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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
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self in that pantry, stumbled against
a half-open drawer, and nearly went
down the dumb-waiter." And, as if
IN Judgment on me, at that instant
came two rather terrific thumps from
somewhere below, and inarticulate
words, shouted rather than spoken. 1t
was uncanny, Of course, coming as 1t
did through the register at our feet
Mr.. HARRISON looked startled.
ooh, by the way" 1 said as careless
ly as I could. In the excitement,
forgot to mention it. There is a police
man asleep in the furnace room. II
suppose we will have to keep him
now" l finished as airily as possible.
"Oh, a policeman-in the cellar" he
repeated, staring at me, and he moved
toward the pantry door.
You needn't go down." I said fever
ishly, with visions Of Bella Knowles
sitting on the kitchen table, surround
ed by soiIed dishes and all the cheer
less aftermath of a dinner party.
Please don't go downI-it's one of
my rules-never to let a stranger go
down to the kitchen. I'm peculiar
that way-and besides, it's-it's
mussy"
Bang! Crash! through the register
pipe, and some language quite articu-
late. Then silence.
Look here, Mrs. Wilson," he said
resolutely. What do I care about
the kitchen? I'm going down and
arrest that policeman for disturbing
the peace. He will have the pipea
down"
you must not CO. said, with des-
perate firmness. ''He-he is probably
in very dangerous state just now.
We-I-locked him in"
The HARRISON man grinned and taen
became serious.
why don't you tell me the whole
thing?" he demanded. You've been
in trouble all evening, and-you caa
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16

with excitement the next. And when
the wire was cut, and Bella had rolled
her coat up and thrust it through, and
was standing on a chair ready to fol-
low, something outside that had looked
like barrel moved and said ooh, ]
wouldn't do that If / were you. II
would be certain to be undignified
and probably it would be unpleasant
later"
We coaxed and pleaded and tried
to brlbe, and that happened, as II
turned out, to be one of the worst
things that we had to endure. For the
whole conversation came out the next
afternoon in the paper, with the most
awful drawings, and the reporter said
it was the flashing of the jewels we
wore that first attracted his attention.
And that brings me back to the rob-
berry.
For when we had crept back to the
kitchen, and Bella was fumbling for
her handkerchief to cry into and the
HARRISON man was trying to apollo
gize for the language he had used to
the reporter, and l was on the verge
Of a nervous chill-well, it was Their
that Bella forgot all about crying and
jumped and held out her arm.
MY diamond bracelet" she screech'
ed Look, I've lost it.
Well, we went over every inch OF
that basement, until 1 knew every
crack in the flooring, every spot on the
cement. And Bella was nasty, and said
that she had never seen that part OF
the house in such condition, and that
if | had acted like a sane person and
put her out, when she had no bust
ness there at all, she would have had
her freedom and her bracelet, and
that if we were playing a joke On heI
(as if we felt like jokingD we would
please give her the bracelet and LEI
her go and die in a corner; she fell
very queer.
ITO RE CONTINJTED1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
her hastily. "He-he cama with Anne

her hastily. "He-he cams with AIMS
and Dial and he is shut In. too
By that time Bella had seen how
handsome he was, and she took a
hair-pin out of her mouth, and arched
her eyebrows, which was always
Bella's best pose.
Il am Miss Knowles" she said
sweetIy (of course, the court had
given her back her nance, land I
stopped in tonight, thinking the house
was empty. to see about "a butler.
Unfortunately, the house was Quaran-
tined just at that time, and-here I
am. Surely there cannot be any harm
in helping me to get out?" pleading
tone) Il have not been exposed to-
any contagion, and in the exhausted
state Of my health the confinement
would be positively dangerous"
She rolled her eyes at him, and 1
could see she was making an imp-es-l
sion. OF course she was free. She
had perfect right to marry again..
but l will say this: Bella Is lot bet
ter looking by electric light than she
is the next morning.
The upshot Of it was that the gen.
tleman who built bridges and looked
down on society from lofty, lonely
pinnacle agreed to help one Of the
most cleaning members of the afore-
said society to outwit the law.
1t took about Is minutes to quiet
the policeman. Nobody ever knew
what Mr. HARRISON did to him, but
for "a hours he was quite tractable.
He changed after that, but that comes
later in the story. Anyhow, the Har-
bison man went upstairs and came
down with a Bagdad curtain and a
cushion to match, and took them into
the furnace room, and came out and
locked the door behind him, and then
we were ready for Bella's escape.
But there were four special officers
and three reporters watching the
house as a result of Max Reeds idiocy.
Once, after trying all tie other win
dows and finding them guarded, we
discovered a little bit of a hole in an
out of-the-way corner that looked like
a Yentilator and was covered with a
heavy wire screen. No prisoners ever
dug their way out of dungeon with
more energy than that with which we
attacked that screen, hacking at 1t
with kitchen knives, whispering like
conspirators, being scratched with the
the cold air one minute and boiling
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
RELIGION FOR BURGLARS

Religion takes strange forms in In
dia. Sir Herbert Risley, speaking
of the castles of eastern Bengal
at a meeting Of the Royal An
chronological Institute, said curious
system of religious worship prevailed
among a caste who were professional
burglars. They made space In the
ground, and man then cut his arm
and prayed to one of the earth's gods
that there might be dark night and
that he might succeed in obtaining
great booty and escape capture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
Four-Room Fireproof Farmhouses

According to a recent consular re-
port, a builder of Oklahoma writes
the United States bureau of manu-.
features that he finds it profitable to
build four-room cement houses and
sell them complete with cisterns,
front and rear porches of cement, and
outbuilding, including the ground, at
$1,000, on the installment plan
He is doing this % miles from a
railroad station, Notwithstanding
neavy freight charges of 25 cents per
hundredweight drayage on all cement,
lumber, hardware and all other build
ing material, except sand. The cot
tages in question have cement floors,
steel ceilings, partition walls of hoI-
low, blocks, as we'll as outside walls
Although the roofs are shingled, the
contractor says that the whole struc-
ture is practically freproof and con-
stitutes a very substantial building.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
The Farmhouse Kitchen.

If the farmhouses could be recon
structed along the lines of the modern
city homes, even of the class that are
occupied by clerks and laborers on
small salaries, the life of the farm
wife would be made inestimably easier
For $3.50 the farm kitchen could be
supplied with water storage tank,
hot water heater, porcelain lined
sinks and waste pipes. The saving in
drudgery and time and the increased
comfort can be appreciated only by
those who have worked without these
conveniences.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
ADOPTED CHILD OF A QUEEN

In the Princess Mary Village Homes
1t Adhesion, Surrey, lives little Rosie
Bloxham, who has the unusual dis
tinction Of being the adopted child of
queen, Mary of England. On Christ
mas Queen Mary sent the little one
china tea set, together with card
on which was written in her majesty S
own hand: Rosie Bloxham, from the
queen. Christmas, 1910"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
Disk Manure Under.

Manures and roots of plants are
especially useful in controlling soil
moisture. Hence crops grow better
where manures and grasses are large
ly used. A heavy coating of coarse
manure plowed under in the spring
may result unfavorably by separating
the furrow slice and subsoil and caus-
ing the surface soil to become too dry.
1t is often better to make lighter ap-
plications of manure and to disk IL
into the surface rather than to pillow II
under
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16

from a young woman of Jersey City,
who described herself as an orphan,
twenty-eight years old, who had ito
work all my lifetime for my exist
ence-" She wrote that she received
8 letter several months ago from &
young man in her native city saying
that If she would send him the price
of ticket he would cross the seas
and marry her
She explained that the man was "a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
Knot That Will Not Slip.

err the rope is drawn the less liable
the rope is to slip. The third figure
is still another application of the
Glove hitch.
Every man about the place ought
able to tie it on the instant.
1t is also a good practice to keep
near the ladder, in a dry place.
e-quarter-inch rope, so feet or
more long. 1t will be surprising how
many times this rope will be used
where It never has been used before
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
shoemaker and healthy" She sent

shoemaker and healthy" She sent
second-cabin ticket for passage on thu
Red Star line Vaderland, which al
rived the other night from Antwerp
Also she forwarded the healthy
mender of bad soles s2S.16 in cash.
She learned recently, she said, that
his relatives in this country had
planned to steal him as soon as he ar
rived and prevent the marriage She
wants the shoemaker herself, and
asked the commissioner to hold him
and unite them in marriage as soon
as she arrives at the island
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
HUGE WHALE is CAPTURED

In the days of Captain Cook" and
until about 1879, whales were very
plentiful on the coast of New Zealand
but large numbers Of whalers were at
tracted there and almost exterminated
those huge creatures by killing COWS
and Young incidentally. It is there
fore Interesting to read that 60-foot
right" whale was recently captured
four miles of Wellington Port. AT.
ter being harpooned the monster tow
ed the whale boat for rs miles before
1t was killed. Its value was e 500.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16

CIove-Hitch Is Simple and Should be
Known by Every Man and Boy
on Farm-Quite Useful.
Ru Z I. R0RrNsONN

Nby T. =. flUbINSON,J
The clove-hitch knot ought to be
known by every man and boy on the
farm. 1t is very useful in tying lad
ders to standard or any kind of scat
fold building.
This knot is very simple, and If
properly made will not slip, as many
other knots do under a strain. The
first picture shows the application Of
this knot to such things as derricks,
guy shear legs; the second Is the Glove
hitch around a small pole. The tight
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
AUSTRALIANS LATEST MARVEL

The latest Australian marvel is
wonderful sheep. A squatter while
mastering his focks one day lately
climbed for fun the summit of a high
peak on his estate. On reaching the
top he was astonished to find a merino
sheep in a grassy sheltered hollow.
The animal had apparently lost its gre
garious instincts, developed nissan
thropic tendencies, and led an ex-
allied hermit existence for years. Hav-
ing never been shorn, its wool was
more than couple Of feet in length,
said to be the longest staple of wool
on record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
COLLIE GOOD TROUT FISHER.

Charles Sherwood of Albion, Wis,
is looking for expert information as to
how far an owners responsibility ex-
tends over a dog that persistently VIC
lates the game laws Of the state. Mr..
Sherwood has a collie with a pen
chant for trout fishing He has cuffed
the dog for 1t, but each time it only
returns with a larger fish.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16

day on November last Mrs. Roder-
iguez was born in Sangue de los La
COS. Mexico, and has lived in Bakers
field for 26 years. Her food is sweet
ened milk and cake and she stays in
heated room, requiring the same care
that is given an infant. Her hear
ing and eyesight are practically gone.
She whiles away her time with
needle. a bit of thread and a cloth,
and is under the impression that she
is doing high-class fancy work, an
art at which she was formerly very
efficient
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
HANDY DEVICE FOR LIFTING
Portable Hay Derrick s Excellent for
Loading Shocks of Fodder On to
Wagon In Field.
By CHARLES G. MENTooNE3

CBy CHARLES G. MENTOONE.)
This is portable hay derrick which
can be used for lifting many things
about the farm. 1t Is excellent for
loading shocks of fodder on to a wag-
on in the field.
Placed on runners, 1t can be hauled
along the row Of shocks and with
its use one man can load as much
corn as three can without 1t. 1t Is
also useful in loading hay from the
stack to the wagon or from the cock
to the wagon.
The center pole should be very
strong, small telegraph pole being
the best for the purpose. The bottom
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
Protection for kniary

It is best to have an apiary IN a
place that is somewhat protected
from the north wind in winter. And
for convenience In working it is best
to have the colonies all in rows far
enough apart to allow a wheelbarrow
between the rows. 1t Is also best to
face the entrance Of the hive to the
oct
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
Soil for Corn.

Corn is especially adapted to warm,
deep loan soils, rich in humus, but
it may be grown with more or less
success on almost any kind Of soil
not too low in available plant food, If
the water line does not come too close
10 the surface.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
70 BE CONTINUED.
A Real One.

is this a problem play?" asked tbs
one-night stand critic of the manager.
1T is" replied that worthy.
And what" asked the critic. sis the
special problem presented?"
How to get money enough into the
box office for railroad fares to our next
date" said the manager, with pointed
brevity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
New Jersey Woman Asks Commits
sioner to Hold Immigrant So That
She Can Marry Him.

Commissioner Williams expects an
interesting session at Ellis Island
when the inspectors pick out husky
shoemaker of Trieste and hold him
for the arrival of his Eancee.
The commissioner received a letter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16

should be made with a shoulder to fit
in the hold of the cross-plank at the
bottom.
If the pole is IL feet high the bot
tom frame should be about six feet
square. 1t should be made of 2x6
plank strongly bolted together. Three
pulleys are used and the crane can
be swung around to any position.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
WiNTERING BEES OUT DOORS
Practice of Leaving Few Colonies an
Stand Ali Winter Without
Covering Is Costly.

few colonies allow them to remain
on the stand all winter without any
protection, but they generally find in
the spring that their carelessness has
cost them dearly, writes Charles Per-
ry in the Farm and Home. If it seems
necessary to leave bees out of doors
they may be protected as shown in
the illustration. / place the hives I'm
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
Revive UnprofltabIe Colony.

The disposition of an Improbable
rally increased by giving them sew
eral combs of Matching brood from an
industrious hive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
Practical Side of Poultry

Always keep the practical side of
poultry raising in view. Have the
birds of full weight and of the shape
the breed calls for. Shape and size
IRE more important than color.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
More Pure Honey.

It would be a good thing If mora
families in general would adopt the
plan to have more pure honey on their
dining tables and less glucose mo
1asses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16

They say the hoop skirt Is coming
back" observed the professor, regret
fully. This seems to show that fash
ions travel in regular ellipses, and Nc.
In parabolic curves, as some OF Is had
hoped"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
a E9EIinr M.rLra&

Teacher-What was 1t that Isaac
Newton discovered when he saw thu
apple fall?
Tommte-That apples were comm,
down, ma am.-Yonkers Statesman.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-14
ROLLER TOWELS
GETS WATERLOO
AN EASTERN MANUFACTURER
NOW ADVERTISING ONE or PA
PER WHICH WILL DO AWAY
WITH THE TOWEL THAT is DE.
sPIsED HY TRAVELLING MEN.

And the dear old roller towel is
doomed to pass away, perhaps even
before the sanitary hotel law which
the boys Of the road has passed at the
last legislature In Tennessee can be-
come effective. For now an eastern
manufacturer has invented a highly
satisfactory paper towel which can be
untitled for the same purpose as the
decrepit old roller and which at the
same time Is much cheaper Already
the manufacturer has placed his adj
vertisements in different journals
reaching the owners of hotels and 1t
is known that they are coming into
considerable use In country hotels.
There towels" said well known
local hotel man, twill perhaps never
be used In hotels OF the better class.
though they should appeal to the
smaller hotels of the state that win
be effected by the new law. Since the
paper towel Ia used only once ID can
readily be seen that 1t would be much
more sanitary than the old roller
towel. From the advertisements /
have read In the hotel Journals I
believe they would also prove much
cheaper than the cloth towels. which
have to be washed. =
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-14
TRAVELLERS DAY
AT CAPITAL CITY
KNIGHTS or THE GRIP ARE IN
BISMARCK ATTENDING THE IN.
DusTRiAL ExHIsIT-RIo TIME
FOR THE BOYS ON THE ROAD
AT CAPITAL CITY.

The Fargo travelling men. and for
that matter, many OF the knights OF
the grlp OF the state, are in Bismarck
today. Yesterday they started TO
gather In the capital city and bright
ana early this morning the genial
smlleAnof the knights told the citizens
OF Bismarck that the drummers were
in town.
Today liz the day set aside for the
travelling men at the North Dakota
Industrial exposition at Bismarck.
The management OF the big land show
has turned over the entire building to
the men who makes sales and reports
from Bismarck late this afternoon
stated that the original boosters were
all on hand and doing their best to
show their appreciation Of the courte-
sizes shown them by the management
Tne Fargo travelling statesmen left
last night in a special car for Bis
marck. The local knights OF the grin
expect to have the largest delegation
at Bismarck, with the possible excep-
ton OF Bismarck, the boys from the
capital city being on the ground can
get out a larger number than the gate
city bunch. The Fargo delesa tfon
was met at the capital city by a num-
Der OF the gate city boosters who came
In from the road to meet the bows
from home. These viii return in the
morning with the Fargo bunch.
Inc travelling men are known over
North Dakota and the world as the
biggest bunch OF boosters known
The management OF the Industrial
exhibition scored a trump card when |
ne placed a day for travelling men on |
the calendar of the exposition. BY
giving the knights of the grip a good |
chance to see what is raised in North |
dakota and what the fiickertails are
doing more good will be done for the
state than II any other set OF men in
the northwest would drop in and see
the exhibit.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-10-14

late brother, Anton Scheefer. whose
only complaint was that the boys did
not give the committee enough to do
as conditions would warrant.
Have you any real kicks against
hotels, transportation companies or
whatnot? Write your bin OF partic-
ulars to brother G. e. Tisdale, chairman
grand executive committee, Minne-
apolis, MINI. Let the members of this
fraternity lend a hand towards cor
recting the evils that confront the
craft.
With our local executive commit
tees made up Of competent men there
will be no complaint for slowness in
settling of claims, a charge occasion
ally made which is attributable to in
efficiency in local management.
Don't be satisfied with a poor local
executive committee.
Modest1y, but persistently, let each
of us do the thing that lies nearest to
hand, missing no opportunities to adj
vance the interests of this great cause,
What say you? Will you follow your
leader? Answer.
The grand counselor is receiving
numerous post cards from his mem
bers enlisting as members OF the II. q
T. booster club OF Minnesota and
North Dakota.