hammer and came
over to me without speaking. Then,
when he was quite close, he said:
Il am very sorry if I startled you.
] did not fatter myself that you would
be profoundly affected, in any event"
"Oh, as to that" I said lightly, at
makes me i'll for days if my car runs
over a dog" He looked at me in 81
lence. You are not going to get up
on that parapet AGAIN."
Mrs. Wilson" he said, without pay
ing the slightest attention to my ques-
ton, will you tell me what I have
done?"
''Done?"
OR have not done? 1 have racked
my brains-stayed awake all of last
night At first I hoped it was imper-
sonal, that, womanHke, you were mere
~ venting general disfavor on one
particular individual But-your hos
tflity is to me, personally"
l raised my eyebrows. coIdly inter
rogative.
Perhaps" he went on, calmly
perhaps l was a fool here on the roof
the night before last. If I said any
thing that l should not, l ask your
pardon. If it is not that, I think you
ought to ask minei"
| was angry enough then.
There can be only one opinion
about your conduct l retorted, warm
ly. 1T was worse than brutal. It
1t was unspeakable. | have no words
for it-except that I ioathe it-and
you"
He was very grim by this time. az
have heard you say something like
that before-only l was not the IN
fortunate in that case
Obi" l was choking.
Under different circumstances 1
should be the last person to recall
anything so-personal But the cir
cumstances are unusual" He took an
angry step toward me. "Will you
tell me what l have done? Or shall
/ go down and ask the others?"
You wouldn't dare" l cried, "or l
will tell them what you did! How
you waylaid me on those stairs there,
and forced your caresses, your kisses,
on me! Oh, l could die with
shamel"
The silence that followed was as
unexpected as it was ominous.
knew he was staring at me. and I was
furious to find myself so emotional. so
much more excited of the two. Final
ly, looked up.
You cannot deny it" I said, in a
sort Of anti-climax
No" He was very quiet, very
grim, quite composed. NO" he re-
peated, judicially Z do not deny
it"
He did not? He would not? Which
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
KILLS YOUNG GIRL AND SELF
MayvilIe Man Shoots His House,
keeper, Aged II and Suicides
Son Finds the Bodies.

Maytille.-Emil Arndt shot AND
Killed Miss Lilly Calpin, his house
keeper, and then killed himself. Miss
Calpin was about II years of age
and Arndt about 45. He was mar
ried, his wife being in the county in
sane asylum at Juneau.
Lilly Calpin was the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Calpin of this city,
who came here about a year ago
from the northern part of the state.
Arndt was employed as fireman
for the Northwestern Iron company.
The tragedy was first discovered by
Arndt's little son, who found them
both dead. Arndt had a revolver
clutched in his hand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
NeUs Notes of Wisconsin

Wausaukee.-Haying is in progress!
here. This is not due to the fac
that Wausaukee's climate has become
rival of that in the southern states
but to the fact that the first heavy
snow of last winter covered a large
quantity of mown hay, which has
been preserved throughout the win.
ter without damage, and is now being
stacked. Large crops of potatoes are
also being taken from the ground
Madison.-The state railroad com
mission has ordered the Milwaukee
and 500 roads to refund to the Ne
nasha Paper company of Ladysmith
$598.70 as overcharges on shipments
of pulpwood from Ellis Junction and
Stiles to Ladysmith. The railroad
companies charged a joint rate of 10
cents per 100 pounds, which the com
mission decided was u cents more
than they should have charged.
Fond du Lac.-The sweet girl
graduate" joke will not apply at
North Fond du Lac this year, as
Harold Shidel is the whole high
school graduating class, valedictorian
salutatorian, president and all the
the June exercises will be elaborate
as Shidel is the first class to graduate
from the school.
Racine - Constance Dimbrowski,
a milliDer, will probably inherit a
fortune of 100000 bequeathed to her
by Rufurt Wickham, who died in his
apartments in her store building,
where he had been living for some
years.
Madison.-Gov. McGovern has re-
stored to citizenship F. NJ. Price of
Marinette, who was convicted some
months ago of the offense of counsel
ing bribery He paid a fine of $400
and lost his citizenship.
Clean up" is the ap-
peal made by State Fire Marshal Pur-
tell to every citizen of the state in a
bulletin in which he declares that
the accumulation Of rubbish during
the winter constitutes a fire menace
in the spring and also serves as a
breeding place for germs.
Wausau.-Orders have been issued
here that in the future all saloons
shall be closed at l o'clock in the
morning and remain closed until 6
and on Sunday shall remain closed
until noon. Previous to this time
the keys have never been used.
Fond du Lac.-It is expected that
in addition to the 100 veterans of the
Twelfth Wisconsin battery who will
attend reunion here on June 9
and 10, the Sixth and Eighteenth
batteries will also meet here at that
time on their return from the state
encampment at Green Bay.
Neenah.-The churches of Neenah-
Menasha have adopted resolutions
which were sent to Senators La Fol-
lette and Stephenson, urging them
for the arbitration treaty as proposed
in bill which, it is said, will soon
be presented to the senate.
Manitowoc-Mrs.K Kate Kudzinska,
aged 100 years, an inmate at the ST.
Mary's hospital for the aged, has just
been discovered and listed by solicit
tors for new city directory. She
was born in Poland and shows re-
markable vitality. A year ago she
assisted in gardening and homework.
Neenah.-'tGame hogs" are said to
be unusually busy in this section. In
broad daylight hundreds Of ducks are
reported to have been killed just out
side the city limits. This is in open
7efance of the anti-spring shooting
law.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-27
Two Tries.

A youth was going out to his first
formal dinner party. His mother said:
Now don't forget your manners
James; be sure to say something com.
plimentary when the food is passed"
He endeavored to do so. When but
ter was served he remarked pleasant
ly: This is pretty good butter, what
there is of it." The remark was not
well received; he saw that he had
made a mistake, and he endeavored
to correct it by saying, "And there's
plenty OF It, such az 1t Is"