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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
THE WAY OUT
Change of Food Brought Success and
Happiness,

An ambitious but delicate girl, after
failing to go through school on &C
count of nervousness and hysteria,
found in Grape-Nuts the only thing
that seemed to build her up and fur
nish her the peace of health.
From infancy" she says, Il have
not been strong. Being ambitious to
learn at any cost finally got to the
High School but soon had to abandon
my studies on account of nervous pros
tration and hysteria.
My food did not agree with me, and
l grew thin and respondent. l could
not enjoy the simplest social affair for
1 suffered constantly from nervousness
in spite of all sorts of medicines.
This wretched condition continued
until became interested in the let
tiers of those who had cases like mine
and who were being helped by eating
Grape-Nuts.
I had little faith, but procured a
pkg. and after the first dish I expert
enced a peculiar satisfied feeling that
] had never gained from any ordinary
food l slept and rested better that
night and in a few days began to grow
stronger.
I had a new feeling Of peace and
restfulness. IN a few weeks, to my
great Joy, the headaches and nervous
ness left me and life became bright
and hopeful. Presumed my studies, and
later taught ten months with ease
using Grape-Nuts every day. am now
the mistress of a happy home, and the
old weakness has never returned"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Greek, Mich. Read THE Road to Well,
Vile" in pkgs. There's a Reason"
Ever read the above Ietter3 new
me appears from time to time. They
ire genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
EVENING THINGS Up,

One day a sleepy passenger got on
a Broadway car, but, before dropping
off into a slumber, he took the pre-
caution to ask the conductor to wake
him at his destination. 1t was Eighty
first street. The conductor. however,
proved to be remiss. Not until the
car had reached Eighty-third street
did he awake his drowsy charge.
Next evening the same man got on,
and again fell fast asleep. This time
the conductor determined to be more
cautious. At Seventy-ninth street he
awakened the sleeper.
But I don't want to get out until
Eighty-frst," he protested angrily.
WELL was the logical reply, you
owe the two blocks since yesterday
morning."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
Copyright, 1915, by W. G. Chapmanl

IF I could get only a paltry ten
thousand dollars dear, I could save
your life" sighed John Hagan to his
young wife, Mary. She was dying Of
automatically starving to death
in the midst Of plenty. For Hagan. a
poor clerk in one of the gigantic cloth
ing factories, earned only s1ree thou
sand a year. 1t would be years be-
fore he would be raised to four thou
sand, and his wife needed nourishing
food A rare malady, which science
had not succeeded in alleviating, was
sapping her strength, and only com
fort-cOmfort such as was wholly be-
yond his reach-couId staVe it of IN
til Nature triumphed.
All over the land the cry of discon-
tent was rising. Desperate men were
planning to seize the reins of gov
eminent. At Philadelphia, one of the
suburbs of New York, a hundred
thousand rioters had been sent to
their death. Men cursed the rich.
But their curses availed nothing.
It was then that Professor Joram
Of the Washington observatory an
nounced the approaching end of the
world
A brilliant star, five thousand times
larger than the sun, had set his course
for the earth ten million years before.
So huge was he that even the pull of
giant Jupiter could not swerve him
from his course when once he was
within the solar system. And ever so,
should he pass within five million
miles of earth it was calculated that
its attraction would sweep the earth
into its bulk as though it were a
grain of sand.
If it passed within ten million miles
the earth would become its satellite.
1t would either be scorched by fire or
drawn away from the protecting sun
into the cold regions of space, to be-
come a frozen moon. Which of these
things would happen Professor Joram
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
No WAR TAX On
CANADIAN LANDS
UntruthfuI Reports Circulated by
Interested Parties.

Defaming a Beighbor at the expense
of the truth does not help those who are
guilty of the practice, and it may be
said that those spreading false re-
ports about Canadian lands, in the
hope that they may secure customers
for their own, will certainly fail Of
their purpose. False statements so
maliciously circulated will sooner or
later be disproved. And, as in the
case of the lands of Western Canada,
the fertility of which is now so we'll
known to people of every state in the
United States, the folly of this work
shows an exceeding short sighted
ness on the part of those guilty Of the
practice.
The present war has given some of
these people the opportunity to exeT-
else their art, but in doing it they are
only arousing the curiosity of those
who read the statements and trifing
truthfulness.
A very foolish statement has re-
Gently appeared in a number of pa
pers, reading in part as follows:-
1T is believed that as a result OF the
war tax on land imposed by the Cana
dian Government number of former
Dakota farmers who went to the Brit
ish Northwest will be compelled to re-
turn to the United States. Informa-
ton has been received that the tax
will amount to about $500 for each
farm of $50 acres, which in the case
of many of the former residents of the
two Dakotas would practically amount
to confscation.'
To show that the public has doubt
ed, hundreds Of inquiries have been
made the Government at Ottawa,
Canada, only to bring out the most en-
phatic denial. A full-fedged lie of this
kind has, of course only short life,
and will tell in the end against those
who forge it and spread it, but, as a
Winnipeg paper points out, it is most
complimentary to the agricultural pos
sibiIities of Western Canada to find
that rival farming propositions need
audacious mendacity of this descrip-
ton to help them.
What is the truth? The Saskatche-
wan Government has authorized levy
of SO per quarter section on unculti-
waited lands owned by non-residents.
The Alberta Government has imposed
a Provincial tax of 10 mills on the as
sessed value Of all uncultivated lands.
There are some special applications of
these taxes, but the main provisions
are as above. Those vacant lands
held by non-residents in Western Can
ada form a grave problem. They are
making for poor communities, poor
schools and poor social and economic
conditions generally. By having them
cultivated the owners as well as the
districts in which they are located
will benefit alike. It is for this reason
that the Government has recently
asked the cooperation of the non-resi-
dents. The high price of grain for
some years to come, and the general
splendid character of Western Canada
land will make the question well
worth consideration.-AdY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
CONDENSED knowledge.

At an examination held at Edin-
burgh university, a student was be-
ing examined in physiology. His
knowledge was soon gagged by the
professor, who rather surprised the
young man by asking if he had his
card-meaning his naturalization
card. The professor in question is
one of the most genial men in the
university, and the young med"
fancying that he proposed to take
some personal interest in him, replied
that he had, and at once presented
his visiting card Thanks" said the
professor, blandly. Nov, will you
kindly write on that all you know
about physiology"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
ASHES DISCOURAGE BUGS

Especially among asters l find
great value in ashes, containing as
they do phosphates which tend toward
sweetening the soil. No parasite will
contentedly find courage to live in or
enter such an unpleasant soil home.
Ashes are also beneficial in strength
ening and stiffening stalks and for
this reason I advocate them for gladi-
olus beds-but not mixed with ma
nure as some might do-rather strewn
over the surface soil after fertilizers
have been well worked in. When thus
treated they seem to release the am
monia of the fertilizer, relieving it of
it's most valuable properties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

Mr.. ]. M. Sinclair. ed for four years
and was in a nervous state and very
much depressed. The doctors medi-
cine didn't help me, so l decided to
try Dodds Kidney Pills, and I cannot
say enough to express my relief and
thankfulness, as they cured me. Dia-
mond Dinner Pills cured me Of Con-
stipation"
Dodds Kidney Pills, SOC. per box at
your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co,
Buffalo, N. Y. Dodds Dyspepsia Tab
lets for Indigestion have been proved.
SOC. per box-Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
A Cry for Helm.

Good advertising benefits any form
of business. The right sort of adver-
Using gives you friendly feeling to-
ward firm. 1t makes you believe
that it will be both pleasant and profit
able to deal with the advertiser. a
certain grocer inserted in the newspa.
pers an advertisement that had this
merit. 1t ran:
Twins are coming to me for the
third time. This time a boy and
girl. I beseech my friends to support
me stoutly. "-Youth's Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
A Real Girl.

How did you happen to pick out
that girl for a wife from among all
the dozens you know"
i noticed she occasionally put on
something heavier than a lace wrap
when we had a blizzard. Also she
sometimes wears overshoes when it is
raining hard I thought those things
displayed rare sense"
Exceedingly rare for these days.
young man. You have selected a
gem. Louisville Courier-JournaI
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
No lime for Worry.

Someone once said if we could put
red light on every dangerous spot
in a city, the whole city would blaze
red. The closest watching of the
safety rules can never overcome the
combinations of incidents that lead to
serious danger when the enterprises
Of a half-million of people are bound
into a small space. Signs will fail,
and the unexpected will happen.
yet, I'VE don't worry" said one of
the steel workers, "and no one else
worries. For worry has no place on
battlefield or in a city, if men are to
do their allotted tasks and DO them
well"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

testimonial. ;" - Mrs. LAWRENCE MAR
TIN, IL King St, Westbrook, Maine.
Mansion, Wis. eat the Change Of
Life suffered with pains in my back
and loins until I could not stand. also
had night-sweats so that the sheets
would be wet. l tried other medicine
but got no relief. After taking one bot
tie Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound I began to improve and I
continued its use for six months. The
pains left me, the night-sweats and hot
flashes grew less, and in one year was
a different woman. I know have to
thank you for my continued good health
ever since. - Mrs. NJ. J. BRoWNELL,
Mansion, Wis.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled in such cases.
II yOu want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by a
woman, and held in strict confidence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
Free Trial Package Sent to ANY Address
for Two Cent Stamp.

ton of their frightful torture-Nox- gives
instant relief. Those whose days and nights
have been one long period of suffering have
preparation.
For pimples salt rheum. ulcers, old sores,
eczema. rough, scaly skin or scalp Sore, tender
feet, chapped hands or face, chafed infants,
Nox-ema has no equal in giving instant relief
from all pain and torture. 1t does not soil the
skin or clothes and leaves no trace.
1t makes the skin smooth and healthy. No
matter what you have tried, don't fail TO use
Nox-enla. It will never fail you.
Most druggists sell Nox-ema. s1.Oo per pack
age or sent by mail on receipt of price by the
Hegtmuth Laboratories, Milwaukee, Wis. A trial
package Will prove its great efficiency.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
PREMATURE BADNESS
Due to Dandruff and Irritation, Pro
vented by Cuticura.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal Daily
shampoos with Cuticura Soap and
occasional applications Of Cuticura
Ointment gently rubbed into the
scalp skin will 90 much to promote
hair-growing conditions.
Sample each free by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. KY,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-AdY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
ORNAMENTAL GRASSES

When planning flower beds and Dor
ders, do not overlook the claims to
beauty of the ornamental grasses.
graceful during the summer, and they
can be cut when in bloom" for deco
rating the house in the winter time.
Give them well-drained soils and plen-
ty of water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
From Bad to Worse

A man who was somethin- of 2
gourmet ordered dinner for himself
and party which. from the menu.
should have been very palatable. but
apparently it was not so. Course sue
ceeded course, and toward the end Of
the meal the host could restrain him
self no longer. He called up tie
waiter and expostulated: 4 ordered
a good dinner, and we have waited
patiently for some satisfactory dish.
The soup was a failure, the fish was q
disappointment, the entree UNBEATABLE,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
PHLOX FOR THE GREENHOUSE

Perennial phIox makes splendid pot
plants for the greenhouse when treat
ed after the manner of chrysanthe-
NUNS. Make cuttings as soon as the
shoots are about two inches long.
Root them in small pots, moving them
along into six-inch pots and when
these are filed with roots feed with
liquid manure For potting soil use
good loan two parts and well-rotted
manure one part. Grow the plants
outside, with the pots plunged to
the rim in earth. Only put them in
the green house to finish. Water
literally throughout the summer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
Fiction and Fact.

Fiction writer's dare not take the lib
critics with the truth that fact does.
Listen: Inside of "a hours a young
Los Angeles man lost a friend. lodged
a duel, won bride, chased across five
counties, and wound up happy and
married before a benign minister If
any novel presented that plot in the
same length of time readers would
turn away disguised at the improba-
bility, and critics would rise up with
long-winded explanations of how it
couldn't possibly have happened and
be true to life"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

Education that does not fit man
or woman for the practical work of
life is worse than no education and
half-baked education IS a curse. The
boy who attends an agricultural col
lege and does not demonstrate the
truth of the lessons taught, by actual
work with his own hands, is wasting
time
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
Cold Feet Cause Broken Sleep

Cold Feet Cause Broken Sleep.
A common cause for restlessness at
night is found in cold feet, and these
should be especially guarded against
with children who are prone to suffer
in this way. Hot water bottles, care
fully covered with felt so that there
is no risk Of burning the sensitive
skin, should be resorted to when any
tendency to cold feet exists, and in
cases Of chilly babies generally, cold
Is extremely bad for little children,
and much broken sleep is due simply
to it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
ITCHING Piles
INSTANT RELIEF
No More of That Terrible Burning
and Itching II You Use Rox-ema

There is No Case Of Eczema. Sail Rhsum, chafings
chappsd Hands, Old Sores. Ulcers or Any Sort
Of Skin Disease, Eruption or PimpIss
that Can moi Be Instantly Relieved
and Benefited &, .tox-Ema. It
Does Not Stain or Soil
the Skin or Clothes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

ALIENS FOOT-EAsE for the TROOPS
Over 100000 packages of Aliens Foot Ease, the
antiseptic powder to shake into your shoes, are
being used by the German and Allied troops at
the Front because it rests the feet, gives in
slant relief to Corns and Bunions, hot, swollen
aching, tender feet, and makes walking easy.
Sold every where, 25c. Try 1t TODAY. Don't
accent any su bStitute. ADV.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

- - = - - - - ~ -
Inflammation Of
the bladder. La
ter / became so
much worse that
/ consulted a
doctor, who said
that l had Dia-
betes and that
my heart was af-
fected. / suffer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
A Wholesome Reversion.

The profigate son of wealthy par
ents. What else could you expect of
him?"
Nothing, tbs true, but I was hoping
he might be a throw-back to his hod-
carrying ancestors"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
The Periscope,

The periscope Of a submarine, In
order to be Of any service. must neces-
sarily project above the surface Of the
water, else its combination Of mirrors
could not work to any advantage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
Occasion La So Rare

is Maud much Of talker?"
Well, when she stops you notice it
a good deal.''-Boston Evening Tran
script.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
In the Fiqhtinq Zone.

Churchill like to go to warm eli
mate just now.
Gotham-Why don't you go to Eu-
rope? l guess it's pretty warm over
there just now.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
onIv Absolutely British Bird.

The red grouse is the only bird that
is absolutely British, Mr.. Richard
Kearton claimed in a lecture the other
day. 1t cannot be found in any other
part of the world
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

Folks are quick TO discover the
faults of wise men and the merits Of
fools.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
Of the Same Breed,

It's better than an even bet that the
man who rushes by your open bed
room window every morning at $50
with his auto muf1er cut out would
block the aisle with his feet if he we're
in q street car.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

How far bit of gossip travels!"
Yes, it has quite a telling effect -"
Baltimore American.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

pains in my back
and side and was so
weak l could hardly
do my homework.
l have taken Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
it has done me a lot
Of good. I will re-
commend your med
icine to my friends
and give you permits
sion to publish nv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

A man may lead a woman to the
altar-but his leadership is apt to
end there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

For Fevers hness. Bad Stomach Teething Disorders,
move and regulate the Bowels and a pleasant
remedy for Worms. Used by Mothers for Is years.
They pleasant to take, children like them.
They neUer fail At all Druggists 25c. Sample
FREE. Address. A. s. Omsted. LIE Roy. n Z
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
An Extreme Case,

"A romantic soul, you say?"
Very. I've known him to quote
Keats to a box Of talcum powder"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

The more women see of men the
more they find to admire in mirrors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
SUFFERED FOR FOUR YEARS.

Mr.. J. NJ. Sinclair Of OlivehilL,
Tenn, writes: 81 strained my back.
which weakened my kidneys and
caused an awful bad backache and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

It is : good plan neither to borrow
nor lend where trouble is concerned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

The girl who never weds may be
wise, but we've got to admit that she
Mrs a lot of excitement
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

Fishing for husbands or fish is much
the same. The big ones get away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08

YOUR OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL YOU
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Weak Watery
Eyes and Granulated Eyelids; No Smardng-
lust Eye comfort. Write for Book of the Eye
By mail Free. Murine Bye Remedy Co., Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
Literary Note.

Literary Note.
Scribble-Milton got ten dollars
for Paradise LOST"
Bibble-What a cinch!"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
WOMEN FROM
45 to s. TESTIFY
To theMerit of Lydia E. Pink.
hams Vegetable Com
pound during Change
of Life.

Westbrook, Me. - al was passing
through the Change of Life and had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-04-08
All Right in Heaven.

A lady of Somerset, England, be-
walled the loss of a somewhat ill-bred
but extremely wealthy neighbor, who
had been very liberal in his help to her
country charities. Mr.. X is dead, .
said she. He was so good, and kind.
and helpful to me in all sorts of ways.
He was so vulgar, poor, dear fellow,
we could not know him in London.
but We shall meet him in heaven.
and l am sorry to tell you that during
the whole dinner there has been moth
ing worth looking at" The waiter
looked troubled for an instant, and
then, Frightening up, said: If you
wait a moment, sir, l will bring you
the bill"