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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
MENDlNG NOSES WITH RIBS

Writing IN medical journal a New
York hospital surgeon cites several
cases of bone grating of exceptional
character. One instance was that
which restored to facial sightliness a
railroad man who came out of an &C
cident with his nose so disfgured
that there was little of it left. The
surgeon took a piece two inches in
length from the patients ninth rib,
and resting one end Of it on the re-
naming tip of the nose, and the other
on the nasal process Of the frontal
bone, grated it with care. The still
living bone of the rib united with the
nasal structure and formed rafter
which effectually supported the flaps
of skin which were brought up over
this newly fashioned feature. Photo
graphs taken before ana after show
q marked increase in good looks on
the part of the patient. Another pa
tent was a woman twenty-five years
Old, who had fallen on her nose when
she was seven years old. The de-
formity was of the fattened and con-
cave variety. The surgeon construct
ed a bridge from part of her ninth
rib, and she is now enjoying the pos
session of a nose of almost Greciap
symmetry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
I cave II or Take If

He had the poets instinct for leav-
ing practical matters to others. But
father-in-law-tc-he did not know this
Look here, young fellow" he said,
81 think it's about time the date of
your marriage with my girl was
fixed"
Yes, perhaps" the young man
agreed. But I am leaving that en-
tirely to Mabel"
''Ah! Is it to be a quiet or stylish
wedding?"
Il think, SIR answered the young
man quietly, Il can leave that safely
in the hands of Mrs. Bullion
Yes; quite sol" nodded Mr.. Bull
lion. But a young fellow generally
has some idea with regard to the ex-
pense-bridesmai gifts, you know.
And. by the way, what is your in
Gomez"
We'll, that. sir" said the young
man modestIy, 81 am leaving entirely
to you"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
NOT A "FULL-LENGTH" PAPA
Child Wanted Original of Portrait That
Had Been Made So Familiar
to Her.

An amusing incident is related OF
young service matron who had re-
linQuished her husband for two years
and who, having before his departure
insisted on good photograph, applied
herself assiduously to the upbringing
of her two-year-old baby with view
to the child's familiarity with her dis
tinguished father. Each day she would
call the baby girl to her and, kneeling
beside her, would hold up the photo
graph, pointing out each feature to
the child
One day the officer can home, and
the baby girl, then four years old,
was summoned. Come, dear" said
the mother in glee, papa has come
home at iast!" The child surveyed
the officer in perplexity and finally
shook her head
What is the matter, dear?" asked
her mother. Well" replied the child,
che looks something like my papa, but
my papa hasn't any Iegsi"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
SimpIifYinQ the Drama.

mo one who has seen play Staged
out of doors at night, where the dark
ness eliminates all need of wing pieces
and proscenium, where the characters
grow into the sight or melt out of it,
can fail to have been impressed by the
heightened, almost dreamlike, Illusion"
writes Walter Prichard Eaton in the
American Magazine. IF, now, you
hang in front of a suggestively painted
back drop-a real picturesque mega
tive draperies on either side, eliminat-
ing formal wing pieces and sharp
edges; if you light this picture from
behind the draperies, so that to the
audience they tell rather as folds OF
shadow, leaving between your actors
and the audience transparent region
of darkness, as it were, an Intangible
glass of Illusion, you have achieved an
effect of possible beauty and increased
suggestiyeness by the simplest Of
means. Certainly, by some such meth
cd, the production of Shakespeare
could be greatly simplifed, many of
the scenes now omitted restored to
the acting text, the waits cut down.
narrative made more coherent and
rapid
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
A Romance, Almost.

He took the proffered gIoveiess
hand in his, while high above them
blew soft breezes, which, descending,
famed the sitting air that sought to
stew them as they stood there face to
face. Her brows were raised. What
joy to be so near this queen of smiling
grace, to hold her hand so tenderly!
The fingers rested. slim and white,
for one brief moment on his palm
And yet his face showed 10 delight,
his massive chest betrayed no qualm
AS the electric fans above dispersed
the heated air and flies, he said, with
out a sign of love:
six and a half, ma'am, is your
size"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
What Father Took.

He came down the garden path,
sad, sorrowful figure. She watched
him with anxious eyes.
How did father take it?" she asked.
He took it-weu." replied the
young man.
"Oh, I'm so glad, George!" she
cried, pressing her hands together.
Are you?" replied George, Topping
forlornly by her side. We'll, l can't
say that l am, dear. At first your IA
Their wouldn't listen to me-"
Why didn't you tell him that you
had $4,000 in the bank, as l told you
to-" she acclaimed
I did, after all else had failed" an
swered George depectedly.
And what did he do them"
Dol" echoed the young man, pass
ing his hand YEARLY through his hair.
He borrowed it!''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
MORE EXCELLENT
REPORTS FROM
WESTERN CANADA
Grains Are Heading Out
Rapidly and Harvest Is
Now Approaching With
a Great Demand for
Harvest Help.

Last week it was pointed out In
these columns that there would be
yield of about 2OO,0OO,OOO bushels Of
wheat throughout Western Canada, an
increase of about 100000 over the
previous year, and that the demand
for farm help was very great. Con
frmation of this news is to hand and
the cry still is for more help. The
Canadian authorities are hopeful that
the friends Of the 100000 or 100000
Americans who have gone to Canada
during the last few years will come to
the help of these people and induce
as many able-bodied men as they pos
sibly can to take advantage of the
low rate which Is being offered from
all points on the Canadian Boundary,
and particulars of which can be had
from any Of the following Agents of
the Canadian Government: NJ. Y. Nc
Innes, 176 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit,
Mich; C. A Laurier, Marquette.
Mich; ]. S. Crawford, Syracuse, N.
H.; Thos. Hetherington, Room 202, 70
fremont Street, Boston, Mass; III. M.
Williams, Alb Gardner Bldg, Toledo,
Ohios Geo. Arid, PIG Traction-Termin-
al Bldg. Indianapolis, Indiana; c. J.
Broughton, Room Az, NJ. L. & T. Bldg,
Chicago Ill; Geo. A Hall, 2ud Floor
1925 Second Street, Milwaukee, Wis;
e. Z. Holmes, 315 Jackson Street, st.
Paul, Mimi; Chas. PiIling, Clifford
Block, Grand Forks, N. D.; J. B. Car.
bonneau, Jr., PIT Main Street, Bidde-
ford, Me-; J. NJ. MacLachlan, Box
1877, WATERFOWL, S. D.; W. V. Bennett
Room 4, Bee Bldg, Omaha, Neb.;
W. II. Rogers, 1875 West 9Th Street,
Kansas City, Mo; Benz Davies, Room
6, Dunn Block, Great Falls, Montana;
J. N. Grieve, Auditorium Building
Spokane, Wash.
Every facility viii be afforded men
of the right stamp to secure advantage
of these low rates. To those who pro
pose to go, it may be said that they
will have this splendid opportunity of
securing first hand information as to
the excellent producing character of
the lands in Manitoba, Saskatchewan
anu EAlbCI I'd. L DGy Will nave the OA-
portunity of seeing some of the great
est wheat fields in the world and prob
ably the largest yield of wheat, oats
and barley that has ever been grown
on the Continent. And all this on
land some of which cost the settler
only the $1,000 necessary to enter for
his homestead, or, if he purchased,
in some cases, costing him from $500
to $1,000 per acre, but which is now
worth from $500 to $4,000 per acre.
Even at these prices the land is re-
markedly cheap as will be realized
when the statement is made that from
90 to 25 bushels per acre and over
of wheat are grown, netting the farm
er from $500 to $1,000 per acre; and
this on land that he got for nothing
or paid merely a nominal price. In
fact the production shows that $500
to $4,000 per acre would be a nominal
price for land that would produce as
these lands produce.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
LIGHTNING'S QUEER PRANK

A queer prank was played by light
ming the other morning when it struck
the residence of John Sager, at Avon,
N. ]. 1t tore a hole in the roof,
setting fire to it, passed through
into bedroom in which Mrs. Sager
and her year-old baby lay asleep, rip
ped a section out of the plaster on
one side of the room and then leaped
oyer or under the bed and set fire to
the covering and melted the wire ribs
of an umbrella which stood at the side
OF the room. Mrs Sager and the
child were absolutely unframed and
not even daZed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
TO CHURCH IN BALLOON

Going to church in balloon was
the novel idea of G. !. Glidden and j.
J. Valkenburg at Topsfeld, Mass, the
other Sunday. The aeronauts made
an early morning ascension from Low
ell, some twenty miles distant. prom
Using friends to land near church
and attend services. After floating
before a west wind for an hour and a
half, two church spires were noted be-
low The balloon was brought down
and struck ground 800 feet from the
Methodist Episcopal church of Tops
field. The aeronauts waited until the
hour of services and then joined the
congregation. The pastor in his ad-
dress referred to the fact that two
of the congregation had dropped into
the service from the skies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
Shakespeare's GauntIets

DR.. Howard H. Furness is the for
tunate possessor Of a precious relic
that very greatly interested Thack-
eray-no less than a pair of genuine
gloves worn by William Shakespeare
They are dull gauntlets, the deep cuffs
being embroidered with golG The
actor John Ward gave them to Gar
rick in 1869. Garrick's widow pre-
scented them to Sarah Siddons, Mrs
Siddons bequeathed the gloves to her
daughter, who gave them to Mrs.
Fanny Kemble, fros1 whom the
Shakespearian scholar received the
unQuestioned precious possession
The Independent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27

tie, or on the bookshelf in a library.
On of the most remarkable, perhaps,
is that recently given in the Emu, and
apparently authentic. On November
10 last, a sheep was being shorn on
the farm of A. Burger, Telanga, Aus
tralia. IN its wool was found a star
ling's nest with one egg. A note in
the Field adds that the nest of a small
bird was once found in a horses tail
in Cape Colony.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
GLASS EYE AS A WEAPON

OF all the methods adopted by the
Italian Camorrist erisoners to excite
sympathy or fncite riot, zone sur
passed in novelty and effectiveness
that Of Gaetano opposite, who. at
the end of a mad harangue at the
trial of Viterbo the other day, tore a
glass eye from his head and hurting
it at the feet Of the president, STAN
peded the court room. Then he fell
in faint and the president suspended
the sitting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
seventy-one Years in a Shoe Shop.

SeVenty-Onc Years in a Shoe Shop.
Charles H. Wilson of Troy, ". Y,
occupies the unique position of having
been in business in one building for II
years; at least he will have completed
II years in the shoe business at 242-
244 River street August II next. This
record. it is believed, can be equaIed
by few if any shoe retailers in this
country Mr. Wilson has also been in
business for himself for more than so
years Mr. Wilson is today just as
much in active business as he was al
most three-Quarters of a century ago,
when as a thirteen-year-old lad he en-
tered the employ OF John Leonard
Williams of Troy. To be exact, that
was August II, 1910. Mr. Williams
kept shoe store at 242244 River
street in a building which had been
erected in 1903, and so the building
now occupied by Mr. Wilson for his
retail shoe business is one of the old
est buildings in Troy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
Small Boat 20 SAIL Far.

let out On a voyage of 5000 miles,
from Gosport to Buenos Aires, the
headquarters of her new owner. The
little vessel carries a crew of four.
and is commanded by Capt. Harry
Williams, who recently took the 20
ton cutter Moyana to Odessa. All the
members of the Reclutas crew are
Hampshire men. She will go to Ma
deira, Cape Verde. Pernambuco and
Montevideo. The longest sea run will
b a distance of about 1000 miles, be-
tween Cape Verde and Pernambuco.-
London Standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
HOP 10ADS RUN RACES

Toad races are the latest amuse-
nent of the small boys of Owensville,
Ind, and it is no longer a novel sight
to see crowd of barefoot lads bend
ing over the circle in which toads,
bridled like horses, are made to hop
about chalk marked courses.
The sport grows more lively when
the boys drop small shot to the toads,
which swallow them greedily Each
shot reduces the ability 6f the toad
to hop, and some OF them have been
so weighted down by their lead diets
that they had to be taken from the
ring.
To the CONSERVATION of women and
the delight of the boys, the toads
are sometimes driven down the streets
and attract a great deal of attention.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
JUST FOR BITE OF TOBACCO
James WhitcoTb Riley Starts Com
motion That Has George AIDE
Guessing.

James Wnitcomb Riley was a guest,
a year or two ago, at Hazelden farm.
George AIDES big country place in
Western Indiana AIDE had instructed
all the farmhands before the guests
arrival to see to it that Mr.. Riley want
ed for nothing while there to make
his stay pleasant. But he WASN'T pre-
pared for the commotion he saw look
ing out of his bedroom window the
morning after Riley came The chief
thing that attracted his attention was
the sight Of one of his big motor cars
whizzing out the driveway and off
toward Brook, the nearest village, on
high speed.
Something awful has happened"
AIDE muttered, land they're going for
doctor" And he didn't lose any time
getting into his clothes.
Out near the barn he found Riley
strolling about. taking in the early
morning air.
"What's-what's the matter?" in
quired AIDE, breathlessly.
What do you mean?" asked Riley.
ny, tnat motor car. aren't they
going for doctor or something's"
"Oh, that" replied Riley. I've just
been wondering myself whatever pos
sessed your chauffeur to take on
the way he did. I came up to him
a few minutes ago and asked him if he
had any chewing tobacco, remarking
that I had bought a lot to do me
while I was here and then forgot to
put it III my grip. Without saying a
word he ran away and began to crank
up that machine Can't figure out
what his game is
But the explanation came in few
moments when the chauffeur came
chuff chufing back, still at full speed,
with dollars worth of chewing to-
bacco for the poet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27

Mrs Ashcraft," the summer board
er inquired, why do you keep these
guinea hens?"
MY husband has me cook one of
'em once in a WHILE, answered the
farmers wife. He says he likes
their gamy flavor"
Mr.. Ashcraft," said the boarder.
later in the day, why do you keep
these guinea hens?"
30, my wife likes to hear EN- sing"
responded the farmer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
cow OF MANY HORNS

A COW with II horns, born and bred
in the lower section of Greenville
county, South Carolina, was brought
to Greenville the other day by H. R.
Mr. Scalf stated that the cow is an ex-
ae1lent mixer, giving approximately
two gallons Of milk a day, and has
II horns along her back between her
stou. ders and her tail The owner
has been offered a large amount of
money for the COW by museum own
ers, but he refuses to SELL The farm
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27

fall to the bottom of the sea. where
they become fiat and take on an ovoid
shape Their color is blue, spotted
with brown, yellow or red stripes.
They are used to manufacture con-
crete stone and earthenware, and
their dust is even employed to make
paint and rice powder imitation.
over one hundred and twenty tons
of pebbles are annually picked up on
the Normandy beaches. Those en-
ployed in gathering these pebbles earn
"a cents per cubic meter 1882 cubic
feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
"Rox Scout Movement Spreads.

The boy scouts" movement has
reached the Malay peninsula. and
Singapore is to have a fine organiza-
ton under the patronage of the gov
ernor and chief justice. 1t is a good
thing in many ways, aside from the
military training, and bids fair to
become one of the permanent and
most popular institutions of the PENN
sula. All through the British colonies
boy scout" organizations are being
formed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
FISH CAUGHT THE FISHERMAN

While angling at Atlantic City the
other day man vas pulled over
board by a 12-pound founder, and mar
rowly escaped drowning. In fixing the
blame newspaper graVely points out
that it should be clearly seen tbs
man was at fault rather than the fish,
for he could have let go. but the fish
couldn't.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
Honors More Than Even.

Mrs. Patrick Campbell is not kindly
inclined to criticism of her work. At
a rehearsal of a new play, one morn
ing, her manager, Charles Frohman,
stopped Mrs. Campbell and said: Mrs.
Campbell, it seems to me that those
lines should be delivered thus repeat
ing the lines in question. Mrs. Camp
bell drew herself up and said: Mr..
Frohman, am an artist" THAT is all
right, Mrs. Campbell" replied the ur-
bane manager. Il assure you / will
never reveal your secret"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
PEBBLES FOR SALE HERE

The pebble industry is making rapid
progress and is assuming considerable
Importance in upper Normandy The
cliffs of the Caux region, undermined
by subterranean springs and by the
waves of the English channel. slip.
fall and break.
They are formed of a calcareous
s.1ass containing hints. These fints
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
MAKING Ii leual.

I'VE don't know what to do about
Piute Pete" said the Crimson Gulch
citizen. He was a real good teller,
but he would be careless about shoot
in up the populace."
did you straighten out the mat.
ter?"
ITO some extent; we elected him
sheriff. thereby maxim it look a little
more, legal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
FROG SKIN GRATED ON BOY

Something new in the way of skin
grating was accomplished at St.
Louis recently, the experiment being
made on Thomas Reardon, a five-year-
old youngster. He was severely burned
on the leg, and when skin grating be-
came necessary surgeons used the
skin of bullfrogs. The novel expert
ment was entirely successful.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27

When on the occasion of the birth
day of Queen Mary Of England it
was announced that the town of Nor
wich had presented her with an ideal
canary, carefully selected by experts,
attention was directed to the fact that
hundreds of workmen in Norwich,
most of them shoemakers, breed the
canary to their considerable profit.
The perfect Norwich canary must
have wings that rest on its tail in per-
feet V-shape, while the head of the
bird must be broad, the neck thick
and the chest round
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27

SASKATOON lands are second to none.
Hence the astonishing prosperity of our
farmers. Why be one of those who knows
he can do better, yet lacks the spirit to
try? There is no risk Men who come
here realize how much of life they have
wasted elsewhere Better write Commits
sioner, Board of Trade. Saskatoon, Sass
katchewan. Western Canada
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
A Lonu Look Forward.

Boccaccio had just finished tran
scribing the story of the basil pot
MY part is finished he said. The
rest is up to Keats"
Thus he showed great powers of
diYination.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
CIaShinn Inferecfs

What we want is economy" said
one statesman.
Il thought you wanted appropria-
tions," replied the other.
Il want both; economy for your con.
stituents ard appropriations for mine"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
Quarters and Halves.

George AIDE, at the recent Lambs
Gambol in New York, objected to the
extravaganza of the modern wife.
1T is true that the married men of
today" he ended, have better halves,
but bachelors have better quarters"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
Sfnp fhA Pain.

TIE hurt of burn or cut stops when
Coles Carbohsalve is applied 1t heals
quickly and prevents scars. 25c and SOC by
druggists. For free sample write to
J. ". Cole & Co., Black River Falls, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
FOR Services Rendered.

''Thompson's cow got into my gar
den and ate all the grass off the lawn"
What did he do?"
''Sent me a bill for using his COW
ss a lawn-mower."- Tit-Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
Airy Persiflaoe-

Il hope the king and queen will
never have the experience in travel
Ing which they will have in the coro-
nation procession"
What was that?"
Don't they have their trains held
up?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
BRITISH NAVY DIRIGIBLE.

The new dirigible constructed for
the British navy, known as the May
fly, was bpilt with much secrecy. 1t
is 512 feet long, has greatest diane
ter of 4S feet, gas capacity of 70O,-
900 cubic feet, and a lifting power of
81 tons. Its cars, which take the form
of two boat-shaped "gondolas," and
are connected by covered gangway,
will carry % people. Water tanks be-
low the cars are filed to keep her on
the surface, and are emptied when she
is required to rise. A complete wire
less installation has been fitted aboard
her. She is driven by two 200-h. p.
gasoline engines, and is expected to
develop a speed of 40 miles an hour.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27

wiaa

Bobby, didn't you hear mamma
telIin' us to come in out O the rain?"
Yep, but I'm not goin' to do it till
I'm so wet that she can't lay me
across her lap thout spoilin' her
dress -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
QUEER HOMES FOR BIRDS

The remarkable sites sometimes
chosen by birds for their nests are re-
corded from time to time. A robin
builds in a watering can, an old ket-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-27
In the Office

Il am afaid to hear that report"
why 500"
st is likely to mean some firing
going on