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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
CRY OF THE CHILDREN.

The proper care of an infant is a
er's mind,
ga child should sleep by ITSELF" as
serts an authority on baby culture;
under no circumstances with an older
person or another child. The mattress
should be firm but soft. For young in
fants a heavy army blanket folded and
laid on spring bed is quite enough,
ana is much better than a mattress,
as it can be thoroughly aired, disin-
fected, washed, etc. A healthy child
up to / year old should sleep about
two-thirds of the time, and until a
child is years old daily lap should
be insisted on. If a child is generally
wakeful during the night shorten its
sleeping hours during the day.
Rocking and walking to induce
sleep is an extremely bad habit to
form. Commence from the first day.
Place the baby in bed, see that the
hands and feet are warm, that there
are no wrinkles in clothing or bed
ding; darken the room and leave the
child alone. 1t rarely takes more than
one or two nights to train an infant
into good habits of sleep.
Playing with children and excite
ment of any kind should be avoided,
especially just before bedtime. Shak-
ing rattles or anything else continually
before child constant amusement Of
any kind is all very injurious, the
mind being kept in state of incessant
activity with no rest and paves the
way to nervous prostration of the
adult.
"a certain amount of crying is in
dispensable to a healthy child-not
fretful, worrying whine, but a good,
healthy cry. A baby who has not
strong cry is in a serious condition
and must be made to cry, otherwise
the lungs collapse and death results"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
LENT AND LADIES.

The observing of Lent is doomed
the women of the Four Hundred in
New York have given it up. Every
woman, however humble her origin,
believes that there is blue blood in
her veins and takes a great deal of
interest in the doings of the Four
Hundred. 1t is the women who pay
respect to Lent. The men never paid
the slightest attention to it,
But now that the women OF the Four
Hundred have dropped it, look out
for the women of the Seventy Mil
lion to drop it. All the little "trip
gerry things that women wear come
from the Four Hundred The maya
zines describe the ways of the Four
Hundred, and the women of the Sew
enty Million try to act like them. We
don't understand why they should
but they do. Men don't care what the
men of the Four Hundred do and
never try to act like them. If
mans father was a shoemaker he says
so and never pretends that he was an
exiled nobleman.-The Atchison
Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06

the assembly joint resolution for the
appointment by the governor OF d
commission of Is persons to interest
the people Of the state in the Paris
exposition of 1900 was concurred in.
Senate bills passed were: Nos. 210
(Whitman), relating to mechanics
liens and providing that Improvements
made upon the grounds by lessees
shall not affect the title of the land
lord, and 246 (Mills), requiring that
time checks and promissory papers be
made payable at some designated
bank. Assembly bills were concurred
in: Nos. 1877 (Benson), prohibiting
laying out of roads through orchards,
gardens and buildings when damage.
exclusive of land exceeds SIS. and
through buildings and cemeteries with
out permission Of owners or trustees;
$50 (Morgan), allowing directors of Ii
braries to sen1 out travelling libraries
Among the bills killed was the one
providing a bounty of cents on all
pig iron Manufactured.
A colonssal calendar in the assem-
bly, was left practically untouched,
though the anti-pass conference report
was adopted and the anti-pass bill laid
over till next Thursday. The debate
| on the report was in a considerable
| measure of a parliamentary character,
| the merits, however, cropping out oc-
casionally. After the report had been
| adopted-without apparently the men,
| bers generally understanding the full
| purport Of such action-a motion 20
reconsider failed only by tie vote.
With only three dissenting votes,
| those of Messrs. Feige, Overlook and
! Werheim, the conference report on the
anti-pass joint resolution was adopted,
| the affirmative vote being 80. Mr..
been announced, asked for a reconsid-
Grafton. Judge Orion combatted de-
lay and Mr.. Wheeler's motion was re-
jected by tie vote, AZ to AZ. The
committee on agriculture reported q
substitute bill, defining legal fences
1t enables persons to add wires to rail-
road fences to keep their smaller live,
stock in and requires the lower boards
of wooden fences to be closer together
The finance committee reported sub
stitute resolution to again submit tbs
banking law proposition to the peO
Pile The dairy and food committee
made an adverse report on the pure
beer bill.
The legislature adjourned till mex
Wednesday evening in order to allow
members to be home at the spring
election
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
MARK TWAIN'S LETTER TO RUTH.

Some years ago Mark Twain APP
peared at the consulate of the United
States at Frankfort, Germany, and
found Captain Mason, the consul gen
eTal, packing up his books and papers
and all of his personal belongings.
whats up?" he asked.
My time is up" replied Mason
cheerfully. I'VE have a democratic
president, and as I am a republican I
have to get out and give my place to
a good democrat, soon to be appointed
to this post"
That's blessed shame" exclaimed
Mr.. Clemens, and he started for the
hotel, where he wrote this letter to
Ruth Cleveland, then only about a
year old:
my Dear Ruth:-I belong to the
mugwumps, and one of the most
sacred rules of our order prevents us
from asking favors of officials or rec
ommending men to Office, but there is
no harm in writing a friendly letter to
you and telling you that an Internal
outrage is about to be committed by
your father in turning out of office the
best consul I know land I know a
great many, just because he is a re-
publican, and a democrat wants his
place"
And then Mr. Clemens related
what he knew of Captain Mason and
his official record, and continued:
81 can't send any message to the
president, but the next time you have
a talk with him concerning such mat
ters, I wish you would tell him about
Captain Mason and what I think of g
government that so treats it's efficient
officials
Three or four weeks later Mr.. Glenn
ems received little envelope post
marked Washington, in which was
note, written in President Cleveland's
own hand, that read:
Miss Ruth Cleveland begs to ac-
knowledge the receipt of Mr.. Twain's
letter, and to say that she took the
liberty of reading it to the president,
who desires to thank Mr.. Twain for
his information and to say to him that
Captain Mason will not be disturbed
in the Frankfort consulate. The pres
ident also desires Miss Cleveland to
say that if Mr. Twain knows of any
other cases of this kind he will be
greatly obliged if he will write him
concerning them at his earliest con-
venience. ''-Exchang
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
TELEGRAMS IN BRIEF.
AFFAIRS OF WAR.

The United States colonial COM
mission reached Ponce, Porto Rico
Ex-Gov. Thomas V. Fletcher of Mis-
souri, died in Washington, aged Y.
S. B. Armour, member of the firm
Of Armour & Co., died in Kansas City.
Ogden Mills is about to build a
series of model flats for the New York
poor
Gen. Eagan testifies that one firm
submitted a bid for process beef, but
that it was not considered.
The total American losses near
Manila since February 4 have been
about IT'S killed and 900 wounded.
The South Dakota regiment made
a most brilliant charge at Marilao'
It lost six officers and men killed and
20 wounded.
Lieut.. Gohn, who has served in the
Philippines, declared that it would
take several years to completely con-
quer the FiIipinos.
The Filipinos have Bulacan in the
line of the American advance north
ward from Manila.
The thirteenth Minnesota Joined
Gen. MacArthur's division and is now
on the firing line.
Secretary AIger has ignored the Gu
ban assembly at Havana and declined
to receive it's members.
Fighting near Malabon continued
The American forces met stout re
sistance from the Filipinos, but theiI
lines were well advanced. In the en-
gagement twenty-five officers and mel
were killed, including Col. Harry c
Egbert Malabon, the capitol, wa
taken Thursday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE,

Madison, March 2S.-In the senate
the anti-pass bill, No. los, as amended
by the assembly was laid over for a
day. The assembly amendment to the
good roads resolution, providing that
state aid if granted shall be by taxa
ton instead Of by issuing bonds, was
concurred in. A brief discussion was
held over No. Ills, increasing the ap-
preparation for teachers Institutes by
$1,000, all from the general fund, and
making the total appropriation SIS
900. Senator Jones moved that the
bill be referred to committee. He
thought the appropriation too large,
in view of the many appropriation
bills. Finally the action was de-
ferred for day. Three bills were put
through, Nos. BASS, for the appoint
ment of commission to report on
the ACCESSIBILITY of making an exhibi-
ton at the Ohio centennial exposi-
ton in 1902; GA (Parker), making
liquor licenses date from delivery in
stead of time of granting; 33a, re-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
FOREIGN.

The lower house of the Danish par
lament granted credit of $26,800 to
SEND cruiser to China.
Mr.. Balfour predicts that general ar
bitration will eventually be adopted
by Britain and America.
At ST. Johns, N. F., the sealers Loop
ard Vanguard and Neptune have ar
rived with $1,000 seals.
An English syndicate has been
formed, with 100000 capital, to work
gold mines in Costa RIGA.
Chilians are said to be opposed to
the award in the Puma de Atacama
case made by Minister Buchanan, as
arbitrator
Mail advices from Australia state
that villages on islands in the Solo
mon group have been swept away by
tidal waves.
Lady Randolph Churchill outlines
the policy of the Anglo-Saxon, the
quarterly magazine which she will es-
tablish in London.
DR.. Delbreuck, professor in the
Berlin university, was repremanded
and fined S119 for criticising the eX-
pulsion of Danes from Schleswig-Hol-
stein.
A number of American and British
sailors and marines were killed or
wounded in a fight with Mataafa' s
British cruisers destroyed a number of
tribesmen in Samoa. American and
villages.
AT Kingstown, Jamaica, in a riot
among crews of the American feet on
shore leave over an old feud about the
New York's absence at the battle of
Santiago, several men were wounded
two dangerously.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
POSITIONS THAT AFFECT SLE-P.

The position affects sleep. A ION
strained position generally prevents
repOse, while a comfortable one Woos
sleep. Lying fiat on the back, with
the limbs relaxed, would seem to Sc
cure the greatest amount of rest for
the muscular system. This is the po-
sition assumed in the most exhausting
diseases, and it is generally hailed as
a token of revival when a patient vol
UNFAIRLY turns on the side. But there
are several disadvantages in the SUI
pine posture which impair or en-
barrass sleep. Thus, in disordered
conditions Of the stomach, the blood
seems to grayitate to the back of the
head and produce troublesome dreams.
Nearly all who are inclined to snore
do SO when lying on the back, because
the soft palate and uvula hang on the
tongue and that organ falls back so as
to partly close the top of the wind
pipe. 1t is better, therefore, to lie on
the SIDE, and in the absence of special
disease rendering it desirable to lie on
the weak side so as to leave the
healthy lung free to expand, it is well
to use the right side, because when the
body is thus placed the food gravitates
more easily out of the stomach and
the weight of the stomach does not
compress the upper portion Of the in
testines. A glance at any of the Wis
ceral anatomy will show this to be SO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06

created in the assembly when the De-
vos bill to take the appointment of the
water registrar of Milwaukee out of
the hands of the mayor and place it in
those of the board of public works
came up for passage. Mr.. Rusk arose
in opposition to the measure and said
that in the light of recent occurrences
he believed he was justified in speak
ing on it. He then bluntly stated that
he had been improperly approached
with, reference to it. A member of
the upper house, Senator Green, had
told him that if he had any measures
before the legislature in which he
was interested their fate might depend
on his vote on this bill. He believed
the measure a bad one and all the
worse for the threat that had been
made to him. He had no measures in
which he was particularly interested
but if he had he would rather let all
bills fail than be inundated from vot-
ing right on any one. Mr. McGrath
did not believe that any one who knew
Mr. Rusk should dare to attempt to in
timidate or corrupt him. Mr. Over
beck jumped to his feet to say that he
had overheard the conversation 10
which Mr.. Rusk referred and that it
had all been in jest. Another Spirite
speech by Mr.. Killilea in opposition to
the bill greatly amused the large num-
Der of listeners present. The speaker
subjected Mr.. Dodge to a gentle roast.
ing for supporting so partisan a meas
ure. The bill was finally passed, Al
to So. The Hall bill, requiring poi,
| sons to be kept in triangular red
bottles, was also passed. The judici,
airy committee reported for passage
No. 244a, allowing lien on grain
threshed and corn shelled, and for in.
definite postponement Nos. $685., tt
abolish the land office and put the
work of the office in the department
of the secretary of state; 149s, limiting
the days for service on county boards
! The claims committee reported favor
ably on 423a, permitting county boards
to establish training schools for teach
ers in counties in which no norma
school exists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
A YEARS OLD BOOK SALES.

1t is rather surprising fact that
the average price brought at old book
sales in England last year was some
thing like $3.50. In the sum total, at
sixty-one sales, 1888 lots brought in
round numbers half a million dollars
The high average is due to the sale of
the splendid Ashbufnhan library,
which alone brought over 5000
There NAV easily be a fortune in old
books
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06

At Harrisonville, Mo-, E. Bates Soper
was hanged. in 1891 he killed his wife
and two children, Draining them with
an axe. He left note saying he could
not support them. He went to Port
land, Oregon, and, taking the name of
Prentice, married a widow. In 1897 he
deserted her, taking their 2-year-old
child. He afterwards killed the child
He was captured in California and con-
fessed to both crimes, adding that he
had killed his father in 1880.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06

The feeblest infant, unduly arrived
in this vale Of tears, may be grown 10
the right proportions by means Of the
baby incubators, now quite common
in use in the hospitals. The little
ones struggle along under glass and
the nurses claim that they are more
healthy when they leave the incuba-
tor than the offspring reared in the
way nature intended. The most irrit-
able infant submits to the quieting in
fuence under the gentle, soothing
warmth that surrounds the imma-
ture little frame Children of larger
growth whose immature mental and
moral calibre would be greatly i'm
proved if they could be kept under
glass for period, should receive the
attention of scientists!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06
PLENTY OF TREES IN PARIS.

Paris contains more trees than any
city in the world, which is the reason
why its streets and avenues are so
beautiful. These trees are principally
of three kinds-the chestnue and aca-
cia, such as line rhe Champs EIysees,
and the lime tree, which grows in
such abundance in the Bots de Bou-
logne and no certain of the other
boulevards
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06

curing seven months of school each
year instead of six to obtain the state
aid OF taxes. Another debate was
expected on No. Ills (Martin), in
creasing the annual appropriation for
teachers Institutes from $4,000 to
Sl5, 200. Senator KreutZer intro
duced an amendment reducing the to-
tai to $4,000, and on motion of Sena-
tor Green the bill went over for the
day. The assembly resolution per-
hitting Mr.. Dahl to introduce new
bill relating to the sale Of drugs by
unlicensed persons was concurred in.
In the assembly the speaker ap-
pointed Messrs Overlook, Johnston
and Ives as house members of the COM
mittee to transfer the title of the his
torical society's property to the state
The four senate bills drafted and pre-
sented by the committee on assessment
and collection of taxes, for the taxa
ton OF express, sleeping car, freight
lines and equipment companies, were
all concurred in unanimously. They
now go to the senate on certain unim-
portant amendments and then to the
governor. They will doubtless be
laws very soon, and are expected to
produce considerable revenue from
sources heretofore yielding virtually
nothing. Judge Orion says, however,
that they are wholly experimental as
to receipts and that he has never heard
even a figure ventured as to how much
they would yield President Fargo of
the American Express company has
admitted that the express bill would
Senator Welton's bill, No. 1856, consti-
| tuting all moneys received by the state
| from the federal government in pay
ment of the claim Of the state against
| the United States for recent stores
supplies and equipment, a special
fund for the re-equipment of the ma
tional guard, was concurred in, like
wise Senator Welton's bill, No. 296
| forbiduing the sending of tramps tc
poorhouses. Mr. Williams made q
motion for a reconsideration of the
vote by which non-concurrence had
been voted to the senate bill, the pur.
pose of which is to continue a repub
lican as water registrar in Milwaukee
and argued along partisan lines in IA
vor Of his motion, as did also Mr.
Dodge. Mr.. Eline and Mr.. Hall OBJ
posed but the vote was reconsideret
and the bill ordered to a third read
ing. Mr.. Galway presented a minor
ity bill for a 2-cent passenger rate
The majority Of the railway commit
tee had reported against the measure
while Mr.. Galway favored it. I
went over till Thursday. The Dag
gett bill, 414a, limiting the pay .
county board members to 81 days ;
year was summarily killed despite
favorable committee report. Tn,
linn bill to heavily license persons
using trading stamps went over for
day on Mr.. Trues motion. Mr.. Tru,
said he was opposed to the measure a
it now stood because it would operat
to the advantage of the big stores a.
against the small ones.
The McGrath bill for a bounty of
cent per pound on beet sugar for
period of years was deemed by Mr.
Orion as unconstitutional on the thee
ry that public moneys cannot be de
voted to private purposes. The bill
went to a third reading
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06

Madison, March 29.-At the evening
session of the senate the committee on
public health and sanitation reported
for postponement No. lbs, to regulate
the sale of patent medicines. The
committee on forestry reported favor
ably on No. IS, for a state forestry
system. Among the senate bills were
passed as follows: Nos. 26 (McGilli-
vray), providing a compensation of
SIS week for the officiating chaplains
in the senate and assembly; Ill MAR
TIM, increasing the appropriation for
teachers institute from $4,000 to s12,-
600, of which the sum taken from the
normal school fund shall remain the
same as at present $4,000; 156 (Har-
ris), requiring non-residents to pay a
tax of 10 cents a ton on ice shipped out
of the state; 21S (Hatton), appropriate
ing $4,000 to the veterans home at
Waupaca; 25S (BisselD, increasing the
funu to the free high schools from
$4,000 to 100000 a year; 800 (WeI-
tom, increasing the appropriation to
the commissioners of fisheries to
$4,000; 1872, appropriating $500 for the
summer school in library science; 229
(Baxter), appropriating $4,000 annual
ly the next two years to Superinten6-
ent L. D. Harvey with which to make
investigation regarding the advisable
ity of introducing agriculture and
manual training in the public schools.
$50 (Mills), authorizing railroad COM
missioner, governor and attorney gen
eral to compel railroads to make con-
nections at junction points; 338, ap-
propriating $4,000 towards univer-
sity dairy herd; 100000 for a new
building for the college of engineering.
and $4,000 for a water tower for the
university
AT the morning session of the assem-,
bly, graceful resolution was offered
by Mr.. Vandercook expressive of the
of the badger solons of
the courtesies shown our brave boys
by the kindly people of Florida during
the Spanish war 1t was adopted. A
resolution was also adopted for COM
of Is appointed by the COVER
nor to boom the American exhibit 1T
the Paris exposition in 1900. Among
the reports was one from the commit
tee on roads and bridges in favor of
the passage of the Morgan bill which
gives a road-tax credit of 81 to every
farmer who will erect a sign showing
who owns the farm. The Orion life
insurance bill which will cOmpe1 the
Northwestern Mutual of Milwaukee 10
pay about 100000 tax a year, instead
Of $4,000 as now, was passed after a
ong debate, Orion for and Mr.. Wheeler
against. The vote was IS to 16. All
were voted down.
At the evening session of the senate
Mr.. Stout submitted a joint resolution |
Mr.. Whelan to introduce
4 bill appropriating $500 for a medal |
for Prof. S. M. Babcock, professor of |
agricultural chemistry in the univer-
;ity and chief chemist to the expert |
nent station, in recognition of his |
services in inVenting the
3abcock milk tester and other valuable |
Instruments and giving them free to
he public. Joint resolution No. 21s. |
providing for an amendment to the
fixing the time of election
II the state superintendent in the |
spring instead of fall and increasing
lis term Of Office from to 4 years, was
avorably received.
At night mild sensation was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06

Miss Clara Baartz, aged II, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. August Baartz, died in
Sheboygan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06

kilograms in Chilli cost cents each
The government owns all the lines.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-04-06

Madison, March 31.-In the senate