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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
The New Fable of the GaIIoping Pill
grim Who Tried to Sit Down
by the Wayside.

A certain afhuent Bachelor hap
pened to be the only Grandson Of a
rugged Early Settler who wore a Coon
Skin Cap and drank Corn Juice out Of
a jug. Away back in the Days when
every Poor Man had Bacon in the
Smoke House, this Pioneer had been
soaked in Trade and found himself
loaded up with a Swamp Subdivision
in the Edge Of Town
Fifty years later the City had
spread two miles beyond the Swamp
and Grandson was submerged beneath
so much Unearned Increment that he
began to speak with what sounded to
him like an English Accent and his
Shirts we're ordered from Paris.
On the 1st of every Month the
Agents would crawl into the Presence
Of the Grandson of the mighty Musk
rat Hunter and dump before him a
Wagonload of Paper Money which had
been snatched away from the strug-
Cling Shop-Keepers, who in turn, had
Wheedled it from the People who paid
a Nickel apiece for Sunday Papers SO
as to look at the Pictures of the Deco
rations in the Supper Room at the As
sembly Ball graced by the Presence of
the aforesaid Bachelor whose Grand
father had lifted the original Catfish
out Of the Chicago River.
Then the Representative Of the Old
Family would take a Garden Rake and
pattern all this hateful Currency into
a neat mound, after which milk-fed
Secretary would iron it out and disin-
feet it and sprinkle it with Lilac Wa
ter and tie it into artistic Packets,
using Old Gold Ribbon
After that, it was Hard Lines for the
Bachelor, because he had to sit by a
Window at the Club and dope out
some new Way of getting all that
Coin back into Circulation.
AS a result of these Herculean Eff
forts to vaBorize his Income, he found
himself at the age of 40 afflicted with
Social Gastritis. He had gorgod him
self with the Pleasures of this World
until the sight of a Menu Card gave
him the WiIlies and the mere mention
of Musical Comedy would cause him
to break down and Cry like a Child
He had crossed the Atlantic so often
that he no longer wished to sit at the
Captains Table. He had rolled them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
EASY TO BE MADE RAlNPROOF
Garments of Almost Any Material
Worn Can Be Rendered Imper-
vious to Moisture.

It is generally known that garments
for rain, snow and dampness now
can be made so that they are what
might be called weatherproof. Rain
coats of rubber are still seen, but they
find a serious rivalry in the raven
cite coats, suits and wraps thai look,
as far as material and cut go, like
any other garment. Most materials
now can be made rainproof. That is
to say, fabrics can be treated by
chemical processes known to certain
manufacturers so that the rain or
snow does not soak through.
Wooden material is not the only
fabric that is 50 treated for travel
clothes, but also silks, cottons and
the new materials made of odd COM
positions that now are invented to
get new1usters and textures that give
US such variety in materials.
For the new outing capes there
are plaid checks, called velour, check,
IN the strong color combinations that
look so well out of doors. For these
lovely mannish long loose coats that
are invaluable winter and summer as
loose, comfortable wraps and can go
over other and lighter coats, there
are the duf1e fleeces with their strik
ing block effects softened by the feecy
down on the surface.
Iridescent gaberdine is something
new for travel coats. and is reflec-
ton of the changeable silk styles. 1t
IS two-toned, shading from one color
to another, as do the other change
able materials, and is of texture that
shakes the dust we'll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

OF white serge trimmed with colored
embroidery at the collar and on the
blouse fronts. The vest is Of duh red
cloth and is embroidered in harmon
izing colors. The belt, cuffs. pocket
and skirt are pfped with dull red
Another snit which would be a
good investment for the seasho-e out
fit is severely tailored suit Of
dull blue, soft, basket weave wooden
material The upper part o. the coat
is made with a yoke running around
the body of the coat underneath the
armholes. To this yoke the lower
part of the coat is attached with
wide overlapping seam. There is a
stitched tailored collar also turn back
cuffs The coat has large patch
pockets.
Linen is not an ideal material for
seashore wear, because II muses.
readily when damp ard loses the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
TIME FOR CUTTING CLOVER
With Good Weather Hay Should Be
Left in the Windrow Over Night
and Turned the Next Day.

Clover for hay should be cut as
soon as the first blossoms begin to
turn brown, and the hay should be
cured in the shade. After the clover
has been cut, it should be turned with
tedder as soon as the leaves in the
upper part of the swath are well
wilted. Before the leaves and stems
become dry and stiff, the hay should
be raked into windows. This will
shade most Of the hay and allow
good circulation Of air through it.
Clover cured in the windrow does not
get stiff like that exposed to the sun
in the swath for d day or two With
good weather the hay should be left
in the windrow over night and turned
a time or two the next forenoon It
should then be ready for the stack
the second afternoon. Cured in this
way the stems are soft and pIiable and
much natural moisture is retained in
the leaves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
For the Seamstress.

If you want to run a sewing ma
chine ali day and not tire, try putting
one foot forward and the other back
of the pedal. AS this is a more natu-
raj motion than we have when both
feet move side by side, as they SO
often do, or when the work is done
by one foot alone, it is we'll worth try
ing. Use a comfortable chair and low
enough to bring your work fairly near
your eyes and make STOPPING unneces-
sary. This may seem awkward at first,
but you will find that your sewing will
be much easier.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
DAINTY HENS Is THE ORDER
Handkerchiefs, to Be in the Mode,
Must Be Distinctive Both in
Quality and Finish.

Although handkerchiefs are among
the smallest accessories of womans
wardrobe, they are an important fac
tor in showing refpement In taste.
Time has passed for the fancy hand
kerchiefs which were once so much
admired, so it leaves the hem as the
distinctive feature IN the smart styles.
Dainty hens are good form, and one
Of the popular novelties is hem as
narrow as it can be turned. Together
with this style is the variation made
by corded edges.
In contrast to these dainty hens are
the ultra-wide styles favored by some
who like the extremes. This latter
width permits of the corner decora-
tons in simple designs which continue
in popularity TO extend on to them.
One corner effects, as initials or otner
simple designs, are much favored and
cutting the hem of one corner in fan
cy design is a pretty novelty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

clover hay depends on it's palatibj.ity
and nutritive value Much of the
clover hay now used Is very poor, ow-
ing to the fact that many try to cure
clover hay in the same way they cure
timothy hay. Clover hay is even more
valuable as a feed than is indicated by
the amount of digestible nutriments it
contains. This is due to the fact that
clover is rich in protein or muscle
forming food. Such forms of rough
age as corn stoyer, timothy and fod-
der corn, are lacking in protein; and,
if one using them as the roughage in a
ration, protein must be supplied by
feeding such high-priced grain as
oats, bran or oil meal; while if clover
is fed as the roughage, corn and bar
ley, which are cheaper grains, may be
used.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
M0ULDS FATAL TO POULTRY
Deaths Among Poultry, and Par
ticularly Among Chicks.
By H L KE1PsTER. Missouri Elk

(By H L. KEMPSTER. Missouri Elk
pertinent Stauon.4
MouIdy litter in poultry houses and
mouldy feed are the cause of large
number OF deaths among poultry and
particularly among chicks. These
moulds taken into the body of the
fowl cause a disease known as AS
pergillosis. The disease is as fatal as
the name sounds. Our scientists have
neglected to find a shorter name for
the disease, but among poultrymen
chicks affected with the trouble are
commonly spoken Of as "lungers"
MEyy times the disease is mistaken
for white diarrhoea. The Missouri
college OF agriculture, in its investi-
cation of poultry diseases, notes the
following characteristic symptoms:
The chick stands around in drowsy
manner and shows little desire to eat.
The wings hang down, the breath is
rapid and white diarrhoea is pres
ent
An affected chick will be found to
have soft, yellow growths from the
size Of a pinhead to that of a pea, main
~ in the lungs, but sometimes in the
intestines and mesentery These
growths, clogging the air passages of
the lungs, are directly responsible for
the death of affected birds.
In mature fowls there are two forms
of the disease, The mucous membrane
lining the air-sacs and tubes may be
covered with membranous formation
which is soft and yellowish and has an
offensive odor, or the post norton
viii reveal white or yellowish nodules
imbedded in the tissues of the lungs.
Early symptoms are that the bird is
inactive, sleepy and if forced to run,
will fall from exhaustion; breathing
is rapid, appetite is diminished and
more or less catarrh is present.
There is no cure for the trouble, but
since it is caused by eating mouldy
feed or by being permitted access to
mouldy litter, it can be entirely pre-
vented by not compelling fowls to eat
mouldy food and by keeping them
away from mouldy litter
This is just one of the many poultry
troubles that can be entirely avoided
by feeding nothing but fresh, clean
feed and keeping the pens and yards
free from filth and moulds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

Most important Accessory May Be
Fashioned in Short Time by
Clever Woman.

A clever collar is made of lace that
is merely graduated into shape when
sewn on the bodice, while few small
wires at the back of the neck hold it
in place. This is a very easy style to
copy, though it must not be con-
founded with the real medici, which is
more elaborate, and needs to be com
pleted with sharp corners.
Other collars are made of soft white
silk or satin, very much like those
seen in the old paintings of Lord
Byron
Only these are slightly more exag-
gerated in style than the Byron col
lar of a few months ago. Many of
these have a wire run in on either
side to lift them we'll over the coat
collar, and give that pretty winged"
effect which is so immensely becom-
ing to many people. For summer
wear there will be all kinds of muslin
and embroidered neckwear, but on the
whole the severe modes, after the old
fashioned Quaker and Puritan de-
signs, will be most seen.
Any one with clever fingers is able
to manufacture for herself the dain-
test and most charming corrections
of this sort with very little expendi-
ture Of time or trouble, and, indeed,
there is nothing like fresh and be-
coming collar for making the plainest
of gowns or blouses attractive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

SoWn IN the spring on winter grain, the
grain is narrowed very lightly after
the clover seed is sown broadcast, or
the clover seed may be put in with
double disc or shoe grain drill. The
selection of nurse crop for clover
must be determined quite largely from
the crops best adapted to the soil and
needs of the farm; and, at the same
time, one that will materially assist
the clover in meeting the usual cli-
matte condition of the locality should
be used.
Young clover should never be pas
tured or cut for hay the year of its
seeding, unless it should show signs Of
poisoning after the nurse crop has
been removed. Then it is safer to clip
off the heads with mower than to
pasture closely or cut for hay. Meth
er should it be pastured the second
spring, before it has good start and
the ground is well settled.
Glover is an excellent pasture crop
for all classes of stock, as it furnishes
a luXuriant growth of highly nutri-
tious food from early spring until late
in the fall, providing it is not pastured
too closely, During the heat of the
summer it should not be pastured
closely, as this will curtail the fall
feed. The after crop that comes on
after taking off the hay crop makes
excellent fall pasture. The grave dan
ger from clover pasture is bloat
Where stock is turned on to it gradu-
ally until they are accustomed to it,
and then kept on it continuously, with
access to some kind of dry feed, salt,
and water, there is very little, if any,
danger from bloat.
Clover makes splendid hay when
properly cured and stored. One ton
Of Well-cured clover hay is worth, for
feeding purposes, nearly one-half as
much as a ton of bran. Glover hay
is especially valuable for feeding dairy
COWS or young stock. The quality of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Path of the kakapo.

Several birds make regular paths to
and from their resorts. Those of the
Antarctic penguins are noted by all
explorers in their region. Very no.
ticeable are those in the haunts of the
kakapo, the large, rock-dwelling, bur
row-nesting owl-like parrot Of the
mountains of New Zealand. They
beat down regular paths along the
spurs and ridges where they abound,
so that a person might be excused for
supposing they were meant for human
feet. 1t is along these avenues that
the birds go to and fro on their noe
turnaI rambles, and as they march
they snip off and perhaps eat every
protruding spear Of grass or weed,
keeping the path perfectly clean.
When the path is buried in snow they
still follow it on the surface and soon
beat down a track.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

Helva Headache, there is but one
thing for Wise Ike TO do and that is
to Chop on the Festivities and beat it
to Rest Cure
That is Just what the well-fxed
Bachelor decided to do.
He resolved to Marry and get away
from the Bright Lights and lie down
somewhere in a quilted Dressing Gown
and pair of Soft Slippers and devote
the remainder Of his Life to a grand
cleanup of the Works of Arnold Ben
nett.
He selected a well-seasoned Senorita
who was still young enough TO show
to your Men Friends but old enough to
cut out all the prevalent Mushgush
about the Irish Drama and Norwegian
Art and Buddhism and true Symbolism
Of Russian Dancing.
Best of all, she had a spotless Repu-
tation, holding herself down to one
Bronx at a Time and always going be-
hind Screen to do her Inhaling.
They were Married according to the
new Ceremonies devised by the Ring
ling Brothers. AS they rode away to
their Future Home, the old Stager
leaned back in the Limousine and
said: cat last the Bird has Lit. I am
going to put on the Simple Life for
an Indefinite Run. have played the
Hoop-La Game to a Standstill, so it is
me for a Haven of Rest"
AS soon as they were safely in their
own Apartments, the beautiful Bride
began to do Flip Flops and screech for
JOY
''At last I have a License to cut
loose!" she exclaimed. For years l
have hankered and honed to be Dead
Game and back Excitement right off
the Boards, but every time I pulled
Caper the stern-faced Mater would be
at Elbow, saying: Nix on the Aero
battles or you'll lose your Number.
Now I'm a regular honest-to-goodness
Married Woman and l don't recognize
any Limit except the Skyline. l
grabbed you because knew you had
been to all the Places that Keep Open
and could frame up a new Jamboree
every day in the Year. I'm going to
plow an eight-foot Furrow across Eu-
rope and Dine forevermore at Swell
Joints where famous Show Girls pass
so close to your Table that you can
almost reach out and Touch them.
I'm going to Travel twelve months ev-
cry Year and do all the Stunts known
to the most imbecile Globe-Trotters.
A few Weeks after that, Haggard
Man with tattered Coat-Tails was seen
going over the old familiar Jumps.
MORAL: Those who Marry to Els
cape something usually find Something
Else.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

to pay a fair price, either the white
serge frock or the white serge suit
may be satisfactorily bought in the
shops
An exceedingly chic little coat and
skirt of fine white serge which would
make an admirable suit for seashore
wear has been chosen for description.
The coat is made simple of line and
reaches well below the hips. There is
a wide belt of tan colored leather
which buttons with the same colored
leather buttons at the back The
coat also fastens at the back with
large buttons of the white serge.
In one of the small Illustrations is
shown modist little one-piece frock
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

high at Monte Carlo and watched the
Durbar at Delhi and taken Tea on the
Terrace at Shepherds in Cairo and
rickshawed through Japan and ridden
the surf in Honolulu, while his Name
was a Household Word among the
Barmaids of the Ice Palace in London,
otherwise known as the Savoy.
Occasionally he would return to his
provincial Home to raise the Rents on
the Shop-Keepers and give out an In
terview criticizing the New School of
Politicians for trifing with Vested In
terests and seeking to disturb Existing
conditions.
Any time his Rake-Off was reduced
from $40 a Minute to S9.98 he would
let out Howl like a Prairie Wolf and
call upon Mortimer, his Man, for Sym
pathy.
After Twenty Years of getting up a.
Twilight to throw aside the Pyjamas
and take a Tab and ease himself into
the Costume made famous by John
Drew, the Routine Of buying Golden
Pheasants and Special Cuvee Vintages
for almost-Ladies, preserved by Ben
zoate of Soda and other Chemical
Mysteries, began to lose its Sharp
Zest.
In other Words, he was All In.
He was Track-Sore and Blase and
sore as a Crab and full of Ongway. He
had played the whole String and found
there was nothing TO it and now he
was ready to retire to a Monastery and
wear a Gunny- Sack Smoking Jacket
and live on Spinach.
The vanities of the Night-World had
got on his nerves at last. Instead of
sitting s Feet away from an Imported
Orchestra at 2 A. NJ. and haunting his
poor old Alimentary System with Sea
Food. he began to prefer to take 10
Grain Sleeping Powder and fall back
In the Alfalfa.
About Noon the next Day he would
come up for Air, and in order to kill
the rest of the Day he would have to
hunt I'D a Game of Auction Bridge
with three or four other equity old
/ Mavericks.
! When the Cartoons begin to burn low
/ N the suffering Arc Lights along the
/ Boulevard of Pleasure and the Night
Wind cuts like a Chisel and the
Reveler finds his bright crimson Bran
aigan slowly dissolving itself into a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

they are attached. To prove this,
plant two beans in a tin can contain
ing sandy soil; water and keep in a
warm, light place. Soon after the
beans push above ground take a sharp
pointed knife and carefully cut off the
two half beans without injuring the
rest of the plant Allow the plants to
grow for week or two and note the
more rapid development of the plant
to which the half beans are attached.
The illustration shows beans planted
in rich black earth on the same day.
Both plants came up on the same day
The half beans were then removed
from one. The other, it will be seen,
grew faster because the half beans
furnished food.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Water for Turkeys.

Turkeys drink more than chick
ems, so don't forget their watering
pans. Some people believe that a
poult should not be given water the
first three or four days of it's life
because they SO often notice the tur-
key hen pushing them back from wa
ter in stream. She is quite likely
ordering them back until she inYesti-
gates for snakes or turtles lying in
wait
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Belt Moves SHAVING Brush.

During thunder shower at Vine
land, n. j., a ball of fire cut curious
capers in the home of Louis Castel-
lena, on Grant avenue. Five chill
dren were seated around he table
when the lightning ripped open the
tablecloth in several places, cut the
hnoleum on the floor in several pieces,
singed the hair of one child which
was on the floor, changed the talcum
powder from the box to the shaving
mug on the shelf, and put the shay
ing brush into the talcup powder
box. The framework of the kitchen
was splintered in several places, but
none of the family felt the slightest
shock.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
USE FOR The CLOvERS
EXERTS MOST BENEFICIAL Ac-
TloN~ON THE SOIL.
Its LoHg PERIOD of Usefulness and Its
Excellence as Hay and Pasture
Crop MAKE II Quite Valuable
Plant on Any Farm.

All clovers are sown with a nurse
crop. and opinions differ as to whica
is the best. Whatever crop IS used as
a nurse crop, it should be sown some
what thinner than when no clover seed
is sown. as the thinner seeding gives
the small clover and grass plants q
better chance to grow. Placed in the
order in which they are generally used,
which indicates approximately their
relative value as nurse cro7s, the com
mon grain crops would come as fol
lows: spring wheat, winter rye, winter
wheat, fax. oats. Wherever clover is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Foods for Domestic Animals.

Our domestic animals are the prod
uct Of artificial conditions and we con
fine them to such narrow limits that
they cannot use their instructive pref
erence in the choice Of foods, conse-
quently when we choose for them we
should choose wisely, If we aim to
give them the best chance for growth
and development.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Planting Perennial Seed.

The best time for planting perennial
seed is just as soon as it natures
in other words, follow nature, who
casts her seed upon the ground and
they at once grow. The tender seed
lings should have some sort of nat
ural or artificial shade, careful water
ing and wedding and by fall they will
be sturdy plants. Even the hariest
varieties must have protection the
first winter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
WHITE SERGE FR0CkS
oISPENsABLE EQUIPMENT FOR
THE SUMNER RESORT.
Cost Need Not &c Great, but Garment
VIII Be Found the most ServiceabIe
Of Any That Can Ee
Devised.

For either a shore resort or yacht
ing, white serge is Indispensable. and
two or three frocks of light weight
white serge viii be found exceedingly
useful if one can afford to have
them.
The expense need rot be great.
either, for delightful costumes of this
sort are to be had ready made at
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09
Look Gold for Her Nerves.

Pulverized gold as a remedy for
shattered nerves figured at Kansas
City in a suit for $500 damages
against the Metropolitan by Miss
Maud Wilson, a teacher in the George
Baker Logan school Miss Wilson
was struck by street car in 1912,
and testimony in the circuit court re-
Gently brought out the unusual treat
ment she required. Gold was admin
istered in one-sixtieth of a grain
doses
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-07-09

Many start out with good inten-
tons and buy improved stock, but
somehow their faith has not the living
power that finds expression in action
and they fall back into the old rut.
They see the right, their judgment ap-
proves it, but they pursue the wrong
because they lack faith in their own
ability to handle improved stock.