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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
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unearthed in POmpeii. 1t is an inter.
esting experience to view the Neapoli.
tans under the stress of excitement
such as is witnessed when az eruption
Of NesuviuS is apprehended.
All night the streets are thronged
with people who watch with supersti-
tiOus awe the column Of fire that rises
fully 1000 feet in height and the great
masses of molten lava that leap up in
the air and fall heavily to earth again.
carrying destruction with them. The
fact which excites the people most,
however, is that the mountain is
sweating fire''-to use an expression
of an Italian scientist-that is, opening
up new craters which discharge burn
ing streams of lava that surround and
ruin neighboring villages on the noun
tain's slope.
They realize the appropriateness Of
GOethe's words, 'Vesuvius IS peak Of
hell rising out Of paradise" For all
of the volcanoes lower slopes are fertile
vineyards, where is grown thai famous
wine Of ashes, the Lacrima Christi. And
just above are hardened lava streams,
contorted like lizards and crocodiles in
agony.
From Naples, by a brief DIVE, Pom
peii, city of the dead, is reached. SO
deeply was this place covered by Vesu-
vius, that during the middle ages the
Sifa hnnar1nn n hicsfnY.ia Y,,xctl IF Ia
sombre, lonely spot. The various
houses shown to tourists have been
given names in accordance with the
treasures discovered in them when they
were disentombed.
There is the House of the Wounded
Adonis," 1.-The House Of the Labyrinth"
so called because a MOSAIC oe Theseus
and the MinOtaur was found in 1t;
there are the House of the Little
Fountain" The House Of the Faun,"
THE House of the Tragic Poet" There
are temples. too. the theatcr upon the
hill, and the famous forum. never fin
ished, where one can get the finest
views from Pompeii Of the mighty
mountain which ever, oven in compare
lively peaceful mood, flames its de-
fiance at the sun and stars Of heaven.
This buried city is the best source
from which to learn what the domes-
tic life of the Romans really was. ORR
ginally settled by the Oscians, and thor
oughly imbued with the civilization Of
classic Greece later, in 81 B. c. It fell
into Roman hands and became so Rom
anized by its conquerors that by the
time of its final destruction. II, So A. D.,
it had been rebuilt in Roman style The
final catastrophe. wherein the city was
buried under successive layers of ash
es, red hot pumice, and ashes again,
did not take place until August, 70
4. D.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
French Loan to Pennsylvania Road

French Loan TO Pennsylvania Road.
Announcement was made Monday of
the terms of the Pennsylvania railroads
S50,OOO,000 loan in France The cost to
the company is to be a little under 41b
per cent, while the French bankers as
sumo the expense of listing the bonds on
the Paris Bourse and other charges I'M
der the French fiscal law. The loan can
be called at par after twelve years. at
the option of the company President
Cassatt said that the proceeds would go
to meet the payments for $4,000 steel
cars and 313 locomotives. which are be-
ing built at a cost of $42,O00000; also to
the completion of the water supply sys-
TEN. Since 1900 the capital stock of the
Pennsylvania has been increased from
$129.000.000 to $303.O0O,O00 and the
bonded debt from $SSO00O0O to 1892
100000. About $122, 100000 has been
expended in improvements and additions
to the property, while about $140.0OO0O0
has been invested in the stocks of othe,
companies. Mir. Cassatt says that the
company is now il the position to fully
perfect its public duty, and that its traf-
tic IS moved with ease and regularity new
er before attained, while the surplus. af-
ter paying 6 per cent dividend last year.
amounted to S11,I00000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

guished gentlemen at Washington and
their agents at Panama to proceed to
dig the canal.
For more than a year these gentle.
men have been active in making prom
lses to dig a canal-to-morrow- in
offering excuses for not doing to-day
what they said yesterday they would
do.
The American people have become
utterly weary of this sort Of nonsense.
They do not expect the canal to be
dug in minute They know it must
be the work of years.
But they are tired of proclamations
about what is going to be done and of
reports Of progress" which turns out
to be no progress at all because some
body forgot something which it was
his duty to remember and provide for
in advance.
The land title has been secured. The
kind of canal has been decided on. The
money is provided or will be as need
ed. If all preliminary preparations
have not yet been made, let them now
be made.
Let US have no more excuses about
unforeseen difficulties" Let them be
foreseen and provided for.
The people are tired Of excuses. Now
dig the canal.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
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Judge A. w. Benson, the new Kansas
Senator, has taught a Bible class for
twenty-six years.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman has
twice been within an ace of becoming
Speaker of the House of Commons.
The appointment Of William Pinkney
Whyte by Gov. Warfield of Maryland to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Senator German has pleased the indie
pendent. or antiGorman, faction of the
Democratic party in that State. Whyte
is a former Governor of Maryland and
former United States Senator, who is
frequently referred to as Marylands
Grand Old Man. being now 81 years
old He was also unanimously elected
Mayor of Baltimore in 1882, after having
finished term in the Senate.
Hon. William Pinckney Whyte of
Maryland, who recently became Knitted
States Senator for the third time, s the
only man living who was a member of
that body and voted against negro suf-
frage when the fifteenth amendment to
the constitution was passed by it.
The Republican State convention of
Minnesota resulted in the nomination of
A. l.. Cole for Governor. He had been
regarded As one of the weaker candidates.
The platform approves pure food legisla-
ton, direct vote for Senators, 2-cent rail-
road fares. abolition of passes and read
justment of freight rates.
John D. Long, ex-Secretary of the
Navy, is much opposed to the proposed
new system of spelling. He says: ''To
spell we'll is the distinguishing mark of
scholar, as much as good manners are
of a gentleman"
Mayor Mcclellan of New York City
was among the recipients of honorary de-
grees at Union college and was the prin-
cipal commencement speaker. He urged
the students to enter the profession of
politics. which he distinguished sharply
from the trade of politics. But he in
sisted that but for the bare necessities
of life, fortunes could not be made in
this profession, and there was no such
thing as honest graft"
President Roosevelt has expressed il as
his opinion that William Jennings BRYAN
will be the Democratic nominee for the
presidency in 1905. and that the only man
the Republicans can put up against him
successfully is VIM. II. Taft the present
Secretary of War. This new tack of the
President has stirred up intense interest.
as it had been expected that Secretary
Taft would be appointed to the Supreme
Court bench in the fall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
More railroad Investigations.

When the interstate commerce commits
sion resumed its session at Washington
Thursday Fourth Vice President Thayer
of the Pennsylvania railroad took the
stand and endeavored to explain the mine
rating and car distribution about which
so much had been heard. He contended
that so long as private cars were in use
there was no method to prevent some dis
elimination and on this account they had
ordered the surrender of all individual
cars after this year. Mr.. Thayer admit
ted that the ownership of coal property
by railroad officials should be abolished
In response to the notices sent to vari-
Gus railroad companies that Thursdays
session would be held for the purpose of
giving them a chance to be heard in their
own defense, none of the railroad presi-
dents appeared. Prior to this. officials
of the Western Maryland, Chesapeake and
Ohio and Buffalo and Susquehanna rail-
road had testified. The general manager
of the Western Maryland admitted that
his road operated sixteen mines
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
PRESIDENT ON TRUSTS.
In Fourth of July Address He BE-
speaks a square Deal.

speaks n square Deal.
President Roosevelt delivered a nota-
BILE Fourth of July address at Oyster
Bay, in which he discussed trusts and
the attitude Of the administration 10
ward them. He advocated a square deal
for the corporations, as well as for the
people His hearers were his friends
and neighbors of Oyster Bay and sur
rounding country. During the delivery
Of the address, which was in the open
air, heavy rain fell and the Presi-
dent was drenched.
When the shower came umbrellas in
the crowd were raised The President
remarked good-naturedly
81 am sorry for you ladies. but
ashamed of you men. because you are
.afraid you will melt"
In his address the President Said:
This year in Congress our chief task
has been to carry the government forward
along the course which | think it must
follow consistently for a number of wears
to come-that is. in the direction of seek
ing on behalf of the people as a whole
through the national government which
represents the people as a whole, to ex-
ercise measure OF supervision. control
and restraint over the individuals and es-
pecially over the corporal onS of great
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

From Algiers the tourist sails for
Palermo, with its beautiful gulf, 1.-The
Golden She'll" encircled by lofty noun
tains. The city lies in poisoning
plain, was fought for, like all Sicilian
cities, by Greeks, Carthaginians, Ro-
mans, Saracens and Normans, and, al
though still fairy-like of environment,
retains few traces of its origin. When
the last of the winter SHOWS has melted
away, the orange and judas trees
bloom marvelOusly, and every land
breeze brings the city springtime
freight of the rarest fragrance. Nature
offers man an Eden here, but he. Door
mortal that he is. hungers and thirsts
pitifully, starving physically in this
paradise of beauty
Poverty is general in Palermo, yet it
has its treasured sights-the university,
the public libraries, the many famous
churches, clubs and palaces, and courts
Of justice. In some OF these edifices
are mosaics which are like old tapes
tries silken in appearance, but more
enduring than tapestry handiwork
being made Of cubes of agate, of jasper.
lapis laZuli, and other rare and brill
liant stones.
The people are given to many church
feast days, but the poorer workers are
quite Industrious The cobblers work
necessarily to make the money where
with to buy their daily macaroni. The
tailors with extraordinary skill patch
old clothes, which look at the begin
ming as If they never could be worn
again. The sellers Of poultry carry
their wares tied together by the legs.
and hung suspended from their necks
The hucksters sell caulifiowers-pink
purple, green or yellow. The fountains
are the centers for gossiping women
and idle maids. Families often have
their luncheons in open doorways
They sit on the earthen floor with the
shallow platter of charcoal, whereon
their meal is heated, placed between
them. There is a certain friendliness
about the sunny city, Notwithstanding
its poverty. The flowers that grow
charm irreslstibly, and the human ele-
ment seems only incidental.
Naples never looks more beautiful
than when the morning sun reveals he
city in negligee of rainbow colors,
with Capri and Sorrento IN sight, and
Mount Vesuvius, distinguished looking
in the tall, white plume It wears.
The Museum of Naples IS treasure
house of artistic and archaeological
gems. Its mosaics and frescoes are
famous, and its pictures include
Scenes from the Story of Hercules"
Achilles Delivering Brissis to the Her
aids of Agamemnon," and other CLASH
cal subjects. Here. too is found the
celebrated Farnese Hercules, and
cabinet of medals and the small bronzes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

Alexander Berkman was greeted by the
meeting of New York anarchists Sunday
as their new leader, and money was con-
tributed to pay the expense of publishing
his forthcoming book telling Of his four
teen years of Imprisonment at Pittsburg
for the attempt to assassinate Frick.
Berkman was introduced by Emma Gold
man, who said they were proud of Berk-
man. because he had come out of prison
with a bigger, greater heart for the suf
ferings of down-trodden humanity" with
which remark she gave him a reverent
kiss. Berkman said he was the same
man who had shot Frick and that under
the same circumstances he would do the
same thing again. He said that Ameri-
can prisons were more, inhuman than
those in Russia. Both he and Miss Gold
man denied the story that they had been
married, as neither of them believed in
any sort of restriction of their individual
freedom, but they did not deny that they
were living in the relation of man and
wife
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

soon's l got him started l looked back,
threw me an then lit into a lope. AS
an see my fathers friend duck down
into the coulee. Back farther yet a
whole lot the dust was a gittin' thicker
an | cd make out suthin' that looked
like horses. Well, anyway, ridin' was
heap better than walkin' an if pap
life there wasn't no reason, l allowed,
why l shouldn't git the benefit of it.
After a while l took the notion to
look back an, sure enough, there wus
some folks peltin' along behind me
about a mile an half They was what
had been the dust didn't think they
could have gained on me that much an
it made me mad, because I'd begun to
take a pride in old Roany's perform
ance Wen see about this l says to
quirt He made jump Or two for
ward an then one side step that landed
me in a bunch of sage brush
81 tried to ketcn him, but he lest
walked sway from me, holdin' his head
/
sideways so he wouldn't step on the
| bride. If l moved out of a walk he
| done the same an he could out-trot me.
| If | stopped he went to feedin' again.
! I'd got right interested trailin' about
after him an jest nearly ketchin' him
So l didn't hardly notice anything until
| somebody hollered to me to throw UP
my hands. l looked around an seen six
good-sized businesSlike fellows with six
extry-sized Winchesters all p'intin
right straight in my direction. Well,
! throwed up my hands an one Teller
with Il crooked nose rode up an drop
| ped rope over me.
Gentlemen 1 says, I amt got but
| SO about me. but you're welcome to
that If you'll jest take this yer rope of
me an give me my horse an let me go.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
A CRADLE SONG.

Sleep, 0 by, my little baby,
In your cradle, mothers near;
Angels watch all through the night,
With your mother, baby dear.
Sleep, Q by, my little baby
Tiny bud from heavens throne;
Mother guards you through the shadow
OF the nia It. You're not alone.
Sleep, Q by, my little baby;
Slumber softly, baby mine.
Gentle breezes now are blowing,
And the stars above you shine.
Sleep, 0 by, my little baby,
Till the sun-peep comes anew,
Angels guard my little darling
Mother watches over you.
Denver News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
MILKIEED MOSES.


81 TOO, was oncet a tenderfoot," said
Milkweed Moses, squatting before
the Dutch oven and heaping a few
fresh Goals on the lid. The callous is
an inch and a half thick on my soles
now.
Il remember that full an complete, -
he went on, seeing that he had the at
tention of his auditors II was walk
Ing along the Janeway trail tryin' to
make the White river crossin', an
headed fer the Mess Box butte, I'M
KNOWN in my tenderfoot simplicity.
My cayuse had up an died on me ten
mile the other side O. Porcupine, an
WIS hoofin' it in hgh-heeled puncher
boots that had my heels siun a plenty.
"Fin'ly l heard suthln goin' pittity-
pat, pittity-pat behind me- l turned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
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tk AkPERS Fl efhnE PEOPL "

band finds that the expense Of married life Is greater
than he had anticipated and the comfort less AS the
expenditures increase he that his hard work
side is only supply the of wastefulness the
other side and that his children growing up with
notions of life which nothing satisfy.
believe in the higher education of women but let
their training send them into the world always
interested in making pleasant paata
bic bonnet artistic; in working a handsome daily
home life piece of embroidery playing harmony
Of household dispositions symphony of Beethoven
in ransating the temperament and tastes of
hold a comedy Of Arstophanss and in interpreting
the moods Of husband those of Of the heroes
of the Had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
+ir4s CHI 4

Recent statistics show that, while at
the time Of the French revolution the
number of princes and dukes in France
was only 23S, to-day there are $50. Ac-
cording to Lavoisier, the total number
of mobiles in France at the end Of the
eighteenth century was only 5000, but
according to the most recent Almanac
de la Noblesse, about 100000 French
persons are now provided with IT,
tie.
The same increase Is observed in the
wealth possessed by the noble families
of France, which is calculated at about
ten times the amount they possessed at
the time of the revolution. The richest
heiress Of the time, Mile. dOrleans,
daughter Of the duke, had an annual in
come of 100000, while there are more
than a score of noblemen in France at
this moment who possess a larger in
come than that. One hundred and If
teen years after the revolution was Or
ganized against the nobility of France
French noblemen have obtained an In
iuence Of which no one ever dreamed
before-New York World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Secret Subsidies.

The Paris correspondent of the
London Times, writing of German ex-
pansion in Australasia through the aid
of their mercantile marine, says:
They have offered such low freight
charges that it would be impossible for
them to make both ends meet were 1t
not for the secret subsidy from the
German government.
1t is matter for thought whether
the German government confines its Sc
cret subsidies to it's merchant marine
Reciprocity and tariff revision In the
United States hold out such glittering
prizes that they might well come in
for a share In the disbursement of Ger
man coin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
.,coboI for Torpedo Ro.ts

The International Power Company has
purchased the Herreshof patents and will
begin to manufact ure torpedo boats TO be
operated by alcohol motors The boats
will be Of the type new to naval warfare
President Hoadley of the International
Power Company says that by the use of
these motors they will make torpedo boats
of the same length and tonnage as any
steam power boat, with the saving of half
the weight and half the draught This
will increase the radius of action for tor
pedo-boat service, and the alcohol motor
boat will be able to make the trans-At-
lantic voyage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

dicted upon the floor of Congress or
elsewhere that N less than a decade
under the operation of that law the
United States would become the great
est export nation in the world, and
that the total volume of our exports
and imports would exceed $500, 600, 600
he would have been looked upon as
dreamer or a lunatic
Why in the name of common sense
should we not be satisfied with such
marvellous achievements? Why sheuld
any sensible person be demanding a
change ?"-Cedar Rapids Republican
Americanism Wins.
A victory for Americanism and the
American policy of favoring the Amer
lean market as against foreign competi-
tors, has been gained in the passage by
the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the following joint resolution !:
THAT purchases of material and
equipment for use in the construction
of the Panama Canal snail be restricted
to articles of domestic production and
manufacture from the lowest response
BILE bidder unless the President shall
in any case deem the bids or tenders
therefor to be extortionate or unrea-
sonable"
There is no reason TO suppose Tor a
moment that any American producer
intends or wishes to rob the govern
ment by asking a higher price for canal
materials and supplies than the prices
current for such articles In the United
States. The government has no right
to ask lower price. In the construc-
ton Of d public work to be paid for
with American dollars contributed d.
rectly by American labor and indus
tries, there should be no thought of
using anything but American materials.
Both houses Of Congress have so or
dered by an emphatic vote. The only
surprising thing about it is that there
should have been single vote against
q proposition so manifestIy fair, 80
reasonable and so patriotic.
Economist
At the Expense of the Farmers.
OLC VI tbC upOL Lie IICp0b-
lican tariff law which restored pros
perity to this country has been led by
those who want free hides for the ben
eft Of the manufacturers. Strange as
1t may seem there is an element In
Iowa, great agricultural State that she
is, that has Joined in this demand, not
withstanding the fact that hides are
the farmers product and one of the
comparatively few things upon which
he gets the direct benefit of protection.
The plea has been that the tariff made
hides so high that 1t was a hardship
on the manufacturer and that the lat
ter would take it out of the consumer.
Frank W. Mahin, an Iowa man who is
consul at Nottingham, England, says
that English shoe manufacturers have
raised their prices because they have
been compelled to pay an advance of
40 to 90 per cent on leather the past
year. 1t is hardly necessary to say
that Mr.. Mahin is telling the truth, as
he is a reputable and reliable man, and
besides misrepresentation in a matter
Of this kind would cost him his posi-
ton. Neither is it necessary to call
attention to the fact that there Is no
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

After careful examination find it by no
exasperating. If continue thinking the
camer aspects of the event stand with reassurng
clearness They smile at good naturedy and
may confidently abandon ourselves to their tender
mercies Thus unhappy impressions fade away injurious
depressing sentiments become less acute and just
the surface of lake which has been disturbed by the
invasion of somebody outside regains its habituaI still
ness, our conscious mind regains its equilibrium.
Let especially put ourselves under the most power
full influence Of ALL that Of work Let use our minds
rather than enfeeble bodies for occupation
In word, LET not give ourselves time grow old!
The inevitable visitation which must at some time
lead the two sisters old age DEATH will not only
take place later, but what is essential will become
thing almost to be desired They will be awaited like
guests who to bring at distant day attract
i've charm.