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Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-14
FRENCH RETIRE At SOUCHEz;
RUSSIANS LOSE 10000 MEN;
PORTUGAL MAY ENTER WAF
TONE OF j. s. NOTE
PLEASES GERMANY
special BY Unfted Press Wire.

Berlin, via The Hague, June IA
America has no need to be appre-
hensive over the German reply, a
nigh official of the German foreign
office told Carl W. Ackerman, United
Press staff correspondent, today.
We are much impressed by the
friendly tone of the second American
note" said this official, whose name
cannot now be disclosed I'VE GER
tainly shall do everything to reply in
the same manner. There Is no rea-
son for apprehension. Undoubtedly
there will be solution which both
countries can accept"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-14

CALL A TAM-4o. Chris johnson.
17824-6-1-lmo.-f.p.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-14
british Steamer sunk.

6pscfdE 0H Cn3fsd Prees WtTs-
London, June 1.-THE Whitby
steamer Arndale, 1883 tons, struck
q mine and sank in the White sea
along the northern coast of Russia.
A dispatch did not mention the fate
of the crew.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-14

1916 Overland, the car beautiful
$3.50, at Van syekle's. New Bruas.
wick Ave, 1s174-6-l2-2ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-14

1916 Overland $3.50 at Van
Syekie's, New Brunswick Ave.
1s174-6-i2-2ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-14
1919 Overland $3.50 at Van
Syckle's, New Brunswick Ave.
18174-6-12-2ts

Jensen's is at $50 State street.
-20-Th-M-tf -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-14

Cash registers at Jensen's.
17442-5-21-Fr-M-W -W-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-14

Sewing machines at Jensen's.
173s4-5-20-tfs
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-14
LYNCH NEGRO

special by United Press Wtre.
Toccoa, Ca, June 14.-Sam Ste
vens, negro accused of attacking the
sixteen year old daughter of farmer
near here, was taken from Jail by a
mob of about zoo early today hanged
to a tree and shot nearly to pieces.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-06-14

WEN TIER Partly
cloudy tonight and
Tuesday. Cooler
tonight. Moderate
northeast winds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
TREES FOR BEAUTY
Ry j. w, GRIFFIN.

In selecting a list of trees to plant
for shade On your lawn or along the
avenue or near the house. make a
note of the character of the soil and
plant accordingly.
If you are planning home in the
lowlands, where it is damp and where
fogs hang on the better part of the
morning, "cut it out" sell out, get out,
do anything to get out, and go up
higher if possible.
Leave the swampy lands to the
frogs and mosquitoes and the feTers.
Make a note of the trees on the
hilIsides and those that grow On the
hilltops. Pick out those that hold
their foliage longest, also those whose
foliage is healthiest and most dense.
Some advocate spring and some fall
planting Of fruit and forest trees. 1
have it that the following gives good
results: Where the trees to be set
out are larger than two or three year
old trees, l dig a hole four feet wide
each way and two feet deep some time
during the late fall or early winter
The top soil is thrown on one side,
the subsoil on the other.
The combined actions of the rain,
freezing and thawing, produce a good
effect on the soil thrown out, and upon
the sides of the hole.
The trees to be set out are pro-
cured during the fall and are heeled
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28

a number of bulblets or "cormels" are
found attached to them. These cormels
produce the same kind as the corms
they are taken from and Towering the
second or third year from planting
rarely the first year.
When seeds are sown they will pro-
duce hardly two sorts alike, and many
will be worth keeping, but there may
be some fine new sorts. The seedlings
will flower the second or third year.
It is much more satisfactory to buy
the cream of other peoples seedlings
than to fill the garden with a lot of
poor sorts.
Plant in full sunshine, but not
against the south side of a wall, and
away from the roots of trees, in we'll
prepared soil, mellow, sandy loan
preferred, and one retentive of mois-
ture.
Avoid contact with manure, which
should never be fresh and had better
be plowed in the previous season or
in the fall.
Occasionally restore potash to the
soil in some form as for potatoes. If
the soil be stiff or clayey put sandy
loan in the furrow.
Plant in burrows three to five
inches deep, according to the size of
the corms, and the quality of the soil,
and at intervals of, say, two weeks,
from the time the ground will work
up well in July.
By this means and by the differ
ence in earliness Of varieties, flowers
may be had from July until hard
frost 1t is most important that the
ground be kept stirred and mellow
at all times, especially as soon after
each rain as the ground will work
well and before a crust forms.
Unless you have planted in masses
for landscape effect, cut every stem
as soon as the first two or three flow
ers open and let the buds develop in
water in the house. Every morning
remove the old flowers, shorten the
stems and change the water. Keep
at night in a cool place.
mus lFedJeu lI6 SLSLuS VIII NC III
bloom a week or more.
If few especially large flowers are
wanted pinch off some of the top buds
at the start.
Before the ground freezes dig the
bulbs and dry them. Then cut off
the stems, close and store in shallow
baskets or boxes in a cool, dry place.
Pull off the old bulbs and roots when
YOU have time
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28

Hurry, Mr.. Doremus, hurry" Flo
die was growing frantic. She pointed
to the clock. It indicated twenty
eight minutes past twelve.
Hall, however, was in no haste. ooh,
I know, Jonas; but you see Flodie and
have decided to lose no more time.
You can give her away, if you want
to-" He sat down, laughing at his cou-
sins CONSERVATION.
But it's past twelveI" Jonas insist
ed, pointing to the clock.
ooh, I know that! That proves it's
a love match, doesn't it?"
Come here, Hall, and stand up by
me! Anyone would think you didn't
want to get married." Flodie called
nervously.
By this time the company had be-
gun to enter, and soon flooded the
studio, laughing, wondering, joking
with Hall.
Go ahead" cried FIodie. We're
ready, Mr. Doremus, quick!" She
stamped her foot angrily.
ooh, wait a minute" Hall inter
posed, eve want this thing arranged
little. 1t won't do to rush it." He
turned to his guests. Ladies and
gentlemen" he began, when Jonas
broke in again.
"See here, 1 object to this!" He
walked up to Mr.. Doremus angrily.
Mr.. Doremus, however, had already
begun to thunder out, Hall Bonistelle,
do you take this woman, Flodie Fish
er, to be your welded wife?"
Just wait a minute!" cried Jonas,
looking at his watch.
We're off" came in a chorus from
the excited guests.
81 dol" replied Hail. See here,
Jonas, you mustn't interrupt the game,
you know. Sit down and be quiet!"
But I got something to say about
tt"
"FIodie Fisher do you take-be
quiet, Mr.. Hassingbury, I'm running
this"
It's a scheme! It's a fraud"
Jonas appealed wildly to the company.
this man to be your lawful wed
ded husband?"
ooh, you old scamp, you, you've sold
me out!" Jonas shook his fist at the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
SAVED MASTER FROM DEATH
Small Dog Is Petted as Hero in the
Paris Hospitals, as Reward
for FaithfuIness.

In one of the Paris hospitals lives
dog, a brown-and-white setter,
named Fend FAir (cleave the air) +,
who is a real hero of the war. His
master, a sergeant of zouaves, is pa
tient in the hospital, and he owes his
frail hold on life to the devotion and
intelligence of Fend PAir. When the
regiment left Algeria for France the
dog was left behind, but the faithful
little creature Ieaped into the water
and swan along behind the ship until
the captain, taking pity on him, had
him taken on board. From that tine
he has never left his master.
During the fighting at Rochincourt,
near Arras, an exploding bomb buried
the sergeant and seven other men
with earth. They were badly injured,
and so deeply covered that no man
had the strength to fight his way out.
But, luckily, Fend Fair escaped the
bomb. He at once began to scratch,
and he scratched and scratched until
he had reached his master and
dragged him out to safety. The seven
other men died.
The wounded sergeant and his dog
were sent from one relief station to
another until they found permanent
care in this Paris hospital. Good nurs-
ing has saved the man, but too much
attention almost killed the dog; for
the nurses and orderlies fed him so
lavishly that promiscuous feeding had
to be forbidden.
Now Fend PAir lives in the hospital
kitchen, where he has assumed the
duty of guard, and srowls savagely
at anyone who enters the kitchen
unless they belong there. Every day
a nurse takes him to the wards to
visit his master, and Fend PAir puts
his nose on the sergeants shoulder
and stands contented as long as he is
permitted to remain. The great af-
lection that exists between the ser
geant and his dog is very charming,
Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28

But I told you what time 10 set it."
F1odie fairly yelled now. And l told
you half an hour ahead OF pGrposel"
Mr.. Doremus held up his hand. "Si-
Ience!" be Numbered. Mr. Hassing-
bury" he declared solemnly, there
are witnesses enough present to prove
that Mr.. BonisteIle was married be-
fore midnight. As you are aware,
seldom take sides IN any controversy,
but in this case, my little friend here,
Flodie-Bonistelle won
me over. There's no possible doubt
that Mr.. Bonistelle will inherit his
uncle's fortune"
Hall burst ont Of his trance with q
whoop. "HUrrah!" he screamed, I've
won four millions of doIlarsi"
Flodie stretched up on tiptoe and
pulled down his dramatically extended
hand. mo, sir" she announced, "I-won
it myself"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
THE MODERN GLADlOLUS
BY GEORGE S. WOODRUFF.

Everybody knows the gladiolus-in
a way. 1t has been called THE Peo-
pies Flower because the common
people can get more satisfaction out
of it, without special care or facilities,
than from any other flower. AS a cut
flower, nothing but the expensive or
child lasts so long and no other flower
has such variety and beauty of color
ing.
Nevertheless, the modern gladioius
is almost unknown to large majority
of our people, because Of the great i'm
provement which has been made in a
comparatively short time.
The gladiolus is propagated by di-
rect multiplication, by cormels and by
seeds. The CORN planted dies at the
md of the season, but produces a new
one at the base of each shoot it sends
up; so that the rapidity Of multiplied
ton depends on the number Of shoots
sent up.
When the corms are dug in the fall
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
THE END.
MOST PERFECT or PLANTS
Working of the Human Body Makes
Any Invention of Man Seem Like
Playining.

The most complicated manufactur-
ing plant that ever existed is the hu-
man body as controlled under the sci
entific management of the brain and
nervous system. No factory ever boast
ed a more efficient producer plant Tor
converting fuel into energy. No plant
ever had so welI-designed a pumping
system, nor one so perfect for the
disposal of waste and sewage. Talk
of up-to-date heating and ventilating,
or interdepartment telephone! the
best that our modern science can put
into our shops is crude indeed as COM
pared with that furnished by the
Great Designer. Suppose that you
went to pump manufacturer with the
following specification:
Wanted, a pump with capacity OF
one-quarter gallon a minute, to handle
warm salty fluid, to work for seventy
years night and day without shut
down, at the rate of seventy strokes
per minute. Must be guaranteed to
operate for the full period of time
without repairs or adjustments, to re-
quire no attention; must have auto
matte control and contain its own mo-
tive power, and must have duty per
million foot-pounds superior to the
best triple-expansion high-duty unit
ever made.
Do you think the manufacturer
would bid for the job? If he were
timid man he would probably agree
with you and tell you to come around
next week, meanwhile edging you
toward the door before your insanity
took a violent form. Or if he were
not afraid of lunatics he would say:
You poor bug, such pump as you
speak of never existed nor ever Will
except in the brain Of a perpetualmo-
ton freak such as l see before mel
Which shows how much he knows
about it, for both you and he carry
just such a pump around with you'
and each of you thinks too much OF
your possession to sell it for any
money.-John H. Van Deventer, IN the
Engineering Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
Planting, A0rdn

in a protected place and are ready at
any time they are wanted. A few days
of sunshine and windy weather in
early spring put the mounds Of earth
beside the holes in fine shape to put
in around the trees
The trees may be set out two or
three weeks before the surrounding
soil will do to cultivate.
First, strawy manure is tramped six
inches deep in the bottom Of the holes,
then about six inches of the top soil
is thrown in, leaving a little mound
in the center of the hole upon which
the center or taproot should rest.
The finer or side roots are spread
out around the little mound, more of
the top soil is thrown in and packed
tightly around the roots, filing up all
air spaces and holding them in proper
place
Next, some rotten straw, not ma
nure, is thrown in, then the rest of
the soil is tramped well around the
trees. I do not use any manure next
to the roots of the trees. The manure
is scattered around the trees, the
rain takes the fertility down to the
roots and the solid matter, while rot
ting serves as mulch.
The above method, if closely fol-
lowed, will take a tree through the
first summer, which is the most crit
icaI part of the life of tree.
Get them started right. The way is
easy. A bad start causes much tTou-
BILE and delay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
IN THE GARDEN

Do not make the mistake of planting
magnolias in the autumn. Where they
thrive there is nothing more snowy
than the Chinese varieties. The flow
ers appear about the same time as the
crocuses and tulips in the spring. The
spring is better time for planting.
Do not permit any weeds to go to
seed. Better not allow the seed pods
to form. Go carefully over the garden
these fall days and clear out every
weed. Will save lots of trouble next
season.
Destroy the webs of the fall web
worms wherever they are found.
Right now is the time to arrange for
cold frames for flowers and for the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
bride and was pulled furiously back b,

bride and was pulled furiously back by
Alfred.
4 dol" Flodie screamed. 81 never,
Mr.. Hassingbury! I only promised to
prevent his marrying the others! I
never said"
Put on the ring! Put on the ring!"
the company screamed Iaughingly to
Hall. He obeyed.
Then I pronounce you man and
wife!"
4 never said I wouldn't get him my
self" Flodie's words were smothered
in Halls kiss.
Immediately she was surrounded by
the gentlemen Of the company, who
passed her from lip to lip, protesting,
laughing, struggling to speak.
Mr. Doremus pressed Halls hand.
Il congratulate you, Mr.. Bonistelle!"
he cried enthusiastically.
Thank you, sir!" Hall answered.
I've got a fortune in FIodie."
4 think you have! Two!" was Mr..
Doremus' reply. Mr.. Hassingbury.
would you mind telling me what time
1t isl"
Jonas turned white, and started hur-
riedly to leave without word. Flo
die, alert, caught him as he turned.
and snatched out his watch as deity
as a pickpocket. She held it up to the
company. We've Won! Eleven fifty
nine!" she shouted.
ha
ed, too. Watches were brought out
from a dozen pockets, compared and
the time corroborated.
It's lie!" Jonas protested, why,
look at the clock! It's half past
twelve! He's too late I tell you! The
moneys mine!"
Why, that's right" said Hall.
amazed by the sudden confusion. ~
set that clock myself"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
MARKETS
Milwaukee, Oct. IS, 1915.

Butter-Creamery. extras, 2Sc
prints, 29c; frsts. 25026c: seconds. %
@ 24c; renovated. 23@231hc; dairy,
fancy, 25c
Cheese-AmeTican full cream, new
made twins, 13@131hc; Young Ameri-
cas-, 140141ac; daisies, 1401415c;
longhorns, 146141Ac; limburger. fan.
cy, 2 lbs, 13@18hc
Eggs-Current receipts fresh as to
quality, 22k @24c; recandled, extras,
26Q2Sc; seconds, 16@1Sc.
Live Poultry-FowIs, 1211 013c;
roosters, &c; springers, 13@131ac.
Wheat-No. l northern, 1110L12;
No. 2 northern, 10S@1093a; No. 8 nor
them, 95c01.04; No. 1 velvet, LOG
Ill
Corn-No. 8 yellow, Csc.
Oats-No. 8 white, 371503Sc; stan
dard, soc; No. white, 3703Sc.
Barley-No. 3, 5S1a @6Oc; No. 4, SEQ
Coo; Wisconsin, $4,000.
Rye-No. l, 1.02.
Hay-No. 1 timothy, 1350014OO;
No. ? timothy, 12.0O12.50; clover and
clover mixed. 1L00@12.O0; rye straw
$50.
Hogs-Good heavy butchers, S.75G
$50; fair to best light, 8.400S65; pigs
e.C0070O.
CattIe-Butchers' steers, 5.750S.5O;
feeders, 4,50@65O; COWS, 2.7505.OOi
heifers, 4.O0@6.OO; calves, 11.00@11.50
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
LAS A RULE"

Her father is a florist The other
day she bobbed out on the boulevard
with a bunch of violets emblazoning
the lapel of her nifty coat.
Some lucky girl. I'll say" her envi-
Gus female friend remarked. When
violets cost the most you wear the
most Lucky you are, say, to have a
daddy that's a florist"
The florists daughter glanced down
at her cluster of violets, then sighed
and lamented:
Gee, but wish he had a candy shop
instead"
And thus it goes-"as a rule wom-
ans fool, when it's hot she wants it
cool; when it's cool she wants it hot,
always wanting what is not or some
thing like that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28

Mrs Kidder-Her husband was get
ting better, but yesterday he suffered
relapse
Mr.. Kidder-I guess he saw the bin
for his wifes new outfit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
Chinese Amulet.

One of the commonest amulets
worn by an only son in China is a
small silver lock, according to the
authors of THE Book of Talismans. ="
The father collects coins from about
a hundred different heads of families,
and has them exchanged for silver,
which is converted into a native pad
lock used to fasten a silver chain
round the boys neck. This, it is be-
lieved, will preserve him from evil
spirits, lock him to life and contribute
to his health and longevity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
Mans Usefulness.

A man continues in the prime of
life so long as he continues to main
tain and assert with full vigor those
faculties which he habitually and most
actively has been accustomed to en-
ploy. He may be old as to unused
faculties quite early in his mundane
career, but that he disregards be-
cause he has no special use for them
in the work to which he had devoted
himself and knows that in the future,
as in the past. they will continue to
serve his purposes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28

DO you know Owen Meredith's Lu-,
cile?'"
4 never have anything to do with,
another fellows girl"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
A Strenuous Finale.

when Professor Scrapeso plays
the violin his very soul seems on fire, -
exclaimed Mrs. Prebson after the con-
cert.
"Umph!" replied Mr.. Prebson,
whose favorite amusement is baseball.
81 don't know about his soul, but when
he was finishing up that last piece l
expected at any moment to see his
fiddle strings smoking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
An Idle Boast

Il understand you proposed to Miss
Scadsworth while in the surf with
her"
yes. But l didn't have the slight-j
est idea that she would accept me-"
Then, why did you propose?"
Il merely wanted to have the salts,
faction of saying that once took a
chance on $4O,0O0,0O0"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
crusoe In 50 Languages.

Every nation has found delight in
the story Of Robinson Crusoe. An ar
ticle in the Strand MAGAZINE tells that
". s. Lloyd of Philadelphia has spent
years in hunting for rare and curious
editions of the immortal work. His
agents, it appears, have had standing
orders to buy up all editions that may
be found. and he even possesses ex-
ampIes Of the story in Latin and
Greek Thirty-three languages are
represented in Mr.. Lloyd's collection,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28

small greenhouse for winter gardens.
At a moderate cost small greenhouses
can be bought complete with heating
apparatuses. Various shapes and
sizes are offered.
A spraying outfit for the garden
need not be large or costly, and it will
save its own value the first year it is
used.
hedges, for massing and for borders,
as well as for general planting. 1t
does best grown by itself. Remember
it when planning next years garden.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
WATER PLANTS PLENTIFULLY

When you water plants, soak them
and have done with it. 1t is the little
dabs of water all the time that do the
mischief Out of doors it doesn't rain
every few minutes, but when it does it
soaks them and then stops.
Morning is the best time to water
the plants. Stand the pots in tub
of water deep enough to reach almost
to the rim of the pot. When the soil
turns black on top take them out and
drain.-L. o. B.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
A Blow to Altrnisnn

81 don't believe in trying to carry
other peoples burdens" said Plimly.
Don't you think that a rather selfish
point of view?" asked Jobson.
ut may be, but had little expert
ence once that cured me-" !
What happened?"
"a strange woman gave me a baby
to hold and never came back"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
OLD GREEK HAD RIGHT IDEA
xenophon's Conception of the Dignity
and Value of Agriculture Is Be
yond Criticism.

XenCphon's work on agriculture
lacks the divine aff1atus Of the Georges
and the patient. comprehensive re
search Of Varro's DE Re Rustica: f"
Its more modest scope is shown by
the name he save it; "Oeconomics, .
or, as Etienne de La Boetia rendered
it, La Mesnagerie''- capital word,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
Matter of Necessity.

Sir Frank Lockwood was once re
examining a client in regard to vari-
Gus companies, a good many of which
had been wound up. The Automatic
Musical Instrument company came up
for notice-a company for utilizing a
kind of street-organ piano. THAT"
said Sir Frank. genially. had to be
wound up. anyway"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-10-28
Wanted to Be HospitabIe.

When l went to Paris, relates Gen.
Horace Porter, told my friends that
any of them who got within a mile
of the embassy must come to see me.
The latchstring, told them, was out;
there was always a spare seat in my
pew at church. The latchstring was
often pulled; the seat in church re-
manned vacant. One of my friends who
visited me stopped his subscription
to the Christian Observer. He said
he didn't want any observers while he