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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-20

- that the humming IL telephone wires
fastened Ia a house will he lcsScned a
new German system encloseS the wires in
cement cylinders. the inner surfaces ~
which are softer than the outer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
FOR A TUBERCULOSIS CENSUS
Arrangements Made to Have It Taken
in Churches Some Time Dur
ing September.

A tuberculosis census of thousands
of churches in various parts of the
country viii be taken in September,
under the direction of the National AS
sOciatiOn for the Study and Proven
ton of tuberculosis. The census will
be part Of the preparation for the
fifth annual tuberculosis day to be
observed during the week of Noyem-
Der %.
The ministers of several thousand
churches will be asked to report on
the number of deaths from tubercu-
losis in the last year, the number of
living cases in their parishes on Sep
TENDER l, the number of deaths from
all causes, and the number of mem
bers or communicates. These figures
will be made the basis of an educa-
tional campaign, which will eliminate
in the tuberculosis day movement, for
which occasion sermon and lecture
outlines and other forms of tubercu-
losis literature will be distributed free
to ministers.
Last year nearly $4,000 churches,
schools and other bodies took part in
the tuberculosis day observance. The
movement had the endorsement of
leading church officials of every de-
nomination. More than 1000 anti-tu-
berculosis societies scattered all over
the country will work this year to
make tuberculosis day a success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Faithful Unto Death.

one of the bravest acts l witnessed
during the whole war; said an officer
of the Army of Northern Virginia,
was that Of young soldier, who was
probably not over sixteen. We had
thought of him as only a boy, although
he went with the regiment on all of
its marches, and lived with it in all
its encampments
One day there was a fierce engage
ment. In the midst of it bullet struck
this boy in the breast, and he fell. Our
colonel ordered his men to dismount,
and as he himself sprang from his
horse, the boy called out in a weak
voice, 1 will hold your horse, COLONEL
Stopping in the midst of the storm
of bullets to gaze in pity on the white,
boyish face, the colonel said, But you
can't do that, lad-you are dying
know 1 am, colonel, the gallant
boy replied. But 1 can hold the reins
when I am dead
The colonel placed the bride in the
trembling hands and went forward.
When the fight was over, he hurried
back, and found the boy lying dead,
the bride reins still wrapped tightly
round his limp right hand Youths
Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
BRIGHT SAYINGS OF CHILDREN
Little One Knew Who Were the
Dwetlers in the Garden of Eden
Grandpa in Heaven.

Sunday School Teacher-tCan you
tell me who dwelt in the Garden of
Eden?' Little May-''Yes, ma 'am-the
Adamses
What is an amateur. Bobby?" quer-
led his small sister. An amateur,
replied Bobby. is anything that isn't
nature"
Mamma, queried little Myra, do
you think grandpa has really gone to
beaven?" Yes. dear, was the reply
Well, continued Myra, I'm bet he
sneaks outside once in while to
smoke his pipe"
In the lesson mention had been
made OF the cant hook that is used in
rolling logs. Can you tell me what
a cant hook is, Tommy" asked the
teacher Sure" replied Tommy
It's a COW that hasn't any horns"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
SIMPLEST OF ALL FAITHS
Religion Of Islam Makes Minimum
Demand CT Intellect and
Nature Of Mar

Il vas afternoon IL a small oasis
village OF the Zizans. / was seated
on a straw nat in a little garden
space just outside the cafe, and
dTeamily regarding the intense blue
sky through the vine leaves trelIised
overhead, which fecked me with their
shadows An old Arab vas praying
just IN front. Two groups, one on
each side Of ne, were placidly seated
on clean yellow mats-young men.
whose dark, sad faces, thin-featured
and large-eyed, co3trasted with their
white robes. They were smoking xii
a translueence Of gold in their clear
bronze skin. a languor OF light in
their immobile gaze, content. The
garden made off before me. topped
with Dalmy distance: the silent street
TO one side was out Of sight, as if
it we're not. It was a place Of peace.
I had finished my coffee and dates.
I filed my brier-Wood The May
heat was great, intense; and I set
tied myself TO a long smoke, and fell
into revery and recollection.
How simple it all wasl That pray
ing Arab-what an immediacy with
God. What a nonchalance in the
dreamy pleasures of those delicate
featured youths What a disburden-
ment was here! I had only to lift
my index finger to heaven dying, to
be one of the faithful; and the fact
was symbolic, exemplary, Of the sim
pllc1ty of Islam. 1t makes the min
imum demand on the intellect, on the
Whole nature Of man. had but
lately placed the faith in its true
perspective, historically. Moham-
mechanism, the Ishmael of religions,
was the elder brother Of Protestant
ism, notwithstanding profound diff
ferences Of racial temperament be
tween them. The occidental mind is
absorbent, conservative, antiseptic.
It is not content, like the Mohamy
medan, to let things lie where they
fall, disintegrate, crumble and sink
into oblivion. Western education
Ills the mind with the tangle-foOt Of
the past Catholicism was of this
racial strain. It had a genius for
absorption It was the melting-pot
Of the religious past, and what re-
suited after centuries was an ANAL
gam, rich in dogma, ritual and in.
stitutlon, full of nheritance.-Balti,
more American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
DAISY FLY KILLER
Is Positive Proof.

Some little uptown boys were play
ing Judge" a game invented by the
daddy OF two of the boys. They think
it's lots of fun. One of the boys in the
game impersonates a judge, another
the district attorney, another a Grim
inal, while others are the foreman Of
the jury, a policeman, a jailer and the
attorney for the defense. Any that re-
main are jurymen. After one of the
youngsters commits a crime" he is
arrested and brought to trial with all
the legal formalities the children can
remember.
This time one of the youngsters was
supposed to have killed another, but
he protested his innocence vigorously.
Then up rose the victim"
"Of course you did it," he said
Cant you see I'm dead?'-New York
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
TAKEN FOR CANADA THISTLE
Bull Thistle Not Generally Trouble
some and May Be Eradicated by
Good Rotation Systems.

Weeds may be classified in different
ways. One Of the most useful classifi-
cations is based on the length Of time
the weeds live. This gives three class
es: Annual, biennial, and perennial
An annual weed is one that starts
from the seed in the spring, develops
into plant which flowers and seeds
the same year, and then dies; or, in
other words, an annual weed is one
that lives but one growing season
Most Of our weeds belong to this class
A biennial weed is one that lives fer
two years. The first year il starts
from the seed and develops a large
tap root below the ground and a do
settle Of leaves above ground, but does
not flower or seed. The large tap root
is stored full of food which gives the
plant an early start the following
spring. From the center OF the 70
settle Of leaves a stalk is sent up
which bears flowers and, later, seeds
At the end Of the second year the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
DRESSING FOR SHEAR CUTS
Mixture of Turpentine, Tar and Oil Is
recommended for Healing and
Keeping Flies Away.

The following dressing is recon-
mended by the Shepherds Journal for
sheep wounds:
For clean cuts q good dressing, to
prevent the fly from settling Oh the
wound, is a mixture of one part tur-
pentine, one part Stockholm tar and
two parts salad or olive oil. The tur-
pentine is cleansing and it's strong
smell keeps the flies off, but being
very volatile it would soon evaporate
if used alone.
Tar is healing, and being strong
smelling is Objectionable to the fly.
1t also adheres to the wool and flesh
and assists to retain the turpentine
Salad or olive oil tends to soften the
severe effects of the tar and turpen-
tine, also to a great extent prevents
the tar from injuring the wool
The same mixture is very effective
also in destroying the maggots after
the sheep are blown, and in healing
wounds made by them Any lubrica-
ting oil or ordinary fat will serve
as substitute to mix with the tar
and turpentine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Good ArnIIHnenf

Leaders in the new thought, femin'
tst, equal suffrage and similar move
ments are pointing with pride to a wo-
man of Hutchinson, Colo, as proof
positive that a woman can work at
anything a man can. This woman is
running a 160-acre farm near Hutchin-
son, raising chickens, looking out for
a herd of cows, and doing about ey.
erythiug that a regular farmer does.
Some of her experiences, while rath-
er ungentle, show that she has plenty
of nerve. On one occasion a COW which
had fed on frozen potatoes managed to
lodge some of them in her windpipe,
and started to choke to death. The
woman farmer rolled up her sleeve,
reached down into that COW and
brought up the potato
On another occasion two pigs got
loose and led the woman on a cross
country hike. She not only recovered
them, but she whaIed the life out of
them after she got them back and
brought a fear into their hearts that
prevented them from wandering again.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
ENTHUSIASM WENT TOO FAR
Managing Editors Bright Idea Might
Have Displeased Some of His
Irish Readers

Charles Edward Russell in These
Shifting Scenes" tells many amusing
anecdotes of a managing editor named
Goodman to signalize the Pigott dis
closures which defeated the case that
the London Times and the English
Tories had worked up against Par
nell. Mr. Russell writes:
On the night when ParnelIs Vindi-
cation became overwhelming and com
plete, Mr.. Goodman issued an order
that every article and every item in
the whole paper, big or little, should
end with the exclamation: a Great
Day for Irelandl" 1t was tempting
fate to do such thing, and, OF course,
the inevitable happened.
One Hennessey, the janitor of a
public building in Brooklyn, playing on
the top floor with his children, fell
over the railing Of the air well and
was killed. A Great Day for Ire
landr"
Grim old Recorder Snlythe had be-
fore him a notorious burglar called
O'Shaughnessy and sentenced him to
So years in Sing Sing. A Great Day
for Ireland"
William Mulrooney, a widely
known philanthropist of the East side,
clicked to death on a chicken bone
A Great Day for Ireland!"
The editor-in-chief Col. John A
Cockerill, saw the proofs in time to
prevent a riot and extra compositors
were called in to take out the offend
ing lines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Worried About Him.

The landlord well, the landlord
was quite unpopular. There was a
time when Irish landlords were. And
Mike and Tim we're waiting for him
behind the hedge.
It was evening and the long hours
very slowly passed.
Mike" said Tim, when another
hour had gone, what time is it,"
Mike struck a match and looked at
his watch.
'Eleven-thirty," he whispered.
rs it that?" replied Tim. AN g
tonne he was here"
Another long wait followed. Then
again Tim inquired the hour.
It's ten minutes to twelve"
Tim looked anxious.
rs it that?" he exclaimed. He's
late-he's very late. l do hope moth
ms happened to him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
New Theory About Gravity.

In an extremely interesting paper on
gravity Professor McLaren considers
the universe as possessing four d.
mansions, and also retains the no
ton of time. The universe so consid-
cred is regarded as changeless, but
not timeless, and differs in this re-
spect from Minkowski's four dimen-
sional universe.
Professor McLaren considers that
throughout the universe there is but
one ultimate substance. This sub
stance has, however, two forms, mat
ter" and ether" which are exclusive
one of the other.
Matter is a region where the fluid
grows or decays. This theory strong
ly resembles that proposed long ago
by Bernard Riemann.
Professor McLaren pleads for an
unprecedented examination of these
views, revolutionary as they are, in
view of the widespread feeling that
there is something amiss with the
classical mechanical theories Of mat.
ter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
CONTROL OF THE CORN SMUT
Disease Cannot Be Restrained by
Treating Ssed-One-Yesr Rota-
ton Is One Recommendation
By W. ". ROBBINS. Colorado Agri-
cultural CClIegel

By W ". ROBBINS. Colorado Agrf-
cultural CoIIege)
The question is frequently asked:
Can corn smut be controlled by treat
ing the seed? L cannot. For the
most part, corn smut spores rest over
the winter in the soil or in the manure
pile Infection Of the corn plant may
take place at any time during its life,
although usually not until it has at
tanned a height Of two or three feet.
Furthermore, infection may take place
in any part Of the plant where there
is fresh growing tissue.
Corn should never be planted On
soil that grew a smutted crop the pre-
viOus year. A one-year rotation is
usually sufficient to destroy a large
number of smut spores resting over in
the soil Remove and burn the smut
ted masses on the young plants. Corn
smut spores pass through the alimen-
tary canal of stock without having
their terminating power destroyed.
This probably explains the fact that
fields heavily manured often suffer
more from corn smut than those
lightly MANFRED or not MANFRED at all.
The spores, however, do not live long
in the manure. Hence old manure is
better than fresh TO spread on corn
field. It is known that some varieties
Of corn are more susceptible to smut
than others and it is also very prob
able that a variety that is not accli-
mated is more subject to smut than
one well acclimated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Family Secrets.

4 pretty gOyerness was remonstrat-
ing with her young hopeful, aged eight
on the ground of his incorrigible lazi-
ness, endeavoring to impress him with
the seriousness of his offense.
You must remember also, Harry .
she continued, that you've got to
work while you're young if you want
to be a successful man when you grow
up. Look at your father, for instance.
Why do you think he stays late in his
Office three or four hours every
week?"
"D'you know, Miss Jores?" he ex-
claimed.
"Of course I do she replied
"Well,' he muttered, as he drove his
hands deeper into his pockets, you
keep it to yourself, if mother got to
know there'd be a nice old row."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06

By L. c. BARNES, Colorado Expert
ment Stadon.)
If the mare foals in barn, one
should provide her with a roomy box
stall with plenty of straw. Within
an hour after the arrival of the colt
it should be standing and getting its
first nourtshment. If it cannot stand
give it help, as the first milk is valu-
able not only as food but also as a
natural purge which rids the intes-
tines Of the meconium.
1t is well to put wide bandage
around the body Of the colt and pro-
tect the navel from becoming infected
from the stable. Some use a busting
powder of equal parts tannic and boTic
acid on the navel before applying the
bandage. The navel should be kept
protected until it becomes dry.
If the colt strains considerably soon
after birth one should relieve this suf-
fering by warm water injections. If
the first feces are very hard a dose Of
raw linseed oil will be advisable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
RELIGIOUS Motive.

"a missionary's first duty is to learn
10 think black said Bishop Maphtali
Luccock in a missionary Sunday ad-
dress in Helena Until he learns to
think black-leaTns to think, that IS,
as his dusky converts do-he will &C.
complish little, for he won't under
stand his flock.
He won't understand, for example,
a man like Ali Ali, fat, lazy rascal.
was converted from the Mohammedan
faith to Christianity. A Mohammedan,
you know, can drink no alcoholic bev-
erages.
well, Mr.. Goodies, Ais missionary,
came on the new convert one evening
in the market place, drunk.
q" Why, AIi!' he said, reproachfully.
Why, Ali, what religion have you just
professed?
Same religion as massa's,' Ali an
swered. Plenty rum drink
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
uNsIGHTLY PiMPLEs ON FACE

New Sharon, Iowa.-"Two or three
years ago pimples began TO come on
my face and I had dandruff. The PIN
pies made very unsightIy appear
ance. They were red and numerous,
some came to a head and festered and
the itching caused me to scratch them.
The dandruff on my head could be
plainly seen.
u tried several remedies but they
only temporarily relieved me. I had
been bothered with the trouble two or
three years when I decided to try Gu
ticura Soap and Ointment. So 1 sent
for q free sample and l noticed relief
from them, and bought more. I used
two cakes Of Cuticura Soap and two
boxes Of Cuticura Ointment and am
now free from pimples and dandruff."
(Signed) Clyde Firebaugh, May Il, IA.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept, L, Boston. ADV.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Working Out Sound Magic.

NJ. Dosne has invented a method for
recording radio-telegrams. He first
substitutes for the telephone receiver
of wireless teIegraphy a sound am
plifer, and then connects this with
the receiver" Of a Poulsen tele-
graphone In this manner the mi
crophonic current, serving to convey
the reinforced sound, arrives, with all
its variations, to a bobbin of fine wire
in the center Of which is a pen Of
soft iron III contact with a rotating
plate or travelling band of steel
The variations in the magnetiza-
ton Of the soft iron leave a sort of
magnetic writing on the steel plats,
which has the property, when it is
afterward passed under the iron pen
which wrote it, Of provoking a repe-
tition Of the original signals in the
connecting telephones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Soul and Sole

Good night, my sweet; farewell,
my love; my soul goes ont to thee.
But time is speeding fast. my love,
and I must quickly fee! 'Tis but a
few short hours, my love, and you
must think of me, till we meet again
tomorrow, love-my soul goes out
to theei"
Thus spoke a lover to his lass.
Deep in her eyes gazed he. Now, one
fond kiss, one fond embrace-how
sweet it was Of thee!
Oh, horror! Then her pa appeared
What means this, sir?" said he
Then, with an angry snarl, he roared:
My sole goes out to thee"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
WAY the Moon CHANCES.

1t was the tenth week after the
honeymoon, The great round moon
rolled up above the trees.
Jack" she said, Economically, do
you remember how the moon used to
affect you when you were calling on
me? Why, every time it went under a
cloud you used to kiss me. You don't
do it now
NO, yawned Jack, as he lit his
pipe, 1.-The moon affects the tides, but
not the tieds. The honeymoon ends
all moon nonsense"
And then she said he was the mean
est man in town and went over to call
on the neighbors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06

plant dies. Two good illustration Of
this class of weeds are the bull thistle
and the burdock
The bull thistle is often mistaken
for Canada thistle. 1t is, however,
much larger and more rugged. This
weed may be eradicated by preventing
the plants from going to seed for two
years. Cutting once or twice in a
season will usually suffice. 1t is not
generally troublesome in well-tiIled
fields and disappears under good ro'
tation systems.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
InfertiIe Eggs Keep LONGER.

Some people still think that hens
which run with the rooster lay more
eggs than hens that are kept sepa-
rate. This is not the true state of
the case at all, as anyone can test
by experiment. But eggs laid by
hens with no male mate-infertile
eggs, they are called-wil keep much
longer and at a higher temperature
than will fertile eggs. It is really
much better for the hens, for the
ROSTERS and for eggs that the sexes
be separated and kept separate after
the hatch season is over.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Candy q Good Food.

One often hears discussions as to
whether candy is a good or a bad thing
to eat The truth is that most Of the
CANDY sold here in America is Of good
quality, and as / contains sugar and
glucose 1t is a good food. One point
should never be forgotten in regard
to candy-namely, that although it is
a healthy and nutritiye food it should
always be eaten after meals. If it is
eaten before meals it destroys the ap-
petite and thus makes people eat less
than they should Of their ordinary ar
tcles Of diet
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
UnWniteWa shabIe.

eff some of these fnanciers keep
telling on one another they'll all end
with the character that Cal Clay gave
the deacon
The speaker was Clifford Pinchot
He resumed:
"Cal Clay was witness in behalf of
the deacon, who was up for chicken
stealing.
Calhoun, my man. the lawyer
said, what do you know of the dea-
cons characters?
"'Hit am unbleachable, sah,' Cal re-
piled"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
Good That He Returned.

Boy, watch my horse till I come
back" called man to a boy Ioung-
ing around the station, as he fastened
TO bid farewell to a departing friend.
"Sure!" said the boy, taking the
reins.
Just then the locomotive whistled
and the horse rearing suddenly, start
ed at full speed up the road
The boy started after the fleeing ami
NAL and, as the owner appeared, ex-
claimed with relief:
It's a good thing you came now, sir,
for I couldn't have watched him much
longer"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-08-06
The New "Fourth. /"

John A. Bates, who for many years
has presided at an aIl-night drug store
in the Tenderloin, has the last word to
say on the question of a safe and sane
Fourth.
Dull night. Doc" observed one of
the regulars as the holiday was about
over.
Dull! I should say it was" replied
Bates; its been so duh I've been re-
fusing to sell alcohol all night, think
ing it was Sunday. New York Trib-
une