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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

The Brazilian turret ship Aquida-
ban was sunk at Port Jacarepagua of
Rio JaneirO, as the result of an ex-
plosion. 1t is reported that over two
hundred Of the crew persisted and that
only one officer was saved 1t is an
nounced that the magazine of the yes
sci exploded without any signs to warn
the crew, but in view of recent mutt
MES in the Brazilian navy it is feared
that the explosion may have been the
result of design rather than accident,
The information in hand shows that
few of the sailors or officers had
chance for life. The center of the big
engine of war was hurled outward and
upward Men were thrown high into
the air, to fall stunned or mangled into
the sea. Spars fell among the men,
but most Of the latter were unable to
grasp at anything in an effort to keep
af1oat till assistance might arrive.
Others of the sailors who occupied Dor.
tons of the vessel not rent asunder by
the explosion jumped into the ocean
and sought to swim from the shattered
hull far enough not to be drawn down
in the vortex produced by its sinking.
So rapidly did the vessel sink, however,
that few were able to make more than
a few strokes.
Fire burst from the center Of the
ship simultaneously with the explosion,
and while the vessel settled the flames
arose in the splintered decks. One or
two small boats were launched by the
coolest heads, but these were of little
avail in saving life. One of them was
sWamped by the crowd that jumped
into it in the panic on board. Another
put off with one officer and several
land.
Smaller warships and merchant
craft near the scene or the disaster
steamed out as swiftly as possible to
pick up possible survivors. They found
few, SO sudden and complete was the
wreck of the Aquidaban.
The armored cruiser Aquidaban was
the flagship of Admiral Mello's fleet
during his sensational rebellion against
Brazil in 1893 and 1894 1t was the
Aquidaban which, during that REBEL
ion, nearly brought on a naval engage
ment with the famous American
white squadron" under Rear Admiral
Benham, in the harbOr of Rio JaneirO
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Mind HOW You Laurh.

Isn't this a curious thing, that laugh
ing may spoil your features? If you
laugh with the sides of your face, the
skin will work loose in time, and
wrinkles will form in exact accordance
with the kind of laugh you have. A
person who is accustomed to suppress
ing his feelings generally has a deep
line running from each side of his
nose to the upper corner of his mouth,
which, in time, extends to the chin,
forming the shape of a half-mOon. The
scholars wringle forms on his brow,
while a schemer's wrinkles come around
smirk will have a series of semi
circular wrinkles covering his cheeks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
FOND OF MUSIC.


81 UB," said Washington Hancock
JS to the boy with the voluminous
wooden comforter, who had APP
preached the stove twanging on a
.jewsharp, TASK Rufe over there to let
you have piece of good stout string"
What fer?" inquired the boy.
ITO tie that blame thing to your
Leg" answered Hancock. ''Fasten it
good an strong an then take the leg
out doors an exercise it."
Wash don't like music" observed
Sol Baker to Marvin Parsons. with a
grin. That's what makes him play
the fiddle so much"
Hes fit fer treason. spoils an STRAIT
agems," said Squire Burkholder in his
lyceum basso profundo. There's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

ton she personally visits that person
or institution.
Miss Helen Keller's book is being
translated into a dozen tongues, includ-
Ing Russian, Bohemian, Roumanian,
Finnish, Swedish and japanese.
The late Mary A. Livermore was
once called 1.-The Daniel Webster of
American women" because Of her ma
jestic mien, solidity of character, Doric
simplicity of thought, and weight Of
utterance.
Mrs. R. A. Howard, of Clear Lake,
Iowa, has lived in one house for forty
eight years. The staircase was made
of black walnut cut from the virgin
forest. Her husband was killed in the
Civil War.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Remedy for Bedbugs.

Take a cake of white soap or a
piece Of tallow and with a knife scrape
as much as needed, then add an ounce
of powdered corrosive sublimate, max
ing a smooth paste. After washing
the bedstead with cold salt water,
wipe dry and apply the paste to every
crevice. This will not evaporate or
soak into the wood as liquids do, but
will prove a ready and deadly feast
for all partakers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
When Hanging Ont Clothes.

When hanging clothes to dry remem-
Der that the thickest part of the gar
ment must be hung higher, for were
the thinnest part uppermost the water
would run into the thick part, and thus
the drying would be greatly prolonged
Next hang up everything inside out,
for then any accidental soil is likely to
come on the inside of the garment,
where it's presence will generally not
matter very much.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
TO HER.

She is enshrined in my heart,
A treasured memory.
in all l am she has part,
And will have-till l die.
When boar frost decks the trees, and all
Is purest white below,
Upon her name l softly call
She dearly loved the snow.
And when spring comes with all its flow
ers,
And birds for gladness sing,
And joyous are the sunny hours,
| sigh, "She loved the spring"
IT'S sweet to be remembered so
| wonder if she knows,
And where this memory will go
When my life here shall close.
Q holy love! that sanctiies
Our common earthly lives,
1t is thy power that death defes,
And through all time survives.
Westminster Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Good Foot PreDurafiou

Battle the feet with this prepare
ton night and morning: Glycerin, one
ounce; perchloride of iron, three
ounces essence Of bergamot, ter drops.
Apply with brush and afterward dust
with a powder made from two and
half grams of burnt alum, one and a
quarter of salicylic acid, seven and a
half of starch and twenty-five of violet
aIcI1m powder
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

machine. Here's 1.-THE Maiden's
Prayer" Try that
-" Not by jugful,' says Bert. Nor
yet "Silvery Waves" ner The Blue
Danube Waltz Anythin' but them
AN when he'd played suthin' else
the Teller handed him he let out a long
breath an looked over at Mis- Wal
kiss, who was standin' by the pickle
booth an seemed like part of the ex-
hibit. Only to Think he says. IF
on'y I'd have waited! Blame my cats!
If on'y I'd have waitedr"
What made you doubt whether Bert
was satisfed?" asked Baker, after
little pause Chicago Daily News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
4:888

per part of the face OF course, we
know that face without any lines
would be expressionless, but there is
little danger of any effort on our part
erasing too many-enough will remain
If we do all we can to obIiterate them.
The skin in youth is not only firm
but elastic, and hence the momentary
expressions, even if frequently repeat
ed, disappear; but in later years the
elasticity is lost. and expressions oft
repeated form permanent folds in the
skin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

Retaliation by Congress to punish
railroads for disseminating the issuance
OF passes is threatened. Members,
some of them classed among the lead
ers, are frankly discussing the form
this retaliation shall take. Strangely
enough there seems no disposition to
punish the railroad by uniting in the
passage of a strong railroad rate regu-
lation law. The plan which receives
most favor is to reduce the apnropria-
ton for the transportation of the
mails. The railroads yearly receive
from the government about $50,00O,-
600 for carrying the mails. Under the
plea of using money for extending the
rural free delivery service, it will be
proposed to reduce this amount by
$10,000,000, Congressman taking the
position that whatever the railroads
gain by cutting off passes should be
so much money saved to the govern
ment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

Wrinkles are the principal witnesses
to age. A person may have hair near
II or quite white, but if the skin is
fair and smooth they will look what
they are, prematurely gray. But you do
not hear of people being prematurely
wrinkled, although many truly are, yet
they are spoken of as looking old.
Many young people have disagreeable
habit of frowning and scowling and as
they grow older the creases formed will
become fixed. Profound meditation,
deep study, worry and anxiety, all
cause wrinkles, and mostly in the up
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
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Civil service reform has taken deep
root Almost three-fifths of the three
hundred thousand positions in the
executive civil service of the ma
tional government are open to
competition whenever they fall va
cant; and a large part of those
to which appointment is made
without competitive examination are
either of such a nature that they can
not be placed in the classified list, or
such that it would be unwlse to bring
them into the system. large and in
creasing number of States have adopt
ed the merit test for filling clerical and
other positions in their own govern
ments and in city administration. Last
year the National Civil Service Com
mission examined, through its agents,
almost one hundred and fifty thousand
candidates, and more than forty thou
sand of them were appointed to posi-
tons. Moreover, within a few years
changes in the regulations have great
ly diminished the opportunities to
evade the law by letting candidates
who had not passed an examination
into the service by cunningly concealed
back doors" 1t used to be urged that
the present system creates an office
holding class, and that there is not
sufficient rotation in office. Statistics
show that this is not the case, for the
rate of change is sufficient to make
NON LOT Nf h. %
the civil service every ten years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Using a Romantic Smile.

They were walking out together on
a cloudless night under the light of
the big round moon, which seemed IN
usually bright and beautiful Sudden
ly he stopped, clasped his hands and
cried rapturously:
"Oh, Mary. Look at the moon to-
night. Isn't it beautiful-magnii-
cent?"
Yes, amt it, William?" she re-
piled, with equal enthusiasm. 1T
looks just like big fried egg, don't
it, dear ?"-London Judy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

The inquiry into operations of the
reporting section of the Department of
Agriculture by the Keep Commission,
under the Presidents order, has been
made public. 1t finds that the bureau
of statistics has habitually underesti-
mated acreage and crops other than
cotton, and that its figures have been
generally inaccurate. This is the bu-
reau over which John Hyde was chief.
The commission recommends in its re-
port to the President that the methods
be improved or the service discontin-
ned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

In view of complaints to the Post
Office Department of the brittIeness of
postage stamps and their tendency to
curl and be detached after being af-
fixed to letters, an investigation was
ordered, and it was found that the
trouble was due to the hard gum used
in summer and which is affected by the
cold, dry atmosphere of the winter sea-
son. All such stamps supplied to post
masters have been directed to be with
drawn by them until the summer
months, and in the meantime new sup
Plies are being forwarded them coated
with a softer gum, which Is not affect
Ell by winter weather.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

Since it is the fashion to wear wash
shirt-waists all winter, the shops are
showing the daintiest imaginable de-
signs in heavy linen, handsomely
trimmed with embroidery. A trailing
pattern is worked upon this model, with
the figures standing out boldly, while
the yoke and sleeves are stitched with
fancy braid and embroidered polka
dots
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Egg end MIX.

This dish should be prepared as fol-
lows to avoid sliminess: Heat the
milk, separate the yolk and white Of
the egg, beat the former well and the
latter to a stiff froth. Add sugar to
the yolk, pour in the heated milk, stir
in the white lightly and serve at once.
This is the most digestibIa way in
which an egg can be served.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
JAPAN'S NEW AMBASSADOR.

Viscount Siuzo Aoki, just appointed
anese ambassador to the United
States, is 60 years of age, and is con-
sidered a man of foremost ability.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

The new musketry regulations Of the
German army prescribe firing at hui
man figure targets only, and these are
to be colored gray. For kneeling and
prone firing portable rests are used.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

Senator Bailey of Texas, whose cleo
ton to succeed German as leader of
the Senate minority was conceded, an
nounced his unwillingness to take the
place, saying that he had not acquired
the art of being agreeable Uader all
circumstances"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

A new type of siege gun has been
completed by the ordnance department
at the Rock Island arsenal and has
been shipped to the Sandy Hook PROV
ing grounds for a test The new
weapon throws a sixty-pound projec-
tile. This is five pounds heavier than
the projectile now thrown from the five
inch siege guns, which are to be re-
placed with the new model if the gun
proves satisfactory. The chief charac-
teristic of the new gun is its long re-
coil. 1t is said that this gives a steady
carriage, and that the carriage will not
jump when the gun is fired, as is the
case with the gun now In USE This
will permit Of a more rapid fire. as it
will not be necessary to place the car
rage in position after each shot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

He is member of the imperial privy
council and of the first-class order of
the Rising Sun, has been prominent in
the Japanese foreign office, and repre-
scented his country at The Hague con-
ference. In japanese diplomacy he is
estimated as the superior of Mr.. Taxa
hira and of Baron Hyashi, minister to
London. The former served under
him as vice minister of foreign affairs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Nine. Duse has always had a strong

Nine. DuSe mas always mad strong
aversion to being interviewed.
Lady Donoughmore, formerly Miss
Grace of New York, is known as 1.-The
children's angel" in Ireland
Sarah Bernhard has. an almost su-
gold nuggets given her by California
miners.
When Helen Gould is sufficiently in
terested to help any person or institu-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

The National Rivers and Harbors
Congress, which met at Washington,
included a number of State governors,
members of Congress and delegates
from at least 300 commercial organiza-
TONS A permanent organization was
effected and the declaration was made
in favor Of an annual $50,0OO,O0O river
and harhor bill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

The situation at Washington is not
so complex as to puzzle a man of or
binary intelligence. Public questions,
even those approaching the Importance
of vital issues, are seldom considered
on their merits by the lawmakers of
this country. Legislation at Washing
ton is a political game. Parties strive
for advantage in elections more than
for public welfare. Individual Sena-
tors and Congressman contend for
those interests which they serve. That
a Congressman is Republican or q
Democrat signifies less than ever be-
fore. That he is a representative of
some great interest tells the bigger
story every time. For these reasons
legislation partakes little OF statesman
ship. Congressman seldom become
great men in popular estimation. Sue
cess is measured by the points made in
the game played. In seeking points in
the game they play one against the
other, being more DESTROYS of securing
personal advantage and benefit for the
the interests they serve, than of repre-
senting the people who elected them.
It's all in the game.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
Discovered.

why is this cheese so full of holes ?"
That's all right. 1t needs all the
fresh air it can get" = Cleveland
Leader.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

1t Is better to suffer wrong than to
do it, and happier to be sometimes
cheated than not to trust.-Johnson.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

There is nothing better than cheap
monograph for starting undesirable
callers on the homeward path.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

The woman of fashion could not bet
ter start the new year than by adding
to her wardrobe one of these smart
new Elton jackets. They are jaunty to
the highest degree, and look best devel-
oped in one of the smooth-faced
cloths. A very light shade of blue is
used for this design, trimmed with
bands Of black MORE and buttons COW
cred with the same cloth. These bands
are stitched upon the front and sleeves
and form also the collar and cuffs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

The same vices which are huge and
insupportable in others we do not feel
in ourselves-La Bruyere
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01
WAR VESSEL SINKS.
BRAZILIAN TURRET SHIP DE.
STROYED BY EXPLOSION.

Battle Craft Aquidaban Blows I'm
OF Rio Janeiro and 212 Seamen
Borne Down in the Wrecked Hull
Powder Magazine ExpIodes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-02-01

Walkiss hoppin' mad. He allus lowed
Bert 'ud never be with the powder
to blow him to blazes as a farmer.
HE wus mistaken about that,
though. Bert wus a good boy to work
when there wasn't no music around
an he knew more about raisin' corn
an hogs than the old man did him
self. When the old man fn'ly died an
Bert got the place he raised bigger
crops than anybody in the township
an his stock took prizes ag'in an ag'in
at the fairs. Bert got tolable we'll
fixed an the girls begun maxim. a set
at him. Still, he don't pay no p'tick-
Ter attention to 'em. All his spare time
he put in at Pete's shop or he'd come
around an asst me to give him a tune
on the OF fiddle Wunst in while
he'd send off an buy him a horn or
suthin', but he never made out to do
anythin' with 'em in the way of play
in EN-
"Fin'ly one night he went to the ly-
ceum at Willow Bend schoolhouse an
there was a gal there from Fairfax.
over in Atchison County, that was
visitin' Lew Meakin's folks. She'd
took lessons on the pianner an Meak-
in hauled over his pianner to the
schoolhouse sos't she could play.
was there that night an I'll never fer
git how Bert whistled and stomped
when she pounded out 'Silvery Waves
on that OF square of Lewis. l saw
she was a gal, but she wasn't no
spring chicken, an she was built
good deal like white oak fence rail
about as long an with corners
most any way you turned her. Her
face wouldn't have been considered
so blame homely if there had been
wasn't.
But Bert didn't care nothin' about
that He jest nachally tried to stomp
a hole in the floor. until she come agin
an give 'em The Maiden's Prayer
Then he raised the roof an conducted
himself disorderly until he got The
Beautiful Blue Danube
Next mornin' he went ovel to Lew
Meakin's after seed potatoes. He wore
his best clothes an the gal played
'Silvry Waves for him.
a night or two after that Bert says
to me: You can talk about Your horns
an your fddles an guitars, but to my
notion the pianner beats 'em ALL
Two months after that he married
the gal an you could drive past the
house most any time O day or night
after that an you could hear 'Silvery
Waves or The Maiden'S Prayer, or
Blue Danube Judas! That woman
was homely."
q calculate Bert was satisfied"
said the storekeeper
II reckon he wus," said Hancock.
THE only thing ever made me doubt
it wus one time about year after l
seen him at the county fair standin'
an watchin' a teller that had one O.
these dewdads you hitch on to a plan
ner an it plays it for you. First time
I'd ever seen one, too. Bert's eyes
lust stuck out of his head when the
Teller showed him how it worked an
let him run it himself 'Gosk.' he says.
"'Any piece you want says the
Teller, PAWN over passle O. rolls O.
paper that he'd been feedln' into the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-19
LAUREL ELECTION.
Law and Order League Elects Whole
Ticket-Other News

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LAUREL, Nd, April 1s, 1906.
The municipal election held here yester
Cay resulted in great victory for the Law
and Order League. which elected all of its
candidates. Mr.. William E. Gilbert was
chosen mayor over Frederick DalIam by
forty-seven votes.
The successful ticket was as follows: For
mayor William Gilbert, 23l votes; council
men at large. lie Page Cronm!ller, 2o2, and
Edward Phelps, 30; counciImen, first ward.
William H. Dorsey. 262; second ward. Cal
vim w. Donaldson. 22o; third ward. Auguste
Faure. 2o7
The opposing ticket was composed as fol-
lows: For mayor, Frederick Dallam, who
received 1874 votes: first ward, no opposi-
ton; second ward, II. H. w. Thies, I4I
votes: third ward. Frank w. Await, 142:
counclmen at large, c. Ernest Nichols. 100,
and James Travers, 112.
Rev. Andrew r. Bird. pastor OF the Pres
byterian Church here. is in Richmond. Va.
to remain week.
Rev. T. A. tombstone made an address on
Trees and Tree Planting" at the High
School Arbor day. The program consisted OF
duets on the piano and violin by Miss STAN
ley and Mr. Halverson, Instrumental solo BY
Miss Lucy Collins. song and chorus by the
school, reading by Clarence and D. John
son, recitations by Adelaide Carr, A. David
son, NJ. Welsh, and presentation of class
picture. Nero at the Circus" by Mr. Bass.
Three trees were planted.