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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10

have known a great many English
girls with beautiful compilations who
took their baths as regularly as they
did any one of their meals, and their
appetites were unusually good. Every
one OF them took a tepid soap bath,
and if she had no means of having a
shower she gave one to herself by
pouring water over all parts of her
body, changing the temperature of
this shower so that from tepid it be-
came almost cool, but never icy cold.
raving chosen your bath you must
remember that a good rubbing is
part of it. The bath that leaves you
weakened is useless-indeed, danger
Ous-whereas the bath that strength
ems you, and makes you feel full OF
life and vitality, is the one you need.
All the creams that were ever made,
all the powders that were ever ground
up, and all the liquid beautifers that
ever existed as untruths, will not do
one-thousandth as much toward max
ing a girls complexion good as the
proper observance of the bath and the
regular taking of exercise"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
e Suffrage for 8
TIE Wol11etl :
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Mrs. Anna r. Simmons is the presi-
dent of the South Dakota Equal Suf-
frage association, and is the leading
figure in the fight which is being made
in that state for the right Of women
to vote.
Planned by the South Dakota Equal
Suffrage association, the campaign is
being conducted along systematic
lines. For ten busy weeks the leaders
in the movement have been arguing
seriously with the voters and they
have summoned noted women from
other states to their aid. Confident
that the time has come when major
ity of the men are willing to cast a
vote in their favor, the woman suf-
fragists are carrying their battle cry
into every corner of the state. Mass
meetings are being held by day and
night and reports from headquarters
show that there are encouraging signs.
Victory for the women in this cleo
ton means the addition of 100000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
WOMEN OF PORTO RICO.
Ride to Church on Mules and Smoke
Big Black Cigars.

Any man who may decide to try
his fortune in the newly acquired
island of Porto Rico must make up
his mind to be startled and even
shocked by the manners and customs
of that West Indian possession. A
correspondent now looking over the
ground there writes that hardly any
body ever thinks of walking Men
and women alike ride mules, the
Weather females using the English
side saddle, though some prefer the
safer, though clumsy, Spanish saddle.
Poorer women ride astride without
exciting any comment among the ma
tives. The correspondent continues:
Il noticed one rider near Juana
Diaz who took my mind back to the
old days of chivalry. She was a
lovely girl of about Is or 16, with a
| face like a madonna and a figure like
an artists model. One little foot
crept out beneath her silk riding
skirt, and to my surprise it was de-
void Of hosiery. The skin was like
polished velvet and was of pinkish
gold of an exquisite tint. 1t was shod
!
| broidered in color, and had an arched
instep which made the foot all the
more charming by its setting. The
time to see the women at their best is
on Sunday morning, when they ride
from their homes to mass in the
nearest church or cathedral. On one
Sunday morning, while riding leisurely
into small village on my way to this
town, | met a crowd of worshipers on
their way to mass. Nearly all the
women were on muleback and sat or
Iolled as if they were in an easy
chair in their own homes A few,
probably Weather than the others or
else delicate in health were accom-
panied by little darby boys, who held
over them a parasol or an umbrella.
On Sunday each woman wears huge
rosary, sometimes so large as to be
uncomfortable. l saw several that
were so unwieldy that they went over
the shoulders and formed huge line,
larger, indeed, than a string of sleigh
bells These are ornamental rOSaries
and are not used for prayer. The
praying rosary is as small and dainty
as those used by fashionable women
in our own Roman Catholic churches.
Besides the fan and the rosary every
woman was provided with neat and
often handsomely bound prayer book
and huge lighted cigar or cigarette.
This is indeed the land for women
who love the weed. A few smoke
cigarettes and pipes, but the ma
jority like partajas, perfectos, Napo-
Icons and other rolls of the weed larger
tnan those usually seen in our own
land. They smoke them at home and
in the streets, at the table or on the
balcony lying in hammocks or lolilng
on their steeds, and only desist when
within the sacred walls of the church.
The moment mass is over and they
emerge into the sunlight the. first
thing the women do is to light fresh
cigar and then climb into the saddle"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
DOMESTIC.

Chicago November wheat, 66c.
The price of coal will be advanced
so cents a ton,
President Mckinley will go to Can
ton to vote.
A national convention of architects
met in Washington.
Halloween jokers at Joliet hanged
Governor Tanner in effigy.
The government will try the eXpeT-
iment of a postoffice on wheels.
The gold reserve in the national
treasury is now over $4,000, OOO
Wealthy persons in New York ue-
cided to help the striking ladies' tail
orS.
Mr.. Wanamaker is charged with
sIandering a former state printer of
Pennsylvania.
Wausau celebrated the return of its
volunteers from Porto Rico by gen
uine peace jubilee.
A party OF seven are reported to
have persisted in the quicksand reg
ions of Alaska.
North Dakota fusionists disregard
the election law and may fail to get
on the official ballot.
Katie Boose, II years old, may be
prosecuted for robbing the Linoleum-
vile Is. l. postoffice.
1t is said that C. P. Huntington is
back of proposition to buy the
Glover Leaf railroad.
Father Peter Phiambolis, pastor o!
a Greek Catnolic church in Chicago
was arrested for perjury.
Leslie Parker, a lad at Muskegon
Mich, was shot and killed while en-
gagged in a Halloween prank.
The Health Board has had the
New York house in which Col. George
E. Warning, Jr., died fumigated.
Bonds of over $4,000 in value were
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
SAVED BY HIS QUICK WIT.

The foreman of jury which lately
sat in New England courtroom has
q ready wit, which served him well in
recent encounter with one of the
brilliant lights of the legal world. The
Judge is a man of abrupt manner and
speech, but with a quick sense OF
humor. The foreman of the jury was
late one day; only few moments, to
be sure, but it was one of the judges
most irritable days, as he afterward
owned. 81 oversight, your honor"
said the foreman with due meekness
as he took his seat. Fine him." said
the judge testify. MAY it please your
honor" said the foreman quickly, Il
did not dream of that" Remit the
fine said the judge, hiding his mouth
with his hand for moment, but his
eyes betrayed him for all that"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10

voters to the state. For the most part
they are white persons, native born,
and for them is claimed a higher aver
age of intelligence, industry and thrift.
Naturally the two great political par
ties are interested in the issue. Not
less so are the other parties and fac
tons in the state. It is an open ques-
ton on which side in national matters
the majority of the women would lean
should he electoral privileges be ac-
corded them, but at the same time
there appears to be no inclination
among the political chiefs to base OPP
position upon lines OF possible party
supremacy or overthrow. They are
meeting the issue face to face, argyll
ing upon its merits and combating 1t
upon clear ground. 1t remains for the
voters to determine the weight of the
logic and the influence now being
brought to bear upon them.
Wyoming adopted the woman suf-
frage law in 1870, Colorado in 1893,
and in Utah it is a constitutional pro-
vision and came into the nation with
the state This point is made in sup
port of the argument that woman suf-
| frage is not to be an experiment in
South Dakota.
Speaking Of the women campaigners
in the fall election, Mrs. Emma Gran
mer, one of the strongest state organ
! izers, and one who is as closely in
touch with the actual situation as any
one, has this to say: "The outlook for
! the passage of the equal suffrage
amendment has never before been so
bright. I spent considerable time in
| the Russian settlements in Turner
county and met with a surprisingly
cordial reception. One of the Russian
women who took part in an entertain
ment to raise money for suffrage work
had stacked fifty stacks of grain this
year. Surely she is entitled to the bal
lot. The Scandinavian vote is ours in
a very large measure, and they are CIV
ing us aid and cooperation which is
effective and encouraging. Bishop
O'Gorman of Sioux Falls is an ardent
suffragist, and his outspoken utter
ances will carry great weight in the
coming election with the Roman
Catholics of the state"
Success of woman suffrage in South
Dakota will mean another change in
the record of the states on this ques-
ton At present it stands: Three
states in which there is absolute polit-
ical equality, twenty-five where there
is limited suffrage, and eighteen in
which woman's political rights are ig-
nored. Those states where limited suf-
frage is granted are: Arizona, Della
ware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota,
Kansas, Texas, Vermont, Washington
and Connecticut.
The conspicuous campaigners have
been at work in the state since early
in September-the war delaying the
active Inauguration of the campaign
and are pledged to go on until the eve
before the election. They are women
whose qualifications for the fight are
striking. Mrs. Simmons has the con-
fdence of every suffrage sympathizer
in South Dakota. Her home is in HUI
ron and she is the wife of Rev. Thomas
Simmons, a Methodist minister and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10

the presiding elder of the Huron dis
trict. She was born in Ohio, but went
with her parents in early girlhood to
Iowa, and received her education at
Cornell college, Iowa. In 1873 she
was married, coming with her husband
TO Dakota territory in 1884, since
which time she has been a constant
and faithful worker in reforms. She
has three children, and her eldest
daughter, girl of 10, can look after
things at home during the weeks
when her mother is gone. Mrs. Sim
mons IS a motherly looking, hand
some woman, and makes an earnest,
convincing address.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
FOREIGN.

The Japanese cabinet has resigned.
Emperor William expresses great
friendship for Turkey.
1t is rumored that a revolution is in
progress in Uruguay, South America.
A clash between Great Britain and
Russia over China seems imminent.
The Mexican authorities are taking
active measures to stamp out yellow
fever.
The recent Canadian plebiscite re-
suited in majority Of 1884 for
prohibition.
Emperor William and Empress
Augusta Victoria of Germany attended
the conservation of the Church Of the
Redeemer in Jerusalem.
There has been a marked increase
in the British naval and military
preparations.
Diplomats in Washington say that
the entire Egyptian question will
soon be raised.
France, it is said, will uncondition-
ally recall the Fashoda expedition,
averting war.
A Rome correspondent says the
pope will shortly issue an encyclical
on Anarchism.
A new French cabinet was selected
with NJ Dupuy as premier and min
lister of the interior.
Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras
combine, with the title of United
States Of Central America.
France accepts the Dreyfus decision
calmly, and even shows a concllla-
tory disposition toward England.
The new French cabinet has reached
complete accord regarding the past at
titude of NJ. Delcasse in reference tc
/ the Fashoda dispute.
Mexican officials report four deaths
from yellow fever in Monterey. En-
tire families are known to be stricken
Business in that city is paralyzed.
Deaths from bubonic plague con
tinue in Vienna. The disease began
in a laboratory, where plague germ:
were being experimental with.
The criminal section of the Paris
court of cessation appointed coun
sellers to proceed with supplement
tary inquiry into the Dreyfus case.
A great fire in Serinagur, in the
vale of Cashmere, destroyed all thu
public buildings and many residence
Sunday. The damage is estimated a
100000
The Novoe vremya, st. Peters
burg paper, says that the American
Standard Oil company "is buying VI
Russian competitors at Baku behinC
an English mask"
The sultan presented to Empero
William the ground on which was tn
abode of the Virgin Mary. The EN-
peror dedicated it to the use Of hi
Catholic subjects.
The murder Of prospector naGnet
Botleau on the Ashcroft-Glenori
trail has been reported to the Can
adian provisional police. The muir
derer is variously known as T. VIII
son, McGregor and McGraw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
BRIDES DIVINELY TALL.
Some Junos Have Been Led to the
Hymeneal Altar of Late.

In one respect the brides of the year
drawing to a close have aroused COM
ment never before perhaps called
forth in any one season. So far as
physique has been concerned, they
are group of goddesses, whose stat
ure in several instances emphasized
the fact that the bridegrooms, in the
matter of inches, fell considerably
short of Olympian proportions. Miss
Catharine Duer, the favorite of all
her set, who married Clarence Mac
kay last spring, was young Juno,
who overtopped her husband by an
inch or two. Mrs. George Vanderbilt,
another June bride, is taller than
her husband The young duchess of
Marlborough, by the way, had the
better of the duke in inches, as well
as in millions. And now another
Englishman, Harold Barring, who has
just married Miss Marie Churchill,
Will also look up to his wife in more
ways than one. So it has gone until
peolpe are beginning to raise the.--
eyebrows and wonder where this IN
verse proportion is to end.
A physician who was addressing
womaA's club the other day had some
thing to say on this subject He de-
clared unequivocally that girls are
taller, stronger, better than they were
twenty-five years ago." He said, with
a quizzical smile, that his only fear is
that we will produce a race Of girls
six feet tall, with brothers only four
feet six" He thinks that parents
coddIe their children too much, and
said that there is more sickness caused
by overdressing than by underdress-
ing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
UNDER THE BLACK FLAG.
Two Women known to Have Been Pr
rates on the Spanish Main.

In the old days, when piracy -four
ished along the Spanish main and
when buccaneers had headquarters in
many islands of the West Indies, Mary
Read and Anna BOnny sailed under the
black flag The first wore boy scloth-
ing from childhood to hide family
secret. For a while she served on
an English warship and then sailed
for Cuba on a merchant vessel, which,
was captured by pirates. She Joined
the gang and thus met Anne Benny.
The latter was also disguised as man
and, not knowing Mary to be female,
fell in love with her, revealing her
own sex. Mary was then obliged to
make a similar revelation. The pair
served at their profession for many
years. Finally they were taken prison
ers by a war vessel. Mary Read was
sent to a prison in Jamaica, where she
ended her days. What became OF
Anne is not known.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
PYRAMIDS BUILT BY BLIND MAN.

A great curiosity and something Of
great interest to veterans is the his
torical phyramids owned and built by
w. H. Sallada Of Los Angeles, who
lost both eyes in the late war. The
pyramid is about seven feet high and
two feet wide at the base. Each side
OF the exterior is completely covered
with relics Of all kinds, such as
swords, pistols, cannon balls, pieces of
famous war vessels, flags and each
relic has history of its own, which
is willingly told to you by Mr.. Sal
lada, who, though unable to see,
knows instantly by touch which
article you desire information about
The interior is composed of six re-
volving shelves containing miniature
ships, forts and soldiers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10

London geological gardens without
drinking drop, and some naturalists
think that hares take no liquid except
the dew that sometimes comes on the
grass that they eat. A considerable
of reptiles serpents, lizards
and certain batrachians-live and
prosper in places where there is no
water at ALL Finally, there are even
in France, in the neighborhood of the
LOZere, herds of cows and goats which
almost never drink, and which never
theless produce the milk of which the
famous Roquefort cheese is made.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
AN IMMUNE.

They were speaking of Mr.. Long
back, the merchant who never adver-
tises.
81 understand the board of health
refused to vaccinate him
tFWhy?"
said it was a waste Of virus. He'll
never catch anything, anyway"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10

A delegation Of eight sailors from
the American bark st. Catherine from
New York, tell narrowing stories Of
maltreatment at the police station in
Seattle. They wanted warrants for
the arrest Of Capt. Matthews and Mate
Dressed. Owing to the fact that the
prosecuting attorney could not be
found, the matter was postponed until
today. The sailors were Germans and
Scandinavians, and cannot speak Eng
lish. Capt. Matthews strongly denies
the charges.
George A. Steele and George A.
Steele & Co. of Portland Ore, have
petitioned the United States court to
be declared bankrupt and to be dis
charged from all Indebtedness. The
assets as given in the petition are
$3.50, 900 and the liabilities SAIL 600.
Mr. Steele's failure is due to his eff
forts to support with his own for
tune the East Side electric railway.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10

lam to visit the United states. The
emperor replied that he would have
long ago made the voyage, but that
America was so large that he could
not crafty his wish, as the journey
would occupy too much time.
Johsua K. Brown, who was to have
been sent from Detroit TO San Fran
cisco as Chinese inspector, has been
ordered to Honolulu as Chinese inspec-
tor to carry out restriction laws.
These laws as we'll as the treaty now
in force between this country and
China will apply to the territory of
Hawaii.
A complaint filed from five grain
firms at Clafin, Kan, says 10000
bushels Of wheat are waiting to be
moved at that point, 1000 bushels of
which are lying on the ground. Farm
ers generally have been holding their
grain for higher prices and this unex-
pected movement has caused a short
age Of cars.
Physicians at the county hospital,
Chicago, dressed the wound on the
head Of Attorney Frank Collier
caused by the surgical operation per-
formed few days ago. The physi-
clans concluded that a secondary OPP
Grafton would not be needed. Mr..
Collier declares his sanity has been
restored.
A game of football played by Car
roll college students last summer cost
the institution $1,000. Miss Anna NJ.
| Sackett of Waukesha, who died last
week, had made a will leaving $4,000
to the trustee of Carroll college for
the benefit of that Institution, but
changed it recently because the col
! lege permitted football.
Charles E. Jenkins of GAINESVILLE has
collection OF Spanish-American war
relics that he received from battleship
sailors in New York harbor. 1t in
cludes shells fired by the Iowa at the
! Viscaya, a portion Of the Santiago
cable cut by the cruiser st. Louis, and
a Spanish shell found by the Ameri-
can sailors in MORO castle.
Supreme Court Justice Chester rem
dered a decision which, if it is sus-
tanned by the higher courts, will pre-
vent the connection Of the New York
& Ottawa railroad company at Long
Lake with the Adirondack railway 1T
North Creek, and thereby Illustrate the
plan for shortening the riding dis
lance from New York city to Canada
by SO miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
ANIMALS THAT NEVER DRINK.

There are in the world several kinds
of animals that have never swallowed
a drop of water in all their lives;
these include the Ilamas of Patagonia
and certain gazelles of the far east.
4 paroquet lived fifty-two years in the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10
THE IEPID BATH IS BEST OF ALL.

The best of all baths is the tepid
BATH" says Ruth Ashmore in the
Ladies' Home Journal. I'VE hear Won
derful stories of English girls breaking
the ice to jump into their baths. l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10

The Nicaraguan congress has in
dorsed the canal agreement with E. F.
Cragin and Edward Eyre.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-11-10

! D1IICicS-
All arrangements have been per-
| fected for the immediate extension of
the st. Louis, Peoria anu Northern
railroad to Chicago. The enterprise
is being pushed by Henry Willard,
| formerly president of the Northern
Pacific, and the DeutscAe bank at
Berlin.
Forty representative mirror manu-
facturers of the country met and
completed an organization which was
initiated in New York six weeks ago.
The organization will be known as
the National Mirror Manufacturers
Association and is expected to control
the trade.
A demand of assignment has been
made upon J. c. Warrington, one of
the largest cheese exporters in Can
ada, and who also operates largely in
northern New York. 1t is also under
stood that the demand will not be con-
tested. The liabilities are unknown,
but will be large.
At Port Townsend, Wash, the dis
coveTy has been made that some mis-
creant has defaced the two 54-ton
guns that are waiting to be placed
in position at Marrowstone Point by
cutting names on the stem barrels
with soap and acid. Suspicion rests
on discharged workmen.
United States Minister Strauss at
Constantinople invited Emperor Will
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-03

crowded together very closely. They
have no floor but the ground and no
furniture. n after a years wear, but
very little clothing, except such stray
substitutes as they car extemporize.
With large families or with more han
one in his little space the commonest
sanitary provisions are impossible.
Conditions are UNREASONABLE In this
respect. Torn from their homes. with
foul earth. foul air. foul water and foul
food, or none, chat wonde that one
half have died and one-quarter of the
living are so diseased that they cannot
be saved.
"A form Of dropsy is a result of this
condition. Little children are still
walking about with arms and chests
terribly emaciated. eyes swollen n
abdomen bloated to three times the
natural size. The physicians say these
cases are hopeless. Deaths in the street
have not been | was told
by one of our consuls that they have
been found dead about the markets I'm
the morning. where they had crawled.
hoping to get some stray bits of food
from the early hucksters, and that
there had been cases where they had