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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-14

his head the idea of building him home on the side
of a sheer deCliyiy three hundred feet above level
ground and chose the widest mountain in the Coast
Range for the foundation of his queer experiment. [
was included among his assets in the undertaking. and
soon found myself partner in his enjoyment of the
domiciles construction Later | followed him to its
completion, and entered it as a guest for season of
sympathetic and Congratulatory visiting.
It wonderful place, set against the hillside like
a shelf on wall "a square, roomy house, with its
front supported by stills and its rear partly buried in the
bill, whence notch had been cut out to make room for
it Looking up at from the foot of the deCvitv it
had the appearance Of insurmountabe altitude and
Unreasonable distance - the effect derived from view
ing Mount Hamiton's observatory among the clouds
from window twenty miles below
Wildwood was enthusiastic about it of course - it
appropriately unique, and it was a wholesome
diversion = all of Nlwoods manners of being differ
ent from other folks wholesome His fads were the
things which other people would do they could think
of them; his peCuliares were all improvements upon
conventional CUSTOM his little mannersms in casual
intercourse with the world indexes to deep and
well-seasOned habits of sound practically and inel
gent premedtation of a high order. His most uncom-
mon actions of which many startled his aCquain-
tanCeS - not freaks of fancy when they were
Calm considered, and when he chose day to buy
panther for pet, and to chain him at the back door
of his house upon the mountan-sde nobody with
could discern anything to Crtcise in the pro-
Ceeding
The panther was young with manners in which
many a wcbred Is deficient and his purr of
pleasure at his masters caresses gave him a high
place in my esteem feeling that warmed in small
degree when he extended the friendly purr to nv
advances upon his society,"
There is suggestion Of greatness about such pet
as that" said Wildwood to one evening after | had
accompanied him home and had taken up my abode
with HIN for the night, had been my frequent Gus
tom "a greatness which fellow can admire can't
feel anything above liberation for a cat or a dog
they both weak, domesticated creatures, fit
to be codded by Children or at most worry smaller
animals, like rats and mice. Give me a royal chap
like this black panther and positively have respect
for him. Bagheera a noble lord - prince of the
jungle, who would have felt insuted if he had even
been looked at by one of the dogs down in the man
villages, or of the cats either = if they had any
cats"
And yet he is of the cat family" ventured to
remark, idly running my hand over the black beast
which lay with his nose at our feet.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-14

60 home with him OF
an evening and climb
those three hundred
steps to his mansion in
the skies just to watch
the animals play to-
gether. I perceived
after a time that they
sometimes varied their
method of attack,
though never the man
ner of it; they some
times chose game in
different directions,
always leaping, how
ever, at precisely the
same instant. The
panther had coached
the cat SO uncompro-
misingly that she had
fallen into the exact
rhythm of his own
m owe me n is, and
though the panther
might leap alone upon
his fancied game, and
the cat leap alone upon
hers some time apart
from his performance,
the leap of each would
correspond from start
to finish one to the
other.
We became so we'll
entertained with this
queer, half-real sport
that we took to carry
ing captive game up to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-03-14
ILLWOOD
was one OF
the most re-

fire shin 9
geniuses it has ever
been my fortune to
meet. He continually
interrupted the ordi-
nary run of incidents
in my own life with
sin gular diversions
from the common WAYS
Of men. In the long
level stretches Of nledi-
OGRE experiences with
my fellow travellers in
the desert we call life,
he was an oasis, spark
ling with a most vel
come change Of mental
scenery, whenever l
came upon him for any
length of time.
We were together a
great deal - partly
because one of his
peculiarities was a
truly remarkable Tx
ing for my society, but
more particularly be
cause | made a point of
feeding that peculiar
ity to the upmost limit
of his forbearance, and
somewhat beyond the
limits of the best de
pertinent.
G. H. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

that if l ever have secret which the wouldn't
have get out for anything but which just can't help
tellin' to some one, I'll grow transparent pining
for Buds sassety. l mentioned that idee onst to
him.
By, jinks!' says he, sittin up sudden and
stampedin his fingers through the sagebrush on
top of his head = by jinks! says he that reminds
me. There's something other that I've Just got to
think about, Hank, and durn if | can think what
1t Is.
Bud says l, don't do it. My experience is
that it never pays any human to try to do
thing which stands to reason he can't possibly
do Besides says |, you might accident ly
it'd be to have go through life rememberin'
things
But, says he tying his face in a hard knot
I've got to think of it, Hank. Why, says he, I've
been feen the funniest about it all day.
Well then says l. but he breaks out sudden.
Gee says he, i almost got it then. 1t s
thing about woman.
g Something about what: says l, wonderin'
what was maxim his Adams apple go pity pat.
- OH cries he, his hair turnin all coors. L
know, Hank; I'm in Lowell
Pardner, mebbv YOU won't believe it, but
honest, when he said them words l got quick
squnt of my heart right out there in the air in
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COOLEY
DRAWINGS BY IKE MORGAN

then Id go and do it my
self. But if it was some
thing that didn't need to
be done till next week,
Id mention it to Bud
yesterday, and day after
to-morrer it'd come to
him as sudden as a stroke
of paralysis. Then at
bedtime I'd have to take
a lantern and go scoutin'
till | found him stand
ing in the middle of the
prairie wonderin' what in
blazes it was he'd started
to do anyhow.
80 Bud says /, you re
sure going to die young
or live a thousand years
more.
"' What makes You
think that says he,
tickled to death at the
good news.
Why says l, some
day you'll forget to
breathe, and just lay
down and expire without
ever KNOWN what was
the matter with you; or
else says /, when the
time does come for you
to die, you'll forget all
about it, and go right on
Twin as though nothing
had happened
II just mention these
things so you'll savvy
what | mean when | say
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-25

49, mean, says l, that gals father is
tanly whole lot vicious when it comes his turn
Creek, and the only roper that'n ever get a loop
him is friend and brother with the
toastin' fork and the horns where the hair ought
to be.
Well, sir, when I'd impaired that little bit of
information, l sure did expect to see this same
individual known Bud shrink surprisn. But
lust stood there GRIMM the grass often our sod
house and purrin' like an old she cat with ten
kittens
Il got mad. Look a-here!' says l. You go to
gettin frivolous that gal and III stow you
away somewheres to rest up! | ain t goin' to have
the population of this here ranch reduced by half
says l, on account of the fool antics of any male
human who can't remember where 'skeeter bit
HIM long enough to scratch it
The only reply Bud made to that flow of oratory
picture of Miss Esmarelda.
Well, says l, chewing my words up fine, that
means
That MEANS says he, that Ezmy-what did
you say her name was, Hank ?-we're goin' to get
married
But her father?' says l, aghast However
did you get his consent, Bud?
was first suggested to His Royal Highness, things
looked like the world was due to come to an end
purt' nigh any old time. But says he, the day
was roundn up them mavericks down in the Teyeh
bottoms, you know, H;nk well, that day l was
kinder ridin' along ettin the trickle en- me,
when sudden L hears something which the same
NdS HloSI III Oh llle SllSlp ploNo-
cation of anything that made your lair sit up
and take notice, less twas bull moose navigatn'
right spiteful through a scrub oak thcket.
'"Now, p" thinks [ to myself, If an unforgiven
human listened to anything like that and
lived long enough to make his will and tesla
ment, that individual is lucker than there S
any excuse for. " Howsomever, when l see ] ain t
hurt up much, but just havin' throwed
into me- says he, reasoned out that l coudn t
never look myself in the glass again if l didn't go
On scoutin expedition to the source of that out
rageOus uprOar.
So l hobbies my bronc to keep him from
stampedin in the wrong season of the year and,
givin my artillery chanst to pint the way, L
Slips my larat It awful job, Hank, says
he to keep them hoofs of mine from slopin in the
other direction; but pretty soon | comes to the
bank of the creek, and there | something which
the same if | ever starts laugh at there ain t
nothn earth but eternal dissolution that Il ever
head off.
4.
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THERE are things,
began Hockridge,
1e1

q But the hair that Bud had and the memory he
didn't have | don't think | get uncon-
in the white toga strays my way to show the
trail over the Great Divide, I'm going to take
last, farewell thought of Buds hair and absent
mindedness, and when old Chief Gabriel blows his
trumpet I'm going to sit up and get busy recol
Letting them same attributes of his
" Buds hair came nearer being all the Colors
worth mentioning without being any color what
soever, than any ever had the continuous diver
sion of gazing at. Just when you thought you had
the shade of that luxurious growth of alfalfa branded
for good and all, you'd ketch CLINT two that
would put you to the bad in way that
disheartening. Sonnet. mes in looking at it you'd
get just the falntest ldee of what prairie fire might
look like when it, just about to happen, and then
again it wouldn't possess the general appearances
of anything that ever put wrinkles on the face of
nature, unless it wheat field cutivatng the
acquaintance of a ninety days drought
And the way them individual hairs behaved in
There wasn't anything that Bud could do that
would put them speaking terms with one another
You couldn't savvy by Buds hair when he was
scairt to death any than you could calkerlate
what the weather going to be day after to-morrer
by lookln pack mule IN the eye. Honest, If the
wind had set in to blow real energetic in the
direction that hair always Printing, there would
been quite some numerous articles along the Pecos
that wouldn't have come down yet.
Il sure would got to losing sleep wonderin'
bud hair if so be it hadnt been that could kinder
rest up wonderin why his memory wasn't long
enough to plug pinhole in piece of paper. How
he ever remembered that six-inch name of hisn
without having IL Idttooeu Oh Iie emu Oh MS tongue
IS of them things which passeth all understand
ing whatsomever. 1t just seemed that the Lord
didn't intend Buds brain for anything but kinder
waddin to fill up the kinks in his roof SO his hair
would have something to hang onto whilst it grew
crooked
Now when a mortal being gifts hobbled in the
midst of hundred and twenty square miles of
Pecos scenery, with panions but four thousand
head of cattle and head of human, and that
same human the individual known Bud life
sure takes different aspect than it would
under any other circumstance that could possibly
Bud used spend his days forgettin' all about
the things he ought to look after, and tryn
recollect something nobody'd told him to do, and
didn't want him to do, and he couldn't do if he
wanted to. And he used to lay awake nights tryn
10 think what it he think about to-
mOrrer.
Whenever there anything that had be
OH n ell R--5 do ~ md
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THERE are things,
began Hockridge,
plucking a brand
from our camp fire and
lighting his pipe, there
are things about some
folks that they couldn t
remember if they took a
postgraduate course in a
memory culture school.
and there are other things
about them same humans
that cling to you like a
vicious habit to a Navajo
brave full of mescal.
Now, FIR instance,
there was Bud, which the
same WASH t his brand
any more than it was his
pedigree. Couldn't any
body think of that MAYER
ick's name all to onst.
Whenever Id squlnt at
Bud my brain would get
to buckin' and | couldn t
any more grasp the APP
pellation bestowed upon
him by nature and his I'M
fortunate parents than l
could have hggered the
distance between a case
of sunstroke and the Au-
rory Borealis. So | called
him Bud, that being as
easy of articulation as
anything that's likely to
occur to a man in a mo-
ment of mental aberra-
ton. Besides, Bud was
one of them mortal be-
ings that's always just
about to develop into
something or other but
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front Of these very eyes.
In love-: says | admir-
ingly. However did YOU
come to remember it,
Bud?'
Why, did l. says he,
innocent.
An VIVA " $ a Us I,
breathin' easier, who's
the angel?'
Let me see says he,
ponderin'. If you'll just
give me time, Hank
Then he begins smilin'
like a hyena with the
nightmare. OH SAYS
he, doing the dance like a
big Sioux chief making
war medicine oh, SAYS
he, it's that goddess
over to Hermosa. You
know her, Hank-the
one with the peekaboo
eyes
He had me on the
gallop. Bud!' | gasps,
you don't mean Esmar-
elda?'
"'That's her. he cries,
jubilant. | tried my
best to think of her name,
Hank; but | couldn get
any further than the sec
ond syllable.
Bud says l, strug-
Cling in the clammy en-
brace of a sudden fright
that didn't know enough
to let go, if you have any
hankerin' to live and
breathe and have your
bein', back off.
What do you mean
c,,-. 10 +ro,,I1,-
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
FIGHT RIVERSIDE DRIVE ASSESSMENT.
But Justice Davis Refuses to Block the
Award of the Commissioners

Before Justice Davis in the Supreme Court
yesterday Abraham stern, representing prop
erty owners in the proposed area of assessment
for the widening Of Riverside Drive above 1JSth
street, made application for refusal to confirm
the first separate report of the assessment com
missioners until they change the area of assess
ment to conform with resolution adopted by
them at meeting June 81.
The preliminary awards made by the commits
sion amounted to $12OOOO0. According to an
agreement made with Controller Metz the
awards on the property of the Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb and that Of Loyal L. Smith
were reduced 40 per cent, and other parcels TO
be acquired in a corresponding ratio. The agree
ment was ratified at a meeting Of the commits
sioners and the area of assessment was altered
so as 70 run from 135th street to 20Oth street
and from Broadway to the Hudson
In the final report the awards aggregated
$4,000 This was brought TO Justice Davis
for approval but property owners objected A
meeting of the board held to amend the re-
port but again the property owners objected
when a strip of land south Of 135th street was
included I'm the area. Justice Davis approved
the awards. but returned the report TO the COM
mission for the correction of a clerical error.
The anpncation was not granted
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
PROTEST BY T1XP1YERS.
Washington Heights Citi~cns Object
to HOId-Up of I'm prOrcmentS.

The taxpayers on Washington Heights protested
yesterday against a resolution passed by the Board
of Estimate directing the Corporation Counsel 70
hold up all condemnation proceedings and all pub
lie improvements until he receives further instruc-
those improvements which the taxpayers on ad-
joining property pay for. and it for this rea-
son that many property owners felt they had a
grievance AGAINST the board
At a meeting OF the Washington Heights Taxpay-
ers' Association last night il pointed that
those property holders who had improved their
property and erected dwelling houses IN the cX-
pectaton that tho city would open streets only 10
learn that the city going 10 delay its action.
would he involved i'm hardship As these dwelling
houses cannot be occupied until the streets are
opened and laid IL declared that consid-
erable financial loss would be involved 70 the
.rs of the &NaoO0 worth OF property on Washington
Heights that is said TO be affected
President MCGOWAN Of the Board Of Aldermen
said last night that there intention OF
working hardship to any taxpayer He said that
at the present high rates OF interest the CITY
the improvements such as the opening OF streets
are paid for at first by the city. whoever may
bear the cost eventually most of the work done for
the property owners involves the issuing of bonds.
on that account the Board OF Estimate thought
that 1t would be wise 10 make sure that there
an absolute need for any work before proceeding
with H. He said, however. that wherever there
was an outspokeu demand from the taxpayers for
the opening of some tnat the city would pro-
ceed with it,
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
"PETRCE BID TOO Low"
Professor Burr Gices Opinion on
ASh0kan Dam Work.

Professor William II Burr, of Columbia Uni
versity. was the principal witness yesterday be
fore the commissioners Of Accounts the Asho-
kan dam inquiry. He testified that he believed
the bid of the John Peirce Company too low
and ne had talked with several engineers
who had similar views Among these others were
the president II the John Peirce Company and
John b Mcdonald who was associated with him
in making the bid Mr.. Mitchell asked Mr Burr
if he thought that NJ. Mcdonald was qualified 10
DO the work.
Il think less than Of them was the re
the Winton company and Macarthur Brothers
enabled them 70 make better estimate OF the
cost # the work.
How much Of the excavation for the dam ma
sonry would be chiefly rock" he was asked.
II can't answer that question" was the reply
Haven't the borings established the proper
tions?"
They have established all that they can es-
tablsh, but they have not established the pro-
portions"
You said you had talked with the Peirce peo-
pie and believed that they would be glad 70 be
relieved Of their bids'' asked Commissioner
Mitchell
Il did"
You said an attempt TO enforce the bid would
delay the work.
Il did
IN what way would delay the work?"
THE attempt to enforce the provisions ~ the
contract would result in delay"
What made you think the Peirce company de-
fcient in experience
Their bid"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
MORE DRYDOCKS NEEDED.
Admiral Holiday Says the Navy Is Rapidly
Outgrowing Docking Facilities.

Washington. Nov. 2L-A6iitioHaI drv5ocks tor
the navy are most urgently needed according D
the annual report % Rear Admiral r &. Holiday,
chief Of the bureau Of yards a0i docks OF rre navy
and he calls attention 10 the rate az which t-a
navy af08r IS OUrCrowinc The present ana author
lied facilities ashore Il appropriations f7- -hsn
are not forthcoming. SAYS J.a admiral the ned
Will be- severely felr by -~a time they could =
completed. For this reason larger eS7--I .-.--as
are asko5 FOR the new dock ar Puget sound. t7-
the continuance OF the appropriation fCr tra- --
Guantanamo. cuba. and for 5rIs-Eire the entrance
OF the dock at the Norfolk yard IL is aEal. u-ssd
that steps he taken for the establishment Of -St
class drydock az Pearl HarAor Hawaii, where rls
necessary land has been acquired This Ea-50- .
near Honolulu. but Is superior tor naval purposes
The dock VIII cost S-o'Vo1o. and an estimate o;
$go1o'1 tn begin work Is submitted A1o-l-r este
mate of $500 FOR The naval station a. O.o-Esv0.
in the Philippines. : submitted The estimates c-r
tie various yards include the following Boston.
S425 81. naval station Cavte. S5a-51. navy yl-i
Charleston. : &, 5000, naval station. G-ants-
uamo. Si-5CN' Of which SfNaoo0 Is % bt-iu
drydock, League Island $685.. Mare Island.
S7s6SJ0, New Orleans naval station $1,000. New
York Navy Tard ssc>.o1o, Norfolk .SLs5o5a, Fe-ss-
cola, SI5-.S'". Portsmouth. SSCSJ0; Puget sound.
S49l5,o $4,000 OF which is 70 besin the co0-rruc-
ton OF a drydoCk. and Washington. SlS5o31-
Admiral Holiday asks an appropriation Of S15a'fo
for two storehouses for material 20 nc held ~ -e
serve in case Of special emergency, one on he
Atlantic Coast and another @t OoDEapo.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
MAY REOPEN HAZING CASES.
Action in Behalf of George K Melvin. is
Won. VIII Affect Series Of DismissaIs.

Annapolis. Nov. 22-Tha court martial as -
suit OF which about dozen uidshipInen we're dis
missed from the academy In February. 1as. TO-
lowing the -NIerriweaLher haziag is 20 bs
reopeEed in the Court OF Claims OF the United
States
This was learned to-day from George Hiram
Mann. Of New York and Washington. who defend
ed number OF the nidshipmen before the CoIr-
martial The which VIII reopen the mater
IS that OF former NIidshiDman George H Melvin.
OF Chicago. Melvin e still minor. and his attoU-
neys are arrangirg that a legal guardian shall
be appointed for him This guardian Viii institut.
suit for his ward against the government claiming
that he never legally dismissed from the
vice. that hs Is stiu ulidshipma1. and such u
entitled his salary for the last TWO years Should
the Court Of claims sustain this contention - would
mean the reoPeEing OF the whole series OF d-s-
.nissals.
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
MORE THAN EVER
Increased Capacity labor since Leaving OF
Coffee.

Many former coffee drinkers who have mental
work 10 perform day after day have found q
better capacity and greater endurance by using
Postum Food Coffee, instead of ordinary coffee
An lis. woman writes.
Il had drank coffee for about twenty wears
and finally had what the doctor called coffee
heart was nervous and extremely deSpond-
ent. had little mental or physical strength left ::
had kidney trouble aud constipation.
The first noticeable benefit derived from the
change from coffee 70 Postum was The natural
action Of the kidneys and bowels. In two weeks
my heart action was greatly improved and nv
nerves STEADY
Then I became less despondent. and the de-
fire 10 be- active again showed proof Of renewed
physical and mental strength
i am steadily gaining in physical strength
and brain power. ! formerly did mental work
ana had 10 give il NJ oD account of coffee but
since using Postum ] am doing hard mental
iabor with less fatigue than ever before
Name given by Postum Co. Battle Creek
41lch Read the Eide book, The Road 10 we'll
'lIe' in pigs. "ILelo's Eeaso-"
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23

% Sa7 Francisco assistant chief signal o-esr
Department California 0''
Contract GEORGE T TYLER f-o-, srlTf-,-,
Academy 70 Fort Porter. vice Captain LOUIS =
HESS. assistant surgeon
Contract surgeon ISAAC ". BREWER from F--t
Hl1Thq.a a - toTt warren vice Contract Su-ssoa
CHARLES l. BAKER. 20 Fort HuschU-a
Lieutenant 2. q BURNS. commissioned
Lieutenant D. LYONS, commissioned u=ute-a-t +-ior
grade
E1sic- e. A. RICHARDS. Tire Hopkins
Passed Assistant p MrC-T4EL.S. resignation
accepted f-0r1 December 81
MOVEMENTS OF WARSHIPS The following
movements Of vessels have been reported 70 ths
Navy Department
ARRIVED
Srr.-E-arn Shut-iC[. Thornton -
Il- Long a-t N~--r1-E
No.. 1'-Tre F-a!-t=. North Rv4- New YORK CITY.
Nov. --Tre Feirhov, the Galveston ard thu C-st-a-
~ NasasahL-
New-York tribune., 1907-11-23
WANTS $4,000 FOR THAw TRIAL

T1,e Board of Estimate and Apportonment yes
terday was asked by District Attorney Jerome Tor
81 c.o 70 begin the trial OF Harry Thaw Decem-
Der.
How much has tho Thaw trial cost us already
asked the Mayor
Controller Metz shook his head and named a lot
of fees for experts and others. The District At
toruey's application referred to Mr. Metz.
Martin W Lttleton. chief counsel for Harry *.
Thaw in his next trial said yesterday District At
torney Jerome had not entered the order from
Justice Dowling for the drawing of a special panel
in the case, and that IT was not the intention of
the District Attorney 10 enter the order Mr.. Lit
Teton said that this meant that there would he an
effort 70 postpone the trial beyond December 3 the
dale