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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

from his headquarters and sent a
scout to learn the cause. When he re-
ported, Grant ordered bonfires lighted
along the Federal lines as WELL A
few days later there was struggled
through the lines and into Gen. Pick
ett's tent a baby's silver service, on
which was inscribed: ITO George E..
Pickett, Jr., from his fathers friends,
q. S. Grant, Rufus Ingals and Sur
geon General Suckley."
The day after the great fire follow
ing the fall Of Richmond, Lincoln,
with small body guard, walked
through the streets Of the charred city.
AS he approached the corner occupied
by Gen. Picketts residence, he directed
the guard to wait, and to their aston
ishment ran two steps at a time up to
the door and raped. The servants had
fed. The "Baby-Bride" had never seen
President Lincoln, but she had read
his letters to her husband and from
him had learned to hold in the highest
esteem the great northern President.
With her baby in her arms she opened
the door and looked up at the tall
gaunt man with the sad face and un-
couth ways.
Without a word Of explanation he
asked
rs George Pickett aboutT"
To hear her husbands name bereft
of it's title by Yankee, at that mo-
ment, was almost the limit, especially
as many a rumor had foated about
Richmond concerning the fate which
awaited the leaders of the Confeder-
acy.
With all the proud dignity she could
command the Baby Bride replied:
Gen. Pickett is not at home"
The stranger seemed disappointed
and, as he returned to go, remarked :
81 am Abraham Lincoln, an old
friend of Georges"
Not President Lincoln?' Mrs. Pick
EFT exclaimed. The tall man shook his
head, repeating:
NO. Just Abraham Lincoln, George
Picketts old friend"
Following the instant promptings OF
the heart which still governs her. ''the
Baby-Bride' thrust her baby boy into
the arms of the gaunt Yankee, as heI
best effort to express her veneratior
and confidence, saying:
81 am George Pickett's wife and
this is George Pickett's baby"
While Grant was President, Gen
Pickett with his wife and baby We're
guests at the White House for two
weeks.
From the time Of her husbands
death Mrs. Pickett has resided In
Washington, hiding troubles of her
own that she might be free to lend
hand to others in trouble, and in spite
of her busy life and vitality-consum-
ing duties she has been the social fav-
orite, from the White House down,
through every administration ever
since
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Signs of Our Strength.

No better proof of the financial sta
afforded by the recent history of the
stock market. Railroad and indus
trial stocks and securities listed in
the American exchange have shrunk
more than S2O00,O0O,OOO during the
last six months. In some cases the per-
certage of shrinkage exceeds 80 per
cent. and men who estimated their
wealth at millions on the top market
have been reduced to modest fortunes
by the momentous tick that told of fall
ing values.
This extraordinary slump hit hard
est the men who were operating on
margins and who were forced to Dor
row to protect themselves, and also
those who were loaded to the guards
with stocks and who were called upon
by the banks to strengthen collateral
fected labor to the extent that it de-
layed improvements and extensions of
railroad properties But the great out
side world scarcely felt ripple on the
surface.
The government has just concluded
one of the most prosperous years in
it's history, and has comfortable bal
ance of SS7,OOO,OOO to show for it.
The manufacturer has orders enough
on hand to keep him busy for several
months and the pocketbook of the far
mer is still plethoric with the money
received for the huge crops of the last
few years. What matters it, then, that
the stock manipulators have permitted
the market to get away from them?
The illustration is valuable as tend
ing to show that Wall street no longer
controls the finances of this country.
Were conditions like they were a quar-
ter of a century ago, such a drop as
the market has just experienced would
have started a panic extending to every
section of the country But we are
getting past the historical age. The
wry face of the SPECTATOR no longer
frightens the farmer or the manufac-
turer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Women on the Farm

When one considers that the profits
of the farms in the United States were
recently computed to amount to six
times as much as the capital stock of
all the banks in the country, the women
who are doing their share of farming
whether as individuals or as help
mates, may very well rejoice to be in
such profitable business, says an ex-
change.
The country girl should think it over
carefully before she leaves the farm to
seek work in a city. The small town
and the country homestead are pretty
good places for her to live in. Every
one knows here and takes friendly
interest in her welfare. After all, con-
tentment, safety and a decent life are
better worth having than the change,
dangers and eXcitemenus of a large
city. There, work is the real, stern,
grinding thing; the struggle for exist
ence is hard and fierce, and woe to
those who fail
If the salary to be earned is higher,
so are the necessities of life And
what shall we say of the unwholesome
moral and physical atmosphere to
which the country girl stands exposed?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Pay for WON en-.

Women in late years have )egun 10
demand, as part Of their, rights, thaI
they should be paid as highly as men
when they do the same work as men
Thoughtful persons differ as 70 the
justice Of granting the demand no"
widely they disagree was illustrated py
the treatment which the New 1orK
legislative and executive officers gave
Ia biIl directing the New York city
board of education to pay the same
salaries to men and women teachers
doing the same work in the same
schools.
The bill passed both houses of the
legislature. The mayor of New York,
to whom it was submitted in accord
ance with the home rule provisions or
the State constitution, vetoed it on the
ground that it did not treat all women
teachers in the city with equal justice.
The legislature pasesd it over the may
or's veto and sent it to the governor.
The governor has vetoed 1T for the rea-
son that it applies to part OF the
teachers in one city only, whereas, II
the principle of equal pay for equal
work" be admitted as sound, he main
tains it should be applied to all teach-
ers in the whole State, and to all other
employees in the public service, lnclud-
ing those in the State hospitals, the
reformatOries and charitable instltu-
lions He objected to the passage OF
any law on the subject till the lmpor-
lance of the principle involved is thor
oughly understood.
Ordinarily the question of pay Is
fixed by the law of supply and demand,
the same as the price of wheat or po-
fatoes, of roses or yiolets. For many
years teaching was about the only oc-
cupation, outside of homework, open
to women who had to earn their own
living. The large supply of teachers
then kept the wages down. To-day
score or more of trades and professions
formerly pursued solely by men are
followed by women, and the quallhca-
lions of a teacher have been raised so
high that only trained women can Sc
cure employment This as the COVER
nor of New York intimated, has broad
ened the question till it touches every
occupation in which women are found.
The discussion of the equal pay Dill
this year has set many persons to
thinking on the subject who have been
Indifferent before 1t has been settled
In some States in favor of the women.
Youths Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

plainly where the letters will show
when the piece is folded, or freshly
ironed clothes will be tumbled in the
search for the distinguishing sign
Look in pockets carefully before send
ing clothes off. Turn socks and stock
ingS inside out. For the sake of COM
:hon humanity be sure that no pins re-
main anywhere. Use rustproof looks
and eyes. Mend clothes before send
ing or they will come back in much
worse condition. Tie handkerchiefs
in bundle by themselves. Take off
all buckles and detachable buttons and
even any very valuable buttons already
SeWed on
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
a Eisherman's Luck.

While out riding ex-Councilman
John Weithaus saw his friend John
Pschiner fishing for suckers in Little
Pine Greek. Invited to join in the
sport. the ex-Councilman in the ab-
sence of fishing tackle, attached a
baited hook ito the lash of his whip,
whirled it into midstream and pa
tiently waited and watched for some
thing to turn up. His bobber never
sank from view, his string Of fish was
out of sight, but suddenly there ap-
peared on the waters surface an ob-
iect with bill instead of gills, with
feathers in place of scales, and the
graceful motions OF swan.
To cut the hook from the whiplash
was but moments work; the next
instant the long lash whizzed like a
larfat through the air, circled around
the neck OF the strange floating OBJ
iect, and when landed on shore 1T was
found to be wild clipper" duck
MillvaIe Valley Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Ice Trust Hrenks Strike

The striking drivers having failed to
bring the American Ice Trust to the de-
sired terms, namely, restoration of the
higher wages paid to ice wagon drivers
last year, with new men rapidly taking
their places, and the general public using
private wagons or trucks to go after ur-
gent supplies of ice the striking drivers
of New York City gave in and returned
to work, largely because they were short
of funds and could not hold out any long
er. President Oler of the ice trust said
the strike was brought on by the leaders
of the union, and was not popular with
the rank and file. One of the objects
was to secure recognition of the unions
agents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
WIFE OF A GREAT SOLDIER.
Mrs. Pickett, the Baby-Bride of the
Confederacv


One of the most popular women in
Washington society and one of the best
known women of the South is Mrs.
La Sale Corbell Pickett, wife of the
great Confederate soldier, Gen. George
E. Pickett, who led has brave 10000 in
that awful charge at Gettysburg. In
civil war times she was called the
Baby-Bride Of the Confederacy, for
she married the great general in the
darkest days of the conflict following
the battle of Gettysburg.
Mrs. Pickett might we'll be a cele-
brity, if she chose TO be; but she in
stinctively shuns the glare of reflected
glory. A thousand times committees
and managers have tried in vain to
drag her to the front as the wife of the
great general. If Mrs. Pickett should
ever yield to the opportunities of all
who know her, and write book of
memories, it would be a library of so
cial and political adventure, of battles
and victories; with gallery of almost
all of the great ones who have figured
in our history since the days when
events came crowding toward the out
break of the civil war.
The first time she saw Gen. aaad Mrs.
Grant was through a field glass from
near Gen. Pickett's headquarters, when
the two armies faced each other. Mrs.
Grant, who was visiting the Federal
camp was firing the initial shots in
testing some new cannon. While Mrs.
Pickett sat in her saddle watching, an
officer who had just spoken to her
and was riding away, was instantly
killed by one of the balls.
Lincoln and Grant were both old and
warm friends of Pickett's and re-
manned SO through all the bitterness Of
civil war. The night when the present
Maj. Pickett was born, bonfires were
lighted all along the Confederate lines,
in celebration. Grant saw the fires
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Cleaning Gilt Frames.

An excellent way to clean gilt
frames is to put a gill of vinegar into
n pint of cold, soft water. Then, after
the frame is freed from dust, dip a
large camel's hair brush into the
liquid. squeeze it partly dry and brush
the frame, doing only small piece at
time, lightly up and down, until the
gliding Is bright and clean. The brush
must be constantly washed, and the
liquid renewed when dirty. In finish
ing squeeze the brush dry, and brush
the gliding or gilt frame, or other gid
ed articles; never touch them with a
cloth, but always dust them with a
soft brush.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
All Were Injured.

The Kennebec Journal cannot point
to any one great industry that was
ever destroyed by reduction Of the tar
iff. Not one.-Lewiston Sun
A large part of them were shut
down under the Wilson tariff law,
while public charity built soup houses
to feed thousands of the idle people
who had formerly found employment
in them. The reason that greater
damage was not done was due to the
fact that the American people improved
the first opportunity to cheerfully and
emphatically boot out of Office the party
responsible for that condition of af-
fairs The new administration lost no
time in returning to the time-honored
policy Of protection under which the
country had prospered before and I'M
der which it is prospecting now.-Au-
gusta Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

tie beginning of married life scheme
of duty of which every hour is filed
with work. This she follows religiously
for years, feeling that she has done
her duty. She. however, soon becomes
merely a machine Can any woman
keep brightness. originality of thought
or even good looks with such life?
And, without those things, how can she
keep her husband and children full Of
loving admiration? Constant associa-
ton with others of her own age. with
her children and their friends, and an
occasional period of recreation is what
the average woman requires to make
her attractive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
A Premium on Dishonesty.

There will always be exporters who
will try to dodge our customs regula-
tons, and who must be watched, but it
cannot be believed that the great mass
of foreign shippers are crooked. A
system of certification, such as is in
force in regard to German goods, and
which will be in force soon as to
French products, affors a sane way
out of the difficulty.-Buffalo Express.
The great mass of foreign shippers
make a life study of how to get their
goods into the United States under the
lowest possible tariff fence If they
are not already crooked they will be
made crooked by the permission to
undervalue goods for export only"
That permission places a premium on
dishonesty. Nothing so revolutionary
or so dangerous as this has ever be-
fore been done or attempted in con-
nection with American tariff admins
tratiOn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
For Guest and Hostess.

Entertain without seeming to enter
tain.
Never allow yourself to look bored.
Be perfectly unselfish regarding
your own pleasure.
Strive to keep a conversation going,
but don't let your strivings be too OBJ
vious.
Know when to ask the. amateur musi-
cial to display his talent.
Make each guest feel that his pres
ence is the most greatly appreciated.
Be punctual at the invited hour.
Be responsive to the efforts made
for your entertainment.
If you are a guest for some days,
adapt yourself to the habits of the
hOuSe
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Woman Raises Ostricbes.

The ostrich queen of the world is
said to be Mrs. Katherine Pearson, OF
Phoenix, Ariz., who has the largest
ostrich farm in the world. She ha;
1000 acres and $50 breeders, and she
also has a farm at Havana, Cuba, con
tanning 81 acres and 45 birds. The
birds mate for life and when one Of
them dies the other does not choose :
new mate for several years. Mrs. Pear
son says that the ostrich seems to bG
entirely without brains and takes NJ
care whatever of its young. A healthy
bird yields from $50 to $50 worth OF
feathers a year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18

1495-French defeated the Italians at
Fornovo.
1540-De Soto entered Alabama terri
tory.
1630-Fifteen hundred colonists arrived
at Boston Bay.
1644-Prince Rupert defeated at Mars
ton Moor.
1645-Montrose defeated the Covenanters
at Afford.
115S-Lord Howe killed in ambuscads
near Ticonderoga. British embark
ed on expedition against Ticonderoga
and Crown Point.
1775-Gen. Washington assumed COM
mand of the Continental army at
Cambridge.
11I6-Continental Congress adopted reso-
luton of independence.
1777-Americans abandoned Fort Ticon-
Leroga.
1779-New Haven captured by American
force under Gov. Tyron of New York.
17S5-Congress established the standard
of the American dollar.
1S12-Captain David Porter, U. S. ~,
sailed on an expedition against the
British.
1S1EBritish surrendered Fort Erie.
Americans victorious over British at
battle of Chippewa.
1S30-French took possession of Algiers.
1S32-United States Congress passed a
bill to recharter the national bank.
1S33-Reaping machines first publicly
exhibited in Hamilton county, n. Y.
1S37-Grand Junction railway from Liv-
erpool to Birmingham opened.
1S39-First normal school in America
opened at Lexington, Mass.
1S42-Attempted assassination of Queen
Victoria by an insane youth named
Bean.
1S45-President requested to send an
army for the protection of Texas.
1S46-Boston and Buffalo connected by
telegraph.
1S56-House of Representatives voted
for the admission of Kansas with a
free soil constitution.
1S64-Sherman's troops occupied Kene-
saw mountain. :. Congress chartered
the Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany.
1S6S-Democrats nominated Horatio
Seymour for President.
1SS1--President Garfield assassinated at
Washington by Charles Guiteau.
1S9O-House of Representatives passed
the Lodge Force bill.
1S91-City Treasurer Bardsley of Phila-
delphia sentenced to fifteen years
Imprisonment. Nineteen persons
killed by collision of trains at Ra-
VIENNA, Ohio.
1S93-Prince of Wales married to the
Princess Victoria of Teck Lieut..
Peary's expedition left New York
for the Arctic regions.
1S97-Strike of coal miners in Ohio,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
1S9S-Chicago daily newspapers suspend
ed publication on account of stereo-
typers strike. Spanish fleet de-
stroyed off Santiago.
19OO-Democratic.n national convention at
Kansas City nominated Bryan and
Stevenson.
19O1-CorneIl won the intercollegiate
boat race at Poughkeepse.
1903-Cuba ceded two naval stations to
the United States.
1904-People's party national convention
at Springfield, H., nominated Thorn
as e. Watson of Georgia for Presi-
dent.
19O5-Elihu Root appointed Secretary Of
State.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
unnecessary noises and goodness knows

unnecessary noises and goodness knows
what else to find that a woman who
doesn't belong to any organization has
been appointed a member of the Civic
Health commission. For the mayor of
Packington, in spite of his statement
that he intends to interest club women
as much as possible, has appointed
AIRS. Marshall Field to the office men
toned. Club women of the Breezy
City who have worked for paper milk
bottles in order to have pure milk and
have even turned city "housemaids'
and picked up papers that marred the
beauty of public parks must be annoyed
indeed when a woman who is not a
club member should be chosen over
their heads. Mrs. Field has accepted
the office.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Who are the Friends,

Revision Of the tariff by the friends
of the people" says Judson Harmon.
formerly attorney general in the Cleve-
land cabinet. Well, who are the friends
And who are the enemies? No doubt
the Democratic Goblin considers that
he and not Short is the friend, but the
people don't want any more Wilson
German tariffs-Portland Press
The Press is right The country has
not forgotten the results that followed
the last revision Of the tariff schedules
by the Free Traders 1t does not want
another soup-house era, with factories
closed and armies of unemployed
thronging the streets of the cities
Augusta Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Eight Hours for Housewives

One Of the remarks in President
Roosevelt's recent car-tail speeches
which always won great applause was :
II believe in an eight-hour day for the
man, but l want to see the mans wife
receive as good a show as the man"
He also said he had a poor opinion of
the man who declaims for an eight
hour day for himself who does not
think anything at all of having a elk
teen-hour day for his wife"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
To Clean Leather.

To clean leather upholstery wash the
leather with warm water to which is
added a little good vinegar. Use an
absolutely clean cloth. To restore the
polish prepare the whites of two eggs
with teaspoonful of turpentine to
each egg. This should be whisked
briskly. then rubbed into the dry
leather with a piece of clean flannel
and dried off with a piece Of clean
linen cloth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Whv He Kissed Her.

1t was a case of breach of prom
Use. The defendant was allowed to
say a word in his own behalf.
Yes he said: 81 kissed her al
most continually every evening l
called at her house"
The lawyer for the plaintiff was
pleased.
Then you confess it?" he said
Yes, l do confess it; but had to
do it,
You had to do it, What do you
mean?"
THAT was the only way l could
Keep her from singing"
The jury gave a verdict for the de-
fendant without leaving their seats.
-Tit-Bits.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Regulating the MIX Trade

The new law regulating the size of the
wholesale and retail receptacles used in
handling milk between producer and con-
sumner went into effect in Pennsylvania,
with drastic penalties for violations.
Prior to this the Philadelphia Milk Ex-
change dealers had used ''4O-quart can,"
which really held 461a quarts, in buying
from the farmers, and quart BOTTLE"
2 ounces short of the actual quart, in
dispensing milk to the public. Glass fac
tories and can makers have been doing a
big business in stocking the dealers with
the legal receptacles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
G,s Fuel for Steel Plants.

The United States Steel Corporation
has decided to erect new machinery in its
Pittsburg steel plants and relegate nearly
100 engines to the scrap heap as the re-
suit of recent experiments with a new de-
vice for utilizing as fuel the gas that is
blown from the blast furnaces, thus saw
ing a few cents a ton in the cost of pro-
ducing steel. At the new steel city of
Gary, Ind, more than twenty of the new
engines will be installed at a cost Of
$4,000 each, and vast additions are to
be made to the plants of the Pittsbsrg
Steel Company at Monessen, Pa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-07-18
Mhu the Notes / ost.

While the late Lord Goschen was
Chancellor of the ExcheQuer under
Lord Salisbury it was proposed TO
bring out 81 notes. Mr.. Goschen, as
he was then, was rather doubtful OF
the value Of such notes, and he con-
suited a well known fRancier as to
the ACCESSIBILITY of the innovation.
st would be a grave mistake" said
the financier
why" queried Mr. Goschen.
"Weli, you see, you can toss with