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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-15
School Board Meeting.

At the last meeting Of the school
board which met at the Superinten-
dents office Thursday evening, the
president, A. L. Fontaine, appointed
the following standing committees
for the ensuing year:
Teachers and teXts-Dr. +. Pomain-
vile, chairman: T. A. Taylor, W. j.
Conway, DR.. A. l.. Ridgman, E.
Overlook.
Building and grounds-H. RabliD,
chairman, H. G. Wipperman, w. F.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-15

The Bishop, Coadjutor of Fond du
Lac, the right Rev. r. T. Weller will
hold service in st. Johns Church,
Centralia on Thursday, April q.
Evening prayer. with service. All are
cordially invited to attend.
The trout season has opened today
and our anxious nimrods who expected
to go out and catch the speckl ed
beauties are no doubt disappointed
and delaying their trip on account OF
the blizzard that is blowing
We carry the original Julia Mar
lowe Oxford in all widths from B to
EE. all sizes 2's to rs and guarantee
each and every pair. Don't be deceived
and let others sell you one s'just as
good" but insist on having the
genuine. The Muir Shoe Co., agents.
The worst blizzard snow storm OF
the winter reached this city on the
night of Thursday, April IA and ragged
furiously during the forenoon of Fri
day, April Is. This kind of weather is
very unusual for this section of the
state.
George w. Baker purchased what is
known as the old Baker homestead
consisting of house and six lots. He
also bought the Nick Reiland house
and moved it upon the northeast
corner of the block which he will fix
up for rent when completed.
The month of April will in all prob
ability maintain its old established
record OF rain, snow and sleet, judging
from the start it has made. The
weather man sees nothing but showers
in sight and umbrellas and rubber
shoes will be on the bargain counter
this week.
The west side ladies' aid society OF
the Congregational church, wish to
thank the people of Grand Rapids FOL
liberal contributions and patronage
at their sale and supper given We'd
nesday p. m. April Ii. The proceeds
from the candy booth, supper and
sale were sl23.25
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-15

Kellogg. j. w. Natwick, w. Il
Reeves.
Finance-A. C. Otto, chairman, T
A. Lipke, E. S. Renne. L. E. Clapp
Otto Bein.
Purchasing cOmmittee-Dr. z.
Pomainville, Fl. Rab.in. A. C. Otto
A. L. FOntaine.
After some discussion of the differ.
ent matters OF. business that will
have to be attended to the board
adjourned to meet again as soon as
the committee on teachers and texts
is ready to make their report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-15

Now Il the time TO c.ean house
clean your system first, drive out the
| microbes of winter with HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea. It will keeI
you well all summer. IS cents. Tes
or tablets. John e. DAILY.
Mr.. Hicks. OF Almond, Wis. re
turned to his home on Tuesday after
q weeks visit at the home OF his
brother in-law. VIM. Bell, on Sycamore
Street.
The ladies aid OF the first Moravian
church Melted 5000 from their sup.
per Wednesday at the home OF
Herman Abel. The receipts will 60
toward the new parsonage.
Paulina Stuck, of Grand Rapids
township, aged about As years, has
been adjudged insane and taken to
the Northern Hospital for the
Insane.
Miss Sadie Botsford, of New Albin
Iowa, returned to her home Monday
after spending a few. weeks at the
home Of Mrs. E. L. Luther Of the
west side.
1.-TWO Merry Tramps" will be the
big farce comedy event of our theatre
cal season. Manager Hamilton has
registered it In his date book for
Tuesday, April 10.
Henry Rohman. sold the past week
his seventy-five acre farm about four
miles east of town, to Thee. Lipke.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-15
CITY In BRIEF
Took Possession Wednesday.

L. Horton and son on Wednesday,
took possession Of the Crystal Cafe,
and will hereafter conduct the
new proprietorS TO make some
changes, which will no doubt be
appreciated by the guests that
patronize them. Mr.. Horton, the
senior member of the firm is now in
Minneapolis purchasing a more
desirable outfit for the kitchen and
also for the DINING room.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-15

When you want that new suit
better talk with Otto Nicholson. who
will show you hundreds Of latest
measurements. One door south of
Lyon House. Samples brought to
YOUR residence. Just say the word.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-15
Notice to Prospective PUPILS.

wish to announce to those desir-
ing instruction on the violin and wind
instruments that I am prepared to
advance you in technique and phrasinR
and all correct and artistic work on
the instruments mentioned.
L. II. SIMONs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-15

For sALE-The most desirable re-
Sidence site on the west side-the
place for an elegant home. Inquire
of G. E. Boles. If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1904-04-15

We carry the best line of medium
priced boys youths and little girls
school shoes to be had The kind
that wear" The Muir Shoe company.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
QUELLING A MUTlNY.
A story of George Dewey and tho
Old kearsarge In 1856.


Old kearsarEe In 1886.
Once when Admiral Dewey was ex-
ecutve officer of the old Kearsarge In
1886 fifty sailors mutinied and went
below to the gun deck, where they hud-
died together in the dark, ready to-
blow up the corvet II necessary. sum
moning the ships writer, who had
charge Of the watch muster, and arm
ing himself with twelve pistols (they
were OF rather ancient PATTERN, Dew
ey, 1t Is related, started for them. The
ships writer carried lantern and the
roll. Reaching the mutineers, the des-
tined hero Of Manila Bay, facing them
with a cooked pistol In each hand and
the other ten tucked away In the breast
of his coat, said, Call the roll"
The first name happened to be John
Jones' Through sheer force Of habit
he answered, "Herew Aiming his pis-
toll at Jones, who stood In the rear Of
the crew, Dewey said: John Jones, i
see you. am going to have your name
called once more and If you do not an
swer and Immediately go mp on deck
you are a dead man! Call the roll!
"John Jones" rang out the voice OF
the ships writer. No answer. Dewey
fired. The bullet meant for John Jones
went through the heart of the man
standing beside him. Almost before
his dead body struck the deck Dewey,
recocking his weapon, said: Now,
men, the roll will be continued AS
each mans name Is called he will an
swer and go up on deck. Call the roll"'
George smith, Here" answered
Smith, putting his hand to his fore top
And as the muzZle OF Dewey's pistol
frowned uncompromislngly upon him
he stepped out from the ranks OF his
fellows and disappeared through the
fore hatch. One by one the remaining
forty eight followed suit
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
&zx2tZ1sa
ST. Petersburg Bakers.

In st. Petersburg nearly everybody
lives in fiat, and in the Easements Of
these fiat buildings are shops. If you
live at the top of fat building you
go down an endless stone staircase
elevators are as yet almost unknown
out of the double doors into the street,
and at your feer in the basement be-
hold shop. Say you enter it, in nine
cases out of ten you will find yourself
In a provision shop. probably a bakers
"A German bakers. But, although
there are many German bakers shops,
there are also dozens of itinerant Rus
sian bread sellers. who carry about on
their heads in baskets and trays their
wares-large fat cakes, the size OF a
pudding plate, that often form Il days
sustenance for the moujik, costing 10
kopecks about 6 cents and requiring
ten sets of teeth to get through them.
These men do brisk trade Before
the peasant makes his dinner off the
frozen cake you may see him slowing
1t away in the breast of his HAITIAN,
where 1t umdergoes the process of a
gentle thaw.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
Miss Millinery Twins.

Sometimes, but not often, the SEX
elusive" New York milliner is caught
mapping. One of the smartest of these
on Fifth avenue not long ago sold a
hat to one of her customers who lived
in the western part of New York. The
milliner declared the hat could not be
duplicated in this country; that she
had brought it over from Paris and
would not make another like it for any
price
The woman bought the hat on those
conditions, for she had a weakness for
individual things. She has sister who
lives in Boston and who also patronizes
the same shop, though the relationship
is not known to the milliner. The Duh
er day the two women met in this city,
and the first thing they did was to
stare at each others hat.
The shopkeeper had duplicated the
exclusive model for the Boston wo-
man.-New York Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
IN THE "GOOD OLD TIMES"
Facts which show How Much Better
of We Are Today.

Not until February of 1872 did the
people of Kentucky know that Madison
was elected president in the previous
November. .-.--
In 1884 one of the leading railroads
of the United States printed on its
time table, 1.-The locomotive will leave
the depot every day at 10 o'clock if
the weather is fair
The first typewriter was received by
the public with suspicion. 1t seemed
subversiye of existing conditions. A
reporter who took one into court
room first proved its real worth.
In England, some centuries ago, if an
ordinary workman without permission
moved from one parish to another in
search of work or better wages he was
branded with hot iron. ,..
When Benjamin Franklin first
thought of starting newspaper in
Philadelphia many of his friends. adj
vised against it, because there was a
paper published in Boston. Some of
them doubted that the country would
be able to support two newspapers.
When Thomas Jefferson was elected
president Of the United States, on Feb.
II, 1901, after one of the most exciting
political campaigns in our history, the
gratifying news did not reach the sue
cessful candidate for as many days as
1t now takes hours to transmit the re
suit of presidential election to the
whole civilized world.
When, in 1909. Richard Trevithick ut.
tered the following words there were
many who considered him an insane,
dangerous person: THE present genera
ton will use canals. the next will pre-
fer railroads with horses. but their
more enlightened successors will EN-
ploy steam carriages ON railways as
the perfection of the art of convey.
ance."
When Benjamin Franklin first took
the coach from Philadelphia to New
York he spent four days on the jour
ney. He tells us that as the old driver
logged along he spent his time knitting
stockings. Two stagecOacheS and eight
horses sufficed for all the commerce
that was carried on between Boston
anu 4NNh VI n. dhNa ~ "ihNSi thS JNNi
ney occupied Il week.
Napoleon ut the height of his power
could not command our everyday con
veniences, such MS steam heat, running
water, bath and sanitary plumbing
gas, electric light, railroads. steam
boats, the telegraph, the telephone, thu
photograph, daily newspapers, maya
zines and thousand other blessing:
which are now part of the daily neces
stiles of even manual laborers.
When the first two tons of anthra
cite coal were brought into Philadel
phia in 1903 the good people Of tina
city, so the records state, tried to burr
the stuff, but at length. Disguised
they broke it up and made walk o.
it," Fourteen years later Colone
George Shoemaker sold eight or tel
wagon loads of it in the same city
but warrants were soon issued for hi
arrest for taking money under falls
pretenses.-Success.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
MAD KING LUDWIG.
He Was q Patron OF Wagner and -
Halter OF All women.

King Ludwig II. of Bavaria, the
mad king" was II patron of Wagner
and II hater of all women. Fitzgerald
Molloy In his Romance of Royalty
tells an amusing story of Ludwig's pc
culiarties: AT times the king sum
moned opera singers to the palace.
These 1t was his pleasure To listen to
rs he gllded noiselcssly over the lake
IN the winter garden which he had
constructed on the top of the royal resi-.
dence In Munich. This garden was 80
large that II extended along the whole
length of the west wing of the palace.
Its splendor and It's perfume made II
seem an enchanted place. Countless
roses hung from its high arched roof.
Thousands OF lights glowed softly from
under the leaves OF palms, plantalns
and other tropical trees. From Its bios
soming strawberries rose the slender
minarets and glittering cupolas Of
kiosks. Parrakeets flew from branch to
branch: waterfalls splashed unsteady;
on the walls views of the Illmalaya
mountains were painted so skillfully
as to give an impression Of space and
distance. The waters Of the lake were
colored blue and scented with vlolets,
| while its banks were covered with hya-
cinths and orchids.
Here, in q golden boat shaped like
| that In which Lohengrin appears and
propelled by Il mechanical swan, his
| al, Ia. oil nj
| enchanted knight, spent the hours
| when the world slept listening to
| stringed instruments or to singers con-
cealed behind foliage. He was silent,
solitary, dreaming, like the pale dwell
ers in lotus land. Here Wagner was
occasionally permitted to bear his mai
| esty company, favor once extended
| to Fraulein Schefszky, an opera singer,
whose superb voice had won his en-
| thusiastic admiration Unwilling that
| this should be limited TO her voice, the
| lady Gent him verses limiting of her
| ardent love and made him presents
| that he accepted on condition that he
paid for tnem--an arrangement that al
| lowed her to reap considerable profit,
| as Rllc 'nIfSpu nm tnTtt tlihtS thti
cost. until IN exorbtant demand for
some gift awokc his secretarys sus-
picion ana led To the discovery and the
dismissal OF the fraulein from royal
favor.
| 'One evening she was invited 10 sit
with him and Wagner In the boat IL
seemed 10 her that she had reached the
highest place in his favor. Therefore,
| i'm a moment OF silence succeeding her
song, while the swan noiselessly drew
them through the blue tinted perfumed
water and Lis majesty. lost in reverie,
stared into space the lady leaned for
ward and gently passed her fingers
through his hair. Shocked and dis
gusted 10y such familiarity, he pushed
her away so roughly that the boat up
set and flung all three into the lake.
The king clambered up the bank and
strobe away without turning to see
what became OF his companions, and
the prina donna. drenched and disii-
lusioned. was rescued by the composer
with the assistance Of Il boathook.'
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
Terror. Of IN. Awful Pause.

We usually talk about the weather
when there isn't anything else to talk
about. This fact may tend TO rob the
subject OF its importance, yet 1t should
not. In fact, it ought to be greatly in
its favor. as 1t Is ever ready and eff
cient in breaking the awful pause
Have you ever been overtaken by the
awful pause? Fortunate, indeed, IL you
have not and entitled to heartiest sym
patty If you have. 1t Is truly awful,
especially II courtesy demands that
you should break 1t. II settles upon the
best regulated companies like night
mare and seems to paralyze the tongue
and put thought to fight. No one can
think Of anything to say or fears to at
tempt to say 1t. Then, II ever, fool Ia
welcome because he doesn't think be
fore he speaks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
An Astute Blind Man.

A blind man possessed 500, and,
fearing that somebody might steal 1t.
he buried his treasure in a corner of
his garden. neighbor saw him ut hls
work and IN the night stole his money.
The blind man on discovering his los :
and suspecting his neighbor went u
him and said: MY infirmlty rendeiS
me difiident, and few are the person :
whom can trust. You are one o..
those few, and have come to tell 20 !
a secret and to ask your advice. l all
the possessor of $1,000 in gold, | hays'
hidden half OF 1t in place which !
believe TO be secure. Do You think /
would do well to put the other half / =
the same place." ''Yes, by all mean I
replied his neighbor. Were ! In 70
place would do the same, There is ,
knowing what may happen II you kee
your money in your house" Hayis
given his advice, the thief, hoping y
get the rest OF the blind mans mon2
FASTENED to replace the half he h
stolen, and thus the astute blind N !
recovered his property.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
Monkeys In Captivity.

"ro see monkeys kept in cage Is to
me u pitiful ana saddenlng exhibition"
says an English writer. THE little
caricatures OF humanity In my pos
session are let out Of their houses In
the morning and allowed to play and
gambol about the grounds during the
daytime to their hearts content. Those
who have seen monkeys only In cages
can form but faint idea OF the joy
BUSINESS Of the happy little creatures as
they bound from tree to tree In the
enjoyment OF their freedom. At even
ing time they all return to their house
without giving any trouble.
Monkeys. like most wild animals,
are very shy before strangers, and II
visitor happens to arrive who is I'M
known to them they keep perfectly still
and hide themselves so well among the
foliage that the stranger could not
realize that he was being watched by
several pairs Of the sharpest little eyes
imaginable"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
~

apart from the body or to survive the
decay Of the body.
The soul Is confined at present in one
sense to the body, and yet in larger
sense 1t is free from the body. The
poorest laborer, living under forlorn
conditions, may rise and separate him
self from his body, even as his body
works on digging In trench; he may
re-live in his happier days, visit far
lands and scenes, recall the dead wom-
an whom he loved, rebuild the social
system which brushes him, revel In the
contemplation of that grand future in
which there shall be no vile tenements
begetting disease, no herding begetting
vice, no poverty save as the result OF
ones own incapacity, or he may as
he digs on give to himself great wealth,
surround himself with fawning fun
kies, be hail fellow among princes,
have all that his heart desires.
We assume that our souls are in our
bodies, but they are seldom there. l
am here at this desk, and In fash l
am elsewhere--back among the friends
of my youth, In the fertile valley where
was born; revisit scenes of happi-
ness and again scenes of strife and
fury; | gaze upon great plains and
lofty mountains, and see again the
face of Lincoln; look into the future,
and | see IL as | would have It; that
future Is mine completely; no one dis
putes its possession with me; rebuild
in it at my ease and leisure as will; l
hear in the silence, and | see In the
dark; peer even into the. great mys-
teries; see my body carried decorous-
ly to its grave; have no horror of that
grave, no fear that shall be confined
in it, no uneasiness, no doubt. SO each
soul roves at will, seeking its own, APP
propriating its own, enjoying Its own.
The soul is separable from the body
| here. Its larger and broader life here
| is apart from the body.
We follow the decay OF the rose; we
observe its absorption in other matter.
And we may follow also the ashes OF
the physical body. But. IL death ends
all, where shall we find the ashes of
the soul? Here was marvellous thing
that could rove ut will, with potentiali'
ties almost divine. IL 1t be not annihi'
lated, into what has 1t been transform
ed? The materialist denies the persist
ence of the soul because he cannot fol
low It. Can he follow its residuum
Can he trace its transformation? IL he
cannot find its ashes, then he must as
sumo that it Is annihilated, that there
is one exception to the theory Of con
servation, one thing that Is annihilat
ed, the one thing being that compared
with which all other things are Of NJ
consequence-the soul.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15

Abraham Lincoln once remarked that
every man about TO marry should
stand over doctor with club and
make him tell the truth in reference
to the chosen partner for life If there
was no other way of getting 1t out of
him. Also that the parents who would
allow girl to marry man without
knowing, as nearly as could be known,
his physical as well as his moral con-
dition deserved to be scalpc
"The whole marrying business is
wrong" said Mr.. Lincoln. FASH ma
BILE girls have too often foolish ms tn
ers, who care for nothing but to sell
their flesh and blood to the highest
bidder"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
IN swapla whose TOOLS were rnus treat

IN swapIa whose TOOLS were rnus treat
ed, to his indescribable annoyance. HE
had to be constantly freeing his ham,
mer, pinchers and knife from his nails,
needles and avis, which were con-
stantly getting caught by them as they
lay together on the bench"
The same authority knew Of &C.
noese ship which was wrecked near
Algiers in consequence Of some pranks
played by lightning among the COM
passes, the captain innocently suppos-
ing that he was sailing toward the
north when, as a matter Of fact, he was
steering due south.-Chambers' Jour
nal .-/
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
The Pygmies of spain.

As might have been expected, the
dwarf rnce OF Morocco and the Atlas
has been traced to Europe, and fairly
pure types are found In Spain, espe.
clally in the province OF Corona.
These people are only three feet seven
inches to three feet nine inches high
and are otherwise characterized by Il
yellow skin, broad. square face, Mon
gollan eyes and red hair Of woody
texture. Specimens Of them are Oc-'
casionally to be seen I'm the markets OF
Salamanca, and there IL said to be Il.
number In the Col de Tosas and the.
valley OF Ribas. several hours by rail-
from Toulouse 1t il not improbable
that the Monaghan eye, which Is OBJ
served In small percentage OF Welsh
and English people. is derived by In
heritance from the lberian pygmies or
common ancestry.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
Dear Mrs. MaIaprop.

There is generally somebody's lady
as a rule-in each district on whom
its finest Malaprops are fathered, some
times quite unfairly. 1t is she who Is
reported to have made that speech
about the glories of her fathers house,
up to the door of which there ran a
revenue of popular trees" she who
asked her daughter to play that little
''maladyr she had learned at the Gem
etery" and she again who pronounced
Mr.. Brown as proud as Luther"
while the tuft hunting Mr.. Smith was
such toby" he deserved to be tat
tooed" at his club. Dear Mrs. Mala-
prop, what should we do without her?
London Globe.