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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
HOGG'S TEXAS "BREAK.o

At the close Of a fashionable dinner
in London former Gov. Hogg found
himself at the door of the mansion be-
side handsome woman who had sat
opposite him at the table, but whose
name he had not caught She awaited
her carriage, but was unescorted.
Surely you are not going home
alone, MADAME" said the polite gov
ernOr to the lady.
Thank you, governor" she said,
"but I'm perfectly safe. My carriage
is below now
But, madam he persisted, Gin
Texas we never permit a lady to go
home alone from a party. I should
esteem it great favor to be allowed
to escort you to your house"
Il won't trouble you, governor" she
replied, "but you may see me to my
carriage"
This rejection of his company set
Gov. Hogg thinking that he had COM
mitted an error, and he proceeded to
consult Ambassador Choate
''They do things differently over
here" explained the ambassador,
gravely. ut was not quite the right
thing for you to do to offer to take the
lady home, but don't worry. That was
the famous duchess of c., one of
the brightest and most practical
women in London, and she'll not think
the worse of you for your mistake"
The ambassador smiled reassuring-
ly.
"Choate," said the ex-governor,
wasn't it clever Of me to pick out
| such a sensible and fine looking lady
as the duchess of c. to make that
Texas break on?"
-Everybody's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Honored bv the Church.

The centenary Of the birth Of DR..
Peter Fjellstedt, the founder of the
Fjellstedt school in Upsala, was OBJ
served at the school on Sept. II. He
was one of the great men in the
Swedish church and he was given the
opportunity to accomplish much.
After working eighteen years in
foreign mission fields he founded the
school in 1916 for the purpose Of pre-
pairing young men as clergymen and
Missionaries
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Talking Preferable.

81 see that Gen. Funston has been
talking again.
But what can you expect? When
a military man is gagged too long he
does one of two things-he either
talks or writes a magazine article"
co. well, let him talk.
Plain Dealer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Not a Gold Brick.

$50 81 Spavins hez been down ter
town." asked Mandy.
why, yaas; an he got buncoed as
usual"
"Brung home a goP brick, did hep
mo, indeedy. ST is up-ter-date, he
isl
''Du tell?'
ga bunco man sold him chunk O.
hard coal at big price, an I'll be
hornswoggled eff it didn't turn out ter
be jes' a chunk crock painted black
-Pittsburg Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
A Feminine ReVenue,

GA Chicago woman wants a divorce
because she has rival in her hus-
bands affections"
"a rival?"
yes; a big red automobile
why doesn't she scratch its lamps
out?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Now Let 1t Be r. |. p,

Says the worried Boston Herald:
"A S3O,OOO,O00 sewing machine COM
bine is being perfected. Seams sew
the trusts will own this hemmysphere
soon.'
Courage, friend. We only needle
little more power to give this new
trust a basting," says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"A hem! T(h) read easy. Oil on
teller sometimes is better than up
braiding or a betting to keep from
putting and bobin' up.'-Virginia
Citizen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
The Wise Bride.

LAS long, George, as we haven't any
coal to cook with, there is one thing
I must speak to the fish dealer about"
And what IS that, my dear?'
Il must ask him to be sure to lay
in large supply of raw oysters"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Read Like 1t.

Some Of the magazines won't con-
written said the young man. Eyes,
answered Miss Cayenne, land some of
them read as if they accepted every
thing that is typewriter. Washing
ton Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
The Smaller of Two Evils.

'T see that General Funston has
been talking again"
But what can you expect? When
military man is gagged too long he
does one or two things-he either
talks or writes a magazine article
ooh, well, let him talk
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
His First Thought.

Mrs. Chugsey-I notice, dear, that
the papers say the Thanksgiving
turkey crop will be almost a total
failure.
Mr.. Chugsey-Thank goodness, that
let's me out on the carving.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Not as Bad as 1t Mjuht Re

do you believe the world is grow
ing wickeder?'
We'll, I'm not sure. When one Of
my neighbors shot a hen that belonged
in my coop I began to have my doubts.
But when he tossed the defunct fowl
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
The Staraazers.

MARY, what are you sitting out on
that cold porch for? Don't you know
it's II o'clock"
George and I are looking for the
new comet, ma
But the new comet isn't due for
several nights"
well, we are in no hurry, ma
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Nothing Wanted.

yes, I'm keeping my hired man
busy all the time
What does he do?'
HE sits on the front steps and
watches the dead leaves fall. AS soon
as he gets a handful he rushes around
and losses it in the hard-coal bin. We
must have something to burn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
A Eamentabie Scarcity,

Didn't see you several times with
the same young man at Cove Harbor?"
Perhaps you did"
Anything serious?"
ct seemed so at the time. He was
the only young man at the hotel"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Not EnuSCeS.

Caller-''Is Mrs. Maltrooney in?"
Bridget-"She is that, sor'
Caller-"Is she ergaged?''
BrI5get- Engaged, indeed-she's
married, sor. Ally SIoper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
EPITAPH,

Here lies Otto Musk, who had
The peacefulest of ends.
He was the scenter Of a large
Circle of loving friends.
Chicago Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
The Men Who Need Them Most.

Il see that all the st. Louis street
cars are to have moral nerves dis
played in them"
Are they? That's funny I supposed
all the bOOdlers rode in carriages"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
PROF. LORENZ A
GOOD SAMARITAN
BELIEVES IN ALTERNATING THE
suFFERINGS OF MANKIND.
NOBLE WORK PERFORMED

Gets PrinceIy Fee for Operating on
Armour Child but Gives of His
Skill Freely in Aid of Chicago
rippIes-Spent Nearly Week of
His Valuable Time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
pingpong Instantly banished from So
ciety by alarmed mammas.

ciety by alarmed mammas.
Swiss women have the reputation
ing is said to be one of the simple
RECIPES in vogue for preserving the
complexion: 1.-THE juice of melons and
cucumbers, the petals of lilies of the
valley, green peas, four ounces of
powdered fine white sugar, one ounce
camphor, one ounce borax, a little
wild chickory, few bryony roots,
the crumbs of three rolls, a dash of
burrage, a pint Of white wine, and the
| stewed flesh of six young pigeons -
| The concoction needs twenty-one days
to distil, at the end of which period
you will, if you have mixed the in
gradients properly, possess the true
secret of perpetual beauty, which is
not inappropriately called Pigeons
Milk
Great fun was caused at a recent
church bazaar by the introduction of
washing competitions open to men
only. Each candidate for prize was
provided with a bowl of water.
piece of soap, and a dirty buster.
which was to be washed in three
minutes. At committee of three mar
ried women decided the contest and
awarded the prizes.
A Zurich student has found that
impetuous kisses are costly. At
Winterthur he beheld a pretty girl
walking home from school, and, by
way Of Introduction, he kissed her
lightly on the cheek. But a Winter
thur girl is not used to being suddenly
kissed by an absolute stranger. and
she was taken i'll, suffering, so her
doctor said, from shock to the ner-
vous system. The parents sued the
student, who has had to pay a fine of
$40, damages, $500, and costs, $50.
Total for one i'll advised kiss $40.
A pingpong fan is one Of the latest
novelties. It represents a series Of
rackets, the outer ones showing a
surface and edge in exact imitation or
the genuine article.
In France a man can secure a
divorce from his wife if she goes on
the stage without his consent.
Greek women are said to have 1877
styles of dressing the hair.
A married woman of As attended
the same college as her sons and
daughters and graduated along with
them. Il entered the college," she
said, Ito improve my knowledge of
literature and to study sociology and
political economy. The time I've spent
there has been Of great benefit to me.
I do not believe that age is a bar to
ones ambition if one has health
Many have thought it strange that l
should go to school when past 40
years, but | see nothing unusual in it.
We are never too old to learn or to
follow the path of progress
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

At De Forest Josie Bjelda, the 2
year-old son Of William F. Bjelda, was
drowned in a watertank.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
A cynical girls reflections.


she had been born expressly on their
account.
Men are not nearly so wise as
women let them think they are.
II all men were wise all women
would seem sensible.
Most men divide women into two
classes-their mothers and sisters
and all other women.
A man generally reforms on account
OF some women, and then takes all
the credit to himself.
Women don't idealize men, for they
never have a chance to.
The average man meets more than
his match in the average woman.
II a man is failure he is sure it
is some WOman's fault.
Some men are so stupid that they
think women careless for not keeping
their shoes laces tied.
More women would be angels if
more men cared anything about
heaven.
Women value dress because men
value it so much more
impression that they are there not
so much to eat as to talk to the
waitress.
Recently two women who had en-
tered a train that did not stop at
their station realized their mistake as
the train passed that station without
stopping, and made up their minds to
jump out of the train at the next
station. They accordingly did so, ana
fell their full length on the platform,
to the horror of the station officials.
Surprising as it may appear, the two
women picked themselves up, ap-
parently none the worse, and seemed
quite pleased that they had managed
lance Of their homes.
| Little Tams is about to marry
! Maria Lacouthure. Little Tams has
no arms, is two feet eight inches high,
| and his legs are not articulated. By
| profession he is an athlete. Miss
Lacouthure is a little taller than her
! IoIuAS AuSbd1lu, DSluS JUST uAuSl
three feet. She has no arms, her
legs are only eight inches long, she
measures thirty-six inches around the
chest and seventeen inches around
the neck. She is of pleasing appear,
ance and in robust health. Moreover
she can sew, do fancy needlework
and keep her house clean with he1
feet. She is Is and little Tams 25.
At first pingpong was looked upon
as mild and harmless pastime, as
indeed, most people still imagine it tC
be. Pingpong eye, pingpong foot
pingpong elbow are looked upon as
fictions Of the alarmist An ardent
pingpongist (feminine) has broken OF
her engagement because the young
man would not play, and even tried
to prevent her from playing. 1t is q
good thing that it was not the young
man who broke off the engagement
for a like reason, or we should find
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

over the fence l felt a good deal bet
ter"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

A clergyman says that he always
makes lie same little speech to each
couple that he marries. To the man
he says: May you be as happy as
you deserve" and to the woman,
Your happiness lies in your own
hands, The making Of the home
does lie in the woman's hands, and
she can make it a little bit of heaven
if she has much love and high ideals.
Above all things, have a home, not a
mere lodging place in some hotel or
boarding house, if you would not lose
the romance Of life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

The women of the higher castles in
| India are not allowed to be seen by a
stranger with their faces uncovered.
The naWab of Rampur hired a Cal
cutta dentist to make a set of false
teeth for his mother. When they
were being fitted the old woman lay
back with her face covered and the
dentist worked at her mouth through
hole in the sheet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

The young man who wishes to be
popular with the opposite sex should
study this paragraph. A young
women's club has decided on a certain
youth as the incest they know be,
cause 'he is good all the way
through; honest, considerate, and
kind hearted. When he treats the
girls he makes them think that they
are doing him a favor in accepting his
hospitality. He is always good tenn
pered and jolly, and is as nice to a
homely girl as to a pretty one He
isn't spoony or foolish, but is just a
nice lovely fellow, and he has more
sense than any young man we know.
He never says or does unkind things,
and always sticks up for every girl he
knows"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30
Odd feminine bottoms.

The many charms of the American
girl are undeniable, but no one has
been found to assert that her voice
was ever soft, gentle, and low, an ex-
celIent thing in woman" Teachers
of elocution from Europe. who settle
here, are hard put to it to accustom
their ears to the loud, high, and ir-
ritating" voices of most American
women, as one of these teachers de-
scribes them. 1t does not seem to be
a physical disability, for training re-
moves the unpleasantness and Ameri-
can actresses, as class, have good
voices.
A young women, well educated ana
in comfortable circumstances, has
just completed five years ex-
perience of general servants work.
She undertook the task voluntarily,
because she was interested in the
domestic servant problem. Her con-
clusiOn is that bOtn sides are 10
blame for the present unsatisfactory
state Of affairs. In her own words:
Il believe the servant girl problem
can be solved only by Christian ed
ucation. The employers and servants
must be taught to work together
The problem furnishes a splendid field
for the energies Of our young women.
They should know something of the
experiences I have had. [ know
several young girls with good educa-
lions who work as domestics because
they like it. These are the kind of
girls who stay a long time in one
place and have no trouble with their
employers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

A pingpong fan is one Of the latest
novelties. 1t represents a series of
rackets, the outer ones showing a
surface and edge in exact imitation OF
the genuine article.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

In France a man can secure a
divorce from his wife if she goes on
the stage without his consent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1902-10-30

Greek women are said to have 1877
styles Of dressing the hair.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-30
WHY MEATS CONTINUE HIGH

There is another important element
that seems to Indicate that the price
OF meat viii continue to be higher for
long. time-there. is a falling off in
the production of cattle. In the Uni
ted States, on January /, 1900, the OK
en- and other cattle numbering
l27610,054. At corresponding time
four years earlier, the oxen and other
cattle numbered 32,0S4, 400. There IS
a falling off of something like four
teen and one-half per cent, during a
period when the population increased
something like ten per cent. Here
are conditions which were not brought
into existence by the beef trust, nor
yet by the predecessors of the beef
trust
lis the beef trust preparing to take
advantage Of these conditions? That
seems yery3 likely, for the men who
have combined to form this trust
have waited until now to do it, wait
ed until q time when the eyes of the
whole country are turned Hnon them
to form q combination more Intimate
ly connected with the life and the hap
piness of the people than any of the
other enterprises-the steel, the sugar
and the oil trusts, for instance. is
their purpose sinister? That can hard
ly be, unless it is sinister to employ
large aggregations of fcapital in large
way; for, after all, the only security
that the future holds out to them is
good service to the people. The peo-
pie are just beginning to look into
this matter of trusts. They. will un-
derstand tlrem very thoroughly be
fore discussion ceases, and, if they are
baneful in their influence,
ways will be found to cur
tail their. power. Besides, beef
cattle and other animals, can be raised
and killed in the old way. in the older
parts of the country. but meat lis
likely to be high, if not as high as at
present, until the production and the
demand are in more harmonious ac-
cord. y
Meantime, the best efforts of clever
people who will try to make two
blades of grass grow where one grew
before will be continued There will
be oil-cale-fattened cattle, distillery-
fed cattle, and fhaby'' stall-fed beef.
1t may be that some Of these make as
good beef as that Of finely bred cattle
fattened on succulent grass and corn,
but any meat is much preferred to
none at all. Certainly none of them
at present commands the very highest
prices in the best markets; that is
if the retail butchers know what
they are buying. Ohm Gilmer Speed
in September Success.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-30
LIST OF PATENTS

J. ID. Aiken, TaftVilIe, Conn, trous-
ers supporter, G. A. BeckWith, Water
ford, Conn, sash weight; w. H. Chap
man, Portland Me, controller for elec-
trio motors; r.. @. Craw, South Nor
walk, Conn, machine for trimming
eurled hat brims; J. Hormby, Woon-
cocket, r. l., locking device for work
carriers; M. M. Rowland, Providence,
r. T., pliers; e. r. Hyde. Bridgeport,
Conn, apparatus for Wetting emery
wheels; w. W. Kenney, New London,
Conn, umbrella runer; G.. G. Marshall,
j. I'll. Post, Hartford, Conn, embroid-
cry frame and holder; J. r. Reynolds,
Hartford, Conn, type chase for making
matrix plates; @, E. Riecker, New
Britain, Conn, plane lift; III. G. Shear
man, Providence, r.. T., spring tire for
vehicle wheels; G.. q. Shorey, Fair
field, Me, folding table; b. L. Slocum,
Pawtucket, r. L., galyanic battery;
A, w. Stanley, New Britain, Conn,
plane; w. v. THrelfall, Biddeford. Me,
spinning or rowing machine; 3. a. Traus
New Britain, Conn, growing plane; j..
g. Traver, Naugatuck, Conn, fastener;
6. e. Andrews, Providence, r. T., aut-
omatic out-cut; lei. Bryda, Woonsock-
ct, r. T. lock; H. A. Fairbrother, Jr.
Providence, r.. T., fastening device;
r. @. Fay Pawtucket, r. l., adjust
able or seperable pulley; A. B. Fow-
Ter, Cenral Falls, r. l., channeling ma
chine; G. O. Hedsrom, Portland Conn,
fuel or other reservoir for internal
combustion engines; &c. w. Otto, SIAM
ford, Conn, keyboard machine; o. w.
Plant, Providence, r. l., cutter for
gear teeth 70. w. Sibley, Providence.
7. f, calculator; VII. Taylor, Siam
ford, Conn. he-s search light; M.
Villazon, New Haven, Conn, motor;
L. J. Williams, Lebanon, N. H.,
watehmaker's stalking tool; w. A..
Wood Ansonia, Conn, variable speed
clutch.
Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury [Connecticut]) 1900-1903, 1902-08-30
THE DIFFERENCE IN TEACHERS

g. Benjamin Andrews, chancellor
of the University of Nebraska, has an
interesting article in the September
issue of Success entitled, .The
Passing of Gamaliel,' .sGamaliel'
was the old name for the school
teacher who lived in the days of Tom
Brown, whom, Mr.. Andrews Declares
exists no longer. Writing OF the
change that has come down through
ages, Mr.. Andrews says;
Teaching of the special type fur
nished by Gamaliels has ceased to be
much in demand. However circum-
scribed Gamaliel's information might
be. he was usually a very competent
exposition OF his subject as he UNDER
stood it. Not seldom his thinking
was clear, ineisiye and strong. He
made much of system and elnphasi-
zed the logical elements of know
ledge, In these particulars teaching
has deteriorated. Too little attention
is paid to the development of logical
mentality or to the logical aspects of
mental product. But the cause for
the passing of Gamaliel which is more
to be deplored than any other is the
wide remission of effort to build
character in students, whether by pre-
eept or by insistence on specially
choice character in teachers The
spirit of science is objective, 1T tends
to remand mere personality to a sec
ond place, not to exalt it. 1t is we'll
that some ebjectiyity has found It's
way into teaching. This is one reason
why the teaching Of to-day is. on the
whole, better than that of fifty years
ago. But ohjectiyity in teaching has
gone too far. 1t is due to its entrance
in force into our colleges that the Inn
partation of instruction has of late
years become nostWise such ii tame
affair." There is teaching which sim
ply informs, and there is teaching
(which Ceates. The one kind con-
ceiyes the pupil as a receptacle, and
its motto is, Fiji him up.' The other
Kind regards the pupil as a rational
being, and its motto is. Build him
np," Francis. Maryland, in his best
days, represented the instruction of
power. Now the instruction Of mere
Importation is in vogue and bids fair
to sweep the field. There is not
enough drill in the classroom, not
enough of resolute grapple between
the teachers and the learners mind
The crib is laid with food, but little
effort is put forth to render this APP
petizing of life giying, still less to i'm
part to the eater Yoracity or assimila-
ting power Very many teachers of
high standing, nowadays, quite repu-
date the function of making men and
are anxious solely how they may be
true to the subjects which they
teach. They will compass sea and
land to create a course of lectures, a
book, or system, but do nothing to-
ward the infinitely more precious
task of perfecting the human beings
who face them each day in class.