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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
"CASCARETS' ACT
ONLNER; BOWELS
No sick headache, biIiouSness,
bad taste or constipation
by morning.
Get a 10-cent box.

Are you keeping your bowels, liver,
and stomach clean, pure and fresh
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with
Salts, Cathartic Pills, Castor Oil or
Purgatiye Waters?
Stop having a bowel wash-day. Let
Cascarets thoroughly cleanse and reg.
ulate the stomach, remove the sour
and fermenting food and foul gases,
take the excess bile from the liver
and carry out Of the system all the
constipated waste matter and poisons
in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight viii make you
feel great by morning. They work
while you sleep-never grippe, sicken
or cause any inconvenience, and cost
only 10 cents a box from your store
Millions Of men and women take a
Cascaret now and then and never
have Headache, Biliousness, Coated
Tongue, Indigestion, Sour Stomach OF
Constipation. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
WICKED LITTLE GUN
'MinenWerfer" in Action Banks
Like SnarIing MongreI.
Description of Deadly Fleece of ArtiI-
iery Used by kaiser's Troops That
Has Played Considerable Havoc
in Allied Trenches.

Paris.-In reports on the warfare in
the trenches of Flanders reference
often is made to a certain supposedly
new instrument OF destruction which
the Germans are using. Lacking an
equivalent translation in their own
language, the French and Belgians
have come to call the weapon by its
German name, 'Minenw erfer." Many
descriptions of this more or less mys-
ferrous piece of artillery, which has
played considerable havoc in the al
lied trenches, have appeared in the
newspapers, but they have all diff
fered in some essential details.
A contributor to lie Figaro, Paris,
who was in Havre about the middle
of January, saw one of these "Minen-
werfers" there in the yard of the
building where the Belgian ministry of
war has it's quarters. The bomb
thrower," as the weapon might appro-
priately be called in English, had
been found In a trench formerly oc-
cupied by German troops.
The writer in the Figaro describes
the weapon as "a hideous little can
non with an ugly look about it." 1t
is about 95 centimeters long and has
eaHber of ITO centimeters. It's bar
rel can be swung horizontally and yer,
tically, for the purpose of taking aim
Clutches in the rear and on either side
enable the gun to take a firm grip in
the soil before it commences to bark
after the fashion of a snarling mon.
grel.
The gun is mounted on a carriage
Of steel plates resting on wheels, and
the unwieldy little thing weighs about
five hundred kilograms without the
wheels. The projectile is inserted al
the muzzle and is discharged by
means of an ignition cap in the
'breech. When the aiming device is
removed the gun does not look more
formidable than one of the old bronze
mortars at the Invalides, the writer
says.
It is not likely that the "bomt
thrower" can project a shell farther
than 500 meters. To be exact, it does
not throw the projectile, but simply
splits it out, so to speak. A bronze
plaque indicates that the gun came
from the Ehrhardt works at Duessel
dorf and was manufactured in 1913.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
ESSENTIAL FOR LAYING HENS
Supply of Grit and Lime Be Kept
Before Fowls Always.

A poor hen never lays. She must
have surplus fat to make the yolk.
The old theory that hens do not lay
because they are too fat is no longer
believed, as it has been found out
that as the yolk is composed of fat, it
follows that she must have more fat
than she needs to keep up her condi-
ton to produce eggs.
But unless you keep them supplied
with something with which to grind
up their food in order to make it into
eggs, all your grain and labor are an
absolute waste. They must have grit
good, sharp grit. Keep a box filed
and always before them of cracked
china, sand and oyster shells. of equal
| parts.
Lime, too, is quite as necessary, as
| the shell of an egg is composed Of
| lime. A box of air-slaked lime should
| be kept always at hand. One should
have barrel or so of it on hand every
| fall, and use it freely about the hen
| house. Sprinkle it beneath their
perches after cleaning out each morn
| ing, anu Oh dJ hSSp III Tie uSSk-pOASS
to absorb the dampness.
| When the nights are very cold, it
| is a good plan to heat the grain very
hot in the oven before feeding, and
| always remember to feed early enough
so that they can see to get it.
| A hot mash made Of Indian meal
and some kind of small grain, and wet
up with hot water is good for break
fast now and then. Feed on long
| boards SO that all can get their share.
If the hens do not seem to be taking
enough grit supply, put a few handfuls
of it in the mash; little red pepper,
| too, will warm them up
| Remember, the hens are early
risers, and do not keep them waiting
for their breakfast if you want them
to fill the egg basket. They will re-
| pay all such courtesy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
IF BACK HURTS CLEAN
KIDNEYS WITH SALTS
Drink Lots of Water and Stop Eating
Meat for = While II the Blade.
Bothers You.

Meat forms uric acid which excites
and overworks the kidneys in their
efforts to filter it from the system.
Regular eaters of meat must flush the
kidneys occasionally. You must re
lieve them like you relieve your bow
els; removing all the acids, waste and
poison, else you feel a dull misery in
the kidney region, sharp pains in the
back or sick headache, dizziness, your
stomach sours, tongue is coated and
when the weather is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine is
cloudy, full of sediment; the channels
often get irritated, obiging you to get
up two or three times during the
night.
To neutralize these irritating acids
and flush off the body's urinous waste
get about four ounces Of Jad Salts
from any pharmacy; take a table
spoonful in a glass of water before
breakfast for few days and your kid
neys will then act fine and bladder
disorders disappear This famous salts
is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice. combined with lithia, and
has been used fol. generations to clean
and stimulate sluggish kidneys and
stop bladder Irritation. Jad Salts is
inexpensive; harmless and makes a
delightful effervescent Whitewater
drink which millions of men and
women take now and then, thus avoid
Ing serious kidney and bladder dis
eases-AdY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
GET EGGS IN WINTER
Nothing More Satisfying Than
Thrifty Laying Hens.
Fowls Should Be Kept Comfortable
and Fed ReeuIarIy-keep Pure
Water Before Them Always
Clean Quarters Essential.
CRv- NJ CHANDLER

There is no profit in keeping poul-
try in winter without eggs, and moth
ing that brings more satisfaction, or
better returns than good, thrifty, lay
ing hens.
Some seem to have the knack of
getting eggs in winter, while others
are forever complaining. To be sue
cessful, one must use judgment. No
fool can succeed in this line of bust
ness
Laying hens should have the best of
attention. They should be kept COM
Portable both night and day, and fed
regularly on clean food, and pure wa
ter should be kept ever before them.
Plenty of fresh air, sunshine, and
clean quarters are absolutely neces-
sary to the production of winter eggs.
Many make the mistake of having
too many windows. The fowls gather
in the sunshine during the day and
get too warm, and consequently feel the
night chill more. There should be at
least one large window on the south
side and one in the east side, but it
should be so arranged that the fowls
cannot get nearer to them than a dis
lance of two feet at least. See to it
that there are no cracks to admit the
wind at night, but remember that a
little outside air, during the day, when
the fowls are moving about, is good
thing.
It is an excellent thing to have a
gate or lath door that reaches from
top to bottom of the doorway, and dur
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
PROPER CARE OF HENS NEST
Eqqs Should Be Gathered often to
Prevent Chilling and Breakage-
Keep Fowls Comfortable.

If the weather is cold the eggs
should be gathered several times a
day, so there will be no chance of their
being chilled, as this would injure
their keeping qualities.
If gathered often there is also less
chance of their being broken and the
hens learning to eat them. When the
hens are confined in the house and a
small yard, they are more likely to
quarrel over the nests and scratch
them out, and if the nest has several
eggs in it they are then sure to be
broken.
AS soon as an egg is broken the
hens will eat it, and after few times
they will have acquired the egg-eating
habit. The only sure cure for this is
the ak.
Keep the nest clean and supplied
with plenty of soft straw or hay.
Break up the straw with the hands
before putting in the nest. The com
fort of the hens should be considered
on the nest as well as anywhere else.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
TO F0RETELL FUTURE
USE OF WHITE OF EGG is RECON-.
MENDEO.
Those Who Are Tired of the Familiar
Methods of Cards and Tea Grounds
Might Find Some Amusement
in the Practice.

This is one of the least known of
all methods of foretelling the future,
according to the ancient, secret wis
dom of prophetic insight. Yet it is
one of the most interesting, and easy
tn perfOrm-though of course, like all
methods of the kind, some skill and
practice are necessary in order to in
terpret quickly and speedily the sym
bolic interpretations Of the signs pre-
scented, writes Prof. Sothnos Lalillier
in the New York American.
In order to practice this part of ca
balistic Interpretation, you must pro-
cure fresh egg-as new-laid as pos
sIble-and carefully separate the white
Of the egg from the yolk. Nearly fill
tumbler with cold water and drop
the white of the egg into it, a drop at a
time. Now place this glass carefully
aside for "a hours, being sure to cover
the glass carefully, and that the water
does not become warmed by proximity
to a radiator, etc.
When you again look at the glass,
you will find tina your white of egg
has CONCEALED into various odd-shaped
t1gures-circles, squares, animals,
trees, crosses, etc,-which are to be
interpreted according to the formula
that follows.
Long, wavy lines denote losses and
troubles; straight lines, on the con-
trary, denoting peace, long life, pros
perity and happiness.
Squares denote peace and happi-
ness: ring, marriage. If letter can
be discovered near the ring this will
be the first letter of the name of the
person you are to marry. If clouds
are about the ring, think long and care
fully before accepting this person,
even if he offers marriage.
If a leaf is seen, speedy good fortune
will come your way from some unex-
pected source. If an anchor is seen,
fidelity in love is indicated. If a dog
is seen, this is a good sign, if near the
top of tho glass, denoting faithful
friends; if near the middle, doubtful
ones; and if near the bottom, enemies
to be avoided.
A lily or similar flower foretells hap
piness, If near the top of the glass;
disappointment if near the bottom. If
a number of small dots or spots are
present, money is coming your way,
unless clouds surround them, in which
case you will receive bad tidings and
notice of losses. A heart denotes a
love letter which you will shortly re-
ceive. The sun, moon or stars denote
happiness and success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
GOOD TREATMENT FOR ROUP
Safe Tonic and Preventive Is Perman-
qanate Of Potash Placed in Fowls
Drinking Water.

Roup is the result of cold, caused
most often by exposures Of various
kinds, very frequently by becoming
overheated from crowding, and when
the fowls cool off cold is the re-
suit. If neglected it will soon run into
roup.
A good, safe tonic and preventive is
permanganate of potash in the drink
ing water, enough Of it to give the wa
ter reddish purple color. Keep this
before the poultry for week, and If
no colds appear skip a week, and then
give it for a week again. Best re-
suits will be obtained in this mode OF
alternating.
If colds show up IN spite Of this by
the appearance of blubbers at the nos
triI or corners of the eye, it is time
to give something else. Caught in
time it can usually be checked with
out further trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

ing the day open the door and set up
the lath door, and button it on with
wooden buttons.
You will see how quickly the fowls
will get to the fresh air and shake out
their feathers. 1t is well to have a
good supply Of fresh litter with small
grain thrown into it, at hand to keep
them busy. There is little danger of
their getting a chill, even on very
cold days. ..-..
One of the most essential things
know Of for success with winter egg
raising is to have everything perfect
ly dry. Dampness and thrift never
dwell together. Never give water in
troughs, for in this manner too much
of it gets emptied. The best method
for watering fowls that l have ever
tried is stone milk crooks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
Like a nJack" Johnson"

Irwin S. Cobb, the correspondent
and author, was talking in Philada-
phia about the German Jack John
sons" those deadly shells which ex-
plode with a tremendous discharge Of
greasy black smoke.
These Shells" said Mr.. Cobb, "are
to ordinary shells, as bucking horse
of the plains is to a park hack.
"a tenderfoot once mounted buck
er in Tin Can. He was hardly on be-
fore he was off again-off over the
bucker's head.
What's the natter said Three
finger Hoover
Why, she bucked.' said the tender
foot
.Bucked?' said Three-fnger. Buck
ed? Go on! She only coughed.'"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
The Freaks Must Go.

The secretary of the Minnesota
state fair is authority for the state
ment that the freak" show and the
sensational side show will not have
place in the state fairs of 1915. This
form of entertainment is to be re-
placed by educational exhibitions, the
step having been decided on by the
American Association of Fairs and
Expositions in convention at Chicago.
1t will be a great relief if the
minds of children are not to be alb.
normally stimulated by these morbid,
not to say revolving, sights. The idea
that the poor monstrosities of nature
should be exploited by means of their
deformities is repulsive and produc-
tive of no good. The practice of al.
lowing takers to grow fat off pro
ceeds from Showing" these unfor
Inmates is a species of barbarism.
The atmosphere that pervades state
fairs is as wholesome as that which
surrounds any of our national institu,
lions, and it has always been wrong
to vitiate it by the clinical features OF
a freak show.-Minneapol Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
a Quaint Idea.

A new idea was introduced in the
display of the wedding gifts at re-
cent New York wedding-the repro
duction, namely, in exquisite minia-
ture, of the gifts that were too huge
to be displayed on the black oak tables
in the hall.
Thus one of the gifts was an old
English manor house. Reproduced to
the last detail in a two-foot model,
the gray manor house of the sixteenth
century struck, amongst the pearls
and chiseled silver, an exceedingly
picturesque note.
Another gift was a very low gray
torpedo touring car of sixty horse
power. The model, a perfect one, set
on gold-mounted dressing case, made
all the guests's mouths water.
The brides brothers gift was a rid
ing horse, an Irish hunter. The model
was done ii clay by a girl sculptor.
There were several other gifts also
reproduced in miniature, among them
a motor boat and a biplane.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
ENCOURAGE THE HIRED MAN
Harmony Is Best to Secure Best Re-
suits From Farm Laborer-Mean
Boss Won't Do.

On our farm, where / worked we
night. Two of us to do the work I'M
der boss who was mean, fault-fnding
and dictatorial, and who always
thought we were not accomplishing
what we should and also always had
on tap some work for us to attack be-
fore we were properly through with
what we were then doing. He watched
our every move, routed US out at four
o'clock in the morning and saw to 1t
that it was eight or nine o'clock at night
before we were through. We were
supplied with candles for retiring,
which were usually short enough to
burn out within half an hour after
going to our sleeping quarters. Indis-
position on the part of any workman
was no excuse, pay being deducted for
time spent on the sick list, and never,
while I was there, was there any sym
pathy shown or any attempt made to
help a man recover. Such boss loses
more in consequence through lack of
interest and from carelessness in the
performance of the work on the part
of his help than is compensated by the
extra work done for the satisfaction,
to him, of having goaded his men as
far as lay in his power. The men be-
came listless and shiftless, feeling that
no matter how hard or conscientiously
they worked the boss was never sat
isfied. To obtain the best united ef-
fort of all the men there must be har-
mony or the disgruntled ones will
soon turn away the man who is a
good worker and who tries conscien-
tiously to do his best-A Hired Man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

Automobile company's repair shop
here. though not without fear that her
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Jones, an ardent
antisuffragist, would stop the liberal
allowance she has been giving her
daughter. -ars -f asra s~.
Mrs. Jones inherited $1,147,000 from
her husband, Oliver Livingston Jones,
who died on August 8, 1913, and is
said to have several other millions.
Although Miss Jones is at present
learning the mysteries of the carbure-
tor, magnetic and other automobile es-
sentials, her ultimate ambition is to
be a chauffeur. In this she is inspired
by a desire to become self-supporting
but she has some doubts of getting
maternal approval.
The Chevrolet company furnished
her the famous yellow suffrage car
from which she spoke throughout New
York last summer. She is still living
at the Hotel Brotzell, East Twenty
seventh street, but does not know how
long she can stay there if Mrs. Jones
tightens the purse strings. Mrs. Jones
lives at the Jones country home in
Cold Spring Harbor, L. /.
81 don't know what mother will
say" said Miss Jones last night. 'She
may stop my allowance; people do
strange things sometimes. / couldn't
prevent her; it's her money. l tele'
phoned her was going into the auto
mobile business, but 1 didn't explain
"One has to get down AMI get IN
der, you know. No, don't wear over
alls. wear a big apron, which is
better than any masculine attire.
hope to get a chauffeur's license and
drive taxicab in the suffrage parade
when the amendment passes this fall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
Very Costly,

She-What's most liable to get
broken In your motor car?
He-Myself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
CUTICURA SHAVING
lie Up-to-Date Shaving for Sensitive
Skins Trial Free.

Prepare razor. Dip brush in hot
water and rub 1t on Cuticura Soap held
in palm of hand. Then make lather
on face and rub in for moment
with fingers. Make second lathering
and shave. Rub bit of Cuticura Oint-
ment over shaven parts land on scalp
II any dandrufr or itching) and wash
all of with Cuticura Soap and hot
water, shampooing same time. One
soap for ali-shaving. shampooing.
bathing and toilet. It's velvet for sen.
sitive skins. No Shiny mug. No germs.
No waste OF time or money. Free
sample each If you wish. Address
postcard, "Cuticurs, Dept KY. Bos-
ton" Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
Not His Time to Die.

Mr. Frank Scudamore relates an ex-
traordinary incident which occurred
during the Sudan campaign, when he
saw an officer, friend of his, go down
apparently shot through the head. ITO
my surprise" he says, 81 met him
walking about after the battle, appar-
emily none the worse, save his head
was bandaged. Then he showed me
how the bullet, striking and DETECTED
by one of the hooks of his helmet
chain, had run right round his fore
head, cutting a groove under the skin,
and had then glanced off the helmet
hook at the other side"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
CHOIR FOR THE WELSH ARMY
viii Go to Battle to Sound of Male
Chorus instead of a Brass
Band.

Cardiff, Wales.-When the new
Welsh army of 10000 takes the field it
will go to battle to the sound of q
Welsh male choir, which has been sub
stituted in its regiments for the custo-
mary brass bands. The choral organi-
zation is known as the "Welsh Army
Voice Chorus and its members in
clude some of the finest singers in
the Welsh valleys, men who have COM
peted in the famous eistedfodds, or
minstrelsy festivals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

invalid and an object OF interest to
physicians. February 8, 1856, she be-
came helpless and resigned herself to
a life in bed. Despite her affection,
Miss Fancher has been happy ali these
years and has helped to support her
self by embroidering and doing crochet
work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
CAUTION IN BUYING A HORSE
Take No Mans Word for Worth of
Animai-Let Your Own Eye
Be Your Sole Guaranty

If you want to buy horse, take no
mans word for the animal Your own
eyes is your guaranty. Don't buy a
horse in harness. Take everything
off but the halter and have him led
around. If he has any falling you
should see it.
Let him walk by himself. II he
walks right into anything you will
know he has trouble with his eyes. No
matter how clear and bright the latter
may seem, the animal cannot see.
Back him, too. Some horses show
their weaknesses and tricks in that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

Arrest al enemy aliens in your dis
trict." Promptly the superior officer
received this reply: Have arrested
seven Germans, four Russians, two
Frenchmen, five Italians, two Rouman-
ians and an American. Please say who
we're at war with"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
FEED FOR HIGH PRODUCTION
Satisfactory Results Secured in Con-
necticut Ege-Layins Contests
by Using Uniform System.

A uniform system of feeding has
been followed for three years in the
Connecticut egglaying contests. The
results have been very satisfactory in
every way.
The dry mash is composed of coarse
wheat bran, 90 pounds; cornmeai,
100; gluten feed, 100; ground oats,
100; standard middlings, IS; fish
scrap, 30; beef scrap, 30; and low
grade -four, %.
The scratch grain is a mixture of
cracked corn, 60 pounds; wheat. so;
heavy white oats, 40; barley. 20; kafir
corn, 10; buckwheat, 10; and coarse
beef scrap, 10. AS much of the beef
scrap is lost in the litter, it will be
dropped from the scratch grain ra-
ton and all feed in the dry mash.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
THIS BIBLE is CENTURY OLD
Published in Windsor, VT, and Bears
Marks of Exhaustive Study
by Owners.

Wahpeton, N. De. H. Carter Of
this city has an old relic of bygone
days in a Bible published in Wind
sor, Vt, in 1912, by Merrifield & Coch-
ran at 1.-The Sign of the Bible"
This book is one hundred and three
years old. 1t was the property of A
great uncle of Mr.. Carter who evil
IDENTIFY had made an exhaustive study
of the Bible as was evidenced by the
copious marginal notes and references
in old-fashioned handwriting.