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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
PUSHING SWEET PEAS
BY MRS. c. w. JENNINGS.

During the early spring months
emptied the wood ashes, from the
cooking stove, over the ground that
intended to use for flowers. When
the time for planting came, / had a
trench dug, which l half filed with
ashes. Over the ashes l threw an
inch or two of soil, and planted sweet
peas, covering them one inch. In a
few days they were up and such vines
as I had! When they were six inches
high laid cedar brush along one side
of them. They grew five and six feet
tall and gave quantities of lovely flow
ers all summer.
l fortified them once a week with
soap suds, and hoed them three or
four times during the season, each
time drawing the dirt about them, but
never making a narrow ridge for
them to grow in. When this is done
they dry out too much, and do not
bloom well.
Nasturtiums, also, shared the same
treatment except that l did not give
them so many ashes. l kept the flow
ers picked from both the sweet peas
and the nasturtiums. Soap-suds is the
fertilizer I employ most for my flow
ers and nothing is better for the rose
bushes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
Russians Great Work.

A. A. Balakshin, a Russian, is at
the head of the greatest farmers
union in the world, a most remark
able organization composed of the
Russian peasantry covering a vast
stretch of fertile land from the Ural
mountains to the confines of Mongolia
The chief industry is butter making,
and almost the entire output has found
ready market England. M. Balakshin
assumed the task of organizing the
farmers some years ago, and has sue
ceeded to an extent not dreamed of at
the beginning. He is regarded with
loving reverence by the 100000 souls
to whose we'll being he has devoted
his life, and by whom he is affection
ately spoken of as the little grand
father"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
CURE FOR NERVOUS PEOPLE
Physicians Have Found Work to Be
as Effective as Rest, If Not
More So.

Some physicians are finding that
work is quite as effective a cure for
nervous disorders as rest ever was-if
not more so. How one doctor is prov
ing this is told in the Survey lie is
DR.. Herbert :. Hall of Marblehead.
Mass
Doctor Hall discovered that the pa
tent must feel ''the call of the job" if
cure is to be effected. So in 1895 he
established workshop in Nlarblehead
wherein patients, supervised and
taught by experts, are now making ar
ticles that are salahle and are getting
wages for their products. Weaving,
cement work, dyeing and pottery have
been the most successful trades. jew
elry and metal work have proved too
trying for unframed and unhappy pa
tients to carry through and sell profit
ably. But in the other occupations
about seven thousand dollars worth OF
merchandise has been made and sold
each year, although the workshop has
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
Modern Zoology.

In his presidential address before
the American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science, now printed
in Science, Dr. Edmund B. Wilson of
Columbia university discussed the
more pressing problems of modern
zoology. In regard to Darwinism, he
said: "Undeniably there is large
measure of truth in the contention
that natural selection still belongs
rather to the philosophy than to the
science of biology. In spite of many
important experimental and critical
studies on the subject Darwin's con-
ception still remains today in the
main what it was in his own time, a
theory, a logical construction, based
it is true on multitude Of facts, yet
still awaiting adequate experimental
test. Simple though the principle is,
it's actual effect in nature is deter
mined by conditions that are too intrt-
cate and operate through periods too
great to be duplicated in the expert
mental laboratory Hence it is that
even after more than fifty years of
Darwinism the time has not yet come
for a true estimate Of Darwin's pro-
posed solution of the great problem"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
FIRST WOMAN TO GET STATUE
Monument Was Erected Fifty Years
Ago to a Brave Colonial
Dame.

Admiring friends of Mrs, Woodrow
Wilson are planning q memorial
Somebody suggests that this take the
form OF a statue-'the first statue Of
woman to be reared in this coun-
try"
Only q few weeks sitter Nordica's
death, it was said that statue should
be erected to the memory Of that
sweet singer. On that occasion 1t was
also said that 1t would be the first
statue to woman in America.
But 217 years ago another Ameri-
can woman did something which not
only deserved a statue, but got 1t.
Haven't you ever heard of Hannah
Dustin?
Captured by Indians at Haverhill
dragged from bed, where her one
week-old baby was promptly murdered
this hardy woman walked for days
through snow and slush many miles
end without shoes. She was destitute
Of everything except courage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
FOR THE WINDOW BOX

Nothing so softens and beauties
a stiff looking house-or any other
kind, for that matter-as window
boxes.
Prepare them now. Make a box
eight inches deep and ten inches wide.
Use only rich black soil to fill it. A
bucket of fertilizer worked into the
soil will improve it.
Fill the box level full and then let
it stand for week. Then stir up the
soil to loosen it, and plant.
Keep window garden clean. Remove
dead leaves, scrub pots, shower fol
iage. Keep window glass clean.
Ferns should be planted in the rear
of the box. Between them place gera-
NUNS, red or pink preferred.
In the front of these plant row of
purple ageratum seed and for good
measure mix in a few Of candytuft,
For a front row, plant sweet alys-
sum- The alyssum will fall over the
front Of the box and form a pretty
border.
Give the plants plenty of room to
grow and they will make better
appearance than many in one box,
stunted for lack Of room.
For large porch, with plenty of
room, few dwarf nasturtiums may
take the place of the sweet alyssum-
Other flowers suitable for boxes are
pinks, pansies and marigolds and low
growing plants.
When the plants. raised from seeds,
are an inch high, thin them out to
about two inches apart.
All the hardy Towering shrubs may
be started by roofing cuttings, and
this should be done early this month
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
THE GOOD OLD PEONY
BY CHARLES a. e!TcHELL


The Old-time "piny" was a nasty
smelling, rank-looking plant, with large
red flowers of stiff, waxy appearance,
blooming generally in May. 1t was not
beautiful, but it was hardy and pushed
it's way out of the ground in the spring
as soon as the frost would permit.
Peony is the botanical name for this
plant. Varying ferns of it have been
in cultivation in the celestial and flow
cry kingdoms of China and Japan for
a long period of time
In China these forms have been
crossed and recrossed thousands of
times. The hybrids that are the re-
suit of these centuries of crossing are
the most beautiful flowers in the
world.
While travelling in China several
years ago l had the rare good fortune
to be in the interior during the bloom
ing season of these Towering plants,
and I was so much impressed with
them that I purchased 1000 Of the
most striking and popular colors for a
home test.
These arrived in good condition and
were carefully planted on my farm in
Virginia. They f1ourished from the
start. 1 readily sold blooms last year
for So dozen. Most of these went to
New York and Boston. At this price
for the flowers, an acre of established
plants would produce $4,000 in a single
season.
The idea underlying the growing of
these flowers is to get the blooms early
and ship them to cities North, where
the demand for flowers in May, end
ing May 80, Decoration day, is so great
as to exhaust the entire output. 1t is
the one season of the year when flow
ers are scarce.
The peony is the only flower of
prominence that blooms during this
season and the one flower that def1es
dollhouse culture. It is an outdoor
plant, and will not succeed when put
under glass, and therefore cannot
easily be forced by artificial means.
When planted on land that is quick
to respond to the first rays of the sun
in the spring, land sloping to the south,
+ but made rich and powerful to produce
strong vegetable growth, the peony
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
BuiIdlno the Kitchen Fire.

A good way to build coal fire
range is to crush paper and place
in the empty firebox, lightly placi
on it finely split wood laid like latt
work. On this arrange a second la,
of slightly larger kindling of ha
wood. Replace the covers and lii
the paper from underneath. See Il
all hampers are open and chez
closed.
When the wood begins to bu
which should be in about three n
utes, add two shovelfuls of coal
placed as to rest on the burning wo
When this ignites add coal to fill
box to within one or two inches
the covers-never above the top
the oven, otherwise there will not
air space to cause a draft.
In few minutes, usually about
depending on the strength of the DR.
close the smoke damper so as to
the heated air around the oven and
the chimney. Keep the lower d,
open till the coal begins to look
IN few places, then close all dra
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
ORIGIN OF SURNAMES
CONE FROM ANGLO-SAXON AND
MORSE MYTHOLOGY.
Professor WeekIey, in His Romance of
Names, Has Dealt With the Sub
iect in an Interesting and In
structive Manner.

The study as to the origin of sur
names is more intricate than one
who has never engaged in this di-
version may suppose. The name of
the present president of France, NJ.
Poincare. appears to mean square
fist" which could hardly need a coat
Of arms to so with it The greater
part of our English names ending in
ling" are, according to Professor
Weekley, in his Romance Of Names.
of AngIo-Saxon origin. Among these
are Browning, Benning, Dunning,
KipIing, Manning and Spalding.
Among Anglo-Saxon suffxes greatly
changed in their spelling and pro-
nunciation are beald (bold), beort
(bright, cytel Ckettle), god (good).
heard (strong), here (army), man
(man), mund (protection), roed
(counseD, ric (powerfuD, weald
(ruling), weard (guard), and wine
(friends).
The name Everett is from the
Saxon Eoforhead, which also takes
the form of Everhard; Gunter was
Gundhere. Redmond, the name OF
the great nationalist leader, is not
Irish, but is from the Saxon Raed-
mund; neither is the name Parnell
Irish. "Mand" and ''Mund" were
often interchanged so that from
Eastmund came both Eastman and
Esmond. The name of the fat knight,
Falstaff, comes from the Saxon Fast
| wulf, and Hubert, Hubbard, Hobart
and Hilbert have as their ancestor
| Herebeorth (army bright, and Regen-
mund came to be Raymond. The
name Cytel is connected with the
Kettle or Cauldron of Morse mythol-
ogy. 1t survives in such names as
Chettle, Kettle, Chell and Kell, whence
| comes the name Kelsey, the "ey' tend
ing to confirm the opinion that the
original Kelsey was an islander. Many
names of common folk, the plain peo-
pie, have been ennobled. Prominent
among these is Stewart or Stuart,
which became royal with Walker, the
Steward of Scotland, who married Mar
| jorie Bruce in 1915. 1t stands for sty-
ward, where sly means pen, but is not
necessarily limited to pigs.
Perhaps the most interesting group
of nicknames," says Professor Week
ley, sis that of which we may take
Shakespeare as the type. Incidental
ly we should be thankful that our
greatest poet bore a name so much
more picturesque than Cornaille
Grow and Racine (Root). AS Bards-
ley we'll says, 1t is impossible to retail
all the nonsense that has been writ
ten about the name of Shakespeare
never name in English nomenclature
so simple or so certain in its origin;
it is exactly what it looks-Shake-
speare"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
CHAPTER IIl-Continued.

Meanwhile Judge Ostrander was
looking about him for Mrs. Yardley.
The quiet figure of a squat little body
blocked up certain doorway.
81 am looking for Mrs. Yardley," he
ventured.
The little figure turned; he was con-
scious of two very piercing eyes being
raised to his, and heard in shaking ac-
cents, which yet were not the accents
Of weakness, the surprised ejacula-
ton:
Judge Ostrander!"
Next minute they were together in
? small room, with the door shut be-
hind them. The energy and decision
Of this mite Of woman were surpris-
ing.
81 was going-to you-in the morn
ing" she painted in her excitement.
ITO apologize" she respectfully fin
lshed.
Then" said he, cit was your child
who visited my house today?"
She nodded. Her large head was
somewhat disproportioned to her short
and stocky body. But her glance and
manner were not unpleasing. There
was a moment Of silence which she
FASTENED to break.
Peggy is very young; it was not
her fault. She is so young she doesn't
know where she went. She was found
lettering around the bridge-a dan,
gerous place for a child, but we've
been very busy all day-and she was
found there and taken along by-by
the other person. l hope that you
will excuse it, sir"
What he had to say came with a de-
cided abruptness.
who is the woman, Mrs. Yardley
That's what I have come to learn, and
not to complain of your child"
The answer struck him very strange
ly, though he saw nothing to lead him
to distrust her candor.
II don't know, Judge Ostrander. She
calls herself Averill, but that doesn't
make me sure of her. You wonder
that I should keep a lodger about
whom l have any doubts, but there
are times when Mr.. Yardley uses his
own judgment, and this is one of the
times. The woman pays we'll and
promptly" she added in a lower tone
Her status? Is she maid, wife OF
widow"
"Oh, she says she is a widow. anC
see every reason to believe her"
A slight grimness in her manner
the smallest possible edge to her voice
led the judge to remark:
"Pretty?"
Not like girl, sir. She's ole
enough to show fade; but 1 don't be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25

heve that a man would mind that. She
has look-a way, that even women
feel. You may judge, sir, if we, old
stagers at the business, have been
willing to take her In and keep her,
at any pTice-a woman who won't
show her face except to me, and who
will not leave her room without her
veil and then only for walks in places
where no one else wants to go-she
must have some queer sort of charm
to overcome all scruples. But she's
gone too far today. She shall leave
the inn tomorrow. l promise you
that, sir, whatever Samuel says. But
sit down; sit down; you look tired,
Judge Is there anything you would
like? Shall / call Samuel?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25

mo. I'm not not much used to walk
ing. Besides, I have had a great loss
today. Ny man, Bella Then with
his former abruptness: "Have You no
idea who this Mrs. AveriI is, or why
she broke into my house,"
There's but one explanation, sir.
I've been thinking about it ever since
I got wind Of where she took my
Peggy. The woman is not responsible.
She has some sort of mania. Why
else should she go into a strange gate
just because she saw it open?"
you speak Of her as a stranger.
Are you quite sure that she is a
stranger to Shelby? You have not
been so very many years here, and
her constant wearing Of a veil indoors
and out is very suspicious"
$50 I'm beginning to think. And
there is something else, judge, which
makes me suspect you may be quite
correct about her not being an entire
stranger here. She knows this house
too we'll"
The Judge started. The strength of
his self-control had relaxed bit, and
he showed in the look he cast about
him what it had cost him to enter
these doors.
ct is not the same, Of course" con-
tinued Mrs. Yardley, affected in pc
culiar way by the glimpse she had
caught of the others emotion, unnatu-
raj and incomprehensib1e as 1t ap-
peared to her. 1.-THE place has been
greatly changed, but there is a GER
tain portion of the old house left
which only person who knew it as it
originally was would be apt to find;
and yesterday, on going into one Of
these remote rooms I came upon her
sitting in one of the windows looking
out. How she got there or why she
went cannot tell you. She didn't
choose to tell me, and didn't ask.
But I've not felt real easy about her
since"
Excuse me, Mrs. Yardley, 1t may
be matter of no moment, but do you
mind telling me where this room is?
TITS on the top floor, sir; and 1t
looks out over the ravine. Perhaps
she was spying out the path TO your
house."
The judges face hardened He felt
baffled and greatly disturbed; but he
spoke kindly enough when he again
addressed Mrs. Yardley:
Il am as ignorant as you Of this
woman's personality and of her rea-
sons for intruding into my presence
this morning. But there is something
so peculiar about this presumptuous
| attempt of hers at an interview that
| feel impelled to inquire into it more
| fully, even if I have to approach the
only source Of information capable
of giving me what l want-that is, her
self. Mrs. Yardley, will you procure
me an immediate interview with this
woman? I am sure that you can be
relied upon to do this and to do it
with caution. You have the counte.
nance of woman unusually discreet"
The subtle fiattery did it's work
| Slse was not blind to the fact that he
| had introduced it for that very pur,
pose, but it was not in her nature to
withstand any appeal from so exalted
a source. however made. Lifting her
eyes fearlessly to his, she responded
| earnestly:
81 am proud to serve you. l will
see what l can do. viii you wait
here?"
Judge Ostrander had just time to
brace himself to meet the unknown
when the door fell back and the WON.
an of the morning appeared in the
| opening.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
THE DOCTORS WIFE
Agrees With Him About Food

A trained nurse says: "In the p
tice of my profession l have founC
many points in favor Of Grape-r
food that / unhesitatingly recomm
it to all my patients.
ct is delicate and pleasing to
palate Gan essential in food for
sick) and can be adapted to all a
being softened with milk or cream
babies or the aged when defcienc.
teeth renders mastication impossi
For fever patients or those on liz
diet I find Grape-Nuts and albW
water very nourishing and refresh
This recipe is my own idea an
made as follows: Soak teaspoo
of Grape-Nuts in a glass Of water
an hour, strain and serve with
beaten white Of an egg and a spoo
Of fruit juice for favouring. This
fords a great deal Of nourishment
even the weakest stomach can asi
late without any distress.
MY nuSDand IS a physician ant
uses Grape-Nuts himself and orde
many times for his patients.
Personally I regard a dish Of GI
Nuts with fresh or stewed fruit as
ideal breakfast for anyone-wel
sick"
In stomach trouble, nervous pre-
ton, etc, a Today trial Of Grape
will usually work wonders to
nourishing and rebuilding and in
way end the trouble. Name give
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Look in pkgs. for the famous
book, ''The Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter! A
one appears from time to time.
are genuine, true, and full of b
interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25

will produce flowers to ship about
May 49,
At this season of the year there is
not a flower of this variety to be seen
in any northern market unless it comes
from further South.
The blooming season lasts about if
teen days and is generally at its height
just before Decoration day.
The plants never fail to bloom, re-
quire but little care, and being legumin-
Gus, enrich the soil.
Once in the ground there they re-
main for five years. No other Sower is
more deserving of popularity. So easy
to raise that the novice can raise it,
so permanent that clump has been
known to bloom annually for half a
century; so hardy that no protection is
required in the bitterest of winters.
and so free from disease and fungus
that one is spared the labor Of fighting
disease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
Social Insurance in Germany.

German statistics show that just be-
fore the war 14,50O,000 persons were
protected by compulsory sickness in
surance, 24,600,000 by compulsory ao-
cident insurance, and 100000 by
old age and inva1idity insurance, ex-
elusive of several millions of salaried
employees who were brought under
compulsory insurance by recent legis-
lation. This gives rough idea of the
all around security enjoyed by the
average German workman in practical
" all industries and many Of the
trades of the empire.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd Of netzhbOrs invade
the mysterious home Of Judge Ostrander.
county judge and eccentric reClUse, fol
lowing a yelled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates Of the high
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the judge
IS found in a CataIepriC state. Bella, his
servant. appears in a dying condition and
prevents entrance to q secret door. Bella
dies The Judge awakes. Miss Weeks
explains to him what has occurred during
his seizure. He secretly discovers the
whereabouts Of the yelled woman: LeaV-
ing his guarded house at night, he goes
through Dark Hollow to the Claymore
Inn to visit her
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25

From a captive white boy she
learned how to kill a human being
with a single stroke Of a tomahawk.
So one night she and the lad slew ten
sleeping Indians, scalped them, and
fed back through the wilderness to
their home.
Hannah Dustin carried the ten
scalps TO the governor OF Massachu-
setts. and she received $3.50 for them.
Just so years ago a statue was reared
for her upon the island in the MeTri-
mac river from which she had made
her escape.-Philadelp Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
War Rations.

at was shortage of supplies that
caused the Germans to retreat from
the Marine" said Prof. Heinrich
Siegel at the German-American
chamber of commerce in New York.
81 know a story to confirm that-a
story, confirming, too, the German
light-heartedness under difficulties.
can American correspondent said,
in Paris, to a German infantryman,
wounded at the Marine:
"'These new hairy rawhide KNAPP
sacks-do you Germans like them"
Do we like them? the wounded
German infantryman answered Why,
with pepper and salt and a dash of
onion we just dote on them st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-02-25
Wanted EXPLAINING.

Old Pompous had been addressing
meeting of the Puddleton Young Mel
Weary Wednesday Evenings. He h
bored them steadily for three To-
hours and was now at the climax
his twaddle.
BE industrious! Shun Incidence
he exhorted his yawning audien'
Remember always that sloth Is t
parent of necessity"
He paused impressively, Imme
ately drawing voice came from {
back of the hall.
II say" it called, 81 ave card 1t So
as 'ow necessity is the mother of
vention. If so be as it is-and you
right, too-then sloth is inventio.
grandmother, and summat's wro
somewhere" -Answers