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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11
CAVIARE SEASON ON.
RUSSIAN DELICACY NOW EN-
TERING NEW YORK.
Gotham Gamers Enjoying Busy Sea-
son When Great Loads Of Mus
kov1te Dish Are Shipped to
Eastern Metropolis.

Russian caviare is coming into New
York in steady stream Of 125-pound
kegs Just now. It is coming from Long
Island and New Jersey and all along
down the coast, but It's all Russian
caviare. It is coming from the great
lakes, too, but it is Russian caviare just
the same. AS q matter Of fact the term
Russian caviare" simply indicates a
certain article preserved In certain
way, whether 1t be packed in Russia or
America There Is an anchovy caviare
also, put up from anchovy roe In Nor
way, and there is Swedish caviare.
But all American caviare is Russian.
Caviare comes to New York from as
far south as Florida and as far north as
the great lakes. There Is a gradual but
perceptible decrease In the great lakes
output every year. Caviare also comes
into New York from the Canadian lakes.
In the heart Of northern forests nova
days, as well as in Atlantic coast fish
ing villages, fishermen are mixing salt
and sturgeon eggs In big buckets. 1t is
q manual job, and the manipulation
must be gentle to avoid breaking the
eggs. Twelve or fourteen pounds Of salt
60 to 100 pounds Of roe. Only German
salt Is used, it being free from sulful
and certain other foreign substances
found In American salt, and therefore
credited with giving q finer flavor and
better keeping qualities to the caviare
The fishermen prepare the roe for ship.
ment on the spot. If they don't know
how they find out very quickly, and they
are sorry now for all the sturgeon they
used to fertilize farms.
After the salt is properly mixed they
turn the mass upon draining rach
The salt outs every particle Of slime
from the eggs and the saline moisture
drips away, leaving the eggs dry and
salty. Forty pounds Of eggs Is an aver
age to 250-pound sturgeon. AS high as
SO pounds Of roe have been taken from
sturgeon down on the Jersey coast
This was a 400-pound monster, however
and rare catch.
New York possesses the only caviart
canning factories in the country. The
largest is on Greenwich street, ant
there e two or three others scattered
about the city. New York supplies this
continent with the canned article, ant
the canned article is practically the only
one used. AS matter Of fact the chic
market for caviare is the lowest Eas
side. and the sections corresponding tt
1t in a few other of the large cities. In
terror America has no more use fol
caviare than has Japan. And there art
some people who are willing to pay fol
oaviare as they do for Wagner opera
and for the same reason, and they like
1t about as we'll. But when an individual
has really acquired the taste there is lit
tie hope for him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11
EMPIRE STATE LEADS
NEW YORK HAS 100 FREE DE-
LIVERY OFFICES.
Bigger Postal Service in That Section
Than Entire Country Had 80
Years Ago-Other Inter
esting Statistics.

A statement issued by the post Office
department, at Washington, showing
the cost of the free delivery service in
the larger cities, the number OF car
riers employed and the comparative in
creases bring out some interesting
statistics.
Taking the service by states, New
York heads the list with 100 free de-
livery post offices, which is more than
there were in the whole United States
80 years ago. Pennsylvania comes
70; Massachusetts, with 70; Illinois.
with &c; Indiana, with IS; New Jersey,
with 55; Michigan, with SO, and Iowa,
with As.
The total number of city free de-
livery offices on January l, 1905, was
1,104. Bearing in mind that the re-
quirements of free delivery are that the
city shall have at least 10000 popula-
ton, or $4,000 gross postal receipts,
that it's streets must be paved, and
houses numbered, this indicates how
great has been the development OF the
country since the service started In
1864, when there were only Sc cities
complying with these conditions.
In area served, Chicago takes first
rank with 1872 square miles Of terri
tory, covered by 1,517 letter-carriers.
New York, with Brooklyn combined,
has 1913 square miles of territory,
served by 1904 carriers, an increase OF
12S since January 1904. Philadelphia
has exactly the same area as New
York and Brooklyn, but has fewer car
riers, 1,147, an increase of 40 during
the past year. Boston has IS square
miles and 957 carriers, an increase OF
80. Cincinnati has IS square miles and
3O1 carriers, very slight increase.
Baltimore has not increased it's car
rier service, probably on account OF
the fire. 1t has 357 carriers, covering
an area of 155 square miles. Washing
| ton Tor the District of Columbia), once
known as "the city of magnificent dis
tances," still has 499 square miles OF
| territory served by 259 carriers. This
| is only four square miles less than New
| Orleans, which city, however, gets along
with only 125 carriers. 1t has greater
area than Indianapolis, which has 81
square miles and 1T carriers; greater
than Minneapolis, 38 square miles, 1875
carriers; than st. Paul, 43 square miles,
143 carriers; or than Buffalo, AZ square
| miles, 246 carriers.
Wichita, Kan, has almost freak
| service of 43 square miles and only %
carriers, but its postal receipts measure
| up we'll, amounting to $110, 1906, making
the percentage of cost of free delivery
1894
Pennsylvania, the birthplace of our
postal system, has the distinction of
having the two most costly free delivery
| Offices Nanticoke, with four carriers,
whose pay amounts to 1913 per cent. of
the gross receipts, and Plymouth, with
SIX carriers, costing SAP per cent. of the
gross receipts. Each of these cities &C
quired the free delivery service by rea-
son of population, according to the last
census, of 10000 or upwards. The gross
| postal receipts in both cases fall far be-
| low the 10000 mark.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11
FREEMASONRY OF CHINESE
Oriental Country Is Full of Secret Or
ders, Purpose of Which Is to
Overthrow Dynasty.

The installation of grand master OF
the Chinese secret orders in the United
States, popularity known as the Chinese
Free Masons," has aroused interest in
the question of the connection between
the Chinese secret societies and the Ma
sonic body Allusions to Chinese Free
masonry" appear periodically in the
newspapers, though according to the
Cyclopedia of Fraternities there is no
such thing as Freemasonry among the
Chinese.
The only Masonic lodges in China are
in the foreign concessions at the sea-
ports. Their membership is composed
exclusively of others than Chinese, and
they are conducted under foreign war
rants. The rites of the Chinese secret
societies bear some resemblance to those
of the Freemasons, which accounts for
the popular supposition of a connection
between the two. The similarity,
though more apparent than real, is re-
markable in view of the antiquity o.
both, and the impossibility of either
to have been patterned after the other
China is filled with secret societies,
most of which have for their object the
overthrow of the Using dynasty, with a
pretended benevolent purpose to veil
the political significance of the organi-
cation. The most powerful of these So
cieties. the Kalao Hui, numbers more
than 100000.
The Cyclopedia of Fraternities con-
tains an account of an initiation cere-
mony at a Chinese lodge in Spokane,
Wash. at which four white men, Free
masons, were present by invitation. The
lodge represented a benevolent branch
of the Kalao Hui There were references
to the Immortal three" circumambula-
ton, four stations at which questions
were asked and answers returned, kneel-
ing on crossed swords, tea drinking,
burning incense, traditional season of
refreshment and signs in which the head
and hands were unable to detect any
thing that resembled the Masonry with
which they were familiar.
The same authority gives this ac-
count of the secret signs used by the
Triad society, which was at the bottom
of the TAPPING rebellion:
Members always halt on entering
house. and then proceed with the left
foot first. When sitting they place their
toes together and spread their heels
apart. They also recognize one another
by the way they place their tea cups on
the table, and the manner In which they
hitch their trousers. Their motto is
Drive out the Tartar" Treason is
punished by looping of the ears Of
minor offender. The final punishment
Is beheading."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11

AS long a. the grass in Central park
is healthy and green the citizens Of Man
haitian are said to look upon 1t as some
sort Of q garden and to keep OF from It,
as the signs command them to do. When
it begins to die out however, their re-
spect for Il instantly vanishes.
One OF them, being in hurry, started
to out across following patch In the
upper park, says the New York Times,
but Yves stopped by Q policeman.
what difference does 1t maker" de-
manded the citizen. "The grass is half
dead already"
'sure," replied the Indignant officer,
IL 70 had q sick friend would - b
,walkinS an hls stnonAdh9"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11


of the United States and Canada.
&c, WILLARD, Agent
Commencing June % the C. & N W. Ry will
rum Sunday train between Grand Rapids and
Chicago on the following schedule;
Lv Chicago SIX m Lv Grand Rapids 9 SIS % m
Lv Milwaukee IS m Ar Fond du Lac-1 40 a m
Lv Fond du Lac 9 so m Ar Milwaukee 5k a m
Ar Grand Rapids 10 p m Ar ChicagO-.~.7 % a m
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11
Green Bay & Western Ry.

Refrigerator ears for dairy shipments for all
points east or south on train No 10 Tuesdays and
Fridays. Tickets for Sunday trains sold at
reduced rates. Regular tickets on sale for all
points in United States and Canada. Baggage
checked through For any information apply
to the local agent. Telephone 800. Residence
phone 1874,
A. d. HILL, Local Agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11
Child Not Expected to Live From One
Hour to Another, but Cured by
Chamberlains Collie, Cholera
and n;srrhoaa Remedy
and Diarrhoea Remedy.

Ruth, the little daughter of E. n.
Dewey of Agnewville, Va, was
seriously ill of cholera fnfantum last
summer. I'VE gave her up and did
not expect her to live from one hour
to another" he says. II happened
to think of Chamberlain'S Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and
got a bottle of it from the store. In
five hours I saw change for the
better. We kept on giving it and
before she had taken the half of one
small bottle she was WE'LL" This
remedy is for sale by Wood County
Drug Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11
Grand Rapids Markets.
July II, 1905.

JULY II, 1905.
The following are the market prices
of produce in the city of Grand Rap
ids corrected on the day of publication:
PotatoeS-13c.
Rye-58c to 64c.
Oats-32c.
Hay-marsh, $500; timothy, $3.50
Eggs-13c
Butter-13c to TIC
Beans-s1.25 to $3.50.
PeaS-75c.
Beehive, 24c to &c., dressed, &c tc
4ac per Id.
Pork-live. &c, dressed SC to SIC
Veal-live, &c to 44c dressed &C.
Chicken-live, &c; dressed, 10c.
Turkey-live, 13c; dressed 15c to 16c
Flour-bbl., $500 to $50
Feed-ton, S22.70.
Middlings ton, S17.O0
Bran-ton, S17.00
Bottled Corn Meal-bbl., $3.50.
Corn, shelled, per 100 lbs. S1.13
Lald-9c to 10c.
Ham-whole, l24c to l5c
Mess Pork-bbl. $500,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11

DR.. Rea has no super or II diagnosing and
treating disease and deformities. He will give
$50 for any case that he cannot tell the disease
AMI where located in five minutes.
All durable medical and surgical diseases
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat, Lung, Diseases
Early Consumption, Bronchitis, Bronchial
Catarrh, Constitutional Catarrh, Nasal Catarrh
Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, Stomach and Bowel
Troubles, Appendicitis Rheumatism, Neuralgia
Sciatica. Bright's disease, Diabetes, Kidney
liver, Bladder Troubles, FROST attic and Female
Diseases, Dizziness, Nervousness Indigestion
Obesity, Interrupted Nutrition, Slow Growth
in Children, and all wasting disease in adults
Many cases of Deafness, Ringing in the Ears
Loss OF Eyeslght, Cataract, Cross Eyes, etc.
that have been improperly treated can be easily
restored. Deformities, Club Feet, Curvature
of the Spine, Disease of the Brain, Paralysis
Epilepsy, Heart Disease, Dropsy, Swelling so1
the Limbs, Structure, Open Sores, Pain in the
Bones, Granular Engagements and all long.
standing diseases properly treated.
Young, middle-aged and old, single or mar.
ried men, and all who suffer from lost manhood
nervous debility. spermatarrhoea, seminal
losses, sexual decay, falling memory, weak eyes,
stunted development, lack of energy, i'm
poverished, blood. pimples, impediments TO
marriage, blood and skin diseases, Syphilis,
Eruptions, Hair Falling, Swellings, Sore Throat,
Ulcers, Weak Back, Burning Urine, passing
urine too often, Gonorrhoea, elect, Structure,
receive searching treatment, prompt relief and
cure for life
Cancer. Tumor. Golfer, Fistula, Piles,
variocele. Rupture and enlarged glands treated
and cured without pain and wit hout the loss OF
blood. This is one of his own discoveries, and
is really the most scientific and certainly sure
cures of the nineteenth century. No incurable
cases. Consultation to those interested, s1.OO.
DR., REA & CO.,
Minneapolis, MIMI, Louisville, KY
New York. n. Y,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11
Trying It on Him.

Pardon my boldness, Miss Cumleigh,
but there is the loveliest dimple in your
cheek when you smile"
"You are just saying that to datter
me, Mr. Jollius!"
Then she smiled entrsnoing1y ct him.
Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11
Calumet
Baking
Powder

A wonderful powder Of rare
mort and unFivaled strength.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11
NEKOOSA TRAINS
Chicago & Northwestern Ry.

Daily except Sunday
WEST BOUND
Passenger Trains
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-07-11
The Scott Library.

Will be closed every Tuesday and
Thursday evening during the months
Of July and August. 3O-2m
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-20

black mist ont of the dark night of ev- cry sinful horizon.
 An Invading Army.
 But we cannot picture the conquering church as a great invading army. with her banners flying in the winds and her soldiers singing their halleluiahs of tri- umph as they tramp along, until we find her flair as tha moon' as we'll as clear as the sun The queen of night" here offers her symbols as well as the golden chariot of the day" The moon has just as much a part to play with the advancing hosts of the conquering church as has the clearness of the sun. As the children of Israel were led through the wilderness in the long journey of forty years by the pillar of fire well as by the pillar of cloud so we now find the flair moon and the "clear sun are conconiitants. Thsy must move along side by side. They must continually be seen at the same time by watching world The twain, as at marriage altar, must indeed become one in life.
 Oh some one says to me, but that Is impossible. You cannot have the sun and the moon shining at the same time. When We were children back on my fathers farm we used to have moonlight sleighriding parties. We would wait until the sun had set. Then we would have supper. Then the big sleighs, with their ,heavy robes, would be driven up. -Sout or g o'clock over the eastern hills the pale faced moon would arise. With her mellow light she would flood the valley and the white robed trees. Then over the crisp snow the runners would slide, the bells would jingle, the dogs would bark and the merry song would be sung. But we would not expect moonlight Il z& hn q m time" Perhpas not my friend. But, though we cannot see the sun and the moon rise and set at the same time, if you have ever camped upon the heights of old Greylock of the Berkshire hills In the early hours of the morning, you would have seen the sun rise before the moon had set. Together, for a time they sit upon their thrones in the heav- ems. as King Ferdinand and Queen lsa- bella together governed the kingdoms or Castle and of Aragon.
 Now. where does the moon gather ner light? I find this old earth stretching out her arms and warming her body py the blazing fires of the suns furnaces When I think of the sun, I picture the old New England Puritan coming out m the January snow storm chilled and cola and hugging the old-fashioned andirons to get warm. But when I approach the moon I find she has no fires. Here are only deep caverns and burnt out grate. Then I cry out in amazement. 70 moon' from whence cometh thy light?" Man. I am not a blazing furnace like the sun" I hear the moon answer. 'I am not sim ply burnished mirror All the light l have is reflected back to earth. because the suns rays beat upon my sides. Then I say to myself: oh, yes! know what the old book means when 1t de- clares that the conquering church Is 10 be clear as the sun and fair as the moon. It means that the church or the Lord Jesus Christ shall conquer the world for Christ when she does two things She must preach Jesus, ana Jesus alone secondly. all the members of that future church in their private
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-20
Smith.

lives must be refecting the light of the gospel as found in the light of Jesus Christ"
 Reflecting the Light.
 Most of us see this symbol to our own shame o moon. thou fair checked. laughing eyed, golden Tipped moon! o moon, thou beautiful queen of the night, who doth carry no lantern, yet whose face is aglow with tight because the suns rays have kissed thy forehead as the skin of Moses shone when he de- scended from Mount Sinai, after talking face to face with God! O moon, thou dear friend, who kept vigil with me as paced the ships deck under the South ern Cross and bade thee carry messages of love to my dear ones by the moaning seas of an Atlantic coast Is my life refiecting the divine life of Christ as thou dost reflect the light of the sun? Is every word I speak, every thought that is cradled In my brain every hope. every desire. every deed an echo reflection of my Saviour's life, who gave up his life that sinful man might live?The moon Is speaking to the church members today. With her mel lowed light she is signaling this mes sage: Church members, when you preach Christ and live Christ then Christ's church shall be conquering church." Men and women, as church members. will you in the daytime be clear as the sun and in the night be fair as the moon. which God has sent as an evangelist to us to teach us the need of purity?
 But we must not stop here Having clear voiced pulpit and a consecrated pew, what shall we find? At once the outside world will begin to crowd the church dna to. ,at h. 1 dows. The new converts will come to Christ by the hundreds and the thou sands. There is absolutely no doubt about 1t. The chief reason why men and women are not coming to Christ today is because most of the men or the world believe our profession of religion to be sham and a mockery. Give us a purified church and an honest and con sistent church membership and the new converts shall crowd the seats in such numbers that whole communities will be born in day.
 Personal History.
 Never was I more impressed with this
 conviction than on one occasion by the recital of personal history of a great i American minister whom l love well. For some years he had been preaching
 Tn one Of our southern cities. The church
 seemed to be spiritually dead. The people loved him with all the cordiality of the
 south and socially did everything for nm; sill he could not move them with
 the message of his master. One day friend came to him and said: Doctor the reason you cannot move this city TOT cod Is not because the men Of the world do not believe in the Savior, but they do not believe in the men and women who are members of your church. Tour church people. they say. are no diff lerent rom any other Kind of people oance. they go to the theatre, their | the society colur,ns of inc citv news papers. Then that friend told that pas tor this story:
 ] some of the chief members of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-20

White Lawn Waists, with double box plaited front of buttonhole embroidery in medallion effect; collar and cuffs in tiny tucks; regular SIPS lawn waist OAo dt... s..
 White Lawn Waists, with triple box plaited front, with medallions in buttonhole em- broidery down the front; the collar has tiny vertical tucks;
 regular 75c waists kAo dL... -. w
 One lot of Lingerie Waists, with front of English eyelet embroidery, very neat crea- tions, with yoke made in groups of very small vertical tucks; collar tucked and hem stitched; tucked back, and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-20
White Wash Suits Reduced

strapped; regular 4 0S
 price s8.50; reduced tofsI IO
 White Suit in excellent quality linen, made with fancy designed front, tailor stitched, vestee of material, paneled front and design in skirt to match waist; 4 AA was S7.50; reduced tof.OO
 WhlCe Suits in sheer qual- ity of India linon, very dressy effect given by designs of Val. inserting and dainty tucks of material, deep tucked cuffs and collar finished with Val. edge; skirt is made with full knee flounce, Val. insert ing let in on each seam; was to. snoo' reduced 400
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-20

narrow folds of material, small platted panel v SO front... -. ........ .OO
 One new arrival in simple, plain tailored style, is dark blue or black, panel front and a plait at each seam; at top the panel has ten tabs over nenal 1aylns the side 600 pdilei. =. ....
 Still another is in dark gray cravenette; full circular style; has narrow graduated panel in front and nine small tucks running all the c S0 way around the skirt. O'OO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-20

White Suits in nice quality of India linen, made with clusters of tucks to give yoke effect, embroidery inserting between tucks, deep knee flare in skirt, very full and graceful style; was O rS $4.50; reduced to. .~.s U
 White Suits in excellent quality lawn, made with broau plaits to either side, box-plaited stem, full plaited skirt; regular price Q OE $4.00; reduced to. ..~'%O
 White Suits in pure
 linen, made with small box plaits to either side, tailor strapped front, button trim ming, skirt box plaited and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-20

the new sleeve with long tucked cuffs; only in 32-inch; ;s'5o; reduced to. ... l.JO
 White Lawn Waists, with the entire front of alternating bands of eyelet embroidery and Val. lace insertion; the collar has rows of hemstitch- ing and hemstitched bow tie; new sleeve with long tucked cuff; regular $2.50 I rS
 waist, at. :. ..... ..I.5C
 White Lawn Waists, with front of allover embroidery, hemstitched and tucked col lar and tie; cuffs with groups of small tucks; waist fastens in the back, which has inch vertical tucks; regular1 SO price S2.25, at. I'OO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-20
New Skirts

Skirts in blue, black and brown Panama cloth, plaited panel front, full OA plaited knee flare. .. O.OV
 Skirts in black Panama cloth, regular and extra sizes, fifteen-gored skirt, extra full ness in flare, plain Y EO tailor style. ...... .OO
 Skirts in gray serge, crava- nette or Poplin Panama, extra full circular skirt, panel front, manfs nus1on 0rna- S.5O InelllS. ......
 Skirts in black or blue Panama cloth, full plaited flare headed with designs of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-20

We simply outline your Monday shopping list a special here and there over few departments.
 You'll have to come to the store to fill it out ana you'll find the coming well worth it.
 August is the month of store 'housecleanng = a logical merchandising movement that every pro- gresslve store acknowledges as most important