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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
SURE SHOT AT AGE OF %
Remarkable Old Woman Has Also De-
fled Fried Potatoes-Abstains
From Fruit and Meat.

SeIinsgrove. Pairs Jane E
Rohrbach of this place, who passed
the ninety-ffth milestone of life this
week, celebrated the anniversary of
her natal day by hitting a half dollar
with bullet fired 80 feet. In fact,
shooting is one of her most delightful
diversions, and each day she shoots at
a mark little bit just to be sure that
he sight is not failing too rapidly.
The remarkable woman does all her
own Homework, and her principal ar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

As she passes through each the door
closes behind her, and she cannot go
back. The next hen goes through the
same p.srforman &c, and her egg rolls
into position just back of that laid by
No. 1. It is easy, therefore, to match
chickens with eggs and find what kind
of food gives the best results. The
trap nest is made yeTmin proof and
the eggs in it are safe from the vorac-
ity Of rats or other animals, or even
the chickens themselves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Declares Persons Names Are Chosen
Idea in Education-Praises
Women's Clubs.

81 Louis. Mo.-Homer's 'Tltad" is
out Of date. 1t is harsh and blood
thirsty. It is a relic of paganism. It
should be ruled out of the modern sys-
tenn of education.
This is the view Of the Grecian bard
taken by the Rev. DR.. B. A. Abbott
pastor of the Union Avenue Christian
church, Union and Won Versen ave
nues. i'm discussing world peace.
He declared that such works as the
Iltad" created narrow nationalism
and DELAYED world peace and that civil
lizaion no longer makes heroes of the
lighting men or sings of arms and
men.
He does not believe that the girls
and boys of today should be made to
hobble and halt through it, and would
thus rule out of the system of modern
education one of its oldest standbys.
we are studying the question and
we are trying to bring about world
peace" he continued, but we are
brought up on literature that for the
moss part, IS intended to develop in
us a spirit of narrow nationaHsm. A
great deal of the education in our sys-
tenn is through such harsh and Blood
thirsty books as the Iliad
Dr. Abbott also declared that the
mighty influence of women is ready
for the worlds service.
Women now have self-control and
leisure" he said. ITO what shall this
influence be given is the real question
OF modern civilization.
'Women's clubs are safety valves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

University Of California by Mrs.
Phebe Apperson Hearst, has been
placed in position in front Of the af-
ficted colleges overlooking Golden
Gate park. TIE Haida totem pole is
40 feet high aid BIZ feet through at
the base. It is believed that the pole
will last for ages. Many who we're
present at the ceremony admired the
woodcarver's art as shown on the to-
tenn pole.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
GOOD COOP F0P FATTENlNG
Stats Far Enough Apart to Allow
Chickens to Eat and Drink.

This fattening coop can be made
any size desired. 1t has a Stat front,
with the Stats far enough apart to
allow the chickens to eat and drink
out Of the little troughs, writes D. D.
Lawson in the Farm and Fireside The
floor is also made of Stats, which
makes the coop sanitary. The little
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

logical society of England in the six
ties, with the further statement that it
is made of maple wood from Virginia,
the colony which Sir Walter Raleigh
founded. The bowl of the pipe has a
cap, and string of beads is attach
ed to the stem, which is also furnish
ed with whistle. The pipe is carved
with dogs heads and the faces of In
dians.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
WISE SHOE DEALERS

One may travel the Bowery for
many years but never will he see d
pair of shoes exhibited in any of the
outside showcases. 1t is the belief of
the shoe merchants of this section
that a pair Of shoes hanging in a
showcase is too great a temptation
for those who happen to need them.
The mate of each shoe exhibited is
kept in the store.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
MILLIONS FOR LIGHTS

Although the United States has the
smallest foreign going merchant ma
sine in the world, it possesses the
most perfectly equipped and elaborate
lighthouse service u be found on any
coast line. During the last half cen
fury this service has cost 1885,, 900, 600.
and its maintenance calls for the ap-
preparation of about 100000 an
uua1fv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
SIR WALTER RALElGH'S PIPE

It is said that this curious pipe be-
longed to Sir Walter Raleigh, who
first introduced tobacco smoking in
England. and that he smoked it on the
scaffold just before his execution.
handing it as a last gift to Bishop
Andrewes. 1t was exhibited, with this
account of its history, by the Archaeo-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
NEST BOXES MADE MOVABLE
Arrangement is Shown Where De-
vices Are Desired to Be Removed
From One Place to Another.

It is frequently desirable to have
nest boxes which are readily remov-
able from each other. Such an ar
rangement is shown here The frame
pieces A and B are made of one-inch
stuff, firmly nailed together. The wires
support the boxes and are firmly at
tached to the two ends and middle
boards. Strips may be used in place
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Movable Nest Boxes.

of the wires if necessary. The nest
boxes are made of half-tnch lumber
and are II inches wide, y inches long
and 5 inches deep. The bottom is
made to project six inches, leaving a
step for the hens to light on. A space
of z inches should be left between
the wires so as to give sufficient room
for the hens
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
AUTOMATIC HEN TRAP NEST
Enables Owner 20 Tell Which Chick
en- Has Laid Egg-Made Vermin
Proof and safe From Rats.

Who says poultry raising is not
science? A Pennsylvania man has
just come forward with an automatic
trap nest, by fdeans Of which the
.armer can tell which hen laid which
egg As the heli enters the nest her
weight on the floor causes the door
70 close. WheT she lays an egg 1t
rolls down upon another spring-oper-
ated mechanism and opens the exit
door The runway into which this ex-
it leads has a series Of small stalls.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

Coal dust is wasted unless the mis-
tress sees that # is burned. and yet
IT makes beautiful fires. Have a gal
vanized iron scuttle for the purpose.
Add sufficient water to the coal TO
make It moist When a fire IS burning
brightly, bank IT up with this wet dust
and you viii have clean fire which
will last for hours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Sits on Body All Niqht.

Oakland, Cal.-"AI night long [ sat
on the body" said Capt John Evans
of the schooner Rock Island when Civ
ing himself up for the death of Peter
Gessen, his only deck hand, whom
he had choked to death. In my mind
I went over the struggle, seeking to
think of some other means by which
I could have subdued him without
killing him. | put into Oakland and.
on my wife's advice, gave myself up"
Gesser. thought to have been
crazed by liquor, attacked the skip
per shortly after they put to sea.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
ger like article and the other an ear
spoon.
Museums are competing for the
relics.
Bride-EIect's Hose Bank

Seattle.-Blushing furiously, an in
tending bride fshed a roll of bills Ont
Of her stocking and handed Clerk
Claude F. Gage the marriage license
fee when she found her young man
was shy Of the regulation charge.
What difference does it make who
has the money so long as one of US
has it?" asked the young woman.
Gage handed out the license. made
the change and watched the couple 90
away, the near-husband taking charge
Of the roll
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

up the novels alone in her name
Anna will give one. plus one, or two.
and Browne six, plus five, or eleven,
which reduces to one. plus one or
two. Adding the values of the two
names We have four for her exotic
personality"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
CHARACTERS Barred
Apostle of New Thought Tells
individuality by Letters.
Declares Persons Names Are Chosen
by Their Souls Before They Are
Born and Not by
Parents.

Cambridge, Mass.-Dr. Julia Seton
Sears. head of the New Thought move
nent, has a new method Of telling
0ne's faiIings and capabilities-by a
process of figures.
Few people realize" says DR..
Sears, that the names they were
baptized with and the date of their
birth we're not chosen by their par
snts. but BY their souls before they
we're born. But this is true, and each
baptismal name and each birthday
means something.
When [ have explained the system
Of names and numbers it will be seen
that it can be applied by anyone, it is
so simple It is worked out on a ba-
sis of harmonious vibrations. There
are just eleven types of people in the
universe. We all go through each Of
those types in some oneof our many
lives First number off the alphabet
as follows.
l2545 6739I2345 678912
ABCDEF C H I JKLdNOPQURITU
VWXYZ.
45678
Now take. for instance. Anna
Browne. In the place Of each letter.
put its corresponding number and
then add them. Anna viii be one
plus five plus five, plus one, equals
twelve; and Browne will be two plus
nine, plus six. plus five. plus five.
plus five, equals thirty-two. But no
number above nine is used. Therefore.
add the two digits in twelve and they
viii equal three, which is the number
that stands for Anna. In the same
way, five stands for Browne. Add
these two and the result for the
whole name is eight
Eight stands for a critical technical
type of mind which can win success
in material way. 1t goes with a sym
pathetic soul which will help its fell
low man socially, industrially or DO
Iitically The eighteers are usually
people found at the head of large
commercial enterprises. They have
strong individuality and are generally
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

looked up to by their associates. They
make good business men, good ora
tors, lawyers and physicians.
But this eight represents only
Anna Brownies personality, or what
the world sees in her. Her exotic
or true inner self is found by adding
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Use of Corn.

The use of corn and corn meal as
major parts of the feed Of hens kept
for egg production has been very gen
orally condemned by poulTymen and
farmers, until it is now used only as
a very minor part OF the ration for the
fear that its use viii cause overfat-
ness and interfere with egg making.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
REAL FAMILY TREE

san Francisco has a complete gen
eaIcgy Of the Haida tribe Of Indians
Ct the Charlotte island. of the coast
Of British Columbia. as carved on a
huge totem pole BY TIE Indians them
selves Ills totem pole. gift to the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
10 Make prOpnfna Boards

Dropping boards should be made of
matched lumber, and should be 20
inches wide for one roost, and three
feet for two 1t should be placed from
10 to u inches from the wall. The
roosts should be oy inches. with
edges slightly rounded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Fresh Water Constantly

Fresh water should be kept before
the hens constantly, for a laying hen
is a free drinker; flock in full lay
will consume twice as much water as
one that is not laying.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Windows in Poultry Houses.

It is a bad plan to have two win
dows in the poultry house opposite
each other and roosts between. The
average window is not so tight but
that there will be drafts around it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
To Add Weiqht.

To add weight and to hurry ma
turity with the young birds try one
pound boiled rice, one pound bread
(soaked in skim milk and one quar-
ter pound Hamburg steak. This for
one special feed at night each day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Eqa Shells and Ashes

AS egg shells accumulate in the
kitchen it is well to crush them and
drop them into the ash pan in the
stove Throw ashes and all into the
chicken yard and the hens viii see
to the rest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
atteninq Coop.

troughs are made with lids, thus pro
tecting the food and water from dirt
and dust The roof is sloping, to allow
the water to run off of it in rainy
weather. A box of gravel or oyster
shell should be kept in the coop. This
is an excellent way to fatten chickens,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Rodents in Poultry HOUSE

Poultry houses are likely to be more
OF less infested with rats or mice IN
less some means are provided to ex-
clude them, and this should be taken
into account in selecting a location.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

7~7~-~"~7~"~000~7-0
ticle of food is fried potatoes, dish
which physicians generally agree is
very indigestible She drinks cup
full or more of coffee at each meal, but
never INDUCES in fruit and seldom in
meats.
Each night she retires at eight
o'clock and every morning rises at
four This has been her schedule
since she was six years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
heiuht fer Boosts.

Roosts should be made low or near
the ground. Heavy fowls cannot fly
high, and light fowls injure their feet
in jumping from q high perch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

a crosseyed man in street car
turned around and bowed to friend
coming in. and almost every man in
the car bowed to him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Min.

How does this noted healer. who
cures his patients by touching them,
differ from regular physician?"
Why. he touches them before he
cures them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Fall Off Bed Kills Woman.

Evansville, Ind.-Mrs. Sallie Bush,
aged forty years, fell from her bed
and sustained a conclusion of the
brain, dying within short time after.
ward
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04
Contest for Kings Home.

Washington.-The Supreme court
of the United States was taken back
half century into Hawaiian history
TO ascertain if King Kalakaua owned
the property he occupied as his pri-
waite home during his reign from 1874
to 1891
The property is located at Punch
bowl and Queen streets in Honolulu.
and is valued at $4,000 or $4,000
Levers X Cooke. limited. now claim
title to it because Of conveyance from
the late kings wife. Mary H. Atcherly
also claims the property through title
from he kings former guardian.
Groups Of attorneys came half way
across the Pacific to present the case
TO the court
TIE dispute is said to originate in
events connected with the possession
of The land about a century ago by
Kaniua. q high chieftess, the kings
nurse. she adopted the eight-year-old
hoy. who later became King Kalakaua
and married a man named Kinimaka.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

Money makes the mare go. and
sheri&s attachment makes the auto
ulChi.e 50.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-01-04

hospital
where doctors from ALL the world study modern
hospital which viii be the institution
world completion Gifts $1000O00
made to il
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-03
rhe Nomination of Wilson.

on the whole, we feel to congratu-
late the Democratic party on its nom
ination of a Presidential candidate, aft
er a weeks demonstration of the ami
mus behind the clashing factions of
national Democracy. 1t was personal
triumph for William Jennings Bryan,
despite the proclamation of certain
leading Democratic papers that Bry-
an was killing the party by betraying
it into the hands of the common enemy.
Hearst has berated and denounced,
Tammany has fought, tooth and nail,
to the last gasp, and Wall Street has
used every available underground
force to name a man it knew it could
control.
The rapid swing, on Monday. to the
suddenly converted Progressive" from
New Jersey, suggests deal when
weary and intolerant delegates We're
at the breaking point.
The comparative strength of eandi-
dates before the convention was, of
course factor that influenced the
long-drawn-out battle. The machine
saw sure defeat in the nomination of
a candidate that Wall Street would
not vouch for. Wall Street. Tammany
and the machine opposed Wilson, but
the grip of Bryan on popular apprcv-
"a was too strong for them when the
delegates began to get messages from
home.
We congratulate Democracy on
turning from Tammany. but we more
earnestly congratulate the Republican
party on the Democratic nomination
of a candidate opposed by the party
machine and its sinews of war.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-03
Orchard Spraying Experiments.

The Maine Agricultural Experiment
Station has issued under the above
title Bulletin 1873, which is the sec
ond of a series giving the results of
spraying with fungieides and inseeti-
cides of the apple. The work of 1911
is preceded by condensed account of
similar experiments of the season of
1910. The 1911 experiments are dis
cussed under two heads: Those car
ried on at Highmoor Farm; and coop
erative experiments in the orchards of
three practical fruit growers in the
town of Greene. The results In both
places were practically alike.
It is shown that the season was very
unfavorable for the development of
the enemies of the apple and that in
the absence of pests the comparative
results regarding their control are not
so striking as in the preceding year
when both insects and fungi were
abundant.
The ealyx injury which was noted in
1910 on trees sprayed with lime-sul-
phur and lead arsenate is now consid-
cred to have had a more direct rela-
ton to the vigor of the trees than to
the chemical action of the spray. The
superiority of me-sulphur over bor-
deaux mixture as a fungicide for sus-
ceptible varieties such as Ben Davis
has again been demonstrated in the
past season when conditions were
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-03
The Large tienhouse.

The general present-day theory of
good poultry culture is for small
houses for laying stock, with but a
few hens to each house. Yet theory
is not always good practice. At least
one ease disproves the theory that a
large number of hens will not thrive in
a limited space.
In this large house 1000 White Leg
horn hens are kept the year round,
with a relatively small yard for an
outside run in mild weather. During
the Geld months the hens stay in the
house nearly all Of the time, and their
percentage of egg-yield runs very high
for all the year. The owner makes a
specially of pure bred White Leghorn
chickens for breeding purposes, eggs
for incubation and eggs for the fancy
market trade where white eggs are in
greatest demand.
This poultry plant in question is one
of the largest in the Middle West.
About 1000 laying hens are kept. and
they are housed in four of these large
houses. although the young stock is
raised IN small colony houses scat
tered over forty acres of land. Each
divided into two large, laying and
scratching rooms, each 40 feet square.
A hallway runs across the building
between the two main rooms. and In
this hallway feeds and other necessi-
ties are stored. The building is two
stories high. Upstairs above the large
laying and scratching rooms are SINH
lar rooms for roosting. The hens
roost upstairs and reach their sleeping
room by means of a wide stairway.
The perehes are all on a level about 3
feet from the floor.
Five hundred laying hens are kept in
each room of this large hensouse. The
ground floor is of concrete and is con-
stantly covered with a deep litter of
clean straw In this straw some of the
grain feed is scattered for the hens to
scratch ont for exercise. Along one
side of each room is an elevated feed
ing and watering trough, about feet
from the floor Pure running water is
supplied in the drinking troughs dur
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-03

most favorable for using bordeaux. A
large amount of bordeaux injury oc-
CURED, whereas no spray injury was
done to leaves or fruit on the lime sui
phur plots.
Sunburn or sunscald of the fruit as
the result of the unusual heat wave of
last July is shown to have been entire
ly Independent of spray injury and
very largely due TO insufficient pro-
lection of fruit by the foliage. No in
jury to fruit or foliage resulted from
the use of the carbonic acid gas spray
er in making the applications. The re-
suits did not indicate any definite re-
lation of fruit russeting to the strength
of the lime sulphur used. Nothing APP
peared in the experiment which point
ed to the chemical composition of the
lime sulphur lead arsenate combina-
ton as factor related to russeting of
fruit.
An appendix gives the latest form
ula for making the stock lime-sulphur
concentrate. with the dilutions table
and directions for using the latter
A copy Of Bulletin 1913 will be sent
to any resident of Maine on request to
Director Chas. ID. Woods, Orono,
Maine. To non-residents of Maine
the price is 10 cents, which
must be sent in coin or other curren-
ey. Postage stamps are not accepted.