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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
DANGEROUS FAKES
Tricks to Introduce Alum Bakina
Powders Which Should be Ex'
nnaod

There has recently been attempted
at some Of our grocery stores, and also
at dwelling houses, by agents who are
trying to sell alum baking powders,
what the exhibitors call a baking
powder test. They pretend to SHOW
by some boiling test that pure cream
Of tartar baking powders contain
something which every woman of in
telligence knows they do not.
It does not need a chemist TO expose
this trick. Cream of tartar, which is
the chief constituent of the best and
most wholesome baking powder. is
originally clear, white crystal. This
is ground into fine. creamy -four, in
which form, mixed with baking soda,
it is present in the baking powder.
Cream OF tartar, when mixed with
water and lboiled, simply returns to
its crystalline form, and that is all
there is to the so-called test.
The matter Of special interest to the
rublic is to know what these people
offer in place Of cream of tartar
powders Of well-known purity and es-
tabllshed reputation against which
these ISLANDERS are directed. They are
offering baking powder which official
analyses have repeatedly shown is
made from alum, drug so we'll recog-
Eized by physicians and scientists as
injurious to health that in many
countries its use in bread is entirely
prohibited! So cheap and inferior are
the ingredients of this powder that it
costs to make less than three cents
pound. No pIrdent housewife will
knowingly put such stuffs as this into
her food.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
FROM CANADIAN
NORTH WEST

MOUNTAIN VIEW, ALTA, CANADA,
! thought few words from the
wild and woody west would not come
amiss In your valuable paper. 1t is
now ten years since / left dear old
Wisconsin, to take up my abode out
here In the shadow of the Rocky
Mountains. The scenery is grand
with those white-capped mountains to
be seen the year around. There is the
Big Chief which is partly in the
United States and which we can see
from here, 1t being only six miles to
he-international boundry line.
Our ranch is on the bank of a
pretty river which twists and turns
many times among it's steep banks,
and whose water is always icy cold,
coming as 1t does from the snowy
mountains. We often come across an
old buffalo trail and find here and
there an old horn, but in their stead
now one sees horses and cattle grazing
On the many hills, with cowboy or
two boarding them. We haYe cow
boy Of our ewn, aged seven years, who
can rope calf and brand it, or head
a cow, as good and quick as the next
one. I will send a photograph of him
later on.
This portion of the country is boom
ing now with its mines, oil wells.
railroads, meat packing houses, and
irrigation bitches. New settlers are
crowding in every day from all over
the globe and soon we will hear the
whistle Of the engine, the hum of the
mills, and when the sky scrapers begin
to 60 up, then will be the end of the
cowman. Must close now and start a
fund for our poor neighbors the
Japanese.
Yours Very Sincerely
MAGGIE BIRINGER, West.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

In this connection it would not be
amiSs to state that Mr.. and Mrs. t. E.
Nash received telegram from their
son Roy, who was in San Francisco at
the time of the earthquake. Mr.. and
Mrs. Nash suffered very much as re-.
suit of the uncertainty regarding their
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Later,

best of seperators actually free
OF cost" is what the buyer gets
where he selects a DeLoval ma
chine let us make you a present.
Johnson & Hill Co.,
Hdw. Dep.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
Lost.

"A black fur lost last week Wednes-
day between the Congregational
church and Theron Lyons residence
Finder will be suitably rewarded by
returning same to Mrs. Geo. r.
Gardner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

son. and it was not until Sunday after
noon that relief came to them by the
receipt of telegram which had been
sent Immediately after the sad oc-
curance but delayed in the trans
mission.
There are number Of other people
in this city who are in like suspense
regarding friends and relatives who
were known to have been in the i'm
mediate locality of the catastrophy,
Many will be compelled to wait some
time for word from these friends.
while Others are looking momentarily
for tidings.
In another column of this weeks
REPORTER is a letter written from
the Golden Gate, by Mr.. Rumsey, who
is very well known by the younger
people of this city. The letter was
written only a lew days before the
and tne many friends of
this young man who is in the employ
of the United States government
electrical engineering corps, will
await his next letter to the Re-
PORTER with a good deal of i'm
patience.
Later.
Word has been received in this CITY
from Herman Hoeil. formerlv em-
ployed IN this city and later at Marsh
held, and who was in San Francisco
when the earthquake occurred, stat
ing that he and Walter RumSey were
unhurt. The many friends of both
these young men will rejoice to hear
this welcomed news.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
SCHOOL BOARD
THANKS F. J. WOOD

At the last regular meeting of the
board of education it was moved and
unanimously carried that the board Of
education extend vote Of thanks to
f. J. Wood for his gift Of gymnasium
apparatus.
The gymnasium apparatus con
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

Painting and finishing done in first
class style. Call on Will Suhr,at the
Dixon House. If
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26

DR. D. A. Teller, dentist, Office owe
Wood County National bank. Tele
phOneNO. go. residence No. 130.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-04-26
MEN TO PATRONIZE

r.Chas. Pomainville, Dentist, Office
In Pomainville block, West side.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
NOT ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL.
Models for Artists Are in Many
Cases Quite Plain of
Feature.

"One of the most preposterous ideas
in existence is that regarding the pay
of models and their physical attrac
tiveness,' Mr.. Robert Bringhurst says
I'm this country a majority of the
models are employed in art schools
or by instructors of classes in paint.
ing, drawing or modelling, and for
purposes of instruction any figure is
good enough.
"A budding artist can learn to draw
and paint, study anatomy and proper.
ton. just as well from homely
model as from one that Is surprising
ly beautiful There is no need of
the latter at ALL If one presents her
self, all well and good, but as the
schools and instructors are entirely
independent in their needs she must
be content with the same pay that
rules for all in this class, which is
generally not more than a dollar for
three-hopr posing seance. AS the
work is, after all, only unskilled labor.
it is an exceptionally good rate Of pay
at that. What obtains here also OBJ
tdiuo IuI AHpAG IMAM man lHo AhONSA
work abroad, yet the average person
always conjures up a dream of lowell.
ness when an artists model is men,
toned and associates the work with
remuneration of a dollar or more an
hour.
"of course, where an artist requires
particular kind of model. no matter
what the especial requirement may be,
the law of supply and demand steps
in and regulates pay, for one thing, in
accordance with its memorable man.
dates. II the supply Of that sort Of
model is short the price runs high.
have heard of models who received
several dollars an hour. But there are
too many satisfactory individuals will
ing to pose for whatever they can get
to make such a condition any other
than most exceptional"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
VISION KEY TORCHES
CURTAIN BRACKET THE RESULT
OF A DREAM.
Pennsylvania Woman Sees Household
Device While Asleep, and idea
Has Been Successfully Car
ried Out.

Wilkesbarre, PA midsummer
nights dream, over four years ago, fur
nished Mrs. Kate M. Dymond, of Moo
sic with the inspiration which later
enabled her to perfect a curtain
bracket. Recently she received com
pIete patents for the device. and it
promises to become one of the most
valuable curtain attachments now
known to the public.
Mrs. Dymond makes no pretense at
being q mechanic, though her skill
along such lines is everywhere recog-
nized by her acquaintance. She is
the wife of former merchant Of Moo
sic and neat housekeeper. The me-
cessity of something to properly Sc
cure a curtain led her to think about
it just as she was going to sleep, and
the dream later gave her the idea.
The scene was in the front room
downstairs She was putting up
shades and curtains. In hanging them
she noticed that the small metal brack-
cts that are tackled one on each side
of the windows were different than
the ordinary ones, in that they extend
ed out about two inches further, with
a hole in the ends A three-eighth-
inch brass rod ran across and the cur
tains hung gracefully from it. The
shade was held by the same bracket.
That was the dream.
When she awoke in the morning the
dream was the first thought which
came TO her mind She did not say
anything to her husband but when
he had gone to look after some busi-
ness she took a pencil and paper and
drew on 1t the best she knew how de-
sign of the bracket that she saw in the
dream. Then from pile of rubbish
in the backyard she took piece of old
stoyepipe. With an old pair of scis-
sors. she finally managed to cut a
bracket like the pattern she made
from the paper. By the time her hus-
band came home she had the model
complete.
After thinking it over for couple Of
weeks they decided to apply for pat
ent. The patent was finally granted.
A thousand pairs of the brackets were
manufactured for distribution, but they
did not exactly suit, and nothing fur
ther was done with them until recent
| ly. Meanwhile Mrs. Dymond has had
a number OF offers from various cor
porations who wanted to buy the pat
ent rights outright One firm offered
her $4,000. The erection of plant
in the borough of Moosic was then
contemplated, but the capital required
was little more than the Dymonds
could afford, and 1t was decided to have
the brackets manufactured and placed
| on the market at a royalty
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
LAND DEALS IN THE AIR
Several Limestone Tracts May
Change Hands This Week.
LOCAL OWNERS WILL NOT TALK
Refuse to Say Anything For Pub
lication Of Details Something Big
Soon Expected.

A we'll known gentleman OF this
city, who is largely interested in
limestone land, Monday made the pre-.
diction that there would be "some-
thing doing in this section within the
next few days, and intimated that a
big deal is now pending. In fact there
are several big deals pending, but
those interested will give out little
for publication. One or two deals
have failed Of consumation in the past
because OF premature statements, and
this has served to make the holders of
land very reticent and wary.
IL is known that representatives of
CART lists have been very active in
this section for several weeks past,
and that at least two big deals have
been pending, involving something
like $3.50, 600, but the owners of the
property refuse to say just what stage
the matter has reached, or whether
there is likely to be a consnmatinn of
the deals in short time.
SeveralEoptions on valuable tracts
have been fled at tile court house, but
these have several weeks yet to run,
and nothing definite will be known
until the expiration of the time for
which the options have been taken.
For the most part, these opions are on
the smaller tracts, although there is
one.held on the Rutherford tract by
the Newton oheu Co., of New York,
for $50, 0O0 1t is predicted that this
deal will be made and that big
quarry will be developed there Within
the next few months. It is claimed
that all arrangements have been made
with the Baltimore q Ohio for
switch to this tract, aud that the work
of building will be started in shot
time
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
GROCER WATSON ASSIGNS.
Closed His Business For Benefit
of Creditors Monday.
FAILURE A GREAT SURPRISE


Mr.. a. s. Watson, who for the
vmst four years has conducted gro
sasswy establishment in the Felker bull
ding on West King st Monday morn
ing made an assignment for the bene-
TIT OF mis- creditors, naming Justice ..
=. FeIker as trustee and placing him
I'm charge of the bushes pending a
settlement of the affairs
TIE failure Of Mr.. Watson came as a
great surprise TO his friends and pat
Srsne aud occssioned no slight degree
s1f comment and interest in down town
s1ircies. A great deal OF sympathy is
expressed for him, as he has the repu-
cation OF being reliable and prompt 10
cuisines matters. 1t is said the assign
sueut was due to one creditor, to
whom he owed about $400, and who
refused to graft ANY further extension
of time.
Speaking of the failure. Justice
Eeiker, who was made trustee, says
that all creditors will be paid in full.
Aad that there will be balance on
tasnd when the final settlements are
z1sde. He says that Mr.. Watson q
disabilities are less than 81 ,0G0, and
zshat tho assets will amount to twice
szhas amount. The stock on hand is
said to be worth about $l.l00, while
eiss accoants of the firm will realize
snenrav that much.
Mr. Watson has been doing business
tzsr .ssozt four years. and had built up
= good trade. Slow collections are
;xsrea as the cause of the failure,
asa pied with the refusal Of creditors
RIO r rant further time on accounts
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
Verv truly yours,
Iacnh IL Gnhifr
PUBLIC SALES.
Advertise Them In the Newspapers
That Reach the People.

The season for sales of personal
property is approaching. This Office
is better than ever before equipped
for the printing of plain or illustrated
sale bills. The sizes and designs are
no, approached by any other estab-
lishment in the county.
For those who wish to advertise
their sales, 1.-THE Evening World g
offers superior inducements. All who
bring their personal property adver-
tisements to this Office will haYe the
advantage of a service at satisfac-
tory rate in the daily and weekly
editions. These afford combined sub
cription lists of over 2. 800, and readers
to the number of 10 900. Our rural
route ami county patrons are the most
substantial citizens and best bidders.
1t will be to your advantage to call
at this Office before placing your or
ders.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
WRITES ABOUT WHISKY
~.ERHmEft, THINKS ASSESS MENT ~
ENTIRELY TOO Low
says lie IL Taxed Full Value For Fai m
effects -Blames Prosecutor o d


Martinsbnrg. Jan. 20.
fSdlrcr OF The Evening World:
Dear Sir-With muca interest have
~ lead what Taxpayer saws in your
valuable journai en- the So ject Of
tsxing the whisky in the Hannis dis.
fa5iiery, and am surprised at his state
! Ugnt that such valuable whisky should
We fa@ldiin such low esteem nv the as
SCISSOR OF the the first district. If the
Assess nent rs as stated $40, 600. for
whisky in 10000 barrels. then deduct
ing $50, coo for the barrels. loaves only
Sd .p00for $50, 600 gallons of whisky,
or only l5la cents per gallon
ASA farmer am taxed for my horses,
crops, k1Ogs, farm implements etc
m nch nearer the full value than this,
and / am of the opinion that Tax
PAYERS contention is right. and the
{. sssessor and prosecuting attorney are
both at fault The president of the
Cenrv court could not be expected to
CELL all he knew ii it was to the dis.
advantage of employers, for the Bible
AeAls us, You cannot serve two mas.
Sers7 that is, Won cannot do fairly for
both masters, and as the salary a. sap.
Grlutendent Of the distiliery is much
more than he gets from the county. he
Should resign as president aud have a
man free from such embarassments ill
she position.
trust l shall hear more on this very
interesting subject
Very truly YOURS,
Farmer.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
ECLIPSE IN EARLY MORNING.
Look For 1t In Early Hours OF
Friday, February 8.

In the early morning of February 8
a total eclipse of the moon will occnr
which will be visible throughout The
whole United States. The moon will
enter the earth's shadow and the
eclipse will begin at three minutes be-
fore a. m, eastern standard time.
The eclipse will become total at two
minutes before 3 and remain total for
hour and So minutes. at the end of
which time the moon will begin to
emerge from the shadow. the eclipse
ending at 81 minutes past 4. At IL :57
a. m. the eclipse will begin. AT | ;58
the moon will be- completely in the
shadow. At any intermediate time
the moon will be partly within the
shadow and partly outside of it Tie
moon at :36 a. m. will being to
emerge, snding the eclipse at ;36 a. m,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
after Another Missing Link.

Scientists are again on the trail Of
me missing link" Two years ago
certain marks were found on a block
Df sandstone near Warrnambool, in
Australia, which were thought to be
Tre imprints of the footsteps of pre-
historic man. At the time this idea
was ridiculed, but plaster cast was
sent TO Germany, and the inevitable
German sayant went out to investigate
tine matter. He now reports that in
his opinion, they were genuine human
Aznprints, and this, taken in conjunc-
kisn with the extraordinary human
skulls to be seen in the Warrnambool
g@aSuem, is supposed to show that a
1ink between humanity and the ape has
hseen discovered.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
COKE" flENDS NUMEROUS.
MANY mEs AND WOMEN HERE
usE THE DRUG.
Physicians say ITS Use Has Grown TO
Alarming Proportions-some
of ITS Deadly Effects.

Martinsburg physicians and Others
ia position to know say that the use
OF cocaine among the colored people
Of this city has reached decidedly
alarming proportions, and that unless
some stringent measure is soon adopt
ed to check it's deadly effects, there
will be a noticeable increase in the
death rate as well as the criminal
tendencies among all who use 1t. 1t
is claimed that q certain class of
white people are also addicted to the
use of the drug, and that IN many
cases the people who figure in police,
justice and Circuit court criminal
cases are among the victims o'"coke. I"
One physician declared that this
drug is about ten times more harmful
n It's effects than whisky, and that it
secures more thorough control over
its victims than the product of the
still. Its effect is very insidious and
baleful. and in time renders the user
mentally weak and irresponsible and
underinines the health. Among the
victims here are mentioned a num-
Der of colored men who have had
good opportunities to get ahead in
the world and accumulate money, but
who sank to the grade of the lowest
drunkard through the use of cooke. =
The fact that it is much cheaper than
whiskey and more powerful in it's eff
fects makes it peculiarly attractive to
colored people and q certain class of
whites. and almost any day the users
can be seen on The streets, exhibiting
in their appearance all the we'll
known symptoms of its influence.
1t is said that the deadly stuff is
sold openly in several of the drug
stores here. and that it is used as a
snuff, making the victim, as one ex-
pressed it, feel ust like they owned
the town. Used in connection
with whisky it is calculated
to render the victim a dangerous
character, susceptible to the most un-
governable fits of passion. At least
the victims here are women
1t is understood that ore or two
mem bers of the CITY council will make
an investigation OF the use and sale
heIe in order to determine whether it
would be expedient TO introduce some
measure in the council TO restrict it's
sale.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-02-03
NEW PUBLIC PRINTER.
Ar ga YEARS ING aEAos BIGGEST
PRrNT sHoP IN THE WORLD.
His omce Pays Ont Annually over -Four
and "A HALF million Dollars IA wagea-
one ofths Presidents Youngest

and a Half million Dollars in waRea-
one ofthe Presidents Youngest
At the head Of the biggest printing
Office in the world at the age OF IA.
That is the position in which Charles
A. Stil.ings finds himself today. When
the Hon. Feank w. Palmer resigned
from the Office Of public printer last
summer, President Roosevelt found
himself facing the necessity Of making
one OF the most important appoint
ments that had ever fallen to his lot
to consider. The printing required
for the United States government IS so
voIumlnous aud OF such diversified de-
tail that it is necessary to operate the
enormous plant in which the printing
is produced, In the most perfect way.
At the head OF this great printery the
presid ent knew he must place a man
who would be manly among men,
strong OF character, quick Of decision
and with through grasp of every
detail of the printing business III
everyone of its many branches. Many
men backed by strong political infiu-
ence were presented to the president
for his consideration in making the
appointment, but none seemed to be
possessed OF all the necessary qualifi-
cations, until his attention was di-
recttd to u progressive young man
whose knowledge of the printing
business covered the entire field and
who had had practical experience In
Boston, Philadelphia and Washing
ton---Charles A. Stillings. And
SO, after through examination
into Mr.. Stillings' commercial career.
the president, finding that Mr.. Still
lings' ability was just what he had
been looking tor, appointed him as
printing tice. The senate prom ,tly
confirmed The presidents appoint
ment and so Mr.. Stillings has become
the active head of the establishment.
A brief idea of the volume OF bust.
ness conducted by the Government
Printing Office may be obtained from
the following figures. Last year they
paid in wages to it's various employees
the sum of $46l6, 7S1.70 and nearly
three millions more were spent for
various supplies, including paper,
new machinery and maintenance OF
the plant.
In allof Mr.. Stiilings' transactions
he has shown an unusual aptitude for
organization, and. possessing al
marked degree of personal magnetism
has drawn into close friendship with
himself many men of dignity and posi-
ton. MIR. Sullings is IL Mason, hav-
ing attained the honors of the thirty
secohd degree of the Scottish Rite,
and is also Mystic Shriner.