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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
RECORDS DE ANCIENT CITY.
Hidden by Official 400 Years Ago
-intiuuities of Central Asia.

Hidden by Official 1,70O Years Ago
-intiquities of Central Asia.
Ny first objective was the ancient
site in the desert north of Niva, where
in 1901 I had discovered the remains
Of a settlement abandoned in the latter
half Of the third century, A. D., says
DR.. NJ. a. Stein in the Geographical
Journal. Want of time and adequate
labor had then prevented me from
clearing some of the ruins more deeply
buried BY drift sand subsequent roam
ings Of treasure seekers had led to
the discovery Of other homesteads hid
den away among the high sand cones
on either side of the main groups.
Working with as large a party of Ia
borers as 1 could keep supplied with
water from distance of some twenty
miles, l cleared now close on thirty
more dwellings. They yielded ample
antiquarian spoils, including many i'm
plements and household objects illus
trative of everyday life seventeen cen
turtles ago. The numerous relics of in
dustrial art and architectural wood
carving clearly reflect the predominant
influence of Greco-Buddhist art as de-
veloped On the Indus.
Finds of records written on wooden
tablets in the Kharoshti script peculiar
to the extreme northwest of India, and
in an early Indian dialect mixed with
a good deal of Sanskrit, have been
abundant. Among these records gener-
ally in excellent preservation, all kinds
of correspondence, official and private,
deeds, accounts, etc, seem to be repre-
scented.
A haul" Of special Importance was
secured in the comfortable residence Of
a local official, who, besides leaving
files Of papers, namely, tablets scat
tered on the floor of his office room.
had taken care to hide quite a small
archive, undoubtedly documents of val
ne, below one of its walls. From the
way in which the place of deposit was
contrived and marked it appears high
ly probable that the house was aban-
dOned in some emergency.
All the deeds, etc, found here still
retain their original wooden covers and
string fastenings in perfect condition.
Among the dozens of intact clay seals
which attest these documents impress
sions from Greco-Roman intaglios pre-
vail. Their appearance side by side
with Chinese seals seem to symbolic,
as it were, the part played by Scythia
extra Imaon in the early cultural in
terchange between the classical west
and the far east.
Near several of the ruins the ancient
orchards, fenced gardens, canals, etc,
could be traced with great clearness,
5how;ng how little the economic condi-
tious differed from those of the pres
ent GASES. On the other hand, surveys
effected in the desert beyond, showing
the course and extent of the river from
which this ancient colony drew its irri-
cation, strikingly illustrated the great
physical change which has taken place
here since the settlement was aban-
dOned
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
The London Bus.

At about o'clock the omnibuses be-
gan to ply. I had never known before
what was indicated by the verb to ply
But l saw at once that it is the only
word that properly expresses the pc
culiar gait Of an omnibus, which is a
cross between a rolling lurch and a
numbering wobble. Fascination Is a
mild term for the effect these things
had on me.
One omnibus might not so enthrall
me. l don't know; 1 have never seen
one omnibus alone. But the procession
of them along Piccadilly is the one
thing on earth of which I cannot con-
ceive myself becoming tired.
The Tennyson's Brook of omnibuses
was still going on, and l stood on the
corner to watch them again. From this
point of view the effect is quite differ
ent from that seen from an upstairs
window.
You cease to generalize about the
procession, and regard the Individual
bus with a new awe.
The ocean may be wider-the Flat
iron building may be taller-but there's
nothing in all the world so big as a
London omnibus-Putnam's Magazine
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

Herders on the cattle ranches Of the
west frequently become mad from the
Isolation they are forced to endure
Women on lonely farms and in small
villages grow morbid and mildly in
sane, and people do not guess that the
cause is want of companionship. 1t is
for this reason that a woman's work at
home is always more trying that that
of her husband, who goes to the Office,
sees new faces and has the friction
that is produced by meeting other peo-
pie. Even the farmer has more inter
course with his neighbor at market or
at the village grocery than his wife,
who may not see any one outside Of her
own family for weeks. 1t is a great
mistake for young people to Isolate
themselves. Even if their tastes lead
them to a quiet life, they should make
it point to cultivate a few agreeable
friends.-Woman's Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Points Made ut Cairo.

In his speech at Cairo the President
said:
The policy of peace with insult is
the very worst policy upon which it is
possible to embark, whether for a nation
or an individual
1 think that the excellent people who
have complained of our policy as hurt
ing business have shown much the same
spirit as the child who regards the dent
list and not the liberated tooth as the real
source of its woe.
If a man is afraid to hold his own, if
he will submit tamely to wrongdoing, he
is contemplate. If he is a bully, an
oppressOr, a man who wrongs or insults
others, he is even worse and should be
hunted out of the community. =
Well, all this is just as true of a nation
as of an individual.
The best way to parry is to hit-no
fight can ever be won except by hitting
and we can only hit by means of the navy.
= The navy must be built and all
its training given in time of peace. When
once war has broken out it is too late
to do anything.
We believe in a real, not a sham,
democracy. We believe in a democracy
as regards political rights, as regards ed
ucation, and, finally, as regards indus
trial conditions.
We have definitely taken our place
among the great world powers and it
would be a sign of weakness, having TAX
en- such a place, to shirk its response
bilities Therefore unless we are willing
to abandon this place, to abandon our in
sistence upon the Monroe doctrine, to
give up the Panama canal, and to be
content to acknowledge ourselves a weak,
timid nation, we must steadily build up
and maintain a great fighting navy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Address at st. Louis.

Among the impressive sentences in
the Presidents st. Louis address were
the following:
The chief economic question of the day
in this country is to provide a sovereign
for the great corporations engaged in in
terstate business; that is, for the rail-
road and the interstate industrial cor
porations.
Great capitalists have shown
extreme unwisdom in their violent oppo-
sition to the assumption of complete con-
troll over the railroads by the federal gov
ernment.. As national CONNER
cial agents the big interstate railroads
ought to be completely subject to national
authority. Only thus can we secure their
complete subsection to- and control by,
single sovereign, representing the whole
people.
I ask that the national powers already
conferred upon the national government
by the constitution shall be so used as to
bring national commerce and industry
effectively under the federal government
and thereby avert industrial chaos. Ny
plea is not to bring about Capitalization.
It is that the government shall recognize
a condition of Capitalization in a field
where it already exists.
On the lower courses of the Mississippi
the nation should do it's full share in the
work of levee building.
If we are able to keep up substantially
the rate of progress that now obtains we
shall finish the actual digging of the Pan
anna canal within five or six years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Women and the Home.

at is time enough for women to
put on their armor and go forth to
battle with the world when stern neces-
sity drives them into fields where they
must do or die for themselves and
those dependent upon them. Women
have proved their ability to win victo-
ries over almost insurmOuntable bar
riers; but spare them as long as pos
sible from the combats Of life.
"Let it be the ambition Of American
women to make their homes, be they
ever so humble,' the dearest spot on
earth to their husbands and children.
Let the men be the 'hewers of wood
and drawers of water while the wives
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

Baby's first clothes should be made
of the finest materials that parents can
afford. In such wardrobe softness is
the thing essential, as the flesh Of
young child is so delicate that it will
be irritated and made sore by a quail
ty of linen, etc, that is not exception
ally fine. Lightweight garments are
also desirable, as heavy qualities pull
from the shoulders and are apt to i'm
pede circulation.
For dresses French nainsook is the
softest and prettiest goods and laun-
ders and wears better than any other.
This, however, is from So to 30 cents
a yard, and two and a half yards
would be required for a frock. This
allows for a fve-inch hem that is
pretty width for an infants slip.
Next to French is English nainsook.
1t costs from 80 to 50 cents a yard.
Both are the same width. Next to
these fabrics the most desirable is Per-
sian lawn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Health and Reauty Hints.

Nothing assists the healthful action
of the skin like a hard rubbing with a
rough towel or bath brush.
Moth patches are so frequently a
sign Of a disordered condition of the
blood that it is well to consult Il physi-
clan as to their treatment.
People with greasy skins will find
little borax or ammonia added to the
water of the bath excellent to take off
the much-despised shine.
Headache sufferers should never
sleep with closed windows, winter or
summer. Opening the window i'll the
next room won't do. You must have
fresh air from outside.
Bad teeth are not only disfguring
but a positive menace to the health.
Many a woman considers herself
chronic sufferer from neuralgia when
all she needs is visit to good den
fist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
A Remedy for Ants.

1t is said that an effectual cure for
the ants that are the bane of many
good housekeeper is to melt together IN
an earthenware vessel a quarter of a
pound of sulphur and two ounces of
potash. When cold pulverize and
sprinkle in the haunts of the slug
CARDS example. If the ants will not
flee from this mixture be very sure the
will during the somewhat
choly, melting process.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
TALKS In THE SOUTH.
PRESIDENT BooMs DEEP WATER.
WAY AT MEMPHIS.
Given Great Ovation in Historic
Southern City Acknowledges
Greeting Amid Din of Exploding
Bombs. Siren Whistles and Cheers.

The most remarkable public demon
stratiOn in the history of the historic
Southern city of Memphis took place
Friday when the Lakes to-the-Gulf wa
terways flotilla, bearing President
Roosevelt. rounded Hopefeld bend in
the Mississippi just above the city and
moved slowly down the stream toward
its docks. The bank on that side of
the stream at which the boats were to
moor was literally afame with the ma
tional coloTs Packed behind this bril-
liant bulWark were 10000 men. women
and children foregathered from ali the
country within a radius of forty miles
AS the boats came into sight Il wave
Of cheers swept in a rising crescando
over the crowd and an instant later
the sirens of Il thousand steamboats,
stretching over two miles along the
shore burst into jubilation. When the
boats came near enough so that OBJ
jects could be distinguished President
Roosevelt was seen standing on the
top deck of the vessel in the lead.
Then the din broke loose afresh A
score of bombs were set off and the
crowd shouted itself hoarse.
The President, still standing on the
upper deck of the government boat, ac-
knowledged the greetings while the
vessel was still in mid-stream, and the
cheering continued until he had been
escorted from the steamer into his car
riage and the parade through the
streets began. Between packed mass
es of yelling, cheering humanity, the
parade wcnded its way until Court
Square had been reached, where the
Presidential carriage was stopped and
the Chief Executive listened to water
ways anthem, Fourteen Feet Through
the Valley as sung by 5000 school
children attired in uniform costume
and each waving small American
flag The effect of the picture was
most striking and the President was
visibly impressed.
The address of the President at the
convention, in which he strongly advo-
Gated the deep waterways plan, was
enthusiastically received A distin-
guished array of Congressman of both
houses, the Governors of twenty-three
States of the inland waterways COM
mission and delegates to the number of
1900, besides many spectators in the
general gallery Of the hall, heard the
President speak and joined in the APP
plause.
In his speech the President proudly
announced it was a Roosevelt who ran
the first steamboat on the big river.
He reiterated that the undesirable citi-
zen is still undesirable. He told the
people he had no excuse to offer for
his former declaration. President
Roosevelt was strong for deep water
and also took an excursion into a new
field. He wants the people to be better
farmers and not let the hillsides wash
into the streams. He advocated intelli-
gent farming and saving of the forests
and the utilization of water power in
manufacturing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Rich Society SmuggIers.

Fashionable women have made more
attempts at smuggling this season than
ever before, says a United States Off
Ger. He remarks it is singular that the
more money women get the less of it
they are willing to give to Uncle Sam.
Possibly this official observer is astray
in his premises, for it's notorious that
many millionaire families have had
less to spend this summer than in sew
eral years before. So the society dame
who seeks to slip through the custom
house ordeal without declaring any
more of her new diamonds or Iaces
than absolutely necessary may be de-
serving of sympathy Who unless she
has experienced it, can guess how har-
rowing it is to have ones income cut
from five fat hundreds of thousands to
q wretched half of that amount, merely
because a stupid public has grown tired
of investing in Watered stocks?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Men Their Own Members.

Mrs. Mckinley used to tell a story
about Canton woman who declared
that her husband was very slipshod,
his buttons always coming off. Some
one suggested that possibly they were
not well sewed on and she admitted
that to be the case, as he was a very
poor sewer. Mrs. Ibsen says that her
distinguished husband always insisted
on sewing on his own buttons and she
hundred him, but as soon as he had
finished she sewed them over again.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Your Expression.

What kind of expression do you wear
habitualy?
Is it sour. moroSe, repellent?
DO people look happier when you ap-
proach them, or do they shrink from
you?
1t makes all the difference in the
world with your prospects for success
in either society or business what sort
of expression you wear.
The candidate for success should
learn the power of Il smile. not only
because it wins friends. but because its
power over ones life is immeasurable
The effort to be always kind. conSid-
crate and gentle. no matter what may
be ranking in the heart. has Il great
influence in transforming life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
GRANTED A NEW TRIAL.
Assyrian Found Guilty of TorturinH
Sister Fights Hard for Freedom.

SISTER rights Hard for Freedom.
Elias Mischief, the Assyrian, charged
with assault upon his sister at Iron
Ridge in March, 1906, abusing her until
she gave him all the money in the house,
was found guilty of assault with intent to
rob. The penalty is from one to seven
years. A new trial was granted the pris-
oner. The crime was most brutal. Mis-
chel knew that his sister had considerable
money IN her house and requested her
TO let him have sum of money, but she
refused. She was alone, and after trying
to induce her to grant his request and
failing in this, it is alleged that he COM
menced to torture the woman. He, it is
charged. threatened to kill her and when
she begged piteously for her life on ac-
count of her child, he said, so it is al
legged, he would kill the child with her.
It is also alleged that he then seized the
terrified woman and strangled her with
a rope, relenting only when she attempt
ed to hand him over some money. He
then, it is alleged, told her she must give
him all or he would tear out her tongue,
kill her and the babe, and then burn the
house. But before he could carry out
his alleged threats he was frightened
away. Mischief was captured in Water
town, Me.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
New Mammoth steamsbio

The new steamship President Grant Of
the Hamburg-American Line arrived in
New York recently from her maiden trip
This ship is practically a mate to the
President Lincoln, which was added to the
same line last June. Her gross tonnage
is 1S0S9, her length GIG feet and her
beam 6S teet. Accommodation is provid-
ed for 324 first-class, 125 second-class,
1000 third-class and 1920 fourth-class
passengers. The vessel contains many
novel and up-to-date features, including
electric baths and gymnasium, and is
finished with the utmost elegance through
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Appearances DeceitfuI.

Boston woman has Invented a
whipping machine for criminals. She
can not see that whipping is any more
brutal than Imprisonment, and declares
that many criminals would dread cor
poral punishment worse than hanging.
The little woman who has invented the
machine is said to be a very difident
and altogeter refined looking person,
which only goes to show that appear
ances are often deceitful.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10

Mentally. morally and physically
flabby," is the way one of the pariodi-
Gals characterizes the women who live
IN apartment hotels to avoid The
troubles of housekeeping. They are
abnormally developed as to bust and
hips says the same authority; they net
bull pups instead Of children, and spend
their days in idleness mixed with
bridge. A picture not very compliment
tary to say the least.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
our Married Friends.

When a girl friend marries we lose
her. we may frequently call ON her,
and there may be I renewal of old time
chatter. but the little heart to heart
talk and the chatter so freely ex-
changed by all girl friends is missing
She does not take you into her conf
dence. Probably she will tell you of
her little perplexities, etc, but she new
err wholly confides in you in the same
old way. She soon drifts out of your
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
4 Beauty Bit.

Dimples and bushes go together. and
bIushing is largely matter of practice
The woman who keeps ner skin healthy
viii have no trouble in blushing, but
the woman who lets her skin grow dull
and thick will find herself growing
warm and uncomfortable, but she can
not blush.
The complexion of the chin is to be
studied 4 pretty pink chin is charm
ing, and if the tips of the ears are also
pink it means Il great deal in the beau
~ line
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
II The Hnme-NEnI.er..

To build up the power Of our homes
for beauty. for companionship. for in
telligence. for charity, for a constant
acknowledgement and furtherance of the
rights of others, is to build up a power
greater, perhaps. than we ourselves
shall ever realize. And it's within the
reach of every home, whether it's a big
or very little one.-Harper's Bazaar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
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life. new friends come into it, and the
girl friend slips into a little sphere of
her own. She is still beloved by the
girl friend, but even the single girl no
longer delights in telling her little Sc
crets, reading her the letters, or max
ing her a confidant in any manner.
The young bride will claim to be just
the same yesterday, to-day and forever,
but as soon as she VOWS to love, honor
and obey" one Of the masculine tribe,
then farewell to the girl friend.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
Women Should Propose.

Harriet NJ Johnston Wood is a law
yer and a partner of her husband. She
is also the eX-president of the Portia
Club of New York, and has advanced
the novel theory that a woman should
have the right to propose and not be
considered forward for doing So She
maintains that if women had rights
equal with men there would be a great
deal less uuhappiness in the married
state.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
How to Preserve Umbrellas.

There Is no surer way of making an
umbrella wear out quickly than this
habit Of carrying it about by Its mid
die. Again, after being out In the rain
you should turn your umbrella upside
down and let the water drain off as
It stands with the handle downward.
By doing this you prevent the water
from getting in at the framework and
thereby protect the ribs from rusting.
Some men open their umbrellas before
they stand them up to dry, but this is
q bad plan, because the umbrella may
stretch when 1t Is wet. Another thing,
too-never roll your umbrella up, as to
do 90 cuty the Glk.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
OXEN IN THE PINERIES.
To Be Used Again by Logging Com
panies-COst Less than Horses


The n. Ludington Company and the
l. Stephenson Company, of which Senator
Isaac Stephenson is the executive head,
are making arrangements to put to work
large number of oxen in the woods this
winter. The high price of horses and
grain is the chief factor that has brought
about this very notable return to the
old methods of logging. Oxen cost about
500 a pair while good team of horses
costs about 5000. The cattle consume
less grain and are for that reason not
so costly to keep. But aside from these
reasons, which have directly led to the
return to old style logging, Mr.. Stephen
son believes that in the rougher work of
the camp oxen are more desirable. They
will be used this winter in skidding and
IN hauling out of the swamps.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
PupiIs Have Narrow Escape.

Pupils in District school No. 8, east of
Waukesha. narrowly escaped death when
a large rock thrown in the air by a
blast at the quarry of the Waukesha
Lime and Stone Company, nearby. plung-
ed through the roof Of the school house
and struck the floor only a few feet dis
tant from a group of children
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-10-10
How to Arrange Flowers.

In arranging fiowess for the rooms
or the table be careful not to over
crowd the vases. Many beautiful eff
fects are spoiled because a desire is
felt to get them all in" The Japanese
idea OF a single flower in a vase may
not be just what you want, but it is Il
guide in the distributing of the flowers
that 1t is well to note.