Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-08-16
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Soliloquy of the Gar: Would that
my generals had had half the desperate
7alor of my anarchists New York
World.
Perhaps the dog tag in a can of Chi
ago meat was placed there by a muck
:aker's press agent. = Philadelphia
ledger
Rhodes, Belt, Barnato A long life,
ike 4 good name, is rather 10 be chos-
IN than great riches-New York Com
nercial.
London makes unkind remarks about
he American invasion" but the mon
~ of the invaders looks good to it
Philadelphia Ledger.
Six hundred barrooms are now doing
business in San Francisco. Now you
know what the spirits of Frisco"
neans.-Buffalo News.
What a festive time we are going to
nave in this country when Princess
Alice receives returns of her royal Wis
is Philadelphia Record.
Here is the straw that breaks the
,amel's back. Cassie Chadwick is GO
ng to tell the story of her life-in book
.orm.-New York Herald
The Standard Oil Company is threat
aned with competition in Ohio. Like
wise with litigation. Also with a Big
Stick.-Philadelp Inquirer
If balloons increasingly block the up
per air, we soon shall see the gulls and
swallows fined for exceeding the aerial
speed limit-New York American.
1t looks as if most of the multi-bil
lionaires were disposed to go to Eu
rope and allow II. H. Rogers to bear
the brunt of the Washington
Star.
In addition to admitting him to the
Legion of Honor, it might be a good
idea for France to hand Major Dreyfus
a big, fat wad of back pay.-Washing
ton Post.
All that glitters is not gold, and our
consul general in Rio Janeiro warns
Americans that everything that spar
kles in Brazil is not a diamond-New
York Herald
If all the Literary candidates are
elected to Congress, it may be neces-
sary to issue a magazine section with
the Congressional Record before long
Washington Post
Mr.. Rockefeller says that he has to
look at balance sheet to find out how
rich he is. That is somewhat different
from counting the change in ones peck
et.-New York World.
Ex-Governor Stone of Pennsylvania
is quite right; politicians nowadays
don't like publicity, even in the form
doors.-New York Sun.
The Ohio judge who decides that a
woman's age is her own affair regard
less of lawsuit interrogations has the
courage of what should be any courts
discretion.-New York World.
City clergymen and city congrega-
tons are now taking a vacation and
many of the churches are closed Mean
time the devil, like the ice dealers, was
never so busy-Philadelphia Press.
A Kansas City iceman testifies that
he went into business with 5000 and
the following season made $4,000 Evil
IDENTIFY the Toledo fellows wanted to
beat this record.-Philadelphi Ledger
The Bill Posters National Association
has decided, in the interests of moral
ity, to refuse to post theatrical paper
containing pictures of Satan This
beats the devil, and no mistake.-Phil-
adelphia Press.
The steel trust was making only two
or three hundred dollars a ton on armor
place when the Midvale busybodies
butted in. What encouragement is that
for the widows and orphans ?-Philadel-
phia North American.
The meat trust chicken found in Chi
cago cold storage - years old is the
kind of spring chicken which led the
advocates of the beef trust in Congress
10 ODJeCI " requiring oates on meat
Press.
After number of rebaters and other
detiers Of the law of the land have stud
led matters in the enforced privacy of
prison walls, it is probable that break
ing laws will not be considered such
great fun as it has been IN the past
New York Tribune
A few more duels will probably mark
the end of the Dreyfus agitation, unless
some one can be found who can prove.
with the same convincing clearness
which convicted Dreyfus, that Major
Count EsterhaZy is an innocent victim
of cabal formed to destroy the honor
of France.-New York Tribune.
No other American woman married
abroad ever shared a political position
so conspicuous and so brilliant as that
of Lady Curzon, who died the other
day. And there have been few Amer
lean women whose fortunes have been
followed by their countrywomen with
such unf1agging interest-New York
World