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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-13

For SALE-A high grade Mason &
Hamlin organ very cheap for cash or
on time. Inquire of TIMM & BRIERE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-13

WANTED-A good girl TO do general
house work. reasonable wages. Apply
at Mrs. GEO. HOsKINSON.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-13
Rocky Run Rod and Reel Club.

Is the title of a new organization
that will be incorporated for the pur.
pose of erecting building 24X30 feet
with 10 foot posts on the west bank OF
the Wisconsin river north of the
David Taylor place. 1t is a pictures.
que place about miles north Of this
city with fine growth of beautiful
trees and high SlOping bank to the
wisconsin river. A deep veranda full
length of the building will be erected
on the river front where the fisher
men may lounge in easy chairs and tell
fish stories and smoke the pipe OF
peace and comfort. The following
persons have signed the articles Of
incorporation. The membership is
limited to twenty.
Ben Hanson W. J. Dickson
Geo. B. Mcmillan w. It. Jones
j. +. Moore John HollmulIer
A. L. Ridgman Chas. E. Kruger
+. %. Kellner T. III. Jackson
J. W. COCHRAN c. f. Kruger
G. NJ. Hill II. Johnson
Will Gross Clark Lyon
Ernest Oberbeck Theron Lyon
O. w. GOtke
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-13

No. l brick ice cream $3.50 per
gallon. all flavorS. For sale at G.. w.
Davis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-13
PORT EDWARDS

ls located on the west bank of the Wisconsin
population of about 800 people and favored
with two railroads, the c. NJ. & st. P. and
Wisconsin Central. The John Edwards Mfg.
Co.'S Pulp & Paper Mills arelocated here.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-13
GRAND RAPIDS MARKETS.

The following prices are quoted by
local dealers for Thursday, Mar. Is,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-13

For SALE-An eighty acre farm in
the town of Rudolph, Wood County,
Wis, fifty acres cleared and % acres
under the pillow. A six room house, a
large frame barn, fine stable, wagon
shed, and other out buildings. Terms
reasonable. Inquire OF John Better,
KtIdbfph, WIS. l5-zw.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-03-13

The M. w. K. club will meet next
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. W. M.
Scott.
The WOman'S club will meet next
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle lex.
cept green and purple.)
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
CAPTURING A PYTHON.
Queer Method of Trapping the Huge
Snakes Employed by the MoFOB
of Mindanao.

A man who has been in the far
east tells this story of catching
snakes. reports the New York Trib-
une. Says he: THE natives of one of
our new colonies, the Moros of Min
danao. have a curious but effective
way of capturing the huge pythons
that infest the jungles and morasses
of their country. Almost all the
larger houses there have stone walls
built about them to prevent wild ami
mails from entering the yards to prey
on the fowls or live stock belonging
to the family. These same walls are
also made to serve the purpose of
serpent traps. A hole about Is inches
in diameter is cut through the rough
masonry near the ground. Shortly
after dark the natives tie sucking
pigs to stakes on each side of the
wall, not far from the hole. Then
they go inside the house, smoke their
pipes and patiently wait for some
thing to turn up. Nor are they often
disappointed. The occasional cries
and more especially the odor of the
pigs attract a python from the near
by swamps. Cautiously he crawls up
to the wall until he reaches the first
pig outside the hole. In twinkling
he has thrown his jaws about the pig.
and, struggling, the poor animal
glides down the snakes body alive
and whole. The serpent feels good,
although the pig was not a large
meal for him. So when he hears and
smells another such meal on the
other side of the fence, he naturally
shoves his head through the hole to
investigate. There is another scream
and the second little pig is on it's way
down the snakes throat,
snow comes the critical moment.
The natives inside the house rush
out, and, flashing a torch in the
python's eyes, blind him long enough
to slip a small leather strap over his
head. The python struggles hope
lessly, for each pig he has swallowed
is like knot in his body that pre-
vents Him from slipping through the
hole either way. The natives soon
have him securely bound by stout
ropes to stakes in the ground. Then
they remove his leather collar and
force him to disgorge the last pig
he has swallowed. The other is cut
out, still alive, and neither of the pigs
is much the worse for their expert
ence. Thus the python is not only
captured, but also cheated out of the
meal which led him to his misfor-
tunes"
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth, chief of the
record and pension division of the
army, is in receipt of several inter-
esting relics from friends in the
Philippines and China, comprising a
collection of arms of different vari-
cites, modern and archaic, used by
the Chinese. In the collection are
two jinjals, which look a good deal
like overgrown muskets. They are
too heavy for soldiers to carry about
the field, and are usually rested upon
parapet. One of these weapons
is more than ten feet long, with an
iron barrel of one-inch caliber. Both
guns are in good working order, and
Gen. Ainsworth has had them bur-
nished and added to the ornaments
of his Office in the war department.
Washington Star.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
A Funeral Joke.

At the funeral of a lawyer of state repu.
tatlon, who lived and practiced in town
net far from Philadelphia, and who was
known among his friends Whereabouts as an
unbellever, an eminent gentleman form
Philadelphia reached the house after the
minister had begun the sermon Not know
ing how far the services had progressed,
he accosted we'll known Quaker of the
town, who was a friend of the deceased,
and who was noted for his great sense of
humor, and, leaning over his shoulder,
asked in whisper:
What part of the services have they
reached?"
To which the Quaker, without smile,
replied: =
Just opened for the defense "-Philadel-
nhia Times :
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
Colonial Populations,

Engineering estimates that the
population of the United States and
it's dependencies now exceeds $1,000
900 inhabitants. The Philippines
contain more than 100000 inhabit-
ants, Porto Rico has $4,000, Ha-
wall $4,000, and Alaska 63,592. China
stands first in population, the Brit
ish empire second, Russia third and
the United States fourth. I'll
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
Jamaica Toothbrush Plant,

The toothbrush plant grows in ia
maica. BY cutting a piece of the
stem and fraying the ends, the ma
tives make Ii toothbrush, and a den.
thrice to use with it is produced by
drying and pnlverizing the dead
stems.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
Other Side of the Story

The Fish-There are &c men. about As feet
tall, UP there on the bank trying to catch
me. / got hold OF the line of the biggest
one in the bunch ard almost hauled him in.
hut just then the line hroke.-From "Vest
Pocket Condolences in Four-Track News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
There Comes n Change

a girl may laugh at mans jokes, but
after she marries him she discovers that
her sense of humor is badly in need Of
moisture, and needs digging around the
roots.-Atchison Globe.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05

Fits Permanently Cured. No fits after
first days use of Dr. Klines Great Nerve
Restorer. Free 50 90 trial bottle DR.. R. Fl.
Kline, Ltd, 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia, Pa.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05

Piso's Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
lungs.-Wm. o. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb 10. 1900.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05

Never doubt a gir's veracity when she
says she can't sing. It's ten to one she
can't.-Chieago Daily News.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05

''Do you love me?" 81 do" "Would
you die for me?' sNo! Mine is an undying
loven'-N. Y. Sun.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05

Sometimes responsibility increases a
mans size; and then, again, he merely
thinks it does.-Puck.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05
Ask To-Day for Aliens Foot-Ease.

1t cures swollen, aching, tired feet. At all
Druggists and Shoe stores &c. Sample sent
FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05

Pay people for whas they have done, and
not for what you expect them to do.-Atehi-
son Globe
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1902-06-05

Il saw the kaiser in Germany. You know
| visited all the continental courts" And
paid fines in most Of them, l hear" Lon.
don Answers
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-24
sclc~ fife Records.

If physical records were regularly kept of the size and weight of people, just as records are kept of their births and deaths" remarked Q man in the lob by, they would show a gradual increase in size of the human race. Some such records were kept by the federal author tiles during the war, which show that the Iowa men are the tallest in the coun- try.
 q remember reading some years ago about some of the English nobility who attempted to get into the armor Of their ancestors and in nearly every case it was found to be too small, showing that the race had grown in stature and that the giants of old were not such giants after ell. It has often been commented on that the modern girl is much larger than her mother or grandmother. The tall women of the preseNt day are go nu- merous as to make their mothers and grandmothers seem pigmies, but really 1t is the modern woman who is out of pro- portion. A woman too large is usually gross and unrefned looking and they cannot be compared to the diminutive and fascinating creatures of former gen erations. Statistics of all kinds are of great interest. For instance, marriage statistics show that the marriage age is constantly increasing with the growth of the complex and expensive conditions of modern life. Whereas, women were married at IS to 20 fifty years ago, the limit has now reached 20.
 Tn time, as competition makes it hard CT to earn money marriage will become more and more impossible until it reaches say an average of GO. In the year 2oOo, when the church bells are ringing merri- lv and some one should ask what it means, the reply will be that some ola millionaire of 70 is leading 10 the altar his blushing bride of GO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-24
Ace of Miracles.

rrhig is truly an age of miracles" re- marked a citizen yesterday referring to Marconi's feat in transmitting tele- graphic message across the Atlantic ocean through the atmosphere. Even tbis wonderful performance is taken as A matter of course, so accustomed have the people of the twentieth century be- come to remarkable achievements.
 .rThere is nothing miraculous mention- ed in the bible which can compare with this feat of Marcori, unless it be the time when Joshua commanded the sun to stand still and the latter obeyed him. Yet a good many people refuse to believe all the miracles described in the bible. Even resurrections are common, men of- ten being brought back from the dead to life again. Of course, in such cases they are not really dead, but are so to all out ward appearance. see where a sur eeon in Chicago claims that he can punc- ture the heart and inject fluids into it without killing the patient and, in fact, much to his benefit. This would have been considered absolutely impossible a few years ago. But people continue to die in spite of all that science has done for the race, although the average of longevity is increasing. Perhaps in time we can all live to be a hundred. and some fellv. will soon invent scheme whereby ,l Ian can attach an electric wire to himself when he gees to sleep, turn on the current, and wake the next morning ready charged for the days work, just as they now load up or charge an electric automobile"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-24
Ernm liable Head io poIdhu.

The announcement by Signor Mar conf from Table Head that he has solved the problem of wireless trans oceanic communication should be re- ceiyed with some allowance for an in ventor's natural enthusiasm. No doubt Marconi has sent to and received mes sages from Poidhu in Cornwall, Eng land, thus establishing the theory of wireless communication, but he did that from Signal Hill in 1901, and later still on board the steamship Philadelphia. Before 1901 the wire less method had been tested over dis tances up to about 100 miles, so that all doubt as to it's actuality had been dissipatea.
 But now the question relates, not to theory which, wonderful as it is, stands fully and absolutely demon strated, but to it's commercial value. Marconi has nor ye. shown that he can send or receive messages at the rate of 1000 words an hour, nor has he shown that he can send or receive messages 4n all sorts of weather. He must do both in order to demonstrate the commercial value of his scientific achievement. He has done enough to immortalize himself, but not enough to render himself plutocrat.
 He now says the line from Table Head in Nova Scotia to Poldu in Corn wall. Fngland-22OJ miles long-will be opened for commercial business in about four months. The Table Head station is to be perfected" as well as linked to inland lines. He admits that "the system" needs improve ments. We must therefore await the progress and development of his plans. He is far ahead of all others in the working out of a feasible and practi- cal scheme of wireless telegraphy, and possibly the tireless Italian may great ly add to the worlds conveniences, fairly wiping oL. the seas so far as news and quick communication are concerned. But until he does this until he opens his line to commercial business, IL will be much too early to say that cables are back number.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-24
THE ONLY WAY.
How a Blockade Was Raised in the
 Streets of Cairo, Egypt.

From the Detroit Free Press.
 "One day when I was in Cairo, Egypt" said a Mchigander who occasionally makes a trip abroad, .the driver of a loaded camel passing through the streets swore at his beast in good round terms. A native missionary who happened to be passing called for the mans arrest. Queerlyf enough, city in which nearly everybody swears In almost every known language to the earth, has an ordinance or edict or something of the kind against the habit, though it had not been en- forced for half q century.
 "Thc driver not only swore at his cam cl, but later on at the missionary and the officer who arrested him. I shouldn't wonder if he also swore at the judge. as he was sent to jail for ten days in de- fault of q fine. The instant he was talk en away the camel lay down in his tracks, and stood by for two hours while the police vainly tried to move him. They tried to roll him out of the road, but he refused to move a foot
 At length when traffic in the narrow street had been blocked for nearly half a day, word was sent to the governor As big a man as he was he dared not have the camel shot. There was a way, how ever, and he took 1t. He ordered the driy CT released from jail and told him to go to swearing, and in less than five min utes the beast was on his feet and swing ing along the street l was on hand to hear the swearing, and, though couldn' t understand Egyptian, I was satisfied that the mans vocabulary discounted anything ever heard outside of the land of the desert. One single word meant the sen tence:
 Blank your eyes, your ears, your nose your legs, your body and your soul, forever And the man made use oI that word S20 times in sixty seconds and had room to throw in a few others to or nament the edges"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-24
BALTIMORE CROWS.
4l.n pnltimnrn Nnu.-

From the Baltimore News.
 The election of Messrs. Henry Walters. Michael Jenkins and Warren G. Elliott and three of their New York associates to the management of the Atlantic Coast Line railroad as members of the direct crate of the Louisville and Nashville railroad completes the change in the control of the latter system According to official statements. the policy of the company will not differ materially from that under the old regime, but it will be dictated by the new owners, and the rrorerty will be operated in close con neetion with the Atlantic Coast Line rail- road although maintaining, for the pres ent at least separate organization. By acquiring the Louisville and Nashville railroad the Atlantic Coast Line railroad adds more than 5000 miles to it's system, bringing the aggregate mileage up to more than 10,3oo Like the deal for the Plant system. the Louisville and Nash vile was acquired without a flourish of trumpets, and adds greatly to the rep utation of MessJs. Walters and Jenkins as hnanciers. Tie Judgment of control of the property with Baltimoreans also st-anethens the rosition of this city as financial center. Baltmoreans now ab- solptely dominate the policies of the At lartic Coast Line railroad and controlled roads. the Seaboard Air Line and many trolley lines iu S, uthern cities. These mean prt stige fer this city and increas- ing business for cur financial institutions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-24

there is no scrapping. anywhere except the little opera boune affair in Nenezue- ia. which VIII soon be settled In fact, the world Is outgrowing nghting-that is, the civilized wor1d-and no civilized na- tion fights now unless 1t has to. This was the experience of England in South Africa This war was in a measure forced on her. and while the price of the war did not stagger humanity, as Oom Paul said 1t would it did stagger England, and she is not in hurry for another such experience.
 'The Boers were fanatic, and such fighters are usually the hardest to con vince they arc whipped. The Spanish and Philippine war is over to the moderate cost of the United States. and probably our ultimate profit. Cuba and the South American republics are at peace, all ex- cept Venezuela, which is kind of human volcano. and as such serves it's purpose in illustrating to the rest of the world how nice thing 1t is to enjoy peace and harmony"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-24

mals belong to the genus Uncinaria. but they differ from the hookworms found in man.
 The two drugs most commonly used in cases of uncinariasis are thymol and male fern. Thirty-one grains Of thymol are given, say. at a. m; s1 more at 10 a. m; castor oil or mag nesia at 12 noon. Diet of milk and soup. Abstracts of cases are presented in the pamphlet, and also the bibliog- raphy of the disease. Dr. Stiles found no cases in Alabama, but Dr. Lyell did, and the entire pamphlet leads to the conclusion that all the warmer states of this country harbor the hook worm, which is rarely longer when full grown than three-quarters of an inch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-24
CITY AND COUNTRY DINNERS.

From the Lancaster Record.
 The city papers take up much space telling of the swell dinings given by the rich people, and we rural jays at first thought believe we have a hard row to hoe, and there's little in the world for us. But let's see. The city paper says 'grhe table was beautifully decorated. The certer- piece was a large s..ver- mounted mirror. On this was a silver tree. the branches of which were laden with American Beauty roses Many sil- yer candelabra held white tapers. Min iature ships filled with candied fruits were used as souvenirs. The ices were imbedded in red tulips" etc. etc. Well. this must have been swell but let's look on our side. When you are asked to 'come to dinner" out here in the brush. the table will be decorated" with plain spread, as white as snow On one side will be large plain dish filled with Irish potatoes Alongside of this you'll find a dish of country bacon, then a heaped plate of hoe cakes. On another side will be heaping dish of fried chick ems, country sausage, spare ribs, a plate of as fine biscuits as one ever tasted. You will be handed a quart cup of black strong coffee with pure cream. and then members of the family begin to reach over your shoulder and pile your plate full of these thoroughly cooked, perfect ly-seasoned substantials, and you sit there and eat with all the enjoyment to be found this side of lSingdom-comc. You are not worried as to the knife, fork or spoon to use on each dish, but simply dive in with the two steel tools at your plate. Now, which is the most enjoyable! Who is the happiest the red-lipped tulip eaters or the corn-bread and sausage people? We Rubes may not know how to eat the fancy frill-frails, but we do know what is good to eat what will stick to our ribs and we wouldn't change places with any city dyspeptc with his pink ice cream and other death-dealing foolshness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-12-24
seleciina 8 Speaker.

It is generally conceded that the work which will have to be done by the next legislature will be of great importance. The new constitution of the state has left many things to be carried out by this legislative body, which is, in sense, to take up it's work and carry it to fulfllment.
 The adoption of the new constitution was the continuation of a general be- lief on the part of the people that a new order of things was needed in Alabama and that many laws needed to be changed. During the debates in the constitutional convention varior1 members sought to remedy all the ex- isting evils in the state by constitn- tional amendments. It was explained by leaders in that body that a consti- tuition was only the organic law of the state, and that the convention could not be legislative body to remedy all ills. The time was too short-mueh had to be left to the legislature broad lines were mapped out and these the legislature must fill in.
 The fact that the first legislature after the adoption CT the constitution would have it's hands full was realized and this session was made longer than the others, and @ special short session authorized if deene necessary.
 In this condition of affairs it be- hooves the house to make a wise se- lection in chosing its speaker. The lieutenant by law will preside over the senate, and Dr. Cunningham is an ex- perienced and able presiding officer
 Among the members of the house there is no one so well equipped for speaker as Alfred NJ. Tunstal of Hale county, the speaker pro tem. of the last house. He is man of ability, clear head, quick, experienced and able to dispatch business without unneces- sary delay. The indications are that MT. Tunstall will be elected to the position and that the next house will be a systematic ant well regulated body.
 Mir Tunstall is the man for the place.