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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-15

green tOque laid It aside and then ran her fingers
over the picture frames the blotters the letter paper
and the many little things scattered the desk.
Without seeming to change anything she had
brought order of chaos.
She swung about on the swivel chair and nodded
back at her handiwOrk.
See she said smiling, the wOman's touch
| went where she sat and leaned against
the desk Why not go back" L asked bluntly
enough.
The girl picked up pen, dipped it in the ink, and
began drawing little figures on the blOtter.
Doesn't he care for the wOman'S tOuCh?'
She shook her head and lightly tossed the pen
the desk.
Is it only because he doesn't give you all the
money you want
Again she shook the mass of yellow curls. and
laCng her fingers behind her head stared up at the
ceiling In those few short moments she had become
better part of my days and nights, where every
picture every piece of furniture, every insignificant
detail, had become part of my routine life 1t was
as if she and | had been talking things over there
for many years.
do you know my town." she asked.
Pretty well. Why
We'll. socially speaking. you know Markets. IS
a good deal like the partition in a I'm Crow car
down South If YOU live south of Market st. you
ride with the white folks but If you live north you
must stick TO the people the other side of the
partition Ny position altogether wrong
geographically. people always lived on the
north side. and | don't think ne really ever had any
people himself Personally he came out OF the West
i called him Lochinvar when we were engaged
The girl smiled up at the ceiling.
And SINCE" asked
oh such a lot OF things: but that's over now.
When we We're first married, tried to make hin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-15

believe that with all his money he could jump me
over Market
L IS a wide street" | suggested
The gjrl pulled herself out of the swivel chair and
crossed the room to a little mirror the fireplace
Society reporters call it impossible social
guch.' She said, running her fingers through the
golden hair. ...
Wouldn't YOU like something to eat or drink
suggested "I have some crackers and champagne
L would" she said, because they are the only
things a woman can eat and drink and look well
When eturned from he refrigerator IN the other
room | found her standing a chair setting a
II suppose the other man." l said, came from
south Broad-St.-he and his folks?-
The girl turned and nodded
And he told YOU all about the people your nus
band didn't know, and all about the assemblies and
dances YOU could never get asked to
Yes she said, smiling INTO the mirror In
fact he was a regular south Broad-St. Othello.
For the CITY of Brotherly Love there IS a good deal
of love not altogether brotherly.
opened the Champagne, and we sat at either side
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-15

Yes. if You don't look.
took the pack of cards and slowly tore them IN
half Before | did SO, however. | did something
which was no doubt most reprehenSible, but which
at the moment at least seemed advisable. 1t was
sonnet hing | had not done since the days when |
PLAYED the guitar and more or less accomplished
IN paror tricks. | palmed the bottom card As the
bits of cardboard disappeared the wheels of the
hansom the spirits of my young and beautiful friend
seemed suddenly restored. and she gave my arm
dist met squeeze through the heavy Overcoat and
sat even closer to than the confines of the
cab demanded
Now" she said, fairly laughing aloud, I've are
really off.
= Yes | said and no. The situation would be
somewhat less complicated If you were less OF
lady"
What YOU really mean" she said, turning and
smiling most frankly at me. IS more OF one
MY good young woman | replied, do you con-
slider our present situation? Here we are-two abso-
lutte strangers practically stranded IN large city at
midnight. | happen to have home; but, SO Tar as
can see. YOU viii have to take this hack tor the
night
The girl looked up at my serious face poutcd her
lips like a spoiled child, and then leaned back, and
from her corner | distinctly heard the most musical
laughter She was really very annoying, and we
were getting well on toward the hotel was strongly
terl1Dte TO produce the visiting card, which had
slipped in my pocket, and threaten her with eX-
pO>ure -
1t IS ike this. she said pulling herself out of the
and resting her arms alongside OF mime on me
doors of he hanson. You really have no magma
ton Why not spend the night in a hanson: Is
there ANYTHING so particularly soft about your mat
tress that YOU must spend every night on It Some
OF hese holes in streets might be hlied up with
advantage but this cab is all right You quite
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-15

woman =" she repeated that 5 how it IS with us
Good" SAID |, and lifting the lid Of the hanson
told the driver to 90 to my address.
We stumbled up the long flights OF stairs and
through the ii lit Railways; but it seemed TO make
the little sitting look only the more cheerful
when we had once reached it. The girl seemed 10
know instinctvely that the most comfortable chair
was he large leather in the corner She dropped
into this and sat with her elbows resting on her
knees and her chin between the palms OF her hands
For some moments she remained thus while lit he
fire Then when the flames well started She
came over TO the hearth, and we stood side by side
Nett her of us said anything; but she looked up at
me once and smiled confidently and with perfect
understanding.
4 photograph on my desk had slipped IN It's frame
and i was his hat first seemed to attract her atten-
ton Slowly pulling at her gloves, she went over to
the desk and put the photograph back IN its proper
place 1t was the picture Of a girl whom l had al
yavs thought very pretty; but she did not seem to
notice this-it was only the frame that interested
her She sat down before my desk, took off the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-09-15

as marrow as the rules Of your notes mat
won't give single woman a room to sleep
in. You mean well, and, when properly
introduced to a lady, | have no doubt
YOU re a very nice person; but really Your
mind IS not resourCefu1- From Your own
| have an inspiration already.
You say that they Will not let me IN any
respectable hotel. and that you have
home. It's perfectly simple--Iu 60 to
Your home and YOU go to q hotel. What
kind OF a home have YOU GOT
It's perfectly good home. | said
Its a bachelor apartment over some
shops"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Looks Like a Rose Thorn.

Protective resemblance, protective
coloration or whatever name may be
given to the deception which is prac-
ticed by one branch of zoology upon
another is to the naturalist at all times
a most fascinating study. The green
caterpillar in the country hedges, the
moth reposing on the tree trunk, the
fat fish on the sandy bottom and the
stick insect on the barren twig pro-
vide in a lesser or greater degree re-
markable illustrations by one of the
wisest of Dame Natures provisions
against the risk of determination.
In some cases the protective resem-
blance serves double purpose. 1t is
protective in that ii affords conceal
ment from the enemy and aggressive
because per contra tie victim can APP
proach without fear
One of the most remarkable. perhaps.
is the little South American insect
which bears SO striking a resemblance
to the ordinary rose thorn as often to
deceive the most practiced eye. How it
discovered in the first instance its sim
ilarity to Il prickly thorn or how, hav-
ing made the discovery, it decided to
use it as a means of protection against
its natural enemies is one of the ma
lures DrofoundeSt riddles
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
NeiId. 11iaer.

John Camden Neild, whose magnifi-
cent bequest to Queen Victoria supplied
the funds out of which the prince con-
sort built the present Balmoral castle,
deserves q place among the great
misers and was as remarkable a man
as any of them. He was educated at
Elton and Trinity college, Cambridge
and was barrister at Lincoln's inn
At the age of thirtyfour his fathers
death placed him in possession of for
tune of 100000 pounds and from that
moment he became a confirmed miser
Neild lived at Cheyne walk, Chel-
sea. His big house was SO meanly fur
nished that it did not even boast of
bed. Two old women, who did his
stoves, and a black cat We're his sole
companions. When he visited his
large estates in the Midlands, which
he did frequently, he generally walked,
unless he could get lift for nothing.
Sometimes he was compelled by the
weather TO take a seat on the stage
coach. And there he would sit on the
outside, shivering and dripping-fOr he
never wore a greatcoat-an object of
commiseration to his fellow passen-
gers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
scALY ERUPTION ON BODY.

Doctors and Remedies Fruitiess--
Suffered 10 Ycars--CompIeteIy
Cured by Three Boxes of Cuticura.
"When | was about nine years old
small sores appeared on each of my
lower limbs ! scratched them with
brass pin and shortly afterward both
of those limbs became so sore that /
could scarcely walk. When | had
been suffering for about Il month the
sores began to heal, but small scaly
eruptions appeared where the sores
had been From that time onward |
was troubled by such severe itching
that, until | became accustomed to 1t,
/ would scratch the sores until the
blood began to flow This would stop
the itching. for a few days, but scaly
places wGuld appear again and the
Itching would accompany them. After
/ suffered about ten years | made
renewed effort to effect Il cuh2 The
eruptions by this time had appesaed on
every part of my body except my lace
and hands The best doctors in my ma
tive country advised ME to use arsenic
in small doses and Il salve. | then
used to battle the sores in Il mixture
which gave almost intolerable pain. IN
addition | used other remedies, such
as iodine. sulphur. zinc salve, IS
Salve. - Ointment, and in fact |
was continually giving some remedy
a fair trial. never using less than one
or two boxes or bottles All this was
fruitless. Finally my hair began to
fall out and l was rapidly becoming
bald. / used IS -, but it did no
good. A few months after, having used
almost everything else, | thought
would try Cuticura Ointment, having
previously used Cuticura Soap and be-
lug pleased with it. After using three
boxes | was completely cured, and my
hair was restored. after fourteen years
of suffering ana an expenditure of at
least $50 or $50 in vainly endeavoring
to find Il cure. l shall be glad to write
to any one who may be interested in
my cure. u. Hiram Mattingly, YER
million. $. Oak. Aug. Is. 1906"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Backing 1t Up.

''Show me a man who thinks he has a
bad cold, gentlemen, exclaimed the
stranger who had secured the town hall
for a free illustrated lecture, land III
show you a fraud -
Instantly sixty-three men in the audi
ence rose up
There's your fraud. gentlemen said
the lecturer. throwing a picture of the
celebrated Cardiff Giant on the screen.
And now, my friends ne continued,
while you are looking at this monu-
mental example. my assistant will go
through the audience with email samples
of my celebrated Vegetable Prescription
for the Cure of all Coughs and Colds,
which | guarantee-remember ladies and
gentlemen, l absolutely guarantee-to
cure each and every ease. or your money
viii be cheerfully refunded. Small sam
pies cents, to assist in paying for the
rent of this hall. Larger bottles, - cents.
After l have sold SO worth of This Won
derful remedy, ladies and gentlemen. we
will have the moving pictures of the
San Francisco earthquake. Chicago
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC
RAILROAD AND WESTERN CAN
ADA
VIII Open Up Immense Area of Free
Homestead Lands.

The railway facilities of Western
Canada have been taxed to the utter
most in recent years to transfer the
surplus grain crop to the eastern mar
ketS and the seaboard. The large in
fiuX of settlers and the additional area
put under crop have added largely TO
the grain product, and Notwithstanding
the increased railway facilities that
have been placed at the disposal of the
public, the question of transportation
has proved to be a serious one.
1t will, therefore, be good news to
everyone interested in Western Can
ada to know that an authoritative
statement has been given out by Mr.. G..
NJ Hays. president of the Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway, that that railway will
do its share towards moving the crop
OF 1907 from Alberta, Saskatchewan
and Manitoba to tidewater, and thus
assist in removing serious obstacle
which has faced the settler during re-
cent years. Mr.. Hays, who has just
completed a trip from Portage la Prai-
Tie W III al Didliit SNhooAiCA'
distance of 735 miles, which was COW
cred in eighteen days, is enthusiastic
about the country.
This will be gratifying to settlers IN
the Canadian West. even If Mr.. Hays
declines to be bound to a time limit
with the exactitude of a stop-watch
The Grand Trunk Pacific road will be
II position to take part in the trans
portation of the crop of 1907, and that
will be satisfactory to the settlers in
that country when the harvest is gar
nered.
The wheat crop OF 1906 in Western
Canada was about 90,000,0O0 bushels
and with the increased acreage which
is confidently expected to be put under
crop next year it is safely calculated
that fully 125,OOO,OOO bushels will be
harvested in 1907. The necessity for
increased transportation facilities are,
therefore, apparent, and the statement
made by Mr.. Hays will bring encour-
agement to the farmers of the Cana
dian West, new and old. The opening
up of additional thousands of free
hOmesteads is thus assured by the
agent of the Canadian government,
whose address appears elsewhere.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
Always to BE DeDended UpOu,

When a person gets up in the morning
with a dull headache and a tired, stretchy
feeling, il is an almost certain indication
that the liver, or bowels, or both, are de-
cidedly out of order.
At such times Nature, the wisest and
best of all doctors, takes this means to
give warning that she needs the help and
gentle assistance which can best be OBJ
tanned from that old family remedy,
Brandreth's Pills, which has beer in use
for over a century
They are the same fine laxative tonic
pill your grandparents used, when doctors
were few and far between and when peo-
Die had to have remedy that could alb
solutely be depended upon.
Brandreth's Pills can be depended upon
and are sold in every drug and medicine
store, either plain or sugar-coated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
A Master of Languages.

F'ifty-eight languages at the END oil
ones tongue, Yet this was the mum
Der of tongues of which the Cardinal
MeZzofanti was master, and the most
wonderful thing about it was that
nearly all of these different languages
had several separate dialects. Mezzo
fanti was probably the greatest lin
guist the world has ever known. To
hear Il language was with him to speak
it. He was a man with three score
words for every idea, and he laid bis
great attachments to his excellent mem
DRY and to the fact that once hearing
a word he never forgot it.
jeremiah Curtin, the translator of
"Ouo Vadis," was credited with speak
ing sixty languages and dialects.
There are few men nowadays who
pass the mark of speaking knowledge
of ten languages. Six or eight seem
to be the limit, even with men of great
learning. Mithridates, Pico and Sir
William Jones were said to be masters
of over twenty tongues, and Sir John
Bowring, Muller. and Fresnel are said
TO have spoken in twenty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
COSTLY PRESSURE.
Heart and Nerves Fail on Coffee,

Heart and Nerves Fail on Coffee
\ resident of a great western State
puts the case regarding stimulants with
a comprehensive breyity that is admir-
able. He says:
Il am SO years old and have had
considerable experience with stimn-
lants. They are all alike-a mortgage
Oh reserved energy at ruinous interest
As the whip stimulates but does not
strengthen the horse, so do stinulants
act upon the human system. Feeling
this way, gave up coffee and all other
stimuldnts and began the use of Post
I'm Food coffee some months ago The
beneficial results have been apparent
from the first. The rheumatism that 1
used to suffer from has left me, ] sleep
sounder, my nerves are steadier and
my brain clearer And l bear test
mony also to the food value of Postum
something that is lacking in coffee"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. There's a reason. Read
The Road to Wellviile," the quaint
Ettle book in pkgs
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
The FIRST TWINGE
or Rheumatism Calls for DR.. Willisn;a'
Pink Pills If You Would Be
Easily Cured.


Mr.. Frank Little, a well known citi-
zen of Portland. Ionia Co., Mich, was
cured Of severe case of rheumatism
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills. In speak
ing about it recently, he said: My
body was run down and in no condl-
ton to withstand disease and about
i've years ago | began to feel rneu-
matte pains in my arms and across
my back My arms and legs grew
numb and the rheumatism seemed to
settle in every joint so that | could
hardly move, while my arms were
useless at times. | was unable TO
sieep or rest well and my heart pain
ed me so terribly could hardly stand
1t. NY stomach became sour and
bloated after eating and this grew
so bad that l had Inflammation Of
tne stomach | was extremely nery-
GUS and could not bear the least
noise or excitement. One whole side
of my body became paralyzed.
"As l said before, / had been suf-
ering about Eve years and seemed to
be able to get no relief from my
doctors, when a friend here in Port
land told me how DR.. Williams Pink
Pills had cured MIN Of neuralgia in
the face, even after the pain had
drawn it to one side. I decided to
try the pills and began to see some
Improvement soon after using them.
This encouraged me to keep on until
! was entirely cured. I have never
had return Of the rheumatism or of
the paralysis.
The pills are for sale by all drug
gists or sent. postpaid, on receipt of
price, so cents per box, six boxes
$3.50, by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company. Schenectady, y. 7.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17

The first farmers Of a new country
depend largely on virgin fertility to
produce large crops. When they fail
to obtain profitable crops with indif-
ferent farming they feel that the land
has become worn out and they sell out
and go further west. In nearly every
country fertility has been increased I'M
der the best methods of farming, unit!
now many farms are yielding better
crops than when they were first brought
under cultivation. Pennsylvania
farmer wrote a friend In us that
he raised on virgin soil q crop OF
wheat. yielding II bushels per acre. y
The same farm this year, 12S years
later, produced "a bushels Of wheat to
the acre The thing that brought about
this hundred-fold increase is science,
or common sense
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
HUNTING WATER IN AFRICA.
British Government Encourages tn.

British Government Encourages the
WORK by Granting Subsidies.
Drilling for water in Cape Colony
for stock breeding and purposes Of If
rigation was first undertaken by the
British government for the farmers at
minimum cost. The government owned
the drilling machinery and trained men
for operating it. Now the government
encourages well drilling by giving sub
sides equal to not more than half
the cost of drilling the wells. and the
work is undertaken by contractors who
have their own drilling machinery and
employ most of the men previously
trained by the government for opera
ting the machines The equipment used
for drilling is mostly the jumper drill
type. Several of these are OF Ameri-
can manufacture
A Cape Town concern is now manu-
featuring drilling machine which is
proving a dangerous competitor. The
total cost is s. sG3. including a boiler
and engine, or S1.533 without power
plant. 1t is constructed entirely Of
metal, thereby resisting the weather.
It is thought that the American ma
chimes, having considerable wood in
their construction. do not withstand
the weather as well as the all metal
ones. and our manufacturers might
give this attention.
The average depth to which it is
usually necessary to drill is about 300
feet, at an average cost Of $3.50 per
foot. The statement is made that the
new Cape Town machine has drilled as
much as 126 feet in sixty-four hours,
all rock drilling. 1t is designed to drill
a sfX]inch hole to a depth of 5o9 feet
| with a steam power percussion drill.
The owners of large farm properties
find American-made drilling machines
and also windmills preferable to those
| of British manufacture. because the
| parts are standardized. making it easy
| to replace parts. and that the claim of
| the British manufacturer that his ma
| chimes were supported in higher prices
| by greater lasting powers was not a
| good contention The American ma
| chimes lasted quite long enough, and
| better results could be Obtained by re-
| placing them every five or Six years
with newer types, their lowest cost per-
hitting this to be done.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
A willing Martyr.

Speaker Cannon tells a story of an
Illinois man who was fond of quoting
the familiar saw. "The office should
seek the man, not the man the office. >
The time came, however, when this in
dividual wanted a certain office, to Sc
cure which he adopted the time-hon-
ored means of getting votes, despite his
oft repeated belief in the maxim.
When a friend reminded him of this,
calling attention to his wholesale dis
tribution of money, etc, the candidate
replied:
"As matter of fact. old man, still
maintain my position. The office
should seek the man but, all the same,
the man should be around when the
office is looking for him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-01-17
LYDIA E. PINKHAM


unqualified endorsement
No
Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound
and liberation and consequent spinal Weakness
early stage
periodical Weakness
Bloaing Headache General Debility quickly yield o
dragging
harmony with the female
feeling astude
feeling. excabliy tabily nervousness az
Weakness derangent OF the
""-N
Backac
Those anything rewarded hundred
SOLD y druggists
erywhere