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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
Saved the Stamp.

Congressman J. Van Yechten Olcott
tells a story of member of the house
from Missouri whose economical habits
attracted some attention among his
colleagues. The Missourian is serving
his first term, and as he was elected
as a Republican from a strongly Dem
ocratic district some of his fellow
members were anxious to know how
much his campaign expenses were He
was swept into Congress on the Roose-
Welt tidal wave When the question
was put to him he satisfied the curious
ones with the reply:
We'll. you can figure it out for
yourself The convention nominated
another man first and he sent a letter
of declination. That cost him a 2-cent
postage stamp. They then nominated
me, and l did not mail my accept,
ance' '-Philadelphia Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

hour has felt his courage yield beneath
the weight Of grief? You are alone.
friendless, abandoned by all, a voluntary
exile, far from the men who only inspire
you with hatred and contempt; you prefer
the society of wild beasts less ferocious
than they, but at any rate you live, while
| am dead man."
The hunter started and looked in
amazement at the speaker.
Il suppose you think me mad?" he con-
tinued with a melancholy smile; ''reas-
sure yourself. it is not so. l am in full
possession of my senses, and my thoughts
are clear and lucid. For all that, though,
| repeat to you. | am dead. dead in the
sight of my relations and friends. dead to
the whole world in fine. Mine is a
strange story, and one that you would
recognize through one word. were you
Mexican or had Travelled in certain re-
gicns of Mexico"
Did l not tell you that for twenty
years / have been travelling over every
part of American" the traveller replied
What is the word? Can you tell it me?"
Why not? | am abiding to the name
bore while I was still living man"
What is that name?"
ut had acquired a certain celebrity,
but | doubt whether it has remained in
your memory.
who knows? Perhaps you are mis-
taken"
We'll, since you insist, learn. then,
that l was called Martial ell Tigrero."
YOU the astonished hunter exclaim-
ed why, that is impossible ~
'Of course so, since | am dead" the
stranger answered, bitterly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
POSTOFFICE is SWAMPED.

New Rule Concerning Orders for
Supplies Causes Trouble.
One of the reforms inaugurated in the
division of supplies of the Postofice De-
partment by Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral De Graw is the requirement that
postmasters throughout the country shall
order supplies for their offices in sufficient
quantities to serve for one year.
Upward of $1,000 acquisitions have
been received from postmasters. This
large influx of orders has caused the di-
vision to fall considerably in arrears in
the matter of filing acquisitions, 1850
being untitled now. The receipts of re-
questions, however, which a week or so
ago ran up to more than 1000 daily, are
now only between 500 and 600 a day and
the division is filling between 1000 and
LOO a day.
Arrangements are being made to in
crease the number filled each day, so that
within two weeks it is expected all requi-
sitions on hand will be filed After that
all orders will be filled promptly, as I'M
der the new arrangement the number of
acquisitions received will continue to de-
crease.
The department still has considerable
difficulty in securing sufficient Irvine,
which is needed in large quantities by
postoffices and the railway mail service,
but the Irvine contractors report that they
are making every effort to forward ade-
quate shipments during the coming week
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
A woman's observation-disclosures

A noteworthy example of high-mind-
edneSs and unselfishness was recently
set by a Southern woman bearing an
honored name. A resolution was intro
duced in the State Senate of North
Carolina providing a pension of 500
per month for the by-no-means-rich
widow of the famous General "Stone-
wall' Jackson. OF its passage there
would have been little doubt had Mrs.
Jackson herself not interposed. But
she promptly wrote letter to the Sen
ate, saying that the present State laws
limit all pensions to persons who have
not $500 of personal property, and as
she possessed more than that she re-
quested that the bill be withdrawn and
the money it was proposed to give her
be appropriated for the relief of the
destitute widows of Confederate veter-
ans. Mrs. Jackson's plea was needed,
and now she is held in even higher gem
eral esteem than ever before
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

When people use the word "hered-
ity" they are very likely to mean some
dreadful bugaboo of supposed natural
law, which they have invited for them
selves. through which the poor human
race comes in for all the ailments and
weaknesses of its forbears, with none
of the conpensations.
One hears constantly such phrases as
"her mother had consumption or his
uncle drank himself to DEATH but
there is much less frankness in return
ing thanks for the physical benefits
that also come down so abundantly
from the past
It must not be forgotten that dis
eases are not directly inherited, but
only the tendency to them. This is a
very comfortable fact, for it constant
" offers a reward for well-directed
effort. If one knows from the start
which are the avenues open to danger
one is forewarned and forearmed.
Those who have that knowledge will
NOT take the children in whose families
there nave DcSu uA11S 4hStSAN6o VI
tuberculosis and shut them up in stuffy
r!aces or give them a diet containing
foe, little fat They would be too wise
TO let the excitable child of nervous
narentage lead life of overstinulation
or be pushed in its studies, or to offer
sins of wine at the table to the small
boy whose father Is a heavy drinker.
Just as a predisposition to a disease
NAV be inherited, so also may an alb
soIute inability to have it. One sees
this proved by persons who pass IN
scathed through epidemic after cpl
demic. This shows that their Inherit
ed tendenc ytoward the disease, If they
have any, is so much weaker than their
inherited resistance to it that they are
virtually unable to catch 1t.
Nature herself shows constant pref
arance for the normal, and is always
working TO that end; therefore ten
dency to disease is the punishment for
disobeying her. Neither is she implac-
abIe, SO that If one will only work long
enough and hard enough to correct
ones mistakes there comes time when
nature gives clean bill Of health. 1t
would be q tragic world indeed IL only
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

cardiac rhythm called heart block Similar illustrations
of the unity the medical and of the coopera
ton of the laboratory and the clinic might be multiplied
indefinitely from all classes of disease.
Great as has been the advance of medicine in the last
half century, small, indeed in comparison with what
remains be accomplished. On every hand there
still unsolved problems of disease of overshadowng i'm
portance The ultimate problems relate to the nature
and fundamental properties Of living matter and the
power modify these properties in desired directions
knowledge breeds knowledge, and cannot doubt
that research will be productive in the future
than has been the past 1t would be hazardous in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
OLDEST TREE IN AUSTRALIA.
In Time of Drouth the Cattle Feed
Upon the Wood.

Upon the wood.
The vegetation Of Australia is differ
ent from that Of any other country.
The various species number about TO-,
000 which is IT greater number than
is to be found in Europe. A popularity
Of the trees found growing near the
coast is the vertical direction of the
foliage, which allows the sunlight to
pass easily through the leaves. Many
curious trees are found, but none is
more remarkable than the bottle tree,
or baobab. The popularity of the tree
Is found in it's abnormal trunk, which,
as compared with other forest trees, is
out of all proportion to its branches.
Sometimes the trunk is nearly spheri-
cal, resembling huge inverted turnip.
The peculiar nature of its spongy
soft wood is responsible for this re-
juyeneScence. The tissues contain large
quantities of moisture in the form of
mucilage. Indeed, in time of drouth
the trees are often felled and the wood
broken up into small pieces. This the
cattle devour with great relish. The
lIulL ldheS lDe 10TH Ol d llllU-SRSlloU
gourdlike capsule covered with a thin
green velvety pile. In fine examples
they are equal in size to small cocoa
nuts. When ripe they contain a -four
like powder having a peculiar acid
flavor not unlike cream of tartar. The
fruit remains attached to the branches
for considerable time after the leaves
have fallen. The flower which precedes
the fruit is white, somewhat like those
of the eucalyptus. it's center being filed
with sheaf Of slender white stamens.
The African baobab has the popularity
Of hanging its fruit from the branches
by means of long cordlike stems some
times from a foot and a half to two
feet in length. In common with the
dragon trees of Teneriffe, the baobabs
are regarded as the slowest growing
trees and the longest lived members of
the vegetable world.
This dragon tree of Teneriffe was one
Of the wonders Of the vegetable king
dom. 1t stood near the town of Ora
tava, on the island of Teneriffe, and
many travellers examined and measured
it. Meyen found it to be seventy-five
feet high and forty-eight in girth. Just
above the ground it was seventy-nine
feet in circumference. Humboldt found
it and when he measured it discovered
that it had not changed in size since
the days of the French adventures. the
Bethencourts, who seized the island in
the fifteenth century, some four CEN
turtles before. The trunk was hollow
and a staircase had been erected inside
by which one could ascend to the height
at which the branches began. This relic
of ages was unfortunately destroyed by
a hurricane in 1867.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
@A he Side
\. OF ~
The News ~
~~@O@~N~~1~

No doubt Mr.. Rockefeller needs the
money.
Still, we don't hear anybody making a
noise like digging canal.
Those British women suffragists are
not only strong minded but strong-fsted.
President Baer of the Reading Rail
road Company acts like his name sounds.
The Rockefeller college is becoming al
most as frequent as the Carnegie library.
The Russian generals can fight each
other much fercer than they fought the
Japanese.
Ministers are divided as to whether
Mr. Rockefeller's great grit should be
called philanthropy or restitution.
Marie Corelli says she cannot resist the
impulse to write. 1t must be terrible
to have Corelli novel in your system.
With some of the Statesman it is not
so much what are we going 10 do about
Cuba as how are we going to 90 Cuba.
The effort to raise the pay of govern
ment clerks is being heartily seconded by
the Washington boarding house keeper.
To restore public confidence the rail
roads might print testimonials from pas
sengers who have ridden on their trains a
aumber of times and never have been
killed.
Since the Congressman raised their
own salaries, you can't convince them
that the country isn't getting along all
right.
Mr.. Rockefeller is said to feel disap-
pointed that he is not worth more than
$500, 100000. Pity the sorrows OF Il poor
Old man.
Anyway, it is some sign of progress
wien the railroads begin to get so asham-
ed of the wrecks that they refuse to tell
about them.
The British ambassadors salary of
$4,000 a year will make our meInb ers
OF Congress feel like voting themselves
another raise.
The new Shah of Persia has been con-
PEELED to inaugurate crusade against
graft Must be a lot of people from San
Francisco in Persia.
The largest single advance in Oil prices
ever ordered by the Standard Oil Com
pany has naturally followed the largest
single contribution of Rockefeller money
to public education.
The Presidents interest in government
control of forests is doubtless inspired by
his solicitude for the crop of Big Sticks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
RECLAIM LAND WORN OUT.
Portuguese Hope to Restore to CuI
tivatfon 100000 Acres.

portuguese Hope to Restore to CuI.
tivatfon 100000 Acres.
Portugal, according to Vice and Dep
uty Consul r. II. Kinchant Of Lisbon,
has started in on a system of land rec
lamation which, if as successful as it
promises to be, must result in similar
movements in various parts of Europe
He writes:
I'm the south of Portugal a serious
attempt is being made, with some
chance of success to bring back into
cultivation large tract of land This
country being essentially agricultural,
any steps to reclaim land that has gone
out of cultivation, estimated at 4,314,-
coo hectars (about 100000 acres), or
A per cent of the total area Of Portu-
gal, are a move in the right direction.
Some energetic members of society
in the district of Serpa, in combination
with the municipal authorities, have
set to work upon 100000 acres, divfd-
ing it up into allotments of fifteen acres
each and letting it at a nominal rent,
calculated according to the estimated
value Of the land, which has, as it were,
four classifcations, the highest quit
rent being placed at $500 and the low
est at 40 cents an allotment. free Of
total rates and taxes for ten years.
Quite a heterogeneous mixture Of
settlers has already taken possession
of their tenements. Carpenters, ma
sons, doctors, chemists, BARRIERS, seam
stresses, tailors, and even beggars, fig
ure In the list
'One Of the chief difficulties to be
overcome before making the aIIotments
was to deal with the proprietary right
of beekeepers, who centuries ago had
certain privileges conferred upon them
whereby they did a thriving trade in
honey and wax. This trade has in later
times diminished, owing to the destruc-
ton OF the floral produce of the land.
chiefly by firing when portions thereof
were cleared for wheat and other cere-
ais. Matters have been amicably set
tied for the beekeepers and the en-
bryo agriculturists. The success of
the scheme as far as it has gone has
stirred the ambition OF the residents In
a large part Of the north of Portugal.
where a project on similar lines is being
set on foot to bring back into cuItiva-
ton something like half a million
aoraSn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
Brushing 1t Aside.

Attorney (cross examining expert)-
You heard the previous witnesses de-
scribe the condition in which they found
the plaintiff in this case after the acct
dent happened. In the light of their evil
dence, what becomes of your theory?
Expert Witness-My dear sir, their
testimony cannot be explained on any log
ical, scientific ground, and is utterly at
variance with every reasonable hypothesis
as determined by the law of averages. An
alleged fact cannot stand for moment
when it conflicts with an established prin-
ciple. Errare humanum est. Quod erat
demonstrandum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
DEdn'f Wish to fnfeT-unf

A husband was being arraigned in
court in a suit brought by his wife
for cruelty.
II understand, SIR" said the judge,
addressing the husband, that one of
the indignities you have showered upon
your wife is that you have not spoken
to her for three years. Is that SOP
1T is. your honor" quickly answered
the husband.
We'll, sir" Numbered the judge,
"why didn't you speak to her, may I
aSk?"
simply" replied the husband, ''be-
cause 1 didn't want to interrupt her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

living relation OF the Torres family. What
more need | tell you? Disguised in every
way, heartbroken with grief, and recogniz-
ing the inutility of the efforts l had made,
l left the town, and, mounting my horse,
returned to the desert, seeking the most
unknown spots and the most desolate re-
gions in which to hide myself"
Brother" Valentine said, gently. you
have forgotten to tell me the name of that
influential person who had you turned out
Of his house, and treated you as an i'm.
poster.
That is true" Don Martial answered.
His name is Don Sebastian Guerrero,
and he is military governor of the prov
ince OF Sonora
Don Martial" cried the hunter, you
may thank heaven for decree:ng that We
should meet in the desert, in order that
the punishment Of this man should be
complete"
ITO be continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure 10
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure now
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure Is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the foundation
Of the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature in doing It's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cure.
Send for list Of testimonials
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
Something New About Elijah.

The vicar of ST. Johns Gainsbor-
ough, England, says that recently the
scholars in his parish were asked to
give an account Of the translation OF
the prophet Elijah to heaven, and one
boy wrote: Elijah, the prophet, was
carried into heaven by a whirlwind,
and the children stood up and cried,
Go up, thou bald head! Go up, thou
bald head and before he went up he
divided the Red Sea-"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

time there either were contemplated we'll under
number Of important electric installations, which could
be credited to the favorable decisions of steam railway
officials
The Pennsylvania railroad system in addition to the
elecrifcaton of its great terminal system in the vicinity
of New York, gradually is eectrifyng the Long Island
Railroad system which efectualy grirons the island
lying east of Manhattan island and known Long ISL
and.
The New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad
company going great expense in the electrified
of line from New York City Stamford. Conn.
distance thirtyone miles with probability of grad
ual extension Of electric traction its system
These few examples. together with the electrical oper
alton great Simlon tunnel by of which the
traveller will carried from Switzerland into Italy with
out the annoyance due to the gases emitted
locomotive, believe sufficiently i'm
pressve emphasize the of the lines of de
velopment outlined by 1904, involving, they do
an expenditure of approximately S1000000O0 for eectr
cal equipment and collateral investment of $780,
100000
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
Caste.

"You haven't been here half a minute"
protested the microbe on the dollar bill.
whats your hurry"
IF 1 should happen TO meet you
again. said the visiting microbe, looking
with a glance of disdain at the surround
ings. I'll thank you not to speak to me-"
why"
Because you're On rank counterfeit
and haven't sense enough to know it.
Good-by."-Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

using Doan's Kidney Pills I suffered
everything from kidney troubles for
year and half. 1 had pain in the
back and head, and almost continuous
in the loins and felt weary all the time
A few doses of Doan's Kidney Pills
brought great relief, and | kept on tax
ing them until In short time | was
cured. l think Doan's Kidney Pills
are wonderful"
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
N Y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

marry right that it should be under the promise of
"for for in sickness and in health
richer poorer till death do part 1t is this
Ing of nay in the of marriage that brings out the
good in both parties. For few marriages fail which
would not have succeeded had there been answering
loyalty to the spirit of the marriage Men and
women constituted that other things being
ably equal and there being ntoerabIe and manifest
incongruity their living together in loyalty induces love
and more.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
A MisnOner.

A lady with very inharmonious
voice attempted to sing a piece called
THE Tempest" A sea captain re-
marked: Don't be alarmed; it is not
a tempest, it's only squall, and will
soon be over"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11

outshine each other dress in engagements
is apparently the whole duty of young in the
Glasses" There be without romance Take
that away and poetry vanishes: without
is merely licensed slaughter love- bereft
its sentiment but affair OF sale and barter 1t is
love, romantic love, which makes marriage the most
sacred and beautiful of ties that passion which
South has called 1.-THE great instrument of nature
bond and cement of society the spirit spring
universe, which, wisely controlled rightly bestowed
warns elevates and brightens life But it should
be lightly given heellessly accepted The heart
should carefully discriminate between love it's
many spurious mitations with it's sacred aureoe Of
glory no unworthy object should be crowned neither
should it be allowed to dominate Judgment
Romantic love is by and the same with
blind unreasoning passion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
Persu asiye.

Musical Critic-Taat new star of yours
has a good enough voice, but she doesn't
know how to use it.
Comic Opera Manager-That only
shows how little you know about her
voice. You ought to hear how magnif-
Gently she can use it when the box Office
is little late in paying her weekly sal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
TRIAL MARRIAGES WOULD BE INDUSTRIOUS.
By Rev. DR.. Frank Crane,

The modern novel attack upon the family
is nothing but another form of the world old
complaint against human destiny. Mrs. Par
sons suggests trial marriages. The scheme of
trial marriages is, of course simply mon
strous. To cure slight evil it would open
the door to most certain and positive crime
1t would put premium upon the wicked pro-
pensities of men, When a man and woman
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the extreme to attempt predict the particular drec
ton of future discovery. How unpredctabIe the
most farsghted of past generation would have been
such discoveries the principles antiseptc surgery
anoxins bacterial vaccnes opsonns the determination
Of yellow by destruction of particular species of
mosquito and many other contributions medical
knowledge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-04-11
MEDICINE HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES.
IL L
By DIR. w. II. WEIGH

l wish to emphasize the mutual helpfulness
of the various medical sciences in the develop
ment of medical knowledge and practice. Con-
slider, for example, the indispensable share of
embryology, Of anatomy, gross and microscopic,
of physiology, of pathological anatomy, of elm
ical study, in the evolution of our knowledge
of the latest contribution to diseases of the
circulatorE sEstem-that disturbance Of the