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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17

This dress has an adjustable lining
In the waist, which is trimmed with
an ornamental shoulder yoke and has
a bias closing in front 1t also has
a drop shoulder and long or short
sleeves. The three gore skirt has
top extension for regulating as re-
CURED. All dress materials are suit
able for this gown, especially the soft
er weaves Of silk or cotton.
The dress pattern (627) is cut in
sizes 81 to AZ inches bust measure.
Medium size requires 61a yards of sc
inch material.
To procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this Paper
Write name and address plainly and 90
sure to give size and number of pattern.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
OUT IF He EIep7epf

First Cut Throat and Robber-Did
you pull off that job in Syracuse?
Second Cut-Throat-Naw; do you
know, when l get away from New
York [ get nerVous.-Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Tried = Bluff

Wife (angrily)-This is a nice time
to come home.
Eub-Glad to hear you say SO, my
dear. l was afraid you might think it
rather late
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Nnthinn More TO TeII2

I've told you all about myself, Mr..
Pinkles,'' said Miss Broaday. You
know my exact weight, my height, my
favorite author and my views on the
suffrage question"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Easy.

you never hear of wealthy bach
e1or being run over by an auto"
That's so; I wonder why it 1is?"
ITO a man who is used to lodging
mothers with manageable daughters
lodging automobiles is child's play"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Handy EmeroencY Man.

why do you want & dentist on
board of your yacht?"
80 he will know how to manage
in the teeth of a gale"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
The Limit,

Gabe-Smith is stingy guy, isn't
he?
Steve-Should say SO. Why, he
won't even tell a joke at his own ex-
pense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Penf Lin Wif

First Conyict-They say it took Mil
ton fifteen days to write one page of
a book.
Second Convict - That's nothingl
I've been on one sentence six years.
and I'm not through yet.-Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Most OnnnrtHne.

Did you enjoy the amateur theat
ricals?'
ooh, yes. The lights went out and
stayed out for half an hour When the
lights came back l went out myself"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
His Idea CHANGED.

Townley-Your gafden is pretty
small, isn't it?
Subbubs-Ie seemed so before / be,
gan to take care Of it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17

tamination of water supplies, and SO
lives are saved where once human be
ings were doomed. Year by year the
science of sanitation is reducing the
peril from typhoid fever
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Life kmono the LowIv 1

Being poor has some recompenses."
remarked the lady with the wealth OF
imported hair.
How now?"
When another society dame insults
me, have to take it. But my washer
woman gets a warrant every week for
one of her numerous lady friends
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17

If the boy wants to attend the ag-
ricultural college, and you can afford
it, don't make the mistake of keep
ing him away. The day will come
when you will be sorry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Its Kind.

After all, speech is one of the en-.
gines of human activity" And too
often it's hot air engine"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
Oh, Laura Jean!

A chap within a drug store stood,
A picture of the blues;
He saw the talcum powder there
His lost love used to use.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17

have used some half ton of tobacco
in pipes or one-half million cigarettes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17
49, FfATLOADER5 m OPERATION
SAVE T1l1E AND bACKACEE

Mixed timothy and clover should be
cut Immediately after the bloom be-
gins to fall. Close watch must be
kept of the meadow at this period. as
the timothy blooms and sheds its
blossoms in a very short time When
the bloom is on full, the heads are
full grown and the seed firmly set, so
that they do not shatter easily in han
ding, Cut just at this time, the nu-
triton of the hay is retained and it
makes a fine selling product.
If the grass is allowed to stand I'M
till bit overripe; the seeds will shat
ter in handling, and much of it's sub
stance will be lost. The stems, too,
become hard and lose much of their
succulence so greatly relished by the
live stock, because the moisture leaves
the stems very quickly after the grass
has reached maturity.
If cut after thoroughly ripe the
most desirable portion of the hay is
lost. Many Of the blades are entirely
lost in handling, and what remains
on the stems is tasteless and unpala-
table to stock
Whenever you observe much hay
left in the managers be sure it has been
rejected by the stock because it is
unfit for their needs Sometimes
stock will eat this woody, dry hay out
Of necessity, but it does them no good
On the other hand, the early moWn,
mixed hay possesses all of those ele-
to ~ b,,i1
Of animal tissue, and live stock will
eat it up clean. The farmer who finds
it difficult to obtain enough waste hay
to supply bedding for his animals may
be sure that he is getting about all
the benefit there is to be had from his
hay crop.
While it is not wise to cut too
early, still it is better to err on the
side of early than of late cutting. The
amount of good hay secured by early
cutting is usually greater than that
when cut after the crop has thorough
ly matured.
One thing in favor of early cutting
is the fact that the drain upon the
soil is stopped. The ripening process
Of the hay crop exhausts the soil very
rapidly, and it is important that the
elements necessary to produce good
hay should be kept in the soil as long
as possible. Renewing and maintain
ing soil for hay is another story.
By moving meadows early in the
season the grass will spring up and
form early and succulent fall graz
ing at period when there is usually
shortage in pasture, and when the
live stock need it most
Of course, it can be dried out and
present the appearance Of pretty good
hay, but all the same it is safe to count
that about half of its value has been
destroyed by the rain.
The use of canvas caps is therefore
to be recommended
Copyright. 1913. Shultz Syndicate Press)
It takes some grit to thin a field Of
CORN I4To hate RI null IN uioo thrifty
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17

It takes some grit to thin a field Of
corn. We hate to pull up nice, thrifty
stalks. and yet, when we do it, we
may be adding a good many bushels
to the crop we cut next fall. Too
thick corn cannot ear as we'll, nor ma
ture as well quickly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-07-17

Cholly-Tm suah that l don't know
what 1 shall do when I get out of col
lege. Mothah wants we to be min
ithtah, but l have a leaning toward
litrachah.
Evelyn-Did you ever think of be-
coming an actress?
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16
POPULARITY IN LITERATURE"'
North American Review


If there is much in modern popular
literature that we dislike, this is a very
different thing from saying that We
prefer the technical banalities dear to
the pedant, or would set up the stand
ard of a barren culture. The popular
taste is something not to be scoffed
at, but to be accounted for. To COM
plain of it is wasted effort; to explain
it would be something to the purpose
And this we can only do by keeping
n mind that vital ideal which in spite
of every setback the world has con-
triyed to preserve, and endeavoring to
discover what it is-short of that ideal
or remote from it-that the modern
public wants: what taste it is that
hundreds of modern authors are try
ing to satisfy, writes R. A. Scott
James
1t has already become obvious that
the tendency of the most popular lit
erature is to substitute the cruder SEN
sations for the higher emotions and
sentiments, We have seen how Incl
dent is liked for the mere sensation it
can afford how sentiment is turned
int sentimeGtalty AS a rule in dis
cussing inferior literature the higher
emotions need to be taken little into
account. But in the case of love it Is
different. The average man, by
reason of his preocupation and his
e. ageness, is little affected by va
rie'y of fine emotions; the hard facts
/ of fife smother them. But every one
can observe that the emotions of love
is not an emotion to which NEST men
at certain age are susceptible, but it
seems to present itself, at some time
or another, in a form finer than that
of any other feeling entertained by
average men. | believe that all OBJ
servers would agree that innumerable
men and women who cannot be touch
ed in a subtle way by any other en-
oeon (unless we except, especially in
primitive men, the emotion of war;
and then it is rather intense than sub
tle), can be and are so touched by the
emotion of love.
Here then we might expect to find
the basis for literature which may
be both widely popular and at tn"
same time finely imagined
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16
AGRICULTURE IN GERMANY

(From the Daily Consular Reports.)
Germanys agriculture is chiefly in
the hands of peasant farmers. Four
fiftas of the entire soil is cultivated by
peasants farming up to 100 hectares
(247 acres). Small holdings are on
the increase, owing to the breaking up
of large estates. The favorable crop
returns of Germany must be attributed
to the general spread of scientific
methods, through the establishment 4
agricultural colleges, and to the in
creased use of chemical manures. The
empire alone uses as much potash
salts as the rest of the world together.
An estimate of the value of agricul-
tural products gives for wheat and
barley, cattle, pigs, etc, and milk to-
tai of nearly $2,3S0,OO0,OO0 annually.
The sugar-beet fields of Germany
Produced in the crop year l9f2-13 an
estimated 2,6O6,O00 tons of sugar, in
contrast to 1,796,OOO produced by Aus
tria-Hungary 1,920,6OO tons by Rus
STA, and $4,000 tons by France.
characteristics of Germany is its de-
veloped sylviculture, especially in
mountainous districts. For decades no
woods have been destroyed in Germ
any, but many tracts of unproductive
land have been afforested. About 50
per cent of all the forests belong to
the state or to municipalities.
That Germany is a country of small
holdings is shown by the number OF
cooperative societies OF farmers, which
have a membership of about $500 900
sgriculturists.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16
MAY MAKE CANVAS
SHOES IN AMERICAS
Effort Being Made TO Organize Stock
Company.

That the effort being made here to
organize stock company which viii
manufacture cotton canvas work sho IS
will prove successful, seems assured
and thus another small enterprise will
be added to Americas industrial list.
Mr.. Frank Hale, of Smithville, is in
teresting local business men in the
proposed enterprise, and is meeting
with considerable success, as the
article to be manufactured, a soft, plia-
BILE, yet durable, shoe, possesses advan-
tages which impress all very favorably.
Secretary G. S. Gardner, of the
Board of Trade, is rendering Mr.. Hale
assistance in the effort being made to
organize at $4,000. stock company here.
This shoe is now made in Enterprise,
Ala, and is in great demand among
the farmers Of that section, and wouli
sell readily here as well.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16
CHAUTAUQUA ENTHUSIASM.

From the enthusiastic manner IN
which the ladies of Americas have
gone to work to secure the sale of
the tickets that have been guaranteed
III order to secure the Chautauqua for
Americas there is no doubt that the
Chautauqua season will become a
permanent feature of the educational
life of Americas.
1t is not often that so. much zeal and
genuine aggressiveness is displayed
here in any cause as has been man.
tested by the ladies of the Hospital as
ISOLATION in arranging for the success
of the Chautauqua. The ladies of the
Hospital association are noted for
their energy and untiring efforts for
that institution. Never have they been
eXerted to better end than to secure
the success of the Chautauqua and an
acquisition to the building fund #
the Hospital at the same time.
Another pleasing feature is that the
Chautauqua advantages in Americus
are to be practically the best that
are obtainable. There has been some
hesitancy hitherto in embracing tho
Chautauqua idea here, as so many
inferior entertainments had been Of
fered the public in the past under that
name. This year, however, when the
list of attractions was named, it was
seen that no better attractions could
be secured than were embraced in the
Chautauqua program. For this reason
the ladies went eagerly to work to Sc
cure a Chautauqua for Americas.
| Though the work is not yet completed.
the encouragement given to the ladies
by the people of Americus and sur
rounding cities shows that the Chau-
tauqua week in Americas will be made
notable one, and that such encour-
agement will be given as to make per-
manent the work here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16
THE VALUE OF RADIUM
Scientific American

There are no very exact statistics of
radium available, but according to the
United States Geological Survey the
whole quantity in the world probably
is not over two or three ounces, and
its value, like that of the big diamonds
of the world, is purely nominal.
1t is worth whatever the possessors
can get for it, The head of the Eng
lish corporation producing radium
claims that it is worth approximately
$10O,O00,OO0 pound. A year ago this
same person had estimated the value OF
radium at one-third more. However, IA
little variation of $50000,000 is not
thought to matter where there is no
appreciate fraction of pound of the
precious stuff in sight.
The fact that has more than any
thing else to do with fixing the price
is the existence of several radium
banks in the world where tubes con-
tanning a microscopic speck of radium
are rented out to doctors at something
like $50 day. While it is known -
be of some value in treating lupus,
which is a form of tuberculosis at.
lacking the tissues. usually of the
face, there is little else known about
its medical value. 1t has been claimed
on several occasions that radium was
valuable in the treatment of cancer bus
experiments have not proved this to be
an absolute fact.
A short time ago il was reported
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

ltlclans; still others saw thew are
slaves of the administration. All agree
that they display less judgment and
common sense than any other mob
ever herded in a single building.
For insulting the intelligence of the
community they take the palm. Their
flels are loads with bills to murder
our industries; our criminals are
coddled and those charged with the
duty of restraining them in State pris-
on are hailed before committees" ana
sought to be convicted of malfeasance
by testimony of convicts' unworthy of
belief. Whoever is thifty is treated
as malefactor They would drive
industry from the state by an outrag-
Ieously unjust compensation bill and
would create a state insurance COM
pany for no object in the world except
to create political machine.
But the Assembly has capped the
climax by actually passing a bill to
pay regular salaries to the convicts IN
the state prison, and a bonus for crime
deliberately offered by the Legislature
is certainly the most wonderful spec
tacle of the times.
AS one Of the same members of the
Legislature, during his discussion of
the bill, remarked: Talk about help
ing the prisoners, how about the tax
payers who are going to support these
prisoners and pay them salaries?" A
bonus for being criminal-your fam
lily supported while you are in jail,
yourself taken care of and money Civ
EN- you, and when you come out 70
start business again! What a lovely
bid for more crime and more Grimm
ais!
II we had an administration that
was sane these bills would not go very
far, but the political dickering between
the administration and the different
gangs in the Legislature, representing
different classes and interests. has
resolved itself into this proposition.
One for all and all for one. And the
administration will sign any bill that
the combination of the different inter.
ests represented in the Legislature
chooses to pass
Never in the history of our state
have we had so many outrageous bills
and everything new or original pro-
posed by the administration and its
roustabouts has been with the intent
to put their arms into the treasury W
to the elbow. The people will be as
tonished to see the list of commissions
and appropriations, all based on new
IDEAS that this body under the crack
of the administration whip, is now
putting through the legislative mill.
The gang has even invaded the sick
room by limiting the hours that
nurse can sleep and answer the call CT
the invalid
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

that the Austrian gov rnment haG
purchased the only two mines under
private ownership producing the
ores from which radium is made, and
thereby gained a monopoly in it's man
ufacture This report, however, turn
ed out to be inaccurate. 1t is true that
theAustrian government heretofore
have supplied the bulk of the radium
salts existing in the world, but at the
present time radium is being manu-
featured in three other countries, the
United States included. Sweden is
producing radium from kolm, the
English are getting it from mines in
Wales, while we get it from Western
Colorado, where there is a large de-
post of radium-producing ore.
These deposits produce also uran-
ium and vanadium, the latter being
used for making some of the high
grade steel alloys. While the mining
pays in vanadium alone the ore pro-
duces certain per cent of radium.
Ten tons of it produces only between
20 and 80 milligrams of radium.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16
OFFICIAL ORGAN
Americas, ga, May 16, 1913
y = = y 4 + y = .
THE LITTLE THINGS =


= y y = = \ y, y y y
If you are signing for a lofty work,
If great ambitions dominate your
mind.
Just watch yourself and see you 10
not shirk
The common little ways of being
kind
If you are dreaming of a future goal,
When, crowned with glory, men
shall OWN your power,
BE careful that you let no struggling
Go by unaided in the present hour.
If you are moved to pity for the earti,
And long to aid it, do not look so
high
You pass some poor dumb creature
faint with thirst,
And life is equal in the eternal eye
If you would help to make the wrong
things right
Begin at home; there lies lifetime
toll
Weed your own garden fair for all
mems sight
Before you plan to till another's
soil
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16
CALIFORNIA; FREAK LEGISLA.
TURE
(san Francisco Chronicle.l

California has had many misfortune'
since il has been occupied by white
men. but its greatest disaster is it:
present Legislature. Some say it,
members are freaks; others call their
fools; others say they are shifty pol
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

Also, why should the America
sutfragettes indulge in militant meth.
DDS when the women already are the
bosses?" significantly inquiries the
Kansas City Star.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

Feminine modesty and reserve reach
full flower only in New England.
where a young woman recently re
fused, because they hadn't been in
troduced, TO thank young man who
had saved her from drowning.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

DR. Friedman seems to be on the
jcb when it comes TO raking in any
stray cash that may accrue from his
discovery.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

For further information apply to H.
F. Everett, Local Agent, Americas,
Ca; c. W. Small, Div. Pass Agt,
Savannah. Ca; c. B. Ryan, G. P. A,
Portsmouth, Va
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

Now comes the preparation OF the
inevitable pun, the hand that rocks
The cradle in England is also rock
ing some windows and other places.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

The japanese in California seem not
TO be disturbed any more over the sit
ration than are the Americans il
Japan
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

Here's hoping the local baseball
team Will crawl out OF the cellar fast
e than the proverbiaI frog out of the
we'll
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

Senator Works seems to be con-
stantly in a fernent over something
Fe is evidently living up to his name
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

Dat harvest time is nearly here in
Sumter, and the farmers will soon be
on the job
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

TAose Cornell students who are
learning to cook are evidently ex-
pecting the early advent of equal suf-
frage in the United States.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

How Governor Johnson enjoys
helping along the Democratic admin
istration!" remarks the Chicago News
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

Too many cooks spoil the broth and
too many music teachers spoil the flu
ture cooks.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1913-05-16

What if the militant suffragetteS
should organize baseball teams?