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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-26

Five tons of human hair was re-
Gently shipped in one lot from China
to England to be used in the wooden
industry.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-01-26

When Mistress Patience Hutchins
came from England, more than three
hundred years ago, to marry her CO.
Ionial lover she brought with her in
her trousseau a handsome paisley
shawl, .-.r..... --.
Miss Patience and her romance are
now only a memory but the paisley
shawl is still worn by one of her de-
scendants, Miss Claire Whitney Of
New York. Miss Whitney has had
the historic shawl made into an even
ing wrap and she makes her even
ing gowns in the oId-fashioned style
of the Puritans to match her shawl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
First Aid to the Backward.

Ingenuity of college students in
writing badly after they have passed
off" the required freshman or sophie
more course in composition is extraor-
binary. Perhaps it is a reassertion
of native happiness, perhaps it is sheer
carelessness. But the remedy to be
adopted at Harvard, after special
study of the problem, is a patient one.
A standing faculty committee is to be
appointed, and instructors in all
courses will be urged to send to the
committee any examination book,
thesis or other piece of work which
has demonstrated the writer's inabfl-
ity to express his thought" The COM
mittee will thereupon prescribe addi-
tional work in English for the delin-
quent students. The very warning
should end mere sIovenliness, and
those whose fault lies deeper should
be grateful for the discipline.-New
York Evening Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
Mysterious Zones of Silence.

A meteoroIogist of Zurish, DR.. A. de
Quervan, directs attention to a new
theory which he calls a zone of ST.
Ience. He says that strong noises like
explosions or the sound of cannons,
while heard in a normal way in their
immediate neighborhOod, are not heard
in a distant zone even when most in
tense.
1t is now known as a historical fact
that Frederick the Great on August II,
1860, won the battle Of Liegnitz be-
cause the Austrian generals Daun and
Lasen asserted that they had not heard
the sound of cannons. 1t was sup
posed at that time that the statement
Of the Austrian commanders was an
untruth, but it is now believed that a
zone of silence existed. Similar
phenomena have been observed recent
ly. In 1908, when the Jungfrau rail-
road was being built in Switzerland,
fearful defamation took place, caused by
the explosion of $4,000 kilograms of
dynamite. The noise was heard at a
distance Of 80 kilometers, but not at
140 kilometers. Strange to say, how
ever, the noise was heard so kiIometers
from the last named zone.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19

making such growth do not make use
of the fertilizers.
It is one of the hardest things I
know Of to make an enthusiastic anna
teur plant grower satisfied to 'let well
enough alone" She is constantly
wanting to urge her pets on a little
faster, and in her efforts to do this
she gives them more food than they
can digest, and the consequence is
a breakdown from overstimulation
nine times out of ten.
A plant that does not get as much
food as it can make good use of, will
give vastly greater satisfaction in the
long run, than the plant that gets so
much food that it doesn't know what
to do with it.
Some persons are under the impress
sion that all plants for winter use must
be young ones. Such is not the case,
however. Year-old plants, as a gen
eral thing, are much preferable to the
young ones.
There are exceptions as in the case
of Chinese primroses, Primula obconi-
ca and others of a habit similar, in
some respects to our ANIMALS; but for
the majority of plants adapted to
house culture like geraniums, hello
trOpes, begOnias, abutilons, asparagus
in variety and carnations, older plants
should always be chosen.
This summer l start the geranfums
which I intend to depend upon for win
ter flowers a year from the coming
winter. These will bloom some this
winter if 1 let them, but I shall hold
them IN check to a great extent for
future service.
The person who breaches young
plants for winter Towering" to you
does not take into consideration the
fact that plant started this season
from a cutting will have but few
branches by winter, and plant that
has but few branches cannot give
many flowers because ample Towering
surface means many branches.
Therefore, instead of letting the ge-
raniums you start this summer bios
som in the winter, keep pinching them
back to produce a sufficient number
Of branches to give the desired
amount of Towering surface.
The more branches there are the
more flowers you may expect.
Cut your ferns apart now and use
each division of the roots that has a
piece of crown attached as the basis
Of a new plant Use leaf mold or
turfy loan for this class Of plants, if
obtainabIe.
Hanging baskets should receive at
tention at once.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
Activities of Patent Office.

Owing to the great activities of the
patent office during the last year, the
regular appropriation of $4,000 for
printing specifications in the Official
Gazette and supplemental appropria-
lions of $125,000 have been exhausted,
and the issues Of the Gazette for June
Is, % and 20 were not issued on those
dates, but these issues will be sent out
as early as the publication thereof can
be brought about, and owing to the
resulting congestion there probably
will be some delay in the issue Of
the Gazette for July until conditions
in the office of the public printer be-
come normal. There will, however
be no delay in the issue Of patents,
designs and trademarks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
TAKING m FROM DAMN
DOES NOT TAKE THE CURSE OFF
BY ANY MEANS.
When One Doesn't Care a. Well,
even thinkers Dam" Is Bad
Language TO Say the
Best About Il.

contributor to the Sun grieves
over the ignorance Of those who as
sumo that "tinker's dam" is a pro
fame expression" A tiGker's dam,
says he, was a chunk Of dough or bat
ter used before the days Of muriatic
acid to keep the solder from spread
ing; and as the solder commonly did
spread nevertheless, the tinker's dam
was as nearly worthless as the COM
mon expression of disesteem for it
implies. He differentiates it from the
common or garden damn and says:
There is no profanity about it.
But not to care a tinker's dam is
just as profane as not to care MAYER
lex damn, unbranded with ownership
by thinkers or others. Taking the N
out Of damn does not take the curse
off If it is profane not to care
damn, it is just as profane not to care
a whittier, jabberwock, a COOP, or any
other illegitimate and unsanctioned
word. When one stentoriously enun-
ciates his refusal to appraise the ar
ticle under discussion at the value Of
a damn, he is not swearing or ours
ing; he is literally using bad language,
for, in the sense he means, there is
no such noun as damn. We know
what a tinker's dam is, but what is
damn? When one says he does not
care a whoop, he is far more definite,
for there is such a thing as a Whoop.
Whence arose the idea that not caring
a damn was being profane, and why
do persons who do not care one plume
themselves on their devilishness?
1t is not profane, but it has the
sound of being profane, and that is all
that is needed. An individual who
would not for the world have used
blasphemous language used to relieve
his feelings by pronouncing the name
of one of Wagner's operas in a tone
that caused neighboring windows to
fall in, and "Gotterdammerung" gave
him as much satisfaction as if he had
violated a commandment. And who
was the man who always swore by
Charles G. D. Roberts and Josephine
Dodge Daskam because they sounded
so profane? There is an excellent
Methodist in this town who severely
repTehends profanity whenever he
hears it, but who produces all the eff
feet of shocking blasphemy by the i'm
Filtered emphasis he lays on the ex-
clamation, For governments sake!"
Colonel Roosevelt plumes himself on
his abstinence from profanity, but
none of the unregenerate ever got
such satisfaction out of real cuss
word as he does out of by Godfrey"
No, tinker's dam belongs in the com
fort-giving galaxy of profane refugees
for the emotions; and that is the
worst you can say of the other damn.
New York Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
ART IN WEARING VEIL
FRENCH WOMAN HAS BROUGHT
ITO PERFECTION.
Adjustment and Care of These I'm
portant Little Accessories of the
Toilet Are Worthy Of the Most
Careful Study.

A close-ftting little hat on windy or.
rainy days is completely covered with
a veil drawn up into the center Of the
crown ike flet with which we go
marketing, writes a Partisan CORE
spondent A nautical person de-
scribed these young women as meat
little craft" and they really look so
workmanlike and tidy that they would
certainly brave the weather by sea or
land and never fear to look untidy.
for there is no vulnerable spot in the
hat and veil, in the coat, or in the
tight skirt and high laced boots.
It is the veil in this picture which
is interesting, for the fine weather
must do away with the weather coat
and the high boots; but the veil will
merely change its movements APP
parently this feminine necessity or
adornment is to play quite an import
ant part in women's dress this sum-
mer. To know just what to do with a
veil and when to do it means self
possession and sense of beauty. A
unless it be one of the very heavy
mourning ones; she takes it off, know
ing that a veil turned up leaves an
ugly line either across the brow or on
the nose Neither does she twist it
into funny little knot under her chin,
because she is conscious that it looks
untidy and is bad for the veil. She
adjusts it on her hat so that it can be
quickly and easily taken off, and she
pins it over her hair precisely so that
she knows where to find the pins
when the taking off moment arrives.
1t sounds such a little thing and is. in
very fact, triie light as air, but it is
one of the details that may just as
well be mastered.
Some of the wells now are of the fin
est lace, very flmy and becoming; 9TH
ers are in almost invisible net. and a
few women wear the strongly pat,
termed veil So much depends upon
which kind of veil suits woman best.
Some women lose all distinction in
heavy veil; others seem to gain their
distinction from it. a safe veil is the
fine meshed one in black, for it keeps
errant hairs within bounds and it
merely softens without dulIing the
tints Of the skin. It is also inexpen-
sive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
The Bible in Russia,

The holy synod at Petrograd has
been busily engaged in the work of
producing popular editions of the
Bible. These are being widely dis
tributed by the Orthodox church
among soldiers on the battle field as
well as to the sick and wounded.
Various Russian Red Cross aid asso-
Citations are including Bibles and
Testaments in their parcels of com
forts for troops at the front, and
as the available stock of the British
and Foreign Bible society has be-
came exhausted, the holy synod is
undertaking the work of printing
fresh editions. Should this wave of
enthusiasm for the propagation of
the Holy Scriptures prove more than
a passing phase we may look for
ward to a revival of intelligent re-
Hgious instruction in Russia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
THINGS WOMEN ARE WEARING
To Ee With the Elect, One Must Keep
These Facts Constantly in
the Mind.

Sleeveless silk sweater coats are a
welcome novelty, for they solve the
problem Of giving a little warmth with
out giving too much.
Awning stripes in silks are used
for shirtwaists for morning and sports
wear.
A large and long black bow at
is one of the latest fads.
Dainty, airy hats of haircloth come
in pink, white, blue, tan and gold.
The shapes are fat and picturesque.
Petticoats are made of pretty flow
cred material or of plain white, with
ruffles of lowered material
Costly embroideries seem to be en-
tirely out of the question on the sum-
mer gowns.
Tiny frills of lace and net alter
nately distinguish some of the sum-
mer models.
Most of the pongee coats have de-
fachable collars and cuffs of contrast
ing silk.
With the passing of spats for the
summer all sorts of fancies come to
take their place-shoes with white
tops, shoes with white-striped tops and
shoes with gray tops.
With frocks of checked silk separate
coats of dark silk are extremely chic.
Some full sleeveless bodices have
ruffles set in the arLnhole in lieu of
sleeves.
Revers of tucked and rufled net
are seen inside the revers of long silk
coats.
Silk handbags are much in vogue
and black-and-white effects are among
the smartest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
WAY FOR THE PANCAKE HAT
That Style Is the Latest Note in Mil
linery That Is Thought Worth
Consideration.

Have you seen the pancake hat?"
asks a fashion expert.
The very latest recruit in the milli-
merry forces is the pancake hat.
These hats are fiat little affairs
of straw, tulIe or silk, and since the
crowns are too shallow to fit the head
they are held to tie side of the head
by means of a band of ribbon, velvet
or tuIle.
OF course, the ends are tied be-
meath the ear or chin, and the pan
cake is worn at a decidedly rakish
angle-else milady is not up-to-the-
minute in fashion.
Everyone whom l have seen wear
ing a pancake seems beaming with
good humor," adds this writer, and
I'm inclined to believe that this little
oddly of the season bears with it the
power to keep one brimful of merri-
ment-no one could be ill-natured or
grumpy with a pancake perched on
the side of ones head"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
One Thing Frenchwoman ExceIs In

One Thing Frenchwoman Excels In.
There is still one detail of the sci
ence of clothes, in which the French
surpass US, in which their supremacy
is unchallenged That is the way in
which they hat themselves. There has
been Improvement on our side of the
water in this respect also, but there is
room for lot more There are now
fewer women who keep a veil tied
around their hats, and on going out
don everything at once, running in the
pins and pulling down the veil with
only perfunctory glance at the mir
ror, or none at all.
II you are going to wear a veil at
all you might as we'll put it on proper
Iy, There is certain duty to society
in looking as we'll as one can, and the
moral result of making the best of
yourself physically, is one whose eff
feet, both upon yourself and upon
those with whom you come in contact,
it is difficult to overestimate.
Of late years there have been few
wells worn in Paris; by the way,
French artists have way of making
themselves heard in clothes matters,
and they object strenuously to wells.
The women seem to know how to keep
in perfect trim without them. 1t is
almost a pity that they have been so
generally discarded, as it is a charm
ing study to watch a Partisan adjust
one. She does 1t with the fingers of
an artist and the insight of a philo-
sopher. The line across the face
comes at the psychological point; if
there is pattern it IS arranged to the
best advantage. She does not allow
a spot or a flower in the design to
obliterate the tip of her nose or make
the mouth look lopsided or obscure
her eyes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
HOW FEAR TIRES THE BRAIN
ease and Produces Same Effect,
Scientist Ayers.

Doctor Grille aroused the greatest
interest among the many scientific
men recently when he illustrated the
eject Of insomnia, physical exhaus-
uon, fear and disease upon the brain
cells OF more than fifty rabbits with
which he had experimental and de-
clared that each form of exhaustion
produced exactly the same effect, both
In the lower forms Of life and in hui
mans.
The brain. the liver and other or.
gans Of the body ere connected IL
the knetic chain or system, and
change IN one link of that chain nodi-
hes the entire system proportionateIy
mus disease or exhaustion in one or
gan OF the kinetic system will produce
a harmful effect on the brain cells
which comprise the great central bat
terry which drives that system.
AS many as twenty cells in the
brain may be totally DESTROYED after
prolonged insomnia, but, on the other
hand, eight hours sleep will often re-
store the brain cells to a normal con-
dit1on after a shorter period of ex-
haustion from insomnia or other
causes, In this connection. it was
pointed out that athletes who had at
tanned fame in early life by their feats
OF physical endurance were rarely
known to become prominent in other
fields in after years.
A change in the system, it was de-
clared, may result in an immediate
breakdown or acute shock, or the
gradual modification of one or more
Of the kinetic organs may give rise
to number of diseases. This theory
has already given the world the shock
less operation, and it opens a posi-
bility of controlling certain chronic
diseases which are the result of over
stimulation of one or more of the or
gans in the kinetic chain.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
War ano Necessity.

Assuming an air of sage Importance
the fat plumber CALCULATED:
War is a necessity"
Pooh! How do you make that
out?" demanded the thin carpenter
deprecatingly.
Did you read that Edison is going
to devote his energies to American
protective measures in time of war;"
Yep. What of it?"
That proves my contention"
"How?"
War makes invention necessary,
doesn't it?"
81 suppose So"
And necessity is the mother Of in
vention?"
HUH"
Therefore war and necessity are
synonymous"
The thin carpenter is still thinking
it oVer-Youngstown Telegram.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
Novel Porch Limit

Z porch lamp of a new type, just
placed on the market, is made to be
installed inside the building so that it
is not only protected from the weather,
but serves to illuminate the hall or
front room as well as the porch. The
lamp is mounted inside the wall ad-
iacent to the porch. Part of the light
is difused through the room, while
part Of the horizontal rays are trans
mitted through a IA inch tube to
globe mounted on the outside of the
wall, where, with the aid Of reflector,
it is uniformly distributed over the
porch.-Popular Mechanics
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
STYLE OF DRESS SIMPLE
French Woman Does Without Many
Things That Are Considered Esaen-
tial by Americans.

Nowhere in the world do fashions Il
dress spread so rapidly, or make their
influence felt in such diverse social
circles, as in America, and nowhere
in the world do cheap limitations of
a new mode flood the market so
swiftly.
1t IS only of recent years in France
that the wives of small shopkeepers,
skilled artisans, and the less impor-
tant employees of great enterprises
like railroads have ever possessed
such thing as a hat. Even now they
shop and market without one as often
as not. The wife of a man in
quiet, well established, Furnishing
business will stick to her plain black
gown with big blue apron over it
in the morning, uncovered, well-ar-
ranged hair, and serviceable shoes and
plain stockings, and never change her
mo of dress, winter or summer. If
she Is employed, as she so often is, at
the caisse as bookkeeper for her hus-
band she will usually leave off the
apron; and nowadays on Sundays and
fete days she usually dons a plain
hat.
But she has no summer gowns, no
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
Ponoee [ eads.

Pongee silk has taken a leading po-
sition for women's costumes. says
Mothers Magazine. This a matter
for congratulation, because this silk
is useful, durable and intTinsically
good 1t is never what we call
smart" but it is rich and seryiceable.
It comes in all colors, but the present
predominance Of the sand tints makes
the natural color of this pretty silk
far more in demand than even the
Ioveliest Of other shades. It is rarely
used without some sort Of trimming
in sharp contrast, and cerise, bright
green, dark brown and real red are
the leading favorites for this purpose.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
SOME HELPFUL HINTS

Roses of all kinds should be thor
Oughly MANFRED with well-rotted COW
manure and mulched with lawn cut
tings and leaves.
Liquid manure should be applied
only when the ground is moist enough
to absorb it.
1t is fatal to some plants to fertiIize
them with rich manure when the
ground is very dry.
Never allow roses to remain on the
bush until the petals begin to fall,
All plants that are intended for win
ter boomers should have the buds
pinched off now.
Pick the pansies and nasturtiums
every day if you want to have plenty
of bloom.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
RIBBONS IN THE C0RSETS
Newest Garments Are Remarkable for
the Amount of That Form OF
Garniture,

Not for many years has ribbon been
employed for forming corsets, and
when last it was popular it formed
the girdle that young girls and women
with slight figures adopted. 1t is now
used to form whole cOrsets.
Some Of the new corsets not only
lace in the back, but the front as
well. while others, lacing in the front,
lace in the back from the waist line
down to the end of the corset. There
is a tendency to Gust the back-laced
corsets, for more than ever are WON
en- convinced that the front lacing is
more comfortable and gives better
lines than the garment that laces in
the back II would seem that the
corset that laces in the front with
the half back lacing would meet every
requirement of the most difficult fig
ure. To fit the very full figure with
the new short-hipped corset would be
disastrous, for the lips are 10 be
confined no matter If the waist is TO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
COMPLETE AND NOISY MEAL
Traveller Surely Well Fitted With
Abundance of Nourlshment
and Music"

The longest and noisiest dinner that
Mr.. James Sibree, Jr., the author Of "A
Naturalist in Madagascar" ever at
tended was given by the governor of
a town called Ankarana. About a score
Of officers were at the table and seven
ladies. After long grace by the pas
tor, dinner was brought in, and consist
ed Of the following courses:
First, curry; second, goose; third,
pigeons and waterfowl; fourth, chick
en- outlets and poached eggs; fifth, beef
sausages; sixth, boiled tongue;
seventh, sardines; eighth pigs trot-
tiers; ninth. fried bananas; tenth, pan
cakes; eleventh. manioc; twelfth,
dried bananas.
And lastly, says Mr.. Sibree, when
thought everything must have been
served, came launches of roast beef.
Claret went about very freely, and at
length some much stronger liquor:
and the healths of the queen, Our
friends, the two foreigners" then
those of the prime minister, chief sec
rotary and chief Judge, were all drunk
twice over. the governors coming
last; and each was followed by mu-
steal and drum honors.
There was a big drum just outside
on the veranda, as well as two small
ones, besides clarinets and fiddles,
and these were in full play almost all
the time Then the room was filed
by a crowd of servants and aides de
IL.
from the governor down, was deafen-
ing. The old gentleman directed every
thing and everyone | was glad when
| could take my leave, after two hours
sitting, but l was not to leave quietly.
The governor took me by the hand and
escorted me home. while the big drum
was hammered at ahead of US all the