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Evening journal., 1905-05-06
RocIzefeIIer,s Animal coIIectlon.

John d. Rockefeller, the oil magnate.
has brought a fine collection Of birds
from all sections of the world to his
5000 acre estate at Pocantico Hills,
Westchester county, n. Y. while
number Of wild animals have their
lairs there, including foxes, wildcats
and deer, says the New York Ameri-
can. The bird collection includes par
tridges. pigeons, eagles and quail. A
private game warden patrols the park,
armed with a rifle, TO repel poachers
The squirrel collection greatly pleases
Mr. and Mrs Rockefeller, and it is
their delight to walk in the park and
feed the little animals. Squirrel houses
have been built in the trees. No one Is
allowed to harm a bird or animal. rig
orous prosecution following detection.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
To Wash VeIvetenn.

Even velyeteen can be washed if
rightly done. Soak it first in tepid
water, and then cleanse without
soap. Add to a tepid rinse water
one cup of brown sugar, and pass
the garment through this. Dry it
out of doors and iron it on the
wrong side, not laying it flat on a
table, but with two persons holding
it between their hands. This raises
the pile.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
Old Tea Leaves.

Let them gather for few days,
then soak them in water in a tin
pail for half an hour, strain through
sieve, and use liquor for cleaning
vanished paint. 1t makes it look
like new. But do not use on unvar-
nished paint. 1t cleans windows,
mirrors and oilcloth, and the leaves
squeezed dry are desirable to scatter
over carpet before sweeping
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
now DID You Ike Mn2"

think you could play it?" And Hoyt
named the character
Certainly, Mr.. Hoyt," said the
actor "That part is just in my
line"
"Well," said Mr.. Hoyt, "1'll give
you a chance at it. The company is
up in New York state. You Join it,
and / will come up to Elmira and
see how well you play it."
Tho dav came. and Hoyt was on
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
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8 Of Interest to Women 3


anu sau umiy. Keep III cool, dry
place for a week after the last layer
has been added. Turn all upon a
platter and toss and turn and mix
them with the spices and perfumes
mentioned below. Return to the
jar, cover and leave untouched for
some weeks. 1t win be good and
fragrant for years.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
coId Water For catarrh.

Our northern wells contain the
most excellent mineral waters. Morn
ing and evening cleanse your nasal
passages and gargle the throat with
fresh cold water. This viii cure a
catarrh without the aid of medicine
and will relieve most colds.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
oivina Powdors 10 Children.

A successful method Of giving
children powders is to cut open a
small piece of chocolate cream. This
is one Of the easiest ways Of inducing
a child to take a powder and less
sickish than the usual spoonful of
Jelly.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06

5.nrings, Colo. Sent out by their father
TO look up stray stock, they returned
with a live bobcat and a dead noun
tain lion.
The boys. whose ages are eleven and
fourteen, heard that a prize had been
offered for a live bobcat. They took
two of their fathers dogs and soon had
a large cat at bay in a shallow cave.
They roped the cat and dragged It to a
pole cage they had built. Here the an
imal made hot fight, clawing and BIT
ing both boys and the dog before it
was Gagged.
Leaving the cat 20 be brought In by
wagon, they started for home, when
their dogs freed a large mountain lion.
The elder boy had a rifle and brought
the beast down at the first shot.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
To Remove corns.

A soft, painful corn will disap-
pear after three weeks regular treat
ment by the old fashioned remedy Of
binding nightly in common baking
soda moistened with a little water.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
caro- Of Cane seated Cnalrs.

The elasticity Of cane seated chairs
may be restored by turning up the
seat and washing the cane work well
with hot water and a sponge, so that
it becomes thoroughly soaked. If it
is very dirty a little soap may be
used with benefit. The chairs should
then be dried in the air, and they
will be as good as new.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
"Oh. hoW snlendid p'
ResourcefuI.

Julia-Why are you going on with
your trousseau after your engage
ment is broken?
Katherine-Oh, because the name
of my next eligible begins with the
same letter, and it really doesn't
make any diference.-Detroit Free
Press.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
In tho Scotch.

City Editor-Here, cub, what's
this stuff you just turned in?
CUBA very swell Scotch we'd
ding.
City Editor-Well, you want to
learn how to spell it first. You say
here, "The groom entered with his
bony Bride" / suppose you mean
'bonny." - Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
PRoWEss OF YOUNG eoFFs.

Sons OF Presidents Guide Gagged "A
DoSeat. Then BagEed n Lion.
Apropos Of the widespread fame Of
John Goa, the Roosevelt hunting
guide" comes the story OF a recent ex-
perience in which the two young sons
OF the famous mountaineer were the
heroes. snra disnatof. frarr' clar wood
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
Freshenlna carpsts.

To the ordinary combination Of
warm water and ammonia used for
freshening carpets add a tablespoon
full of kerosene, and the result will
be still more satisfactory.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
No Other Alternative.

Miss Wearyun-Do you like sing
ing?
Mr.. Borum-Yes. I'm complete
ly carried away with it.
Miss Wearyun-Then I will sing.
Chicago News.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
Discriminating.

'Don't you think it is disgraceful
to 60 to jail?"
"Dat depends" said Flooding
Pete, son what Jail you pick out.
Some jails is right lVxa;isas. -
Washington Stars
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
Cure For Burns.

One Of the most soothing appli-
cations for a fresh burn is raw po-
tato scraped or grated and bound
like a poultice on the injured sur
face
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
CONDENSED STORIES.
How Charles Hoyt Dismissed an IN
satisfactory Actor.

satisfactory Actor.
Julian Mitchell was for years stage
manager for Charles Hoyt and, with
Tim Murphy, Otis Harlan and Har-
ry Conor, shares the honor Of fire.
quently reviving the Hoyt stories,
says the New York Times. Mr..
Mitchel's newest contribution con-
Germs the actor to whom Hoyt on
one occasion observed:
"By the way, there is a part open
in The Brass Monkey DO you
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
RecIaiming Missouri Marsh Lands.

AecluAmlnE m1asourA mnrAh Lnmoas
Two huge dredge boats and some
fifty laborers are employed in Holt
county, Mo, to drain about thirty
square miles, or 10000 acres, of marsh
land which IS at present Of no value
except for hunting and fishing, being
under water most of the year, says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. 1t is ex-
pected that when drained it viii be the
richest and most productive agricultur-
al land in the state. Where the water
is shallow the growth of vegetation is
rank The underlying soil is a dense
black, mucky loan. The drainage work
will be paid for by the landowners
along the line of the ditch, the courts
having decided that the enterprise is
legal They organized a company and
issued $4,000 in bonds at 6 per cent.
The main ditch will be fifteen miles
long. ten feet deep and forty feet wide.
with levees five feet high on both sides,
making the depth fifteen feet. There
will be many smaller lateral bitches.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
chauffeur's ate.

"Jack, you see, was getting on so
finely as an amateur chauffeur that
father promised him a much larger
machine
ooh, how splendidw
"Wait. And put him in charge
last Monday morning of one Of the
firms big auto trucks. Puck.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
Roc Jar.

Pack petals in a jar with alternate
layers of salt. Continue this until
the jar is full, adding fresh petals
Evening journal., 1905-05-06

woman VINO dresses JUST TO suit Ho.
Balty Moore don't see that she
is such a much of a dresser.
Calvert Junior-You don't know.
She can get ready to go some place
quicker than any other girl l ever
took out.-Baltimore American.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
A Rorn notootIvs.

Little johnny know what the
baby is goin' to be wen he grows
up. He's goin' to be a detective.
Mother-Of all thingsl Because
he's SO smart?
Little Johnny - Nom. Because
he never sleeps.-New York Week
ly.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06

The English eyolet work. or broderie
anglaise, as the French term it. is far
and away the most favored decoration
for all fabrics this season, and in linens
especially it shows up to excellent adj
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
WOnENs DISEASES

GYNAE-TONE is a SAFE.
SURE and SPEEDY CURE for
an WOL ENS S DISEASES and
Nervous Affections.
HOISANDS of WOMEN are
suffering from these private ills.
which a refined woman bears
silently, because they dread tho
physical examination. this is not
necessary when women use
GYNAE-TDNE.
HUNDREDS upon HUM
DREDS have been brought
back virtually from the GRAVE
by GYNAE-TONil.
ALL THOSE who are SUF-
FERING should send for "a box
of GNNA E-TONE. as one box
will convince the most SkEP-
TICAL of its GREAT CURA-
TIVE POWERS. DO not SUF-
FER, but COMMENCE its use
at ONCE.
It viii positively cure all
NERNOTTSNE IRRIrABII-
ITY, SLEEPLESSN ESS. and all
ailments peculiar TO women.
PRICE. Sl00 n box containing
100 tablets, or 8 boxes for $500.
Send for a box at once. Our
physicians can be consulted by
mail or ar the office FpF,F
The GYNAE-TONE CO.
Lippinoott Big. 18th and Filnert
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
How She Dressed.

Calvert Junior-Theress a EonnD
Evening journal., 1905-05-06

single row OF hemstitching defines the
border The stick is a stout, service
able affair, blunt and without ferule at
the upper end and with the natural
wood handle decorated with a rosette
and tasscl
Evening journal., 1905-05-06

vantage. In the illustation a satin
damask Of plain weave is used for the
parasol. and the embroidery is confined
to the lower edge alone, the eyelet work
following a butterfly suggestion, and
the scalloDsd edge buttonholed. A
Evening journal., 1905-05-06

Some people are so cheerful and hap.
py that they put the professional trou.
bic makers out of business.
Evening journal., 1905-05-06
DIRECTIONS ron ORDERING

Send 10 cents to this oflce. give number
OF this pattern, No. 6267. and state size de-
sired It will then be sent to you by mail
postpaid. Be sure to write plainly and al
ways give fun address. Several days must
be allowed for delivery OF pattern.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24

venated. Within a stones throw Of
his place he was born. 1t is an at
-nosphere Of beauty, but it is also an
atmosphere of work, and it is from
this that he drew that "joy of the
working" which keeps him so steadily
employed and which causes him to be
regarded as a marvel among public
men. The surroundings of youth
were calculated to make him a lover
Of nature, but his bent was for mathe-
mates and devotion to the exact sci.
ences, though heredity should have re-
lieved this by an affection for out
doors The splendor Of the Oneida
hills and the Oriskany valley was not
wholly lost upon him, however, even
amid the busy scenes Of metropolis
throbbing with varied activities and
the charm Of a capital where intellect
is supreme, and thus it was that In the
years Of his greatest achievements ne
returned to Clinton and purchased an
estate which adjoins the old home
stead. Here he has a fine farm and
here, with his family, he spends as
much time as he can spare from his
official and professional duties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24

ford to play battledore and shuttlecock
with them for ones own pleasure. For
your own good, Captain Polling, advise
your going at once"
You are one Of the best women that
ever lived" he exclaimed. ''and l am
proud to have had you for a friend, |
ought to have known my presence would
give you pain, and refused Sir Geoffrey's
invitation. Don't speak until I've fin
ished," he went on, hurriedly, holding
up his hand to check any interruption. Il
shall follow your advice to the letter. l
will thrust aside my own inclinations, and
run over to Paris and see what Mrs.
Pelling is doing, spend Christmas among
the trenchmen, and perhaps in the New
Year Captain and Mrs. Polling may have
the honor of receiving Sir Godfrey and
Miss Mailing at the Wigwam."
For once Ethel looked at him with
her eyes brimming with tears; but she
did not dare make an attempt to speak.
He took her hand in his, and held it close
as he finished.
You must make some plausible ex-
cuse to Sir Godfrey for my abrupt de-
parture in the morning; or, better still,
L Will wire from town. / shall write to
you from Paris, if | may. And now,
before | say goodnight must give you
this letter. l received it two days ago
from DOrnton. | know it will please you
He and L correspond regularly; so l
shall keep you posted up in his move
ments. Good-by, my true, honest little
friend"
She sat- as he left her, holding Jacks
letter in her hand hearing his voice very
taintly in the distance as he excused
himself with the plea of fatigue to her
father, and wondering how it had hap
pened that this interview, which she had
brought about for the sole purpose of
hearing news Of Jack, had ended in so
sudden determination on the captains
part to seek his wife. She knew his re-
solve was the result of her advice, and
she hoped deyoutly that good might come
Of it.
And Polling mounted the wide stairs
very slowly, deep in thought as he went
"She is quite right, as she is always.
1t is the only thing to do; and l never
saw it myself. My place is undoubtedly
by my wife'S side'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
WHEN A PILOT WAS KING.
Story of a Great Steamboat Race OIL
the Mississippi.

Story OF a Great Steamboat Race on
the Mississippi.
The Girardeaus hittin a good lick
tonight"
Huh! Twelve miles an hour at the
best. And down stream at that. They
don't make boats to run these days"
A long train of freight cars crawled
nolsily along the crest Of the stone
leTee. The man who had referred to
the steamer turned and looked fercely
at the snorting locomotive.
What's the use?" he asked, indicat-
Ing the remorseless rival of the river.
None on EARTH" returned the other.
But in its day the Robert E. Lee was
the sWiftest thing that ever cut
through the daddy Of waters Ali
There was boat! Six high-pressure
boilers, triple steel engines, a tiller that
obeyed a whisper and a PROV like an
eagle! Nothing that moved could throw
smoke on her deck!'
Two ancient mariners were standing
just outside the engine-room Of the
Sidney street ferry Florence. The SUBJ
ject was introduced by the passage Of
the steamer Cape Girardeau on her
southern trip. The first speaker was
Oliver G. Richey, head engineer of the
Florence. The second man was Cap
tain Jesse t. Jamison, aged "A. retired
river man. Captain Jamison was chief
pilot On the Robert E. Lee from Cairo
to st. Louis In her spectacular race
with the Natchez, July "a, 1870. He
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
CLEANING FISH BY MACHINE.
Labor Saving Devices I'm Use in
Great Northwest Caunerx

Labor Saving Devices I'm Use in a
Great Northwest Cannery.
Hidden away among the ware
houses and sheds on Railroad avenue
south Of Moran's shipyards is the only
cannery in Seattle.
In speaking Of the work of the can
merry, Superintendent E. B. Dutton
said:
This cannery was installed here
more as an experiment tnan as pure
ly business proposition, but every one
connected with 1t had full faith in its
ultimate success. The short time that
1t has been running has demonstrated
that 1t is one Of the safest and best
investments that could have been
made; in fact, it has exceeded the
hopes Of the most sanguine. Since the
opening Of the season we have been
canning on an average of 10000 fish
daily, not counting large number of
halibut that were packed fresh.
The run this year, although not as
large as that Of 1901 or the run Of
four years before that date, is very
good. Last week we had more salmon
than we could handle We are conf
dent that our seasons pack will reach
10000 cases. We employ about 100
people, but during the heavy run we
have almost double that number.
Most of our cannery hands are Chi
nese and japanese. The Chinese make
the best men for the delicate testing of
the cans after they have been soldered
and boiled. All our overseers are
white men, and, Of course are old
fishermen.
Our new fish-cleaning machine Is
the latest addition to the plant This
machine Is one of the most marvellous
inventions l ever saw. 1t scales and
cleans the fish and also cuts off the
heads and fins and washes the body
ready for the cans. From that machine
they slide down a chute, where they
are caught by another cleverly ar
ranged mechanism that cuts them into
pieces that just fit the cans Another
machine puts the pieces in the cans
and by means of an endless chain they
are passed along to where the cars are
automaticlly covered and soldered
From the time the fish Is put in the
cleaning machine 1t is never touched
by the hand Of any man. The use Of
machines insures perfect cleanliness"
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
LONELlEsT SPOT IN BRITAIN.
How Time Is Spent in the Skerryvor
i i1=l, IL,

How Time Is Spent in the Skerryvore
Lighthouse in Spell of Six Weeks.
The Skerryyore lighthouse is one of
the loneliest places in the British ISL
ands. 1t is the chief rock of a reef
and twenty-four miles west Of Iona.
Previous to 1874 a ship was lost there
annually for forty years. The light
house was begun in 1888 and took six
years to complete, the cost being
f86,977. 1t will always be interesting.
If only for the fact that it was erected
by Robert Louis Stevenson's uncle,
Alan, who followed the method adopt
ed by his father, Robert, in the Bell
lighthouse. The Skerryvore lighthouse
is 1884, feet high; it is 40 feet in diam
eter at the base and 16 feet at the top.
The light, which is revolving one,
can be seen at a distance of 1917 nauti-
cal miles. The tower is built on a
rock which is about Is feet above
high-Water mark. This is the largest
rock above water of the whole chain
and is about 60 yards long by 40
yards broad, but is so intersected by
channels cut through it by the action
of the sea and is so uneven that walk
ing is difficult
To kill the time on the rock when
not officially engaged the keepers try
various kinds of handicraft work.
Just now" writes the principal leep-
er, Il am finishing an inlaid table that
has taken up my spare time these last
three winters. 1t consists of ovec
5000 pieces of wood and of fifteen diff
erent kinds, and is all hand done I
also do a little photography in the
summer time"
AS it would be almost impossible for
human beings to reside continuously
on a place like this, the keepers are
supposed to be on duty for six weeks
when they get a fortnight ashore. The
shore station, where their families re-
SIDE is in Earraid, on the southwest
of Null, twenty-five miles away. Life
is montonous, even at the shore sta,
ton, as the lighthouse families are the
only inha bitants.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
The HGeorgia Grfnd,0

Colonel Anstruther was distressed
His ST. Louis host had asserted that
Missouri was the garden-spot Of Amer
lea for the production of watermelons
Being a Georgian, Colonel Anstruther
could not allow such a statement to
pass uncorrected.
Subj he exclaimed. proof of the
abundance of watehmelons lies in the
facility fob eating them. Can you
show me, sub, man In Missouri who
has yet acquired the equivalent of the
Geo'gia Grind?"
1.-The Georgia GrindY' demanded the
Missourian. What is that?'
1.-THE Geo'gia Grind, sub, is the abil-
ity to feed continuous and unbroken
line Of watermelon into one side of
the mouth while emitting a continuous
and unbroken line of seeds, sub, f'om
the otheh side. The mere develop
ment Of that aht, sub, is proof beyond
doubt that Geo'gia raised the most
watehmelons, sun
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24

No excuse for fragments to lodge in
corners and crevices of the refrigera-
tor when skewers will dislodge them
so quickly.
A delicious crust is formed on sponge
cake if the top is busted over with
powdered sugar just before the cake
is put into the oven.
Hot water which has been poured
over tea leaves, allowed to stand half
an hour and then strained is excellent
for use in cleaning vanished paint.
To seed raisins remove the stems
and cover the raisins with boiling wa
ter. After five minutes or so pour off
all the water and the seeds are easily
slipped out.
A few drops of ammonia in the wa
ter used to wash cut glass will remove
the cloudy look from the latter, which
must, however, never be placed in hot
water, for fear of cracking
Some housekeepers put a peeled on
ion inside a fowl that is to be kept for
any length of time. This absorbs germs
that would otherwise infect the meat
Sliced onions or a bag Of charcoal
placed near meat of any kind has the
same effect.
Instead OF throwing bits of toilet
soap away place them in jar as they
lccumulate. Make bags Of fine cheese
10th Axe inches in size and fill them
With a few bits Of soap, oatmeal or
ran, and a teaspoonful or so Of pow
cred orris root. Fasten the bags at
lhe top and use them for wash cloths-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24
SECRETARY ROOTS HOME.
Attractive Mansion in the Quiet,
Cultured Village of Clinton.

Attractive Mansion in the Quiet,
Cultured Village of Clinton.
The visitor tc Clinton, n Y, who
climbs the hill which leads to the far
famed Hamilton College, passes many
delightful homes. There are no great
mansions, no pretentious edidces
which bespeak large wealth. but the,
residences are attractive in their arch.
ftecture, some Of them are spacious
and all have the outward appearance
Of unusual comfort and culture with
in. Half hidden among trees and sur
rounded by closely trimmed lawns,
they suggest themselves as retreats Of
poets and lovers Of nature. Any one
Of dozen Of them would excite envy
in one accustomed to good things.
These are the homes, for the most
part, of tutors in the college further
up the hill
1t is amid such environment that
the home Of Elihu Root, Secretary Of
State, Is to be found. Hither he comes
when the strain of great burdens de-
mands bit Of relief and here, amid
the scenes of his boyhood, he is reju-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-11-24

Il never saw two barges emptied
quicker. The coal beavers swarmed
over them like ants and the coal melt
ed away almost while the passengers
and baggage were being rushed across
the planks.
THAT was on the morning of the Sd.
Enoch and I never saw 4 bed until
noon the next day. The fog shook
hands with us at Devils Island We
supposed as a matter of course the
Natchez would tackle it, and we never
thought Of doing anything else. At
that stage Of the game a blowup
wouldn't have been worse than to have
trailed in behind.
THE uncertainty Of that night turn
ed my hair gray. We hadn't a ghost
Of an idea where the other boat was
and dreaded every moment that we'd
hear her blowing through the gloom
ahead of u.s."
That's what you'd "a heard If J.
Bennett had been there" said Richey,
as he looked out the side window to
see how close they were getting to the
st. Clair wharf. He'd a made Won
ducks look like roustabounts on a sand
fat Jack was an engineer, a born en-
gineer, but he was the crossest man I
ever saw. When he got in dead earn
est his room was hot enough to run the
engines without the boilers
Andy Pauly, wasn't slow" insisted
the other steersman, "but he was safe.
Still, we thought he'd run that fog and
we kept a-goin' upstream, cuttin' the
current in long, oblique slices same's If