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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Card Index Receinf

One of the national schools of domes-
tic arts and sciences is engaged in show
ing housekeeperS how a card index sys-
tenn can be used in the home. One of
the uses of the system is substituting
for the old scrap receipt book and the
big cook book itself a box of index
cards. One of the advantages of the
card receipts is claimed to be the ease
with which the housewife may replace
n torn receipt. 1t is bringing to the
kitchen and receipts the same system
the husband uses in his office to discov-
er his letters and filings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Wages and the Tariff,

In a speech In Congress the other
day Hon. John Sharp Williams review
ed the coming of immigrants to this
country, the swelling stream ever since
colonial days. He said they came to
better their condition that there was
falling off in panic years, but that
the rule was steady inflow. He gave
as one reason the higher wages paid
in this country, and said:
There never was a period from the
time the pilgrims landed on Plymouth
Rock up to the adoption of the Consti-
tuition Of the United States when wages
for the blacksmith, the carpenter, for
the skilled artisan and the unskilled
labor in the field, were not about dou-
bic what they were in Great Britain.
No tariff, high tariff, low tariff-all
sorts of tariff-it made no difference
what the tariff on our statute books
was, they came"
That is very reckless talk for a lead
er in Congress. Can Mr.. Williams ex-
plain why there was always a falling
or IN immigrant when free trade was
the rule in our country?
Without celebrating or going back
beyond the memories of middle-aged
men, it is enough to say that in 1898,
1894 and 1895 skilled laborers' wages
fell 40 per cent; common laborers
wages fell 30 per cent, and thousands
and tens Of thousands and hundreds of
thousands Of laborers, skilled and I'M
skilled, were unable to find employment
on any terms. This may not have ap-
piled to Mississippi, but it did apply to
the entire Northeast, North and West.
1t is just as plain that if the tariff
were struck down to-day a million of
skilled laborers would be without work
in a month, and in two months immi-
grafton would be cut down 60 per cent.
Salt Lake City Telegram.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Would Be UnpardonabIe.

Staggering as it is from the unwar-
ranted furore over the packing indus
try, for the cattle-growing business to
be further crippled through a reduc-
ton Of the tariff on hides would be I'M
pardonable 1t will at best be slow to
recover from the publicity that has
been given the one, and Congress owes
it all the counteracting encouragement
it can give. After all, it is on the pro-
Queer of live stock that the cost will
fall. Such to-day are feeling themselves
between the upper and neither grind
stones Of Congress and the packers
Denver Republican.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
WOmen and Chccl

Thousands of girls are sent out into
the world with what is called finished
educations, who cannot even give q
proper receipt for money, to say moth
ing of drawing promissory note. a
draft or a bill, or understanding the
significance and Importance Of business
contracts.
Such a woman presented a check for
payment to the paying teller of her
bank. He passed it back to her with
the request that she be kind enough to
indorse it. The lady wrote on the back
of the check, Il have done business
with this bank for many years and l
believe it to be all right. Mrs. James
b. Brown"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

speaking of. but she should have moth
ing in her life which Is Intentionally
hidden from him.
The only secrets which she may right
~ keep from him are other peoples,
but of these she should hear as few as
possible. Condolences thrust upon her
to respect. and she should be very care
full to whom she gives her word not to
repeat anything which may be told her.
1t is a safe plan when asked to keep a
secret to say: Don't tell me if you
would mind my telling my husband,
and II the friend who would contide in
her is man, she should do so as q
matter of duty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

are finished around the hand with the
insertion and rutt1e of lawn, and a rutfle
edges the rolling collar. If desired, the
tucks in front Of the jacket can be ex-
tended TO the waistline and soft ribbon
be used for the belt and tied in bow
IN the front. The dressing sacque has
become an important factor in a wom-
ans wardrobe to-day, but it is a gar
ment so easily made by the amateur
and so satisfactory, even in the least
costly materials, that no woman need
want for a goodly supply.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Cramps TO Build BattIeships.

Secretary Bonaparte has awarded to
William Cramp & Son of Philadelphia
the contract to build the 16,000-ton pat
tleship South Carolina, and the cou;ract
for the Michigan, which must be COM
pleted in forty months, he has given to
the New York Shipbuilding Company OF
Camden, n. J. These contractors were
the lowest bidders, and will receive re-
spectively, S3,540,0OO and s3,5S5,OOO. The
construction of these two fighters on the
Delaware river will give steady employ
ment to 5000 men for three years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
To Make Toilet Soap

To make toilet soap, dissolve one
box of concentrated I've in half a gallon
of rain water. Melt five pounds of
clean lard or tallow. When about milk
warm pour your cold I've in very slowly
and stir it rapidly, says Woman's Life
Add one ounce of oil of sassafras or anv
other perfume you fancy. Pour info
box foot square, cover air tight.
and let it remain three or four DAYS.
then cut into cakes and it is ready for
use as toilet soap.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
..B8ae

ribbon. The consequence is, in the case
of girl with a small head, you can't
see any hair at all and the bows might
as well be ribbon cap. Another eau
zion, if a girl wears these big bows let
her be sure that the ribbon is fresh and
crisp. Nothing looks more hOpelessly
dowdy than a soiled or crumpled rib
bon. Very particular girls press out
their hair ribbons each time after wear
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

1099-Hingdom of Jerusalem formed:
Godfrey de Bouillion king.
1205-Fall of Constantinople to the Ven
etial crusaders.
1333333-Edward III. defeated the Scots at
battle of Hallidon Hill.
1553-Lady Jane Grey's nine days usur-
patton ended.
15G7-Mary. Queen of Scots. resigned her
crown to her son. James vi.
1629-Quebec capitulated to the English;
$50 years before its final conquest by
Wolfe.
1636-John Oldham killed by Indians al
Block Island.
1G15-Narragansett Indians defeated by
the Colonists.
1I0EGibraltar taken by the Dutch.
1T34-Surrender of Phillipsburg to the
French.
1,59-English defeated French and In
dams at battle of Niagara.
1769-British sloop Liberty scuttled and
sunk by the people of Newport
17T9-American force defeated British
L
179EVicomte Alex de Beauharnais, first
husband of Empress Josephine, gull
lotined.
1197-Gattle of the Pyramids in Egypt,
1S03-Arthur Wolfe, Lord Kolwarden,
murdered by the populace of Dublin.
1S06-Fortress of Gaeta surrendered to
France
1S12-United States brig Nautilus cap.
tured by squadron of British fri
gates.
1S1-Inquisition re-established in Spain.
Gen. Scott victorious at the bat.
tie of Lundy's Lane.
1S21-George ". crowned King of Eng
land.
1S31-Leopold, King of Belgium, entered
Brussels and took oath of constitu
ton.
1S40-Great fire in New York City, 500
buildings destroyed.
1S42-Bunker Hill monument completed
1S47-Brigham Young arrived at Salt
Lake City, Utah.
1S51-Mrs. Amelia Bloomer first wors
bloomer costume at ball in Lowell,
Mass.
road, from Portland to Montreal,
opened.
1S61-Confederate capital changed to
Richmond, Va.
1S62-Siege of Vicksburg abandoned by
Farragut.
1S64-President Lincoln called for $780,
600 volunteers.
1S66-Rustrians defeated Italians at
Lissf..
1S70-M. Provost Paradol, French min
lister at Washington, committed sui
eide. :. Napoleon III. declared war
on Prussia.
1S72-Ballot act passed by English
Parliament.
1S74-Charges of Theodore Titon
against Henry Ward Beecher made
public.
1SS1-Sitting Bull, famous Indian chief,
surrendered at Fort Buford.
1SS3-Capt. Webb, noted English swim
mer, drowned while attempting to
swim Niagara rapids.
lCCO-oIeNe bEOulc Sdlu 10 nave jumped
from Brooklyn bridge into East
river.
1SS9-Kate Maxwell, notorious cattle
queen, lynched by cowboys in Wyom-
ing.
1S92-hcnry G. Prick Of Carnegie Steel
Company assaulted by Anarchist
Berkman.
1S93-Boycotting decided to be legal by
Supreme Court of Minnesota.
1So4-Japanese cruiser sank Chinese
transport Kon-Shing; 1850 lives
lost.
1S97-Dingley tariff law went into effect.
1S9S-President Mckinley issued procla-
nation regarding government of San
tiago.
1S99-Secretary of War Alger resigned.
10O2-Sinking of Elbe river steamer
Primus at Hamburg; 100 persons
drowned.
1903-Great building trade strike in New
York City ended.
190-Japanese victorious over the Rus
SLAMS at Molten Pass.
1905-Explosion on n. S. S. Bennington
in San Diego harbor; twenty-eight
men killed. +. {. Chinese declared boy
colt against American goods
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Way to Ship Live Fish.

Fish, alive and kicking, may now be
received at any distance from the waters
in which they are captured, says the Lit
erary Digest, thanks to a German SCENT
list, DR.. Eugene Erlwein Of Berlin. In
his laboratory a method has been found
to keep live fish indefinitely in cases lined
with a thick layer of damp cloth and
supplied with a current of pure oxygen.
DIR. Erlwein has now patented special
fish car for use on railroads employing
this principle, but with slight variation.
The fish are kept in a little water, into
which pure oxygen is constantly injected.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
should wives Have Secrets

As husband and wife are one, they
should have no secrets one from anoth-
eer. \ life can never rightly and safe
Iy do anything which she would not
like her husband to know. She may
forget to tell him thing, or it may
seem to her too trivial to be worth
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
If They Wait Long Enough.

German manufacturers have been
warned that they must prepare for a
tariff war with the United States. II
our German friends will postpone that
war until after the next presidential
election maybe it can be averted alto
gether, as tariff for revenue only
should obviate any friction now threat
ened.-Knoxyille (Tenn.) Sentinel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

Fine figured lawn, batiste and silk
are used for the fashioning of the COM
Portable matinees SO necessary at this
season, when little jackets and sacques
take the place of the lounging robes
which are worn during the winter
months. White lawn is used in max
Ing the sacque illustrated. The front
is tucked to yoke depth and hangs
straight to five inches below the waist
line, being finished with eyelet inser-
tion and a wide gathered ruffle of the
lawn. The back is tucked and finished
with a belt which runs only to the under
arm seams. The full, flowing sleeves
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Cand1esticks.

Do not stand the candlestfcks on the
stove to melt the grease off, as peonIa
so often do, for an easier and bettar
plan is to fill them with boiling wafer
Don't allow it TO stand any time. but
pour it off and rub the candlestick we'll
with a dry cloth. Enameled candle
sticks, as well as those of plain metal
should be treated thus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Hair Ribba. Et;ou.x,o

The tendency to overdo a fashion was
never better exemplified than in the
way girls are OVERRIDING the wearing of
ribbon bows on their hair When the
large bows of bright ribbon first ap-
reared the effect was pretty, especially
on very young girls. Soon, however,
the bow grew to two, and now to three;
with no diminutlon in the width of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
How to shirr by Machine.

With shirring occupying so important
a position as it does at present on
dresses and blouses and clothes of ev.
cry description, a way to do it by ma
chine is worth knowing. OF course it
Will never take the place of hand work
nothing could. But at least It is a
fairly good substitute for many things
Guides (and so many Of them require
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

why United States IS are at premium
Is that they can be used as q basis for
bank circulation. Private investors,
however, seem to have bought much of
the Panama bonds.-St Louis Globe
Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Chicago 81" Roads to Merge

1t has been decided to form a holding
company to take over all four of the ele-
waited railroads of Chicago. 1t will as
sumo all of the bonds of the present com
papies without change of form.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Ardent Suit

Ardent Suitor-You say that you are
good friend of mine, and yet you re-
fuse TO let ne marry your daughter.
Fond Father-That's right: know the
lady who would be your mother-in-law
better than you.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Trimming Is Attractive

A charming form of trimming, and
one which should appeal to the eco
nomically minded woman, is the piping
with bands of satin or velvet. This
form of decoration costs much more
in time and skill than it does in money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

No one can doubt that the business
of the country is today on better
moral basis than it was before the ex-
posure of the misconduct Of the life
insurance, observes the Louisville
Post. Light Is the great enemy Of
corrunrinn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

Over 100000 leeches were used an
nually twenty-five years ago, but now
not 1 100000 a year are used
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

Stamps have been designed and
printed in Greece to commemorate The
Olympic games of 1906.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02
Americas GiIt-Edged Credit.

The bids for the S3O,OOO,OOO of Pan
ANA canal bonds which have just been
opened in Washington show a striking
advance in the United States Govern
ment's credit within the recollection
Of millions of Americans who are not
yet old What strength, what re-
sources, what vitality, what energy"
exclaimed the London Times, there
must be in a nation that is able to ruin
itself on a scale so transcendenI and
magnificent" That was in the early
months of the rebellion, when the Uni
ted States was borrowing money. or
attempting to borrow it. at rates of
interest far above those paid by any
OF the other great nations of the world.
For the S30,0O0.000 of ? per cent
bonds for the construction of the Pan
anna canal the Government has just re-
ceived bids which averaged 1887 for
each $3.50. And even at this figure the
amounts of money offered to the Gov
eminent were several times the face
value Of the bonds. In the neighbor-
hood of So, 100000 will be realized by
the government on this loan. The in
terest which will accrue to the sue
cessful bidders win be around 121.
Moreover, the bidders knew that be-
fore the construction work progresses
far there will be further issues Of
canal bonds. The aggregate cost of the
waterway can not be estimated with
any show Of confidence at this time,
but it will undoubtedly run into the
hundreds of millions of dollars What
would President Buchanan, who got
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

One man in six in the Americar 1avy
is a total abStainer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

cratic tariff legislation ON free trade
lines was probably greater than that
sum.
1t would seem that common sense
might have discovered the effects of
the blunder, and that common tact
might have prevented its recurrence.
Nothing of the kind. The Bourbon fight
against the accepted policy of the
American people goes on forever. The
party has learned nothing, forgetting
nothing For example, we find the ever
lasting dull, dense hatred of an estab-
lished system cropping out in the speech
of one of the leading orators in the last
Fourth of July celebration Of the Tam
many Society of New York. On that
occasion Bourke Cochran declared:
"As only a small percentage of our
people are employed In so-called pro-
tected industries which receive the ben
efts of the system, the great burden
fails upon the balance who, are en-
ployed in unprotected industries, but
receive none of the benefit of the sys-
tenn. So large class is taxed for the
advantage of a small class, and there
fore the equality Of burdens which JEFF
ferson planned for is defeated by the
INEQUALITIES which Roosevelt stands
for"
And Congressman Henry of Texas
followed with this jubilant prediction:
when we meet Tammany in the
next National Convention Texas will be
there holding up the banner Of the
greatest Democrat who has lived since
Jefferson-Wilham J. Bryan"
What an appeal is here made for the
confidence of the business interests, the
industrial producers and the wage
earners of the country. One demagogue
shouting the shallow lie, disproyed by
the facts of the greatest prosperity ever
witnessed or imagined, that the bene-
fits of protection are for the favored
few, while its injuries are visited upon
the general mass; and another dema-
gogue giving assurance that Texas and
Tammany will be found shoulder to
shoulder in the upbearing of the stand
ard Of Free Trader Bryan. That is the
combination that is expected to capture
the Presidential prize of 190S-Texas
and Tammany, Bryan and free trade.
John Sharp Williams may we'll plead
for common sense and common tact
There is need for them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

The east wall of the Butte hotel coli
lapsed, toppling over on the Southern ho-
tel, causing its wall to collapse. The
loss is 100000. All guests escaped.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

make 1T very simple, and let good feel
ing largely take the place of money in
the ordering of our hospitality
man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

Only 240 newspapers are printed in
the whole continent of Africa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-02

A committee Of the Chicago school
board has recommended that a central
commitee Of teachers pass on all books
now in use or hereafter adopted by the
public schools. This teachers committee
would be elected by delegate convention
selected at a sort of general election, and
it means virtually turning the control of
the public schools over to the teachers
fedora ton
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-12
Strict Army (
Orders on Food
Victorious Japanese Know the Secret
Of strength and Health.

victorious Japanese hnoW tne seCEcA
Of strength and Health.
In the Japanese army during the late
war with Russia, strict regulations were
enforced to promote health among the sold
iers. These regulations covered every
phase of hygenic living. They were espec-
tally strict in regard to food ~
THE origin of strength in the human
body is good food" said these instructions
to the conquering Japanese army. And
this is just as true in America as Il IS
Japan. THE origin of strength in tbs
human body is good food
In this country we have the ideal good
food. 1t is the food which gives TO the
body and brain perfect strength and pei
feet health. We refer TO Malta-Nita, 50
often called THE Perfect Food because
1t contains every food element the body
needs. and in the exact proportions which
science has shown are necessary to health
and strength.
Malta-Vita is the whole of the best
white wheat grown, mixed with finest
barley malt extract. This Is the reason
IL is 40 rich in Vitalizing, refreshing, mus
The wheat, after being thoroughly cleaned,
is cooked and steamed until the starch
cells break down. 1t is then mixed with
the malt extract and rolled out into wafer
like flakes, every grain Of wheat fake.
The malt extract. an active digestive agent,
converts the gelatiniZed starch Of the
wheat into maltese, or malt sugar. MALI
sugar is very nutricious and is easily
digested even by the weakest stomach.
MaIta-Vits is baked in great ovens hhtil
Il Is crisp and brown, ready to eat. THAT
is how II comes TO you-the most strengths
eniug. most delicious and cleanest food in
the world. All grOcers sell Malta-Nita.
Now 10 cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-12
RUSSIAN WOMEN RUSH TO WED
Soldiers Returned from the Orient
Find wives Married to
s-oOther Men.

ST. PETERSBURG, April 11.--Curious
domestic 'eomplieats5Ns have arisen out Of
the return of Russ:an soldiers who, while
prisoners, were reported dead. Many OF
them have found sheir wives again welded,
and one instance has come to light where
woman who supposed herself a widow
now is legally the wife OF two men. The
temperance of husband No / found her
the mother OF q child by husband No @
The first husband was willing to relinqush
his claim to his successor for S25, but the
latter did not have the money and the
matter was referred to the village priest
Finally it was arranged that the wife
should return to her first love, but that
the baby being born in wedIock with hus-
band No. should be cared for by the latter
and bear his name
Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-12

daintiness and art put into stocking max
ing. OF course other seasons have de-
veloped their elegant extravagances, but
this season almost all stockings are pretty
Pure thread silk hose, in plain shades of
gray, pink. blue and white, at $3.50 pair
Black gauze silk hose. at $50 and SIS
per pair.
Embroidered thread silk hose, in most
fetching designs from $3.50 to $500 a pair.
I4isle thread hose, neatly embroidered, in
dainty figures from 35c to $500 a pair.
Out size hose, in Isle, hand embroidered,
at SOC, S5c and Sl25 per pair.
Out size black silk hose. at 81 and $500
pair.
Misses black silk hose, sl.W a pair
Infants silk hose, in black and colors,
SOC pair.
Infants silk socks, in open work, all
colors, Soc pair.