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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
THOUGHT CHILD WOULD DIE.
Whole Body Covered with Cuban Itch

Whole Body Covered with Cuban Itch
-Cuticura Remedies Cured at Cost
of Seventy-Five Cents.
MY little boy, when only an infant
of three months, caught the Cuban
Itch. Sores broke out from his head
to the bottom of his feet. He would
itch and claw himself and cry all the
time. He could not sleep day or night,
and light dress is all he could wear.
/ called one of our best doctors to
treat him, but he seemed TO get worse.
He suffered SO terribly that my hus-
band said he believed he would have
TO die. | had almost given up hope
when lady friend told me to try the
Cuticura Remedies l used the Cuti-
cura Soap and applied the Cuticura
Ointment and he at once fell into
sleep, and he slept with ease for the
first time since two months. After
three applications the sores began to
dry up, and in just two weeks from
the day | commenced to use the Cuti-
cura Remedies my baby was entirely
well. The treatment only cost me 75c,
and / would have gladly paid 500 if
could not have got it cheaper. | feel
safe in saying that the Cuticura Rene
of five years. Mrs. Zana Miller, Union
City, r. Z. d. No. /, Branch Co.,
Mich Nav II 1905"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.

representative Coudrey of Missouri in
trodlced bill making it a penitentiary
offeise to publish false advertisement.
A petition from the Chicago Associa-
tionof Commerce asking better postal ia
elites for Chicago was presented by SEN
atoi Cullom.
The War Department cabled Gov. Ma
gool that it hopes to raise the quarantine
against Cuban ports before the end of the
present. month.
S'nator Hopkins introduced bills pro-
vidhg for the erection of federal build
ings to cost $4,000 each at Duquoin and
Muphysboro, Ill.
President Roosevelt sent to the Senate
the nomination of William H. Grimshaw
to b. United States marshal for the Dis
trict of Minnesota.
representative Lowden introduced
bill lroviding for an appropriation of So
600 br the purchase of land at Sterling,
ILL.,, br the enlargement of the postoffice.
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp
in hi annual report says that two of
Speci,l Officer Johnson's men and one
posse man have been killed in skirmishes
with )ootleggers in Indian Territory and
ten Sblators of the liquor laws have met
a like fate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Kentucky Night Riders Raid.

Hopkinsville, KY, was the scene of
desperate and destructive attack by mask
ed night riders of the night of December
6, when 500 of them entered the town,
captured the police and fire departments,
took possession of the telephone exchange
and railroad stations and then burned
three tobacco warehouses and other prop
city aggregating 100000 in value. So
quietly had the marauders come and SO
thoroughly did they do their work that
the people of the place had no chance to
offer resistance The store windows were
broken in and the plant of the newspa-
per favorable to the tobacco trust was
demolished. For the motives of the raid
was to get even with the warehouse men
who had refused to join the Farmers As
ISOLATION and had dealings with the trust.
Several of these men. were beaten with
switches and one man was shot, brake
man who was trying to get his train
away from the path of the flames. A
posse followed the retiring raiders some
distance, but were outnumbered Next
day Gov. Beckham ordered a company of
militia to the scene to aid Sheriff Smith.
Investigation is to be rigid.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
The Man Who Is Ahead.

In almost every newspaper you pick
up you are pretty sure to find a lot
of gush about the man behind the coun-
ter and the man behind the gun; the
man behind the buz-saw and the man
behind the son: the man behind the
times and the man behind his rents ;
the man behind the plowshare and the
man behind the fence: the man be
hind the whistle and the man behind
the cars; the man behind the kodak
and the man behind the bars; the man
behind his whiskers and the man be-
hind his fists; and everything is en-
tered On the list. But they've skipped
another fellow, of whom nothing has
been said-the fellow who is even, or
a little way ahead who pays for what
he gets, whose bills are always signed.
He's a blamed sight more important
than the man who is behind. All the
editors and merchants, and the whole
commercial clan, are indebted for eX
iStence this honest fellow man. He
keeps US all in business and his town
is never dead, and so we take off our
hats to the man who is ahead.-Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Statesman Short of Cash.

Senators and Representatives, many
whose possessions run up into the millions
OF dollars, are telling humorous tales of
financial embarrassment during the recent
money stringency.
Just before coming to Washington
said Representative Lowden of Illinois,
one of the wealthy men of the State, Il
dropped into my favorite restaurant for
luncheon. Ny bill was $3.50, and not
having that amount of currency | signed
the check
Sorry. sor,' said the waiter, but the
new rules require payments in cash.
81 replied Surely you can't expect me
to pay cash when my bank in Chicago
doesn't pay cash boston Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Why Criminal Class Increases.

In recent address before the members
of the Chicago Woman's Club Prof. Will
ism l. Thomas of the University of Chi
cago made the statement that the insane
and criminal classes in America are in
creasing more rapidly than the normal
population, the birth rate among the more
intelligent classes being lower than the
death rate This, he said, meant rapid
race deterioration and made the question
of white or yellow supremacy in the near
future a grave one. He charged that
child-bearing was left largely to the poor
ec classes, while the women of the upper
classes are giving themselves over to per-
sonal ornamentation, struggles for social
pre-eminence and 1.-THE solemn sacrament
of bridge whist" He declared that there
were few American families whose dress
and mode of living did not represent
larger bank accounts than they possessed.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Trade English.

The English language has developed
several distinct varieties The pidgin-
English of China is for commercial use
alone. No one would ever expect to
find any literature in such a DIALECT
1t seems that there is another variety
of English to be used for trade pur-
poses. in limited measure, at Paris and
on the Continent The author of THE
Tourist Tide" had a chance TO try the
quality and the capacity of this English
as spoken in the shops.
The shopkeepers have a custom of
sign, English spoken here" which one
of them is reputed to have explained
as meaning that the customer might
feel free to use that language if he 50
desired. AT any rate. we found, to use
modern parlance, that the article was
not up to advertisement Two of our
number stepped into shoe shop bear
ing this sign, and asked to be directed
to the automobile races. Certainly"
said the affable clerk. (Which would
you prefer, black of Yellow
Unable TO make intelligent connection
with the shoeman, they next turned TO
restaurant with like sign, anw put
their question to the waiter. Have
seats, gentlemen" said that function
airy. Will you have ice cream or lem
on squash?" In despair of seeing the
races, they told him to bring on the
lemon squash, resolved henceforth not
to be counted with that evil generation
seeking after a sign"
Indeed, shopkeepers, guides and hack
men pick up few phrases of English
in order to catch the tourist trade. But
outside of their narrow beat they are as
helpless as the traveller who tries to
speak French according to the Manual
of Conversation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
EnioYahle EYeniuU.

II spent most enjoyable evening
last night
What did you do?''
Charlie took me to that terribly dull
play at the theater"
But what was enjoyable about
that:'
Nothing. But afterward we went to
swell cafe and he let me order any
thing l wanted. Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Rabies N Real Dtsease.

Chief Melvin of the Bureau of Animal
Industry of the Agricultural Department
says that many experiments conducted
by the bureau now demonstrate that n.y.
drophobia is real germ-generated and in
fictitious disease. This disease, he says,
can be communicated from beasts to men
as we'll as from beast to beast. There are
two types of hydrophobia, dumb and furi-
ous In the earlier stages of the former
kind a dog is dangerous, but in the late
stages it is not, as it sustains paralysis
of the jaws: but dog with the furious
type of hydrophobia is very dangerous,
yelping and running about with frothing
mouth and without any sign of jaw par
alysis DIR. Melvin insists that as yet
there is no cure for rabies known to med
ical science.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
The New Dodge.

Nothing new, eh?" said the great
actress press agent. "All our tricks
are old, are they? Well, do you ever
hear any more about an actress losing
her diamonds?"
The reporter sneered.
Il confess" he said, that you real
~ have dropped that advertising
dodge. We no longer hear. / admit it,
of an actress losing her diamonds"
But you do hear, don't you,' said
the press agent, ''Of actresses being ar
rested for exceeding the speed limit
in her 90 horse power automobile?
And every time you hear that you
say to yourself, Gee, she must be a
great actress to be able to afford a
90 horse power car. I'll have to go
and see her."
$50 that is your new dodge" said
the reporter.
ut is one of them," said the press
agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
FolIowed HI. Orders.

President Hadley, of Yale, coming
back to New Haven late one night, got
onto one of the cabs at the station,
and, taking it for granted that the cab
by knew who he was, said:
Drive fast, caoby''
All right, sir" replied cabby. The
horse started off with a plunge and
kept up his rapid rate for half an hour,
going up one street and down another
Finally DR.. Hadley, seeing that he
was being taken in the wrong direction,
stuck his head out of the window and
asked: Are you not going in the
wrong direction, cabby?''
Hanged if l know, mister" was the
astonishing reply; where do you want
to go?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

According to book recently issued by
DR.. Edward Anthony Spitzka, professor
of general anatomy in Jefferson Medical
College, it is the white matter connecting
the hemispheres of the cerebrum which
in a great measure determines the quality
of the human intellect, and not the gray
matter, as has been heretofore supposed.
Prof. Spitzka has made comparative
study of the brains of several men emf
ntnt in various walks of life and finds
that the brains of various kinds of think
ers show specialized developments. Thus,
the brains of musicians are richly convo-
luted in the auditory association area.
Such abnormalities as left-handedness,
partial deafness and defects of vision, he
says, leave their indelible imprints upon
the BRAIN As to Judging brains by weight,
he declares that: Men of the kind who
never remain steadily employed, and who
usually fail to even learn a trade, stand
lowest in the scale. Above them come the
mechanics and trade workers, the clerks,
the ordinary business man and common
school teachers. Highest of all we find
men of decided mental abilities, the ge-
muses. of the pencil, brush and sculptor's
chisel the mathematicians, scholars and
etc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Two Kinds of Tuberculosis.

Reports from London state that the re-
suits of the careful investigations and ex-
periments of the Royal Commission on
tuberculosis indicate that there are two
kinds of consumption. When the bacilli
of these diseases were administered TO
animals those from one group caused rap
idly fatal general tuberculosis, while the
germs of the other group, though given
in far larger doses, had only a slight local
effect, and the disease tended to undergo
a spontaneous cure, but the Investigations
have not yet reached point where it is
practicable to determine with certainty
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

A new principle in engineering prac-
tice is described by the Scientific Ameri-
can in the case of lookout tower built
by Alexander Graham Bell, in which the
structure is composed of tetrahedrons,
and is said to be the first iron structure
built on this principle. Each tetrahedral
cell, which is the unit of construction,
is made of one-half inch iron piping, and
measures exactly 4S inches from tip to
tip. Two hundred and sixty of these
cells were employed in the tower, which
rises 20 feet above the ground. Some of
the advantages claimed for this method
of construction are lightness, great rigid
ity, rapidity and ease of construction,
very little false work being required, and
the facility with which any part may be
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Si00 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 in
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 a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood aud mucous surfaces of the sys-
TEN. thereby destroying the foundation Of
the disease. and giving the patient strength
by building up the constitution and assist
ing nature in doing its work. The proprle-
tors have so much faith in It's curative pow
ers that they offer One Hundred Dollars for
any case that ii fails to cure. Send for list
OF testimonials.
Address +. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o..
Sold by Druggists, roc
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa ton
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

What John Philip Sousa once called
canned music will again be subject
for discussion in Congress this year. A
delegation of composers will go to Wash
ington next week to protest against the
Courier copyright bill permitting phono-
grarhs to play protected productions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Judgm emit.

Elder discussing the new ministers
probation discourse)-In my opeenion
he wasna justified in dividing folk into
say, Jamie. that / was among the unco
guild, an l wadna say that you were
among the unco bad. So whar do we
come in. He'll no do for us, jamie
Well no vote for Punch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

cz-Steamsnip Cypress wrecked on
Lake Superior and % lives lost.
1-Town of San Jose del Cabo, Lower
California, destroyed by cloudburst-
15-Du Pont powder works near Fon-
tanet, Ind, explodes. killing 80 people.
16-Wall street furry causes great
slump in copper stocks.
22-23-Panic in New York and the
East marked by suspension of Knicker-
booker Trust Company and of various
financial concerns, appointment of receiv-
ers for Westinghouse Electric and Manu-
featuring Company, and wild scenes on
Stock Exchange
23-Germans win balloon race from st.
Louis with France second.
2I-New $20,000OO0 Union station
opened in Washington.
30-Earthquake and mountain slide de-
stroys town of Karatagh, Russian Tur-
kestan, and causes 1000 deaths.
NOVEMBER.
Great railway strike in Great Brit
ain called.
END of telegraphers' strike. Elec-
tons in many States.
11--Death of Dexter NJ. Ferry, seeds
man, of Detroit
15-Death of Moncure D. Conway,
American author :. Fire destroys town
of Cleary, Alaska.
16-Oklahoma admitted to statehood.
24EJury il Steve Adams case in Rath-
drum, Idaho, disagrees.
25-Thirteen lives lost in New York
tenement house fire.
26-Death of Gen. B. D. Pritchard Of
Allegan, Mich, whose regiment captured
Jefferson Davis.
DECEMBER.
1-E1plosion in mine at Fayette City,
Pa, kills 40 miners.
2-Sixtieth Congress opens.
liking Oscar of Sweden resigns gov.
eminent into hands of Crown Prince as
regent.
G-Explosion entombs 400 miners at
| Monongah, W. Va.
S-Death of King Oscar II. of Sweden
and accession of his son as Gustaf V.
11-President Roosevelt reiterates his
declaration that he will not again be a
candidate for chief executive.
16-Dust explosion kills IS men in
mine at Yolande. Ala. Great war feet
sails from Hampton Roads for Pacific.
17-Death of Lord Kelvin, English
| scientist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
powder Trust Denies 1t All.

Tfirty-eight of the forty-three defend
ants named by the government in its
charles of conspiracy and trade restraint
ON tie part of the powder trust have filed
answers in the Federal Court at Whining
ton. all denying the charges. The chief
cont,ntion is that the business is not un-
lawful because large, and that the COM
pany had a right to purchase either COM
panins or properties when considered good
investments. The answers show how the
smaller concerns were absorbed by the
voluntary consent of both parties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Closing sunday Theaters.

Supreme Court Justice O'Gorman Of
New York, on the strength of an old but
unrepealed law, has decided that every
form of play. concert or public amuse-
mem is illegal on Sunday in that city.
The Mayor and police commissioner at
once took measures to enforce the law
and the managers were disposed to put it
u,, TO the public by offering no resistance.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
All in the Family.

Mr.. 'qgway awoke from a troubled
dream d saw his wife going through the
pockets of his trousers.
IF you find anything in them, my
dear he said, "let me know, will your
IF | don't find anything in them, Ebe-
nczer,' she answered, in a high keyed
Voice. IN let you know. all right"
Making no rejoinder, Mr.. Jagway calm
~ awaited the coming explosion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

much wrapping paper as beefsteak on
those scales and making me pay meat
prices for it,
Marketman-Yes, ma'am, and I'm let
ting You have all that wrapping paper
with a full knowledge of the fact that the
price of it, owing to the soulless greed of
the wood pulp monopoly, is going up right
along. Anything else this morning,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Fragment of Unwritten His.or,

The old Continentals were standing in
their ragged regimentals.
1--WE don't dare to move" explained the
colonel. More than half of us haven't
got any galluses on our pants
With sternly set jaws and eyes rigidly
to the front they stood there until the
friendly darkness permitted them to
march.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

Tables prepared by the London Board
of Trade show that the United States now
mines more coal than any other country,
the total being 3I0,000,000 tons in the
United Kingdom and 49,, 100000 tons in
Germany. But the production per head
is still higher in England. America also
consumes the most coal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

4 &C. hges are now regarded as rather I'M
desirable insurance risks, and it is prob
able that the rates will be generally in
creased. In eighteen years. 7S4 fires have
occurred in college buildings, entailing a
loss of $10,5O0000 in money and a heavy
loss of life. This makes the average
money loss over $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
sectarfan Schools for Indians,

The right of the commissioner of In
dian affairs to contract with sectarian
schools for the education of Indians was
affirmed by the District Of Columbia
Court of Appeals on a test case brought
By The Indian Rights Association to re-
strain the government from having the
Sioux of the Rosebud Agency Reservation
of South Dakota educated by the Catho-
lie mission boarding school maintained on
.he reservation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

DR.. ". T. Hornaday, director of the
Bronx park ZOO in New York, has return
ed from Mexico where he went to study
mountain sheep. He says there are many
unlisted species of sheep in Mexican
mountains. One sheep he shot measured
thirty-nine inches high at the shoulder
and weighed 300 pounds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

THE MILK PANS are quickly clean
ed and rid of all greasy feel when
washed in Borax and water in the fol-
lowing proportions tablespoonful of
BOrax to a quart of water.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
a Great R.,,..

ut must be hard,'' said the friend.
ito have your wife running off to
wonan's rights meetings and all that
sort of thing every night"
"Hard?" replied Henpeck, why, it's
great! 1 can sit comfortably at home
and not have to listen to her"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
In Medic Tutissimus Ibis.

Always steer a middle course, my son"
counseled the aged parent. Avoid ex-
tremes. They are equally dangerous
II know it. father" said the son. who
was starting out to seek his fortune Il
am not going to be either balloonist or
a Pennsylvania coal miner"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

is suffering. One Of the results of the
experiments made seems to be to discredit
Koch's view that bovine and human tu-
berculosis are different diseases.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

Henry E. Youtsey, now serving life
sentence for completely in the murder of
Gov Goebel of Kentucky, swore in court
at Georgetown, KY, that Caleb Powers
aided in the murder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

$4,000 per NJ. Lewis "Single Binder"
straight sc cigar costs the dealer some
more than other sc cigars. but the higher
price enables this factory to use higher
grade tobacco. Lewis Factory, Peoria,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Ideal and AcfuaI

Shoe Store Salesman-What size would
you like, madam?
Miss Larjln-i'd like a No ., but
there's no use talking about that. You
may as well show me your No. 5s
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Theory and Practice.

$50 you think aerial navigation has a
future?''
Undoubtedly answered the invent
or. What l am wondering is whether
it will ever have a present.-Washing-
ton Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Do You Eat Pic.

II not you are missing half the pleasure
of life. Just order from your grocer few
packages of "OUR-PIE' and learn how easy
1t is to make Lemon. Chocolate. and Custard
pies that will please you. If your grocer
won't supply you. 60 to one who will.