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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

OF the United States. according Co the
interstate commerce report, was about
S400, 600 600
'Of course l don't mean literally one
half" said the senator. suppose it
saved 10 per cent of the amount. That
would be 16 per cent on the amount in
vested in the waterways system. There
has not been very much said about ca
nails in recent years because the rail-
road in competition with them have
got their rates so low that they smut
the canals out Suppose that result
followed the building of great ship
canal from the Mississippi by way of
the great lakes To the Atlantic. If the
canal never carried another pound of
freight ii would have accomplished it's
purpose"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
THE CANAL ROUTE WEST OF CHICAGO

Of western roads. Why? Because IL
was an easy way for the men who built
those roads TO make money. The In
crease was not entirely indefensible.
Take the case of man who built a
road out on the prairie. Following the
railroad came q boom in values. Real
estate went up to two and three times
it's former price. Other values ad'
vanced proportionately. ii was only
natural that the owner OF the rail-
road should increase the estimate OF
the value of his property on the same
scale. In that way in the many ways
known to the promoters of railroad en-
terprises. stocks were watered. and val
ues must be scaled down. Railroads
must be prepared TO earn fair return
on their value only.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

Perhaps one of the most peculiar
presents ever made 10y q bridegroom 20
his bride was that OF Maurice ciGofd
Ia Miss Thurold on the occasion ul their
marriage the other day. n was the h,il-
Ict which was extracted from the wound
in his shoulder which caused the los yf
his ann The gold Ina which thc bullet
was sci vas dus from q graveyard in
ana e.s Issnignso m ,hs
shape of double heattsr ssiSsut. the
heads .Ippof,.ng the missile. ths w.lVls
making . Nsry unique srul.L
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
The Longest Lived Animal.

with little doubt the longest lived ami
mai i'm the world, says "A scientific pub
lication. Is the giant tortoise of the
Seychelles islands. one has recently
been presented TO the Geological socie-
" of London by Walter Rothschild
which weighs quarter of a ton. Its
known length of life Is $50 years. its age
previous 90 its transportation To the is.
land of Mauritius being unknown. I'm
1888 the governor of Mauritius sent to
the geological gardens a tortoise weigh
ing 2S5 pounds II was feet 4 inches
long and had been In the island "
Mauritius for 81 years The exact pc
riod was known. for this tortoise was
brought to that island from the Sey-
chrllrs in l,sC. At that time it was
full grown. 80 thst 10. f~al age was
probati, much create
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
THE WATERWAY EAST OF CHICAGO.

which will accommodate the largest
ships"
Do you think this an opportune time
for carrying out such plan?" | asked.
In view of the condition OF our
finances. perhaps not. unless the postal
bank law SHOULD be passed But these
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

'This Is 4 homely Illustration OF placer
mining Take n bushel OF coarse sand
missed with gravel. a bushel OF earth
such as you see taken from an excava-
tiy Hcid. q considerable proportion OF
clay. T-itle cement. a double handful
of shot varying in size from the small
ct bird shot to the diameter OF small
wathlc Imagine all these ingredients
b" thoroughly mixed 90 The consis-
ncy Of an ordinary compact soil
Now. 60 extract the shot--which rep
ants gold-in the least possible time
With the smallest expenditure VI
a the placer miner would tell you
ash away the earth aud save tie
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

SENAIOit JOftN VI. III L kSION.
provements. which will give the COM
merce OF the west a waterway from
the Mississippi river TO the Atlantic
seaboard
Mr.. Thurston would revive the Hen
repin canal project. But he would so
farther rhan tire -ucvecttes- of that ca
nal. They wanted the government to
appropriate 50, 100000 or $4,000. 600 for a
canal from Hennepin on the Illinois
river TO some point west or northwest
az Il on the Mississippi; for the WIDEN
ing OF the Illinois river and for the en-
larging OF the Illinois and Michigan ca
nal which was constructed by the
state OF Illinois in the first half OF the
century. Mr.. Thurston wants a canal
from the Mississippi river deep enough
and wide enough to accommodate a
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
SENATOR THURSTON'S PLAN.
1t Is Proposed to Invest Postal Savings
Bank Funds In Interest Bear
ing Canal Bonds.

Omaha, Jan. 4-Senator John NJ.
Ihurston says he has proposition TO
make for the disposal OF the postal saw
ings funds If a postal bank bill should
Sc through congress The reinvestment
of the deposits is the stumbling block
in the path Of the BILL he says. To in
vest the money in our interest bearing
bonds is at best only "A temporary ex-
pedient. Mr.. Thurston wants the money
put into a great system of internal i'm
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

"As 10 the stockholders. stated some
time ago i'm congress the belief that rail
road stockholders would be better pro-
tected IL the government undertook Alb.
solutcly the regulation OF rates Some
people said they thought that n remark
able position 10 be taken by a man who
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

do you think the railroads are pre-
pared TO stand such a reduction as you
suggest is possibeY'
Not I'm their present condition. But
the interests Of the railroads have got
TO give way before the interests OF tho
people. Where the good of all the peo-
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

ship or war. He wants the river and
canal channels east OF Hennepin made
equally wide and deep, and he wants
ship canal opened from Lake Erie TO
the Atlantic, either by the widening If
the Erie canal or by the opening of a
canal to cross Lake Champlain on the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

Hols denies inst hr ever Intended To-
run Tor the chamber "f deputies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
TOOTHBRUSHES AID HEALTH.
Sound Teeth and Body Only to BE Had
by Their Erenuent Use.

Sound Teeth and Body Only to BE Hat
by Their Frequent Use.
it is but a little thing, yet on its prop
er use depends much of the happiness
of modern man. Why civilized teeth
should be so rotten is a question which
has often been debated, and probably
the true answer is more complex than
one would think. Many good mothers
are content to put all toothaches down
to lollypops, but that sugar in itself is
not responsible for bad teeth is proved
by the splendid worries often possessed
by negroes who practically live upon
the sugar cane and thrive upon it too
during the whole of the season when it
is in maturity. Dental decay is common
enough, however, among negroes in
towns and it seems clear that the carries
of the teeth which is so common among
most civilized races is not due to any
particular article of diet so much as to
digestive and nutritive changes i'm.
posed upon us by our mode of life, and
tC some extent by the fact that by hook
or crook we do somehow manage to live,
Notwithstanding our bad teeth, where
as, in a state of nature, the toothless
man soon dies.
Recognizing, then, that until the time
arrives when some great social reform
err either mends or ends our present So
cial conditions our teeth will tend to
rot, and that, whatever the predispos-
ing causes, the final act in the produc-
ton of carries is the production of mi
crobes on and around the tooth, we see
THAT for long to come the toothbrush
will be necessity if the health is to be
maintained. 1t is only by frequent use
of this little instrument that those mi
mute accommodations can be removed
chief. A new elementary lesson in bac-
teriology would, we fancy, greatly
startle many people and certainly
would show them the futility of trust
ing to one scrub day. The fact is, that
if people, instead of looking a the tooth
brush from an esthetic point of view
and scrubbing away with tooth pow
ders (D to make their front teeth white,
would regard it merely as an aid to
cleanliness, they would see that the
time to use it is after meals and at night.
not just in the morning only. when the
debris left from the day before has
been fermenting and brewing acid all
night through. They would also see
how inefficient an instrument the COM
mon toothbrush is unless it is used with
considerable judgment. One of the sec
ondary advantages of spending a good
deal of money on dentistry is that at
least one learns the value Of ones teeth.
By the time we have got them dotted
over with gold stoppings and gold
crowns we learn to take care of them.
even though that may involve the
trouble of cleaning them more than
once day and using perhaps more than
one brush for the purpose.-Hospital.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
PLAINFIELD,

The village schools reopened last
Monday after the spring vacation.
Miss Grace Gets arrived here Satur-
day from her visit to her home in Cen
tralia.
Mrs. S. S, Booth of Stevens Point, a
former resident of this village, was
visiting friends i'll town Friday and
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Borden spent a
few days last week at the Jacobs House,
Stevens Point, ON business
Work on the new telephone line from
here to Hancock and other points is
beng rapidly pushed. \ force of men
are bnslly engaged setting the poles but
frost in the ground has prevented the
work somewhat. The new line will be
great convenience to Waushara county
people.
Mrs. Martin Booth, one of the early
settlers of the town of Colburn. Adams
county, died Sunday, March 20, 1898.
The funeral was held TUESDAY,
State agent Chas. Hall of the New
York Underwriters was in town Friday
looking over the risks written by their
local agent, }. w. Bovee.
On Saturday last, our popular mer-
chant +. j. Luce purchased the large
pleasant home of f. l.. Powers, situated
north OF {. 4. Storms residence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
Reduced Freight Rates for Settlers.

In order to encourage the movement
of settlers and land buyers from Him
OILS, Wisconsin, Iowa and the eastern
states to Western Minnesota, South
Dakota and North Dakota, the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul Ry. Co. has very
materially reduced its carload rates
for emigrant movable, SO that farmers
who have purchased lands in Western
Minnesota, South Dakot. and North
Dakota can take all of their belongings
with them to their new homes at small
expense, which inducement upon the
part of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul Ry. will no doubt be greatly ap-
preciated by those who are thus bene-
fitted.
For further information apply to any
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST.
Paul Ry.. or to J. H. Hiland, General
Freight Agent, Old Colony Building,
Chicago, III,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
SpOtOIocy n New Science

The queerest statistician on record is
undoubtedly clerk in the Italian naval
office, the creator of the science OF
"spotology." This interchangeable genius
possessed the patience to collect during
the IS years of his service all the ink
spots that escaped his official pen.
With painstaking care the Scientist"
shipped these ink spots from the pa ges
of his ledgers and pasted them in an al
bum. From the collection OF ink spots
he evolved exhaustive psychological
studies. The long. pointed spots clear
ly indicate the irritation of the writer
at the moment he made them. The
round, heavy spots, on the contrary,
give an indication of weighty, bureau
cratic reflections. Frequently the spots
resembled birds and beasts of weird
and fantastic shapes. The writer some
times finished off these accidental crea-
tons, adding details and evolving like
nesses Of birds, fishes or frogs. The
Psychologist" is a genius in his way, for
he has opened a rich field of employ
ment for pensive and rumina tin clerks.
IN. Y. Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
CHIEF CAUSE.

Unhealthy urine from unhealthy kid
neys is the chief cause of bladder tlou-
bles. So the womb, like the bladder,
was CT Gated for one purpose, and if not
doctored too much is not liable to weak
ness or disease, except in rare cases.
1t is situated back of and very close to
the bladder, therefore any pain, disease
or inconvenience manifested in the
kidneys, back, bladder or urinary pas
sage is often, by mistake, attributed to
female weakness or womb trouble of
some sort. The error is easily made
and may be easily avoided. To find out
correctly, set your urine aside for TWEEN
ty-four hours: a sediment of settling in
dicates kidney or bladder trouble. The
mile and the extraordinary effect of DIR.
kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great kidney
ard bladder remedy is soon realized.
If you need medicine you should have
the best. At druggists fifty cents and
one dollar. You may nave sample
bottle and pamphlet both sent free by
mail, upon receipt of three two-cent
stamps to cover cost of postage on the
bottle. Mention Wood County Reporter
and send your address to DR.. kiImer &
Co., Binghamton, n. Y. The proprie-
tor of this paper guarantees the genu-
neEess Of this offer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
DISBURSEMENTS.
Paid clerks orders since date of last
Respectfully submitted,

Respectfully submitted,
/. E. PHILLEO.
Messrs. T. J. Wood, E. P. Arpin and
J. A. GaynOr were appointed by the
chair to examine said treasurer's
report and make announcement of
their findings in the local press. The
committee report is hereby submitted
as follows:
To the Board Of Education Of the City
of Grand Rapids: The committee
appointed at the late annual school
meeting of the electors of said city
would respectfully report that they
have compared the within report with
the original orders and vouchers, and
have compared the orders with the
stubs, at the same time cancelIing the
stubs, and we find the disbursements
and vouchers correct. We also COM
pared the charges against the treas
urer with the original accounts from
which they were derived and found
the same correct, and that the whole
report is in all respects correct.
Dated March %, 1898.
JOHN A. GAYNOR,
f. j. WOOD,
Z. p. ARPIN.
Election of commissioners, by bal
lot, resulted as follows:
First Ward-Henry Rablin, to sue
coed himself.
Second Ward-John p. Horton to
succeed [. E. PhilleO.
Third Ward. A. Gaynor, full
term; Geo. L. Williams, one year.
Fourth Ward--E. R9nius to succeed
himself.
Remarks were made by Supt. G. S
Ford and by Theo. W. Brazeau con-
corning conditions of the school sys-
tenn and school buildings, also sug-
costing some needed improvements.
Meeting then adjourned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
~ sSSS $3.50 go 9G3SS@SsSSS 90G'
Among the Churches.
LADi-S' AID SOCIETIES.
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL.

Public services for Sunday, March %,
1898.
Morning worship. 10.3Na. m. Theme
THE Church ana the World. Their
Mutual Relation and Obligation"
Sunday School, - o'clock. Quartz rly
review of lesson.
Junior Endeavor Society, 3 p. m.
Y P. S. c. E., 6:45 Subject: Goods
Unfailing Promises ''-Ps. xci. lie.
Evening worship. 7:30 .. m. Pre-
lude to the sermon, "Our Lords Despair
on the Gross" Theme uf sermon, al Eel
lowship in the Divine Sacrifice" Good
music and short dIscOurseS.
All are invited TO attend our public
services.
DURING THE WEEK.
Monday, : p. m. The Bible Study
club will meet with the pastor in the
church pariors.
Thursday evening, $50 o'ciock-Mid-
week prayer and conference meeting.
Subject for thought and discussion
In the guest chamber, The Place of
Friendshlp"-in the series of Thursday
evening meditations-"ln Holy Places
with the Master"
Friday, p. m. The Bible Study club
will meet with the pastor IN the church
parlOrs.
Saturday, 7:45 p. N. Quartet rehearsal.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Second
ward will meet with Mrs Geo. Smith
every Wednesday afternoon during the
month of March.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24

Later:-Just at press hour we are
advised that at the meeting of the
Board of Directors held March 10, Mr..
johnson was requested, as secretary,
to sign deed of conveyance Of reality
known as the Lutz property and rights
belonging to same, to f. Mac Kinuon,
Geo. E. Hoskinson, J. d. Witter, W. E..
Mack and n. Johnson, conditional.
Also deed to the Pioneer Wood Pulp
Co. conveying certain other lands and
rights; also a deed to Grand Rapids
Water Power Co. conveying certain
lands and rights. Consideration
REIMBURSEMENT of all rights and title
in the stock of the Consolidated Water
Power Co., which would mean the dis
bandment of said organization. Mr..
Johnson refused TO comply with such
request on the ground that the proceed
ing would be illegal. Board of direc-
tors then attempted to vacate the
secretary's office and elected Geo. E.
Hoskinson, secretary, who with Mr..
F. MacKinnon signed above deeds as
president and secretary of the Con-
solidated Water Power Co. To prove
the above order of business illegal is
Mr.. Johnson's object in commencing
suit, and it seems as if, certainly, his
action will be sustained by the public.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
WiSconSin's Semi-CentenniaI.

Time will work wonders. Half a cen
fury of push, progress and advance,
has developed the crude, wild territory
of Wisconsin into the proud Badger
state of to-day. Fortunate in it's pOss-
esslons of rich mineral resources, SPLEEN
did timber lands and fertile soil; by the
aid of the mighty hand of civilization
large cities have sprung up, immense
manufacturing plants have been erected
and fine farms developed. To properly
celebrate this progress, Milwaukee is
making great preparations for the
carnival to be held next summer.
A very important factor in the up
building of Wisconsin is a railway
system knownas the Wisconsin Central
Lines, which traverses the state from
tue southern boundary, north to Lake
Superior, and west to st. Paul and
Minneapolis.
Running through the rich mineral
belt and forests of Northern Wisconsin
iron ore deposits, beds of clay, kaolin
and mari, together with plenty of hard
wood, as well as pine, offer extraordin-
ary inducements for the location OF
factories and manufacturing plants.
Low freight rates. uneXcelled facilities
for reaching the market, and quick
transit of shipments, make the offer
very attractive Manufacturers and
other interested can obtain detailed
information by addressing W. H. Klllen,
Industrial Commissioner, Milwaukee,
Wis.
A word to the poor man, or of moder
ate means Farming lands in northern
Wisconsin are of the best and can be
obtained cheaplv and at reasonable
terms Any man of thrift, by industry,
can build a home for himself and family
and make a fine living on one of these
farms. Illustrated pamphlets and maps
on request by Frederick Abbot, Laud
Commissioner, Milwaukee, Wis
H. F. WHITCoMB, Gen'l Mgr.
BURTON JOHNSON, G. F. A
JAS. c. POND, Gen'l Pas Agt
Milwaukee Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24

wish him the best Of luck and success
in his new location.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Kruger were
visitors at Saranac Sunday.
c. H. Blair has returned from trip
south.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
rH %-<-W

| desire to attest to the merits of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy as one OF the
most valuable and efficient preparations
on the market 1t broke an exceedingly
dangerous cough for nee in "A hours, and
in gratitude therefor, desire to inform
you that | will never be without it, and
you should feel proud of the high es-
teen in which your Remedies are held
by the people in general. 1t is the one
remedy among ten thousand. Success
to ito. R. Downey, Editor Democrat,
Albion, Ind For sale by F. L. Steib &
Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
Consolidated Water Power Company

And now it seems to have become
necessary for Nels Johnson to begin
a suit against the i'll starred "consoli-
dated" Last week it was W. E.
Mack. What Mr.. Johnson's grievance
consists of we are unadvised, but as
both the above mentioned gentlemen
have been prominent in former days,
in pushing along a project so much de-
sired by our citizens, it BODIES very i'll
for its success to see them at war with
their own corporation. It's like
gunners training their guns against their
own defences. AS a consolidation it
really does not seem very solid. But
we live in hope that out of all this
intestine war and turmoil a new and
vigorous corporation will arise and
carry to successful completion work
which would be beneficial to the twin
cities as we'll as profitable to itself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
ANNUAL SCHOOL MEETING.
Held at High School Building Monday Night
Five Commissioners Elected.

The annual school meeting for thc
city of Grand Rapids convened at
Howe High school building Monday
evening at O'Clock, and proceeded to
business by election of Fl. Wiper
man, chairman. Supt. q. S. Ford
acted as secretary. There were pres
ent about seventy citizens, seventeen
of whom were ladies, and everyone of
the ladies took advantage of their
only opportunity to exercise the right
of suffrage and voted upon all Ques-
tiOns submitted.
I. E. Philleo, treasurer of the board
of education, read his report for the
year ending March p, 1898, as follows:
Report of the Treasurer of the Board
Of Education of the City of Grand
Rapids, Wis, for the year ending
March p, 1898.
Mob 1c 1907 Pole on a+
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
LEGAlS.
Order for Hearing Petition for Administratio
State of Wisconsin-County Court
for Wood County.


In the Matter of the Estate Of John Fike.
Deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Frank
krzewinor of the Town of Rudolph, Wood
County, Wisconsin. representing among other
things that John FHke an inhabitant Of Wood
County, residing al the Town OF Rudolph. said
county, on the 18th day OF january, A 1888,
at said town of Rudolph, died intestate leaving
estate to be administered thinssid county.
That the petitioner Frank krzewiuor is the
father-in-law and creditor OF said deceased,
and praying that administration of said estate
be granted to him, said Frank krzewiuor
ON motion OF said petitioner. by B. K. Goggins
his attorney,
IT Is ORDERED, That said petition be heard at
the regular April term uf said County Court TO
be held in and for said county, at the conrt
house in the City of Grand Rapids said county,
on the 5th, being the first Tuesday in April 4
D. 1898, at the opening of Court OH that day or
as soon thereafter as said petitioner can be
heard.
AND IT Is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice
thereof be given all persons interested b. pub
fishing a copy of this order for at least three
weeks successfully, previous 10 the time an
pointed, in the Wood County Reporter weekly
newspaper published at the city of Grand
Rapids, in said county.
Dated March 5, 1898.
BY the Court,
JOHN A. GAYNOR,
Mar.10W4 County Judge
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-03-24
ONE OF TWO WAYS,

The bladder was created for one pur-
pose, namely, receptacle for the urine,
and as such it is not liable to any form
Of disease except by one of two ways.
The first way is from imperfect action
Of the kidneys. The second way is
from careless local treatment of other
IiSooSnS