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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
Notes of Current Events.

Prof. Stetson of Kanamazoo declared
unwritten law a menace to the nation
and worse than duel.
Tommy Burns knocked out Bill Squires
of Australia in the first round of a box
ing bout at San Francisco.
Miss May Sutton regained the interna-
tional tennis championship, defeating
Mrs. Chambers of England.
Nine Italians, two of them women,
were indicted at New Orleans for muir
der in the Lamana kidnapping case. in
which the boy was strangled to death
James H. Clerken. a steerage passen-
ger on the steamer Alameda. which ar
rived in Honolulu from San Francisco.
committed suicide on the passage.
In an alteration in the pool hall in
Mill Creek, l. T.. A. 3. English. com
monty known as Bud was shot in the
region of the heart. NJ. L. Moore. for
meFly city marshal, is supposed to have
fired the shots.
Hugh Kirkman. former lieutenant in
the United States army. was discharged
from the United States penitentiary at
IftdhSuWbEI4l- lis SHALehCt VI three wears
for enbezlement having been conimuted
by the President.
Kansas farmers are meeting harvest
hands at the train with automobiles and
carriages, TO take them to the farms. says
a dispatch fron Topeka
L D. RideoSt, president Of the 3Ier-
camille Trust Company OF San Francisco
and prominently ;dentiSed win nunber
of banks throughout centred California,
died in Frisco.
Toughs who were e,sted over the VIC
tories of the anti-cletfcals IN the recent
Rome municipal elections mobbed twelve
students for the priesthood Among the
students wassWilliam Denrry. an Amer
lean from Mobile The ambassadors OF
the countries to which the students be-
longed will take action
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
EIncidafPd.

While visiting the south recently
traveller CHANGED upon a resident of a
sleepy hamlet in Alabama.
Are you native of this town. ask
ed the traveller.
''Am 1 a what?" languidly asked the
one addessed.
Are you native of the town.
whats that?"
Il asked you whether you were
native Of the placer
At this juncture there appeared at
the open door of the cabin the mans
wife, tall, sallow and gaunt. After
a careful survey Of the Questioner, she
said:
"Ain't you got no sense, Bill? He
means was yo' livin' heah when you
was born, or was yo' born before yo'
begun livin' heah- Now answer him"
Success.
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FALLIERES SHOT AT.
NAVAL RESERVIST FIRES Bull,
LET'S AT FRENCH RULER.
Neither Missile Finds Its Mark
Crowds Attempt to Lynch Shooter
Head of Republic Is Unmoved by
Incident.

President Fallieres was shot at twice
Sunday during the anniversary cele-
bration of the taking Of the Bastile.
Leon Maille, a naval reservist, fred
the bullets Both missed the Presi-
dent He had a narrow escape from
lynching at the hands Of the Infatuated
Paris crowd that witnessed his attempt
to STAY the head Of the republic.
On account of the activity Of the
-militarists, who tried to organize
demonstration against . the army
throughout France, exceptional precau-
lions were taken TO safeguard Presi-
dent Fallieres. The attempt on his
life occurred on Avenue des Champs
Elysees while the President was re-
turning to the palace from Longchamps,
where 4e had reviewed the garrison Of
Paris in the presence Of $4,000 enthu-
siastic persons.
C1emenceau with the President.
Premier Clenenceau and NJ. Lanes,
the Presidents secretary, were with
the President in his landau, which was
escorted by a squadron Of cuirassiers
The carriage emerged safely from the
Bots de Beulogne, where the anti-mili-
tarists had stationed themselves with
the intention of ,hooting the soldiers.
1t was descending the broad Champs
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P|)|iiCQ| Comment.
wbat of Democracy j., zoos,

The New York Sun is devotins much
space TO the proposition that out of the
South may come a Moses To lead the
national Democracy back from Bryan
ism and make il once more a party
which sober minded Americans may
consider as possible alternative to
the Republican party.
1t finds that the South is becoming
too prosperous really TO care about
the Prophet Of Calamity, and that the
southern leaders of the Bryanite
school, such as Gov. Conner of Alabama,
are disposed to work popular animos-
sy against corporations for their own
benefit rather than for Mr.. Bryan's,
and to set up as oracles of the plain
people on their own account.
The Sun also discovers that thinking
southern Democrats are coming to the
conclusion that since they provide nine
tenths of the party votes in Congress
and the electoral college they should no
longer accept the part of poor relation
in the Democratic household and
should have the honors as well as the
work.
All Of which is very well as far as
it goes, but does not touch directly on
the main point at issue. That is
whether the national Democracy can
get together on platform embodying
principles that sober minded men can
seriously discuss, with candidates of
quality to stand or fall by those princi-
pies.
Whether the next Democratic candi-
date comes from New York or Arkan-
sNs, from Texas or Virginia, is merely
question of availability and expedi-
ency. The important questions are
whether the party has any constructive
principles to fight for, whether the can
didate's life and record prove that he
stands for those principles, and wheth-
er his character and training argue
that he would stand for them if elected,
against the lunacies of some of his
own partiSans.
1t is not enough for the Democracy
to get rid of Bryan if it be able to bring
forward nothing but another agitator
in his place. What the Democracy
needs-and the country as WELLS
that it shall first find some principles
of action in government that appeal to
common sense Americans, and then a
candidate who represents these princi-
pies and will stand fast in them if in
trusted with the business of govern
ment.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Imnroying the Morale!

Always on the side of the foreign ex-
porters and the foreign steamship lines,
and never on the side of domestic pro-
duction and labor, the New York Jour
nal of Commerce welcomes the promise
of Improvement of the morale and
methods of our customs administra-
ton 1t regards the agreement with
Germany as a step in that direction.
Just how the morale is going to be i'm
proved by authorizing our customs Off
GERS to wink at fraud and dishonesty
in the form of undervalued imports is
not explained. Probably 1t could be
explained this way: A protective tariff
is in itself grossly immoral; therefore,
anything which reduces the percentage
and volume of that immortality must
be conducive to morality American
Economist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
CLIDDEN'S WAY

Mabel went into the library and found
the old gentleman sitting there with
his newspaper. She perched herself on
the arm of his chair and, as he looked
particularly stern and forbidding, be-
gan to twist his near whisker around
her slim forefinger, which was a little
way she had. Upon which, the old
gentleman, with a sigh of resignation
and evaporation blended, dropped his
paper In his lap and said:
"Welly"
ooh, nothing" replied Mabel, contin-
uing the curling process.
Then what in nation Don't do
that, girl! You're pulling me-"
Mabel tossed the newspaper to the
floor and slipped into its place. "By
the way, papa" she said, land apropos
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Challenge Accepted.

1t is said that once when the late
Dr. Tanner, the Irish NJ. P, had asked
in the House Of Commons whether it
were true that the Duke of Cambridge
had resigned his position as commander
in chief, a Major Jones of Penzance
was 20 outraged that he challenged Dr.
Tanner TO a duel, and the following
telegraphic correspondence took place:
In reply to your despicable ques-
ton shout the Duke of Cambridge, l
designate you a coward Delighted TO
give you satisfaction across the water.
Pistols"
To this DR.. Tanner at once replied
Wire received. VIII meet you to-
morrow in Constantinople, under the
Tower of Galata, midnight Being
challenged, prefer torpedoes. Bring
another ass."-Tit-Bits.
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of nothing on earth, what did you quar-
rel with Mr.. Gldden about??"
The old gentlemans thick pepper
and-salt eyebrows drew together in q
frown. None Of your business, miss"
he answered.
"But l want to know"
We'll, IL you want to know, 1t was
over political matter"
II didn't know you ever went IN for
politics. Tell me about It"
There's nothing to tell. I wasn't
directly interested. You're giving me
a cramp in my knee. Pick up that pa
Der and give it to me and skip. Isn't
there any place I can so without your
coming along and bothering me?"
Not any know Of" replied Mabel,
calmly, "and / don't believe Tn hurt
Ing your knee, either. 1t was about ten
years ago, wasn't it?"
THAT'S right" said the old gentle
man. cit was In the presidential cleo
ton Of De. Time Bryan ran against
Mckinley"
"was Mr.. Glikren for McKinaey?-
-He said Mckinley would win. l
don't think he was ever for anybody
but Glidden-"
well. he WIS right, wasn't he?-
Certainly he was right Oh, GER
taInly.~
.~Wellr'
.eWell. he made some darned hraper.
tinaat rcxnsrk, that's all and not for
the first time by many, Howell, that's
all there was about Il Now, run along y
"Do you want me TO pull your whis
kers again er are you going to tell me p
Now, fook hsre, Nab, you wouldn't
understand well, 1 offered to bet
him to l that Bryan would be electe,
and he undertook to tell me that gam
bling ON elections WAS Immoral aDd that
an eSfr 10 bet was NO argument and
that he vAs content to base his belief
on oeststs facts and figures that ap
peaze6 to his Judgment and all that sor,
OF stn1 approving ma By grief!-
II think you needed reIrooS," esk,
MasA "shookingl Don't you yvur
ssS know that gambling is mineral
And always looSsd rsp 10 you 30
Pspel Mr.. Gndden WIGS perfectly
ESh&e
me cid gBrNlez1an p4ncirad her eax
sTnnses what he vxss,* he admit tied
'Tnass what grirds nae I've knows
GliaScn ever sircs I was knee high q
toad snd I xlways found. him TO b
In tine right. Traits the trouble If yc=
wazt to kngw"
Ths glri pattsd hfs shsulAec s5Epa
thoeaca1fy saH .nnGsd
'.IAe nrst dus I eTer raw m."sEat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
A Shade of EP1Fpt.

"Are you happier now that you own
your own homer asked the solicitous
friend.
"Of course" answered Mr.. Meekton,
.there is a proud satisfaction in hav-
ing my own place. But occasionally
can't help longing for the time when
my wife kicked to the landlord for re-
pairs instead Of coming TO me."-Wash-
ington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25

the old gentleman, was when l was
at school in Bagleyville. 1 had a mar
Bile board that I'd traded another boy
out Of. It was Just plain board about
foot long with square holes cut in the
base Of 1t, some larger than others.
You stood off and shot at the holes.
If you got through the very biggest
hole you got your own marble back and
another one; if you got through the
next biggest you got three marbles, and
so on. The highest you could win was
twenty, but you could just barely get
through that. All the marbles that
missed going through any hole-and
of the board See?"
81 see," said the girl. "Sort Of a slot
machine"
Not at ALL" corrected the old gen
tleman. There was no gambling about
2. 1t all depended on the skill Of the
players. There was one boy who al
ways shot at the biggest hole and he
won every time, until l barred him out
for a sure-thing sport. Well, while the
boys were shooting Glidden came up
and watched and presently declared
that no known marbles could go
through the twenty hole unless it was
hammered through. l called him a liar
of course, and offered to fight him, but
he said that fighting was wrong, which
is right, of course, and that he was
right, which he was. l had been run
ming the game IN perfect good faith.
but the board had got wet and swelled
the wood since l tried 1t. 1t made me
a great deal Of trouble, I remember"
ingIy.
That was always the way with
him." said the old gentleman, quite
savagely. "Some boys know it all and
get let down. He knew it all and that
was all there was to 1t. He called the
teacher down once for spelling seize
's-i-e-z-e.' Teacher was sure she could
not have been mistaken. She had
spelled 1t Sic all her life, but she
looked it up and, sure enough, Glidden
struct Bill Somes, the station agent,
that it was daypo' and not 'deepo.'
Bill said that Glidden young one would
get his measly little neck wrung some
time. but Glidden himself was always
the only successful predicter. He told
me I'd get chicken pox if played with
Lem Green, who was getting over it,
| and 1 got 1t. He was the only boy who
came to the Baptist Sunday school pic
mic with an umbrella. He said he
thought 1t was going to rain. though
the Lord Harry only knows who made
him a weather prophet. But it rained
| all right 1t had to-
Mabel squeezed his arm and gfggled.
You see, it wasn't just the election
1t was Glidden. And there were two
or three others there and they agreed
with him, and-I was glad Of the
chance to quarrel with him, if you want
to know"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
Could Not Face the Facts.


The country has seemingly so much
to do and is SO prosperous that the
tariff question has been lost sight of. In
some of the Western States and in
Massachusetts political agitators have
worked during the past six years to
stir the people to a frenzied demand
for the lowering of import duties. Their
work appeared to be prompted by po-
litical ambitions, but tariff ripping
would not stand the debate Hence the
men who made such a howl about the
tariff for a time have turned their at
tention to other things. They could
not face the facts of a commerce grow
ing at home and abroad. No cause can
be maintained before the American peo-
pie for any considerable time unless
it is a just cause. Hence the death of
the anti-tariff agitation. In Iowa,
where the so-called Iowa idea" was
born, there is nobody at the present
time advocating the lowering of duties;
they are even silent on the reciprocity
question. Reciprocity is a species of
false pretense. In practice it means
robbing and betraying one line of in
dustries for the benefit Of another. Re
ciprocity in one locality means a trade
for the benefit of that particular local
ity, regardless of whose industry is de-
stroyed. For a time reciprocity was
popular, but when the reciprocity of
Massachusetts, which sought to trade
off the farmer, met the reciprocity of
Iowa, which sought to trade off the
manufacturer, there was surprise on
both sides And both sides concluded
they had better quit. The tariff for
the present is a dead issue. The ma
tional Republican convention next year
will declare unequivocally for protec-
ton without apology; will also declare
for reciprocity in non-competitive arti-
cles cnly.-Des Moines Capital
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
THE DREAMER.

He builds as he can, as he will,
In weakness or strength as it seems !;
And it is what 1t is; for his skill
Is only the truth of his dreams.
And his dreams are as strong as his faith,
Or as weak as the fears that they own ;
And what to his soul either sayeth,
That Is, and that guides him alone.
So some ships that are stately and fair
Go down for morsel of faith;
While some thistle-down barks, light as
air,
No storm can move out of their path
Weekly Bouquet.
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Bad Example.

THE railways are sometimes very
inconsiderate toward the public"
Yes" answered Miss Cayenne, "but
think of the bad example the public
sets them. There is nothing that ex-
ceeds the selishness and inconsidera-
ton to be found among a Lot Of people
travelling on the carS"-Washingto
Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
Christian Scientist Convicted.

Clarence ". Byrne, a New York sales
man, has been found guilty by the Court
of Special Sessions of willfully neglecting
to provide medical attendance for his lit
tie daughter, who died of pneumonia.
Byrne is Christian Scientist and says
that he called in a healer of his church
to treat the child when his own PRAYERS
failed to bring relief as he had no faith
in the medical doctors. Motion for
now +rio1 was n,oda
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
Forest Planting in Nebraslx,

study was made by the United
States Department of Agriculture Of
the forest plantations in Eastern Ne
braska to ascertain the species of trees
best suited for planting throughout
the region. The plantations already
in existence were studied with ref.
erence to their silvicultural require
ments, the amount and value Of wood
products grown, and the effect of diff
ferent methods of planting.
The planting Of forests has decrea sed
in Eastern Nebraska in recent years.
and some Of the earlier planted forests
are being cut off. Tables are given.
showing the height and diameter
growth Of the principal species Of trees
planted in Eastern Nebraska over
period of fifty years, the amount Of
heart wood in trees of various diane
tiers, and the yield of cottonwood on
bottom land and on upland, Usage or
ange, white willow, silver maple, box
cider, Russian mulberry, white elm.
Lombardy poplar, black locust and va
rious other species of broad-leaf trees
and of pines.
The data obtained show that hardy
catalpa, Usage orange. black walnut.
cottonwood, white willow, green ash
and honey locust can be grown with
profit In Eastern Nebraska. HARDY
oataIpa, Usage orange and green ash
should be planted chiefly for fence
posts, white willow for fuel, black wal
nut for lumber and cottonwood for fuel
and lumber. All attain their best de
velopment in rich, well-drained valleys.
Cottonwood, white willow and black
walnut are essentially bottom1and
trees Usage orange should be planted
on upland only in fertile soils in south
eastern counties. The range Of hardy
catalpa in upland planting is consid-
erably wider, but it must have good
soil. Green ash and, honey locust are
especially adapted for dry upland
planting in the more western and
southwestern counties. In the
sand hills some of the conifers, such
as Western yellow pine and Jack pine
undoubtedly may be planted with
profit, since land values are certain to
remain low" ~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
.Rotten" Arguments.

As a specimen Of ready wit it would
be difficult to beat the retort of Charles
Burleigh, the orator.
He was in the middle Of one Of his
eloquent denunciations of slavery when
a well-aimed and rotten egg struck him
full in the face. This he said calm
ly, as he produced his handkerchief
and wiped his face, as a striking evi-
dence of what 1 have always main
tanned, that pro-siavery arguments are
unsound. Saturday Evening Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25
HER LIFE TO lEPERS.
Wife of Salvation Army Leader

WIG OF SaFiatIOn Army Leader
Would Go to MoIOkai Island.
Desiring nothing better than to spend
her life in cheering the lives of hopeless
lepers, Mrs. French, wife of Col French,
commander of the Pacific coast division of
the Salvation army, has offered to go to
the leper island of Molokai. Her hus-
band also has a desire to devote his life
to the lepers.
The Trenches have five children, rang
ing in age from 9 to 16 years. At pres
ent Col. French is absent on mission
work in Honolulu and is making arrange
ments for opening a leper mission
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25

A farmer who has grown a 403-
pound squash is worth listening to
when he tells how he did it, for he
says it is no trick at all to grow a
30O-pounder. In explaining how he
does it, he says: For each hill | in
barrow loads Of hen manure, and mix
with four barrows of good soil taken
from some other part of the lot A
little later, early in May, 1 add four
barrows of well-rotted manure and mix
thoroughly. Then about the 18th Of
May 1 make the hills, digging out a
space seven feet in diameter and Il
inches deep, filling in with my compost
mixing, and with it some Of the best
earth which was thrown out; and when
finished the hill will be about ten feet
in diameter and six inches higher in
the center than the surrounding level );
the seed is planted at once. Hills
should be about 20 feet apart; work
the ground well until the plants COM
mence to run. When vines are about
three feet long l mulch the ground all
over, for 20 feet in diameter around
each hill, with horse manure three
inches deep, and stake the vines down
with sticks to keep the wind from roll
ing them about, SO that they may root
at every joint. 1t Is Of great advan-
tage to keep the vine from fruiting as
long as possible, by pruning all fruit
bloom off until about the last week in
July; this will give time enough to
mature a 300-pound squash by the first
of October. There must be big vine
to produce a big squash"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-25

Did you hear that they were going
to leave Chicago?' asked Mabel
'tNo. Are they? I'm glad Of It"
All but Bert" said Mabel. -Bert's
studying medicine, you know
who's Rert?''
Bert Glidden, of courss," replied
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Quail Discasc.

A highly contagious and rapidly IA
tai disease has lately prevailed among
quail in this country. New to the
United States, or at least unrecognized
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NeStIingS' Annette.

The Unsuitable appetite of young
birds, and, indirectly, the benefits which
a community receives from the pres
ence of insect-eating birds, is admira-
bly, brought out in a study made by
the students of the University of Indi-
ana, at the biological station at Winona
Lake.
Relays of students, according to the
Nature Study Review, placed them
selves in a position to observe contin-
uously from daylight to dark the move
ments in the nests of an orchard ORR
ole, pewee, a phoebe and wren, all
of which belong to the insect-consum-
ing class of birds.
The little wren's nest, in which there
We're five birds about 8 days old, was
a scene of great activity, and in the
nine hours and twenty-six minutes the
little bird family was under observa-
ton the nestlings were fed 113 times,
most of the food being foraged by the
male bird, but distributed by the
mother bird.
The food consisted of cutworms,
grasshoppers, cabbage worms and sun
dry smaller insects which were not
identified.
The nest of the phoebe, which con-
tanned two young birds 4 days old,
gave evidence of the first activity at
20 a. M, and between that time and
p. M, when 1t began to rain, the
young birds had received 260 install
ments of dinner. The voracity of the
orioles and pewees were equally re-
markable.
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Spray potatoes with bordeaux, in

Spray potatoes with bordeaux, in
which is used some poison, sucn as
paris green, at the rate of four to six
ounces in fifty gallons. For early pota-
toes In New York the first applica
ton should be made in June and fo-
medium varieties from July ] to July
is, while late potatoes may not re
1uire treatment before the third week
in July. Repeat the application at
periods of from two to four weeks.
Usually three treatments are sufficient
for both the beetles and the fungous
troubles as well.