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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
Minutes Mean Dollars
IN TREATING ANIMALS

Doubtless you know the danger of delayed treatment
of collie and other diseases You also realize that
wrongly applied remedies are often worse tan no
treatment at all. In other words, not to diagnose
disease accurately may prove fatal Every owner
should be able to recognize an alment and give
norrect treatment at the first SYMPTOMS. Prompt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09
SPREADING GOSPEL OF
CLEANLINESS.

The scope of cleanup day in
New York city is being widened.
A special hyGienic program for
schoolboy athletes prominent in
cleaning up the town has been
arranged as follows:
Go to bed at o'clock after a
thorough wash and cold
splash over chest ard trunk.
Scrub teeth and gums we'll. :
Have clothes and books ready
for the morrow.
Open bedroom windows at top
, and bottom.
Get up not minute later than
o'clock. Go through two
minute drill and hygienic ex-
ercises. Clean face and neck
and scrub bands. Finish up
} with a big cold splash and hard
rub all over. See that feet and
legs are clean and rub them
hard to get them into condition.
Brush teeth and gums thor
) oushly.
Breakfast and all meals: No
coffee, no tea. Drink milk
) little at time. Chew all food
;, to a pulp. Ask your teacher
what foods to avoid. NO smok-
ing.
Before school look yourself
over.
Am clean from head to toe?
Are all my clothes clean and
) in order down to the skin?
Do. stand up like an athlete? :
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09

This dainty dance frock is frilled
with lustrous pussy willow taffeta in
bermuda pink, yelled with shadow
lace. Pink is used in the chiffon of
the corsage, deeper pink in the velvet
girdle. with pink on the twinkling feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-09

[OddyS
Wagazine tor Women

Because Today's will afford
you recreation, inspiration,
uplift, pleasure and good
cheer, besides much helpful
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
New Peril of the Rail.

The West of England express which
is due at Paddington at 1870 p. m.,
met with an extraordinary mishap
while travelling at high rate of speed
near Twyford recently, says an Eng
lish paper.
1t appears that an electric lamp at
tached to the engine, and which Is
brought into use in foggy weather, by
some means got out of gear, and bar
of metal about fifteen feet long, which
was lying alongside the line, was
sucked up by it's magnetism.
1t became entangled with the bot
tom of the tender, near the wheels.
and part of it passed through the
guards van and out of the roof. The
train was brought to standstill, but
all efforts to dislodge the bar proved
futile.
The express was delayed for
about twenty minutes, and 1t arrived
at Paddington with part of the iron
bar sticking out from the roof of the
guards van.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
ERUPTION DIsFIGURED FACE

Lock Box 35, Maurice, Ia.-"In the
spring of 1911 our little daughter, age
five years, had a breaking out on her
lip and part of her cheek that we
took for ringworm. 1t resembled a
large ringworm, only it differed IN
that it was covered with watery blis-
ters that itched and burned terribly,
made worse by her scratching 1t.
Then the blisters would break through
and let out a watery substance. She
was very cross and fretful while she
had it and had very little rest at
night. When the eruption was at it's
worst the teacher of the school sent
her home and would not allow her to
attend until the Disagreement Of her
face was gone.
Il wrote and received a sample OF
Cuticura Soap and Ointment, which
we used according to directions, and
they gave instant relief, SO we bought
some more. 1t gradually grew better.
We kept on using Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and in three or four months
the child was entirely cured. "
(Signed) Mr.. Henry Prins, Oct. 22,
1912.
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.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Too Late.

On an Atlantic City pier, gazing
sadly out over the blue water, vet
eran of the Civil war talked about
the late General Sickles
"a good man." he said, "a brave
man, but a most theatrical one. In
the black tragedy of his youth, he was
kind to his wife, but something
marred, something vitiated his kind
ness-I think 1t was theatricalism-
and the poor young woman died two
years after he took her back.
"Once, at an army reunion, heard
Sickles rebuke man who was run
ming down wives and marriages.
Sickles said with queer smile, a
significant smile, perhaps:
"'Ah, Jim. the trouble with the
average married man is that he
doesn't know what a jewel his wife is
till he comes to put her in a casket' I"
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
WRONG KING OF GARDENING
Form That Patient Had Been Indulg
ing In Was Not What Doctor
Would Have Recommended.

Now comes the season when the
wife goes to the country and the hus'
band, in the words of the immortal
song, shouts 'Hooray. Hooray!"
Thus Jerome S. McWade, in an af'
ter dinner speech at Duluth began his
response to toast on "The Ladies"
, when the ladies are with US, we
are safe,' he resumed, "but when they
go off to country or shore, leaving us
in town alone. then our troubles be-
gin.
"a man one summer day called on
a DOCTOR
Doc he said, I'm all run down
You look it, too said the doctor
sympathetically I'm not going to pre-
scribe drugs for a man in your con-
dition. No, sir, what I'm going to pre-.
scribe for you is gardening
"The patient started and his un
healthy pallor turned to a dull brick
red.
But doc he said, gardening is
the cause of all my trouble
Humph, what kind of gardening?
said the doctor incredulously.
Roof the man replied"
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
! WORK OF MAKING A RAIL
Process Seems Complicated One to
Person Who Has Never
Seen Ii.

That rail mill was certainly a won.
derful sight! The enormous glow.
Ing lngots were carried on a trans
Ter car to sort of trough. The floor
OF the trough, or table" as they call
II, consisted Of a series of rollers that
were turned rapidly. Riding on them.
the big clumsy ingot sailed along un-
I'll 1t bumped against pair of large
steel rolls. Immediately the rolls
seized it and hauled it through, like
clothes through clothes wringer.
We could not see that it had been fiat
tened down very much, but we noticed
that deep corrugations had been cut
into its upper surface. AS it moved
on, the rollers turned it over on its
side before 1t was caught by the next
pair or stand of rolls. 1t went through
four stands in succession, turning over
between each stand, until it had made
complete turn
Then it came to what is called a
"three-high" mill, which has three
rolls, one above the other. First the
between the middle and bottom rolls;
but no sooner had it emerged, than it
was raised bodily, the supporting roll
er tables" on both sides of the mill
being raised up simultaneously. The
rollers of the tables we're then re-
versed, causing the bloom to start
back between the middle and top
rolls. The tables were now lowered,
their rollers reversed, and the bloom
sent through between the middle and
bottom rolls as before; but this time
it was switched to one side, where the
rolls were a little larger in diane
ter, and it was a tighter squeeze
through them.
And so the bloom went back and
forth, being switched over to tight
er pass each time until it was
squeezed down to about eight inches
square and over 40 feet long. Then
it was cut in two, and each bloom
went through another set of rolls that
gradually worked it down to the size
and shape of rail. 1t was fascinat-
ing to watch that snake-like bar over
a hundred feet long, writhing as II
alive. AS it came back for it's last
sally through the rolls, whistle was
blown as warning that the rolling
was finished, and the rail was now
on it's way to the saws. There were
five circular saws that dropped down
upon the glowing metal, and, amid a
shower of sparks, sawed it into four
ten-yard rails. After that, the rails
were carried off on "run-out tables" to
the "hotbeds'' to cool.-From with
Men Who Do Things" by A. Russell
Bond in St Nicholas.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
WANTED TO KNOW THE FIGURE
Fortune Hunters Mother Was Not
Dealing in Uncertainties, If
She Could Help 1t.

Miss Jeanette Glider, the brilliant
critic, toyed with a pink and gold
mustache cup at the mustache cup
tea concluding the Bad Taste exhibi-
ton in New York
"The mustache cup" said Miss
Glider, holds it's own even better
than the hand-painted cuspidor. But,
after all, there is spiritual as we'll as
material bad taste, and a spiritual
bad taste exhibition is now in order.
In the forefront of it I'd put the
fortune hunter. Not all our fortune
hunters come from across the water.
| heard of one the other day who be-
longs to the Oldest family in Amer
lea
But his family Is very poor, and
so he and his mother have decided
that he must marry for money. They
were discussing recently, the pair OF
them, western girl
Her fortune is large but vague,
said the mother. Besides, she is
gauche. Her feet are broad and fiat
She has a gold front tooth. Hel
French is execrable. She
"'Oh, l could make something out
Of her, the young fortune hunter as
serted confidently.
Yes, but how much-that's the
question, said his mother"
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
RECOGNIZED WORK OF ARTIST
Might Be Called important Piece
of Mislnformation.

Charles r. Knight, the artist, whose
reproductions G. dinosaurs and crea-
lures of long, ago are known the world
over, prefers, however, to be known
as painter and sculptor of modern
animals. He has worked from the liv-
ing model as much as possible, and
this has taken him to the ZOOS in
many cities. He was telling his ex-
periences at the zoo in Washington.
"One afternoon an important look
ing negro came along with his best
girl he said. They stopped for a
minute and looked at the sketch
was making of a deer
Yer know what he am doin, don't
yer?' asked the negro of his com
panion.
Mebbe,' answered the woman
Does yoh?
Shoh. He's making landscape
OBJ one er dem habitats. Dere's moh
habitats in dis zoo than anywhere else
in der United States.'"
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
German Rail Rates.

The Archiv fur Eisenbahnwesen, off
ctal organ of the German state rail
ways, has been making a comparison
ted States for the years of 1907 to
1911, inclusive, in an unsuccessful at.
tempt to establish low German aver.
age. The bureau of railway statistics
of the United States has issued a bull
letin stating that the rates for all rail-
ways on all commodies for both coun-
tries shows German average of 1.27
cents per ton mile as compared with
OTIS for the United States.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Must Give Signals.

A statute requiring signals when a
train approaches road crossing is
held in Campbell VS.. Mobile & Ohio
Railroad company to be for the benefit
of roaming animals as well as persons,
and the railroad company must, to re-
lieve itself from the statutory pre-
sumption of negligence which arises
from the killing of animals upon it's
tracks, show that it gave the required
signals upon approaching the crossing
at which the animals were killed.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Thrown to Safety by Pilot.

Charles R. Lilly, station master
was awarded a bronze medal and 5000
to liquidate his indebtedness, for saw
ing the life of child at Grafton, w
Va, on May 4, 1912.
A four-year-old girl wandered to the
railroad track. No one saw the child
Suddenly the noise of an approaching
train began to make the rails sing
The four-year-old bent her ear to lis
ten.
The train was only little distance
away when the engineer saw her and
sounded his whistle, but the child did
not stir Then it was that Lilly dashed
down the track, picked up the child
and leaped out of the way of the train
just as it thundered past.-Railway
Age.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
NOT A "KILLING" JOB
ERRONEOUS BELIEF ABOUT LO-
COMOTIVE ENGINEERING.
No Reason Why Normally Healthy
Man Should Be Affected by the
Work-Some Things That
He Must Know.

1t is a popular but erroneous Dellel
that locomotive engineers, like hre
horses and the good" die young; or
at least break down in few years
under the responsibility and nerve
racking strain" of their jobs. Some
of them may do so, but they are IN
the minority, and if their loss OF
nerve is not due to some unfortunate
accident, it is generally a proof thai
they are either physically or tempera
mentally unsuited to their positions
There is no reason why a normally
healthy man should suffer any Ill ef
fects from the work of driving loco
motive, If he leads a temperate lie
keeps himself in fair condition, mentai
ly and physically, and makes 1t rule
never to allow his thoughts to stray
from his work while on duty.
On the Pittsburgh division of the
Pennsylvania railroad a man must
serve ten years as a freight engineer
before he is eligible to the passenger
service. If his record has been good
he will then receive notice from the
road foreman, nominating him for the
position of passenger engineman, pro
viding he qualities at the necessary ex
animation. In order to do this he mus,
be absolutely perfect as to eyesigh1
and hearing, and must make an aver
age of at least eighty-hve per cent on
machinery airbrakes, rules, time
tables, special and block signal rules
and signals.
On this divisions there are about one
thousand two hundred miles Of track
on main line and branches on which
the candidate for the passenger serv
ice must qualify before the signal in
structor as being familiar with the
whole division, for as an extra man he
may be subject to call in his turn for
services on any section where he may
be needed There are automatic
semi-automatic, interlocking, manual
manual controlled and telephone block
signals 1t is absolutely necessary tC
know where each signal is, what kind
it is and what it indicates, as well as
to be familiar with the block signal
rules that apply to each different kind
of signal.
The time table of this division is a
book of ITO pages.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Ftftv-six Years on the Railroad.

The death took place last week at
Stranraer, England, of Mr.. John
Shankland, a retired engine-driver.
He had a record of railroad service
that was probably equaled by very
few, having been employed on the
Glasgow & Southwestern railroad for
Sc years, during A years of which
he was a driver. 1t is also worthy of
mention that Mr.. Shankland, who was
a native of Ayrshire, was the driver
of the first Pullman car train between
Carlisle and Glasgow, when American
coaches were introduced by the Mid
land and Glasgow & Southwestern
railroads in the early '70s. Mr. Shank
land was seventy-seven years of age,
and during his whole career he was
only off work about two months.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Valuable Information.

A happy couple were on their way
to Scotland. They had to change
trains at Carlisle, and an obliging por-
ter, while struggling with the lug
gage, noticed that the young lady s
hair was dotted with rice. He ap-
preached the young man and, pulling
@ folded paper fromm his pocket, said:
"A present for you, sir. with the
company's compliments"
Indeed said the traveller; what is
it,"
"A railway map, sir"
''Oh, thank you, but what are these
marks in blue pencil?"
That's the beauty Of 1t, sir; those
marks show just where the tunnels are
and their length. London Tit-Bits.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Lackina In seIf.Assertion.

Abner Appledry-Jay Green amt
got no more pride and independence
about him than a rabbit!
Ashton Allred-Say, he amt?
Abner Appledry-Nah! Whenever
he takes ride on the cars he never
stamps up and down the aisles nor
stands out on the back platform, to
show everybody that he knows his
rights, but just sits still in his seat
like he was in church!-Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
For johnny,

Mrs. Briggs is SO good looking that
Mr.. Briggs seldom finds it in his heart
to be angry with her, but he was really
cross when she returned from Florida.
Il understand" he said. that you
passed yourself off as a widow while
you were away How about it,"
She admitted it.
You ought to be ashamed of your
self" said Briggs, but suppose you
are not"
''Of course l am not" said Mrs.
Briggs serenely. Il only did it on
Jchnny's account. 1 wanted him to
have good time, and he did. You
have no idea how kind all the gentle
men were to him."
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Can't Tell. These Davs.

The two men had been observing
the antics Of strange man in silence
and finally broke into speech.
Crawford-What's the matter with
that fellow who is holding on to the
lamp post and shuffling his feet?
Crabshaw-There was a time when
I'd have said he was drunk, but now
perhaps he's practising a new dance
Judge.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Limitation of Art.

The head of certain Washington
family was recently approached by
his son, just nearing his majority.
Father" said he, Il want to talk with
you concerning my future. l have de-
cided to become an artist Have you
any objections?"
The old mai scratched his head re-
fectively and replied:
We'll, no, son = provided OF
course, that you don't draw on me-"
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18

m o nth the pain 9
were so bad that I
could not bear my
weight on one foot.
II began taking Ly-
dia E. Pin k h a ms
" e G e t a Bile Com
pound and had not
finished the first bot
tie W h e N L felt
greatly relieved and
II took it un til it
i'm oda mo sound o01
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Modern Business Man.

How was the game, Plimson?'
asked Withersly.
Don't ask me- growled Plimson.
~Just as l was starting for the park a
man came in and insisted on talking
business. to me the whole afternoon. ="
That's tough. He took up your
time and you got nothing
"Oh, / made $1,000, confound the
luck"
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Mental Arithmetic.

Teacher-Tommy, if | spent one
third of certain sum of money anC
So represented five-sixths Of the re
mainder, what did l have?
Tommy-The jimjams.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18

Weighing 135 tons, and nearly fifty
eight feet from buffer to buffer, a
freight locomotive, just completed for
the Bavarian state railroads, is the
largest of it's type in Europe. There
are eight drivers on each side. Steam
at pressure of 225 pounds is used.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18

Don't be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bag Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers. Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18

One profession at which it is abso-
lutely necessary to begin at the foot
is that of the chiropodist.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18

instance, red liquor shouldn't be used
for the blues.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
The Reason,

why is 1t that young Rounder Il
such slow pay?"
Because he is so fast"
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
His Affiliations.

"Down with all organizations!
Ssh! Not SO loud before that police
man"
What has he got to do with it ?"
HE belongs to the copper trust"
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue Makes beautiful, clear
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WITH. TELL. YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak. Watery
rye Eyes 1, and GIanuiated Eyelidsi No sraarting-
by mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co. Chcago.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
Lowest Bidder.

Il have come to ask for the hand of
your daughter" announced the young
man.
Have chair" said her father.
kindly. 81 presume you have made an
estimate of what it will cost to keep
my daughter in the style to which she
has been accustomed?"
Il have, sir"
"And your figures?"
''Ten thousand dollars year
''Im sorry, my boy" said the older
man. 'but l cannot afford to throw
away $4,000 a year. Another suitor
has figured he can do it for $4,000
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
MRS, WINN'S
ADVICE TO WOMEN
Take Lydia E. Pinkham'sVe
etable Compound and be
Restored to Health.

Kansas City, Mo. The doctors told
me would never be mother. Every
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18
The Actor of Today.

Pardon ne, but how could you be-
come an actor with such an impedt
ment of speech?"
"Oh, no one notices it. The-the q.
film also tr-trembles constantly
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18

well, and / now have two fine baby
girls. | cannot praise Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound too highly
for what it has done for me. I always
speak word in favor Of your medicine
to other women who suffer when have
an opportunity" = Mrs. H. T. WINN,
1925 Fremont Ave, Kansas City, Mo.
Observation-Disclosures saws:
Cumming, Ga.-"I tell some suffer-
ing woman every day of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and what it
has done for me. I could not eat or
sleep, had bad stomach and was in
misery all the time. could not do my
housework or walk any distance without
suffering great pain. tried doctors
medicines and different patent medi-
cines but failed to get relief My hus-
band brought home yourVegetable Com
pound and in two weeks / could eat any,
thing, could sleep like healthy baby,
and walk long distance without feeling
tired. | can highly recommend your
Vegetable Compound to women who
suffer as did, and you are at liberty to
use this letter. Mrs. CHARLIE BAG
LEY, f. 3, Cumming, Ga.
The Winslow mail., 1914-07-18

No, Not Half Bad.
"'The Women We Marry and Other
Fiction. Newspaper headline
Net ad.-Chicago Tribune.
Evening journal., 1914-07-14
BY MOTOR BOAT
THROUGH THE Canal
PhiladelphianS Get Interest
ing Information After Sail
Through the Waterway
MANY CAMPING
PARTIES ON SHORE

In order 20 compile facts about
trip through the Delaware and Chesa-
peake Canal in a boat that can make
only seven miles per hour. a trial trip
was made last week and lot OF valu-
able hints and suggestions picked up,
says writer I'm the Philadelphia
Record.
Starting from the Esslngtou anch-
Orage at the Riverside Yacht Club
and bidding Commodore Charles
Walbor goodbye the Mira sailed
down the river ON Friday, July 3.
about p. M As had been promised
TO the West End CLUB on their rae
ing schedule and ratings the boat
stopped FIRST at their new pier for
consultation
AZ midnight the order was given
a. get under way" Tho boat went
down the river all night. those ON
board taking turns at steering and
hunting out the range lights.
Reaching Ship John Light Saturday
morning. the crew went after fish.
but they were not there that morn
ing. so the boat made for Cross
Ledge Light Here enough big fish
we're secured Later the boat was
sailed to Maurice River and then. ON
the food tide, It made for Delaware
City.
Here the entrance 10 the Chesa-
pCake Bay from the Delaware is To-
Gated Arrangements can be made
&c lock IN the canal and tow through
or go under ones own power az four
and half miles per hour
The Mira was lifted 90 the canal
level at the lock and made for the
next lock No sooner had she passed
the first turn. about three miles from
Delaware City, than every drop Of
gasoline was declared gone" Some
of the boys jumped into the small
I boat and rOwed for Delaware City.
while the others took a little sleep.
The gasoline was secured by day
! light and the trip to the next lock was
taken. This was on Sunday The
lrules say: III YOU enter before q
! a. m. you will be locked through. but
you cannot enter again during the
day until after o p. m. then YOU vii
be taken through either way"
After passing to the next lock IN
boys were surprised 10 see so man.
little camps located on the banks o
the canal They saluied the Mir
with guns. flags and cheers
There are many little bends In thil
fine canal and lots OF places to camT
or lay over for days The woods ar,
beautiful and the sights from one END
Of the canal to the other are worth
while. The canal charge is $500 for
motorhoats.
AZ the bic bridge there was an ar
gument about going under. but finally
the boat could not pass under The
/ electric horn was let loose and soon
the bridge tender swung the big