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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Man, Woman and Money.

Every now and then one reads in the
papers an account of some foolishly
confiding girl or woman who, at his
solicitation, has entrusted her little
hoard of savings to her lover or fiance,
and finds trust and trustee missing.
Hear what Ella Wheeler Wilcox has
to say on this subject:
There is one type of man | have
never yet known to be strong, reliable
Ind trustworthy-a man l would like
TO see any friend take for life COM
panIon-and that is the young man
who asks loan Of money from a wo-
man he loves, or who loves him. Be-
Heve me, there Is some lack of real
moral fiber in such a man.
"a husband and wife many years
married, and united by common in
ierests, may become SO one in thought
and purpose that a common purse
would be as natural to them as a
common dinner-table.
But before marriage, or immediate
iy after, the man who begins to ask
woman for the use of her purse
should be distrusted by her. He could
not breach such a subject unless he
lacked certain refinement and
strength which makes a manly man a
Woman's protector by nature. Even
where no sentiment exists between a
man and a woman, the really strong
men Of the world never become Dor
rowers from women.
where a man is a woman's lover
and asks her to advance money to him
for any reason, she may as we'll real
tze at once the reed on which she will
lean If she accepts him for life COM
panion. \ vital quality is left out Of
his character
"He is but one step removed from
the man who seeks a woman because
she has money, and he is the most
despicable of the human race"
This is true as Gospel" 1t has
been proven so many, many times, to
the cost of foolish women who allow
themselves to be led away by senti-
meht or over-persuaded by a glib
tongue The world respects no man
who takes money from a woman or
lives on her earnings. When the cor
rect financial situation is reversed,
romance flies. No woman can be
blamed for ceasing to respect the man
who allows her to support him, max
ing no effort to assume his rightful
place as bread-winner. And when she
ceases to respect, love and happiness
soon take leave also.
A man who has not sufficient prop
erty to furnish a place for his wife
to liEe or a position giving him a
regular salary has no business to take
upon himself the responsibility of a
wife. But a youth whose home is any
where he happens to hang up his hat,
and whose estate consists of change
of neckties, can very often coax a girl
into marrying him and wheedle her
out Of any little savings she may have
accumulated. The chap who wants
to borrow before marriage is very apt
to take French leave soon after.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
TEN DIE IN FIRE.
Disastrous Blaze in West Hotel,
Minneapolis.

Minneapolis.
Fire in the West Hotel at Minneapo-
lis early Wednesday morning cost the
lives Of ten persons, damaged the great
hostelry to the extent of $4,000 and
gave thrOngS of spectators views Of
thrilling rescues by the firemen that
called forth cheers from the crowds.
Feats of heroism by the frefghters
kept down re death list, although
Captain John Berwin Of hook and lad
der company No. 1 persisted while
working to lower a woman from the
fifth story.
The fire was discovered at 7:15
o'clock and the guests and employees
were given prompt alarms by the no.
tells system of electric bells. Fire es-
capes cut off by roaring flames. famed
by a cold and strong wind, and halls
filled by impenetrable smoke caused
three people to jump from windows TO
their deaths. The firemen had the
flames under control within an hour
and at 500 it was reported that it was
eXtinguished.
The West Hotel has for many years
been regarded as the leading hosiery
of Minneapolis. 1t was built nearly
twenty years ago by the late Colonel
John t. West and was made as nearly
freproof as possible. Located at 9TH
street and Hennepin avenue, it occu-
pied commanding position in the city
and was regarded as a show place and
one of the leading attractions of the
city. The facilities afforded by the
hotel brought scores of conventions and
other gatherings to the city and rarely
were its accommodations OvertaXed.
The Republican national convention
OF 1892 was secured to Minneapolis
chiefly because of the West Hotel. The
vast lobby. declared to be the largest
in the United States, was easily able
to accommodate the crowds which filled
the place. Many other notable gather
ings were held within its walls and in
the afternoon and evening it was the
center for business and professional
men to gather. With the death of Col.
West the property passed into other
hands
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Short News Notes.

Pickering College, at Pickering, Ont,
was destroyed by fire. The loss is
$4,000.
Walter B. Hill, chancellor of the Uni
versity of Georgia, died in Athens, Ga,
of pneumonia.
Eight persons were wounded by pro-
miscuous shooting during the first minute
of the new year in Philadelphia.
The municipal ferry operated by New
York City between Staten Island and
the city is costing $500 a day more than
the receipts.
G. L. Demon of New York has bought
the side-wheel steamer OIympian, in Ore
gon. The boat will be lowed around
Cape Horn and used as an excursion
boat.
A letter from Walter Scott, the cowboy
miner who was reported murdered in
Death Valley, some days ago, was re-
ceived st Los Angeles, Cal, stating that
Scott had been shot but not seriously
hurt.
Governor johnson of Minnesota has
agreed to give $500 as an additional re-
ward for the arrest and conviction of the
men who murdered Charles o. Bader in
his hotel. This makes a total reward of
$1,000.
Nine. Bernhardt, as a French citizen,
has appealed to the French ambassador
to protest against the alleged indiscrim-
inatioD of the theatrical combine in the
United States.
At the meeting of the managing COM
mittee of the American School of Glass
zeal Studies in Rome, Italy, held at Cor
nell University, announcement was made
that an endowment fund of 100000 had
been secured.
II. @. Dale, cashier Of the Stock
mans National Bank of Rushville, Neb.,
and William G. Smoot, government farm
er at Pine Ridge Agency, were arrested
on the charge of subornation of perjury
in connection with land frauds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Needlework Notes.

A dainty fan bag is made of dou-
bled strip Of fancy ribbon.
A double fichu, edged with a ruff
fle, is the latest form for a scarf.
Some of the best evening coats have
wide insets of heavy lace and en-
broidery.
Flannel underwear is trigged up
with lace and ribbons as fine as the
lingerie sort.
Turnovers of sheerest possible In
dia null are simply hemstitched and
given a border of colored dots done in
hand embroidery.
Embroidered pillow cases take the
place of the old-fashioned sham. Top
sheets, too, are hand embroidered and
finished with scallops.
Baby shoes of lingerie lawn, en-
broldered by hand and finished with
little ribbon rosettes, are the cunning
est of infantile foot coverings.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
WastefuI WAYS of Saving.
Do not try to save money by

DO not try to save money by
Doing without your luncheon, even
if only for once. This will injure your
health.
Walking home after days shop
ping. You can get more money, but
you cannot get a new constitution
after yours has been undermined.
Sewing in the twilight Artificial
light is cheaper than oculists' bills.
Wearing thin clothing Flannel is
cheaper than druggists prices.
Using cheap soap. 1t will cost you
something in cold creams and suffer
ing to remedy the harm it does.
Going about in thin shoes. Leather
is cheaper than quinine and porous
plasters, also than a case of pneu-
monia.
Trying to do the work of the uphoI-
sterer and the carpet layers. You may
never feel like doing any work again.
Overworking. Nobody will thank
you. You will be so cross that the
very people for whom you are saving
the money will hate you, and your
husband will wish he had married a
Spendthrift.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Temper and Marriage.

Every one agrees that marriage has
a strong influence upon the temper,
says a writer, but is it good or bad?
Taking woman's point of view for a
moment, we can easily see how her
temper may be improved by marriage.
When she marries she has, we may
assume, attained the ambition Of her
life. She has got q husband and a
home of her own; she looks forward
to happy life-in fact, the future is
as bright as a future well could look.
This is bound to tell Perhaps before
marriage she was inclined to peevish-
ness; she might even have had grave
doubts about ever being a wife; she
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18

ChiId-Labor Secretary Discusses
Presidents Theory.

Ch1ld-LabOr Secretary Discusses
Presidents Theory.
President Roosevelt's declaration in
favor of big families was discussed be-
fore the New Rochelle Peoples forum
in New York Sunday. The Rev. Owen
r. Lovejoy, secretary of the National
Child Labor committee, declared that ex-
cept in special cases the President was
mistaken in promulgating such ideas
among the American people. Many men,
he said, We're working to-day at the
bench and i'll the factory for less wages
than their fa theirs received for the same
amount of work and it was costing them
more to live.
Such men, he said, if they were of con-
scientious type, would hesitate at the re-
sponsibility of bringing children into the
world to struggle and toll for a bare liv-
ing without prospects of advancement
Mr.. Loyejoy estimated the number of
children employed at manufacture and
mining in the United States at 100000,
which, he said, is far too many, as they
are crowding men and women out Of
work and lowering wages.
He said that the National Child Labor
committee, in conjunction with the Ma
tional Consumers League, would 90 to
Washington this winter to try to have
Congress pass a bill to establish an ad-
ditional child-labor bureau, which would
raise the condition of working children to
that of France and Germany
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
-~NNN%~N~N~-
Baby,

thought twas hard-the toilin', the
tide a pilin' strong,
But I shouted "Halleluja" when the
Baby came along.
BE coaxed me back to youth time, made
my life livin' song
| was happy, folks, | tell you. when the
Baby came along.
For all the dreary winter-for all the
skies so dim,
l seemed to see my mother in the twink
lin eye of him.
An a thousand sweetest flowers in des-
erts seemed to throng,
An l heard the birds a-singin' when the
Baby came along.
Lord bless that little Baby-the best
one in the ranch!
He'll ve yet there, in the springtime-
just a-wadin' in the branch,
And God gives him the pleasure Of the
right above the wrong
We were happy, without measure, when
the Baby came along!
Atlanta Constitution.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
All Over the State

Mrs. James Summers, one of the first
settlers of Askeaton, is dead. aged "a.
Louis Erb, in a fit of jealousy, shot
and killed his wife and himself at Lake
Geneva.
ADDISON ]. Ray. % years old, was found
dead in bed in Janesville. He celebrat-
ed his sixtieth wedding anniversary Sun
day.
Superior has gained one of the preIimi-
nary steps in its ten-year fight for a
Wisconsin inspection of grain. This is a
victory for the new State law.
John Kreps, a young farmer living
near Whitewater, met death in run
away accident. He was dragged for
nearly twenty rods after falling from
his buggy.
Julius Badtke, aged 80 years, a we'll
known farmer, was struck by a falling
tree near Woodwork and instantly kill
ed. His son William narrowly escaped
a similar fate.
The Milwaukee Council asked an opin-
ion from the city attorney as to the
right of Aldermen to carry revoIvers and
clubs and exercise the power of arrest as
is done by policemen.
DR.. James Scott of Appleton will be
appointed to succeed DR.. Book of She
bOygan as assistant surgeon. with rank
as first lieutenant in the Second regi-
ment. ". \. G.
Claiming that his dead wife secured a
divorce from him through fraud. VIII
liam .. Freeman of Fond du Lac asked
the administrators to lave the decree set
aside. The courts dissolved the divorce.
making Freeman sole heir.
While he was feeding cattle in Grand
Chute William Hendricks wife left the
place. taking all the household goods
with her. Everything except a small bed
and cook stove was removed. The WON
an cannot be found.
Gaylord Wiltshire, the wealthy social
list of Los Angeles, addressing large
audience Of Social Democrats in Mil
waukee, predicted that the country was
on the verge Of commercial panic. So
cialism, he said. was the only remedy
for the coming condition of affairs.
Two trolley companies are planning to
apply for franchises in Milwaukee. The
Chicago and Milwaukee line wishes per-
mission to build a terminal in the center
of the city to run fast trains to and from
Chicago. The Milwaukee Northern de-
sires to build line through the city, in
connection with a Chica go Milwaukee
road, to compete with the Milwaukee
Electric Railway and Lighting Company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Breast Bones of Poultry

The idea that roosting on a pole or
roosts causes crooked breast bones i'll
young poultry has become an explod-
ed theory. One experienced poultry
raiser tells us that after a great deal of
investigation he has found that crook
ed breast bones result from the lack of
proper bone building food and not
from roosting on a perch. Last year
he conducted q little experiment of his
own.
One pen of pure bred Plymouth
Rocks was fed a ration of bone and
meat meal mixed with other feed once
a day and another pen was given no
BODYBUILDING food. Both pens had
roostS, while a third pen was without
roosts and was fed no BODYBUILDING
food. The pen that received the bone
meal showed no signs of crooked
breast bones, while the majority of the
other two pens were affected. He con-
cludes that it is bone food and not the
absence of roosts that keeps the breast
bone straight.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18

The new Queen Of Norway speaks
Ave languages fuently. She is ex-
tremely fond of sport and is a keen
cyclist.
Nine Dieulafoy is the one woman
In France who has official permission
to dress as a man. She accompanies
her husband on his famous travels in
the east, where the two discovered the
palaces of Darius I. and ArtaXerxes
II
Miss Minnetta Taylor, of Greencas-
tie, Ind, for years professor Of ro-
nance languages in De PAW Univer-
sity, speaks fluently twenty-five differ
ent languages, is able to converse fair
ly well in nine others, and can read
four more.
Mrs. Caroline Elizabeth Merrick
the author and philanthropist of New
Orleans, celebrated her S0th birthday
recently, and was rendered a recep-
ton at the Era Club of that city. at
which representatives of every WON
ans club of the city were present.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Lace Curtains.

In nearly every case curtains tinted
cream look to better advantage than
pure white curtains do, whether view
ed from the interior or from the ex-
terror. A simple recipe for giving the
cream shade is this: Make some starch
in the usual way, and to four and a
half ounces of starch put one and a
half ounces of yellow ochre. This
quantity will suffice for two pairs Of
curtains. Scald the ochre, and directly
the starch is made add it, taking care
not to put in the sediment, which is
rather sandy. Never iron lace cur
tains. Spread a sheet on the floor or
on grass and lay the curtain on it.
Pull into shape and fasten the sheet
and curtain down with drawing pins
or weights. This properly done. the
curtain will look as when new.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Fall Care of Fruit Trees

Young fruit trees need protection In
winter, not only from the cold, but
also from rabbits and other rodents.
The trunks of the trees can be wrap
ped with some material, such as old
clothes, etc, or have box q little
larger than the tree set around ii
high enough that rabbits cannot reach
above 1t. A farmer In South Dakota
uses wire cloth wound loosely around
the tree. 1t will, besides protecting
from rabbits, effectually protect
against sun scald 1t will last several
years by loosening as TIE tree grows.
Rotten straw makes good mulch for
young trees. 1t prevents a drying out
of the soil during the winter, which
is said to be fatal 70 trees. The mulch
should be removed in the spring early.
1t is claimed that to prevent trees
budding out too early In the spring
and being killed by Late freezes a
good plan Is to pile mature around
the tree after the ground has frozen
hard in the fall The manure keeps
the ground frozen near the tree and
prevents the sap rising during the first
warm spells in late winter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Costumes for the Street,

Starching that is properly done les
sens the work of ironing, hence these
hints. To make delicate fabrics look
quarts of water, drain it and use the
water for starch Wet the clothes id
this, wiring them, roll them in a dry
cloth for an hour or two, then iron
them. Starch of all kinds should be
allowed to become lukewarm before
being used. for hot starch turns dainty
colors dark and ruins them
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
HELD PRISONERS BY SNOW.
Passengers and Train Crew Remain
All Night in Drift.

Eight men and two women passengers
and the train crew were imprisoned in
snow-bound train on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul road between Me
nomonie and Red Cedar from o'clock
one afternoon until o'clock the next
morning. A bridge crew dug them. out
twice, but so Serce was the storm that
the train was engulfed faster than it
could be dug out. Finally the engine
was detached and by using it as a snow
plow for shor. rushes a way was finally
battered out Of the drifts. Fortunately
the cold was not intense, but the pas
sengers and crew suffered from hunger,
there being nothing eatable on the train
but raw oysters and sage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
TO Make Exclusives GroNH.

Now that so much lace and frills and
picture hats are in vogue, long, droop-
ing eyelashes are necessity. So prev
alent is the demand for long eye
Iashes that especial treatment is now
necessary for their development.
Warm milk, applied with a soft
camers-hair brush, is very beneficial,
also clipping the extreme tips of the
lashes with tiny sharp scissors. Avoid
rubbing or touching the lids with the
fingers. Many women have the habit
Of rubbing their eyes, which is q
harmful practice, as it makes the
growth of hair very sparse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Weight of Farm Horses.

The following from a Minnesota
man Is sound: ] have been Of the
opinion for a long time that we are
OVERRIDING the heavy horse business
for farm use, or for real hard work
anywhere. If breeders Will begin to
look for bone, muscle, constitutional
vigor, etc, more carefully and care
less about size and weight we will
begin to make more improvement IN
the real utility and soundness Of our
horses. We want men for what they
can do, and not for what they weigh.
Why shouldn't we judge horses the
same way. | saw a beautiful team
Of six horses at the State fair this
fall. They were beauties in form,
color and style, and weigh, 1 guess
near a ton each. But I've got
wagon load of wheat to bet that
pair of 1,2O0-pound mares on my farm
would bush any two horses in that
show team in half a day, at blowing
or any other hard farm work on or
binary farm fields.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
Water for the Sheep.

AS a rule, clear running water is
the best for sheep, as it likewise is for
all other animals, says a New York
farmer in American Cultivator. 1t I'M
dergoes complete exposure to the air,
and that tends to the decomposition
and neutralizing of the organic mat
ter in it. Water from sandstone or
slate rock also is generally pure
Water from limestone, however, es-
pecially if magnesia Is mixed with it,
may be very injurious. 1t is liable TO
produce various troublesome diseases,
and one of these, known as goiter, is
exceedingly common. 1t causes
swelling Of the glands of the throat,
the enlargement of which is soft and
baggy. 1t is true that this ailment
may be due to other causes, but water
containing too much lime and magne-
STA is capable, nevertheless, Of pro-
ducing it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
DROWN AFTER A RUNAWAY.
Two Of Appleton Family Are Dead in
Double Accident.

Two drowned one in a serious condi-
ton. aud a fourth saved after strenuous
efforts IS the result of a runaway in APP
pleton. Peter Detzen and his 9-year-old
daughter, Lizzie, of Buchanan, are dead;
Tillie, aged Is, is in a precarious condi-
ton, while a niece, Mary Nabberfeldt, is
now out of danger. The horse took
fright and ran across a bridge. At the
end be crashed through the railing, car
rying all four occupants of the sleigh
With him. Workmen saved two of the
girla, but the others drowned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18
For IL Nursery.

For a nursery portere nothing is
prettier than buTlaps in one of the
artistic tones of blue or brown or
whatever color matches the room,
with a border of English tapestry il
Illustrating nursery rhymes. Strips of
these tapestries fifty inches wide cost
90 cents. They are delightful in color
and design and the choice of subjects
is ample. One may have a procession
of goose girls driving their fiocks
through the lovely meadows to an IN
seen brook, a windy garden with
maids hanging out clothes, and several
others as dear to memory or as ex-
citing to the imagination. The strips
may be used for wall decorations also.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-01-18

butter fat which has been removed
Although the use of this milk has
been decried by a number of prac-
teal people, at the same time it only
needs a balancing ration of grain to
make it of as much value as the whole
milk. The calves fed in this
way do better on coarse feed alone
than those fed on whole milk.
Early maturing is not hindered by
feeding in this way and the Idaho
Experiment Station has found that
the value of the butter fat saved by
Swimming milk was more than four
times the value of the oats consumed.
In one case in their Investigations
there was SIS profit per head over
and above the cost of feed. In this
case the calves were sold as baby
beef" at an average of 221a months.
They made an average gain of two
pounds per day during the time on
grass feed alone.