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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22

And that night Sandy sat down and
told Jim what to write to the girl in
New Jersey, At first he acted like a
stubborn broncho, but at last he did as
Sandy told him wrote to her that per-
haps she was right-he had spent
about dollar in postage stamps before
this, asking her to take back what she
wrote. but it didn't bulge her
This time he said that he too, had
been thinking things over. He knew
she was beautiful and stylish and all
that, and that like the other DOOR dey-
il, he, too, might look like a back num-
Der among her swell Eastern friends If
he came back. Then, also, she might
not fit into the life here-he had often
tried to imagine how she would look
dressed in some of those Oriental look
ing blankets, but couldn't for the Life
of him see how she would look There
4 fore. goodbye, forever, and he would
| inclose photograph as a. parting gift
Well. we waited with anxious hearts.
And in double-quicb time came a letter
for Jim with special delivery stamp
oil it-a letter that looked as if III
might weigh Il pound; but after read
ing it, Jim acted as if he didn't weigh
a@ ounce. He acted as crazy as a
chained coyote. That picture had
Brought the girl to terms.
She wrote that she felt that fate had
intended her for the grand, glorious
life of the great horizon reaching
plains and the heaven-kissing, noun
tains," and a lot more rubbish like that
You see, she was only IS years Old.
and had never been out of New Jer-
sey. But, just the same, she made Jim
Il fine Wife when she came west two
/ years after. And the foolish notions
have long since gone out of her head
But, maybe, after all, she had some
right on her Nside. Of course. clothes
don't make the man, but I've, some
times thought that they come so mighty
near il that it's no joking natter
Browning's Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22

racing-over to Peterson's corner.
where the squaw sat all day long max
ing Indian baskets. Back he came with
the poor old thing all dressed up in her
fancy blankets, and behind them came
the chap with the weak lungs who lived
at the hotel and didn't do anything but
take the air and snapshots with his
camera, which seemed as much a part
of him as his lisp.
SanGy went into the cabin and came
out With Jim all rugged out in Dick s
clothes, which fitted him to perfection,
and up he got on Dicks horse. And
you should have seen Sandy He acted
for all the world like a professional
photographer-mad Jim strike a pose
that was simply great, and then got
the old squaw off in the distance, but
not so far away that she didn't make a
part of the picture.
| She looked at that distance, with her
| blankets artistically draped around her
and her face out of sight, like some
sweet, slender maiden gathering flow
ers, which goes to show that photo
graph can lie to beat the band some
times. Sandy got them just as he
wanted them, and then shouted to the
youth to let her go." and he did.
And the next day he came over with
picture that was enough to make any
living man vain if he recognized it as
a likeness of himself. There sat Jim
as straight and proud asf chief il
4 fireman's parade, and nd hin
stood the slender mafd atherin.
flowers, or rather that way shl
looked in the picture.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22
Told in a Few Lines

Thomas ". Dealey, one of the proprie
tors of the Dallas News, died in Dallas
Texas.
Mexican authorities are considering a
plan of building model tenements in Mex
leo City to house the poor and reduce the
death rate.
Foreign commerce of the United States
during the first seven months of the
fiscal year 1906 was S1,752, 921. $50. ac-
cording to a Department of Commerce
and Labor bulletin.
Presidents of small colleges, in confer
ence at Colorado Springs, Colo, denounc-
ed the action of Minnesota, Iowa, South
Dakota and New York Legislatures in
passing discriminatory laws.
The Campbell-Bannerman ministry of
Great Britain won its first victory by de
feating the Sanderson amendment. re-
garding Irish home rule, to the address
replying to the kings speech.
New York diamond polishers will re-
| ceive an advance of 81 a week. giving
them salaries ranging from S34 to $50.
| The cutters receive from $50 TO SO. Set
tiers will get a 10 per cent advance.
| Associate Justice Irwin, at Kingfishar.
! declQCQ IQdL Ile OkIdHOIfd antitrust law
| is invalid The decision was rendered in
| the case of a retail dealer who sought 10
recover money paid to an alleged trust for
machinery.
The annual convention of the Amalga-
mated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin
| Workers has been called TO meet at Gin
cinnati May 1. Aside from the wage
scale, unionizing of eastern plants will
be the principal question considered.
Edward I. Peck, member of the firm OF
Arthur Hid & Co. of Saginaw, Mich. fell
or jumped from the sixth floor of the
| New Seelbach hotel in Louisville. XIV.
| and was instantly killed.
Gov. Lanham has announced that he
will call the Texas Legislature in special
session on March &c. 1t is understood
the object is to perfect a general State
election law and revise the taxation laws
The Pope received detachment Of fifty
sailors from the American cruiser souad
ron at Naples. The men were accom-
panied by six officers.
John d. Crimmins, the New York con
tractor, has gone TO South Carolina 70,
his health.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22
"HoWDY, HONEY, HOWDY."

Do a-stan'in' on a jar, fab a-shinin'
throo,
or folks drowsin' 'roun' de place, wide
awake is Lou,
When tap, she answeh, an | see huh
'mense to grin,
Howdy, honey, howdy; won't you step
right in?
Den | step erpon de log layin' at de do,
Bless de Lawd huh nanny an huh
paps done 'menced to sno',
.NowS de time, eff evan, eff Is gwine to
try an VIM
Howdy, honey, howdy; won't you step
right III?
No use pIayin' on de nidse, trimblin' on
Wen a body Love a gal. tell huh whut he
t'ink;
Wen huh hest is open flu de love you
gwine 10 gin,
Pull yo'sse'f togethah, sub, an step right
in.
Sweeles' imbitation dat a body evan
hyeahed.
Sweetnh den de music Of love-sick mock
in bird,
Comm f'om de gal you loves bettah den
70 kin,
Howdy, honey, howdy; won't you step
right in?
AT de gate o Heaven Wen de storm o
life is pas
'Spcck I'll be a-stan'in' 'twel de Mastah
say at las
"Hyeah he stan all weary, but he winned
his fight wild sin,
uowdy, honey, howdy; won't you step
right in?"
Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22
ARMY OF COCAINE VICTIMS.
In Chicago Alone There Are 20, 600
of These ''Fiends."

In Chicago Alone There Are 20, 600
of These ..Ffends."
That 10000 Chicagoans are afflicted
with the cocaine habit is the statement
made by organizations which have been
lighting the coke" evil for years and, they
admit, losing ground all the time. Medi-
calIy, cocaine is the alkaloid derived
from COCO leaves. In its crystallized form
1t is pure white and fiaky, and when
used is crushed to a powder and snuffed
into the nostrile. Another method is; to
use a solution which is hypodermically in
jrctea in the same way as morphine.
L. Is also taken internally, and which
ever the mode the result is the same
unlr:,IaE stimulating effect in the early
stages of the habit and powerful recuper-
ating power when the victim has so far
succumbed to its use that it is absolutely
necessary. When snuffed the powder is
generally laid over the thumb on the left
banG, and it is not unusual to see ha-
bituaT cocaine users with large sores on
this spot from the effects of the drug
penetrating the skin.
Some catarrh cures are notorious sub
terfuges to satisfy the craving for the
narcotic, says a Chicago paper, and one
ell snGSe mas Deen the SUBJECT OF leSlSla-
ton in many States. Its sale has been
prohibited in Illinois, but other prepara-
tioas against which the ban has not been
placed are said to be equally bad.
TO use morphine in satisfactory form
requires a syringe, to smoke opium re
quires a room where one may sleep, has
haesh is hard to obtain-but for cocaine
one needs neither syringe nor room, and
there is no difficulty in obtaining the stuff
in most parts of the city. All that is
necessary for any one to indulge in this
habit is ''the price" This may mean any
sum of money from 10 cents up. Ten
cents will secure enough flake to serve
for two Or three hours of enjoyment,
provided the user has not developed a
strong taste for the drug. Twenty-Five
cents pays for a small box full of the
drug, sufficient to last any one for a day,
and for a dollar one can secure enough
of the stuff to furnish a complete orgy
of dragging. Even a child can use it.
and 20 the shame of druggists and sa,
loonkeepers in certain parts &c the city
it must be said that they do.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22
SANDY SIMS PAL
:: Observation-Disclosures, ;!

00 - HEN he came to Cripple Creek
WAN his name wasn't Sandy. He
was Richard Morton Sims,
from Scranton, Pa, then. But before
he had been on the backbone of the con
tinent two weeks his name was Sandy.
And Sandy he remained TO the end of
his ufe-and without doubt, that is
the name which would have been put
on his hcadstone if he had had one
which he hadn't, for they buried him
out on the plains, with no decorations
save a sprig or two of Sagebrush.
However, all that has nothing to Go
with the story, which is all about his
pal and one or two others-or, more
correctly speaking, one other; because
I'm life. is on the stage, you seldom find
more than two star actors in drama
at the same time. | simply mention
Sandy in passing, because he was the
man who put the idea into his pals
head And a man who can put 4 good
thought into auybody's head ought to
be remembered even il he is dead.
It had been n hard year for Sandy.
Early in the season he struck what he
considered n big find. lie said nothing
to any one. but bought up all the land
around at Il fair price, but dirt chear
considering what he was to get out OF
1t, or thought he was. Well he never
got enough out of that claim to pay fol-
the tobacco he smoked up trying tc
soothe his nerves when he saw how
that blamed streak had fooled him.
You see. Jim-that was his pals
name-was in love. and if you can i'm
agine anything worse than being a mar
and in love, and living in Cripple Creei
when the girl lives in New Jersey.
want you to write and tell me what i
is, for l want TO report it to the hu
name society.
Well, things were drifting along pref
ty much in harmony. Sandy was al
miserable as he could be, and so wa
jim or. at least, he thought he was
but saw his mistake when along cam
letter from the girl. saying that sh
hoped he would forgive her and al
that and that he must brace up. o
something of that sort, but that sh
had changed her mind.
She simply couldn't bear the though
of seeing him again. because she ha
Just seen man who came from on
on the plains somewhere, a relative o
a friend of hers, and the man locke
so like the frontier that he gave he
a cold chill. Perhaps it was his stor
clothes that fitted too soon, and hi
hat that didn't fit soon enough, and hi
shoes well, they just simply kicke
the sentiment all out of her.
OF course. she didn't put it in tha
way She got around it as gentle as
feathek. Said that when she saw whs
the frontier had done for this maj
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22
4 Ration for Swine.

+ The argument that swine can be fed
more cheaply on corn than on anything
else is fallacious if one counts for any
value the increased gain in a given pc
Rod under the other ration. True, If
corn is low in price and other rations
excessively high then the corn is the
. cheaper food provided the carcass
brings a fairly high prize 1t has been
demonstrated repeatedly that in most
localities the ideal balanced ration for
swine during the winter is one-half
middlings and cna-half corn meal vary
ing the. ration by an occasional feed of
corn on the ear without, of course. the
middlings.
A still cheap ration giving quite as
good results consists of one-third soy
bean meal and two-thirds corn meal,
provided the former can be bought at
fair price 1t has been proved be-
yond question that an entire corn ra-
ton lays the animal open to various
diseases and that beyond a certain
point, the exclusive corn ration adds
practically nothing to the weight of the
animal so that nothing is gained in
feeding more than is necessary to sus-
tain life Try one of the balanced ra-
tons suggested and you will find it
profitable as others have.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22

who had been out there only a few
the others at the reception-she felt
that the life out there must be of the
sort that would rob the garden of TO
nance Of its sweetest flowers" or some
such foolishness as that.
Well, anyway that silly girls letter,
written on pink paper and perfumed
with sachet powder, was as bad as a
death warrant signed by the judge of
the supreme court to poor Jim. He just
caved in like an abandoned mine, and
when Sandy asked him how old the girl
was, and after hearing, told him to
cheer up, that girls of that age always
got fool notions and got over them, he
seemed not to hear, though he ought
to have listened and taken heed, for
Sandy knew good bit more about
women than he did about mining
Things went along In this cheerful
way for quite a SPELL and Jim's face
took ON an expression that made q
burro look cheerful alongside of him.
Then, one day when we were over in
front of Sims adobe. we saw a sight
that made us forget ourselves. Along
the road came Horseshoe Dick"
we used to call him, because he struck
luck where others struck nothing but
sand
And since he had a lot of money and
little sense, he went along at brisk
pace even when he was on foot But
along came Dick, seated on a horse
that might have been sadded for an
Indian prince or circus rider And
of all the swell toys you ever saw
Dicks took the prize; from his shoes to
| mis- new Mexican hat he was simply a
| picture. And as | stock there looking
at Dick, with Jim standing there be
side him looking like the last rose of
summer. | was surprised to see Sandy
| jumping up as if he had fallen on q
cactus brush, and slapping his hands
together rs if he had struck Il second
Independence mine.
Well. before l could see what it was
! all about, he had Dick into the house
and Jim, too. And then Sandy raced
! if you could call Sandy's fastest gait
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22
HAD HEART PAINS
Critical Case of rheumatism Cured
BY Dr.WiiIiams' Pink Pills.

While Mr.. W. S. Geisel, of No. 125
East Coates street, Moberly, Mo, was
steadily working at his trade in foun-
| dry at that place, he became the victim
OF an attack of rheumatism, and his ex.
perIence is that of thousands who are
compelled to work in similar surround
ings. He describes his situation as fol-
lows:
9 l had been at work for a long time
III foundry where l was exposed to
dampness. First my feet began to hurt
| and to swell, then my knees and nv
shoulder joints began to be affected in
the same way. Finally could not walk
without great difficulty and suffering
and had TO stop work altogether. Nv
| appetite was feeble and l grew verv pale
and weak. | began to have pains about
my heart and it fiuttered a great deal.
L became greatly alarmed about nv con-
dltlon. My mother knew about the yir
tues of DR.. Williams Pink Pills. rs thew
mad given her back her health when she
was nearly wasting to death, and when
she found that they were good for rheu-
matlsm too, she began to give them TO
me about month after / was attacked
That was in the early part of March,
1903, and by June they had driven away
the pains and swelling and had restored
my appetite and color Then I felt
strong enough to take MP line of out
door work and now, III October, l re-
gard myself as entirely we'll and 1 am
about to go into foundry again at St.
Louis"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills also cure
other diseases springing from i'm
pure blood or disordered nerves, such
as sciatica, locomotor ataxia. partial
paralysis and all forms of weakness in
male or female. They may be had at
all druggists or directly from the Dr.
Williams Medicine Company, Schenec-
tady, N. Y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22
Answer for the AutomobiIists.

routes from Portland to the White
Mountains, and just beyond the village
of Bridgton, Me-, large car drew
up one day last summer 1t contained.
supposedly, four gentlemen, evidently
from the city, who We're going to have
some fun with the gray-haired farmer
who was moving by the roadside.
After obtaining information as to
their route, one of the occupants bois-
terously cried out: We'll, Uncle, l
suppose you have lived all your life
here, haven't your"
WHY, no; not yet" was the quiet
answer, and the car started on.-Bos-
ton Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22
Muzz1ed women of Muscat.

Women of the better class in Muscat
all wear muzzles, which barely allow
them to open the mouth or see with the
eye or sneeZe-
If there happens to be a Cleopatra
in Muscat she will never fascinate any
Antony by the beauty of her we'll
shaped nose, for it is kept in a special
ly made, ugly case, in which it is i'm
possible to tell its shape. But with all
its faults this is a far better system
than that of cutting off the nose, as
men in the Kangra district, in India.
are wont to do when any of their
spouses have proved too fascinating
AIlahabad Pioneer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22
~;trates from, the Atmosphere.

High value is accorded to the recent
a+temnts TO put the artificial production
Of nitrates from the atmosphere on a
commercial basis. according to a state
ment by Sir William Ramsey in the Lon
don Times. This scientific achievement
is expected to greatly enlarge the worlds
supply of grain. Sir William shows that
the air over each square mile of the
earth's surface contains enough free nj
trogen 10 afford plant food for over sixty
wears of the woEd's consumption. In
Norway works are now erected which .ill
produce large amounts of nitrates of cal
CHM for direct use as manure
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22

After innumerabIe delays, the Supreme
Court of the United States has rendered
its decision against the demand Of the
State of Missouri for perpetual injunc-
ton to prevent the city Of Chicago from
emptying sewage into the drainage canal.
whose waters reach the Mississippi
through the Desplaines and Illinois rivers
1t was held that on account OF the canal
being flushed with 100000 cubic feet OF
fresh water from Lake Michigan. the
Illinois had been actually improved in
stead of harmed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22
Feed More Clover Hay.

As a rule, little clover hay is fed
to horses, largely because of the large
quantity of indigestible material in it,
and this is correct, SO far as horses
actively at work are concerned, but
clover hay may be safely fed, with
other roughage, to horses doing little
or no work and. because of the pro-
tein content in it, will materially re
duce the quantity of concentrated food
needed. For feeding cows, calves, or
even steers, it may be used to great
advantage, still in connection with
other roughage, while for sheep and
for poultry it is especially good.
The Objectionable portion-the dust
is made harmless by the process of
wetting when the mass is fed to poul-
try, and 1t furnishes them with valu-
able green food. We like 1t best cut
In short pieces, and steamed, then
mixed with bran and fed quite hot.
One feed week of this mixture to
either COWS, sheep or poultry VIII be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22


With a view to getting the most out
of the dairy COW a good, sensible, sys-
tenn must be followed in feeding
Proper feeding must begin with the
calf and continue right through her
life. If the calf is not a promising
one, it is better to dispose of her, and
devote the attention to others. If she
is worth rearing for the dairy she is
worth all the attention that can be
bestowed upon her That is the theory
we must go on.
The calf should be growing steadily
so that at two years she is ready to
begin her life work. If allowed to go
beyond this period she will use the
food given her to lay on fat. This is
not desirable The dairyman must
figlt against this continually.
When she is fresh a slight grain ra
should be gradually increased until she
is on her full ration. A full ration
means all that the animal will eat
without waste. No waste food should
be tolerated an instant. Find out just
how much she viii eat up clean, and
let that be the daily ration. The proper
proportion of this ration should be two
thirds fodder and one-third grain. This
rule can invariably be followed with
great success. Too much grain is not
good for dairy cows. Beyond a GER
tain point the grain will not increase
the milk flow at all, and in the end a
heavy grain ration will break the cow
down. This has happened time and
time again In the contests to break rec
ords. For a time the heavy grain ra-
ton stimulated the cows to wonderful
exertions, and then they gave way, and
| they could never repeat the record.
Some of them were practically ruined.
Farm, Field and Fireside.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22

", and With burning SENSATION. Ihey
showed sediment | became discour-
aged, weak languid and depressed, So
sick and weak, that l could not keep
up. AS doctors did not cure me, de-
cided to try Doan'ss Kidney Pills, and
with such success that my troubles
We're all gone after using eight boxes,
and my strength, ambition and general
health is fine"
Sold by all dealers 30 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-03-22

the torture / went
through now seems
to have BEEN almost
unbearable. 7 had
backache, pains i'm
the side and Ioins,
dizzy spells and hot,
feverish h e a. d aches.
There were bearing
down pains, and the
K i d IL e-y secretions
passed too, frequent