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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06

Dressmakers who have difficulty IN
pressing curved seams Will find a roll
ing pin a good pressing board, if clean
cloth be wrapped around it.
When putting steel or whalebone into
a bodice, bend them slightly at the
waist before putting into casing. You
will find the bodice Will fit to the fig
ure much better.
When putting on a collar make neck
of bodice or blouse slightly smaller than
base of collar band, and notch bodice
here and there while putting collar on
BY so doing you avoid wrinkles.
All shirtwaist sleeves should be fit
ted with the arms crossed behind the
back of the head as we'll as in other
positions. \ sleeve that is not the nee
essary length from the armhole to the
elbow can never be comfortable one );
it will always drag; and in many cases
make the back of the blouse draw and
wrinkle between the shoulders.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06

rounded. The searchlights of the distant
ships were clearer to my view every mo-
ment. Black saw them, and took a sight
from the glass.
Boy" he said, you should have told
me of this. 1 see three lights. and that
means a feet
Are You going to run for it," I asked.
Run for it, with two engines, yes !;
but it's a poor business. And we'll have
to fght.'
| saw the foremost ironcIad but two
miles away from US, and the others were
sweeping round to cut US off if we at
tempted fight. We lay with but two en-
gines working, and a speed of sixteen
knots at the best. Nor did we know from
minute to minute when another engine
would break down. At that moment there
came horrible sound of grating and
tearing from the engine room, and it was
succeeded by moment of dead mad chill
ing silence.
The second engines gone!" said a
man above, quite calmly.
We found the crew sullen and mutter-
ing, but Friedrich, the engineers eldest
son, sat at the top Of the engine room lad
der, and tears rolled down his face. The
great ship still trembled under the shock
of the breakdown and was not showing
ten knots. The foremost ironclad crept
up minute by minute; and before we had
realized the whole extent of the mishap,
she was within gunshot of US; but her
colleagues were some miles away, she out
pacing them all through it.
"She signals to US to let her come
aboard" said "Four-Eyes."
Answer that we'll see in chips first
said Black, and he called for Karl and
made signs to him.
Those on the battleship made quite sure
Of US now, for they steamed on and came
within three hundred yards Of Us. Black
watched them as beast watches the I'M
suspecting prey. He stood, his face knit
in savage lines, his hand upon the bell.
l looked from the glass, and saw that no
man was visible upon our decks, that our
engines had ceased to move. We were
motionless Then in a eecOnd the bells
rang out. There was again that frightful
grating and tearing in the engine room.
The nameless ship came round to her
helm with a mighty sweep; she foamed
and plunged in the seaS: sne turned her
ram straight at the other; and, groaning
as a great stricken wounded beast, she
roared onward to the voyage of death. I
knew then the fearful truth; Black meant
to sink the cruiser with his ram. l shall
never forget that moment of terror, that
grinding of heated steel, that plunge into
the seas. I waited for the crash, and in
the suspense hours seemed to pass. IA
last there was under the sea a mighty clap
of submarine thunder. Dashed headong
from my post, l lay bruised and wounded
upon the floor of steel. The roof above
me rocked; the walls shook and were
bent; my ears rang with the deafening
roar in them; seas of foam mounted;
shrieks and the sound of awful rending
and tearing drowned other shouts of men
going to their death. And through all
was the hystericaI yelling of Black, his
defiance, his elation.
CTo be contInued.1
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
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For wear with these black and white
stoles are pretty marabou muffs, with
three tails, tipped with white, laid on
the top.
Old-fashioned bottlegreen and puce-
colOred veIvets are trimmed with mink
or sable for directoire coats to be worn
with cloth skirts of the same shade.
A pretty arrangement of the bridal
couture is to have a nest of little curIs
right on top, encircled by a wreath Of
orange blossoms, from which the veil is
draped.
Brown furs look exceptionally well
against brown or blue, although mink
shows off well against certain shades Of
pink and soft green, white, cream and
biscuit tints.
\ short coat. much on the pony order.
in beautiful mink skins is in the ward
robe of bride-to-be. The stripes Of
the fur are so arranged as to form a
regular pattern and to this and also
to the appliques Of embroidered velvet
the jacket owes its novelty.
\ very novel button IS of black vel
vet set in silver and striped in silver
bands. studded with rhinestones. An.
other has Iatticework of rhinestones.
These brilliant stones are more used
than ever. and are combined with ok
died silver. gilt mother-of-pearl and
smoked pearl in waving stripes,
SQUARES. scrolls and circles.
Two shades of brown on one suit is
a fashionable combination which is find
ing favor. One noted the other day
was a brown cheviot, with revers and
cuffs of very light shade, trimmed
with braid The hat to go with this
was of brown felt. with a light brown
feather. while the brown shoes were
worn with light brown spats. The tout
ensemble was charming.
\ nice idea is the matching of school
frock and coat and when these two gar
ments are Of rough-fnish blue serge the
dress worn with white guimpe. and the
coat a REFER. an ideally practical school
costume is attained. In dancing frocks
for children a suggestion OF the empire
modes is seen. In coats the empire
style has a decided vogue.
4 ribbon jumper makes a dainty adj
dition to a young girls wardrobe. They
are to be found ready made in novelty
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06

1'41-Plot perfected for the Coup
DEtat of Elizabeth of Russia.
1Io5-MasSacre by Indians of Moravian
missionaries at Guadenhuetton, Pa.
1774-Robert, Lord Give, hero of Plas-
sey, committed suicide
lSo4-ThomaS Ppm Cope. who establish
ed first line of packets between
Philadelphia and Liverpool died
1S61-Federals bombarded Confederate
Notifications at Pensacola. u. S.
ship Santee captured privateer Royal
Yacht off Galveston.
1S66-First national encampment of the
G. A. r. assembled at Indianapolis.
1S67-Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, the
Manchester martyrs" hanged
Jefferson Davis returned to Rich
mond, Va.
lS69-Henry Ward Beecher chosen presi-
dent of National Woman Suffrage
Association.
lS71-Grand Duke Alexis of Russia for
mally received by President Grant
-. Steamboat City of London burn
ed near Norwich, Conn. II lives
lost.
iS72-Mrs. Fair prevented by mob from
lecturing in San Francisco.
lSS9-Fire in Lynn, Mass, destroyed $4,-
100000 in property. =. Centennial
celebration of the ratification of the
Constitution of the United States by
North Carolina begun at Fayette
Vile.
lS90-Charles Francis Adams resigned
presidency of Union Pacific railway.
1S91-Revolution caused resignation of
President Fonseca Of Brazil.
lS92-The Amalgamated Association de-
clared the Homestead strike at an
end. =. international monetary con-
ference met in Brussels.
1S93-U. S. Supreme Court decided the
great lakes to be high seas.
Massacre of the Chinese by the
japanese troops at Port Arthur
1S9S-Marshal Blanco resigned the Office
of captain general of Cuba j.. Brit
ish officials at Manila celebrated
American Thanksgiving. :. Hawaii
an commission held its first meeting
in Washington. Commercial bodies
In Spain urged speedy conclusion OF
peace with United States.
1S99-German Emperor arrived at Wind
sor Castle on visit to England. -.
Lord Methuen routed Beers near
Gras Pan. Vice President Hobart
died at Paterson, \. j.. British
defeated Beers in bloody battle of
Modder river
1900-Fifty lives lost in hurricane in
Tennessee. :. President Kruger land
ed at Marseilles and given enthu-
siastic reception.
1901-Harvard defeated Yale at football
by score of % to 0.
1902-Labor riots in Havana. ). Eng
land and Germany united to press
their claims upon Venezuela....
Frederick A. Krupp, great German
gunmaker, died.
1903-Yale defeated Harvard at football
by score of 16 to o.
1904-Kuropatkin appointed to command
the Russian army in the East.
President Roosevelt visited st. Louis
worlds fair.
1905-Mutiny Of soldiers and sailors at
Sebastopol
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
CHAPTER NNU

The nameless ship bounded forward in
to the night. and soon was not fifty yards
away from her opponent. Never have
known anything akin TO the episode when
bullets rang upon our decks in hundreds,
and the dead and the living in the other
ship lay huddled together, in a seething,
struggling, moaning mass. We had open
ed fire upon her before such of her men
as could be spared had got below.
Let 'em digest thatr' cried Black, as
he watched the havoc.
l. who had not ceased TO watch that
distant light which marked another war
ship on the horizon, knew that a second
light had shone out as star away over
the sea; and now, when 1 looked again,
| saw q third light. We were being sur
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
DueI of the Sexes

Arguments are not real interesting to
women unless they get a chance to cry,
nor to men unless they get chance to
get mad.
Some women have less trouble train
ing their husbands than they do the
honeysuckle vines on the front porch
and some have more.
One of the times that a man thor
Oughly appreciates a wife is when he
has to put his property in her name to
keep it from his creditors.
The kind of a man a woman really
likes is the one who will walk further
to exchange a spool of thread for her
than he will to take drink.-Woman's
Ma%aZine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
Short -Nevzs Notes.

A fast train on the Pittsburg and Lake
Erie railroad was wrecked by colliding
with wagon loaded with logs near
Edenburg Ohio. Fireman p j. Kearns
was killed.
Fire which originated in the Packham
cottage at Cape May Point, n. J., de-
stroyed $4,000 worth Of property. The
bames spread quickly from the Packham
cottage to the Cape house and thence to
a number Of cottages and thence to the
public school building. which, however,
was only slightly damaged.
The Rev. Henry ". Warner. at services
held in the Fifth Avenue hotel, New
York. appealed to would-be suicides to
consult him while thinking of taking
their lives.
Army officers who have investigated
restitution among the Copper river In
dams in Alaska are of the opinion that
government assistance will injure rather
than benefit the Indians.
Lewis Emery, Jr., recent candidate for
Governor in Pennsylvania on the fusion
ticket and who was sued by State Sen
ator McNichol for charging him with
bribery. retracted his statement I'D the
suit was withdrawn.
In compiling a roster of the Confed-
crate army, the War Department up to
date has used 3,360,441 index cards. In
complete records make the work difficult.
At Kittrells. Johnson county. Ga,
Kerschel Tarbutton. the largest planter
in the county, was probably fatally
wounded by man named Tyre, a promi-
nent lumberman. Tyre was killed by
Tarbutton.
At Stone Branch, ". Va, G. W.
Wright and Andrew ChlIders, mine
bosses, attacked John Kelley, another
boss. with clubs, beating him into insen-
sibilfty. Kelley died thirty minutes later
Wright and Childers secured mules and
escaped, but were later captured
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
500 FALL IN BIG EXPLOSION.
Factory Wiped Out and Town Is in
Ruins from BInst.

A roburit factory, situated close to the
southwest of Dortmund, Germany, blew
ur the other evening and was wiped
from the face of the earth. II is esti-
mated that 800 persons were killed or
wounded, but the exact number has not
been ascertained.
The work of rescue was attended with
the greatest danger from the possibility
of a renewal of the explosions. The
accident occurred at about s 80 a'clock.
There were two tremendous detonations,
heard throughout the entire surrounding
industrial region, which is thickly set
tied. The inhabitants of the neighbor-
hood fled in panic, fearing further ex
blossoms.
The town of Amen is nothing more
than heap Of ruins Houses were shat
tered right and left and no house escaped
injury.
Roburit is an explosive of high power,
composed of saltpetcr, ammonia, sulphur
and other ingredients 1t is not easily
exploded by blow and it can be burned
with safety in the open air. It's power
is second to that of dynamite
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06

of years ago. owing to the high price
of everything If the income increases
with the expense, of course there is no
necessity for economy; otherwise the
head of the family must cut her eX
penses to equal the income. One family
has given up the magazines and get
them from the library; maid is kept
only during the hot months Of summer
and in the fall, and the work is done
by the members of the family to save
the expense. There are many expe
dents, and while it is all hateful, it is
nevertheless necessary and may result
in good after all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06

buttons missing from her boots. Her
veil does not reveal a hole over her
chin nor does the binding of her skirt
show ragged in places. The we'll
groomed woman considers that neglect
in these little things is full of shame
to womankind. Note the well-dressed,
tailor-built woman. Her cloth gown
fits her without a crease and there is
neither speck nor spot on it. Her linen
collar and cuffs are snowy white and
remain properly fixed in their places.
Her gloves do not. wrinkle but button
smoothly over her wrists; her shoes
are dainty and polished. Her bonnet
or hat is pinned on straight and her
hair is neatness itself. She is the pic
ture of delicate finish and wholesome
order.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
Suffrage for Women Vetoed.

The committe on municipal cleo
lions of the charter convention at Chi
cago voted against equal suffrage, and
the women of Chicago will have to
make up their minds not to vote very
soon. Charles Rosenthal, the chairman
Of the committee, said that he thought
that giving the ballot to women would
make them lose 'the finer qualities that
men wish so much to preserve" No
doubt the ladies would be better pleased
if it would be also decided that it is
detrimental to their finer qualities" to
require women to pay their taxes every
wear
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
MAGNATE KILLED IN WRECK.



Railway, Dead in Virginia Crash.
Samuel Spencer, President of the
Southern Railroad Company, was killed
and his body cremated in his private
car in a wreck on his own road ten
miles south of Lynchburg, Va. With
President Spencer were killed six other
persons, three of them men of social
and financial prominence, his guests on
hunting trip.
Death came to Mr.. Spencer and his
guests as they slept in his private car.
OF all those in the car only E. A. Mer-
rill. President Spencer's private secre-
tary, and one porter survived. Eleven
persons We're injured in the wreck.
Among the dead were: Charles D.
Fisher Baltimore, Nd, member of the
grain exporting firm of Gill & Fisher:
a guest of President Spencer; Francis
7. Redwood, Baltimore, Nd, member of
the brokerage firm of Lownes & Red
wood, guest of President Spencer;
Gen. Philip Schuyler, New York, di-
rector of the Southern railway and
u uSlCC VI 4NCN 4OIA i-lIC hAAoAAA eAAANC
Company. guest of President Spen-
GER; Samuel Spencer, New York, PreSi-
dent of the Southern Railway Com
pany.
The wreck is unique in the history of
American railroading, being the first
in which the president of railroad
met his death on his own road. The
prominence of the three guests of Mr..
Spencer who died with him, and the
circumstances under which they were
killed makes it the most costly and
tragic of all recent railroad accidents.
Gen. Philip Schuyler was one of New
Yerk's best known private citizens.
Both Mr.. Fisher and Mr.. Redwood oc-
cupied equally high positions in the
roll of Baltimore citizenship.
All four men were close friends. They
We're on their way to Mr.. Spencer's
shooting lodge Friendship, just over
the North Carolina line. Thither each
year Mr. Spencer, whose life was
wrapped up in the development and
progress of the South, took Il party of
congenial friends for Il Thanksgiving
turkey hunt
The tragedy was the outcome of
rear end collision between train No.
33, the Jacksonville express, and No.
81, the Washington and Southwestern
vestibule limited, both sOuthbound. The
former train had stopped at the top
of heavy grade to repair a slight
breakdown and the other train dashed
into it before a fiagman could get back
to give the warning signal.
The heavy engine of the train plowed
into Mr. Spencer's car, which immedi-
ately caught fire The wreckage was
piled around the engine and every por-
ton of the woodwork on the engine
was burned and the engine torn and
twisted into a useless mass of debris.
President Spencer and his entire par
ty. as far as is known, were sleeping
when the collision occurred, and the
probabilities are that all of them eX-
cepting Dispatcher Davis were killed
instantly. 1t is certain that life was
extinct before the flames touched them.
President Spencer's body was burned
almost beyond recognition, as was that
Of Mr.. Fisher President Spencer's car
was attached to the rear of the Jack
sonville train, which was standing still
when struck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06

faster than the girl; hut between and
10 the girl carries it to the other eX-
IRENE, one of the great factors being
tuberculosis. But it is between - and
20 that these figures take on a formid-
able appearance. 1t is immaterial
whether the city or country furnishes
the data. Anaemia is the scourge.
This high rate among women is signifi-
cant of modern conditions. 1t goes
hand in hand with the entrance of
women into industry.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
why she Succeeded.

Mrs. Rawles Reader thinks that men
do not go about it in the right way to
win the regard Of their clerks, who
are so often in need of sympathy She
says that when She ran typewriting
office in New York she kissed her sixty
girl employees morning and evening. She
has succeeded and is now not running
. typewriting office, but as a million
airess is telling less fortunate business
people her secret of success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
Difference in Tastes.

In China the women bind their feet
and do other foolish things because the
men desire it, and their chances Of
marriage would be next to nothing if
their feet were large. In America
women do foolish things, but they set
the standard, which the men Obediently
admire. Whatever his wOmankind
thinks pretty, the American man sub
scribes to, and it seems that either
one or the other must play foolish
part.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06

An ingenious way of marking cloth
has just come in. The tissue paper
pattern is pasted upon the cloth, which
is then placed in the sewing machine.
There is no thread in the needle But
the paper pattern is stitched along the
line of the design. And when the pat
tern or design is lifted there is a hand
some pattern all outlined underneath.
The little fine needle has marked it out
in the prettiest manner possible
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
Iutroducino UufashiOnahJP

The no-intrOduction fad, says Har-
per's Bazaar, is carried to such an ex-
tent in New York that at a recent
luncheon not one of the ladies present
knew the guests of honor whom they
had been invited to meet Being friends
Of the hostess they we're presumed to
be friends Of the guest, but she would
much have preferred to have had less
taken for granted and to have been
presented to each of the ladies present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
TWO Rich Shnnners.

Miss Helen Gould and Mrs. Russell
Sage are often seen shopping in New
York City, and they never would be
taken for two of the richest women in
the world. They generally walk from
shop to shop, enjoying looking at the
window displays, and take the same
delight in buying as though either of
them was not able to give a check for
the entire store and hardly miss the
money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06

plaid and pompadour ribbons, or in
black velvet which is as pretty as any
other over a lingerie or net shirt waist.
They are a sort of lattice with half.
sleeves and have a charming effect on
a slim figure. By the aid of a jumper
the same material as the jupon-which
Is composed simply of straps-a three
piece suit can easily be made with little
trouble and expense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
CHAPTER WY

We drove rapidly and took a train for
Titoary. The journey was accomplished
in something under an hour: and when
we alighted and got upon the bank of
the river, | saw a steam launch with the
man John in the bows of her. l entered
the launch and we started Immediately.
going at a great pace towards Sheerness
and reached the More after some buffet
with the seas in the open. At this point
we sighted the tender. and went aboard
her. when we made full speed towards the
North Foreland.
Black had made colossal mistake
from his point of view, in setting foot in
England; but the crowning blunder of his
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
To Helm sick Rabies.

The death rate among babies is high
er in Germany than in any other coun-
STA, which seems strange when one
takes into account the fact that the
mothers devote so much of their time
to their households. The Empress of
Germany has contributed a large sum
to help found an institution to be de-
voted to the saving of infant life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
His SDppiaItV.

Directory Canvasser-Wha business
is your husband engaged in, Mrs. Gay
lord?
Mrs. Gaylord-He's an inventor.
Directory Canvasser-Ha he any
particular speciality?
Mrs Gaylord-Yes; he invents ex-
cI7SpS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
Gave Good Advice to Goods.

At the Northwestern University the
other day Prof. 4. w. Patten told the
coeds that they should not accept ex-
pensiye bouquets from the young men,
nor should they allow the boys to buy
candy or take them out in carriages
when the weather was good for walk
ing, as by doing these things students
spent more money than they could at
ford
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-12-06
SnfnsterS in Demand.

Dignifed, mature women and "over
so" are more in demand now than ever
before in the business world. Bank
ers, brokers, lawyers and other an
pIoyers are beginning 10 realize that
the average girl Of Is is incompetent
to be inrusted with their confidential
business, and the mature woman, is,
consequently, asked for when they are
seeking helm.