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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Now Dig the CannI.

The action of the Senate on Thurs
day settled the question of the kind of
canal to be made at Panama 1t is
to be Il lock canal, in part lifting ships
over, instead of letting them go straight
through, the backbone of the isthmus
1t may be remarked in passing that
the use of the term sea lever in con-
nection with any kind of a canal which
can be made at Panama is a misrepre-
sentation. 1t gives the average man
the idea of water way something like
the straits of Mackinac.
The truth is that any canal at Pan
anna must have locks, owing to the great
differences in the Atlantic and Pacific
tidal levels.
Now that the type of canal has been
fixed, it is IN order for the distin-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
sappbire Mining i'm Montana

What experts of the geological survey
say is the greatest gem mine in the world
is about to be worked in the Zego gulch,
Montana. The vein is four miles long on
the surface and extends TO an unknown
depth. The stones obtained are not large,
but are of unusual brilliancy and of many
shades of blue. They are sent to Am
sterdam for cutting and yield nearly half
their weight in unfinished stones The
survey reports that the output of gems
in this country in 1905 was valued at
s326,350. The sapphire mines led with
a yield of S125,O 900.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

A remarkable feat of engineering was
performed at New York last week. when
the 15,OO0-ton drawbridge of the Harlem
river ship canal was lifted on pontoon
bridges by the rising tides and moved one
mile up the river by four tugs and drop
ped on its pivot cap in the new bridge
structure without a hitch or the straining
of a bolt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Standard Oil Cutting Rates.

Price cutting against the independent
oil refiners of Kansas has been begun by
the Standard Oil Company, reduction OF
] cent per gallon on kerosene and engine
oils going into effect. This is regarded
as an admission of the success of the in
dependents, who say that they have al
ready saved the State more than $780,
600. They own their wells and equip
ments, and are pushing pipe lines and
buying tank cars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

such thing as a duty on hides in Eng
land The situation in England, taken
in connection with the fact that in this
country the advance in the price Of
hides is far greater than the tariff duty.
seems to show that the increase is
worldwide and is caused by the fact
that the supply was not equal to the
demand. The remedy which the man
ufacturers proposed to apply would be
at the expense of the farmers.-Cres-
ton (Iowa) Advertiser
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
More Powerful than Radium

A substance, similar to radium, has
been isolated by Prof. Batte:li of the uni
versity of Pisa, while examining the
water OF the San Guilano springs. 1t
was in the form of gas, which he called
''near-radium." But he has not yet dis
covered the mineral from which it ema-
notad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
Another Big Air Brake plant.

The American Air Brake Company is
to erect a S1,000,000 plant at Pittsburg
for the manufacufe of air brakes inder
the Mann patents. The COMPANY is cap
itaIized at S1,500.O00, and is owned by
Philadelphia and Washington capitalists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
unryesf Emnfxinm Ia;1

The usual famine in harvest help has
set in in the wheat belt, and so far about
5000 of the $1,000 men needed are on
the scene. Farmers in Kansas have be-
gun calling on the jails for hands and
are paying the fines of criminals in order
to get men to save the crops.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

The Iron Age reports a break of 80
cents up to 81 on southern iron. coinci-
dent with the dissolution of the South
eru Furnace Association.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

Il didn't like his eye, but l shook an
asked him If he had any grub. He
shook his head sorrowful an said If he
had a bite he'd give it to old man
Plnckney's boy If it was the last he had
on earth.
'''You know my pap, then?' l says.
"'Know him! he says. 4 know him
better'n-'
He broke off an locke dat the dim
horryzon, shadin' his eyes with his
hand. Seemed to me l cd see a little
dust right on the aidge of it, too
"'He wus the best friend ever had,
says the Teller, sort o hurried, an hop
PIN off his horse. See here. You're
tired. Take this yer horse an light out
straight along the trail your best licks.
You've got ter hit the breeze, for If
you let 1t get dark on you you'll miss
the trail
But l says.
"'Ain't no but about It. he saws.
frownin'. Don't l tell you you're the
son of my best friend? l owe your
dear. kind pap heap moren one
NANCY, fea-bitten roam. You're wei.
come TO him as the flowers in May
Il says, If you owed my pap as
much as a dollar an got out O. Blu
chanan alive 'thout payin' him you're a
wonder
"'You amt got no time to talk about
1t if you want to eat tonight says my
mysterus benefactor, as he omitted a
slicker that bulged considerable in the
middle with what looked like a fry pan
an chuck. Git up in that saddle an
let's see you ride. Don't you worry
about me-
HE slapped the horse with his hand
and 1t gave a jump that mighty nigh
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

The Texas Retail Coal Dealers Asse-
citation annual convention at Dallas was
addressed by Delos Hull OF Chicago on
The Cost OF Selling Coal a. Retail.''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

George II. Smith, an expert account
ant, killed himself in New York because
he feared he could not continue to pro-
vide for his wife and two children.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
HOW EDUCATION AFFECTS HOUSEKEEPING.
By Pey. Madison c. Peters

The state Of life into which it has
pleased God to call our daughters is plainly
for the most part that which entails the duties
Of the housekeeper and the home maker, and
for those duties the learning acquired in the
schools often does much to unfit them.
The result of this unfitness in the founda-
ton education is seen in the extravagant hab-
its of our modern housekeeping the ignorant
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
WORK THE PANACEA FOR PEssIxIsM
BY Jean Finof,

How are we to counteract the depressing in
fuences which lie in wait for US every moment
Of our lives? Consider the evil and the good,
and what do we find? 1t is often quite enough
for some one to tell US something nice and
pleasant to produce condition of peace and
serenity in our minds More important still,
often in the grip Of analytical melancholy or of
unlimited despair We sit down to think over
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

They laffed at that But one Teller
says: Where did you git your horse,
podnerY An then told 'em about the
Teller my father'd been good to.
81 don't believe a word of it saws
man with a black beard, but if It's
true L think we ought to hang him. lust
the same. A young fool like him ia
bound to be hung sooner or later
1.-TWO or three others took the same
view an then l gathered for the first
time that they'd done me the injustice
of s'posin' I'd stole the horse l was a.
ridin'. The man who owned him
thought so p'ticular. They argued q
plenty about it until fin'ly one of the
crowd allowed the other Teller couldn't
have got far if I'd been tellin' the
truth an it would waste time to hang
me. We might shoot him. he says.
Tie his legs an leave him. says
another Teller. An that's what they
done
''Six mortal hours, gentlemen, 1 laid
out there in the hot sun, rolled I'D in
rope like a blame mummy, not able to
stir hand nor foot. 1t wasn't all sun
shine. though, because after a while the
sun went down an it got dark, and
then the coyotes began 10 howl an 1
wondered how long it'd be afore 1 got
eft.
"Fin'ly heard horse a-lopin' along
an pretty soon l heard the crooked
nose mans voice askin' me how / found
myself.
1t took US some time he says,
cheerful. but we got your friend. I
reckoned I'd best come back an unite
you. That's good rope I've got on
you an I'd hate to lose it.'"-Chicago
Daily News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

No wise person ever goes to q conf
dence man for confidence
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

around an seer Teller rldin along the
trail at pretty lively clip. He ketched
up with me jest as l got to a coulee
where there was a little bunch O. lack
pines.
"'Hellor he says. Travelln'. or Jest
goln' somewheres?'
II told him where l wus bound fer
an he LATED. Keep right on he SAYS !;
you'll hit some place'if you don't strike
White river. Where are you fromY
Buchanan, Mizzoura.' l says.
whats your manner he asks
"'Mose Pinckney,' l says.
"'Why. sufferin snakes = he saws.
You must be old man Plnckney's boy
old man Pinckney of Buchanan. Well.
shakev
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12

waste where young lady finds herself unable teach
and direct her servant in where she is not
uuired to do the actual work herself and wearyng of
her attempts to be queen her household she al
lows her little kingdom live without head Her
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12
THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC.


The truth is that the great and
admirable epochs in the history Of
the United States are not to be found
in the remote past. They are in the
present, just behind us and all around
us. It is an IneIcusable disparage-
ment of our own times to attribute to
other generations what does not be-
long to them and to take away from
our own its just claim upon the con-
fidence and gratitude Of mankind.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-07-12


history nation is only statement of its prep
araton for its part in the progress of the world and
while the Revolutionary must always be cherished
and the and who wrought its great achieve
commemorated with honor and applause, it ought
not forgotten that their work required infinite
before grew into permanent strength and became
part of the fixed order of things. permanent factor
In the course of human events
Our fathers began the of building the American
republic they left it to their children finish It is
important to live 1t is to be born, and this
patriotic anniversary ought to be put better than
to spread the gospel of encouragement and fear in the
public mind the people participate in this historic
memorial Of the life and times Of their ancestors
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-28
YOUNG WOMAN FLAWS
KEEPER OF SALOON

JERSEY CITY, Mar. 2S:-Miss
Margaret Pfeiffer. a young woman,
sat in the witness chair in the Sec
ond Criminal Court, Jersey City,
yesterday, and Indignantly and mere
ilessly dashed Austin Revane, a sa-
%loonkeeper whom she had summoned
to court for ~dislegarding her appeals
not TO sell intoxicating drinks to her
father.
Il am forced to humiliate myself, -
she declared, "by appearing in a pub
lie court. but | find it is the only
way in which ! can stay the destruc-
ton of our home and driving my
poor invalid and broken hearted
mother into the grave. Now, that
have taken this step, ! purpose to
prosecute this matter to the end
Her father, she said, was a slave
TO rum. and although she had urged
Revane no to sell liquors to him he
(Revane) mad paid 40 heed. She
made Revane vince under her severe
flaying.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-28
YOUNGSTOWN DEvASTED.
Many Leading Business Warehouses
in Ruins, Loss $1,000 900.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa, March 2S-With
a monetary loss that is estimated at
S1.0Oo.OOO. one fireman killed. several
seriously hurt by falling walls. Johns
town was threatened this morning
with devastation almost equal TO that
of the great flood. The fire broke out
in the center Of the business section
and spread rapidly.
The town was without electric lights.
The wires having been burned out. ana
the fight against the fire was further
handicapped 10y constantly bursting
hose. The fire started from an I'M
known cause in the hardware eStab-
lishment of Swauk \ Co. and spread
rapidly to the buildings adjoining at
either side.
The Swank Hardware company had
the largest wholesale hardware eStab-
lishments between pittsburg and Phil
adelphia. Structures adjoining the
Swank hardware building were also
burned. These include the y. h. SWAnk
carriage and harness store. the under
taking rooms Of George Ncrring, the
office of Alderman L. f. I|cvcrgoo'l
and the printing office Of the Ideal
printery. 1t is not yet known how the
blaze started.
The building of the JOhnStoWn Jour
nal was entirely consumed. The build
ing Of the Henderson Furniture com
pany was destroyed. while the Foster
builIinu and tho II H. Ernpr huild-
ING were badly damaged.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-28
The child wore a gray

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oo o Ia bm aJ hima owes
-HiiIton 4 EdaoT is having = new
horse mower numn shark en-
aina nut in his launch Helen p The
wort is heinz done nv William Ach-
arboro whom the boat is launched
H. +, oynacted tbat If win me- one of
tho finest in tbe harbor
Tho. oIase has hoer ulacad in no.
sitior in tho new window Of /.
prio@s ar smith and KING streets
Tho &o0 fine levied nnon .Iohn
porisb Of Cvnsytown Nondav was
,,afd Iata vestardav and he was re-
leased
piros vo,.o nloood IN tba oronnd
,t4. aaunina ear mo now +on-inch
ms mn ms
~as man III 0'd'e street
An effort Will be made ny the
Royal BOOSTERS to mold a meeting III
The club house tomorrow night. They
were TO have met last night, but on
T.. , faw members mt in an appear-
-
+oa ,bi. oorninu
"oINinTl 9l'l'eu ''io mn57
10 replace the curplhg aiohS MAUI
son venue.
Ont Of town men are at work in
this city putting up new awnings and
iepairing old ones.
C~1eve1ard Holmes is now in the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-28
MINERS DID NOT MAKE
APPEAL To ROOSEVELT
President Mitchell Offers Scale of
I903-NO Agreement Was
Reached at Conference.

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. March 2S.--
When the Joint conference of the oper-
atorS aud miners opened, at Tomlinson
hall here President Mitchell and Secre-
t;ry Wilson of the miners, j. IL. Win
der. chairman of the operators; ii. y.
Taylor of the Illinois operators, ii. |.
Chapman of the Ohio operators and
the delegates were present.
Mr.. Mitchell denied Il. report circu-
lated in the hall before the joint on-
ference was called to order to the eff
feet that the miners had asked Presi-
lent Roosevelt to use his efforts to-
ward securing peace.
The report Of the committee setting
forth its disagreement was received
and made part of the record. Follow
ing the adoption OF the report there
was silence in the hall for ten min
utes, each side apparently waiting for
the other 10 make the first move. Mr..
Robbins smiled occasionally, but did
not offer to speak.
President Mitchell finally arose and
said it was his expectation that some
proposition would be made by the 9th
er side looking to Il settlement Of the
wage difference. 1t was plain. he said.
that the operators had not been able 10
agree mo- themselves.
The miners had gone out of their
way to secure n settlement. If there
We're a disagreement the responsibility
was with the operators. one large
state had agreed to pay an advance In
wages. He thought The operators of
the other states of the district should
make II statement in defense of their
| position. He offered as Il basis for set
tlement the restoration of the scale of
1908. An adjournment was taken With
out any agreement being arrived ut.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-28
ROUTINE IN
COUNTY COURT
Judge Strong Has But One More
Day on Bench of MiddIesex
County.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Mar. 2S:-
Judge Strong. who has been i'll with
a cold for several days, came down
town in the storm Yesterday and held
court. It was the last but one ses-
sion of court that he will preside
over. his term of Office expiring on
Sunday, April /. Judge Booraem
will sit in court next Tuesday. Judge
Strong will again sit in court on Sat
urday morning, when he will wind
up the business of his term, closing
a career of many honorable years
spent upon The bench.
The morning session was mostly
devoted to Orphans Court matters.
Lawyer Curley. of Tumulty & Cutley,
Jersey City lawyers, was present to
press the exceptions filed by William
Silvers and Selph Silvers, TO the ac-
counting of Gul1ck Snedeker, the eX-
| ecutor of G.. Amanda Gulick, late of
| DAYTON. one item of $20S was OBJ
iected to. but the matter vas adjust
ed in court yesterday morning and
a COMPROMISE made by which the
item was cut TO sos.
The accounting was then passed
as amended. It showed an estate of
| $~5.0G2.S5 and q balance for distribu-
tion, after all charges, including a
counsel fee of 500.
Mr.. Culley was anxious to get
back to jersey City, so he did not
wait for the passing of the account.
The court room clock pointed to
! 1875. and the lawyer started on a
/ lively gait to catch the 1913 train.
After he was gone one of the attend
ants pushed the clock hands ahead
fifteen minutes, it having been slow,
The 10:43 train was probably at Me
mchen when NJ. Cutley started out
after il.
The court signed an order con-
firming the sale of property in Dun
ellen by Eugene l.. Randolph, adj
ministrator OF Daniel II. Harvath.
The property was sold for $3.50, and
the widow will receive $Sl.3S in lieu
of her dover right.
The accounting Of Bertha Steiner,
administrators of Gottfried Steiner,
was approved. /, showed an estate
of $369.S7, and Il deficit of $4.94,
which amount was made up by the
widow.
The court made an order permit
ting Cornelius c. Sheridan 10 sub
stitute the personal bonds of Edward
J. He'll ami Sander Kish in place of
surety company bonds, in order to
save the estate the expense of the
surety company bonds.
There ar" seven bonds of $4,000
each. given as guardians Of Olivia
A.. Cornelius A., Ellen E., Edith r.,
Lucy A.. Lawrence E., and Grace
sheridan.