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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
Indian Girls at BasIef-Bnu.

The finest basketball team in Indian
Territory is at Sapulpa, and is COM
posed Of full-blood Indian girls who
have been trained by the superintend-
emf of the Euchee Mission School an
experienced coach.
The ,Euchee team has never been de-
feated, writer In the Kansas Civ
Star says. Match games have been
played with the 'crack" teams of Tul-
sa, ClaremOre, Bristow. SapuIpx. Ok
mulgee and Strond, but the Indian girls
have always won.
The Indian girls, who represent some
of the best and purest blood OF the
Greeks and the Euchee clan. are all
scholars in the Euchee school. They
are excellent students. ;
The natural aptitude Of the Indian
for athletics crops out In tileir basket
ball play. Their strongest point Ia
in team" work, backed up by great
swiftness of foot In the Sapulna
match game these girls once made a
goal from the toss-up without letting
the opposing team touch the ball or al
lowing the ball to touch the floor.
The fame Of the Euchee team has
spread to such an extent that already
games have been scheduled for a Mis-
souri-Kansas tour
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
EAGLE DROPS CHILD INTO TREE.

It's TalOns Became Fixed in the
Dress of Little One.
One of the pair Of giant bald eagles
that nest in a dead chestnut tree on
Waukhaw mountain, near Caldwell, n
j., carried 3-year-old Gladys Vreeland
to the top Of ia II hemlock tree Sat
urday morning and dropped her into
its branches, according to the story told
by her father, John Milton Vreeland,
a farmer, says the New York World.
The child weighs forty pounds and,
according to the fathers story, the
great bird was barely able to maintain
its flight under the weight. Its carry
ing off of the girl was more than half
involuntary, its talons having become
caught in her clothing when she at
tempted to save hen from the eagle.
Vreeland said the bird had been soar
ing over his chicken run for more than
an hour He saw it swOop downward
into a clump of currant bushes. In the
bushes the eagle pOunced upon a hen,
but could not rise with its prey be-
cause of the thick foliage. The tapping
Of the great wings attracted the child
to the spot and when she saw the hen
held by the eagle she seized stick and
began to belabor the marauder.
The eagle sprung on her, sinking It's
talons into her dress, the sharp claws
tearing her flesh. Her cries brought
her father running from a field near
by. At sight of the man the bird at
tempted to rise, dragging the child,
struggling, after it. Vreeland believes
that the birds talons became entangled
in the girls dress and that it could not
free itself. The two eagles have been
familiar to the neighborhood since
1903, but never had they been known
to attack human beings before
The great bird rose slowly and labori-
ously, it's wings beating the air wildly
and the child screaming with terror.
vreeland sprang forward. but before he
got within reach the bird had lifted
itself and It's precious burden above
him and was slowly rising higher and
higher. The child continued to struggle
and the bird seemed trying to free it.
self
1t had reached the top Of tall hem
lock tree when the struggles of the girl
rent her dress at the left shoulder. For
several seconds she hung with her en-
tire weight in the grasp of one talon
of the eagle, which continued Tapping
the air wildly and trying to make head
way.
Then the dress at the right shoulder
gave way and Gladys fell through the
branches of the tree to the ground.
where fortunately a pile of hay broke
her fall, so that she was little injured
As the child dropped the eagle shot
through the air toward the mountain
at express train speed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
ADVANCED WOMEN OF BURMA

Clever, shrewd and industrious, All
of Which Their Husbands Are Not
The Burmese woman is clever. witty.
well Informed, one of the shrewdest Of
business persons, usually an excellent
housekeeper as well as a good mer-
chant, says Charles e. Russell il. Har-
per's. Her two errors seem to be, first.
in marrying John Burman, who is gen
orally lazy and unworthy of her; and
second, in submitting to the medical
tOmfOolery that the Burmese, for all
their intelligence, still practice. L
might add for third, if one more be
needed, the smoking of the Burmese
cigarette. which tends to twist out of
shape her handsome mouth This cigar
cite, by the way, is a monstrous thing.
often eighteen inches in length and an
inch and quarter in diameter.
The Burmese woman not only man.
ages all the material interests of her
household but she keeps the Buddhist
faith intact. Without her influence It
may be doubted If John Burman would
care very much. He Is too iEdolent
and too fond of his ease in smooth
water. But the women are strict In
their performance of religious duties:
you can see them at all hours prayjnp
in the shrines where not often you see
the men. If this theory about the wom-
en- is correct. 1t is wonderful testimony
to their strength of mind, for Bud
dhism in Burma is rock-ribbed and ap-
parently unassailable; and then, In the
last analysis, it must be to the women
that we owe the beautiful pagodas, the
excellent monasteries and the gemlike
shrines that dot this pleasant country.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
The Drawing.

N~H%~@--~--@~-~@~@~
The captive was to all appearances
living the last moments of his life.
With rope about his neck, the limb Of
a tree in close proximity, and the crowd
of excited miners, gamblers and pros
pectors surging round him, he stood,
fearlessly, quiet and resigned.
The leader of the mob was speaking.
Boys, this critter is about to die
Not because he shot a man, not because
he killed half a dozen men, or Is a
brigand. No, because he has done what
no man in this section Of the country
would do had he any spark of the stuff
we are supposed TO have lost on our
entrance to the West in him-honor.
He has been convicted by common as
sent as a boss thief To be boss thief
n the section of the country where we
arr is to be the lowest thing a man
an he amt man at that-can be.
/ amt got much to say, and | amt
taking long to say it, but he's got to
suffer he penalty of his crime"
Finishing his speech amid the roar of
the mems voices, he stepped from the
log on which he was standing and adj
dressed the man:
IF you know any prayers, mister,
say them; cause you won't have long
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
TELLS w. CT u. OF VICTORIES.
President Lillian NJ. n. Stevens Adj
dresses the National Convention

At Nashville Tenn, Friday morning
the thirty-fourtb annual convention Of
the National Womans Christian Tenn
perance Union was called to order in
the First Presbyterian church By its
president, Mrs. Lillian NJ y. Stevens
of Portland, Ne. Between 800 and 600
delegates were in their seats when the
president raped for order.
After organization the report of the
executive committee and the appoint
ment Of committee the president deliv-
cred her annual address. She said:
Two decades ago we came here actu-
ated by the same spirit inspired by the
same hopes. upheld by the same faith
which are ours to-day.
Can we not take for this convention
the same motto that Frances f. Willard
gave to the convention of 1887: There is
nothing memorable but love- Her min
istrations in years gone by had much TO
do with weakening the foundations Of the
liquor power and to-day we rejoice that
it cannot be said as of yore: King Al
cohol is enthroned in the realm of King
Cotton.
Each triumph over the liquor traffic
gained in the southland is of national
value and the temperance victories in
Tennessee have gladdened the hearts of
good men and women everywhere.
Gorgia's struggle. Georgia's achieve
ment will help Massachusetts. Illinois,
California and all other license States 20
break away from the bondage Of the legal
lied liquor traffic.
Oklahoma triumph is of greater i'm
port than we can easily comprehend. All
hail to the new State which enters state
hood life free constitutionally from a
legalized liquor traffic.
The lawless. defiant resistance of the
liquor trade in Maine. Kansas and North
Dakota to an unusually great degree has
been overcome. Maine still remains the
most conspicuous target for the liquor
men and their sympathizars. ana undou5t-
eddy more false statements are made in
the e2deavor to show that prohibition
there 5 a failure than are made in con-
nection with any other subject on any
locality on the face of the globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
SANTA FE HEAVILY FINED,
Los Angeles Judge Infiicts Penalty
of 100000 fer Giving Rehafex

4 fine Of 100000 was imposed on the
Atchison. Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
by Judge Ollin Wellborn in the United
States District Court at Los Angeles for
granting rebates to the Grand Canyon
Lime and Cement Company of Arizona
on shipments from Nelson, Ariz., to Los
Angeles.
This sentence follows the conviction
of the road on Oct. II last by a federal
grand jury, which returned verdict of
guilty on sixty-six counts after deliberat
ing only an hour. The punishment rep
resents a penalty of 5000 for each
charge. but falls short of the maximum
ine allowed under the law by S990.D09.
though it exceeds the minimum by S264,-
600.
Rejecting the Santa FEES plea that it
was not aware it was breaking the FL
kins act. the judge held that the conces-
sons had been intentionally and system
atically made. Even if the company was
ignorant of the law. said the decision. this
would imply "a degree of negligence we'll
nigh equivalent to guilty knowledge" The
court also dismissed as unworthy of Gre
dence the statement that the sums paid
were in recompense for damages to goods
in transit
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
800 MILLION OF CHINESE.
Yellow Empire Has About One-fifth
of GInhs,s Ponula1inn

Yellow Empire Has About One-fifth
of Globes Population.
The interesting question of the pop
ulation of the Chinese empire has of
ten been discussed, but it is still i'm
possible to say with any degree of GER
tainty what the figures are.
At the beginning of the Christian
era it Is tolerably certain that there
were at least SO,OOO,OOO inhabitants,
and it must be remembered that the
empire was much smaller than it Is at
the present time.
Most of the censuses taken in China
during the last 1000 years, says the
North China Daily News, have not
professed to take in the whole popu-
lation. Young children and old men,
for instance, were sometimes omitted,
the main object of the census being
to ascertain the number of taxable
persons
By common consent the most relia-
BILE census ever taken in China was
that of 1912. This gives the figure as
more than 362,OOO,0OO. In 1868 the
population was estimated at nearly
40S,0OO.OO0: but in 1881 It had fallen
to 3S0OO0,000. the great TAPPING re-
bellion, liz which so many millions of
people lost their lives, being one of
the principal causes, undoubtedly, for
this great decline.
Travellers, missionaries and others
who have visited the region devastated
at the time of the TAPPING rebellion,
express the opinion that the loss of
life during that great convulsion has
generally been estimated at too low a
figure, and 1t Is question also wheth-
er the terrible famine more than q
score Of years ago In the province of
Chile, Shansi, Shensi and Honan, with
a population of 7O,OOO,OOO, is not re-
sponsible for the loss of more lives
than 1t Is usually credited with
1t is still more certain that the Mo-
hammedan uprising in the northwest
destroyed more lives than it is gen
orally supposed TO have done. A very
moderate computation of the loss of
life incurred in these three calamities
makes 1t to be fully 6O.O0O.000. And
in this connection it would be we'll,
perhaps, to remind ourselves that the
habitual use Of opium by such a large
number Of people has tended to act IN
juriously on the recuperatiye power Of
the nation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
News of Minor Note.

Americans in SIanila are dissatisfied
with Taft's speech at the opening of the
assembly.
The professor of chemistry and physics
at the University of Berne Is woman
only 20 years old.
Secretary Wilson said American work
ingmen of to-day live better than did
Queen Elizabeth.
Already more than 10000 schools have
been established in China. where Chi
nese are taught precisely as the youths
are taught in the schools Of this country.
University statistics of Europe seem
to Indicate that men are deserving the
practice of medicine and women are TAX
ing it UP.
Miss Jane Adams appeals to mem
bers of Illinois women clubs for indus
trial education for the consumer and the
workman.
Injunction stopping the Wisconsin At
torney Generals investigation of alleged
franchise grabbing in Milwaukee was dis
solved by the court.
Illinois Federation Of Women's Clubs
decided to wage war on house flies and
mosquitoes ana 10 take acton Tor 0eautI-
flying the State.
Illinois Federation Of Labor in its an
nual convention defeated plan to organ
ize an independent political party and
decided to hold TO its present policy of
work through the old parties.
The cloud formation known as mares
tails and "mackerel sky are invariably
three miles high. The highest clouds a~e
ten miles high and these are composed of
minute particles OF ice
There is to be an underground railway
across busy. crowded Toxic. The dis
lance is to be twelve miles and the cost
OF construction will not be less than
S625.O00 q mile. The railway company
will have SS7. 100000 capital.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
I TERS efnE PEOPI

that the nation 10 usupng the powers the States IS
without any real foundation because the powers now as
sued by the nation hitherto supposed to be reserved to
the states, simply outgrowth of conditions which
nave arisen from circumstances beyond contempla-
uon OF either the States the nation Duties have been
cast upon the nation arising from the exgences of the
les Ihls does not mean usurpaton o. the rights
Joyed by the States 1t simply means the mode of ma
uohaI me- the progress of events the trend empire
LOFTY craftsmanship and fortuitous circumstances have
placed US upon the crest of the flowing tide of expansion
ana national greatness We continue to drift on
ward and upward wait for the ebbipr tide TO float
backward and downward We cannot remain inactive
and stationary There is stopping place. no station
in the life of the nation individual not marked by
progress retrogresson
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
The Paper Told the Tale.

A certain Greek adventurer some
years ago undertook to palm off upon
the public some false copies of the pos-
pei manuscripts Many learned mon
were deceived, but not DR.. Coke libra-
rian OF the Bodman library at Oxford
How he detected the fraud was roIatad
in his own words in the Spectator
| never really opened the book but
| held it In my hand and took onc
page of it between my finger and Thumb
while 1 listened to the rascaPs account
of how he found this most Interesting
antiquity. At the end of three or four
minutes l handed it back to him with
the short comment, Nineteenth con-
fury paper, my dear SIR" and be took
it away in a hurry and did not come
again. Yes. / was pleased, but 7 have
handled several ancient manuscriDts +,
my time, and know the feel OF old
paper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
to live Do you want to be blind
fnI,J,.J2
No." was the calm answer.

folded?"
NO" was the calm answer.
Then pray" were the last words OF
the big fellow.
The crowd did not expect to see the
figure move, but In an instant the man
was on his knees praying with fervor
Several minutes had elapsed when a
horses hoofs were heard grinding over
the rocky road. 4 minute more and q
young woman of comely appearance
threw herself from her horse and sob
bed upon the neck of the kneeling man.
"Joe, Joe. what is the trouble? oh,
don't kill him! Don't murder him ="
she sobbed, with the tears binding her
and rolling down her ashen cheeks
"Joe, love you-love you-love YOU
Do you understand? she cried.
He said nothing, not even returning
her caresses, and staring straight
ahead. seemed to be lost in oblivion.
The words of the big fellow, clad In
the blue flannel shirt, chaps and boots.
seemed to tear apart the heartstrings
of the young woman as she fell to the
ground with sob.
wait, wait" she pleaded to the mob.
II wish to say something. Listen to
me, for Gods sake."
The girls eyes were dull and listless.
She spoke in q monotone, without ges-
lures of any kind. Her plain black
dress, with the white ashen hue of her
cheeks. made contrast not to be for
gotten in a moment.
Gentlemen, l am the cause Of the
man standing there, dumb to my en-
treaties. 1t was not because he wished
the animal for himself, but because |
had called him a coward for not being
brave enough to face this very scene
My sister. you all know her, was
In agony at her cabin in the hill last
night, and it was the fault of the man.,
her husband. who is most strenuous in
his efforts TO have Jack, my Jack.
strung to that tree. He would not get
a doctor himself. He was too much of
a coward. 1 asked Jack to get one.
He did not want TO take any chances
on getting a horse at the time, and
you men were angry at him for taking
a hand in the argument of my brother
in-law the other night. l called him
a coward for not getting an animal
some way. Not thinking Of the penal
~ of such an act. he took the nearest
horse" she ended with sob.
The mob was interested. intensely,
open-mouthed, but many of them
claimed the story to be the Invention of
a clever woman's brain.
The big fellow in the blue flannel
shirt was speaking again.
~Boys, we will only decide this mat
ter In one way. We will place six
slips of paper in hat, and on three
of the sheets will be written the word
Death and on the other three Lib
erty.' One Of you will draw a slip,
and the first slip drawn will decide
the answer whether this man lives or
dies. IL that all right?"
The crowd gave unanimous assent
The big fellow prepared Hx slipa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14

thing from their local sovereignty Importance to say
that they members of the national body The States
must remain ndestructlbe forever and so far as II
their fiscal and prudential affairs and matters
pertaining to health morals and police the States must
continue in the future In the past exercise SOW
eregn powers long those powers do not conflict
with the national constitution.
Our destiny a nation is onward and upward and If
would be dangerous and unwise permit the States TO
interfere in interstate matters international affairs
Hence the apprehension Of certain aarmists to the effect
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
NIile-a-NIinute ship.

It is. possible that the propulsion of
vessels through the water may be entire
ly recolutionized by IN invention which
is being developed by Joseph Turner of
New York City. The principle is an en-
tirely new one. the triple horizontal
plates, which form the propeller, working
up and down with the sinuous motion of
a fish. 1t has lifting as well as a pro-
pelling motion. and it has the advantage
over the screw propeller that the surface
on both sides of each blade is efficient for
propulsion 1t is said that Mr. Turner
intends to apply his system TO aerial nav
igation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14

riotsm. We are engrcSsed in the pursuits of peace
Mind and nerve strained to the utmost in varied
activities which promise opportunity for individual
achievement.
But the American heart thrills the sight of the
dag the American conscience points unwaverngy to the
path Of honor the American of justice was never
more supreme in its sway, and, united by common ap
probation of the ideals Of free government by com
mon perception Of national destiny by common rec
ognition Of the riches of Inheritance the American
people should, and believe WILL go steadily forward
happy, resourcefu and triumphant people, enjoying in
greater deg-es blessings of liberty and union
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
The Lake MohonE Platform

The annual conference at Lake Mo-
honk \. Y, has expressed approval of
the policy of the government toward the
Indians in recent years and urged Con
gress to reduce the duties now collected
on products from the Philippine Islands
Special emphasis is placed on the need
of primary schools and the preparation
of teachers therefor in both Hawaii and
the Philippine Islands. Provision should
also be made for the admission of edu-
Gated Porto Ricans to citizenship
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
New Race at the North.

Curator Gordon of the University of
PENNSYLVANIA archaeological department.
who has just returned from Alaska.
brings word of a new race which he dis
covered on the hitherto unexplored Kos
kokwin river. He says these people now
number only about 400, and are unlikr
either Esquimaux or Athabascans They
show strong traces Of Asiatic ancestry.
They had never seen white man before.
and crime is unknown among them They
have no laws. being governed by priests.
who are patriarchs. They are all intelli-
gent, and their religion is nature worship
of a high order Instead of dressing in
skins they use the breasts of looms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
ANSWERED.

Is I happy, honey? sho
Is too busy chile to know.
Got ter git dis washin' out
While de sun am lurkin' bout
Cook de dinner, hoe de con,
an ez sho ez yo's done bon
Den I'll hab ter stop agen
Ter whip dat pickaninny Ben;
Git de goat an chillen fed
Count EN- ez dey goes ter bed,
Teachin' manners while l sews
Patches on de old mans clo'es.
Sakes alive. is hustlin' so,
Clar ter goodness eff | know
Eff Is happy or | amt,
Goa no time ter make complaint.
When rs nuthin' else ter do
III set down an think it thro'.
But de day ter think an set
Lor' dat day amt got hyah yet.
Dixie Wolcott.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
To Err Is Human.

Robert Browning once found himself
at a dinner, at great English house.
sitting next to lady who was con-
nected with the highest aristocracy.
She was very graciously inclined, and
did her utmost to make conversation
"Are you not a poet?" she finally
asked.
well" said Browning, people are
sometimes kind enough to say that I
am
"Oh, please don't mind my having
mentioned it" the duchess FASTENED to
say, with the kindest of smiles. "You
know Byron and Tennyson and others
were poets"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-11-14
The Only Thing Left.

A Kansas City man recently wrote to
a lawyer In another town Of the State
asking for Information touching the
standing OF q person there who had
owed the Kansas City individual con-
siderable sum of money for a long time.
What property has he that l could
attach?" was one Of the questions
asked.
The lawyers reply was to the point.
1.-THE person to whom you REFER" he
wrote, "died a year ago. He has left
nothing subject to attachment except a
widow"