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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1906-06-28
The Very Best Remedy for Bowel
Trouble.

Mr.. NJ F. Borroughs. an old and well
knwn resident of Bluffton, Ind, says:
Il regard Chamberlain Collie, Cholera
and Diarrhoea Remedy as the very best
remedy for bowel trouble | make this
statement after having used the remedy
in my family for several years. am
never without it,, This remedy is al
most sure to be needed before the sum-
mer is over. Why not buy it now and be
prepared for such an emergency. For
sale by lvey's Pharmacy.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1906-06-28
coNSUMPTION'S WARNING

The aid of scientific inventions is not
needed to determine whetE ar your lungs
are affected. The first symptoms can be
readily noted by anyone of average in
telligence.
There is no disease known that gives so
many plain warnings of its approach as
consumption, and no serious disease that
can be SO quickly reached and checked,
if the medicine used is DIR. Boschee's
German Syrup, which is made to cure
consumption.
1t is III the early stages that German
Syrup should be taken, when warnings
are given i'll the cough that won't quit,
the congestion of the bronchial tubes and
the gradual weakening of the lungs, ac-
companied by frequent expectoration.
But no matter how deep-seated your
cough, even il dread consumption has
already attacked your lungs, German
Syrup will surely effect a cure--as it has
done before in thousands of apparently
hopeless cases of lung trouble.
New trial bottles, 25c. Regular size,
75c. At all druggists.
IVEY'S PHARMACY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1906-06-28
HOLLANDALE AND VICINITY.

From the Review.
Frank Bohan has built neat picket
fence in front of his property on Scott
street.
Constable Harry Pengelly came down
from Dodgeville Monday afternoon and
arrested Elmer Steensland upon a
charge Of drunkenness and disorderly con-
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1906-06-28
A few Of these bargains we give below:

few Of these bargains give below:
1900 yds best and &c Calico, during per yd SIC
15c Corset Covers, going ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
25c Linen Window Shades only ............. ..19c
Good quality Glass Tumblers go at .............1c
25c Ladies' Sun Bonnets during sale ..........12c
Best Sewing Cotton 200 yd spools, only &c
Table Oil Cloth, during sale ...,..........
Mosquito Netting, all colors, per yard &c
doz. Clothes Pins, during sale. ..............5 Sc
$3.50 Mems Suits go at $3.50
SOC Mems Heavy Work Shirts, only .............39c
Soc Mems Heavy Work Pants, only ..............69c
15c Ladies Gauze Vests 90 at ..................8c
$l.5o Ladies Fancy OXfords go at..............98c
$500 Mems Patent OXords only................$ 1925
S.o0 Mems Grain Work Shoes, only ...........S1 10
For complete list of prices do fail read big
prices strictly advertised
In Sims Building. BOSTON STORE u S. Hotel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
IIA11>'||1''jIIlHELL
N@NN@N~OO

Lieutenant General Adna r. Chaffee,
chief of staff, favOrs the army bill pro-
viding for a reserve of $4,000 men.
Leon Zolotkopf of Chicago was elected
grand master of the Order of the
knights of Zion at the convention in
st. Louis.
Regular train service on the road built
between Elkins and Charleston, w. Va,
by ex-senator Henry Gassaway Davis
was inaugurated Jan. 1.
Andrew Carnegie has a pipe organ for
an alarm clock. He is Weakened every
morning by the strains of LEAD, Kindly
Light" or "Silent Night"
E. E. Mcdaniel president of the Dali
las Abstract Company, was shot and
killed in a Dallas, Texas, saloon by Elmo
Trimble, a discharged employe.
Governor Herrick of Ohio, as a New
Years gift, pardoned Leonard Kitzel-
man, who has served twenty-three years
for murder in the second degree.
James Kittredge, who was patient in
q private sanitarium in philadelphia,
jumped from a second-story window of
the institution and was instantly killed.
The Montreal Express on the Boston
and Maine railroad was wrecked at Wal
lamoosac sstation, New York, and seven
persons injured. The switch had been
spiked and the signal light turned to in
dictate clear track.
The Wabash lines east of Pittsburg
have decided to issue no more passes.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad
of the Vanderbilt system has also abol-
:shed free transportation.
A welI-known ticket broker of ST.
Louis declared that 100 ticket brokers
and hotel keepers around the Union sta
ton were compelled to pay money to the
police for protection.
While attending a ball at Hague, Va,
Mrs. Mary Wiloughby Brown Williams,
wife of Professor John Roger Williams
of Princeton University, was badly burn
ed by her dress catching fire from a
lamp.
A cable dispatch from Caracas, Vene-
zuela. says that the visit of courtesy Of
Mr.. Bax-Ironside, British minister to
TenezueIa, to President Castro is result
Ing in q settlement of the dispute with
Great Britain.
Creditors Of the failed Merchants
Trust Company at Memphis filed a bill
asking for a new receiver in place of
John 2. Edmondson, who, they charge. is
a director and heavy stakeholder in the
bank. They also declare that the liabili.
ties axe 100000 and the assets $780,
600.
The Kansas Supreme Court at Topeka
decided that a man who has murdered
his wife may claim her property even
though he killed her, for the purpose OF
obtaining it. The case was that of the
husband of Kate Brandt, who killed his
wife and then made over her property
to his attorneys. He IS under sentence
Of death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18

With only twentieth of the worlds
Inhabitants, the United States has
two-thirds $4,000, 900, 1000 of the
worlds banking power Capital, sur
plus, deposits and circulation. Our
ascendency here has been obtained in
the last two decades. Since 1890 the
worlds banking strength has grown
1O5 per cent. while that of the United
States has expanded ITO per cent and
that Of New York City 200 per cent.
OF the S2,50O,O 100000 of the weekly
average of the bank clearings of the
ninety-three cities which make reports
New York contributes two-thirds. New
York City's bank clearings average %
per cent in excess of London's.
And the greater part of this stupen-
dous banking growth in New York
City and the United States in general
has taken place within the easy recol-
lection of thousands of persons who in
their various employments are still
actively at work.
Contemplating the vast expansion
which has given the United States a
long lead over all other countries in
manufactures and mining, which has
placed American products in every
market on the globe, which has built
up In this country a railway system
which comprises two-fifths of that of
the entire earth and which has in
creased the country's wealth from
S5o0,O0O,000 in Washington's day to
$11O,00O,0Oo,O0o in Roosevelt's, the
American banker, using the words of
Aeneas, can say: All of this I saw
and part Of this I s"-LesIies
Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
The KOwtow.

The kowtOw pronounced ker-toe,
and n.eaning literally to bow the head
is used as a form of thanks, ID Is not
a manner of greeting. The actors kow-
tow to their majesties at the beginning
and end of each performance at the
theater first to thank for the honor
they are to receive in being allowed to
actbefore them, and at the end to thank
for the privilege granted. The officials
bow the head to thank for an audi
ence or any favor or gift they have
received or are to receive from their
majesties. The kowtow is not only
made by people at the palace and at
imperial audiences; it IS sometimes
used by equals to each other as prop
er manner Of thanking for some great
favor. To make the kowtow, the per-
son kneels three times, and each time
bows his head three times, touching
the ground with it. The kowtOw could
not be made by a foreigner without
looking most awkward and appearing
most servile, but the Chinese do it with
dignity, and it is neither ungracefuI
nor degrading. 1t is a time-honored
manner of giving thanks, Chinese ira
ditiOn surviving from a tin len the
courtiers were perhaps like STA yes; but
at present it does not imply any slave
like inferiority on the part of him who
performs it.-From Katharine A. Carl's
In the Court of the Empress Dow
ager," in the Century.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
MONA'S IDLE DAY.
She Used 1t in Which to Fulfill Her
Unkent Promfses

sne Used 1t In Which to Fulfill Her
Unkept Promises.
Your niece Is such a charming girl ~
the visitor said. 'She promised TO
bring me Percy's new volume because
l happened to remark the other day
that l enjoyed essays. Not many girls
are so thoughtful"
The aunt of the thoughtful girl
smiled a little curiously. Il am sure
that 1t was pleasure to Mona to offer
it, she replied, and then the CONVEX
sation drifted to other subjects. But
at the table that night Aunt Miriam
loked across at her niece
Miss Parsons called this afternoon"
she remarked. she said that you
were going to lend her Percy's Noon
tide ] thought that you had prom
ised it to Miss Carberry"
80 1 did," Mona replied. flushing
slightly. Il don't see how 1 came to
forget it"
Il wonder" Aunt Miriam said, pass
ing over Miss Carberry, IF you could
spare me whole day some time before
go, Mona?'
'Of course 1 can," Mona replied. 81
haven't thing to do tomorrow, for
| instance. What is on hand, aunty-or
is it a secret?'
Yes" her aunt nodded, lit is a Sc
cret. You must wait till tomorrow -
Aunt N1iriam's secrets were always
worth knowing, and Mona woke sew
eral times that night guessing over the
new one. When, after breakfast, she
discovered note upon her desk, she
tore it open eagerly. Inside were a
dozen slips of paper, numbered The
first one read: Garry Mrs. Bates the
cake recipe you promised her."
For q moment Mona stood still, the
color deepening in her face. She had
promised Mrs. Bates that recipe in time
for Daisy's party, and the party was
over ten days ago. 1t would not be the
pleasantest thing in the world to ex-
plain. but-MOna's lips set resolutely :
she sat down at her desk, wrote out the
recipe, and five minutes later was on
her way.
For an idle day, that was curious
one. Mona carried the essays to Miss
| Carberry, and stopped at Miss Pear
sons to tell her that she should have
them later; wrote a Compromised let
ter made stock for Dora practiced
a song for her mother; wrote out a
list of books for an authors social ;
taught a neighbOr new embroidery
stitch, and made three promised calls.
Finally, thoroughly tired out, she pre-
scented herself in the evening at her
aunt's door.
You needn't think that there are any
left, Aunt Miriam" she said, for there
aren't! 1 don't know how you did it,
but you contrived to get hold of every
promise | ever made in my life. Yes'm,
I've done 'em all And I'm in that state
of mind that I'm ready 20 VOW I'll
never make another promise as long as
l live. Aunt Miriam, you didn't get me
that st. George!"
Mona looked up, laughing and shin
ing together. 'Oh, you dear Aunt Mir
lam! How did you know? Why didn't
you give me memorandum book ?"-
Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
An Incident.

"What is the color chatain'?' a GER
tain young man asked Of a venerable
Creole lady whose hair was white as
snow.
She rummaged through her mind for
terms of explanation, being little liza
bic to forget English words at times.
Finally, however, she replied:
"Chatain,' dat is the color Of my
hair, you understand, when 1 was
youngw
And then she smiled with satisfac-
ton at the exact manner in which she
had explained the term, while the
uuestioner still wondered what color
"chatain" was.-New Orleans Times
Democrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
CHAPTER XVII.

Ballard, after parting with Kenton
and Norwood, struck out into the forest
in a southeastern direction, leaving the
Kentucky river a little to the left. The
scout was In i'll humor, for he was fully
persuaded in his own mind that Allan
was person to disarrange and foil the
most skillfully devised plans that expert
snced woodcraft could contrive-
"He's green hand" he muttered TO
himself He 4 stumblin' block in my
way. l don't want to be in such COM
pany; want men who have walked up
and down this great country as | have,
when there was painted cre'tur' behind
every bush, and no man could safely
say his life was his own for the next
three seconds. He won't never get back
to Boonesborough with a whole skin.
Sumthin' in the course of natur' will nat
orally break"
Having arrived at this stage, and to
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To be continued.l
A WONDERFUL RIDE.

Made by Man Who Covered 500 Miles
in Five Days.
The most wonderful straight-away
ride ever made by man was the gal
lop Of Francis Xavier Aubrey-ci-de-
want Canadian voyageur, and IA
nous pony express rider-froIn Santa
Fe, New Mexico, to Independence,
Mo-, in 1S53-S00 miles in five days
and thirteen hours, says McClure's
Magazine. In 1852 he had covered the
same distance in a little over eight
days; and his record was on the
wager that he could do it in an even
eight" In the whole distance he did
not stop to rest; and he changed
horses only with every 100 or 200
miles. He was stocky French Cana
dian, light-hearted, genial, adventur-
Gus, and absolutely fearless. For
some time he was an overland freight
er and he also made the enormously
difficult and dangerous drive Of a flock
of sheep from New Mexico to Califor-
MIA across the deserts of the Colorado.
He was killed in Santa Fe.
The worlds record for organized
and scheduled" riding was made by
the pony express Never before nor
since has mall been carried so fast,
SO far and 50 long merely by horse
power, and if am not in error, never
elsewhere have horses been so stead
tasty spurred in any regular service.
The pony express carried mail be-
tween the East and California (at S.
per half ounce for about two years.
1t ran from Independence to San
Francisco, 1850 miles. Its time was
ten days and it never needed eleven.
1t employed 500 of the fastest horses
that could be found, of course, all
Western horses; 200 station keepers
and eighty riders. 1t had 100 stations,
crowded down the throat Of the will
derness, siXty-fiVe to one hundred
miles Tor even more apart, according
as water CHANGED. The rider was al
lowed two minutes to change horses
and mails at a station.
William f. Cody c'Buffalo BilPO
was the most famous Of the pony ex-
press riders, and as a 14-year-old
kid" got his first job from the man
that invented the pony express. Cody
made the record here, a round trip
(necessitated by the killing of his re-
lief of 3S4 miles without stops, ex-
cept to change horses and swallow one
hasty meal.
Another of the pony express riders,
Jack Keetley, made a run of $40 miles
in thirty lone hours, and another, Jim
Moore, rode go miles in fourteen
hours and fOrty-siX minutes.
Such men got 500 to S125 per month
and found" Their mail was limited
to fifteen pounds Postage was So per
half ounce for some time. then the
government ordered it cut down to 81
per half ounce, at which figure it
stayed till the completion of the over
land telegraph to San Francisco oct.
II, 1860, ended the life of the gallant
| enterprise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
UNCONSCIOUS POISONING.
How 1t often Happens from CofP

How 1T Often Happens from Coffee.
81 had no idea" writes a Duluth
man, that it was the coffee had been
drinking all my life that was response
lie for the headaches which were
growing upon me, for the dyspepsia
that no medicines would relieve, and
for the acute nervousness which I'M
fitted me not only for work but also
for the most ordinary social functions.
But at last the truth dawned upon
ME, | forthwith babe the harmful bev-
erage a prompt farewell, ordered in
some Postum and began to use it. The
good effects of the new food drink were
apparent within a very few days My
headaches grew less frequent, and de-
creased in violence, my stomach grew
strong and able to digest my food
without distress of any kind, my nerv-
BUSINESS has gone and | am able to
enjoy life with my neighbors and sleep
soundly o nights. My physical
strength and nerve power have in
creased so much that / can do double
the work l used to do, and feel no I'M
due fatigue afterwards
This improvement set in just as
soon as the old coffee poison had so
worked out of my system as to allow
the food elements in the Postum to get
a hold to build me up again. l cheer
fully testify that it was Postum and
Postum alone that did all this, for
when began to drink it l threw ply
sic to the dogs" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Greek, Mich.
There's reason. Read the famous
little book, ''The Road to MELVILLE"
Ia pkgs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18

But I'd rather save them the trou-
ble." he rejoined.
What have you done to offend my
father" asked Innis
L reckon l haven't done anything to
offend an honest man"
Il am very unhappy" added the maid
en-. Il know that the young woman at
Boonesborough and the other stations
know more than l do. They have friends
to care for and instruct them, while
lead this ignorant and half savage life"
You must go to Boonesborough and
live, and persuade your father to be an
honest man." answered the scout kindly
1 must set you at liberty before my
father comes" size added.
God bless you," said the scout.
lnnis Mckee approached Ballard and
with her fathers hunting knife severed
his bonds, and he sprang lightly to his
feet.
Go lie continued.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
DID A WORLD or GOOD
Or. Williams Pink Pills Cure Heart
Pains Dizzy Spells and
Weakness

Easy to get. hard to get rid of; that is
what most sufferers think of dyspepsia.
They are astonished when their stomach
begins to trouble them seriously
They had been eating hurriedly and
irregularly for long time, to be sure,
but they supposed their stomachs quite
used to that.
Some people know that the strength
which the weak stomach needs, and for
the lack of which the whole body is suf-
fering, can be found surely and quickly
in DR.. Williams Pink Pills. In hun
dreds of instances these pills have sue
ceeded where other remedies failed.
my indigestion" said Mr.. J. r. Mil
Ter, of Dayton, Va, "came i'll the firsE
place from the fact that few years ago
I worked great deal at night, and 'ate
at any odd hour whenever the chance
came, and always very hurri IDLY. One
day found myself victim of terrible
dyspepsia. 1t kept me miserable all the
time for several years.
81 always had great deal of distress
after eating, and when got up from my
sleep my stomach would be so weak that
it would hardly take any food. I had
very uncomfortable feelings about my
heart, and was dizzy and, whenever l
stopped over and then Strengthened up,
my eyes would be badly blurred.
81 read the statements of several per-
sons who had got rid of obstinate stom-
ach troubles by using DIR. Williams
Pink Pills. | bought some and they
did me world of good. They acted
promptly and did just what was claimed
for them. L have no more distress af-
ter meals; the bad feeling has gone from
the region of my heart; the alarming
dizzy spells have disappeared, and 1 am
strong again"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists and by the DIR. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18

"Thar's a cigarette law in this
town." said the Billville marshal, "an'
you're violatin' of it."
81 beg your pardon" said the drum
mer, ''but-you don't want to deprive
free-born American citizen of his
liberty, do your"
NO" replied the marshal, "only Of
his cigarettes. You can't smoke 'em
on this depot platform"
"Well, will you direct me to where
! may smoke in peace?"
Eyes" replied the marshal, I'm
pretty certain from the looks O. you
that you'll smoke hereafter, but L
won't guarantee the peace when the
smoke sr-Atlanta Constitution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18

fearlessly asserted that he was wholly
ignorant of the transaction, and that
the first intimation which he had receiv-
ed that anything was going wrong was
the report of Captain Boone's rife when
he shot at the Indians.
Although perfectly assured in his own
mind that Ebony knew more than he
chose to divulge, the forester ceased to
press his questions farther, for the i'm
minence of the danger required prompt
action.
Ito be continued.l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Reciprocity.

Picking up a paper, the caller ask
ed: Are you a subscriber to this
journal?"
Not exactly" replied the would-be
poet. The editor has placed my name
on the free list, however, with the un-
Outstanding that l am not to send him
any more contributions
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
In BurgIardOn.

Bill Sykes-I see as how de sculp-
tors is goin ter restore one of de old
Eyetalian churches.
Jimmy Jackson-Good Gawd! Youse
don't mean ter tell me dat the boog-
lars ever had de noive ter swipe a hull
church!-New Orleans Times-Demo-
GRAFT
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
The Fault of the Clock.

Mrs. Hooligan looked up at the
clock, and then slapped the iron she
had lifted from the stove back on the
lid with a clatter.
'"Talk about tonne an toide waiting
for no man." she muttered, as she
hurried into the pantry, there's
tonnes they wait an tonnes they
don't! Yesterday at this very min
ute twas but tin o'clock, an to-day
tits quarther to twelvep'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
CHAPTER Nv

The hour of midnight had passed on,
and other hours had followed in its
noiseless track. 1t was near the break
of day; but the hush of night lay more
deeply, and far more darkly, upon the
face of the earth than since the sun
went down. The moon had finished her
course, and passing away to other re-
gions left darkness and gloom on the
places where her beams had fickered so
pleasantly.
Daniel Boone and Mr.. Fleming stood
near the gate that opened from the
stockades for. ingress and egress. Each
of the sturdy pioneers held in his hand
his trusty rihe-weap which had been
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
The Rest He Could Say.

"Oh, George" said Mrs. Newliwed,
as her hubby lighted his post-prandial
cigar, Il must tell you my little secret.
1 prepared this dinner all by myself.
What did you think Of it?'
well, my dear" replied the mean
thing, 1.-The nuts and raisins weren't
half Philadelphia Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
BespOken.

mo, thank you, said Miss De Mure,
Il don't care to meet any new young
men"
"Myw exclaimed Miss Gaddie;
you're select all of a sudden"
NO" replied Miss De Mure, glanc-
ing dreamily at her new ring; 1--WE
merely been selected all of sudden"
Denver Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
The Intelligent Ant.

Among insects the most intelligent
are those of the ant tribe, while next
to them rank wasps. Bees come some
way lower down the scale. Beetles
are hopelessly stupid, but even they
are not as bad as butterflies and
moths.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
The library of the late Rev. Char

The library of the late Rev. Charles
n. Sturgeon is to come to this country.
1t has been purchased for the Will
liam Jewell college of Liberty, Mo-, a
Baptist institution. The collection is
especially rich in literature relating to
the Puritans.