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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Smashes Baggage Safely.

eff you are a traveller who has suf-
fered the pGngs of seeing your precious
baggage tossed hither and yon before
finally finding a resting place in the
hold of a vessel, then you have prayed
for a system whereby luggage could be
swung from the wagons ct the docks
to the hold of the vessel So says
the writer of an amusingly interesting
article in the Technical World Mag
azine. Maybe you are owner of a
freight vessel or a liner carrying a
full-limit cargo. All, then you have
spent sleepless nights figuring how
some of those precious hours spent in
loading and unloading your vessel
could be cut down. You have longed
for a machine which would handle
mixed cargo with expedition and safe
ty. Or you may be manager of a large
warehouse. Your problem then has
been for years how to get your goods
from floor to floor of your storage
house without being obliged to handle
it at every floor. Whichever of this
trio you are, or whether you belong to
the merchants who import or export,
the quick and careful handling of your
goods is the all-important matter and
it has never been quite satisfactorily
adjusted
The writer then goes on to describe
a new invention for safe handling of
all sorts of freight that is now in use
on many large wharves, and his de-
scription is worth reading if only for
the comfort one may derive from con-
temptation of a future when the smash
cording to the writer, that blessed fu-
ture is not far away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

The Impotence of the people of f.e
State for a decision on the 2-cent fare
proposition took concrete fern the other
afternoon when Senator Brazean of
Grand Rapids introduced resolution de-
manding decision from the railroad COM
mission on the 2-cent fare complaint on or
before Feb. 20. Prior to the introduction
of the measure, copies of a Marshfeld pa
per rebuking the commission for delaying
its decision had been distributed among
the members, and the impression prevails
that Lieut.. Gov. Conner is going to make
the 2-cent fare one of the features of the
session, whether the commission so desires
or not. 1t seems certain that there will
be 2-cent fare agitation and probably 2
cent fare legislation in Wisconsin before
the lapse of many weeks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

l555-Bishop Hooper and DR.. Taylor
burnt at the stake.
l5S7-Mary Queen of Scots beheaded.
s592-james Stuart, Earl of Moray, as
sassinated.
I763-France coded Canada to Great
Britain.
lS14-George W. Campbell of Tennessee
became Secretary of the United
States Treasury.
lS332-Great fast on account of the
cholera in England
1S41-Sir George Arthur, last lieutenant
governor of upper Canada, retired
from Office
1S49-Pope Plus TX deposed as tenn
poral sovereign.
1S56-Oude annexed to the British terri
tories in India.
1S63-Ship Orpheus wrecked off New
Zealand coast; 100 lives lost.
1S64-Jacksonville, Florida, taken by the
Federals.
1S65-Gen.. Lee made COMMANDMENTS
chief of the Confederate forces
iS61-Nebraska admitted to statehood.
lSl2-Lord Mayo, governor general Of
India, assassinated at Port Blair.
1S13-King Amedeus of Spain abdicated.
Edinburgh Theater Royal de-
stroyed by fire.
1SS0-"Lohengrin'' first performed in
England. Two hundred lives lost
in Llanerch colliery explosion in
Wales. Duke of Orleans visited
Paris, arrested and imprisoned
1S92-Hotel Royal, New York, burned,
with great loss of life. John A.
Mccall elected president of the New
York Life Insurance Company.
1S93-United States Senate confirmed
the Russian extradition treaty. -.
New York and Boston connected by
long-distance telephone. :. Count de
Lesseps and others found guilty of
swindling in the Panama scandal
trials
1S9J-President Cleveland decided
boundary dispute between Argentine
and Brazil in favor of Brazil
1S91-Union of Greece and Crete pro-
claimed.
1S9S-Roman Catholic cathedral at
Savannah, Ga. destroyed by fire. -
President Barrios of Guatemala as
sassinated.
1900-Gen. Roberts reached the Modder
river.
19O1-Queen Wilhelmina of Holland
welded Prince Henry of Mecklen-
burg Schwerin.
1902-Eight million dollar fire in Pater-
son, n. J.
1904-Main japanese fleet engaged the
Russian ships and batteries at Port
Arthur. Japan severed diplomatic
relations with Russia.
19O5-Soisalon Soinineau, procuratoI
general of Finland, assassinated. -.
Machen and the Groffs convicted Of
postal frauds in Washington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Wisconsin
Legislature.
DeIuge of New Bills.

With an almost superhuman effort the
members of the Legislature Introduced all
bills they could think OF before adjourn
ment Saturday, raising the number of
measures submitted for consideration far
above that ever introduced at any previ-
GUS session of Wisconsin Legislature
There is no way of getting at the exact
total because many of them are still in
the process of incubation in Dr. McCar-
thy's bill factory" but it is certain that
there will be over 1.500 in both houses
The total number at the close of new
business two years ago was 1,167, which
broke the record up to then. There are
1878 bills in the hands OF the two chief
clerks, and about 200 in the hands of the
two revision committees and a large num-
Der in the hands of Dr. Mccarthy. Only
little over twice as many bills were
introduced in the Assembly as IL the SEN
ate, although there are three times as
many members.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
New Election Bills introduced.

Seven bills were reported out by COM
mittee on revision and introduced in the
Senate at the Thursday session. -Four
bills pertaining to elections were put in
by Senator Barker, providing for regis
try of voters in every ward in cities,
villages and towns of 5000 population,
and of registry at option of council in
cities and villages of over 1000 and less
than 5000; repeating section regarding
the notice of constitutional amendments
to be voted upon providing that notices
of election must include full tSxI of any
constitutional amendment or question to
be submitted to the electors for popular
vote; specifying type in which names of
candidates shall be printed in notices of
election and making newspaper compensa-
ton therefor 81 a square or running inch
for first insertion and 10 cents for czech
subsequent insertion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

abandoned, for the simple reason that
she herself did not notice anything un-
usual about it, and probably nobody
else took the trouble to correct her.
Another slovenly habit is leaving a
bunch of combings in her comb or on
her dressing table, says Woman's Life.
Constant vigilance on a woman's part
is necessary in these small trains, I'M
less she would be judged unworthy her
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
ChiIdren,s Reading.

1t Is more important for the mother
TO superintend her sons reading than
to see that he wears the latest thing in
collars.
Boys and girls saturated with low
literature form low Ideas, which cling
to them through life.
Let the children see how ugly low
ideals are, and then encourage them to
study the lives of great men.
The character depends upon the
ideals, and the ideals are the standard
which the parent or teacher sets before
the child
Let the child choose his ideals from
the many that are presented to him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Restless Women.

We all know such women-know
them, admire them-and tremble for
them! AS they stagger to and fro,
striving vainly to overtake the tasks
which our modern life imposes upon
them, we think with sympathy, first of
all, for them, and then, if they are
wives and mothers, for their husbands
and children. We own the claims of
the hospitals and sewing classes and
kindergartens that drag them hither
and thither; but if we were to speak
to them in that Western vernacular
which cried out to the parson who
took an hour to preach a twenty-min-
ute sermon, Brother, don't spread YOUR
butter so thin!" we should entreat
them to concentrate rather than to
scatter their often wasteful, though al
ways well-meant, endeavors. -Bishop
Potter in Harper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

CHAPTER xyI-(Continued.)

CHAPTER XVI.-(Continued.)
The Duke of Marlborough was making
an almost regal procession with his new
-daughter-in-law. He had come up just
as Audrey was clasping her mothers
hand, and when he caught sight of the
girls face he whistled.
Jack, my boy, you're in luck" he
cried and then nothing would do but
Audrey must walk away with him and
be introduced all round.
''Tbe girl is lady from head to foot,
and what face! Charity girl, indeed !
Where's Gladys, I wonder?" and then
the wicked old man chuckled to himself
a. he meditated a plan to annoy Lady
Daleswater.
So with Audrey, laughing heartily at
his sallies, be walked straight up to his
daughter, whose cold eyes were resting
with distinct approval on the slender,
whiterobed figure.
Gladys, my dear, here is some one you
must know. This young lady has quite
taken my heart by storm! | don't be-
iieVe she will leave whole one when she
goes away"
That is easily understood" remarked
Lady Daleswater, graciously giving Au
tdrey sincere admiration, "but you have
not told me this young lady's name,
papa"
No! Haven't I? Dear me! Well,
you really ought not to need an introduce
ton, since she is your new sister, Jacks
wife. Come along, my dear. l want to
take you up to that old woman over
there; she is not beautiful, but she is
clever, and that is a great thing"
Sheila Fraser had not been with Lady
Daleswater when the duke brought up
his sons wife, but she knew in moment
that her rival had come on to the field,
and she could scarcely contain her Bit
ter hatred and jealousy, as she heard
nothing but admiration expressed for Au-
rdrey all the way round.
She was carefully attended by her cava-
lier, the Honorable Lancelot Twist, broth
er to the Earl of Daleswater, who was
as strongly inclined in favor of obtaining
her fortune as his sister-in-law could de-
sire. He was a mean little man, very
like the earl in appearance, but Sheila did
not care about this she only remembered
his rank, and was glad to have some one
to attend her so closely, if only to show
the world that she was not breaking her
heart for Lord John Glendurwood. Miss
Fraser walked straight up to the lovely
girlish form.
I am very glad to see you," she said,
with great warmth and extending her
delicately gloved hand. you have not
quite forgotten me, Lady John, / hope"
oh. no, | have not forgotten you,
ISIS Fraser" she said SimDly and then
she added no more, for to say she was
glad to see Sheila would have been to
utter an untruth, and Audrey was not
versed sufficiently in the worlds ways to
speak falsely.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
In After Years.

Father Time had been swinging his
scythe for twenty years when they ac-
cidentally met again. He was bach
elor of As. bald and slightly .disf1gured,
fat and 40, but not as fair as she used
to be.
DO you remember she gurgled,
"how you proposed to me the last time
we met and l refused you?"
well, 1 guess yes he replied. "It
is by long odds the happiest recollec-
ton of my life
And seeing it was a hopeless case
she meandered along on her lonely
way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
To Clean Leather Furniture

First, carefully dust the leather, then
wipe with warm water, using care to
remove all soiled spots and dirt. Wipe
dry, and then wipe over with q black
cloth dipped into the beaten white of
egg mixed with its bulk of warm water.
Another way is to pour half cupful
OF boiling water over two tablespoon
fuls of fiaXseed and bring to a boiling
point. Strain out the seeds, and when
cool apply with a cloth to the leather
This pAthod, says the Housekeeper,
may Sc used to clean dark kid gloves
or shoes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

prohibiting the employment Of women
in factories for more than ten hours a
day as within the police powers Of the
State. The matter still hangs fire in
the courts Of New York. 1t seems that
a good thing to do would be to require
the factory managers to pay women
employed overtime double wages. There
really seems no reason why a woman
old enough to judge for herself might
not be allowed to work as long as she
pleased, provided she was properly
paid for it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Hens Must Date Eggs.

A freak bill, attributed to j. o. Thorn
as of Racine, and introduced by request,
came in to the Assembly the other morn
ing. 1t provides Every egg producing
fowl shall, upon proper application being
made to the secretary of the board of
agriculture, be provided with an automat-
ic dating machine and it shall be the duty
of every sucn fowl to date consecutively
each egg laid in order that the public may
be properly informed as to the age and
edible qualities of such hens product"
Assemblyman Thomas disclaimed any
knowledge of the bill and it was rere-
ferred to the revision committee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
The Unensased Girl.

Don't be aggressive about it, and in
sist that you never yet met man you
would dream of marrying. Even If this
is true your vigorous assertions will
leave the opposite impression on the
minds Of your hearers.
Don't, on the other hand, magnify
some childish sweethearting into an
early affair" which holds you true to
It's memory. And don't, above all
things, invent a suspiciously ideal lover
who has gone abroad.
Don't belittle your present male &C
quaintances by building day dreams
with a personifcation Of all the virtues
as hero.
Don't drop vague hints about Sc
cret engagement which time alone will
divulge.
Don't pretend that you think married
life a bore; no one will believe you,
says Woman's Life.
Don't pretend you don't believe in
love- no one will believe this, either.
Don't remark that since many mar
riages are unhappy, you don't care to
risk such a step. Such reasons are
worse than none.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Blow at Stage Tights.

A bill providing that mo actress or
other female performer shall appear on
the stage of any theater or any circus or
travelling show in tights unless properly
covered by skirts which shall extend at
least four inches below the knees has
been introduced by Assemblyman J. F..
Hughes of Reeseville. The revelations
of the Thaw murder trial are one of the
things that caused Mr.. Hughes to intro
duce his bill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
State Eair bill Is Cut.

The State fair committee of the AS
sembly scaled the schedule of needed i'm
provements at the State fair from total
of $751;, 800 to the modest sum of S67, 800.
The loss by scaling through the applica-
ton of strict economy was $4,000, and
the bill to be drawn and introduced
will include only those items deemed es-
sential to the decent maintenance of the
fair
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
New Kind of Sandwich.

''Two-story" sandwiches are very
popular just now with hostesses who
like to serve delicious and appetizing
things at afternoon teas and after-thea-
ter suppers. This sort of sandwich Is
made generally with brown bread. and
in the first layer there is minced chick
en-, ham or some kind Of meat; in the
other is something to go with it, as
mayonnaise and pickle, olives or one
slice may have cream cheese and the
other chopped nuts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
ExperimentaI Ara

Socially woman has become expert
mental with a fearlessness which
amounts almost to a fighting spirit
She will carry forlorn hope through
sheer conviction in her power of sue
cess And if she fails she will stfs: con-
quer, because she has acquired the
master stroke of turning the laugh
against herself with grace. :.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

happy in possession Of a prosperous
middle class, sans monopolies, sans
trusts, sans sweaters and sweated, sans
tue great unemployed, If not the I'M
e,nployable. And all this revolution
might be quietly effected by women
acting intelligently from their own
homes-Woman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Girls he Neat.

Neatness is one of the most attractive
of feminine qualities. 1t is also one
of the rarest Early and persistent
must be the training which carries the
girl into womanhood with her bump
of neatness" we'll developed. Unless
inherently fastidious during school
days. she is liable to drift into careless
habits which she never outgrows. One
girl may have a trick of leaving shoes
about her room. As mere tot she was
permitted to do this and as she grew
older the uatidy custom was neTer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Teach Your Grill

That happiness Is a matter of spirit.
not things"
That it Is possible only when every
member Of the household is consid-
cred.
That to be in her own place, wher-
ever that may be. a beautiful home
maker is the loveliest ambition any
woman can have.
That it is better to be a beautiful
nome maker than fine housekeeper.
That the one indispensable quality
In home is happiness. Every home,
no matter how beautiful, which misses
that Is failure, but no home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Seeks to MuzZle the Press

The publication of the details of the
Thaw murder trial has prompted Assem-
blyman H. E. Boethe to introduce a bill
to prohibit any newspaper or periodical
from publishing ''any obscene or immoral
details of any crime or immoral act or
any part of the testimony in any proceed
ing or trial which is of an obscene or
immoral character" Violation of the act
is made punishable by fine of from SO
to $500 or Imprisonment from twenty to
ninety days in Jail. Assemblyman Roethe
publishes a weekly paper at Fennimore.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
In the Old ParlOr.

He was desperate.
Give me a kiss" he Kissed, cor, by
the rings of Saturn l shall turn on the
gas"
The beautiful girl was appalled,.
"Oh, don't do that, Georger' she fall
tered. please DON'T
Then what should l do? Remem-
Der. l am desperate man.
"Why-why, turn down the gas"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
For Small Rooms.

For dwellers in hall bedrooms has
been invented the bed box. Space in
hall bedrooms is scarce and the bed
box, as its name implies, is big box
to push under the bed, for the purpose
Of eking out scant closet room. Most
particularly is it for hats and shoes.
1t is huge, square and divided into
four compartments, each with its own
separate lid 1t is very light-merely
a wooden frame covered with denim or
cretonne 1t is on rollers and may
easily be pulled and pushed about and
there is a center caster, which makes
it readily possible to swing the box
around so as to bring out only that
compartment which is wanted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Has American ldeal

There is young lady from japan
studying at Smith College, Miss Tel
Hinomiva. She speaks English we'll,
wears American dresses, plays golf,
tennis, and, finding the expenses larger
than she had expected, she is working
as a waitress for the students in South
wick house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
To Encourage sleep.

Many people suffer constantly from
sense of overfatigue which entirely
prevents sleep at night A hot bath
taken before retiring is a capital anti
dote in some cases, but in others the
bath acts as a stimulant rather than
a narcotic, and prevents rather than
encourages sleep. One of the best
means of obtaining rest is a cup of
warm milk. to which has been added
pinch of salt and a dash of pepper,
while many people ignore the fact that
sleeplessness is caused by shut win
downs and a lack of fresh air.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Soft.

Freddy (romantically)-The moon
The moon. The beautiful mellow
moon.
Edna-And you remind me of the
moon, Freddy.
Freddy? In what way?
Edna-You are also mellow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
OF Friendship Among Women

Can women be friends?'' asks
George Harvey, in Harper's Bazaar.
Sacrifices for the sake of love of man
and offspring are recorded without
number, but female Davids and Da-
mons are not readily discovered in
either history or legend. Professors
of platonic affection continue to evoke
jeers of incredulity. and the traditional
disingenuousness of dearest friends
still plays we'll its part in caricature.
The changeableness of woman's nature
has become automatic. Can it be that.
throughout the ages, even to these en-
lightened days, it has retained consist
ency in this respect alone? 1t suffices
for us to raise the question: to Others
Of more certain mind we relinuuish
the hazardous privilege of adducing
evidence and passing judgment"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
Baby WEIGHT Card

a weight card is pretty idea for
the very new baby.
A card by 10 inches is decorated
across one corner with dainty spray
OF flowers done in water coIors.
Below this there is table of ages
and weights done in pen and ink the
necessary blank space for filling in the
record
A bit OF ribbon is attached to the
top of the card, so that it may be hung
on the nursery wall
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
To Decide on Tariff,

The Assembly is to be confronted with
the proposition of tariff revision. Mr..
Ledvina of Monitowoc introduced the
following joint resolution THAT an i'm
mediate revision of the tariff be made and
that copies of this resolution, properly
authenticated, be sent to each member of
the Wisconsin delegation in Congress"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
..For This Relief

Nervous Amateur Lecturer (who has
Just received a message from his lam
tern man that the oxygen for the lime
light will last only five minutes longer)
And now, ladies and gentlemen,
must conclude, as my gas is giving out
Harper's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21

brushes they can do the work more sat
If, however, one wishes to make the
experiment for ones self, here is the
best method, from a good authority
Get some very fine powdered pumice
stone from a druggist. Mix into
pretty stiff paste with sweet oil. Rub
this paste on the tortoise shell with a
piece Of an old suede glove. When you
have rubbed very thoroughly, rinse
quickly in warm water and rub on a
little warmed sweet oil. If that does
not give the required polish repeat the
process
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-02-21
A Dream of woman's Power.

When the dream Of women advanced
in thought and trained by experience
enough to realize the value of cooper
alton shall come true, some of the
greatest curses of modern times shall