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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-10-31
THE BILL.

Converting Mrs, Pike. ......... 800
Taking Mrs. Pike to tea shops.
clubs, restaurants, etc.. c.......... 100
Hire of electric victoria. ......... 150
Two pairs cream colored CATERS
Injuries received while Mo. like
was driving car. r................ so
And besides," reminded Tilly. I'VE
get our commission from the dealer OF,
Mrs. Pixies car and also on the motor
garments purchased
Copyright. 1907. by W. G. Chapman.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Would Rather STAY SINGLE

An athletic young man, who was on
the way to get his marriage license
found himself at last in room where
as a matter Of fact, candidates for the
police force were being examined.
The moment he entered the room the
surgeon said, Strip"
whats that?" said the astonished
young fellow.
Get your clothes off," replied the
surgeon.
He did so, and his chest measure
ment was taken.
Next the surgeon said, Jump over
this horizontal bar"
He tried the leap, but fell to the
ground.
Double up your knees" commanded
the surgeon, land touch the floor with
your hands"
Again he tried and failed.
''Now run around the room ten
times"
The young man rebelled That I'll
not. I'd rather remain single"
"Slngle?' said the doctor.
Eyes, single. I'd like to know what
all this has got to do with getting my
marriage license"
And then his mistake as to the room
was solved!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Miracle Lettuce.

"Yes," said a florist, Il can work
miracles in my business. For instance,
1 can grow you lettuce while you wait
sweet, crisp lettuce that you may eat
for your dinner with the broiled spring
chicken.
II do it IN this way. I take a hand
full of lettuce seeds that have been
soaked overnight in alcohol, and plant
them in a box containing three inches
of loan and quicklime. 1 water this
soil, and in ten minutes the seeds
burst. In twenty minutes two tiny
leaves push through the earth. The
leaves grow and multiply. In an hour
they are as big as half dollars. Then
you may pluck and eat them. They
are delicious-a fairy salad.
Sometimes, when 1 give a dinner
party, I have one of these little pre-
pared lettuce beds in the center of the
table The guests see the lettuce grow,
and when the time comes for the salad
course, there is their salad blooming
before them, all ready for them to
pluck. "-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Monarchs as Smokers.

Almost every sovereign of modern
Europe is a great smoker. King Ed
ward, as is we'll known, smokes the
very best Of cigars, but when he is
with his intimate friends he sometimes
smokes a brier pipe. Two confirmed
cigar smokers are the King of the Bel
gians and the King of Portugal, both
of whom smoke about a dozen a day,
but the Emperor of Austria. in spite of
his advanced age, prefers a pipe, and
has one in his mouth all day long.
The Kaiser has been advised by his
doctors to smoke as little as possible,
and though he possesses some wonder
full pipes, he now confines himself to
a cigarette, usually throwing it away
half finished. On the other hand, the
Gar smokes at least thirty cigarettes
a day, and the King of Spain also pre-
fers cigarettes, which he always smokes
in a long amber holder mounted with
gold. Every now and then, however,
he ventures on a choice Havana. King
Victor Emmanuel is not much of q
smoker, and only takes one or two
cigarettes a day, while the King of
Sweden is the exception, for he does
not smoke at all.-Tit Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
FOUND OUT,

A Trained Nurse Made Discovery.
No one is in better position to know
the value of food and drink than a
trained nurse.
Speaking of coffee, a nurse of Wilkes
Barre, Pa, writes: 81 used to drink
strong coffee myself, and suffered
greatly from headaches and indiges-
ton. While on a visit to nay brother,
had a good chance to try Postum
Food Coffee, for they drank it alto
gether in place Of ordinary coffee. In
two weeks after using Postum 1 found
1 was much benefited and finally my
headaches disappeared and also the in
digestion.
Naturally l have since used Postum
among my patients, and have noticed
a marked benefit where coffee has been
left off and Postum used.
II observed a curious fact about
Postum when used among mothers. 1t
greatly helps the flow of milk in cases
where coffee is inclined to dry it up,
and where tea causes nervousness
81 find trouble in getting servants
to make Postum properly. They most
always serve it before it has been boil
ed long enough 1t should be boiled 70
to 20 minutes after boiling begins and
served with cream, when it is certainly
delicious beverage" Read 1.-The
Road to Wellville" in pkgs There's
a Reason"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Facts About the Oceans.

If box six feet deep was filled with
sea water, which was then allowed to
evaporate there would be two inches
of salt left in the bottom of the box.
Taking the average depth of the ocean
to be three miles, there would be layer
of salt 40 feet thick covering the bot
tom, in case all the water should evap-
crate. In many places, especially in
the far north, the water freezes from
the bottom upward.
Waves are deceptive things. To look
at them one would gather the impress
sion that the whole water Travelled.
This, however, is not so. The water
stays in the same place, but the motion
goes on. In great storms waves are
sometimes forty feet high and their
crests travel fifty miles an hour. The
base of a wave (the distance from val
ley to Valley is usually considered as
being fifteen times the height of the
wave. Therefore, a wave twenty-five
feet high would have a base extending
375 feet.
The force of waves breaking on the
shore is seventeen tons to the square
inch.-Sunday Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA.

Were Treated at Dispensary-Dfd
Not Improve Suffered Five
Months-Perfect Cure by CutfcGra.
'tMy three children had eczema for
five months. A little sore would APP
pear on the head and seemed very
itchy, increasing day after day. The
baby had had it about week when
the second boy took the disease and
a few sores developed, then the third
baby had had it about a week when
took them to the N Dispensary,
but they did not seem to improve.
Then 1 used Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment and in a few weeks
they had improved, and when their
heads were we'll you could see nothing
of the sores. Mrs. Kate Keim, 513
West Goth ST., New York, N. Y, Nov.
l, 5, and Z, 1906"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
BOY HAS SIXTH SENSE.
Norwegian Lad Can Find Missing
People Through Mysterious Power.


People Through Mysterious Power.
4 mysterious sixth sense which en-
| ables him to find missing persons is
the power which is making John Floet-
tum, the 14-year-old son of a small
farmer, an object Of curiosity and awe
throughout Norway.
One Of his most remarkable successes
Is recorded by the Aftenposten to have
just taken place. A wealthy farmer
Of Glommen left home and could not
be found. A search party of seventy
men organized by the family secured
the surrounding country without find
ing any trace of the farmer. Then it
was decided to appeal to young Floet-
tum.
The youth was shown a photograph
Of the missing man, and Immediately
proceeded to draw a rough plan, indi-
eating route through the district,
which he stated the farmer had taken.
Scores of the villagers then set out
and followed the plan, at the end of
which, near a narrow river, the miss
ing mans handkerchief was found, but
no trace Of the man himself was visi-
BILE
On the following day the boy led
the search party. He entered a boat,
which was sailed along the river ac-
cording to his orders. He sat in the
stern with a vacant stare, apparently
oblivious to his surroundings.
Suddenly he sprang to his feet, cry
ing: Here he lies"
The water was dragged and the body
Of the missing man was found.
The boy is credited with dozens of
similar remarkable feats, and crowds
of people are travelling from all parts
Of the country to see him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
DOODLE MONEY.

Advantage of Paper Over Gold
shown in San Francisco.
Here Is new phase of the paper
money question, says the New York
Sun.
The banks Of San Francisco had for
year or more been mystifed by an
unprecedented demand for currency.
The people Of the Golden State have
always eschewed Uncle Sans notes /;
they have insisted on the heft and
ring Of coin. So when calls came on
the cashiers for thousands and thou
sands in bills the demand was without
explanation.
The currency that reaches the Paci-
fie coast is such as travellers take out
with them from the Eastern States.
The banks make a practice Of gather
ing 1T up for the accommodation of
customers about to travel or who wish
to forward remittances in the mails.
When this great demand suddenly
arose cashiers were puzzled to meet 1t.
The revelations made before San
Francisco's grand jury as a result Of
the work Of Francis ]. Heney and Sc
cret Service Agent William ]. Burns
have furnished the solution of the
mystery.
Bring me the money in currency"
was the command of Boss Ruef to the
bride givers
The grating to which Ruef has con-
fessed amounted to about 100000
within year, and in the light of his
testimony the drain on the banks is
easily explained. Ruef invariably in
sisted that the Doodle money should
be paper.
There would be no jingling, no me-
tallic sound to betray; he handled
very large sums, much larger than
man could carry in gold. The boss was
caution itself.
Mayor Eugene E. Schmitz, the con-
victed pal of Ruef, does not seem to
have appreciated the virtues Of paper
money for the silent work of the
boodler. Under his bed in his Fillmore
street home he had a box constructed
in the floor in which to conceal his
wealth. He lined it with plush 80 that
gold might be deposited noiselessly.
The precaution was needless, however,
for Ruef, who always attended to col
lections. was careful to insist on cur
rency.
The mayor vacated the Fillmore
street house for the mansion that he
built in Vallejo street. In the rush Of
his activities he neglected to remove
the box from the floor Detective Burns
found it there, having been directed
by Ruef in a confession.
Ruef's caution did assist to some de-
gree in his downfall, however. The
Doodle in the trolley deal, total Of
100000, was passed in two payments
of 100000 each. All the available SUD-
ply Of currency In San Francisco was
exhausted each time. 1t was neces-
sarv to use thousands of bills of small
denominations.
The supervisors in their confessions
all declared that the money came to
them in heaps of small paper money.
The circumstance that the railway
company had clamored for currency
and had received large quantities of
small bills was an important link for
the prosecutors.
But on the whole noiseless paper
money helped the San Francisco
boodlers in the secrecy Of their crimes.
1t is not to be inferred that they would
have Stunned gold, silver, copper or
anything in fact, according to the tes-
timony that has been given, but the
fact remains that currency Is a con-
venience to the boodler.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Battle in Lily Pads.

One of the prettiest sights to be seen
in any of the parks that boast fountains
and water lilies is the bathing of the
birds. The little fellows hop from one
lily pad to another until they find one
that dips enough to take on water, and
here, in the round, green, floating tub
provided by nature, they futter and
flourish until the bath is accomplished
1t is a sight of never-ending interest for
bird lovers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
The Roupell Mystery
CHAPTER XIL.-fContinued.,
B u yn G r anv lie

CHAPTER XII.-fContinued.
Time was precious with the detective.
He thought of the prisoner then anguish
ing in the dungeons of La Mazas. He
put both bills in his pocket took up his
hat and arose from the table.
Then am TO understand that madame
prefers to be cited to appear before the
tribunal. I think your witness fees and
mileage will amount to about one-quarter
Of the sum l offer"
Either the threat or the sense OF loss
It implied brought Nine. Beausantin to
her senses The little beady eyes dilated
again, and she put her hand upon the
door.
Don't 90: will tell you everything"
THAT is more like business" remarked
Cassagne Now tell me all you know.
You see I keep faith with you. Here
are your hundred francs. The other
hundred are yours when you have told
your story"
Il don't know nuch,'' said Nine. Beau
santin. Il knew Monsieur Graham only
as a customer. He was a pleasant, fcivil
man, a little given to drink, 1 should
judge. l should say nothing but his af-
lection for his little son kept him from
going to the dogs"
His son! Was Monsieur Graham,
then, married?"
You don't know much about him, evil
IDENTIFY. l know he had a son. 1t must
have been his son. He was very like
him.
DO you think you would recognize
Monsieur Graham's portrait, if you saw
it?'
The detective drew out the locket and
placed it before her. Nine. Beausantin
took it in her hand, adjusted it to the
light of the shop window, and examined
it carefully.
This is the portrait of very young
man. The man l knew was older than
this. Where did you get it? Yes, it is
the portrait of Monsieur Graham. l
would know it by several things. He had
a peculiar way of looking"
What was that?"
"He looked downward, at a slight an
gle, habitually. He never looked one
straight in the face. He also wore an
eye glass, like the man in the picture"
The detective drew out the second note
and balanced it dexterously between his
fingers.
Tell me where he lived, and this is
yours also"
HE lived at No. % Rue de Santin.
1t is an apartment house. The same
concierge is still there. He can tell you
more than l can
M. Cassagne handed the other note to
Nine. Beausantin, took up his hat, and
bidding the laundress good-day passed out
into the street.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19

sublime egotism Of his leader in his ad-
miration Of the manner in which h. left
no point uncovered. His movements in
the case were to be compared to those
of a skillful general, who, before the bat
tie actually commences, disposes OF his
men TO the utmost advantage. What in
other men would have been vanity was in
NJ. Cassagne simply an expression of con-
hdenee born of his self-reliant nature.
Ito be continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There Is
Only one way to cure deafness, and that is
caused by en- inf1amed condition Of the mu-
cous lining of the Elstachian Tube. When
this tube is infamed you have a rumbing
sound or imperfect hearing, and when 1t Is
entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tuGe restored to It's normal condi-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by Ca
tarrh. which is nothing but an inflamed con-
dition Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness tcaused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send fol circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Won.

In Germany won" implies nobility
and all persons who belong to the no
bility prefix won" to their names with
out any exception. Persons who dc
not belong to the nobility cannot have
the right to put won" before theil
names. A man who is knighted fol
some reason, however, has the same
right to put won" before his family
name as person Of ancient nobility
For instance, when Alexander Hum
boldt was knighted he became Alex,
ander Won Humboldt. All his descend.
ants, male and female, take the prefix
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Haven of Rest.

1t is desirable that each sex should
occasionally escape from the other. 1t
is restful to the nerves to do so; it is
good for men to be with men only and
for women to be alone with women
now and then, and the club is essen
TALLY the place for each sex to find
rest from the other and enjoy its own
society.-London Lady's Pictorial.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
-35 20
SOulful BOSTON Messenger.

A short time ago a gentleman in
Boston sent a small boy in his neigh
borhood to deliver note to a young
lady who lived a few blocks away. He
gave the boy a quarter to make him
hurry. After short time the messen-
ger came back, and, handing the money,
said: Miss E says she will be
glad to see you tonight, but she didn't
want Shs syartsE,"l3Iudge'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
In n State of SUSPENSE.

Magnetic tell the truth, l don't
know whether I'm engaged to Phil or not
Jule-The idea
Mayme-Last night at the concert
while the orchestra was playing selec
ton from Wagner, he whispered some
thing to me. l couldn't hear what it was
of course, but l nodded, and-and he's
been unusually affectionate since then
Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19

developed into a chronic case. At one
time l had to use crutch and cane to
get about. My back was lame and
weak, and besides the aching, there
was a distressing retention of the kid
ney secretions. l was in a bad way
when l began using Doan's Kidney
Pills in 1901, but the remedy cured me,
and l have been well ever since'
Sold 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, 1907-09-19
After Twenty Years,

Mrs Hardapple Cat play)-"That
thar leading lady looks the same as
she did in the last act?"
Mr.. Hardapple-"Yeas, and twenty
years are supposed to elapse between
the last and this one"
Mrs. Hardapple-"Do tell! And to
think she didn't wash her face once
In all that time"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19

East I'd street, New
ton, Kansas, will inter-
est the thousands Of
veterans who came
back from the Civil
War suffering tortures
with kidney complaint.
Capt. Ely says: Il
c ION t T a c t e d kidney
trouble during the Civ
il War, and the occa-
sional attacks finally
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Showing the Furniture.

II tell you 1 was at my best last
night while calling on the Smiths; Mrs.
Smith laughed at every remark 1 made.
1 must be quite humorist when I'm in
the humor"
NO, it wasn't that. Mrs. Smith got
her new teeth yesterday" -Houston
Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Words md DRedS

There never was a time in my life,
fellow citizens" exclaimed the candidate,
when l hadn't the courage to call a
spade a spade!''
Yes" spoke up an old farmer in the
audience; ''and there never was a time
in your life when you had the courage to
take one in your hand -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
A Relief In Him.

at must be hard" said the friend,
'to have your wife running off to
womans rights meetings and all that
sort of thing every night"
"Hard?" replied Henpeck, 'why it's
greatl I can sit comfortably home
and not have to listen to her."-Phila-
delphja Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
No Circus for Johnny.

Johnny-"Can l go to the circus,
paT
Father-"No indeed, wouldn't
think of letting you see such degrad-
ing exhibition
Johnny-sThen won't you please
take me to the menagerie? Teacher
says we ought to see the animals"
Father@"What Pay full price to
see only half the show? I guess not. +"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Knocking.

Mrs. Crimsonbeak-I understand the
last United States census reports ten
women working as wheelwrights in the
country.
Mr.. Crimsonbeak-Well, they're not
the only women who use hammers
Yonkers Statesman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
He Wa Immune.

Aren't you going In bathing?'
asked Miss Pepprey.
NO" replied Cholly. you know,
they say there's a huge shark lurking
around the beach these days"
'Yes, but why should that alarm
you? They say it's a man-eatins
shark, you know" - Philadelphia
Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Welcome Home.

notices for. your house, mum? It's
very cheering to husband to see a
nice motto on the wall when he comes
home.
Mrs. Dagg-You might sell me one
II you've got one that says, Better
late than never"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Two of a Kind.


Miss Hilda Englund, the young Swed-
ish actress, whose remarkable portray
ais Of Ibsen and Strindberg roles have
brought her international reputation,
was recently the center of a party of
women in q little restaurant on the
East Side During the course Of the
dinner stories went round, and MISS
Englund told some incide1 s OF her ap-
premiership upon the stage at Stock
holm under the personal direction Of
that great actor, August Lyndberg.
Lyndberg was an august person and
strict disciplinarian. One day a young
actor who had already been the victim
of several reprimands and severe scold-
ings came in very late. He was hag-
gard, disheveled and showed very plain
ly that he had been drinking. In a very
dignified manner Lyndberg, who had
been watching for him, approached and
said in impressive tones: "Er-er-
been on drunk again."
so have l." responded the young
actor, quickly.-Boheman
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19

Physician-You must not eat be-
tween meals.
Boarder-But that is the only chance
l get-New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19

we not be glad we made the break. A
good farm. stock increasing. health and
an independent life. What more can
we expect?
Did we have to make an effort?
You can bet we did, and hustle, too.
Should you pass this way with your
shotgun this fall, we should be pleased
to let you shoot prairie chickens off our
grain stocks.
Respectfully yours, Chas. NJ Gerts
and family
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
Takes No Part.

HE seems to be a good man, but he
cheats in a horse trade. How can he
reconcile that with his conscience"
MY dear sir, when man trades
horses his conscience always goes to
sleep"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
The TrOnbIe.

Jones-I understand there is trouble
between Mrs Poet and her husband
Smith-Yes. He couldn't sell his
poems. and she couldn't eat them, so
| she left him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19
HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR.

Thousands of Soldiers Contracted
Chronic Kidney Trouble While in
the Service.
The experience of Capt. John L. Ely,
of Co. E, 18th Ohio, now living at 500
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-09-19

Lewis Single Binder" straight &c
cigar, made of extra quality tobacco.
You pay 10c for cigars not SO good.
Lewis Factory, Peoria. Ill.