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ding Bob" In his
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many campaigns he
has formed a wide
personal acquaint-
ance and prides him
self on knowing
most Of the people
of his state. II Is
related that or n
occasion, meeting e@=
for the first time a
delegate from n EX-GOVERNOR BOZ
of the eastern u iAiIoN
ties OF Tennessee to the state conven
ton, Mr.. Taylor said:
Il am glad to meet you. sir. / have
known your father for a good many
years. but this Is the first time I have
had the pleasure of seeing you. / see,
sir, that the son Is a better looking
man than the father"
"Oh, come, governor replied the
delegate banteringly. You needn't try
to jolly me that way, for I'm for Banks
dale all right, even IL the old man Is
for you"
Governor Taylor smiled in a refiec-
tive way. my dear sir" he added. II
merely said / found you a better look
ing man than your father. ! did not
say you had half as much sense"
Senator Shelby NJ. Cullom Of Illinois,
who served as a member of the con-
ference committee ON the rate bill, is
n of the veterans of congress and
Is said to resemble Abraham Lincoln.
Ten years since the likeness was more
marked, however, II was about that
long ago that a Washington corre-
spondent at a dinner where he sat
next to the Illinois statesman made an
.allusion to his resemblance to the sign
~ Of tha amanPf-
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for speaker. Il had
noted Blaine on the floor of the house,
said Mr.. Cullom, "for his fine power of
COMPRISING a statement. He could
boil it up or down and give it to you
In a speech which covered the whole
case. President Lincoln called my at
tention to Blaine while he was presi-
dent. Somebody had ~exasperated
Blaine, and he had replied to him. Lin
coin said to me, There is a young fellow
up there from Maine by the name of
Blaine who has plenty of ability, and l
think is going to cut a big figure in
this country l do not now recollect
what speech Mr.. Lincoln referred to,
but in assisting to elect Blaine 1 felt
that he was praised by Lincoln"
Representative Hardwick, from Geor-
gia, was recently travelling in a Pull
man car. Hardwick is the smallest
man in the house. The presence of a
negro gave him great concern. and aft
er the negro had gone into the dining
car and eaten his dinner, sitting near
the Georgian, the Georgia member went
to the conductor and asked that the ne
gro be put out of the car.
"We can't do that, SIR the conduct.
or answered.
"Well, If that fresh darky gets near
me I'm going to wipe up the car with
him. declared the Georgian. 81 won't
have him around me!'
Everything went along peaceably
enough, the negro sitting in his seat
| and interfering with no one.
who is hat black rascal?" asked
the southern member of the porter aft
err a time.
"Who-him? ?" asked the porter. Boss
OATS Joe Cans, champion lightweight
fightah of de worldi"
Senator Albert ]. Beveridge of Indl-
ana, despite his comparative youthful
ness, takes quite a conspicuous part
In the proceedings of the senate. Fol
several years he has beer leading the
fight to pass the statehood bill. and
now he Is in the limelight as the mar
who introduced the bill providing fol
rigid inspection Of meats and cattle
and had the measure put In the agri
49,
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his own brother for the ONCE. He is
known all over the country Al "Ffd-
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Eureka Ely Stage Line
c. l.. Hagsman, Proprietor
&SA

ROUTE
Carrying u. 8. Mails. Passengers and frsisA'
Daily, except Sunday. between Eurehs
and Ely. stopping at Hamilton both ways
Leaves Eureka upon arrival OF tran.
but not later than 2:30 p. NJ. Les'o'
Ely at 1890 Am. Thirty pounds oil oas
gage allowed each passenger. fre's''
rates charged on ell excess baggage
PASSENGER RATES. m
Eureka to Ely s,V no
Round trip N
Eureka TO Hamilton ooM
Round trip * no
Palisede 10 Ely
FARES MUST BE PAID IN ApVASeh
1. g. G. WhItmores Age"'
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Eureka Lodge No. e, |. 0. 0. F.,
Meets every Wednesday evening at f. L
A. NJ. and I. o. o. +. Hall at z o'clock from
October l to March 81, and at 7;30 o'clock
from April l to September 80.
All soiourning brothers are cordially in
vited to visit.
SPENCER REYNOLDS. N. G..
+. J. BRossEMER. Secretary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-28

Small fruit culture will bring the
family bigger returns than anything
else about the farm. Knowing this, it
is strange that so many country people
prefer to buy dried fruits rather than
grow them right in their own gardens.
ANY soil that will produce a vigorous
growth Of corn and potatoes will be all
right for fruits. The currant is one
of the most valuable of our small fruits
1t is hardy, easy to cultivate and yields
abundantly. Good cultivation and Sc
we're pruning will increase the size of
the fruit Plenty of old manure should
be spaded in about the roots, and the
soil should be kept clean and mellow.
On account Of its hardness the cur
rant bushes are too often left to shift
for themselves, and of course when
left in this condition one need not ex-
pect big, fine-fiavored fruit Currants
do best in a somewhat protected loca-
ton.
The gOOseberry bushes are also
shamefully neglected until blight and
disease destroy the prospect of a crop.
With sensible care, such as pruning,
cultivation and the use Of fungicides,
the culture of this fine fruit may be
made certain and even remunerative.
So many of the best varieties are af-
fected with mildew, that no one who
expects to get well-developed fruit
should neglect spraying. Southern
Fruit Grower.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-28
AUNT cHLoE's Fo'TH OF JULY.

Come, .chillun, git up-all de cas-, hit es
En- es pink es dat quilt on de company
bald;
De hoe-cake it sizzlin', de coffee jes' right,
En- de rose BY de winder poke in its gold
LAX it noddin Good mawnin'," en- look
lax it say:
What lazy folks, sleepin' dis time o. de
day p
Susannah Magnolia, roll outer dat cot
You gittin too lazy to draw 20 own
bref.
Eff you don come er1ong while de vittles is
hot
We can eat 'em all up, en- you sholy git
lef;
Yo' pappy en- me isn't gwine fer tub wait
We's gwine tub de doins befo' it git late.
lowed dat'd fetch y all runnin' right
JENNY en- Sam, git away fun dat cake.
Po' little Orlando, he comm de las,
Wild his po' little eyes ony jes' half awake,
In is little blue night-shut en- ony one
shoe
Come, honey, tub mammy-she waitin' fur
you.
Whit dat? My good lam, how dat chile
mex me jump.
He shoot off s haid wild dem crackers, 1
know;
En- powder! I low he be dafd es a stump
When de time come fer startin', en- den
he KANT go.
You, Gawge, drap dat 'volyer, you ornary
tad,
You kill ysu'sef, den won't yo' pappy be
mad?
Heah, Washington, gimme a boost fun de
back;
Come, 'Lando, en- set in he nanny own
lap.
You, Sam, en- JENNY, quit qua'rin', right
smack
Mex room dar fer jimmy, rongside O. 'er
pap.
Now let dem two mules kick dey heels up
en- fly
HI, chillun, we gwine tub de Fo'th o. July
Harriet Whitney Duroin, in Leslies
Monthly.
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Aritatin- n General Strike.

A committee appointed by tie United
Hebrew trades has called a national con-
vention of delegates from all unions in
the country. to be held some time in Au-
gust. at Washington, d. c., for the pur
pose of arranging a general strike of TO-
100000 workers as a protest against the
treatment of President Meyer and Secre-
tary Haywood of the Western Federation
of Miners whose trial for alleged COM
plicity in the assassination of ex-Gov.
Steunenberg of Idaho has been postponed
by the prosecution until next December.
The convention of the Western Fedora
ton in session at Denver. passed resolu-
tons against the action of Cows. Good
ing and Mcdonald. and the Mine Owners
Association, and demanding tLat either
the prisoners have a trial immediately or
be released on bonds. These resolutions
were wired to President Roosevelt.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-28
FRISCO RELIEF WORK.
Tremendous Consumption of Contr
buttons in the QuaIse Civ


buttons in the Quake City.
Next to the spirit of the San Francis
CO people, their fortitude and cheerful
ness. the most impressive thing is the
response to their needs made by resi-
dents Of other States and other coun-
tries. writes u correspondent. Gold ac-
tually by the ton. food and clothing by
the hundreds of car loads. have been
sent in. This is no indication ct all
that it has been overdone
Simply to preserve the lives of the
victims is now a matter of providing
some 375.000 meals a day. For time
it was 100000 meals daily. Then there
is the clothing for this multitude wholly
destitute through no fault of t,'eir own,
the care of the sick and the necessity of
helping the stricken to become self-sup-
porting again.
Gold melts rapidly when applied to
such demand; food laden train must
be long and heavy to provide rations
even for day. BY orders of the givers
money is being diSbursed through many
channels. Fraternal societies and labor
organizations. for instance, have sent
large sums to branches in San Francis
co for distribution to members These
amounts probably approximate $1,000
COO
The government appropriation of ST.
100000 has been disbursed through the
War Department. The greater part of
it was required to replace the army
food and tents given to the refugees in
the days of greatest stress. The benev-
Olent express companies charged up
100000 against the federal appropria-
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If Your Boy Burns Himself.

This is the time when the mother of
small boys finds her heart in her mouth
the major part of the time. Patriotism
is rampant, and patriotism with young
America is synonymous with much noise
and plentitude of hairhreadth escapes.
If wise. she will have her indictments
ready against possible-yea, probable
emergencies. A roll of linen, or cotton
gauze bandages, package of absorbent
cotton, bottle of antiseptic tablets for
cleansing any wound before bandaging,
an ounce of aromatic spirits of ammonia
for stimulant in case of shock, relia-
BILE lotion for burns, paper of pins, pair
of scissors and a plainly written What
to do" list, that she can hastily consult
if her memory plays her false.
For dry burn there is nothing better
than equal parts of linseed oil and lime
water. This makes the "carron OIL
which the Welsh miners use in ease of
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ton for carrying in government relief
supplies, but afterward agreed to take
half that amount
There is, however, great central
fund that contains the bulk of the
money contributions. 1t is a CONSOLE
dated fund that holds all the money
consigned to the general relief commit
tee, the Red Cross and the mayor, and
a balance paid in by Governor Pardee
This fund is under the charge of a
committee of twenty of the most promi-
nent business men in San Francisco.
The chairman is former Mayor James
D. Phelan, a millionaire of high ability,
who enjoys great public confidence. The
committee is installed in Il part of a
large school house in the unburned dis
trict.
An organization like that of an up-to-
date railroad has been perfected There
is a room. divided by ratings, for the
general officers. In Il corner of this
room Chairman Phelan tolls like a
hard-worked railroad president direct
ing affairs. Other squares in the room
are occupied by his chief assistants
AS they are handling millions the men
of this committee have a business con-
Germ that is bigger than an ordinary
city bank.
In round numbers there has been paid
into this consolidated fund $3,500,000.
Contributions actually made but not
yet turned in exceed $2,500,00O The
latter may practically be counted as
cash on hand and it can fairly be said
that there has been placed at the dis
posal of the committee over $6,000,000.
There are verbal promises Of $780,
000 and money is constantly being re-
ceived from contributors who send in
their donations without making pre-
liminary promises.
AcOntract has been made for 100000
pounds of meat to be delivered as need
ed. Meal tickets issued to the refugees
cost the fund 10 cents each. Tickets
are not given to bodied men. The
committee has agreed to pay $3.50 each
for the care of patients in the hospi-
tails Sanitary work, necessary to pre-
vent a pestilence from sweeping over
the refugee camps and the unburned
section of the city, is 4 large item of ex
pense
The fund will be used in part in the
form of small loans made to poor but
deserving people who need only small
CANAL TO place them on an independent
basis
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burns. 1t should have a place in every
closet where household remedies are kept.
In applying it, shake the bottle. saturate
soft cloth with the mixture and lay
over the burn. Then cover closely with
cotton batting or flannel to keep out ev-
cry bit of air, and secure the whole with
a light bandage. Burns may also be treat
ed by covering with a thick layer of any
bland oil, like vaseline, sweet oil, linseed
oil, cocoa butter, cold cream or almost
any fat that is not rancid. Glycerine
should not be used 1t is too Irritating.
Soft powders like -four, laundry or corn
starch may also be busted on thicklv.
then bound on.
For a scald o. burn by steam no treat
ment gives better results than q dressing
of saturated baking soda. Wiring out
cloths, lay on the burned surface. and
as they dry pour on more of the solu-
ton.
Shock" which is always present in
severe burns, requires the administration
of stimulants. The amount Of shock or
collapse after any bad injury or sudden
fright differs with the character of indi-
ylduals. Some succumb to it much more
readily than others. When serious the
temperature drops below normal, the face
is pale, pinched and anxious, the pulse
slow and feeble, the body bathed in a
cold perspfration. Sometimes there is
shivering Sometimes the mind wanders.
Place the patient at once in a horizon
tai position. the head slightly raised Ad-
minister stimulants, alcoholic or aromatic
vinegar. If whisky or brandy is used.
give a teaspoonful to tablespoonful of
hot water every ten minutes, until five or
six doses have been taken. Surround
the body and legs inside the thighs and
under the armpits with hot water bags.
hot stones-anything to give warmth
but take care not to burn your patient.
If the injury is to the head follow the
same treatment, but omit the alcoholic
stimulant.-Washingto Star.
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Selecting Seed Corn.

The experiment station Of Ohio fur
nishes valuable information in bulle-
tin on the selection of corn for seed,
the selection being made during the
growing Of the plant in the field, which
ought to have the careful attention OF
growers Of corn everywhere. Taking
Dent corn for the purpose, it is scored
as follows Vigor of plant, 20 points
position of ear, points; weight of ear,
80 points length of ear, . points; uni
fornity of plant and ear, 10 points.
and shape of kernel and size of germ.
10 points.
Very important is the note which
gives the Disqualification, as plants
growing under less than normal stand
plants lying upon the ground or bad
" broken; plants diseased; plants ma
turing too late or too early. To select
the seed corn from such plants is fatal
to the following crop. The vigor OF the
plant is indicated by the circumfer-
ence of the stalk below the ear: by ifs
upright growth and by its leaf deyel-
opment and freedom from disease.
The ideal position Of the ear Is such
that 1t does not pull too heavily upon
the plant. The weight of the ear is to
be determined by scales when the ear
is thoroughly air-dry.
The plan of uniformity of plant and
ear is based on the habit of growth and
vigor of plant as well as SIZE shape,
color and indentation of ear. Corn
growers everywhere should profit by
these points, which will mean decided
IL improved crops.-Exchange.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-28
The Use of 1t All.

What is the use of it all-the booming
cannon at sunrise, the irecrackers all
day, here and there a parade and a
speech, and the bombardment of the heav-
ems with rockets and Roman candles in
the evening, till at last, along in the mid
die of the night, there is a welcome 81
lence?
1t is what is left of an old and chang
ing fashion of observing the anniversary
of American independence. We celebrate
the day in a different way from that
which appealed to our grandfathers, but
there are few so pessimistic as to think
that freedom and national independence
are less highly priced by seventy-five mill
ion people to-day than by three millions
hundred and twenty-six years ago, even
if not so much is said about them now
as then.
The decay of the Fourth of July ora
ton does not mean that we forget the
significance of the time, but only that we
do not need to remind ourselves that we
are free. We make the anniversary a
gala day, instead of devoting 1t to con-
gratulations on our liberty. We let the
British lion alone, instead of twisting his
tail. We no longer need to whistle to
keep our courage up when we think of
England.
Picnics and trolley rides, golf and base
ball, bicycling and tennis are now pre-
ferred to the old-fashioned customs on
"the day we celebrate" although some
of those still survive. The significance
of the anniversary has not been forgotten
in the change, nor will it be allowed to
pass from the memory so long as it is
celebrated at all. There may be less gun
powder burned by the next generation,
and the grafton as an incident may dis
appear altogether; but the national holt
day will remain a day full of meaning,
for all that, when a free people enjoys
its enveloping and surrounding and en-
wrapping freedom as unconsciously as 1t
breathes the all-embracing air.-Youth's
Companion.
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GVarfpH Chicks.

In case you have oyerfed chicks on
too much starchy foods till diarrhea
has resulted, the following ration has
been found beneficial IN correcting the
trouble:
Bran three parts by measure, corn
meal two parts, cut clover two parts,
meat meal one part. Let the birds have
access to this at all times. Feed roots
and cabbage, all they will eat, and one
full feed of whole grain an hour before
they go to roost. Let this be wheat
one night, barley the next, corn the
third, and then go over the list again.
Give 10 medicine. Deep litter for exer-
else in getting the grain, with fresh
water several times a day When the
animal supply of food has been too
small the birds fill up constantly on
starchy foods overtaxing the liver and
digestion. Diarrhea and breakdown are
the natural outcome of this method of
feeding. Growing birds will stand high
feeding, but when a bird has reached
maturity more careful feeding is re-
CURED.
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Dance Fayors for the Fourtb

For the Fourth of July dance there
are enormous crackers or swapping mot
toes in tri-colored isinglass. An extra
loud snapper is in honor of Independence
day, and the caps and aprons packed into
the small space are all in patriotic col
ors. Other dance favors are tiny canes
wound with tri-coored ribbons and small
pistols which, when the trigger is pulled,
send out a small japanese folding fan,
while those of a larger size shoot forth
diminutive parasols in the same colors,
with the cutest of fringed edges
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-28
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

Here it is, the Fourth" ag'inl
Eakes alive how time does spin.
Don't seem like it's sixty year
Since / first begun to hear
All the loud tarnation noise
We stirred up when we was boys,
ALI of Us a-Wishin' powder
Was lots cheaper and lots louder
Recollect with what del'sit
Used to be up half ne night
Hepin' fire the an IL or
MAXIM other sounds of war;
Used TO wish the earth was drilled
Out inside and powder filed,
And that ! could somehow just
Touch her off and hear her bust!
Weren't no cannon crackers then.
Kind o. wish there had a-been-
Then they would a sounded sweet;
Now they lift me of my feet
I've begun to think that noise
Was invented just for boys.
Fourth v July don't seem to me-
IT all like what 1t used to be.
Just as patriotic, still
Somehow | don't catch the thrill
Of the loud. tumutuous joy
Like | used to when boy
Eothin dom then but l
Had a finger IN the pie
But that finger, as you see,
Cot bowed off eventually.
sA-Nixon Waterman in The Sunday maya
zine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-28
4 Terrible Presentmeut.

In ten years, in ten cities of the Unit
ed States, the casualties Of July were
as follows
Persons killed, LOO.
Persons injured, 1888
Fire loss, $685. 900.
This is a terrible presentment. 1t in
dicates that the Chinese idea of patriotic
display. as employed by Americans, is
sanguinary in the extreme.
There is no sense in such celebrations
Of the great day. Patriotism surely is
something more than desire tc explode
powder and make a loud noise. Yet we
seem to believe otherwise
All over the country there goes up a
demand for sane celebration of the ma
tion's birthday, 1t will win in time, and
when it does. there viii lie no innocents
slaughtered. locljaw will find few vic
Tins and the day and night will not be
hideous with the boom and crackle and
splitting of cannon, firecrackerS and rock
or
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spending millions for
millions let's hope hard that there
will
made with other nations home God grant it, is the prayer
O
patriot
graves in black
to-day than
they
and ng They thinking much about
hatred in their hearts
that they patriots? Because they trying to do their
They toll till
hest
shall
opportunity the
their
mothers They the
combine navies of the world
And be
worthy member that
God thema Ill City World.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-28
Cotton Acreage 2s.ess.ooo,

The report of the Agricultural Depart
ment issued Monday shows the total area
planted in cotton in the United States
this year to be about 2S.6SG,00 acres, or
an increase of 1.GS6,000. The average
condition of the growing crop May %
was $40, as compared with 77.2 at the
same time last year and ten-year aver
age of $40. The cotton market advanced
IN RECENT of this report
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-28
Not an ExnIoSioniSf.

''There goes a girl" remarked the OBJ
serving person, who is shy % patriot
ism
How do you know that?" asked the
bysJander
she refused to use powder or wear
bangs on the glorious Fonrth," explained
the o. d.
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TeachfnC social Amenities.

In the girls technical high school at
New York practical course in hospitality
or the entertainment of guests at dinners
or receptions has been added to the course
in housekeeping. Different classes al
ready have given receptions TO the wives
of prominent city officials. As a feature
of mis- work, the girls recently arranged
a combined reception of all the classes, to
be known as appreciation day." as a
mark of esteem for teachers and prin-
cipals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-06-28
In6OmhfehIN

There is at least one thing observed
the Norwood philosopher, that will never
become popular in this country"
What's the answer?" asked the Mt
Auburn man.
"A noiseless Fourth of July" reDlied
the philosophy dispenser.