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More than fifty labor unions In
Massachusetts have lately passed reso-
buttons in favor Of women suffrage.
Following the recent example of
Great Britain, the Parliament of Ice
land has just voted to make women
eligible as municipal councillors.
Miss Lucy Jennings has been elected
a director of the National Bank of
Winchester, n. H., to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of her father.
Mrs. Julia r. Dorr, who has de-
lighted several generations with her
poetry, is SO years af age.
The girls dorrnitory of st. Gather
ines Indian School, Santa Fee, n. NJ.
founded by Mother Drexel, of Phila-
delpha, was burned recently. Seventy
two girls We're rescued and taken to the
Federal Indian Industrial School.
At the annual meeting of the New
York State Bar Association Mrs Har-
riette M. Johnston-Wood, who is her
husbands law partner, was admitted to
membership by unanimous vote. She
is the first woman to be admitted.
Miss Helen Gould has lately given
$1,000 each to the American School for
Girls at Luxor, Egypt, to the American
College for Women at Assiout, Egypt,
and to the American School at Cairo,
and $1,000 each tt American schools at
Jerusalem, Damascus and Tarsus.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27

Often a clock will refuse to run
merely because it is clogged with dust.
A very simple way to clean a clock
is to place piece of cotton or small
sponge soaked in kerosene in the bot
tom of it and let stand a few hours.
The sponge will gradually be filled with
the dust from the works, and when
the clock is again started it will gen
orally run without further difficulty.
If your nickel-plated alarm clock
refuses to run, as it will be apt to do
after it has been i'll use a year or So,
it may be cleaned in the following way ::
Take stiff feather-one from the wing
of chicken is eXceilent-and dip it in
kerosene oil. Then insert it in the
circle around the winding keys and the
keys that move the hands to remove
the dust Wind the clock and let it
run few days, and then apply tiny
drop of sewing machine Oil from the
can to each of-the winding keys.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
BY HORaTIO AlGER, JR.

| picnic to be held in the woods on the
mkt Sunday afternoon. 1t was to be
quite general affair.
You will come, Walter. won't you:"
asked one of the number.
NO" said Joshua: ''he can't come
Il didn't authorize you to speak for
me- said Walter quietly.
You didn't authorize me to speak for
you" repeated Joshua, in hooking
tone. big words for beggar ~
| What do you mean by calling me a
beggar?' demanded Walter. quietly, but
with rising color.
Il don't choose to give you any expla-
nation said Joshua scornfully You're
only my fathers hired boy, working for
your board"
That may be true, but l am not a
beggar, and | advise you not to call me
| one again."
Walters tone was still quiet. and
Joshua wholly misunderstood him; other
wise, being a coward at heart he would
have desisted
III say it as often as l please" he
rcepated. You're a beggar, and if we
hadn't taken pity on you. you'd have had
to go to the poorhouse."
Walter was not quarrelsome: but this
last insult. in presence of half a dozen
boys between his own age and Joshua's,
reused him.
Joshua Drummond.'' he said. you've
insulted me long enough, and I've stood
IL, for | didn't want to quarrel; but
will stand it no longer"
He walked up to Joshua. and struck
him in the face, not hard blow, but still
blow. Joshua turned white with pas
sion, and advanced upon our hero furi-
ously, with the intention of giving him.
as he expressed it, the worst whipping he
ever had
Walter parried his blow, and put in an
other, this time sharp and stinging
Joshua was an inch or two taller, but
Walter was more than a match for him.
Joshua threw out his arms, delivering his
blows at random. and most of them failed
of effect. Indeed, he was so blinded with
rage that Walter, who kept cool, had
from this cause alone great advantage
over him. Joshua at length seized him.
and he was compelled to throw him down
AS Joshua lay PROSTATE, with Walters
knee upon his breast, Mr.. Drummond
who had gone over to his own house, ap-
peared upon the scene.
Whats all this" he demanded, in
mingled surprise and anger. Conrad
what means this outrageous conduct?"
Walter rose, and, turning to his en-
p!oyer. said, manfully, Joshua insulted
me, sir, and l have punished him. That's
all -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
NUBBINS OF FARM NEWS

The Oregon potato yield is twice as
| large as that of last year and the quality
| is good.
The broomcorn crop of Texas county,
| Okla. alone will bring the farmers $780,
600 this year.
Tuberculous hogs have been marketed
| in La Crosse and consumed there, accord
ing to DR.. Ii. Roome United States meat
inspector.
Exhibits from many States were pres
ent at the Minnesota Fanciers' poultry
show in st. Paul. The class of birds
was finer than-ever before shown in Min
| nesota.
Timothy hay has sold in Chicago this
| season at S21 per ton, the highest price
ever paid there. The scarcity is due more
to shortage in cars than a shortage of
the crop.
The Minnesota grain inspection depart
ment reports that more than 20 per cent
of all wheat inspected by the State grain
inspection department for the crop year
ending Aug. 81, 1907, graded No. or
better.
A band of $4,000 sheep were driven
from Roswell. y. NJ, to feeding grounds
in Southern Arizona. They cleared off
the vegetation of strip a mile wide clean
as a whistle in their progress through the
country.
j. G.. DeIlman of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
has bought 5000 acres of land near Fal-
furris, Texas, upon which he will estab-
lish colony operated as a cooperative
commune The land will be owned in
common and the labor will be equally di-
vded.
G. 6. Walker, a stock shipper of How
ard county, Mo-. who has been in Jail in
the City of Mexico nearly two years.
charged with disfguring forty mich cows
by striking them with a knife. has been
sentenced to serve four years in a Mexi-
can prison.
The Minnesota State drainage board
has instructed Engineer Ralph te make
surveys for two bitches in Atkin county
which will drain $4,000 acres of State
swamp land and at the same time allow
the construction of railroad from Hill
City. on the Willow river, to Mississippi
Landing, on the Mississippi river,
The longest continuous shipment of
horses made in America ended at Pull
man. Wash. where a consignment of ami
mails from England had been on board
ship and express car fifteen days.
]. ]. Howard of Bellevue, Kan, has
brought suit for $1,000 against the Amer
lean Express Company for the death of
hog while being shipped from the Iowa
State fair grounds to Lincoln, Neb.
The National Association of Agricul-
tural Implement Manufacturers, having
short time ago announced a rise in prices,
now says the terms of credit will be short
ened, the limit being from sixty to ninety
days.
F. c. French, an aged farmer of Guth-
RE, Okla, and his wife, made a trip in
a buggy drawn by single horse from
their home to Paris, Ont, and back, dis
lance of $500 miles. The journey con-
sumed six months.
The Night Riders of Kentucky are still
spreading death and destruction among
farmers who refuse to join the Tobacco
Growers Protective Association. Recent
" a gang of these murderers visited the
homes of three farmers near Hopkinsville,
fired about ten shots into their houses,
wounding women and children, and de-
stroyed their tobacco sheds. The next
day the prosecuted farmers went to town
and joined the union.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
In the Home.

An open fire is certainly happy
feature in it.
Readable books and magazines lying
around loose are one of the important
things.
In the living room there must be a
softly shaded light placed low for read
ing and sewing.
Chairs that can be sat upon are a
| more necessary essential than some
housewives think.
Stilted suits of furniture are a
good thing to avoid; also loud papers
and highly colored pictures
A carpet that can be walked on by
the family is much better than one
preserved for the sacred feet of strang-
ers
As to tobacco smoke and dust-well,
there have been homes with them and
places without them that utterly failed
to be homes.
Cheerfulness and love and mutual
accommodation as to tastes go further
to make a real home than overzealous
spotlessness and everlasting oversight
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
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Plain Facts,

Once upon a time there were gath
cred together a dozen women high in
the councils of education. When the
business which occupied them had been
disposed Of quiet woman asked their
attention to a matter of her personal
experience
In the course of her service Old 4
certain committee it became her duty
TO visit the rooms of a girls dormi-
| tory in a college. Some alterations
were to be made in the building. As
she went into room after room, she
was startled by the amazing spectacle
which met her at every threshold. To
say that the rooms were in disorder
would convey but faint idea of the
facts.
Skirts, shoes, hats, gloves, books,
papers, cake. fruit, collars. ties, blouses
pens, pencils, corsets. stockings, pic
lures, sweaters, handkerchiefs-clean
and soiled-candy, pillows, letters and
curls were a few of the articles strewn
on the floors Closets were even more
cluttered than the rooms. Confusion
was worse COMPOUNDED with actual dirt.
Herricks sweet disorder in the dress
was here become a disorder which did
not commend itself to any of the senses.
What more dire revelations might have
been made by the bureau drawers the
visitor was glad not to>learn.
She told her story to the listening
women, and when she ended, it was
greeted with a melancholy chorus of
sympathy. Every woman could verify
some detail of what she had heard by
what she had herself seen.
Modern life and modern education,
they declared, We're thrusting out The
dainty habit of mind and of hand from
the character of young women. After
an hour of discussion, the woman who
had preached the subject turned to the
wisest, most experienced educator
among them and said, Miss Blank,
what can be done about this?'
There was moments silence. and
then she answered, Nothing" and the
meeting broke up and the women went
dejectedly away.
Would the mothers of the girls make
the same reply?-Youth's Companion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
Two Types of Biographical Writing.


1t is an interesting fact in the his
tory Of literary genius that two Of the
great examples of biographical writing
occur almost side by side. Less than a
decade separates the completion Of
Johnson's Lives Of the Poets, from
the publication of his own life by Bos-
well. Yet with the latter book a new
type of biography came into being.
Johnson, in the main, had, like most Of
his predecessors, followed a simple mar
rative and expository method, prefxing
a plain story of the poets life to a sys-
tematic account of his character and a
critical estimate of his works. He gath
cred his facts and impressions together
and spoke for the author and for him.
self. Boswell, on the other hand, max
ing use of a more dramatic Tethod,
succeeded in his attempt to let the au-
thor reveal himself, and, instead of an
exposition of character. painted a pic
ture of personality to which his own
comments were subordinate What we
see as a type of mind and character in
Johnson's work we see as living man
in Boswell.-William L. Brewster, in
Forum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
Valuable washing Fluid.

A housewife tells of valuable
washing fluid which saves clothes and
at the same time saves much rubbing
cit is made Of 10-cent can of pot
ash dissolved in four and half
quarts of hot, but not boiling, water,
and mixed thoroughly with one ounce
each of powdered ammonia, borax and
salts of tartar. When cold it was
bottled for use and two-thirds of a
eupful of the mixture was added to
two-thirds of boilerful of cold water
with one-third of a bar of soap shaved
up. The clothes went into this cold
mixture while dry, and were brought
to the boiling point and boiled from
eight to ten minutes. Ordinary rims
ing followed and whatever obstinate
stains remained were rubbed ON the
board
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27

was very angry with his father for not
taking his part, and was not slow in max
ing his feelings known to his mother.
What's the matter, Joshua?" asked
Mrs. Drumlnond, observing the scowl
upon his face
Matter enough. That beggar has
been insulting me-that upstart, Con-
rad. He pitched into me, and tried to
knock me over"
what for? l am surprised to hear it,
he seems so polite and well bred"
Nothing at all. He sprang at me like
a tiger. and all for nothing. He took me
by surprise, so at first he got the adj
'vantage. but | soon gave him as good
as he sent
81 am really sorry to hear this" said
Mrs Drummond. distressed. Are you
scre you didn't say something to pro-
woke him."
Il only said, when be was invited to
60 to the picnic Saturday afternoon. that
he wouldn't be able to leave the store"
Il am afraid you said it in such
way as to offend him."
Seems to me you think good sight
more of him than of me in the matter"
girmbled Joshua That's just the way
with father. He wanted us both TO beg
each others pardon. Catch me begging
pardon of beggarly hired boy"
''He isn't any worse because your
father hires him, Joshua"
'Oh. yes. of course, you stand up for
him. said Joshua. sneering.
Now, Joshua. you know l always take
your part when you are right"
So Joshua continued to scold. and Mrs.
Drummond to soothe him, until she found
more efectual way. by placing at his
disposal half an apple pie which was in
the cupboard. In the evening she told
Walter that she was sorry there had
been any difficulty between him and
Joshua.
$50 am L. said Walter, frankly, for
he was grateful for her gentle kindness.
Il am sorry, if only for your sake, Mrs.
Drummond"
II know he's provoking but he doesn't
mean what he says, Mr.. Conrad"
III try to keep on good terms with
him, Mrs. Drummond.' said Walter,
earnestly, eff only in return for his moth
er's kindness"
Il am sure Joshua was hasty, and mis-
judged Walter, said the mother to her
self, trying to find an excuse for her son.
Ito be continued.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
THE COAL SACK OF HEAVENS.

Astronomical Mythology of the Aus
tralian BIackfeIIOw Hole In Sky.
Immediately below the lower stars
of the group which forms the southern
cross there is black patch in the sky,
dark, sack-shaped and mysterious, says
Macmillan's Magazine. Scientifically
accurate astronomers explain that it is
not patch, but rather something
which becomes visible by reason of the
anomaly that it contains nothing that
is visible. The lay mind, preferring
bald reality to abstract truth, is some
what startled to learn that an object is
seen because there is nothing in it to
see, but no one can dispute the fact;
the coal sack is visible because it con-
tains nothing that is visible. In other
words, it is vast hole in the stellar
system in which there is not even a
pinch of stellar dust to shed a flicker
of luminosity. 1t is typically and alb
solutely the quintessence of blackness
Because it is so, and in contradiction
of all preconceived notions, the human
eye can see it without the aid Of tel
escope or other instrument. Between
the stars of the milky way there are
many little holes in the stellar system
little by comparison, that is to say
but one must have telescopes and pa
thence to find them. One need only To-
cate the southern cross in order to see
the coal sack.
With the wealth of legendary tale
and fable woven around the northern
stars by the highly gifted races gazing
on them through the ages that are
gone, one is tempted to speculate what
tales would not have been constructed
around that fathomless mystery had
it appeared north instead of south of
the equator. When it rouses the pOeti-
cal impulses within the brain of the
aboriginal Australians, what might it
not have done with the ancient Greeks
or still more ancient Egyptians; but
they were denied it. The aboriginal
uses it, as he uses most things, in
topsy turvy fashion. To him the world
is a fat plain crowned with a dome
shaped roof.
When a man dies lie has to go up to
the roof and slowly journey over it
till he can Chamber down to the fat
again and squeeze through, once more
man. The coal sack is the hole he
must go through to get onto the roof;
and to get up to it is very long climb.
Tie journey over the roof is also very
long, and it is hard to squeeze through
when he reaches the fat again. So long
does it take that by the time a man
has completed the journey not only his
hair but lis skin has grown white with
age. Wherefore the black fellow who
has made the journey rejoins his tribe
as a white fellow. Thus it was that
when the white man first came to tie
land the aboriginals regarded him as a
long-lost comrade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
A RAGING BLIZZARD
SWEEPS THE COUNTRY
Howler Starts Down in the South
west and Paralyzes Railroad
Traffic in Its Path.
ENTIRE WEST IS SToRM-BoUND.
Chicago Has Greatest one-Day Snow.
fall in City's History-Several
Lives Are Lost.

The worst blizzard in the weather
history of Chicago, according to the
records of the weather bureau, swept
over the city Tuesday. The storm was
general all over the West, extending
over Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska,
Iowa, Wisconsin and the northern por-
ton of Illinois Traffic on the railroads
was severely impeded and on some
lines made impossible by the huge
drifts of snow. A number of lives were
lost while the storm was raging its
worst, and other fatalities We're report
ed as due to the severity of the biz
card. Railroad traffic for time was
practically abandoned in parts of Mich
tas, Iowa. Nebraska. Kansas, Missouri,
Illinois and Arkansas. The floods in
southern Indiana and Ohio and Ken
lucky have been greatly augmented
The blizzard was felt throughout the
entire middle West, the storm delaying
trains, interfering with telegraph SER
vice and, in some places, chtting off all
traffic. The storm centerS seemed to
be in Nebraska and central Illinois,
where the downfall of snow reached "A
depth of fourteen inches on the level
and was piled in deep drifts by the
high winds which accompanied the
snow.
All train traffic in Nebraska was Sc
riOusly affected. The Chicago-Denver
express. west bound on the Rock ISL
and road. was stalled in a drift near
Prairie Home, ten miles from Lincoln.
The east bound Rock Island passenger
was tied up in the Lincoln yards.
The central Illinois towns were plac-
ed in the grip of the blizzard, and the
network of interurban lines which trav-
erse that section were practically put
out of business for a time. The drifts
were extremely deep on all of the coun-
try roads and the rural mail service
was badly crippled for few days, rs
the drivers found it practically impos-
sible to get over their routes.
When the blizzard abated in the
States west of the Mississippi. further
discomfort was in store for the inhab-
itants, as the temperature, which was
near the freezing point during the
storm. dropped rapidly. while the high
winds continued in force.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27

inches, or exactly her own height
From the thighs to the ground she
should measure just what she meas
ures from the thighs to the top of her
head. The knee should come exactly
midway between the thigh and the
heel. woman of the last genera
ton took pride in a waist of IS inches,
but to-day a woman is not considered
well formed if she has a waist meas
urement of less than IS inches and a
bust less than sc inches.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
-dles are empire at the back.

Girdles are empire at the back.
The small velvet toque is seen on
every side.
The new tailormade is prettier than
for years.
Sleeves, despite variations, generally
are upon japanese lines.
Coats are short and fit the form
closely in the newest suits.
Cretonne patterns appear on every,
thing, from Organdie to pique.
Skirts almost without exception are
plated in one way or anoher.
The plain coat sleeve is the only one
used for the new short, tight skirts
Lace sleeve ruffing dangling over the
knuckles is a fashion that is being re.
vived.
The touch of green is chic just now
and includes the kid slippers Of rich
laurel green.
A glorified rajah silk just out, seek
ing favor, has satin finish and is in
a two tone weave.
A jaunty English coat suit. one of
the advanced spring models, comes in
worsteds and homespuns.
Black hats for evening, trimmed
with a mass of scarlet feathers, are
the newest Paris wrinkle.
A new freak is to wear rings on the
;ndav Sunar and tbI,p,h
outer fingers unadorned.
Chip straw hats, it is said, again
will blossom ont. Just now leghorns
lead. Coarse straws are more promi-
nent than formerly.
A new muff is knitted of angora
wool. 1t is shaped like a pillow, is
fluffy as q kitten. and should be accom-
panied by a scarf to match.
One of the quaintest developments
as regards the feather fantasies of the
moment is the two-color scheme where
the ostrich plume is concerned
Close fitting frocks make it neces-
sary that the petticoat should cling.
4 new kind with elastic cores set in
over the hips clings like tailormade.
A new sheer voile has inch wide
stripes, alternating pale blue and
white. On the blue stripes are white
dots and on the white stripes are blue
dots.
In suitings for spring stripes are
much in evidence. and thus far browns
and blues lead. Sometimes the stripes
are a darker color. but again it is sug-
gested in the weave rather than by two
tones.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
Health and Beauty Hints.


The habit of putting baby on its
back to stare at a white parasol in
its carriage is frightful.
"Dilated heart is only one conse
quence of rushing at exercise when
the muscles and the body generally
are fabby and feeble after a winters
diSuse
1t is not difficult to select a blood
making diet, but it must be closely fol
| lowed. Among the foods recommended
are underdone meats, beef blood and
raw beef sandwiches.
Always, after using a tooth brush, it
should be held under a hot-water fau-
Get to rinse thoroughly, and once Il
day it ought to be plunged into strong
ing of germs.
The prevalence of granulated lids
among children at the public schools
shows how the eyes are neglected at
home and this dried matter or ''granu-
lation," is not uncommon on the lids
of babies whose sight seems to be
good.
Never force child to eat that
against which he rebels, even though
it be the most staple of foods. White
potatoes will make some children very
sick. showing that there is something
in the potato which is absolutely poi
sonous to their systems.
To make raw beef sandwiches crate
the round steak. This makes a paste,
which is seasoned only with salt This
mixture may then be spread either on
very thin bread or on salted crackers,
as one chooses. They may be eaten at
any time during the day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
Pretty Neckwear.
French woman. Shoe.

The French woman does not take to
the American shoe. She objects to the
heavy sole and wants her buttoned
kind-much higher than is found in
the American stores here. Her shoe
generally begins at eleven buttons and
runs to thirteen or more She has the
idea that the very high shoe makes a
better finish to the profile of the foot.