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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Modern Engineering Feats.

Golfers Weekly says that an I'M
paralleled engineering feat has re-
Gently been achieved in Australia II
immense value to the gold fields.
The Coolgardie water scheme is 10
Australia what the famous Assua1
dam is to Egypt. The remarkable
feat Of pumping 100000 gallons OF
water a day for a distance of $50
miles, from the Helena river to
KalgOorlie, has been accomplished ~
English engineers, by means of a
great dam, called the Numbering
weir, ninety feet high, constructed
across the Helena river twenty miles
from Perth. The reservoir capacity
is about 100000 gallons. There are
a number of auxiliary reservoirs and
pumping stations along the 30-inch
steel water main which runs along
the railroad line to the gold fields
the richest square mile of earth
On the globe''-near KalgoOrlie The
only foreign enterprise of equal i'm
portance is, the Simplon tunnel, the
great burrow which will make
Switzerland and Italy next-door
neighbors. In a short time Pullman
trains will pass through the Simplon
Alps in a few minutes, 1000 feet
under the snow-covered diligence
road which Napoleon Bonaparte
tuflt a hundred years ago and which
takes about ten hours to traverse in
favorable weather. This tremendous
rat-hole, which passes under Lake
Avino, will cost the Jura-Simplon
railroad over S15,OO0,00O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Now comes DR.. Jacques Loeb of DR..
Harper's and Mr.. Rockefeller's school
with another medical discovery. DR..
Loeb has announced that ST. Vitus'
dance and sIeeplessness and other
, muscular and nervous diseases can be
cured with calcium salts; that is, such
salts as are found in we'll water and
in many foods.
Mrs. Lucretia NJ Haywood of the
Oak Park Qll) woman's club says the
day of segregation of the sexes is past
and that cit is time for men and wo-
men to work together for the develop
ment of the race" The Oak Park men
have not been heard from yet.
A Hampstead, L. l., man who is ap-
plying an automobile to pump water
from a well might now move to a big
city and utilize the power generated in
the revolving doors of business Of
fees
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

show that he has no contagious or
infectious disease.
A bill placing, a tax of $50 year
on bachelors and of SIS a year On old
maids, unless they. can show that
their unwedded state is not of their
own choosing, or that they are quite
unable to pay the tax, has been in
troduced in the Legislature of New
York state by Representative Isadore
Cohn.
On a par with this measure was a
law actually passed by the Missouri
legislature in 1897 which fined
widows and maids from 500 to $500
for rejecting a sutton. It was called
a ''single-tax" law, which il literally
was, and was afterward amended to
add to the fine the provision that the
woman should sew on buttons and
darn socks for the rejected sutton
for six months. This effectually
killed it.
The Pennsylvania legislature in
1899 sought to stop the payment of
wages to coal-miners in store orders.
In committee the words ION demand"
were inserted SO that the law reads:
''AI wages shall be paid in cash on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
CHAPTER XIII.

While Frank Arnlathwaite was alb
sorbed in anxiety about his interest
ing patient. Alma herself was going
through an experience as strange as
the return of a dead person to life. Her
husbands mesmeric experiments upon
her for months past had been so
cleyerly conducted that she herself
was uncertain of the nature of the
heavy sleep into which night after
night he had succeeded in casting
her: and while she felt day by day her
own will weakening under the in
fluence of his, and knew dinlly that
this was unnatural and strange, the
meaning of it all seemed to escape her
struggling reason like a will-o'-the-
wisp, and the feeble efforts she made
to free herself from the mysterious
thraldom died out gradually; so that
on the night when her husband had
found himself forced to call in
Armathwaite to the assistance of his
own shaken powers. she had reached
a point of helplessness and weakness
at which both mind and body seemed
to have relaxed their hold on life it
self.
If the young doctor had merely
broken off Crosmont's hold upon his
wife, and left the helpless mind tc
struggle back to health unaided, it is
doubtful whether Alma would ever
have entirely recovered from the un
natural strain to which she had beer
subjected. But Armathwaite was
not content with that. He had haC
ample means of understanding hel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

Iier hat is also seen with the crown a
mass of leaves nd fruit instead of
flowers. A smart looking hat has the
crown CT green strawberry leaves,
with little wild strawberries nesting
among the leaves. The brim is of
red straw braid appliqued with black
lace motifs, and at the side is a
feathery black aigrette
The ruche this year is quite as i'm
pOrtant as the spring hat. The ques-
ton of dressing her neck in a becom-
ing way is interesting the fashion
able girl as never before. There is
nothing smarter perhaps-at least,
nothing more satisfactOry-than the
black and white ruche made deep
enough to have the effect OF a Shout
der cape and fashioned of white silk
with frills Of accordion plated white
white chiffon, and fiecked v it'll big
black velvet dots. Such a ruche is
, fastened with black velvet ribbons,
which can either be tied in bow with
long ends or caught in many gradu-
ated loops. The neck piece of heavy
. lace, outlined with silk fringe and
made with long stole ends finished
with fringe, is one Of the novelties of
| the season. It is good style in heavy
ecrue lace over black taffeta with the
shoulder cape and the stole ends trim
med with silk fringe in the, same
color as the lace. Like the gowns,
there is no end to the elaboration of
these neck pieces. Many of them are
CT silk yelled with chiffon, which, in
/ it's turn, is half covered with an en-
! bTOtdered design. A neck scarf made
| in this way had for it's foundation
green taffetas. This was yelled with
black chiffon, which was embroidered
with clusters of red cherries and
green leaves. A neck piece Of this
sort is sold with hat to match.
The. evolution of the shirt waist suit
was plain and undeniab1y only for
morning wear. Now it is elaborate
and quite the smart thing for almost
any occasion that does not call for
evening dress. There are extremely
nice looking shirt waist suits made of
checked taffeta silk trimmed with ap-
-pliQued bands and designs of plain
silk outlined with a fine silk braid,
and there are others of dainty foul
ards trimmed with galloon which
make most attractive costumes, es-
! peciaIly when the foulard is dark in
color and fiecked with white or deli
cate1y tinted dot and when the galloon
matches the dot in shade. Of course,
the shirt waist suit which is seen in
such great variety is not made only Of
silk; it is exquisite in deliberately enl-
broidered linen and is also made up
in mohair, embroidered etamine, CAN
vas, and many other fabrics.-Chicago
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
A COLORADO GOOSE STORY.

The telegraph columns of the Chi
cago Inter Ocean are responsible for
one Of the most interesting stories
that have come out of the west.
John Gridley is ranchman at Grid
ley, Col. His principal product is
hogs, but he has several hundred
acres in wheat. His wheat has
suffered greatly from wild geese,
and neither scare crow nor shotgun
helped him out So he stuck lot
Of stakes in his fields, and on each
stake he fastened a fish line and fish
hook, the latter baited with a pan
cake. Inc first morning he had
tWenty-seven geese. mat afternoon
he got fourteen, and the next day he
got sixty-two. He fed the geese to
his hogs, who seemed to like the IN
usual food.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
New Way to Fight a Duel.

1t may be that it is all joke, or
it may be that a journey on the new
Manchuria railway does involve a
deadly risk At any rate, a Russian
paper reports that two officers be-
came involved in difficulties and de
cided to settle the question by draw
ing lots to find out which should
travel from Zizikar to Charbin and
return via the Manchurina railway
If the one who went came back alive
(the inference being that every train
is derailed) honor would be satisfied.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Had Not Eorcotten

Stranger-You may not recognize
me, sir; it has been some time since
we met. But l have not forgotten you.
You may remember that five years
ago you lent SO to Dick Denham,
when he was in need, with the under
standing that he was to pay it back
when he got able. Well, l am Dick
Denham, and l have come
Mr. Goodman-Yes, yes-and you
have come, like an honest man, after
all these years, to-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

anism often does not work properly,
with the result that delusions are fire.
quent. We know that Joe Smith did
not move mountain, and the honest
belief Of thousands of persons that
they saw him move one does not alter
our absolute conviction that he did
nOt.-Labouchere in London Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Kindly Euphemisn.

The Morning Post of London as
the official organ Of British high life
is the politest Of papers, but its
highest mark in this direction was
passed by the following ADVERTISE
ment, which recently appeared in its
columns:
IF the lady who was seen to pick
up, by accident a long sable boa in
the Royal gallery, house of lords, on
Feb. II, will return it to Hall Porter
s. street, the owner will be
greatly obliged"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
Her Modest Little Protest.

A Wichita man out OF town re-
turned unexpectedly and, seeing his
wife passing along the street in the
dark slipped up and kissed her. The
wife creaned. But ever since the
man has had his mind filled with su5-
picions and forebodings. She didn't
scream so very loud.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

demand" This made the law utterly
valuless, for if a miner demanded
cash he could be, and generally was,
at once laid off or discharged.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16

/ of jet spangles and lace motifs, made
over not only a silk drop skirt but an
extra skirt Of filmy chiffon, which is
generally accordion plated at the bot
tom to add frou-frou and fluffiness to
the bottom of the gown
There is no better Illustration of the
elaboration Of the fashions of today
than the straight from Paris net
gown, though it is only by close
net is the foundation of the costume
For these new net gowns are not
only flecked with seQuins and adorned
with lace motifs but they are many
times hand embroidered as we'll, and
so lavishIy are they decorated that
but little of the net shows. The most
effective Of these costumes show the
much trimmed net in black with the
chiffon under petticOat in some deli
cate color. Many of these gowns are
made with short elbow sleeve, which
introduces the same chiffon that is
used in the under petticoat in order
to reflect the same color note The
short sleeve means the long black lace
mitt. which, by the way, is to be Sc
much the vogue this summer.
The spring hat tells the same story
Of transparent light effects as the
new gowns. The lace picture hats are
among the most attractive of the
Easter models. The lace drapes the
brim, half yelling a full blown rose in
some becoming color, or, perhaps, d
bunch of smaller flowers. And the
crown is quite hidden by a ruff1e of
plated lace The all black lace hat
made in this way is most fetching,
with just one touch of color, and that
in the flower which peeps out from be-
meath the lace frill on the under brim
The transparent idea in millinery is
also seen in an entirely different style
of hat. Turbans of straw braid or of
small flowers like violets or rose buds
are draped with embroidered wells.
Both net and chiffon wells are draped
with embroidered wells. Both net
and chiffon wells are used for this
purpose and extremely pretty effects
are obtained; at the back the ends of
the veil are allowed to fall over the
hair, and the way they are arranged
adds much to the smart effect of the
hat The fuller the veil is at the
back the better
Now that crowns are coming into
fashion again, it is interesting to note
their great variety. A particularly
dashing hat with distinctive smart
style of its own is known as the cav
alier. 1t is made with the crown of
flowers, high enough to be seen from
every view Of the hat The brim is
broad and turns up to show the under
facing of lace, while at the left side is
a full black aigrette, which gives the
hat certain military air. The cava-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1903-04-16
1ILAD1 IN THE SPRING TIVE.

There is a new puzzle in the fashion
world. It is to distinguish early
spring gowns from midsummer frocks
There was a time when the spring
gown was invariably of cloth, the
spring jacket serViceable coat
warm enough to serve duty again all
through the fall, and as for the spring
hat, it was of straw, to be sure, but
straw that was stiff and substantial
The fluffy, light, fiImy fabrics were re-
served exclusively for summer wear.
Put today a different state of things
exists. The spring gown can easily
appear later on as a summer frOck.
It is a transparent season and the
fabrics which belong to the big eta
mine family are those most in favor
There are cloth walking costumes
designed purposely for the spring girl
made Of tweed, cheviot, or covert
cloth, but even these wool materials
are lighter in weight than ever before,
and are seen in more delicate shades
The manufacturers have presented
the Examines, canvases, vOiles, and
mohairs in so many new and artistic
patterns that they are simply if
resistable. And then there are such
possibilities for grace and charm in
a soft fabric like vOile that there is no
wonder that the girl of the moment
considers it her favOrite material,
whether for a spring gown or a sum-
mer one.
Skirts of plated wolfe are among
the fashionable spring models. Those
most in vogue are made with a care
fully fitted yoke and the plaits allowed
to flare half way below the knees to
the hem. For the slender woman
there are wolfe skirts, accordion
plated, which, if correctly made, are
extremely graceful. This year many
Of the skirts of wolfe and other trans
parent materials are made up unlined,
so that they may be worn at different
the same idea is followed in the
bodice, which is worn over a tight fit
ting silk corset cover. The drop
skirt this season is of special impor-
lance and is fitted with the greatest
possible care. Many of the drop skirts
are of changeable taffeta silk, giving
the gown fetching, iridescent effect.
Pongee drop skirts in the natural
color Of the silk are much liked and
are trimmed with lace the same shade.
Just suggestion of mystery hovers
about the newest of the French
gowns, and everywhere in the spring
fashions the yelled idea is seen. There
are new, eXquisitely colored, loose fit
ting silk coats yelled with plated
black chiffon or some fine pattern Of
black lace. There are gowns of black
net, transparent grenadine, and
mousseline de sole which are a mass
Amador ledger., 1903-10-23

The arbitration tribunal to settle
the Alaska boundary dispute, has
sustained the American claim to the
entire coast line of Alaska, giving
Portland canal to Canada. The Do
minion government was seeking an
outlet for the rich Klondike region.
The title of the United States to the
territory in dispute was so clear that
majority of the commissioners
readily conceded the point. Canada
is naturally sore over the defeat,
Her representatives on the COM
mission refuse to sign the award. 1t
is difficult to see from the testimony
produced how any other conclusion
could have been reached by the
tribunal. Canada will get over the
soreness Of defeat in time. Ali talk
of being sold out for political and
reasons is out of place.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-23

States the principal market is now,
and probably will con tinue to be, the
home market. The manufactured
goods sold outside of the United
States cuts an insignificant figure in
the sum total. The almost exclusive
control of the home market has i'm
parted the unparalleled wave of
prosperity that we have enjoyed of
late years. And it must be admit
ted that the protective policy inaug-
hrated under a republican admins
tration has been mainly instrument
al in bringing about this result. By
a system of reciprocal tariffs between
Great Britain and her colonial pos
sessions, statesmen like Chamberlain
and his co-workers, are seeking to
recoup the falling trade of the
mother country. Free trade Eng
land was all very well when the in
dustries of rising nations were in
their infancy. But with foreign ma
tions on a competitive footing for
outside trade, and placing prohibi-
tory tariffs on English goods, the
situation is materially changed. 1t
is about time, they think. for Great
Britain and her colonies to mt m
the protective bars also in the shape
of discriminating duties. This
change of fiscal policy will probably
come in the course of few years
1t may not be the outcome of the
present political campaign in the
United Kingdom. The English peo-
pie may not be educated to the point
so speedily. But that Chamberlain
has sounded the key note of the
future prosperity of his country
there is little room to doubt. He is
one of the most far-seeing and capa-
BILE leaders Great Britain has pro-
duced for the past century.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-23
SUPERIOR COURT.
HON. R. C. RUST, JUDGE.

Marguerite Molfiuo VS.. Bartolomeo
Oneto-Demurrer of defendant with
drawn, defendant allowed ten days to
answer.
Bank of Amador County VS.. Barto
lomeo Oneto - Demurrer withdrawn.
defendant allowed 10 days to answer.
Lorenzo Marie VS.. Margaret Brown
and others-Plain tiff allowed to amend
by substituting John A. Brown as de-
fendant, for Margaret Brown deceased.
Estate of Joseph Gregor = Phillip
Roberts, David Hall, and F. Cade-
martori appointed appraisers.
Estate of Lucian Guinand- William
Brown appointed special administrator.
Administrator authorized to assign
bonds to himself, to the end that he
may have new bonds issued.
Estate of Joseph Gregor-The es-
tate being of less value than $500, to
wit S1450. Oct 81 appointed to show
cause if any why the whole of estate
should not be set aside for benefit of
widow.
Estate of James F. Parks-Oct. 81
appointed for proving will, and appli-
cation of Mary Pheby Parks for letters
testamentary.
Estate of Louis Francisco-Hearing
OF petition for discharge continued
until Oct. "a. Attorney fee allowed in
sum of $125.
NEW SUITS.
Hulda FL. B. Brown VS.. A. E. Timms
Suit to quiet title to III acres in sec
tion 10 township range 10, in which
defendant is alleged to claim some in
terest. G. P. Vicini, PLAINTIFF s attorney.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-23


Jas. F. Parks to Mary Phebey Parks
Lot block 3, Amador City, love and
affection.
Mary M. Randolph to J. S. Randolph
and Others block 9, Sutter Creek,
gift.
Jos. S. Randolph to o. c. Randolph
Lot block 8, Sutter Creek, $40.
Jos. S. Randolph to o. c. Randolph
-One-fi fifth interest in 100 acres sec % t
r 10, $40.
Mary M. Randolph to Mary NJ. Lith-
gov and others-16O acres sec % t 6 r
10, gift.
Virgilio S Garbarin to Mrs. Kate L.
Garbarini-About 300 acres t 6 II,
gift.
United States to Robert Aiken and
John Stoevich = Clyde quartz mine,
Jackson district
A. Parker Lewis to Giacomo Oneto-
120 acres sec % t7r11, $40.
Mary E. Askey to P. B. Aiken-One-
half interest in Climax quartz mine,
$500.
j. S. O'Rourke to American River
Electric Co.-Right of way for pole
line, S..
Louis Foppiano and others to DR..
Thos. Boyson-Bluejay and Klondike
mining claims, Drytown district, 81.
Reuben A. Sawyer to Newman, Myles
& Co.-Sawyer quartz mine, Sunny
South quartz, and Sawyer placer, Vol
cano district.
United States to Katie Joy-Patent
40 acres sec 26 t6r11.
MORTGAGES.
Nixon Placer Mg. Co. to G. Shawl
162 acres secs 3 and Grill, s25OO, one
year, l per cent per month.
V. A. Marini and wife to Frank Grillo
Lot in Jackson, $500.
George Courtright and wife to Mary
Prosser-480 acres 10, $4,000, two
years, 9 per cent.
SATISFACTION OF MORTGAGES.
IL. l.. Timms to j. ]. Excl.
V. Talenti and others to V. Garbarini
LIS PENDENS.
Ellen NJ. Wetherbee VS.. Ideal Placer
M.-Notice of suit to foreclose mort
gage.
Hulda Fl. B. Brown VS.. A E. Timms
Notice of suit to quiet title.
MINING LOCATIONS, ETC.
]. Santirfo and j. A. Keffer, location
OF 40 acres placer ground, Volcano
district.
Kennedy M. & M. Co., location of
mill site of North Clyde mine, Jackson
district.
Kennedy M. & M. Co., second amend
ed location of North Clyde quartz claim,
Jackson district.
MISCELLANEOUS
j. S. Cooley VS.. Harold B. Schenk.
agreement to sell "a acres Mt. Echo
district, SIS, 900; to be paid SIS, 900 July
l, 1904, $4,000 July l, 1905.
Estate OF John G. Fisher, decree of
distribution recorded.
F. A. Orr to W. & J. Phillips, lease
OF Orr ranch near Plymouth.
E. N. Atwood vs. A. L. Timms. exc
cution for $40.
Lorenzo Marie by Baliol Gold Min
ing Co., certificate of redemption, land
secs 4 and 6 IL. S94.S IS.
American Bonding Co. to r. c. Bole
and others, authority as local agents.
Amador ledger., 1903-10-23
A Cure For Dyspepsia.

l had Dyspepsia in its worst form and
felt miserable most all the time. Did
not enjoy eating until after l used
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure which has COM
pletely cured me.-Mrs. w. w. Saylor,
Hilliard, Pa. No appetite, loss OF
strength, nervousness, headache, con-
stipation, bad breath, sour risings, In
digestion, dyspepsia, and all stomach
troubles are quickly cured by the use
OF Kodol. Kodol represents the natural
juices of digestion combined with the
greatest known tonic and reconstruct
i've properties. 1t cleanses, purifies,
and sweetens the stomach. Sold by
City Pharmacy, Jackson
Amador ledger., 1903-10-23
ENeLAND's CHANGE OF FRONT.

The drift of public opinion in Eng
land is evidently setting in strongly
against the free trade policy which
has been so long maintained by that
country. England for generations
has been looked upon as the cham
pion of the free trade idea, and the
foe of the protective tariff doctrine.
OF late years, since other manufac-
turing nations like the United States
and Germany, have forged to the
front as competitors for the world S
trade, and are actually underselling
British goods in markets heretofore
held almost exclusively by English
manufacturers, the statesmen of
Great Britain are directing their
thoughts to the problem of whether
the time has not arrived for a radi-
cal departure from free trade
methods. 1t is not alone in foreign
markets that English trade is on the
decline. But American and conti-
mental goods are crowding home
made goods from British territory.
The British empire, comprising as it
does the largest and one of the fair
est portions of the earth under one
flag, is extensive enough to secure
prosperity for its home manufactur-
ers if the trade can be confined to
British made goods. In the United