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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

sentralia school Report.-The fol
,ing IS list Of the scholars now
-endflg school. The figures show
" many times each has whispered
ring the past four weeks. Those
mbered 100 are perfect ~ is tax
every time they whisper.
Laura Botsford, 100.
Ada Stevens, S74a.
Edwich Bargion. SIS.
Nina Ripley. 80.
austa Ripley, 50.
Maggie smith, S71a.
Anna Brauon, 9219.
amy smith, leo.
Hattie McKercher. s71a.
Dina Latroon. 9276.
sarah Brunkey, 100.
emma Fowand, 100.
Mary Ia May, So.
Sophia La Madeline. 65.
George Goodman, 90.
emile Rosiser, 65.
George CorrNeau, so.
Homer Ostrander. IS.
MILDLY Menier. so.
mas. Kip. %.
War Hough, 20.
Etta Lyon, 50.
Caroline RateIle. So.
emma Collier, S5.
2oseI'7e Massey, 90.
Ohm Collier, 100.
2euben Lyon, loo. y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-05

Advertise In the Daily Reporter
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
EARLY CORN BEST FOR SEED
More Apt to Be Well Cured Before
Hard Freezes-IrreguIar Kernels
Should Always Be Rejected.

After the seed corn is husked, it
should be dried before hard freezes,
though early corn is apt to be well
cured in the shock if the shock has
stood up well. No seed should be saved
from down shocks, even when the ears
look good on the outside. The germ Is
next the cob. We have learned from
experience that grains with dark
points may sprout in the tester, but
they send up weak sprouts and are not
reliable.
A simple way of drying and storing
seed corn for home use is to fill coarse
burlap sacks and suspend them in the
barn by single wire. Mice will some
times descend double wire and take
the germs from your best kernels. OF
course, corn should not be sacked
when at all damp and less than a
bushel should not be placed in a sack.
says writer in an exchange. This
method would seem tedious to seed
corn growers, no doubt. but it will be
OF use to many small farmers.
The final selection of corn for seed
should be made next spring when the
sacks of ears are opened and the ears
shelled. Some defects will likely appear
then which were not noticed this fall.
Irregular kernels should then be re-
jected as they may lodge in the planter
and cause poor stand. For this rea-
son tips and butts should be rejected
and all doubtful ears should be tested.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
M LoSsEs SURELY PREYrN1E
NEW CURE FOR RHEUMATISM
Woman Who Had Suffered for Many
Years Is Cured by Bolt of
Lightning.

The medical faculty was put to
shame by a bolt of lightning which
the other night struck the farmhouse
of Charles A. Burdick, on Washing.
ton Ridge, says the Berlin Conn
correspondent of the New York Her
aid. The electric bolt destroyed artf
cles in all the eight rooms Of the
house and did damage exceeding ST.
600. but 1t cured Mrs. Burdick of rheu.
matism, from which she had suffered
for many years.
Mrs. Burdick was about to put wood
in the kitchen stove when the bolt
struck her, knocking her down and
rendering her unconscious. One Of
her feet was on zinc beneath the
stove. The lightning took nail out
of the sole of her shoe and her foot
was severely burned. DR.. Thomas
Mulligan of New Britain soon revived
her.
Today Mrs. Burdick, although SUI
fering from the burns on her foot
was free from rheumatic pains. She
does not think the price her husband
must pay in repairs to the house too
high, but Mr.. Burdick is discreetly ST.
lent.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
PREVENT HOG CHOLERA
Disease Is Greatest Menace to
Successful Swine Raising.
BY Far Most Contagious and Fatal Of
Any Of Ailments Of Animals-ln-
lection Carried to Healthy
Herds in Many Ways.
By ]. KAsTLD and R. GRAHAM)

By ]. KASTLE and r. GRAHAM.)
Hog cholera is the greatest menace
to successful hog raising. 1t is by far
the most contagious and fatal of any
of the diseases Of swine. The disease
| is due to an ultra-microscopic virus
which is present in the blood, the ex-
| creta and in the carcasses of all infect
ed animals. The injection may be car
ried from infected to healthy herds by
a number of agencies, such as run
ming water, birds, dogs, new stock
from infected sources, and also on the
| shoes of persons who have walked
over infected areas. We can only hope
to control, and ultimately eradicate
hog cholera by honest, conscientious
and painstaking efforts on the part of
all farmers and hog raisers looking to
the effective isolation of all animals
having the disease, scrupulous cleanli-
ness in tho handling and care of hogs,
disinfection of infected premises, the
burning of all carcasses of hogs that
have died of this disease, proper care
in the selection of fresh stock and the
careful and intelligent use of hog chol-
era serum.
Hogs should be fed balanced ra-
ton consisting of such materials as
corn and various corn products, bran,
wheat middlings, oil meal, tankage and
distillers' dried grains and, whenever
possible, they should be supplied with
forage crops, such as green alfalfa
or alfalfa hay. Hogs should be sup
piled with an abundance of pure, clean
water, plenty Of shade in hot weather,
dry bedding. and airy, light, well ven
tilated hog houses.
Great care should be exercised In
the purchase of new stock in order to
secure healthy, vigorous animals, free
from disease. In this connection, 1t is
well to bear in mind that hog cholera
has an incubation period lasting from
5 to 20 days, during which time the
animal may appear normal to all in
tents and purposes. Separate quar-
ters should be provided for the iscIa-
ton of all newly-purchased animals,
where they may be kept from the rest
of the herd for period of three weeks,
and kept under observation for any
symptom of the disease that may ap.
pear.
Following an outbreak of hog chol-
era in a herd, a thorough cleaning
up and disinfection of hog lots and
quarters must be resorted to. Fire
and fresh air-slaked lime are the most
efficient agents for the destruction of
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24

five or ten minutes, after which the
creolin should be rinsed off and the
animal washed with warm water and
soap. This treatment is desirable FOR
cats and will prevent the skin of the
most delicate animal from being
burned. Finely pulverized moth balls
worked into the fur of the cat are
also useful The naphthalene in the
moth balls drives the feas out of the
hair. They emerge in stupefied con-
dition and can then easily be killed.
Insect powder, sometimes called py-
rethrum, buhach or Dalmatian insect
powder, may be used in the same way.
Fresh, unauthorized pyrethrum is
necessary to secure satisfactory re-
suits.
The ground, the floors of outhouses
and similar places where feas are
supposed to build should be sprayed
with kerosene or crude petroleum
sprinkled about. An inexpensive pre-
ventive measure is the liberal use of
salt scattered about the breeding
places and then wet down Semi
weekly thorough wettings with water
have been found to keep fleas out OF
poultry runs in Texas and salt water
from the gulf is used extensively for
this purpose along the coast.
Fumigation with sulphur fumes or
hydrocyanic acid gas has been EN-
ployed to rid dwellings of fieas. Both
of these have the additional advan-
tage of killing rats and mice as well
as fieas, but sulphur is open to the
objection that it corrodes metal and
INJURIES plants. Hydrocyanic acid gas
is so deadly that its use except under
expert direction is quite out of the
question. In fumigating with sulphur
four pounds to each 1000 cubic feet
of space should be used The sulphur
is. piled up cone shaped in pan,
which is placed in larger pan or tub
of water to avoid fire from the heat
generated A depression is made in
the top of the cone of sulphur, little
alcohol poured into 1t, and a match
applied The room to be fumigated
should be tightly closed beforehand
and kept closed from ten to twelve
hours. At the end of that time the
doors and windows should be opened
from the outside and the room thor
oughly aired before 1t is entered.
Various methods of trapping feas
have been tried at one time or an
other, but none of these appear to be
of as much practical value as the
methods already discussed 1t is
well to remember, however. that the
flea cannot jump upward very far-a
few inches being the usual iimit-and
for this reason if the legs are pro-
tected person is rarely bitten.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
Lake Of Wine Burns Blue.

A lake of wine, consisting of 1,000.-
600 gallons, formed a most spectacu-
lar sight when it burned blue against
the blackness of the night, near Fres-
no, Cal. This lake was formed near
the burning building of winery, and
the light blue blending with the or
ange tinge of the darting flames was
like huge fireworks celebration. The
lake of wine extended for about a
block and burned for over an hour.
The loss from the burning of the win.
cry will amount up to half million
dollars. 1t was the largest in the Fres.
no grape district. the warehouses
and fermenting rooms covering sew.
eral acres. The cause of the fire is a
mystery.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
Panama Canal Tolls.

The tolls collected for use of the
Panama canal during the month of
July were the largest since the wa
terway has been in operation. The
total was $573,365, as compared with
the March tolls. $56O,7S4. the previous
record. The excess of earnings for
the year ending June so were $780,
S3S, the total earnings for the year
being $4.343,S3S. The total operating
expenses amounted to $4,112,550,
which does not take into considera-
ton the interest on the capital in
vested. charges against depreciation,
sinking fund and other like general
items, nor about $4,000 which was
deducted from the earnings on &C
count of government vessels using the
canal
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
Hogs Isolated While Being Watched
for Cholera Symptoms.

hog cholera virus. Scatter fresh air
slaked lime abundantly about the hog
lots or disinfect with per cent solu-
ton of cresol compound and white
wash the hog houses and fences.
Sick hogs should not be sold; neith-
er should they be driven along public
highways or transported in cars from
place to place, or placed in public
stock yards or pens. In other words,
the only way to properly control this
disease is to isolate it, and though it
may work temporary hardship on the
individual owner to do this, it is GER
tainly, ultimately, to bis interest and
to the interest of the great body of
hog raisers, to do all in his power to
establish and maintain a rigid and eff
fective quarantine with respect to this
disease.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
YELLOWSTONE "HeIn.n

When the Yellowstone hotel and
camp men shipped their seasons
help" to the park early in June to
be ready for the rush of visitors, the
special train that carried them af-
forded plenty of fun for the cities at
which 1t stopped en- route. 1t was
merry crowd that filled the fifteen
Pullmans, one that knew how to en-
terrain itself exceedingly well. 1.-The
employees have their own lexicon OF
descriptions" says the Salt Lake City
News, describing the scene at the sta
ton. THE terms used to designate
different classes of help are as fol-
lows: Savages-all of the help in a
generic sense; heavers-dining room
help; wranglers-horse herders: barn
dogs-help used about the corrals;
swaddies-soldiers in the park; dudes
all tourists; Mu1ligan dump-where
the drivers eat. The esthetic desig-
nation Of biscuit shooters is applied
to the hotel walters
The regular hotel help is strictly
professional, but the camp help large.
ly amateur. The Wylie Camping Co.
alone received 5000 applications for
$50 places, many of the applicants
being schoolteachers, college stu
dents. and high-school pupils of both
sexes.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
The Famous shoreditch Bells of Lon
don Have Been Hung-A Peal of
10000 Changes.

Oranges and Lemons. say the bells of St
Clemons.
when win you pay me?" say the bells of
Old Bailey.
when I grow rich." say the bells of
Shoreditch.
So, according to the old nursery
rhyme, rang the bells of Old London
many years ago. But for almost a
quarter of a century the bells of
bhoreditch" have failed to make their
time-worn reply to Old Baileys m4ser-
ly question. The old oak frame in
which they were hung, shaken by the
changing and clashing as well as with
cred by the hand of time, became so
dangerous that the church authorities.
too poor to replace it, thought it best
to stop their ringing.
Consequently, one of the most ia
nous peals in London has been silent
for 20 years. Thanks to the vicar of
Shoreditch, the bells have been taken
down and are being fitted with new
steel frame and fittings. A rededica-
ton service will be performed by the
bishop of Stepney and a bell-ringing
performance will be given. A short
service will be held by Rev. G. F.
Coleridge, rector of Crowthorne,
Bucks. Mr.. Coleridge is himself a
wellknown ringer, and large number
of those interested in the ancient art
are looking forward to hearing him.
Almost as old as the church are the
records of the bell ringers. One of
the most ancient societies of bell ring
ers had its home, so to speak, in the
church steeple. This brotherhood was
known as the London Scholars" but,
when. in 1749, they rang a peal of well
some to the duke of Cumberland on
his return from quelling the Jacobite
rising, that famous general presented
them with medallion, still a treas.
ured possession, and commanded that
they be known as the Royal Cumber.
land Youths" for the future.
One of the performances of these
youths still holds record in bell
ringing annals. In the central porch
OF the church there is today displayed
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24

things that they like, for several
nights in succession, so as to get the
rats accustomed to coming without
fear or suspicion.
After you have gained their conf
dence, cut cross slit in the middle of
the paper and spread the feed as be-
fore.
The first rat that comes will drop
through into the water and get on the
rock; the next one drops through and
there is a fight for a foothold, and
they argue the point with such squeals
that all the rats in the reighborhood
hasten in to find out what the trou-
Bile is.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
SOME ECONOMIES IN HARVEST
Considerable Portion of Grain Crop
Lost In Field by Help NeaIectIng
to Pick Up Scatterlngs.
(Rv a. D. WILSoNA

It is possible for careless help to
leave considerable portion of the
grain crop in the field by neglecting
to gather up scatterings, loose bun
dies, etc.. and by hauling grain on
open-bottcm racks.
From few pounds to few bushels
of grain may be saved every day. dur
ing stacking, by using tight-bottom
rack, or canvas over the rack that
will catch all of the grain that is
shattered out of the heads.
In seasons when the grain skaters
badly, a surprisingly large amount of
grain can be saved in this way.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
AFTER 20 YEARS SILENCE

with pride an ornamental copper plate
which records that:
"On Saturday, March 81, 1884, the
Society of Cumberland Youths rang in
this steeple complete peal of 10000
changes of treble bob Royal in nine
hours and five minutes. The length OF
time and the mastery manner in
which 1t was rung will remain a sur
viving honor to the performers. 1t is
allowed by all competent judges in
this noble art to be the greatest per-
formance ever done on ten bells
London Chronicle.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24

The dog flea: a. Egg; b. iarva in CO.
COON c. pupa, d, adult; e, mouth-parts
OF same from side; +, antenna; g. labium
from below; 3, c. d, much enlarged: a, e.
I, g, more enlarged
presents some difficulties. Fairly good
results are obtained from the local
application of kerosene and lard in
the proportions of one part kerosene
and three parts lard, but if used too
freely this may injure poultry.
In the case of other species the
insects hop about much more free
ly and may or may not. therefore,
be found at any given time on their
hosts. When dogs or cats, however,
are found to be suffering, a bath in a
3 per cent solution of creolin will
probably be found to be effective A
sufficiently accurate method of max
ing such a solution is to add four
tablespoonfuls of creolin to each gal
Ion of water. Warm water should be
used and the animal placed in a tub
with the solution in it. stiff brush
should then be used to work tho solu-
tion into the hair. particular care be-
ing taken to wet the fieas on the head
OF the animal. The bath should last
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24

gallery, and colored attendant. High
over the heads of the chatting couple.
between the aged bricks and piping,
nestled several fiedglings. and the soft
ripples OF the POOL allured one baby
bird. 1t fluttered out of its nest and
fell with a splash into the water.
There was a widening circle on the
face of the pool where it disappeared.
Miss Five-Foot-One gave cry of
sympathy, and there came a glance of
appeal toward Mr.. Six-Foot-Two. One
glance was enough. Disregarding the
fact that he was fully clothed--im-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24

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more than it is claimed to do" Mr.
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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
BARREL TRAP CATCHES RATS
Piece Of Thick Wrapping Paper Over
Top With slit Cut in Center
Will Prove Effective.

A trap which has been known to
catch the rodents by the dozens is
called the barrel trap. Procure q
watertight barrel, put a rock in the
bottom that will reach up about a
foot high and pour in sufficient water
to nearly cover the rock, leaving just
the upper point sticking out, and 1t
should be about large enough to hold
single rat.
In place Of the upper head, stretch
a piece OF very thick wrapping paper
over the top Of the barrel and fasten
it securely by means of the top hoop
or a cord.
Dampen the paper slightly with a
moist sponge, and 1t will become tight
when dry. Feed the rats on this paper
head. with cheese-parings and other
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
Value of Coal Ashes.

Cosa ashes, it is believed by many
because of their favorable effect
on many soils, possess considerable
fertilizing value. AS a matter of fact
coal ashes contain only traces of fer
tilizing constituents. The good results
from their use is due to their loosen
ing or Tightening effect on heavy or
clay soils.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
GUARDS PROTECT THE BIRDS
Which Nests Have Been Built to
Keep Away All Marauders.

In order to increase the number of
birds in any area, they must be pro-
tected, not only against every form
of persecution by human kind, but we
must defend them from various nat
ural foes. Guards should be placed
about the trees or poles which contain
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24

compound has dona
more for me than
anything else, and 7
had the best physi.
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weak " and nervous
that l could not Do
my work and suf.
fered with pains low
down in my right
side for a year or
more. | took Lydia
r. pinGbn.y "
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
Studies Feed and Land

The dairy farmer not only studies
now to feed his COW but how to feed
his land. He is not soil robber, as
he realizes that the farmer who re-
duces the fertility of his land rohs
without reason. since he steals from
1imself,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24

maculate in summer attire. in fact
Mr.. Six-Foot-Two plunged to the res
cue. and back he swan in triumph
with the scantily-feathered victim of
the mishap. The mother bird, return
ing FROM a foragihg expedition, found
her bedragglea offspring somewhat
wet and mussed, but otherwise safe
and sound in its nest.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
HIS TIME OF OPPORTUNITY
"Hero" Willing to Make Wreck of His
Attire to Distinguish Himself in
Girls Eyes.

1t was long past the bathing hour at
Old Sweet Springs. The bathhouse.
quaint structure built more than six
decades ago of brick manufactured on
the grounds, nd with pool opening to
the sky. was deserted except for Miss
Five Foot One and Mr.. Six-Foot-Two.
who were taking d sun bath on thu
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
Man With inside Track.

In these days of high-priced land
the call is for "high-pressure" opera
tons; and the man that gets his
horses to work for him the earliest,
without dwarfng them, is the one who
has the inside track.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24

A man may take your word for II
In other matters, but he desires 10
personally investigate the fresh paint
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24

tn birds nests. These guards should
he placed six feet or more above the
ground, and they should be made of
sheet metal. This will prevent cats
and all such marauders from climbing
to the nests.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
DAMAGE 70 MIIk.

Much Of the damage that is done to
milk in this country is due to careless
handling of the utensils in which the
milk is kept.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24

Many a man who apparently acts
like q fool fools us by not acting at all
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
Mosquito RepeIlent.

Oil OF citronella. ounce; spirits
of camphor. l ounce; oil Of cedar.
ounce. Apply early and often.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-09-24
FARMERS WIFE
TOO ILL TO WORK
A Weak, Nervous Suffer-.
Restored to Health by L..
dia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound.

Kasota, MINI. -"I am glad Fl So.
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Veo ~ 10y