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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
when the question Of alliance with 9th
er shades is considered
Here and There.

Heavy cords are used as trimming
A wonderful green blue color ID
called "the sea" by its Paris In.
yentOrs.
The newest handbags are quite
small, doubtless in contrast to the
mammoth ones. The favorite shape
is ob1ong, about seven inches wide and
five deep.
A handsome barrette of moderate
dimensions Is an oblong piece of
light she'll Of exquisite marking stud
ded with entwined scrolls and loops
of raised gold dots
Usually the raised line at the waist
Is effected by means of a semi-belt
which appears across the back. disap
pears over the hips and is In evidences
again across the front.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06

ak and with slight pressure let 1t
drop on the end of the wood stake 1t
will be found to enter quite easily in
stead of glancing off the wood as
often happens with the ordinary hatch
ct. and the resulting cut will be
straight, as shown In Fig. 4, instead of
being curved as shown by the dotted
lines in Fig. g.
With this edge only half as many
strokes and half as much energy need
be used over job and the work will
possess the advantage Of being far
more neatly done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
MAez De~~1
HANDY TABLE FOR INVALID
Is of Simple Construction and ANA
teur Carpenter Can Undertake 1t
Without Misgivngs.

Any article, no matter how roughly
it may be put together, that tends to
the comfort of an invalid is we'll worth
a thought, and in our sketch we show
a table for placing over the arms of a
chair, fitted with a desk on which a
book may be placed in such a position
that it may be read by the invalid
without the exertion of holding it, and
on the table there is also plenty of
space for cup of tea and other
things.
1t would be useless to suggest di-
mansions, as very tall person would
require a higher table than someone
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
Poles for Vinino Plants

Vining beans and all other vines
should have pole or similar mechani-
cal supports. Some plant corn or sun
flowers for beans to vine on. This is
the lazy gardeners method Two
thrifty plants cannot occupy the same
soil space at the same time and
thrive. Plant corn and sunf1owers by
themselves and beans by themselves.
and give the beans good pole support
IL you wish to secure big crop.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
Preparind for Future

What did you do with the dozen
new brooms that you bought just be-
fore the vacuum cleaner came?" asked
Mrs. DeKallers
oh" replied old Mrs. Medicines,
q put them away in the attic for my
great grandchildren to sell for an
tiques sixty or seventy years from
now. You know I made quite a tidy
sum selling the brass andirons my
grandmother left me-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
Corn for the Calf

Corn and corn meal are carbon
aceous matter, similar in compost
ton to that of cream, and there is no
feed that calf likes so we'll as shelled
corn or corn meal.
Cream is worth 20 to 80 cents a
pound while corn is worth only about
cent pound, hence the economy Of
its use. If corn meal is fed with the
milk it should not be Stirred much but
allowed to settle to the bottom of the
pail so that 1t VIII have to be eaten
rather than swallowed with the milk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
MAKING A SPLlT-LOG DRAG
implement Shown in s.--stration Has
Been Used With Great Success on
WaterHoIdine Soils.

BY referring to the accompanying
cut of a road-drag, it will be noticed
that the halves of split log are
framed together by wooden braces so
that the split surfaces Of the log small
be in front.
The face of the drag lies at an
angle of DO degrees with the line of the
road, thus drawing the earth toward
the center. The rear log should fol4
low In the tracks o. the first.
Drags should be used just after
rains, or continued wet weather to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06

weeks After that we cut about six
or seven weeks.
I'VE use both phosphorus and stable
manure for fertilization. It takes con-
siderable time and care to cultivate
and keep an asparagus bed clear of
weeds. Asparagus is not unlike other
crops The more careful treatment
you give it, the greater will be your
reward"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
FEEDING Chickens,

Don't trust the feeding and watering
Of the chickens entirely to the chill
dren. Keep In touch with the feeding
and the condition of the houses as
we'll A child cannot be expected to
nota the frst signs Of trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
Mature Cabbage and Potatoes,

In few sections in the northern
states is 1t possible to bring cabbage,
potatoes, sweet corn or tomatoes to
maturity In the open air by July 4:
and tomatoes are likely to be con-
siderably later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
BIG PROFITS IN ASPARAGUS
Pennsylvania Farmers Sell One Bunch
for $25-ConslderabIe Care Needed
In Cultivation.

The bunch of asparagus shown in
the illustration was raised by Hopes
Brothers of West Chester, Pa, and was
sold for SIS.
Mr.. 8. B. Hopes says regarding
their method Of cultivating aspara-
gus:
1--WE do not cut out any until the
third year, and then only about two
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
For tn. Linoerie Pettleoat.

Ribbon run insertion continues Il
be a favorite finish for the fiounce on
lingerie petticoats, and In some cases
this founce is simply OF one width Of
very wide lace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
American Fruits I'm China

American fruits, fresh and dried,
are featured in the displays of the
large grocers and produce dealers in
the large cities of China These bring
good prices too.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
Unfortunate Allusion.

She-Too many men expect their
wives to run their homes on prac-
tically nothing. They forget that no
one can make bricks without straw.
He-My wife does-out of -four.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
DISCOURAGED Dairymen.

A certain observer says that dairy
men are all looking forward to the
time when they can quit the business.
Wonder if that accounts for so many
poor COWS? How about it?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06

The heart is a small thing, but de-
sireth great matters; 1t is not suffi-
cient for kites dinner, yet the world
is not sufficient for it.-Hugo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06

How can we learn to know our
selves? Never by reflection, but only
through action. Essay to do the duty
and thou knowest at once what Is in
thea.--Goethap
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
Flight Bugs Constantly.

To be a successful fruit or vegetable
Every gardener needs a spray pump
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
Money and the Man.

@tN h'iG HtdH-
Nothing is more common than to
hear a man boast of his money Is 1t
his? Rather, he is its. 1t is a thing
of authority. It saith to one man,
Co." and he goeth; to another,
Come" and he cometh; and to its
servant, do this" and this he doeth.
At its word man jumps out of his sick
bed, jostles his bosom friend. breaks
an appointment with love, lets music
come and go unheard, beauty unseen
Lest money should talk to him like the
Jealous mistress It is, he forgoes the
green of the earth, the blue of the
sky. flowers and songs OF birds: The
voice of his old playmate the river
calls to him in vain; the mother
tongue of wind and wave is no longer
even a memory: the meaning of pleas
ure is lost to him. All this for moneys
sake Poor braggard! His money it?
It's man he,-Harry Cowell in Smart
Set.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-04-06
Fec for Representing Venezuela Be-
fore the Arbitration Tribunal In
Paris Was Not Paid Him
for Many Months.

Vastly different from the experience
Of Grover Cleveland after he retired
from the presidency, in 1889, or again
Harrison Mr. Cleveland practiced
law in New York, appearing once be-
fore the Supreme court at Washing
ton, between his first and second
terms. But his earnings during that
period could not have been very
large. since the chief reason which
led him to move to Princeton after
the end of his second term was the
fact that he could live there for much
less than the $4,000 a year which,
with the strictest economy. he found
necessary to expend in New York
city. In 1897 Mr.. Cleveland's income
was so small that he was glad to ac-
cept offers for periodical writing; and
a few years before the close of his
life he was very glad to become q
trustee for a life insurance company,
partly because his regular income
would thus be augmented by about
s15, 1000 a year
Benjamin Harrison. however, after
leaving the White House, speedily
found himself deriving a handsome in
come from his renewed law practice,
and about three years after he had re
tired to private life he was offered q
retainer by Venezuela to appear as
counsel for that nation before the
commission appointed to arbitrate the
very important boundary dispute with
Great Britain that came to a head
when President Cleveland bluntly
warned John Bull to keep his hands
off the South American republics ter
ritory.
Harrison was to receive a fee of
100000 from Venezuela" explained
John Bassett Moore, twice assistant
secretary of state and the author Of
the standard history of American ar
bitrations. THE fee was not contin-
gent. He was to be paid that amount
of money whatever the determination
of the arbitration commission might
be And so far as l know that was
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

will occupy the bed room on the floor
above, for 1 shall shortly leave the
house. So, shall bid you goodnight
Now, we will go upstairs, Duncan.
Goodnight, Khan Nadjian."
The Persian babe us a gracious
goodnight, and we went upstairs.
NOW" said Rand, "If he follows my
instructions we are safe from intru-
sion We will go down and see what
evidence he has supplied us. Please do
not enter the library but stand in the
door way until I have finished
We went down to the library and /
stood in the door as Rand had request
ed while he took out his lens, turned
on all the lights and went over the
room like a beagle on fresh scent;
examining the floor, the strange fur
nfture, the trunks of the imitation
trees and finally the papers on the
table. For fully five minutes he stood
gazing at these papers. Then he got
down on his hands and knees on the
floor and began carefully stroking his
hand back and FORTH moving back
wards until he came to one of the tree
bookcases in the wall. There he drew
himself up with that relaxed look OF
satisfaction on his face that had
SO often seen there when the days
work was ended and to his satisfac-
ton He then came to the doorway
in which l was standing.
Come on, Duncan" he said. We're
all right now Wait till 1 stretch these
remaining threads across these bead
curtains. Now no one can enter the
library without leaving record. In
the morning will appear at the base
ment door and keep the old servant
below stairs. You remain in your
room until you hear Nadjian go out
and then stand your ground until you
hear sounds in the library. | am go
ing to leave to you the honor Of cap,
turing this intruder but 1 shall not be
far away. 1t depends upon your own
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was pickering my brows severe
ly and was just about to rise when
dirty, greasy person in a jumper,
with wrench and pot of red lead
in one hand, appeared in the doorway.
Where is the bathroom on dis
f1oor?" he said
Only the quivering corners of the
mouth made me certain it was Rand.
"Just beyond that door, my man."
said I indifferently.
Rand's eyes swept the place like
lightning He followed the thread trail
to the couch instantly, saw the two
little burned spots and the cigarette
stubs opposite the knot hole. 1t puz-
zled him not more than ten seconds.
I was helpless to convey any definite
information. He thrust one hand in
side his jumpers and held up some
thing, his eyebrows raised in interro-
cation. What he held up now recog-
nized as the object he had picked up
on the stairs the previous night-a
very small, black hair-pin. I nodded
vigorously and pointed underneath the
couch, whereupon he was convulsed
with silent laughter for so long time
that I threatened to throw book at
him,
At last he signed to me to lie quiet,
went into the bathroom and tinkered
about for little while, came out and
measured around the room with
pocket rule. knew he really was
reading the signs of the threads. Fl
nally he went out in the hall and up
stairs. where I could hear him for
time, then all sounds died away and
for full half-hour lay there, hot and
cold with suspense.
At length heard him coming down.
He went directly to one of the imita-
ton trees, slid back panel in lofty
branch and took out some small pieces
Of well-Worn paper, brought them to
the desk, sat down, read them over
with great care, using his most pow
erful lens for final examination, then,
turning about, said with great kind
ness and gentleness:
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

ingenuity to read the story you will
find written in the threads"
Then throwing his coat over his
shoulders and putting his opera hat
rakishly over one ear he waved me
good night, and was gone noiselessly
down the heavily carpeted stairs.
I slept well, waking about nine
o'clock with that strange, confused
sense one has upon opening the eyes
in unfamiliar surroundings. Going to
my doorway / could hear Nadjian stir
ring about in his bed room, some one
walking up and down on the doctors
floor and in the basement, a mans
and woman's voices, presumably
Coughlan and the housekeeper, en-
gagged in some trivial discussion. The
acoustic properties of the house GER
tainIy were marvellous, but many of
the older New York houses are so
built that one can hear anything from
bottom to top, but not vice versa
In about an hour / heard Nadjian
leave his room, go downstairs and out.
Sometime later, it seemed like an
hour. although on consulting my
watch I found it was not more than
twenty minutes, / heard the DOCTOR
door open and close. Then I smelled
the strong odor Of an Oriental cigar
cite waited in from the hall. / heard
no ascending footsteps but, it may
have been my imagination. thought
| heard a light step on the stair from
my floor to the Khan's first floor
I waited a few minutes and then
noiselessly tip-toed down the stair to
have look at the silk thread.
It was carried away. The intruder
was trapped. But where was Rand
My two hours were not up. Should
1 enter the Khan's apartments and
confront the visitor? The smoke OF
the Oriental cigarette rolled out Of the
doorway. ] heard nothing Of DIR.
Huntley OF his floor. I was sure now
that he was the trespasser. My an
ger at this evident treachery of the
Khan's trusted friend rose at the
thought and, regardless of what effect
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my lighted cigarette on the grass mat
beside the couch. It had begun to
shoulder, and out of the corner OF
my eye caught glimpse OF hand
thrust out to hastily extinguish the IN
cipient confagration. Another cigar
cite; another fire; another appearance
of the hand in self-preservation, and l
would get look at the hand. That
would be enough.
Acting my part carelessly, ratified
my paper, tossed about, and missed
fire on two matches as / lighted my
cigarette. / enjoyed it for about i've
minutes, and then dropped it with a
red coal on the end, fairly in front of
the knot-hole. AS soon as the grass
nap began to smoke hand shot out
and smothered the f1re-a little hand
bearing many jewels-the white, slen-
der hand of a woman!
I had no trouble in lying still for
some minutes, paralyzed by sheer
amazement. Then my brain began to
work. The whole hypothesis had been
wrong-our whole hypothesis, no,
Khan Nadjian's and mine, for though
I had not the remotest idea what
Rand's had been, had every reason to
be sure now, from the process he had
pursued that it did not coincide with
that of the Persian. But, whatever
the explanation of this affair, | was
in deeper quandary than I had been
before I hit on the expedient of the
burning cigarettes. l had as game for
the chase an unknown woman to
whose identity there had not been in
dicated the slightest clue in anything
we had seen or that Nadjian had said.
Doubtless Nadjian would not know
who she was if l hauled her out and
held her until he could be summoned.
Again, he might be either guilty. or
innocently involved in some plot or
scandal which any precipitate action
on my part might bring to a crisis
that would be bad for him. I
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

The lens showed that feet had drag
ged them toward the tree in approach
and then looped parts of them the
other way on the return. The por
there's to front had not been disturbed.
No one had entered Nadjians bed
room, or come from it, and, in fact,
there was nothing that had been visit
ed in the room except the desk and the
tree mentioned, save the couch. No
one had lain on it, however. A thrill
ran through me as l saw that the dis
turbed thread track leading to 1t was
dragged in one way only.
The man I was hunting had left
the desk hurriedly, dropping the cigar
cite in the tray, had moved to the
couch and had not gone away. He
must still be there. He was not on
top Of it. He must be under it.
Yet the side appeared to be solid
tree with no aperture. save one large
knot-hole. / had cornered my game
and did not know how to close in I
might easily drag him out, but what
then? I was satisfied it was Dr. Hunt
Icy anu not COUSuldH. ne hudu naQ
been mystified merely because he did
not wish to humiliate the doctor. By
going little slowly might find out
which it was without letting my man
know that he had even been suspected,
let alone neatly caught, by Rand's cum
ming devices.
Making a careless noise with
newspaper taken from the file
hung on tree, l strobe over to the
couch, re-examining the silk threads,
confirming my first observations, and
stretched myself at full length on the
bed roll. / took the tray with me to
more infinitely examine the cigarette
stub. I lit a cigarette, and by fixing
my attention on it grew very still
and distinctly heard a slight stir be-
low and the rapid breathing of some
one undergoing suppressed excitement
| was right. My man was there.
Suddenly had to make myself rigid
to keep from starting to my feet.
had. while thinking deeply. dropped
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04

It might have on Rand's plans, I brush
ed aside the portieres and stepped IN
to the Persian's library, my hand on
my revolver, and fully expecting dis
agreeable encounter.
The library was absolutely empty.
I could see from the doorway into
each of the other three rooms and
was equally sure no one was there.
Yet the room was full of blue smoke
that hung in wreaths and rings in the
sunlight. The papers on the table
were untouched, as far as could see,
but in the tray lay fresh Theopopu-
lous, but, touched my finger up to It..
1t was still warm.
I stood perfectly motionless for fully
ten minutes, trying to think what my
next move should be, when, suddenly,
I saw one of the threads lying at my
feet where the light struck it strong
ly. Looking more closely | saw they
were laid Systematically about the
floor.
A great feeling Of relief rushed over
me. Rand, thinking I had followed
his bent the night before, had merely
said "read the story in the threads"
had thought only of those on the por-
there's and in the halls, and, had very
nearly bungled the entire scheme.
I began my survey, moving around
the room to the left Where the
threads were straight they had been
undisturbed, and where disturbed or
carried away, the mysterious visitor
had passed. Rand had thus tracked
Nadjian's movements in the room dur
ing our absence the night before, and
the stroking he had done had been
merely to once more straighten the
threads.
/ found nothing disturbed until /
came to a certain tree. 1t had evi-
IDENTITY been opened to examine the
books within. From it pathway Of
disturbed strands extended directly to
the Arab campstool before the desk
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1911-08-04
The Mystery Of the
Persian HeiFeSS
Copyright. 1911. by F. L. Nelson.)
BY ROBERT NAUGHT0N.

T was Die Walkure night
Of the Niebelungen Ring
series at the Metropoli-
tan Opera House, four
years ago, as l remem-
Der distinctly, that this
unusual ENHANCEMENT
came to light. Rand
and I were in the COM
pany of General and
Mrs. Edward Blashfield,
and were chatting in
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-25
This My 6Oth Birthday
JOHN DILLON.

John Dillon, the Irish parliamentary
oeader. who recently suffered severe
Injuries In an automobile accident. was
born In ireland. June IS. 1851, and re-
ceived his education at the Catholic
University OF Dublin. Mr.. Dillon Is
one of the fighting chiefs Of the Irish
Nationalists and he has been frequent.
~ IN trouble ever since he succeeded
Justin Mccarthy rs leader of the anti.
Parnellites In 1896. He has been in
Parliament since 1850. and In 1858 was
sentenced to ak months imprison-
meut for taking part In the plan of
Campaign" movement In Ireland. bat
he only served three months in jail,
after which he toured Australia. In
1850 he was arrested for seditious
talk but escaped to France with vii
liam O'Brien. He then visited the
United States. but In 1891 he return.
Cd homo and served another term In
jail. Mr.. Dillon was the chief aide OF
pasnell and Davitt In founding the
Land League In the United States.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-06-25
The Real State


Of children
men OF Ade
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everywhere
1t a gathering o o made good
had the stuff them
society
for effectiveness
the In
las o
$ what have already said
back to Indiana
in the Indiana
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things
of the country show up
in centers
reactionarism long
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ton the progressive movement
Kansas City progress
definite accomp
Boosting and
pure cooperative efficiency.
this against progress and
Business is politics and
privilege depends luck Progressive
efficiency labor"
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all
In set for against Indiana
to? Which
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