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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
To Prevent Flies.

If, as a certain French scientist
claims, flies dislike the color blue, it
might pay to paint the kitchen walls
a vivid cerulean as an experiment. 1t
has been said that flies do not rise
above the second floor, but by actual
observation fly has been seen to rise
nearly fifty feet and the writer has
been bothered with them on the eighth
floor Of an Office building where they
were almost too numerous to have
made their way up in the elevator.
Housewives should burn all refuse as
soon as possible, or at least keep the
lid tightly over the garbage can.
1t does not keep out flies to leave
one window unscreened even if all the
rest are protected and all screens
should be put up before the first May
hot spell. The only way to keep flies
out is to prevent their getting in in
the first place, as killing tie intruders
does not destroy the microscopic eggs
secreted about the house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

l had a few hours Of freedom, I de
cided to begin the remodeling in clay
OF an exquisite statue which had great
y aroused my admiration.
This statue stood in a forbidden
place. It was one of the art treasures
Of the great house on the bluff com
monty called Spencer's Folly. l had
seen this marble once, when dining
there with father, and was so i'm
pressed by its beauty that it haunted
me night and day. The boy of fifteen
would attempt the impossible. l pro-
cured my clay and then awaited my
opportunity It came, as l have said,
on my birthday.
There was no one living in the house
at this time. Mr.. Spencer had gone
West for the winter. The servants
had been dismissed, and the place
closed.
What to every other person in town
would have seemed an insuperable OBJ
stacle to this undertaking, was no OBJ
stacle to ne. l knew how to get in.
One day in my restless wanderings
about a place which had something of
the nature of a shrine to me, l had
noticed that one of the windows "a
swinging One) overlooking the ravine
moved as the wind took it Either the
lock had given way or it had not been
properly fastened. If l could only
bring myself to disregard the narrow
ness Of the ledge separating the house
from the precipice beneath l felt that
| could reach this window and sever
the vines sufficiently for my body to
press in; and this I did that night. l
let myself go-I had to-and imme-
diately found myself standing upright
in a space so narrow 1 could touch the
walls on either side. 1t was a closet
I had entered, opening into the huge
dining hall, where 1 had once sat be-
side my father at the one formal meal
of my life.
I remembered that room; it had
made a great impression upon me,
and some light finding its way through
the panes of uncurtained glass which
topped each of the three windows over
looking the ravine, soon was able to
find the door leading into the drawing
room.
had brought a small lantern in the
bag slung to my shoulders, but had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
JUDGES TREE TOAD"
MUSICAL NOTE PLEASED TIE
OLD GENTLEMAN. :
Engine Blast That Almost Burst the
Ear Drums of Other Members
of the Party Caused Him
Enjoyment.

AT one of the rehearsals of Robin
Hood" by the Bostonians, on the oc-
casion of that company's first week in
Detroit, William H. Macdonald and
Henry Clay Barnabee were critically
listening TO a finale. Conductor Sam
Studley was wildly waving his baton
and shouting Forte! Forte."
Forte! Forte!" echoed through the
building, as the vocal sound, the
shTieks of the violins, the crash of
brass and the thunder of drums united
in one ear-splitting fortissimo. When
the tumult had subsidized Barney and
Mac looked at each other inquiringly.
Fair, eh?" commented Macdonald.
But Barnabee merely replied, as he
walked rapidly toward the stage. down
the center aisle: 1T reminds me of
Judge Hands tree toad" Judge
George 2. Hand was then and had
been for many years a familiar figure
in the life of Detroit. He had been
probate judge, had practiced law until
old age interposed a valid objection
to further intellectual activity, was a
social beau of the old school, the dean
of Russell house boarders, unless. in
deed, Madame Centemeri out-yeared
him, and very hard of hearing)
What on earth, or il the air, has
Judge Hands tree toad to do with a
finale in Robin Hood?'" queried the
astonished Macdonald. But it was
not until they were seated at lunch
con that Barney enlightened his asso-
ciate.
In the days of Barnabee's historic con-
cert tours lin the seventies) when his
rendering of THE Man With the Cork
Leg" had set the country in a roar,
and which some of us still remember
as an example of unique musical hui
NOR, Barnabee was a guest of Judge
Hand, and was invited by that cour-
teous, though stif1y informal, gentle
man to join an expedition to the
Grand Trunk Junction, near which lay
some realty that was in litigation, of
which the judge had professional
charge. Other members of the party
were the jurors and the court officers
connected with the suit. After in
specting the property the men took
their way to the railway station to
await the coming of the home-bound
train. Freight trains were thunder
ing to the right of them; to the left
of them; in front of them, and all
around them. Engines wildly shrieked
in the distance and at close quarters;
but the catastrophe was not reached
until one engine, more malignant than
the rest puffngly quivered on the rails
close to the judges party, and let go
a whistle the unearthly piercingness
Of which not even GabriePs trumpet
could equal.
When the victims of the blast recov-
cred breath they beheld the smiling
judge in a mild ecstasy
Dear me-" he spoke in the most
dulcet of accents, that is the first
tree toad I've heard this season"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
POETRY AT SLUMBER TIME
Right Kind of Reading viii Compose
the Mind for Proper and Salts
flying Rest.

An exchange recommends the read
ing Of q fine soul-feIt poem before
retiring for the nights rest. 1t tends
10 compose the soul and put it in
harmony with the truth and goodness
Of things. A novel viii not do that.
nor a newspaper, nor anything that
sets the mind in a fiutter. Read
ing a poem-one of the good old kind
that goes into the heart and has a
nice time there, is like floating down
quiet stream, past the fragrance of
mowers and the song of the birds.
Never had that experience, Ell? Now.
very shiftless, indeed!
Did you ever try reading Snow
Bound" on an evening when the snow
was piling up the silent deep and
white?" Well, try it, when the wealth
er allows. Whittier will give one some
thing for any evening, Tennyson's
Idyls are a little more urgent, but they
are as tranquillizing as a gentle arm
around you. Wordsworth is great, but
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

place which held such horror for me!
But no abatement came. and feeling
the bridge shaking under me almost to
cracking, began to crawl, inch by
inch, along its gaping boards till |
reached its middle
There God stopped me.
For, with clangor as of rending
worlds, bolt hot from the zenith.
sped down upon the bluff behind me.
throwing me down again upon my face
and enguIfng sense and understand
ing for one wild moment Then
sprang upright and with a yell Of
terror sped across the rocking boards
beneath me to the road, no longer
battling with my desire to look back;
no longer asking myself when and how
that dead man would be found; no
longer even asking my own duty in
the case; for Spencer's Folly was on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
Bass Elshinu

A trout fly rod five to eight ounces
in weight will answer for bass fish
ing, although for minnoW casting it
should be eight to nine and one-half
feet long and seven to eight ounces
in weight. For casting with the frog
in weedy waters it is better to use
short, stiff rod five to six feet long.
The line should be of enameled silk,
braided, either level or tapped. Lead
ers should not exceed six feet, and
four is better. For casting or trolling
wi minnow or spoon no leader is
used. In the North the best hooks
are Nos. 1 and 2; in Florida, where
is the best southern bass fishing, good
results are obtained with Nos. 10 and
20 and Nos. and 6 for artificial flies.
Reels should be the best obtainable, a
light, single-action click for fly or short
casts in still-fishing and multiplying
reel for minnow casting. If artificial
bait is used try any good spoon or
spinner with single hook.-Outing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

Tot hitherto dared to use it on ac-
count of the transparency of the panes
l have mentioned; but once in the per-
fectly dark recesseS of the room be-
yond, l drew it out, and without the
least fear of detection boldly turned
it upon the small alcove where stood
the object of my alteration. I kne1t
before the glimmering marble and I'M
rolled my bundle of wet clay.
l began my work, then I began to
realize a little the nature of the task
had undertaken and to ask myself
whether if I stayed all night I could
finish it to my mind. 1t was during
one of these moments of hesitation
that 1 heard the first growI of distant
thunder.
But the thunder growled again and
my head rose, this time in real alarm
A man-two men were entering by
the great front door. I heard a loud
laugh, and the tipsy exclamation of
voice l knew:
There! shut the door, can't you,
before it's blown from its hinges?
You'll find everything jolly here. Wine,
lights. solitude in which to finish our
game and a roaring good opportunity
to sleep afterwards"
The answer I failed to catch. 1 was
simply paralyzed by terror. AS the
door of the room opened to admit
them, succeeded in shutting that of
the closet into which I had flung my
sef-or almost so. I did not dare to
latch it, for they were already in the
room and might hear me.
This is the spot for u.s." came
in Spencer's most jovial tones. Big
table, whisky handy, cards right here
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
Admiral Peary's Lucky Number

Even so practical a man as Admiral
Peary has his little superstition and
is not ashamed to confess it. Talk
ing at a dinner in his honor, held in
Washington the other night, he called
attention to the fact that six is his
lucky number He was born on the
sixth Of May; the ship in which he
reached "farthest north" prior to the
discovery of the pole left land on the
sixth of March; the Roosevelt, on it's
voyage that achieved the coveted
goal, sailed from New York on the
sixth Of July; the pole was reached
on the sixth of April, and the wireless
message from the Labrador coast an
nouncing the discovery was flashed
on the sixth Of September. We hope
six has not lost its charm for the adj
miral, and that in years to come it
will bring him further successes and
renoWn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
Bio Game. Sure.

A senator from a southern state
always has an abundance of good
southern tales at his command. Here
is one he tells of some friends of his
who we're visiting in Savannah, and
who had chartered an old broken
down hack driven by a negro. The
old fellow was q native, and, Of course,
was on his job in pointing out all the
places of interest along the route. AS
they logged along out in the suburbs
a squirrel appeared in the road. That
was sufficient to arouse intense inter
est in one Of the party, who inquired.
anxiously:
do you have any big game around
bere?"
yes, sub; indeed, suh," replied the
darkey; I'VE has baseball. Harper
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

but, even admitting tho fact that an
ticipation is not always the part of
wisdom, there is no questioning the
fact that it is very delightful to be
unwise in this way at times. If we did
not look forward to what is to come
with hearts full Of hope and expec-
fancy how could We get through with
some Of the harder days of life? If
we did not depend in so large a meas
ure upon our anticipations how could
we hope to overcome our discourage
ments? Anticipation is in a way the
twin sister Of the zest of Hfe-CharIes-
ton News and Courier
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
cur4aiIad Entertainment

What are you going to talk about
at your meeting?" asked Mr.. Meek
ton.
about the advantages the country
will enjoy when women vote at all
elections"
And there isn't going to be any
gossip at ALP"
None whatever"
"Well, suppose it's all right. But
It doesn't give man near as much
interesting chat to look forward to
when he comes home to his evening
neal"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

weghem church with tower, fat top
with ten yards square; splendid OBJ
servation station.
Belfry at Bruges Noted.
Bruges to Courtrai belfry at
Bruges.
"Ghent to Antwerp. All windmiIls
and churches. Lokeren church tower,
four miles panorama all round St.
Nicholas church Tin Grande place.
panorama all round. st. Martin 1.-TWO
miles southeast Of Nieuwekerken-
Waes), tower, three miles view in all
directions.
'Lokeren to Termonde. Church
tower in Zele.
"Lokeren to Antwerp. Waesmun-
ster level crossing and church tower,
view all round
Client to zele. Overmeire church,
view as far as Zele.
"Massemen to Malines. Wetteren
church steeple, extensive view to
northeast to west.
"Tournai-Courtrai-Ghent. (a) Tour
mai belfry. (b) Mont st. ALBERT church:
view east to Mellen. Mourcourt and
Velaines. (c) Pecq church tower.
Id Coyghem church tower, a four
mile view north and south. (e) Belle
CHEM church tower, view six miles
to west, five miles to east f) Cour-
trai church tower, view four miles all
round.
st. Armand to Journal. MauIde
church, view to st. Armand and for
u miles in all other directions
"View to All Surrounding Heights"
Enghien to Alost. (a) Enghien
church tower, view to all surrounding
heights. (b) Dendewindem, view from
church tower for two miles tc) Mi
move, view from church tower for
three miles in all directions.
''Enghien to Riviere. (a) Enghien
church tower, view all round. CD
Soignies church tower, view for four
miles all round.
"Ath to Godinne. (a) Chfevres
church. (b) Church tower at Bauffe.
(c) Lens church tower. Cd Jurbise
church tower.
Rance to Philippeville. Philippe
vile church.
"Marcinelle to Silenrieux (a) Hates
church. OBJ NaIennes church. (c) Wal
court church.
"Chaulet to Givet. Good view from
church towers.
"PhilippeviIIe to Magee. Chapene
de hermitage.
"Wepion to ST. Gerard. The church
towers of Bots de Villers, Lesves and
st. Gerard
Convent Clock Tower May Be Used.
"Valenciennes to Leuze. (a) Fresnes
church tower, view for two miles in
all directions. (b) Bon Secours; moth
ing can be seen from the ground at
this place, but from the top of the
church tower it is said that a good
view can be obtained. Co The square
clock tower of convent on the right
side opposite Vieux Leuze church Zone
mile south of Leuze) should make a
good observation point; there are
stairs up to it.
''Maubeuge to Hal Bettignies
church tower.
"Dinant to Eupen. (a) Achene
church (b) Maffe church.
"Dinant to Pessoux. Soviet church.
"Blemont to CeIles. Achene church.
"'Namur to st. Hubert. Chapel on
crag at Rochefort
"Andenne to Champion. Obey
church.
Brussels to Louvain. Cortenberg
church steeple.
Brussels to Wayre Notre Dame
au-Bois church.
HAL to Andreghem. (a) Hal church.
(b) Alsenberg church"
May Quarter Troops in Churches.
Concerning the quartering of sol
diers in churches, both in Belgium and
France, the reports say:
Churches should be avoided but if
space is restricted the municipal au-
thorities will probably not object to
churches being used"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
Measures Here and Abroad

4 yard and pound are for all
practical and most scientific purposes"
(as the editor Of Nature remarks) the
same in the United States and in Great
Britain. The United States gallon is
only fve-sixths Of the imperial gal
Ion, and the United States busheI ap
proximateIy thirty-two-thirty-t thirds of
the imperial bushel. Our standard
meter is the international prototype
meter; that of Great Britain is shorter
than ours by six-tenths of a micron,
or 2, 364-billionths Of an inch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
FOX HOUNDS TO HAUL FOOD
Larder Empty, Horses Unshod, Dogs
Fill the Gap for Tennessee
Farmer.

Camden, Tenn.-John Hundley,
farmer, awoke one morning recently
to be advised by his wife Of a serious
deficit in the pantry-neither -four nor
meal. Hundley's horses were not shod.
the sleet and ice were too rough for
the animals. the fam;ly's strong box
was empty, and the farmer resided six
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
LAPEL AFTER HIDDEN GOLD
Note in Unearthed Bottle, Dated 1914,
Stirs Up Town in
Indiana.

Anderson, Ind.-In the vicinity of
Lapel there is considerable gossip just
now because Of the finding of mes
sage in a bottle unearthed from a
rock ledge 20 feet below the surface
of the ground. The cork was petrifed
In the bottle was found small sheet
Of paper. yellow with age, with this
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

takes too much thought; Browning,
too, and Lowell, but LongfeIlow not so
much. But as easy as smiling is the
humorous kind, like Riley. But there
are hundreds of poems floating about
as sweet as a bush of roses. Take
them in and read them before going
To bed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

inscription: July 5, 1914 You will
find lot Of gold one mile south of
this place. George Snare, Mobiles
vile, Ind"
The gravel pit where the mysteri-
Gus bottle was dug up is about a half
mile east Of Lapel Pioneers of that
community say there was a man by
the name Of Snare in the vicinity Of
Lapel more than seventy years ago.
He was hunter and a recluse. Since
the find there has been some investi-
gation Of the ground for more than z
mile back fro4 the gravel pit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

fire and the crime | had just seen per
petrated there would soon be a crime
stricken from the sight of men for
ever.
In the flare of its tremendous burn
ing I found my way up through the
forest road to my home and into my
fathers presence. He like everybody
else was up that night, and already
alarmed at my continued absence
"Spencer's Folly is on fire. l cried,
as he cast dismayed eyes at my pallid
and dripping figure. IF you go to the
door, you can see it,"
But I told him nothing more.
Perhaps other boys of my age can
understand my silence.
(TO BE CONTINUED
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
Sound Their DisapprovaI.

Yonkers, n. Y.-EleYen hundred pu-
pills of public school No. 20, minus
their books, marched to school beating
dishpans to show their disapproval of
the school boards action in removing
principal William S. Maxson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

vestiges of pleasure travei The only
travellers to cross the channel or the
Atlantic now are business men who
are occupied with war contracts and
relief administrators. Officers going
to England on leave are compelled to
travel on military transports alone
Even English people On the way to
France to visit wounded relatives
have postponed their trips.
The only Americans travelling in Eu.
rope just now are summarized as
journalists, Red Cross people and
contraband agents"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
ThreeEont Fall Fatal

New York.-Patrick Lynch, sixty
cry stable into carriage driveway, a
distance OF three feet, and was killed
instantly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
Bin woman Filled Hack.

Alton, Mich.-Mrs. Claude Barker of
Oklahoma City, Okla, was the only
occupant of a carriage which con
veyed her at the funeral Of her hus
band. which was held at St. Patrick s
church recently She weighs 635
pounds, and in a show was called the
largest woman in America. She took
up so much space in the carriage that
no one else could get in.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
London's MIX Supply.

No less than 6O,O0O,0GO gallons of
milk are received in London by rail
every year, the output Of at least 12O,-
900 COWS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
Pleasure Travel Cut OFF.

Paris.-Hotel and tourist agencies
admit that the German submarine
threat has eliminated the remaining
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06
WOMAN OF 40 "NO CHANCE"
That's Ohioan's Plant in Breach of
Promise suit-kept Company
Seventeen Years.

NorwaIk, O-Miss Lillian West has
brought suit for $4,000 for alleged
breach of promise against Frank At
water. Both reside in BelIeville.
Miss West. who is forty, declares
she has been keeping company with
Atwater for seventeen years, that she
became engaged to him in 1906, and
that Atwater has constantly put off
marrying.
Miss West also says she has suf-
fered financial loss, has been terribly
Inundated and that she had little or
no chance of marrying at her age.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

miles from town. But John met the
emergency He constructed a large
sled, hitched nine fox hounds to it,
loaded on five bushels of stock peas,
and hit the trail for Camden. After a
couple of hours rest, Hundley re-
turned home, the dogs pulling a bag of
meal and barrel Of -four through the
snow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-05-06

was afteen. 1t was my birthday
and hSd my own ideas of how l want
ed 10 spend it. My hobby was model
ling. Ny father had no sympathy
with this hobby. To him it was a
waste of time better spent in study
or such sports as would fit me for
study. When on the day I mention
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-05-01

but when the rail is in position, Il
tits snugiy against IT.
9. Fractions young calves may be
trained to lead by taking hold of the,
head stall and walking close to the
head OF the animal II the animal
jumps ahead, stroke across the nose
with very light switch, or when it
balks, stroke behind will soon teach
1t 10 walk along in a quiet manner.
T. When young heifers threaten,
walk right up to them and give several
strokes just above the nose. using n
light switch no thicker than a lead
pencil. Every time the animal
threatens attack, apply the switching
and she will soon learn to be welt
hammered if she is treated with even
handed gentleness at all other times
8. Fowls can as readily be trained
to come for a clear far-reaching call
as for the usual "chick-chiclt" which
does not sound far A call that will
reach for a distance is very con-
venient when the birds stray too far.
1t Is only necessary 10 feed them TO
such call 10 have them used to it,
Farm Life.