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The border vidette., 1907-11-23
Skating Rink.

On Saturday and Sunday evenings an orchestra will furnish music from to 10 o'clock. On these evenings an admission fee of 10 cents, gold, will be charged to all persons not skating.
 The Rink will be open every after noon from 2 to 5 o'clock, except Sun days.
 1O-26. THE MANAGEMENT.
The border vidette., 1907-11-23

Go to Neumann's gallery for Edison Monographs and Records, Postal Albums. Kodaks and Supplies. Mail ing Envelopes. Etc. Nogales Ariz- ona.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Notice For Bids For Construction of Ditch.

Notice is hereby given that contract is to
be let by the board of Public Works of the
City of Grand Rapids, Wisconsin. for the
along the East and West quarter lines OF
Section No. and 5, Township No. % North
OF Range No. East. and lying between
culvert on the right-of-way of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railroad Company in
the City of Grand Rapids, the bottom width
of the proposed ditch to be six 90 feet and
the side slopes one % to one %.
Further information as TO the plans and
| specifications, ETC., may be had at the office
of the City Clerk of said City.
Each bid shall be accompanied by a bond
with sureties executed on the part of the
bidder and such sureties. which sureties
| shall justify as TO their responsibility and by
| their several affidayitS show that they are
worth in the aggregate, at least, the amount
mentioned in the contract in property not
| by law exempt from execution: or each bid
shall be accompanied by certified check in
| amount equal to five per cent Is per cent
OF the bid.
| Bids Will be received until II o'clock noon
| OF the 18th day of January A. D., 1908. Said
i bids will be opened and contract let at the
office of w. E. wheelan, Chairman of the
| Board of Public Works, at O'Clock P. VI. on
| the 18th day of January A D.. 1908.
envelope which shall be marked on the out
| side Bids for construction OF ditch and
said sealed envelope so marked shall be en-
closed in another envelope and address to
Public Works.
| The Board OF Public Works reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
Dated at Grand Rapids. Wisconsin, this
4 23rd day of December, A. d 1907
| w. +. Wheelan,
| F. L. Steib.
Christ. Getzlaff,
E. w. Ellis, f
g. NJ. Hill,
Board of Public Works
/ First publication Dec 70, expires Jan IL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Invention as a Business.

Commenting on recent article
whose writer laments that more per-
sons do not take up inventing as q
regular business, the Electric Review
Uondon) says: 1--WE doubt whether
,inventing in the highest sense can be
made business to be learned by any
body. Inventors are born, not made.
Our own country is not lacking in the
divine inspiration, if we are to judge
by the number of patents applied for;
a different conclusion might be ar
rived at if we were to judge by the
quality. America appears to be the
special breeding ground of the inven-
tor. The peculiar mixture of all races
in that fortunate land appears to have
produced kind of superman who
alone is capable of creating such dia-
bolical inventions as the cash regis
ter and the automatic telephone ex-
change"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
OBJECTED TO THE SUSPICION.
MIR. ShackIey's Slight Misunderstood.
Ing with His Physician.

Mr.. Shackley, who had been ordered
by his physician to lay aside all his
business cares for three months and
take vacation, reluctantly complied.
AT the end of that time he returned,
looking and feeling very much better,
and his medical adviser congratulated
him on his improved condition Il
didn't like to speak of it at the time"
said the doctor, "but when you went
away | strongly suspected YOU of hav-
ing myocarditis." Mr.. Shackley Grim
soned with modification. IF | had
anything of yours in my possession,
DOCTOR he said with strong feel
ing, 'or If you suspected me of having
it, you ought to have told me so right
then! You don't think am a thief,
do you?" By hasty explanation of
the nature of myocarditis, the doctor
Modified his indignant patient and
averted a scene-Youth's Companion.
ION
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
ALL FOND OF MAKING NOISE.
It's the Nay of Mankind to Seek to
ceate an Impression.

'Lincon," said Mr. MacGilkamby,
told sorry about a little steamboat
running IN the Wabash river with
whistle 3 big that when the captain
blew it b had to tie up to the bank
for an hur or two to get up steam
enough 4 go on. He had only a little
boat, buIhe wanted to make as much
noise asanybody on the river And
isn't it 81 in a way, with our friends
the autonobilists? If you don't see
it you cp't tell by the sound Of the
horn whfher the machine coming is
a yeritate battle ship of a car with
limousine body and with IA extra
tires clalped to it, and with hampers
and basets strapped to it all ove2,
and with seven trunks on the roof.
regular house on wheels driven by
100 horsepower engine; or a riekets
little secondhand two horsepower
runabou, for the floppy little runabout
is altogether likely to carry bigger
and louier horn than the majestic
touring ar. And still, are steamboat
men andautomobilists the only people
that Ikeito put UP big front? Don't
we all Il us, big and little, like to
make al the noise we can in the
worldR"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
PRECIOUS STONES AND "PAsTE.
limitations Now Can Only Be Detectee
by Experts.

Glass or paste" as It is called, is
made which cannot when new be dis
tinguished from diamonds by any one
but an expert armed with the neces-
sary tests. And the same is true as
to paste limitations of all precious
stones excepting the emerald (whose
beautiful green tint cannot be exact
ly obtained), the cat's-eye, which has
peculiar fbrous structure, and the
opal The real value and quality of
precious stones as compared with
glass depends on their durability, their
hardness, their resistance to scratch
ing and "dulling' of face and edge.
Even our Anglo-Saxon ancestors, as l
saw a week ago in the fine collec-
ton recently dug up at Ipswich
by Miss Layard, made gems of
glass and paste, says writer in the
London Telegraph. 1t is only in mod
ern times that the art of making ar
tif1cial precious stones had reached
a degree of perfection which, so far
as decorative purposes are concerned,
leaves the natural stones no claim to
superiority.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Felt at Home.

The former sexton had been ar
rogant, boisterous and irreverent. To
do the wrong thing at the wrong mo-
ment was his speciality. He retired
at the end of the year by request of
the trustees. The new sexton was a
colored man, and from the very first
gave intense satisfaction. His move
nents were as soft as cats; doors
were never slammed, nor did he open
windows with bang. Where did
that man receive his training?" asked
the elated pastor one evening while
attending meeting of the trustees
I'm the Pullman service" grunted a
member who was battling the hay
fever, where he was taught to have
regard for the comfort of the Sleep
ers."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
n Oily Mn.

Henry James," said a publisher,
lives at Rye, one of England's cling
portes, but recently he left Rye for a
time and took a house in the country
near the estate Of millionaire jam
manufacturer, retired. This man, hav.
ing married an earls daughter, was
ashamed of the trade whereby he had
piled up his fortune.
"The jam manufacturer one day
wrote Mr.. James an impudent letter,
vowing that it was outrageous the
way the James servants were tres
passing on his grounds. Mr.. James
wrote back:
Dear Sir: l am. very sorry to
hear that my servants have been
poaching on your preserves.
"'P. S.-Excuse my mentioning
your preserves y"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Horn Long Embedded in Tree.

A rams horn that was imbedded in
a tree 1873 years ago is a curiosity that
Janson Elder, a forester ranger living
at Paisley, Ore, has discovered While
rambling In the woods in 1883 Elder
came across yellow pine tree in the
base of which was imbedded the horn
of mountain sheep. He did not then
have time to make thorough invests
cation, but since he became a forest
ranger he had occasion to go to cut
down the tree. He took a section of
the trunk containing the horn to Lake
view. The horn was a little to one
side the center of the tree. 1t was
Aot curled as are the horns of noun
tain sheep nowadays, but was almost
straight. Counting the rings of growth
the tree was shown to be 213 yeara
old. Outside of the horn were 49,
rings, indicating the number of years
that had elapsed since the mountain
sheep was caught and held fast by the
yellow pine. The horn was soaked
with pitch. 1t is ten inches in diane
ter at the base and 80 inches long.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
First Printer Found

A french semi-scientific magazine
does away with the discussion as to
VINO vas the first printer. Here is its
story When Agesilaus observed be-
fore he battle that made his name
that ais soldiers doubted success, he
wrot on his hands, inverting the lie
ters.fhe word Victory" in Greek, of
coure. When the priest appeared
withthe sacrifice, a bulls liver, the
grea captain laid his hand on the
feshand kept it there for some time.
Ate he removed it the word "Vic-
tory was printed there, patent to all
eyesand this Greek was undoubtedly
the rst printer. The soldiers saw
whatthey supposed to be "a message
fromthe gods" and fought like lions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
UNCLE SAM IN ROLE OF cUPIr
Forcd to Act as Matrimonial Agent in
the Philippines.

On of the little details that fall to
the hilippine government is that of
hndlg husbands for the orphan girls
OF tn institution, bearing the name Of.
the Iospicio de San Jose, and to do
this no easy matter. Before the
F1lipio will consent to go to the altar
he hs to be shown a monetary advan-
tage1in fact, bride without a dowry
wouI0't get a husband in a thousand
years Uncle Sans agents, after
wondring why there was such a
dearn of bridegrooms for their pretty
chares OF the Hospicio, finally dis
coVerd that in order to marry them
on dwries would have to be found
AS tie result matrimonial brokerage
commission has been formed. Through
this, $3.50 is offered to any young
F1liplo of good character who will
take one of the orphan maids as his
life rate, but no bargain is closed IN
til afer official cupids have thorough.
ly eamined into the history of the
husbnd-to-be.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

Alvin Schneider. employed by the
Quincy ILL., Gas & Electric Co, arrived
home Monday for a visit with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Schnei-
der.
Dr. William Ruckle has gone to
Decature. H.. TO spend Christmas
with friends and relatives. From
thence he will go to Chicago for post
graduate WORK. after which he will re-
turn to this city.
DR.. Geo. Mcintyre left for Chicago
Monday to spend Christmas with his
parents.
Mrs. J. T. Schumacher and son
John, and her sister Miss GOOdearl,
left Tuesday 10 spend Christmas
With her sister, Mrs. A Armstrong, of
Oconto. Wis. Mr., Schu macher fol-
lowed Wednesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Il. Collins, II
Stevens Point, were visiting in this
city Thursday.
A. B. Cotey, of Pittsville. was a
business visitor in this city Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Ellis and daugh-
ter went TO Merrill Monday TO spend
Christmas at the A. Fl. STANCE home.
Mrs. Elizabeth Reeves and daugh-
ter Laura, left for Kaukaupa Mon
day afternoon to spend the holidays
at the home of Mrs. Reeves daughter.
Mrs. Frank Solar.
Miss Estella Asher left Saturday
for Chicago where she will spend
Christmas with friends and relatives
VIM. A. Sidenstecker, treasurer of
the town Of Sherry, was a business
visitor in this city Monday,
Miss Kittie Bever, who is teaching
school in Sherry, arrived home to
spend the Christmas vacation with
her mother Mrs. Barbara Bever Mon
day.
Miss Clara Pitt left for her home in
junction City Saturday TO spend
Christmas witt her parents.
Miss Catherine JohnSC left for her
home in Saratoga SATURDAY, u spend
Christmas with her parents,
County Supt. Robert Morris, of Ar
pin, was in the city Saturday after d.
.ng to his official business matters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
CAUGHT WHISPERS IN SAFE.
Manayunk Man Held Prisoner Until
Locksrith Came.

Philadelphia-In locking his safe
.rior to going home for supper, George
Edgemont, paperhanger, who lives
at Jefferson street and Hermitage
lane, Manayunk, shut the safe door
upon his flowing whiskers and was
held prisoner until released by a lock-
smith.
Edgemont had been out collecting
bills dIl-ing the day Returning to his
off>ce he opentd his safe and placed
the money in it. He then threw the
door shut. catching the end of his
beard IN the door. In the excitement
incident to his odd predicament he
forgot the combination, and so could
not release himself
With his chin resting on the safe, he
was discovered about an hour after
the accident by his daughter, who
came to find what delayed the father.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Order Limiting Time to Present Claims and
Notice to Creditors.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, WooD COUNTY, l
COUNTY COURT.

STATE OF WISCONSIN, WOOD COUNTY, IN
COUNTY COURT.
In the matter of the last Will and Testa-
ment of John Ritz, deceased.
Letters teStamantary on the estate OF John
Ritz late of the town of Cranmoor, in said
County of Wood, deceased, having been
duly granted to Alfred Schuerer by this
court:
TITS ORDERED, That the time from the date
hereof until and including the seventh
day OF July, A. D., 1908, be and the same is
hereby fixed as the time within which all
creditors of the said John Ritz deceased,
shall present their claims for examination
and allowance.
IT is FURTHER ORDERED, That all claims
and demands of all persons against the said
John Ritz, deceased, be examined and
adjusted before this Court, at its Court Room
in the Court House in the City OF Grand
Rapids. in said County, at the regular term
thereof appointed to be held on the first
Tuesday of September, 1908 and all creditors
are hereby notified thereof.
1T Is FURTHER ORDERED, That notice of
the time and place at which said claims and
demands will be examined and adjusted as
aforesaid and of the time above limited Tor
said creditors to present their claims and
demands, be given by publishing copy of
this order and notice, for four consecutive
weeks, once in each week, in the Grand
Rapids REPORTER, a newspaper published
| in the County of Wood, the first publication
! to be within fifteen days of the date hereof.
Dated this oath day of December, 1907.
By the Court, w. j. CONWAY,
County Judge.
Goggins & Brazeau attorneys for executor.
| First publication Dec. 20, last publication
Jan, 23rd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
James Russell Lowell on READING,

Have you ever rightly considered
That it is the key that admits us to
the whole world of thought and fancy
and imagination; to the company Of
sage and saint, of the wisest and the
wittiest at their wisest and wittiest
moment? That it enables us to see
with the keenest eyes, hear with the
finest ears, and listen to the sweetest
voices of all time?-James Russell
Lowell.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Russian Post Office Savinos Bank

Corul T. e. Heenan, of Odessa,
states that although the post office
savins bank system in Russia is of
comparatively late origin, it shows 3
health development. The annual ii,
creasein the deposits now averages
about 46,000,O00. The amount on de
post August l. 1903, was $5O1,.
100000 and on the same date In 1905
it had cached $3.50, 800, 900. As there
has nc been any real advance in the
nationi prosperity to explain such an
increas In the nations savings, the
Fa<h & the savings bank can only be
sccouned for by the fact of the peo-
Sfe no desiring to retain large sums
in thei homes.-Consular Report.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

The housekeeper begins the new
year by presenting q well-roanded
number with an especially strong,
heart-griping story, "The Revealing
Mirror" by Herbert ID. Ward. THE
Outsider" by Mary Heaton Worse, is
continued The pages are largely
given over to instructive articles on
present day Indians. The first is en-
titled ''Hiawatha's People" and is
written by Marian Bonsall, Associ-
ate Editor. who has spent the past
year in studying north western
Indians. The Indians of the south
west are represented in 'Ramona's
People, y by W. b Chamberlain. The
photographs are especially good. The
departments devoted to the home are
carefully edited, being entirely up-to-
date and practical The Housekeeper
Corporation, Minneapolis. MINI. Sixty
cents year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
WaHnInu In Tina

In Is desire to use fine language,
the dsky of the, south frequently al
lows Is ideas to become a trife con-
fused,as well as confusing. A hand
bill announcing "colored picnic" to
be he1 in grove near Mobile was
once ceely circulated After various
enticig announcements concerning
the atights in store for the partakers
In th entertainment, the bill con-
clude' with the following perplexing
notice printed in italics: Good be
havio will be strictly and reservedly
enjoipd upon all present, and moth
ing wi be left undone which will tend
10 me the pleasure of the company"
--Haler's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
A NASTY Trick,

can amusing but nasty trick was
played in the early autumn at George
w. Vanderbilt's Biltmore estate, near
Asheville," said a Pittsburg florist "a
friend of mine, one of the Biltmore
gardeners, wrote and told me about it
the other day.
ct seems that at the entrance of
Biltmore there was sign that read:
Please do not pluck the flowers with.
out leave Well, one visitors day,
some joker added an s. to the sign
last word. AS result, every visitor
left Biltmore that day with a delighted
smile and an enormous bounna+ ;"
EGhI G
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Careless,

"Oh. George, dear, our wedding
must be postponed mo, darling,
no. 1t must not be-" But it must,
George, dear. Father has lost all his
money in the market" You are right,
dear. You are night. The weddins
must be postponed. l never thought
it of you, Mabel. l never thought that
you would have such a careless ia
ther."-Detroit Free Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
AruLment for Feathers

OPPOSITION to the wearing of feath-
ers iIfeminine headgear has encoun-
teredan argument which shows that
that re two sides to this as to every
other question. Attention is called
to tn fact that were the practice of
wearig feathers to be abandoned to-
morrw 10000 girls would be at once
throw out of employment in Paris
alone A champion of the working
girls insists that If bird or girl
mustperish, it ought not to be the
girl.-N. Y. Press.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
The Fool of the Family

Primogeniture had engaged so much
of a young Americans hostile atten.
ton that his companion, who hap
pened to be the heir to an earldom, felt
constrained to apologize for it. 1T
has its advantages" he said, mildly;
lit makes but one fool in a family,
you know "All my younger BROTH
ers amount to something, as you
Americans put it," he further ex-
planned. "One of them is in the army,
another in the navy, and the third
lives and works in the east end of
London. YOUTHS Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
E,,,;tv TeIephore SiUnaIS,

II busy family where there are
numerous telephone calls simple de-
vice has saved steps and calling. The
TELEPHONE is between dining room and
kitchen, where the one maid can an
swe it easily. Beside it is button
controlling small bell in the upstairs
hall Each member OF the family has
his or her particular number, as IL.
1-3, IA, etc., which the maid rings
whenever a message comes. Ii there
is 10 response she knows the person
called for is not at home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Woes of the DRUGGIST,

81 you want to meet the limit OF
nerp," remarked druggist, you
mus keep a drug store. Most people
seen to think the place is for public
accommodate without the necessity
of any real patronage on their part.
We nave had a good many nervy re-
quess, but one the other day capped
the climax. 1t was raining lard and
a Woman we didn't know, who lived
three blocks away, telephoned US to
sent her two two-cent postage
stamps"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Hose, Hoo and Elephant in One.

G. !. Minnick, of 1868 Darien street.
Philadelphia, week ago cut from a
tree ear Secane station a section of
forke limbs for a one piece three
legge stool The three limbs where
they are cut off are in the perfect
ikenss, one of a horses hoof, the
secon of hogs split hoof and the
third like an elephants trunk. The
mouh and the trunk of the elephant
are tartlingly true to nature. The
nkenss is of natures own carving
All Ir. Minnick had to- do was to
stripthe bark off.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Settisq Himself Riuht,

Here is the man, your honor, who
was caught stealing the hog" Caught
In the att" Yes, sir" "Jedge, .
said the prisoner, dat man is lynn to
you. 1t lwuz in de fence corner whar
he kouhed me!"-Atlanta Constitu
ton,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26

Some time Sunday night the build
iDgs of logging camp owned by
Smith & Johnson and located eight
miles from Pine River, were burned.
The buildings were unoccupied ard
comprised cook shanty, woodSmen's
Shanty and barns The loss was about
$500, there being 20 insurance No
clue to the origin of the fire is known
and it is believed that hunters were
responsible for it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
lEGALS
Summons
CIRCUIT COURT, WOOD COUNTY.
Franklin J. Wood,
Plaintiff

Franklin j. Wood,
Plaintiff.
VS..
E. E. Good and Elsie Good, his wife, Earl
o. Buckley and Susan A. Scribner,
Defendants.
THE STATE OF WISCoNSIN:-To the said
defendants:
You are hereby summoned to appear with
in twenty days after service ofthis summons,
exclusive on the day of service, and defend
the above entitled action in the court afore-
said; and in case of your failure so to do
Judgment will be rendered against you &C
cording to the demand OF the complaint; OF
which copy is herewith served upon you.
Geo. L. Williams
Plaintiffs Attorney.
P. O.. Address Grand Rapids, Wood
County, Wis.
First publication Dec. 26, expires Feb. e.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1907-12-26
Something i'm Oils,

She approached the floorwalker and
asked: Where shall l find something
nice in oil for the dining-room "On
the fifth" began the fioorwalker.
The8 pausing, he looked doubtfully at
the inquirer. DO you want a paint
ing or something in the sardine line?"
Success Magazine.