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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

1t was an anxious and terrible mo-
ment The gravest fear pervaded every
breast. Where would it all end? Was
it possible that we were to be driven
back to Winchester, and so down to
Harper's Ferry and out of the valley?
We had been fighting against fate and
a desperate enemy since early sunrise,
and disaster had overtaken us at every
point The bravery and dauntless cour-
age of officers and men counted for
naught before the furious onsets of the
victorious Confederates. Our men were
hungry and weary, aud almost disheart-
ened at the continued reverses Wound
ed and dead were to be seen every
where, and the stragglers were becom-
ing more numerous. Something must
be done to check the enemy's advance
or our worst fears will be realized
our army will be crippled and scattered
through the valley and our previous
successes count as good work thrown
away.
But where is Sheridan In this time of
peril. I1e udd ulllNtu ~ w ih>hSSNSh
from Washington the day previous
(1Sth) and slept there that night On
the morning Of the 10Th, without
thought or knowledge of the danger
menacing his army at the front, he
started with his escort for Cedar Creek
at a leisurely pace. But he had not
proceeded far before he heard the dis
tant roar of heavy artillery in the di-
rection of MiddIetown, and then he
urged his horse into a faster gait. He
began to feel very uneasy as the sound
of the guns came nearer. Had Early
ventured to attack the federal position
at Cedar Greek? Gradually as be rode
along the sounds of battle roll like
thunder toward him, and then he be-
gan to realize that heavy fighting was
raging to the front and that the Union
army had met defeat and was rapidly
being pushed northward. Then he
drove the spurs deep into his horses
side and dashed forward at mad gal
lop, unwilling to believe that disaster
had overtaken the gallant army he had
twice led to victory. Yet the bands of
stragglers and camp followers he met
on the road told him but too truly that
his brave men had been beaten and
were in full flight.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

Larch and juniper wood are unin-
iured after seven years Of exposure,
but birch and aspen commence to decay
at three years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

The deepening and frightening Of
the Annisquam River have made an
island out OF Cape Cod.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

Figures seem to show that we are
dying younger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

he can help it. She is a fne-looking girl !:
| older than Mabel, but vain and empty
headed, thinking of nothing but balls and
| flirtations and you know how dangerous
Ia friend of that sort is to a girl of Ma
| bells age. To do Mabel justice, she was
| not half so vain and fond of dress and
| finery until she went so much to the
| Hardwicks They have completely turn
ed her head. and. worst of all, Eva has
| taken dislike to Roger because he re-
| fuses TO pay her any attention and las, jus
! at all their nonsense; and that sets Ma
| bel against her brother. Mabel always
! had temper of her own" went on Miss
| Leigh, feeling d sort of relief in pouring
| out her feelings into Alson's ear, but
she was never so aggravating as she is
now. You see, my dear, if a girl does not
| hold her own home as sacred, if she
chooses a giddy young companion for her
confdante, and retails to her all that
passes in her own household. finding fault
with her own people, and listening to her
friends estimate of them. she may end
as Mabel does, in thinking her brothers
rough and unmannerly, and Poppie dis
| agreeable little girl
DO you mean Missile is so dishonora-
bic as to repeat to Miss Hardwick all
that passes at The Holms?" asked Ali
son, Indignantly.
They do not think it dishonorable, y
returned Miss Leigh, with quiet good
sense which Alison had never credited
her. You see. Mabel calls Eva her
bosom friend. and refuses to have any
secrets from her. If Eva comes this af-
ternoon, all that passed at the luncheon
table between your father and Mr.. Roger
will be retailed, as a matter of course.
Even if Mabel were disposed to be
| reticent for once, Eva, who is of an in
quisitive nature, and who completely
dominates her, would soon worm the
whole thing from her. She has q grudge
against Mr.. Roger, and nothing would
please her more than to hear of this hui
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-09-10

If we are passing through hard times
now, with butter at % cents pound and
pork at cents, we farmers don't see it.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07
STATE SCHOOL ALLOTMENT
BASED ON THE ATTENDANCE
Why the Special Appropriation of $4,000 for the Year
1907 Has Not Been Distr ibuted, and Why the State
Institutions Board Can Not Offer Any Immediate
Prospects of Making the Past Due Payments.

The following extract from the min
utes of the board of commissioners
/ of state Institutions, meeting held Jan.
| II, is of interest:
The following resolution was
adopted:
Whereas, there are NO funds in the
state treasury available for The pay
ment of sums aggregating SAT ,047. so,
apportiOned by the state board OF edu-
cation under the appropriation made
By chapter 1881, acts of 1906, which
amounts We're due to be paid after
he close of the school year ending
June 80, 1907,
1t is ordered that the following state
ment be placed upon the records of
this beard for the information of in
terested parties:
The legislature of 1905, by chapter
$500, laws of Florida. approved May
20, 1905, appropriated $4,000 for
each of the school years ending May
so, 1906, and June 80, 1907, to aid and
encourage the establishment of public
high schools and rural graded schools,
payments being due after the close Of
each of such school years These ap-
preparations have been paid as proVid-
ed by law.
The same legislature, by chap err
$3.50, laws of Florida, appropriated
$50, 900 for each OF the school years
ending June 80, 1906. and June so
1907, for the purpose of aiding and
encouraging common schools of this
state which do not receive state aid
one-mill state school tax These appro-
under the existing laws, except TIE
one mill state school tax. These ap-
pFia ions, too, have been paid as pro-
Vided by law.
The same legislature, by chapter
1881. laws Of Florida, appropriated
$4,000 for each of the school years
ending June so, 1906, and June so.
1907, payable after the close OF said
respective school years, for state aid
to public schools based on average
daily attendance therein, as provided
in the act. The appropriation made
by this act for the year ending June
30, 1906 was paid promptly when il
came due.
The appropriation made by said
chapter 1881 for the school year end
ing June 80, 1907, payable after the
close OF such school year, was Off
cially apportioned on Nov. 5, 1907. in
the aggregate sum of S47,0A750. War
rants TO cover the amounts thus aD-
poFtioned have not been issued be
cause there have at no time since the
date OF such superintendent been
FUNDS in the treasury available for
such purpose.
Each and every appropriation above
was directed by the iegisIa-
ture to be paid from the general rev
enue fund OF the state treasury. From
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07
On
PANAMA BONDS
Again Takes Up Question Of
Cortelyou's Disposition
Of Securities.
IN THE HOUSE, INDIAN BILL &C.
CUPIES TIME OF MEMBERS
CLAYTON OF ALABAMA SPEAKS
ON PRESIDENTS MESSAGE AND
CHARGES THAT 1T WAS AN IN
DIcTMENT OF THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY.
By Associated Press.

Washington, Feb 6-The financial
speech by Senator Culberson of Texas
and the passage of the bill providing
for government exhibit at the Alas
ELECTROMAGNETIC exposition were the
features Of the senate proceedings to.
day.
Mr. Culberson gave the results of
his analysis OF the recent report Of
the secretary of the treasury on the
Panama canal bond Issue in order to
substantiate his contention that the
national banks in New York city had
been URduly favored by Secretary
Cortelyou in the disposition of public
funds and had violated the law by is
suing these bonds.
The last hour of the day was de-
voted 20 the consideration of a bill
to revise the criminal laws OF the
United States. The senate then adj
journed until Monday.
Political speechmaking came to an
end for the time being in the house
today, and actual consideration of the
Indian appropriation bill was resumed.
bitter fight was waged on the prop
osition to abolish non-reservation
schools, and the subject was discuss
ed throughout the afternoon.
The question was raised by the Of
fering Of resolutions by Delegate
Smith Of Arizona, to restrict the ap-
preparation for collecting and trans
porting Indian children at school to
the state in which they live.
Previous to the debate an Indian ap-
preparation bill, Clayton of Alabama
spoke on the presidents recent mes
sage, and held up republicans as be.
ing divided into two factions, the re-
dictionaries" and the white house
CiIckoos." The message, he charged,
was an indictment against the repub-
liean party for it's dereliction and in
competency.
The consideration of the Indian bill
was not concluded when the house
adjourned
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07
LAYS An Eco
WITH INITIALS
Alabama Hen That Makes
Labeled Eggs to Dis =
may of the Cook.

The Birmingham Age-Herald says:
w. +. Gresham, a farmer living near
Leeds, brought TO Birmingham yester-
day an egg on which appeared dis
tinctly three letters-V. d. G.-and
the figures "0S."
The egg was exhibited throughout
the city and attracted a great deal of
attention. The letters and figures are
visible only when held between the
light. Then, however, they are so dis
'tinct, and there can be no doubt as to
their presence
Mr. Gresham offered the theory that
the hen was endeavoring to write her
initials. I'VE have always called the
hen which laid the egg Vic This ac-
counts for the first letter. The g.
might stand for Gresham. However,
l cannot account for the middle initial
The '0S' might indicate the year.
when taken frem the nest the egg
attracted no attention When it was
in the kitchen, however, the cook had
occasion to hold it up to the light
She uttered a scream and my wife
rushed to her. Then the discovery of
the letters was made known.
"Of course l know that freak eggs
have been found before, but have
never heard of anyone having their
markings more distinctl will watch
all other eggs laid by Vic in order to
find out whether she will write her
name on all Of them"
Mr.. Gresham did not indicate wheth-
er he had ever heard of the effect re-
sUlting when letters are traced on the
calcinOus shell Of an egg with vinegar
or acetic acid
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

the general revenue fund are paid all
the expenses OF the state government,
including all jurors and witnesses be-
fore the grand juries, the expenses of
assessing and collecting all the reve-
nues OF the state for all funds, the
salaries of all executive, judicial and
military officers of the state, and all
clerks and employees OF the state. the
interest On the bonded debt of the
state. the expenses of the legislature,
the expenses of the hospital for the
insane, the costs of arrest of fugitiVes
from justice, all printing, all appropri-
atoms made by the legislature for.
schools and colleges, and all other APP
preparations made by the legis' ature,
unless Otherwise specifically provided.
The legislature of 1907, by chapter
5,6OS, approved June 4, 1907. provided
that appropriations made for school
purposes should be payable from the
first funds available in the general
revenue fund of the treasury after the
payment of current expenses of the
state, he principal heads of which are
enumerated above.
The disbursements from the general
revenue fund under appropriations
made by the legislature have been
very large. The receipts in said fund
iiCiA ING SOURCES PROVIDED D. law
have not, up 10 this time, been suffi-
cient, over and above the above emu
merated preferred payments. to NEE
the special and extraordinary appro-
priations made by the legislature.
This board has no means of ascer-
tanning when the receipts in the gen
eral revenue fund will be sufficient to
enable the state to pay the moneys
appropriated for the school year end
ing June 30 1907, by chapter 1881,
aforesaid. The board is advised Of
the peculiar conditions which demand
the earliest practicable distribution of
this appropriation, and realizes its
dutv to secure such distribution at the
earliest possible date; yet, the beard,
realizing that there are numerous
persons materially interested In this
matter. deems it proper for their in
formation, TO make this statement Of
he facts, and to state that, until re-
ceiptS in tho general revenue fund are
larger in proportion to disbursements
made in pursuance of appropriations
by the legislature, this board can give
no assurance as TO when there will be
funds in the treasury available to pay
the appropriation made by Chapter
1881, acts of 1906.
The money stringency of the past
six months is the prime cause of the
very slow collection of taxes. and the
condition Of the treaSury's general rev.
enue fund is dependent upon the fu-
ture collection of the levy Of 1907, and
for these reasons the board cannot
say when the money will be available.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07
There Are Others. +"

''Have you seen anything IN the papers
lnteiy about the sale OF the PhIfiDDins
LslandsF' he asked Of the msn who was
making quite q display OF his newspaper
on the street car.
"No. nothing Of lats," was fhe reply.
do yen think they should be soldr'
81 don't Now that we have got them
We should keep them
But do y0u know, SIR, that the aver
age Filipino is an inveterate liar, and
that unless we can cure him OF that vice
the morals OF this country must in time
BE- contaminated
80 he lies. does her
He does, sir. He has brought lying to
q state OF perfection not TO be found else
where Perhaps we can send people over
there to cure him. but II not, then We
should cut loose
My friend, do you read the bargain
advertisements in the papers2' asked the
man with the paper.
Sometimes"
did you used to read the Texas OH
well adyertisenentsP
10y -e-s."
And the gold and silver mine pro-
specticuses?"
Some OF them"
''And the bucket shop adsT'
Yes, but what Is your pointf-
My point, sir, is that they all lied
like thunder. It IA that ] lie; that you
lie; that everybody around US lies, and
that If the poor heathen Filipino has
managed TO get ahead OF Us. he ought to
be presented with a medal and kept IN
JOE KERR
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07
A lot Of old newspapers.
tied up in neat bundles for
sale, sc a bundle, at The Jour-
nal office.
Brass Tubing on Warshins.

According to the American Machin-
ist the greatest single consumption Of
brass is for condenser tubes. n battle
ship alone having from 10000 to 10000
pounds Of condenser tubing in it. and,
owing to the corrosive effect Of sea wa
ter. this tubing must continually be re-
placed. The material used is usually
either Btuutz metal-60 per cent cop
per. 40 per cent zinc-or else mixture
OF copper. 20; zinc, %, and tin. /.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

perity of the last decade is prima'.H
agricultural, and last seasons eros
will make business good at least IN
til the next harVests.
"Oh, yes, and We want two or }hre7
of the up-to-datest piazzas you've -.
in stock for our parlor; l dom sn."
but you'd better send a man TO moas-
IRE the parlor and make then -H*-
cial."
"Piazzas for the parEer:'-
Sure; Mrs. Hibred says they go
great deal OF comfort sitting or tlr''
piazza, and If they can afford &c
piazza We can afford two Or three q
them"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07
WHAT
BEN B. HAMPTON
SAYS:

''He would be a foolish man indeed
who would cut off his Gre insurance
when a confagration Il omed upon the
horizon or who considered canceling
his life insurance when his health was
poor. For exactly the same reason
no wise business man will long con-
slider cutting of his business insur-
ance."
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

A lot of old newspapers,
tied up in neat bundles for
sale, sc a bundle, at The Jour-
nal Office.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

Half million sportsmen in Ger
many kill annually 10000 head of red
fallow deer, 200.000 rosebuck 4 600 600
hares. 100000 Dartridges and 400 900
wild duck, in ali some $4,000 900 kilo-
grams of wild game of a value of 25,-
100000 marks or $4,000 900, forming
nearly I per cent. Of the total meat
supply of Germany.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

At recent meeting of the Russian
Navy League a Russian navy officer
Lieut- PiZnitch. pointed out that the
restoration of the Russian battIeship
fleet would cost inward of $500 400 000
and an annual charge of 800 O00. 600
which Russia conId not afford ar pres
emit He urped the eXpediencv of con-
structlng instead submarine fleet,
which would eoSt very much less.
could be far more ranidIy built and
would possess enormous destructive
power
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

A Roanoke, Va. lady had a baby
recent with too heads. We doant no
wheather to be sorry for father for
havin a son with so much more brains
than him or wheather to fellisitate the
infant on bein able when he's grone
UP TO rubber the way We wood like &c
II we had necks enuf-The Gawbone.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

the delay by making much noise of all
kinds. At last the curtain went UP
and the manager came forward and
said that the stage was so cold that
the singers were afraid to appear.
There would be- he said, only icicles
instead Of music Then ne pointed TO
the back of the stage, where there
was the best evidence of the North
Pole temperature in the form Of real
ice and snow. The audience sympa-
thiZed with the frostbitten manager
and his frozen company. but not to
the extent of allowing them to keep
the ticket money with which to buy
warmth and comfort Under threats
to make it warm for the cold company
their money was refunded"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

BraZifS a truly ROYAL host
Steam whistles. cannons boilers,
Then how could our seamer have spent
A hundred thousand dollars!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

The country has not time to shut I'D
shon and comnIain of hard times for
more than few weeks 1t has too
mrTrh to do. The staple exports last
neutrality-suspicious.. provisions. cattle,
cotton and refined mineral oiI-sur-
rassed all records ard ran nearly s15.-
600. 600 above the figures for Deem
her. ions Wheat Axnorts were worth
mora than three times az much as in
Nernmher Of the wear before. Cotton
showed gain of 81 zoo nnn. The re-
latOn between orr trade and a2rinul-
ture is extremely close; the pros
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

The Canadian Pacific road from Ar
cola to Regina, Saskatchewan, a dis
lance of IS miles, is a perfectly
straight line from terminal to ter
minal. Another straight line is on the
New South Wales government railway
126 miles long The Canadian Nation
al TranscOntinental road has stretch
of 120 miles.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

3 10-cent cans of Lucky
Strike" Smoking Tobacco for
% cents, at Imperial Cigar
Store.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

There is policeman in Washington
who was taught the power OF diplo-
matte immunity in a way that excites
him to laughter every time he thinks
of 1t. A few DAYS ago he was gayly
swimming his club and flirting with
the nurses in Dupont Circle when he
noticed a nine-year-old breaking
branches from a small bush
STOP that" he said to the Young
ster. touching him on the shoulder. st
NAV have to arrest you for that" The
child looked a. him unafraid.
you can't do that" he observed.
sravelv. I'm entitled to diplomatic
immunity"
The officers month flew open.
Young man." he said, peremptor-
fly, I am an offi"er OF the law. It
is unlawful to break ~"-1bherv. ANY
BODY doing so mus be punished"
An, but you don't know who / am, %
the bov replied in childish treble.
/ am the son of an envoy extraordi-
nary Diplomats and their families
cannot be punished for breaking any
laws If you don't believe me You
NAV go and ask my mana"
I'll tell YOU what I viii do. vnIlne
man" the officer said. exasperat ed. 81
viii take YOU to your father and see
II Won nave any immunity from his
punishment
The vouueSter wailnd IT was soma
satisfaction tn the officer to know hat
he walled still louder after he had told
his tale at the Chicago
Tribune
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07
ALL SORTS.
THRIFT.

THRIFT.
With money she's extravagant,
She fairly makes things hum;
But she is always thrifty with
Her wads of chewing gum.
She boards no money in bank,
No large and princely sum;
Yet everywhere about the house
She boards her chewing gum.
Beneath the sofa, on each chair,
Placed there by dainty thumb,
And even meath the mantel shelf,
You'll find her chewing gum.
Upon the table at her place,
You will not find a crumb:
But underneath it, if you look,
You'll see her chewing gum.
Upon the bust of Wagner there
Is certain to be some;
And there upon the chandelier
You'll find her chewing gum
Now if perchance the home should burn
Oh, what loss would come,
We have insured our household goods
But not her chewing gum!
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

When the marine ministry of Russia
recently asked the dume 70 authorize
the exnanditure Of sAA nnA 900 for the
CONSTRUCTION of battleshinS of the
FreaanHrght tvpe Some Of the imnnrt-
ant leaders in that BODY announced
that they would not consent 60 the ex-
penditure of a Single dollar on a naval
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

The man with chills and fever ache,
Would doubtless feel more frisky,
If he were not compelled to take,
The quinine with the khiskey.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

A lamp using alcohol for fuel, which
is said to give from seven to ten
times as much illumination as an cleo
trio light at a cost of less than a cent
an hour, is recent arrival from Eu-
rope.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

Considerable damage has been done
at Dover, England. by the firing of the
heavy guns from the forts, which have
been erected to protect the national
harDor
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

The expenses of the Pan-American
congress, which is to be held the com
ing summer in London. are estimated
at about 100000, nearly all of which
will be raised by the sale of tickets
for tine various meetings.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

My friend. get in the public eye,
Let nothing hinder.
You, too, can be, if you try,
A human cinder.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

Toxic adviees are to the effect that
the next grand maneuvers of the JAP
anese army will take place in the dis
trict about so miles north of Toxic,
and will exceed in importance all pre-
v1ous n'aneuvers that have hitherto
been held in Japan
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

A ST Petersburg letter in the Oes-
terreichieche Wochenscrift contains
this story: I've were to have Nero
at the Ocha+ser theater. and the house
was we'll filed bv pennIe who waited
TO hear the opera. The curtain time
had long passed. when the audience
began to manifest its displeasure at
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-02-07

The Tampa Times has just issued
a 160-page Greater Tampa Magazine,
which is one of the most complete and
attractive works of the kind ever
printed in Florida. 1t is a credit to
Editor Mckay and his able corps of
assistants, and it ought to result in
great good to the splendid city of
Tampa.