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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

Several free trade writer's are eXpa-
tiating on the freedom of Hawaiian
sugar from duties. Ii they could only
grasp the fact that it IS now a product
raised on American SOIL they would
see the subject in Il different light.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

do you want the flag to go back be-
fore an armed force" asked Gov.
Roosevelt Of a man who said he was
opposed to keeping the Philippines.
The governor stated the case fairly, as
far us it has been developed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20
Thursday, July 20, 1899,

The advance in wages OF working
men in various parts OF the country
goes merrily on, but the democratic
papers are so busy bowling at eXpan-
sion that they fail to notice it at all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20
; Among the Churches. /:
D LADIES' AID SOCIETIES. {
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.

Corner of Oak ana Sycamore streets, Grand
Rapids. Rev. Z. 4. Nimits pastor, residence sos
Oak street.
Public services for Sunday, July %, 1899.
$50 a. H. Glass Meeting.
1880 q. n. Preaching.
Has a.. m. Sunday SchC oil.
500 r. N. Junior League.
6;45 P. N Epworth Lea que
80 P. m. Preaching.
Subject of Morning Sermon, a. Glad Home
going.
Mr. ENNIS, local preacher of Milwaukee,
will preach in the evening.
Thursday, July p. $50 p. N. Prayer and
Praise meeting.
You are cordially invited TO attend these
meetings.
Come yourself and bring vour friends.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20
Notice of Hearing.

WOOD COT MY tOJRI-In Probate.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, !
COUNTY OF WOOD. -
Notice Is hereby given, that at the regular
term of the County C0nTt to DE held in and for
said county, at the court house in the CITY Of
Grand Rapids in said county, on the 18th day of
August, \. ID. 1899, the following matter will be
heard and considered:
The application of William Hooper to admit
to probate the last will and testament Of William
Quinn, late OF the town of Port Edwards, Wood
county, Wisconsin, deceased.
JOHN 4. GAYNOR
4wk County Judge of Mood Comfy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL.

707 Water street, Grand Rapids. Rev. B. J. II
Shaw, pastor, residence rs Water street.
Public services for Sunday, July %, 1899.
1880 a. IN. Preaching
1900 m. Sunday School.
Subject of Morning Sermon, 1.-The Glory anC
Song of Summer"
No services Sunday evening.
Week evening service, Thursday, 40
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

WORKING FOR COMMISSIONS.

United States Senator Quarles has
been quoted in the Sentinel as follows:
Il have sent in the application of
about q dozen Wisconsin men for com
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20
WILL VISIT GRAND RAPIDS AT THE
WITTER HOUSE,
Saturday, July %,
For One Day only and E0ety
-Four Weeks Thereafter

This eminent Specialist, with fifteen
years of the largest hospital experience
guarantees to cure any case he may un-
dertake. After a careful examination,
which is absolutely free, the Doctor will
Candidly and honestly inform the in
valid whether there is hope or not.
LUNG AND THROAT DISEASES cured by
the latest and most scientific treatment.
CATARRII in all its varied forms treated
at the uniform and very low rate of
$500 a month.
A CERTAIN CURE FOR DIABETES, a dis
ease commonly fatal.
CANCER cured painlessly, without the
use of the knife.
| Piles treated painlessly. without in
| terruption of business duties
! EPILEPSY OR FRS, the most terrible
disease affecting humanity permanently
cured. Deafness and noises III the ears
cured.
STOMACH. KIDNEY AND LIVER diseases
thoroughly cured.
The Doctor has an unfailing treatment
for diseases of women.
| DR.. McElwee has devoted extra time
in the French hospitals to the study of
PRIVATE DISEASES OF MEN
and has specially imported medicines
and appliances necessary to cure the
worst cases af nervous debility and
gloomy feelings, physical defects and
weakness caused by NARICOCELE.
NIGHT LOSSES, errors of youth or
general dissipation.
Bring small bottle of urine for
chemical analysis.
Consultation private and free to all.
German, English or French spoken.
Persons who cannot visit the Doctor
can be successfully treated by mail.
Wisconsin patients should address
DIR. E. McELWEE,
5O0 ", Washington Ave. Madison, Wis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

You do not have to dry goods in the
shade cOlOred with Putnam FadeleSs
Dyes. They are fast to sunlight an0
washing. 1Oc per package. Sold by
f. L. Steib & Co.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

In the Philippine ports securely gar
riSoned by the United States 81 per
cent Of the foreign trade of the
islands was transacted under Spanish
rule. Yet there are GROWERS who in
siSt that the territory we hold is
insignificant.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

Maud-Last night Jack told me that
he wouldn't marry the best girl living
Ss-what-unless she took Rocky
Mountain Tea. Bright fellow. John
L. DAILY.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

Preaching every Sunday at 1880 a. M. Sunday
school at 11;50 a. m; Christian Endeavor Eng
llsh) meets at $50 p. M, address in connection
by one ofthe pastors. Prayer meeting Thursday
evenings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

Gen. Charles King asserts that nine
tcnthS of the FilipinOs can read and
write, a remarkable statement, in
view of the fact that 50 per cent of the
Spanish people are illiterate. Perhaps
Gen. King meant ninc-tenthS of l per
cent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

Gen. Blanco continues to regret that
his large army was ordered to evacu-
ate Cuba without fight. Blanco is
the man who compelled the Cervera
fleet to go out and fight. He might
have made mistakes with the army
equally "uinouS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20
GERMAN LUTHERAN.

Corner of Prospect and Milwaukee streets
Grand Rapids. Rev. julius Bittner pastor, resi-
dence 115 North Milwaukee street.
SERVICES
Every Sunday forenoon at 10 o'clock; Sunday
school at His.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

In looking over the news of the day
the Tagal emissaries find little comfort
in the announcement that Otis is to
have 10000 men and more if he asks
for them. The junta will find this
fact growing larger and larger as the
next campaign approacheS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20
SECOND MORAVlAN.
NORWEGIAN AND ENGLISH
SERVICES

Corner French and Wisconsin Ieets, Rev. 4
Peterson, pastor. Parsonage at 91S North French
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

About the most amusing recent
charge is that Secretary Gage pur-
poSely oycr-cStimatcd the deficit for
the last fiscal year. Officials addicted
to this habit will be in great demand
when their reputation is established.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20
WOOD COUNTY REPORTER

4. L. FONTAINE, Editor and Proprietor
Entered ut the Post Office at Grand Rapids
Wisconsin, as second class noil matter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20
ST. PETER AND ST. PAUl'S CATHOLIC

Corner Main and Mill streets, Grand Rapids
W. F. Van RoOsmalen rector, residence 1928
Main street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

Some OF the unfortunates in Texas
compelled to take refuge on high
ground are not only surrounded by the
flood and cut off from food, but are
compelled to light snakes and skunks
that have congregated in the same
places to escape drowning. The
horrors of the situation amount TO an
inferno
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-07-20

Daily mass at a. m. Sunday, early mass at
a. m,; high mass at 10 Il. m. instructions p.
m: YesperS 8 p. IN,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10
Where Kentucky LANGUAGE Runs Out

Baron Cassiers, one of the. best
known Frenchmen of Cincinnati
when he first went there he made a
trip to Lexington on behalf of friend
of his in Paris who asked him to Sc
cure very fine horse. While in Lex.
ington he was treated most Hospitality
Although he did not speak the very
best OF English, he found himself get
ting along very handsomely with the
Kentuckians. On the afternoon of
the first day he inquired of one OF his
entertainers, Should l desire to in.
vite the gentleman to drink, how
should l say it?"
The enthusiastic Bourbonite re.
piled, "Will you do me the honor, sir,
to drink with me, sirY"
at is very good" replied the baron,
but if the gentleman asked me to
drink what should / say?"
"The plan is to slap him on the
back, sir, and say, 1t gives me great
pleasure, sir, to drink with you.'"
"It is very good" replied the baron,
"but if am satisfied and don't want
to drink any more and wish to decline
an offer to drink, what should sayT
"You are A. fool" replied the
astounded Kentuckian. "There is nc
expression in the English language to
cover that idea"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10
At What Age Is Man Strongest.

The muscles, in common with all
the organs of the body, have their
stages of development and decline.
Our physical strength increases up to
q certain age and then decreases.
Tests OF the strength of several thous.
ands of people have been made by
means of dynamometer strength
measurer), and the following are given
as the average figures for the white
race by Strand Magazine:
The "lifting power" of a youth OF
II years is 2S0 pounds. In his
twentieth year this increases to 32C
pounds. and in the thirtieth and
thirty-first year the strength begins to
decline, very slowly at first.
By the fortieth year it has decreased
eight pounds, and this diminution
continues at slightly increasing rate
until the fiftieth year is reached
when the figure is $50 pounds.
After this period the strength fails
more and more rapidly until the
weakness of old age is reached. 1t il
not possible to give statistics of the
decline of strength after the fiftieth
year, as it varies to large extent in
different individuals.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10
THE ART OF LIVING LONG.

Fiveurs, as a rule, prefer to live well
rather than long. Hence the we'll
ki.nwn phrase, "Short and sweet"
Nevertheless, many persons would pre-
fer long and sweet. If one may
judge from the zeal with which the
newspapers give accounts of the few
centenarians who here and there drag
out a precarious existence, it would
seem rs If the doctor who could per.
nit us to reach such all advanced age
would deserve the benediction of his
contemporaries.
Sir James Sawyer, in a recent lee
ture at Birmingham has tried to salts
fly this desire. The following is, &C.
cording to him, what one must do to
live hundred years:
l. Sleep eight hours day.
2. Sleep on the right side.
3. Open the windows OF ones bed.
room at night.
4. Put u screen in front of the
door.
5. Place ones bed away from the
wall.
6. Take bath the temperature ol
the body every morning, not a cold
douche.
Z. Take exercise before breakfast.
8. Eat little meat, and make sure
it is thoroughly cooked.
9. (For Adults.) Do not drink
milk.
10. Eat much grain in order to
nourish the cells which destroy the
germs of disease.
IL. Avoid intoxicants, which de.
stroy these cells.
IL. Take daily exercise in the open
air.
13. Keep no animals in living
rooms. They may have the germs o
disease.
IA. Live as much as possible in the
country.
Is. Drink water, avoid humidity
and the neighborhood of sewerage
pipes.
16. Vary ones occupations.
II. Take from time to time short
holiday.
IS. Limit ones ambitions.
10. Restrain ones natural charac-
ter.
The prescriptions arc easy to follow
We do not guarantee their absolute
efficacy, but there is no danger in try.
ing them. And then, who knows?
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10
Longest and Shortest Sermons on Record.

Many a boy grown to manhood
thinks he listened in the days when
Time passed with leaden feet over the
wide expanse of Lilies journey that was
not bedecked with gaudiest flowers,
to the longest sermon on record.
And, as for short sermons-none of
them were short, if the testimony OF
the average small boy be accepted.
The longest sermon on record, says
the Saturday Evening Post, was one
preached by the Rev. Isaac Barrow, a
Puritan preacher OF the seventeenth
century, who once delivered a sermon
in Westminster Abbey, lasting three
hours and o half; and the shortest ser.
mon ever preached was perhaps the
sermon which DR.. Whewell was fond
of repeating from the text, Man is
born into trouble as the sparks fly up
ward.
The sermon occupied barely min
ute in delivery. the following being a
verbatim report: al shall divide the
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10
Some Facts About Honey.

Honey is the only sweet that may
be eaten in any quantities and for a
long time without interfering with the
action of any of the vital organs, says
the Siluer Knight Wdtchman. Its
food value is twice that of pork, pound
for pound, and it has been noticed
that persistent honey eaters are not
nearly so liable to diseases of the
respiratory organs as those who do not
use it at all.
1t is calculated that the entire
honey product of GO bees during their
entire working life will not amount to
more than one pound of honey, an
amount that man with good ap-
petite would eat in a day without
thinking much about it.
Beeswax is almost entirely indiges-
tible, and while it does not harm
when swallowed, never enters into the
food value OF the honey it contains.
The expert can almost tell from
tasting honey the place where it is
made. The honey from the northern
States is more delicately favored than
that of the southern States, and Cali
fornia honey tastes rank to an Eastern
honey eater, on account of its high
flavor.
The honey of Cuba is dark and in
sipid to the northern taste, and it is
hardly possible to sell it for private
consumption. Cuban honey is in
favor with bakers, as it has the quality
of not losing its flavor when subjected
to high heat, as in baking. This
makes it preferable for their use.
Extracted honey that has candied
should be liquifed by subjecting it to
very low heat, otherwise the volatile
oils which give it flavor will evaporate
and the honey be made simply sweet
without its delightful perfume like
taste, which nothing can be found to
initiate.
Honey should never be exposed to
the air. 1t will not ferment or sour
but it loses flavor and sometimes be.
comes the least bit rank in taste, when
air is admitted freely.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10
QUlNlNE KILLS AND CURES.
Results Of Professor Koch's Study Of MalariaI
Conditions.


Berlin Correspondence Chicago Record
Professor Koch's recent studies of
malaria in tropical countries and in
Italy have led to his conviction that
the malarial fevers of Italy are identi-
cal in cause and general character
with those of East Africa, and it is
| believed that science is on the eve of u
decisive victory over this whole group
! of maiadies by means of liquid injec-
tions of quinine into the pulse vein.
Professor Koch pronounces the in
discriminate use of quinine It's a
prOphylactic i'll malarial countries to
be attended with great danger, and in
many ca. cs the indirect cause of the
virulent blackwatcr" fever. He
gives two reasons for condcmning the
very general practice among persons
going from temperate to tropical lati-
tudes of saturating their systems with
quinine, taken in regular and often
excessive doses. In the first place,
this treatment seriou sly weakens the
action of the heart, and secondly the
system, having become Injured to the
drug, fails to respond to qqinine treat
ment i'll case of actual sickness. A
person debilitated by the injudicious
use of quinine may take malarial
fever and die like any one else,
Professor Koch goes even further
and asserts his belief that the in
creased death-rate in certain parts of
West Africa is due largely to the in
creased and indiscriminate use OF
quinine, which in late years is much
cheaper and easier to procure in those
parts. 1t is we'll known that the Ger
man school OF doctors has long fav-
ored the use Of arsenic instead of
quinine as remedy for certain fevers,
in sharp disagreement with the opin-
iOio Va piy ll cOinC OtuCI COuI.
tries, notably the United States. The
statement now made by Professor
Koch that on the western coast Of
Africa, where all forms of malarial
fever are especially virulent, cases of
the intermittent type which have re-
sisted even heroic doses of quinine
have yielded to the administration OF
arsenic, has been the source of much
qualification to his professional
brethren in Germany.
Professor Koch also notes the cur
ious fact that in Africa and India he
found the women withstood exposure
to the malarial climate much better
than men. During season Of ap'
palling mortality on the gold coast,
when men of all degrees of health and
experience in tropical latitudes were
dying every day, there was hardly a
death among the women.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10
WHOLE NUMBER 2,O29.

discourse into three heads: l, Mans
ingress to the world; 3, His progress
through the world; 3, His egress from
the world. First, His ingress to the
world is naked and bare; Second, His
progress through the world is trouble
and care; Third, His egress from the
world is nobody knows where. To
conclude: If We live we'll here, we
shall live we'll there. l can tell you
no more if preach year."
Then he pronounced the benediction.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10

"MAMMA," asked a little girl, a" if
get married will have husband like
pa? "Yes," replied the mother with
an amused smile. "And if 1 DOM
get married will have to be an old
maid like Aunt Kate?" Yes, my
dear" After a short pause the little
girl said: Mamma, this is a tough
world for us woment, amt itF-Er.
That puts us in mind of little
prodigy in skirts, a member of one o
the dramatic companies performing at
Olympia Theater. The company's man
ager had posted a notice on the stage
reading: "Any lady belonging to this
company who accepts an invitation 10
supper after the performance will be
fined five dollars" The little miss,
standing on tip-toe to read this eau
ton, turned to a bystander remarking
"That's pretty tough on US ladies
isn't it?"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10
Typical Western Girl.

A typical Western girl left Denver
recently for Omaha. There she will
meet eight carloads OF horses, which
she will accompany to Peoria, Ill.
Miss Kitty wilkins is the name OF this
young business woman, and she is one
OF the few women horse dealers in the
world. When at home she lives on a
ranch of 500 acres with her father and
mother and enough cowboys to look
after large herds of cattle and 5000
head OF horses, which roam over a
range of about $4,000 acres on the
mesa above the valley of the Bruneau
river in Idaho, in which the ranch is
situated. Miss wilkins has spent all
OF her life in the West. She was edu-
Gated in the college OF Notre Dame, in
San Jose, Cal. Her training at the
convent was efficient, but the knowl.
edge gained by her as she galloped
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10
TWO OF THEM.
Private O'Mars' Tart Retort to His Unaccom
modatins Colonel.

Private O'Mars' Tart Retort to His Unaccom.
modatins Colonel.
New York Tribune.
Here is story told of Patrick
OMars, n private i'm the Ninth regu-
lars: Not long ago he went to the
Colonel, who was severe disciplinar-
ian for two weeks leave of absence.
Well" said the colonel, "what do
you want two weeks furlough for?"
Patrick answered, " Me wolfe is very
sick, and the children are not well,
and if ye didn't mind she would like
to have me home for few weeks to
give her bit of assistance"
The Colonel eyed him for few min.
utes and said: Patrick, 1 might
grant your request, but got letter
from your wife this morning saying
that she didn't want you home; that
you were nuisance and raised the
devil whenever you were there. She
hopes WON'T let you have any more
furloughs."
"That settles it. 1 suppose I can't
get the furlough them" said Pat.
"No, Pm afraid not, Patrick. 1t
wouldn't be we'll for me to do so under
the circumstances"
1t was Patrick's turn now to eye the
Colonel as he started for the door.
Stopping suddenly, he said:
Colonel, can l say something to
yez?"
Certainly, Patrick. What is it?"
"You won't get mad, colonel, if 1
say it?"
Certainly not, Patrick. What is
it~
al want to say there are two splen-
did liars in this room, and I'm one of
them. l was never married in me
lOife."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1899-02-10
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY.

A report on the French develop
ment of wireless telegraphy is submit
ted to the State Department by Con-
sui Atwell at Roubaix. Mr.. Atwell
quotes a French scientific paper, Civ
ing briefly the progress of wireless
electrical transmission since the dis
covery OF the Herr waves in 1889.
Practical work in this line is now be-
ing done by NJ. Ducretet in his Paris
laboratory, where he has in successful
operation wireless telegraphic plant
sending messages 4 kilometers Gas
miles. The success of NJ. Ducretet's
system depends on the use of a special
radio-conductor, generally known in
this country as the Branly tube. This
takes the place of the soft iron magnet
in an ordinary telegraphic instrument.
The special receiver is connected
with an ordinary Morse sounder, and
is operated from the distant sending
station without any other conductor
than the atmosphere. 1t is interest
ing to note that the report mentions
that the message is written out with
the old paper tape and pencil receiver,
although this device has been practi-
cally discarded in telegraph offices in
this country for many years.
Tie sending station of NJ. Ducretet's s
Office is equipped with mast 65 feet
high above the roof of his laboratory.
This is said to be necessary to start
the current above the interference OF
surrounding buildings, as the electric
waves will pass through an ordinary
wall, but are detected by iron con-
structions.
M. Ducretet says that the British
government has been experimenting
with a practically identical apparatus
for the transmission of naval signals,
and has sent messages between Bour-
nemouth and the Isle of Wight (dis-
tance not given). He says that while
his experiments do not indicate that
the Herr telegraphy will in the near
future take the place OF ordinary wire
lines, it has already been demonstrate
ed of practical value for lighthouse
and naval Signals, for exploring service
and like uses. He further says that
his machine may be utilized not only
for sending messages, but that a series
of incandescent lights may be lit at a
distance, or mine charges be exploded,
it being only question of obtaining
sufficient power.
In view of this report it may be in.
teresting to note the fact that during
the early days of the late war the Navy
Department gave serious consideration
to a scheme for the use OF the system
of wireless telegraphy to enable war;
ships to communicate with the shore.
This was suggested by Tesla and his
colleagues, but with the retirement of
Mr.. Roosevelt the negotiations were
dropped.