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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28
SUGAR FROM ALCOHOL.
Scientific Experiments Prove the
Solid to be Better Nutriment.

Scientific Experiments Prove the
Solid to be Better Nutriment.
The French psychologist Chaveau
has recently been engaged il some
most interesting experiments with a
view of ascertaining the comparative
merits of sugar and alcohol as nutri-
ment. The said experiments were
carried out upon a dog. For as days
it was fed with one pound of flesh and
half pound Of sugar. Although the
animal was made to run fifteen miles
day, it had. at the end of the test
period, increased in weight by one
fifteenth Of it's original weight. For
the second test the sugar was replac-
ed by alcohol. The dog Immediately
began to lose both in weight and
strength perceptibly. In odrer to
verify the foregoing results, alcohol
and sugar were given in alternative
weeks. The result was always the
same; with sugar the weight in
creased, with alcohol it decreased.
Exchange.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28
TAKING IN Mr.. MOODY.
How His Confidence Was Abused ky
the Natives of Bethany.

When D. L. Moody went to Bethany
during his travels in the East. he was
very soft-hearted over all the multi
tude of beggars there, not only be-
cause the place is so unusual, but be-
cause he was moved by its beautiful
traditions. He gave quantities of
backsheesh" and then asked if any
of the children had the names of Mary
and Martha. Yes, indeed they had.
And that opened his pockets again.
The news of his generosity spread
through the village and new claim
ants came until his visit seemed
likely to result in a fight for exist
ence. The case was getting des-
perate and he told the dragoman to
call for silence while he made an adj
dress. Then he said:
Il have come 5000 miles to see this
little village of Bethany. 1t was a
place my Master loved to visit, and [
have come to see it because He loved
it. [ am very glad to meet you all,
but now l want to be alone | have
~ LloiO DaShSASSou, anu DIu you
goodbye"
A fine looking boy of is replied to
the address. He spoke fuently and
with the grace Of an orator. Mr.
Moody was delighted with the begin
ming of his grafton, but not with its
conclusion.
I'VE are glad to see the gentleman
and his friends who have come so far,
but the gentleman must not think that
lis actions are equal TO the import
ance of his visit. Six thousand miles
is long way to come, and the gentle
man must have sacrificed much to
make the visit. In consequence it is
natural for us expect that he would be
munificent in backsheesh. This he
has not been, and we now expect that
he will give us a great deal more"
Mr.. Moody was so disguised that he
abandoned the situation entirely and
hurried away with his friends.
Il did think" said he, that boy had
soul above backsheesh.'
and did you think, too, that some
Of the children were named Martha
and Mary?' he was asked.
Certainly. Why not?"
Nothing; only they were all boys.
Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28
CONNECTS DRAW SALARIES.
Prisoners in Georgia Have Easy
Ror C%,fa,e

Prisoners in Georgia Have Easy
Berths Under the States Charge.
There is a side to convict life in
Georgia comparatively little known 30
people generally, but one that is quite
interesting. Some of Georgias con-
Victs draw salariesi 1t sounds strange
that man convicted of crime against
the State, against his fellow-man,
should be paid for the service he is
rendering as expiration or atonement
for his malicious error. But there are
several men in Georgia's convict
camps whom the lessees are glad to
compensate for their services, though
a year which they pay the State for
their hire.
1t is not, of course, the ordinary
illiterate and unintelligent convict
who is thus remunerated He is of no
more value than the manual labor he
can be made to do through a plent-
eous supply of stomach fuel and the
urging of the taskmaster. The lessee
gets more than value received even
in this. He gets an able-bodied la
borer at greatly reduced wages. But
the intelligent convict-and they are
comparatively few-is valuable in
other ways. It is the experienced
bookkeeper, the bank clerk, the &C
countant. who, having gone astray,
gets into the clutches of the law, is
valuable to the lessee. It is a very
well-known fact that this class of con-
victs is not called upon to do manual
labor; they are used for office work,
and the public generally remarks.
We'll, he's got soft berth, even if he
is in the penitentiary"
1t is not commonly known, how
ever, that not few of this class Of
convicts receive salaries from the
lessees for their services, and in some
Instances when their terms expire
they have been known to have nice
little cash balances laid aside. It
used to be the practice in the coal
mines to pay each convict so much
per ton for all coal taken out above
the amount required each day, and
sometimes long-term negro convicts
would leave the mines with 5000 or
$500, or more, in their pockets. 1t is
somewhat on the same principle that
intelligent Office men are remunerated
for their services in addition to the
price paid the State for their hire
There are several such convicts now
IN the penitentiary. While serving !
their sentences they have little need |
for cash, and it is generally laid up |
against the time when they receive |
their freedom.
story is told of convict now
serving in the Georgia Penitentiary
who unfortunately missed a good |
thing of this kind, though he may yet |
get a soft place where he will be paid
a salary for his knowledge of books
and accounts. George w. Haupt was
sent to the penitentiary from Savan-
nah for ten years, having been con-
victed on several charges of en-
oezzlement. Haupt was one of the
most experienced accountants in Sa-
and in that capacity com
handed a high salary. The lessees. it
s said, were not aware Of his value in
his respect when he was turned over
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28

to franchises, the apportionment and
bridges-the last a matter of no gen.
eral Importance, the others of really
vast moment. The Owen bill giving
common councils and village trustees
the power to alter franchises hereto
fore or hereafter granted and to fix
rates, tolls, etc, of street railways,
gas, electricity and water, produced
from Mr.. keene a ioweIT speech in
opposition in which it was asserted
that such a law would be unconstitu-
tional as in violation of contracts Mr.
David Evans declared statute of this
kind would unsettIe values and ruin
the market for bonds. Mr.. Owen spoke
at length in support of the bill, insist
ing that the constitution expressly re-
serves to the legislature the right to
alter franchises. The bill was killed,
SO TO % Another matter debated at
some length was the assembly appor-
tionment bill. Mr.. Krumrey, repre-
senting Sheboygan county which loses
one district under the new deal, op-
poses consideration at present on the
ground that the whole apportionment,
senate and assembly, should properly
be passed upon at the same time. He
made a motion for delay which was
negatived Sc to %, then the bill was
ordered engrossed. A seemingly very
innocent bill introduced by Mr. Babb
| caused a half hours debate The
measure, while general, is neverthe
less calculated to legalize the specific
act Of the electors of the town OF
Redwood in Richland county in vot
ing $4,000 of bonds for building q
SIT, 900 bridge over the Wisconsin
| river. Mr.. Sturdevant deemed this
wholesale business of legalizing illegal
acts as dangerous, but Messrs. Orion
| Cady, Babb and Rossman justified the
act and the bill was ordered engrossed
Among the house bills passed were
Brunson's, prohibiting even the so
Letting or accepting" of orders fol-
filed cheese; Jones, permitting chill
dren under 3 years of age to be ad
mitted to the Sparta state school;
Smiths, appropriating $1,000 for a
memorial hall and G. A. r. headouar
tiers In the capitol and for the preser
walton of Wisconsin battleflags in air
tight cases and Duerrwaechter's. per
hitting 4th class cities to have al
their polling places in one building
Senator McGillivray's bill, enabling
4th class cities to buy, build or own
powers for water or lighting plants
and such plants also was concurred in
Senator Stout's joint resolution for q
constitutional amendment permitting
the Legislature to raise the salary OF
the state superintendent vas Goa
CURED in. The primary election bill
was made a special order for tomor
row morning
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28
Domestic.

Ex-senator Wolcott is not to be sec
rotary of the interior.
One thousand Georgia negroes asked
the governor for transportation to ST
IBERIA.
Civil Service Commissioner Mark S .
Brewer died of a complication of
diseases.
A Pennsylvania concern is planning
to build $9,000,000 salt plant near
Wyandotte, Mich.
The governor signed the bill separat-
ing the city of Denver, Colo, from
Arrapahoe county,
Mrs. Lizzie Noramon, insane, killed
her six children and attempted suicide
at Cold Brook, Mass
Carnegie is said to have donated S.
100000 to another American city, sup
posedly Philadelphia.
Albert l.. Johnson proposes to grid
iron Philadelphia with street car lines
and give a Scent fare.
Miss Dolly Bilderbock, Mount Pleas
ant, Kas., forfeited 100000 by marry
ing the man of her choice
The owners of Boralma and The
Abbot have arranged for a trotting
match for $4,000 a side.
Including the late Marriott Brosius
IL members OF the fifty-sixth congress
have dice since it was convened.
1t is generally conceded that the
Morgan-Harrison-Hill interests have
secured control of the Burlington.
Secretary Gage declares there will
be no relaxation of the baggage in
spection regulations at New York.
I'll. c. HUMPHREYS, leader of the choir
in the Second Baptist church, st.
Louis, Mo-, shot and killed himself.
Attorney General Griggs expects to
retire from the cabinet April /, to be
succeeded by P. c. Knox of Pittsburg
The residence of George B. Ray
mond, at Morris Plains, n Y, was de-
stroyed by fire, casuing a loss OF
$4,000.
project is on foot to unite ali coal
operators of Illinois under one man
agement with capitalization of s75.-
100000
At Harpswell, Me-, Rev. Elijah Kel-
logg, author and preacher. whose fame
rested on his books for boys and his
composition, Spartacus to the Gladia.
tors, which nearly every school boy
knew, died.
ID. r. Thompson was nominated by
the republican caucus for United
States senator from Nebraska for the
short term.
The Minnesota house appointed a
committee to investigate bribery
charges in connection with railway tax
legislation
The United States supreme court
confirmed the conviction of c. N.
Brundage of Minneapolis for dealing
in oleomargarine.
The syndicate of Iowa bankers
bought. 1000 acres of land in north
ern Minnesota for $4,000. 1t will
be resold to farmers.
Republican legislators in Maryland
attacked the German bill by introduc-
ing bill to exempt all disfranchised
voters from taxation.
Rich Mr. Hall, of Wallingford
Conn, committed as insane, is out on
a writ of habeas corpus and promisea
interesting disclosures
A colony Of 100 negroes has left
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28

have been fenced in by a company of
cattle-men under the name of the
American Live Stock company, who
are resisting every effort of the gov
eminent to dispossess them.
Three bridges on the line of the
Chattanooga, Rome and Southern, be-
tween Cedartown and CarrGilton, Ga,
were burned. 1t is believed to be the
work of incendiaries. An organized
band Of bridge burners is supposed to
be operating in that part of the coun-
try.
Gen. Harrison's will was filed. The
widow gets $4,000 outright, the in
| come of s125000 and the use of his
indianapolis home; each Of his two
daughters is to have one-third OF his
residuary estate, and the other third
| is TO go TO Russell Harrison's chill
dren.
At Kansas, City, Mo-, fire destroyed
ali the buildings in the block bounded
by Fifth and Sixth streets and Kan
sas and Scott avenues in the Armour
| dale district of Kansas City, Kan. Two
fires started simultaneously in two
points The loss is estimated at $780,
| 900.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
| Jones has instructed Indian Agent
Hazlitt, Of Fort Defiance reservation.
Arizona, to take all necessary steps IL
bring back Navajo Indians, who the
supervisor OF the Grand Canon forest
reserve reports are now trespassing
on that reserve
County Clerk Deane of San Francis
co has refused the applications OF
forty Japanese for papers declaring
their intention to become citizens of
this country Mr.. Deane based his re.
fusal on a United States court decision
which held that Japanese could not be-
come citizens.
Fire in the leather and harness fac
tory Of the Startzman-Milliken com
pany, Baltimore, spread to the adjoin
ing building, occupied by Ferris
North, Stern company, bakers sup
plies, and Steppacher & Stern, shirt
manufacturers, causing a total damage
estimated at S150,00O
Under a court order made the publ
cation of the Louisville Dispatch is tC
be discontinued and the paper sold
1t is said that for some time the pa
per has been running at loss OF
$500 week and has debts Of about
$4,000 The assets represented by the
typesetting machines and fixtures are
$32 900. The Dispatch was established
in 1897.
George Graham of Berrien Springs
who came to Niles, Mich, for the pur
pose of applying to the receiver of the
suspended First National bank fol
$4,000 of negotiable United States
bonds which he had placed in a rented
strong box in the vault of the bank
found the bonds missing and they ap
pear to have gone with Cashier John
son. The bank is not responsible fol
the bonds
At Savannah, Mo-, there is a story il
circulation that sealed indictments
were returned by the special grand jury
aginst two men for the murder Of
, Millionaire Frank Richardson, who
was killed at the door of his wife's
bedroom on the night of Dec "a. 1t is
said that the Indictments will not be
made public until after Mrs. Addie L
Richardson, who was recently indicted
for murder in the first degree, has
been tried.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28
About the Beers.

Philip Botha, brother OF the boer
general, was killed at Doornberg.
Eight hundred boer prisoners were
deported by the Portuguese from Dur
ban to Lisbon.
Lord Salisbury, speaking in pariia'
ment, deprecated an inquiry into the
south African war.
In a speech before the st. Patrick S
Society of Brooklyn, N. Y, David b
Hill advocated efforts by the United
States government to stop the south
African war.
General Botha, commander-in-chiei
of the boer forces, rejected the peace
terms offered by General Kitchener
adding that his government agreed
with his views.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
Sosnjsh-American Islands.

OnDosition to the Platt amendment
is growing more intense in Cuba.
The petition OF 500 Filipino women
for the release of all prisoners was
denied.
General Chaffee. who is to succeed
General Macarthur in the Philippines
will reorganize the army
Governor General Wood has appoint
ed committee to reform the CUBAN
tariff. The committee will have TO ar
range a tariff that will raise Sl5,OoO'-
600.
At San Juan, Porto Rico, heavy
storm PREVAILS. Two inches OF ram
fell in two hours. The wind was
thirty miles an hour from the north
west. The railroad was tied up by
serious washOuts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28

''You ought to make some allow
ance for her" observed the girl il the
FUR jacket. She is woman with a
past"
l know i, returned the girl in
the golf cape. But such an ingram
matical past! She says ! donc.. =
Chicago Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-03-28

Madison, March 21.-After sharp
tor Miller's bill which gave the COVER
nor power to confer the title of colonel
upon the instructors in military
science at the university and other
colleges Of the state. Also the bill
giving fraternities sites for chap
ter houses on the university grounds.
The assembly devoted itself largely
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-24
A Good Memory.

y bad memory in most cases might
be more properly described as one rust
ing from sheer want of use. The fact
is our brain cells are always ready to
oblige," but we do not give them suffi-
cient encouragement in their well
meant efforts. Naturally the individ-
ual may cultivate a memory for GER
tain details more readily than for 9th
ers, but the general basis of all recol-
lective acts is the same, and there is no
department of human mental activity
in which the motto that practice
makes perfect holds more truly than
in the science of mnemonics. The
view may be expressed, indeed, that
we never forget anything presented to
our brain cells. When we say we have
forgotten, we really mean that we can
not find the mental Photographic mega
tive whence we can print off positive
roduction.-London Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-24
AN AGED VETERAN.
A Detroit Veteran Talks OF the War
and the Legacy 1t Left Him.

When the Annual Reunion of the G.
A. Il. is held, Michigan is always well
represented. Around the camp fires of
the encampment our boys tell Of the
hardships they have gone through and
the listener who knows nothing of war
will wonder how they lived to tell the
tale. Few men, who followed old glory
and escaped the shot and shell, re-
turned home without some legacy as
constant reminder of their war days.
Our representative found Veteran o. z.
Newcomb, of Detroit, at his place of
residence, No. 237 Second street. Mr..
Newcomb told him how the little con-
oueror had rendered him invaluable
service. He gives his account here, and
some words of advice tersely told. He
said:
"A lake covering about two acres in
extent, containing the dead bodies of
20 mules, is not tempting water to
drink, but l was one of the many who
drank it, and all of us would have done
SO if we had known there was death in
every swallow. This illustrates but one
of the many hardships and privations
passed through during the Civil War,
and it is no wonder that G. a. r. men
suffer from aches and pains, the most
prevalent of these being due to kidney
disorders. | am pleased to note that
great many others who passed through
as trying ordeals as /, have now learned
how these troubles can be mitigated.
When / say Doan's kidney Pills will
cure them / not only speak from eX-
perience, but from observation. To
all old soldiers or anyone suffering
from kidney complaint my advice is to
try that remedy"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. Price so cents. Mailed by Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, \. Y. Sole
agents for the U. S. Remember the
name Doan's and take no substitute.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-24

AM Ugly stone Figure Worshiped by
Peasants of brittany

Even false religions die hard, and
there are reminders Of all extinct
faiths still existing in the world. One
of the most curious relics Of paganism
which are still worshiped in a Chris
tian country is the gigantic black
stone figure of woman which is to be
found in forest Of the district of
Morbihan, in Brittany.
1t is known as the "Black Venus"
but probably dates far back of the
time when the Greeks and Romans
worshiped that goddess. Antiquarians
assert that this ugly idol belongs to
the age of the serpent worshipers, one
Of whose subterranean temples is in
the neighborhoOd. This would make
the figure far older than the Christian
era.
The statue is that of a huge, I'M
couth woman, with a sullen. angry
countenance, her form enveloped in a
loose mantle.
The superstitious Bretons have al
ways worshiped the figure, asserting
that 1t has power over the weather and
the crops. If the idol is neglected, they
declare that the grain dies on the ear
and II the anger of the black woman is
further reused a tidal wave sweeps
over Morbihan.
Twice the stone was cast into the sea
by pious folk who hoped thereby to put
an end to this idolatry, and twice the
peasants dragged it back and set up an
altar before it,
About two centuries ago Count Pierre
de Lannion. on whose estate the figure
stood, in order to save the statue from
both friends and enemies, dragged it
by 40 yoke Of oxen to his own chateau
and set it up in the courtyard. He cut
an inscription on the base of the pedes-
tai, declaring the figure to be a Venus
carved by Caesars soldiers.
The count and his chateau are both
gone, but the huge black woman, over
grown with moss, still stands in the
forest and the peasants still beseech
her to bless their crops.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-24
TEACHING A YOUNG LARK.
How It's Mother Coaches 1t to Hop
About and Fly.

j. NJ. Barrie, the noted Scottish story
writer, in Scribner's Magazine told
how a young lark got its first lesson.
n baby lark had got out of its nest
sideways, fall of a foot only, but a
dreadful drop for baby.
You can get back this way" it's
mother said and showed it the way.
But when the baby tried TO leap it fell
on its back. Then the mother marked
out lines on the ground on which it
was to practice hopping, and it got
along beautifully so long as the mother
was there every moment to say, How
wonderfully you hopv'
''Now teach me to hop up" said the
little lark, meaning that it wanted to
fly, and the mother tried to do it in
vain. She could soar up, up, very
bravely, but she could not explain how
she did it.
wait till the sun comes out after
the rain" she said, half remembering
what is sun? What is rain?" the
little bird asked. IF you cannot teach
me to fly. teach me TO sing"
"When the sun comes out after rain"
the mother replied, then you will
know how to sing"
The rain came and glued the little
birds wings together.
81 shall never be able to fly or sing"
it walled
Then of sudden it began TO blink
its eyes, for glorious light had spread
over the world, catching every leaf
and twig and blade of grass in tears
and putting a smile in every tear. The
baby birds breast swelled, it did not
know why; it fluttered from the
ground, it did not know why.
"The sun has come out after the
rain" it trilled. THANK you. sun!
Thank you! Thank you! Oh. mother,
did you hear me? l can sing"
Then it hoated up, up, calling,
THANK you, thank you, thank you!"
to the sun. 'Oh, mother, do you
see me? l am flyingr'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-05-24

What he said was true" gloomily.
Without proofs Gretchen remained as
far away as ever. / told him what l
knew
II must see this princess before I
move. If they look alike, why, let
things take their course. AS a matter
OF fact, Phyllis is to share equally with
Ethel So, whether or not she proves
to be n princess, 1t will not interfere
with her material welfare. And, by
the way, Jack. isn't there coldness OF
some sort between you and PhyllisY
mot coldness," said l. merely an
understanding. Let us be getting back
to the ballroom. am anxious to see the
two when they meet"
l left him in the reception room. AS
/ was in the act Of crossing the hall
which led TO the ballroom / was stop
ped. 1t was the prince.
Well" he said. smiling ironically,
THE matter is, sadly for you. definitely