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The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06
American Artist Is Found.

Karsbad, December 5.-Gifford Dyer, an American artist, who was reported some time ago as missing, and whose wife ap- pealeu to Frank H. Mason, the American consul general at Paris, to aid in finding him, is painting in the vicinity of Karls- bad and is in good health.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-12-06
LOOkl7lg TOT KedI NdIueS ID Clothing? Then Come t Friedn1qr s Great Xmas Sale!
 No1O Going On
No,O GoinqO On

We have received a large brand new shipment of of Clething that our buyer in New York was so fortu- nate as to come across. They represent some of the newest and best in the Clothing line.
 Everything fresh and up to the hour in pattern and cut-handsomely made up' They would sell regularly all the way from $10 to $50.
 Tn this sale we have placed them in five differ ent lots, priced as follows:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
4 Unique EndOXYme emf

If any man of wealth is in search of
something besides libraries and colleges
to endow. a humble suggestion is held
in the article taken from q magazine
published by the American Association
for the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf.
The object under consideration, the
only endowed flagstaff in the world, is
that belonging to the Royal Asylum for
the Deaf and Dumb, at Margate, Eng
land
This staff was erected the first year
Of the reign of King Edward VII, in
cOmmemoration of his accession to the
throne. The cost was betrayed by tie
pupils and friends. The collection taken
was so large that it enabled the pur-
chase of twenty flags.
Even after the staff and the flags
were paid for, forty pounds remained
in the treasury. This sum was invested
for an endowment fund, and the inter
est is used every other year in painting
and repairing the pole and tackle.
Some of the various flags bought are
as follows: The Royal Standard which
is flown on the Kings accession day,
his birthday and his coronation day ;
the Stars and Stripes, run up on Roose-
velt's birthday and election day; the
German and French flags, used on the
Kaiser's and Presidents birthdays; ap-
propriate banners for st. David's, st.
Patrick's and st. Georges days; the
Union Jack for the anniversaries of IA
nous battles, and flags for the church
high festivals.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
The Wrong Shade.

Before trying to match the sample
of silk, says a writer in the Philadel-
phia Ledger, the clerk asked, rs this
a piece Of something you want or don't
want?" Something l want, of course
replied the customer. You don't sup
pose, do you, that l would go to all
this trouble for a thing I can't use?'
"Some folks do said the clerk i
have met number of them. The first
woman l ever saw with that point Of
view had a square inch of blue silk
that she wanted me to match. The
scrap was SO small that it was hard
TO make comparisons, but after haul
ing down half the bolts on the shelves
and running to the door several times
to test the color in broad daylight, l
found the exact shade.
"'How many yards do you want.
madam? / asked.
"'Oh,' said the woman, L don't want
any. Almost any other shade will do.
That particular shade is very unbecom-
ing. | just wanted to make sure that
l don't get it, that's all"
The customer laughed. what did
you say!" she asked.
Nothing" responded the clerk, with
a patient smile, taking up her sample
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29

ing in any Of them a passenger reck-
less enough to make the slightest at
tempt to save his own pocketbook.
The lone bandit worked his will on
them all, and must have broken the
previous record in this particular line
Of endeavor, says the New York Times.
Most of these passengers, doubtless.
were fasteners, or at least urbanized
folk with as little familiarity as liking
Tor guns and pistols. That they adj
mltted the cogency of the highway
mans argument is not so surprising,
but on all those stages there must have
been at least q few men who were more
or less to the manner trained and who
lad both seen and used firearms These
ruder persons, however, were as sub
missive as the rest, and an exploit as
remarkable as any in the widest ro-
nance Of adventure and crime was car
rled through with what, from a safe
distance, seems like ridiculous ease
Yet there is not much reason for as
sumlng that the highwayman was the
bo!cest man in that hereafter-to-be
historic canon. The chances are that
ne will cut poor figure after his in
evitable capture and turn out to be
only an ordinary ruffian after all. The
fact is, apparently, that nowadays most
people have a decided objection to get
ting killed. It's a new trait Former
~ nobody seemed to mind it much. and
violent end more or less by yolun-
tary and deliberate choice, was the
common lot.
Yet, great as is the change and care
full as has come to be the calculation
of odds, there still fingers an instinc-
tive admiration for the man who can
ignore obvious perils. Most Of US.
barbarians that we are, will find 1t
easier to view this lone robber as O
picturesque and heroic parsonage than
as a criminal, and it is bit hard to
help hoping that he may escape his
pursuers. Somehow he seems to have
earned his $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
A TEST OF COURAGE.
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There were two dogs in the neighbor-
hood that had a deep and Unsuitable
antipathy to each other. Rover, the
yellow dog, had the freedom Of a large
yard with a picket fence round 1t, and
a gate that was always kept fastened.
Prince, the brindle, roamed unchecked
in the street outside. Whenever Prince
came trotting along Rover would make
dash at the gate, and he being unable
to get out, the two dogs would stand
there, one on the inside and the other
on the outside, glaring at each other
with inextinguishable fury, barking,
growing, and using violent language,
the purport of which was that if it
were not for that gate there would be
some fierce and terrible fighting.
One morning Prince came along, look
ing more aggressive than usual. Rover
saw him. The hair along his back
bristled up, and with savage growl
he ran down the front walk, and
charged at the gate in his customary
way. This time, however, by some I'M
accountable accident, the gate had
been left unfastened, and the impact
threw 1t wide open.
For the first time in all their &C
ouaintance there was naught to hinder
the two dogs from flying at each other
Nothing was between them but their
long-standing grudge. Rover's impetus
had carried him to the edge Of the side
walk. Prince was within two feet of
him.
1t was an awful moment. But neither
dog hesitated the smallest fraction of a
second. They acted instantly. With a
dismal howl, Rover turned in his tracks
and ran back into the yard at break
neck speed, and Prince fed for his life
down the street, and never again, the
neighbors say, did either dog even look
at the other.
Roth were towards, and both had
been found out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
Thin GLASS the Stronger.

Glass is Il substance that we cannot
figure the strength of as much as we
can great many other things with
which we are familiar. 1t varies in it
self. The st. Louis Post-Dispatch says
the strongest glass, as rule, breaks
into the greatest number of fragments.
Comparing the strength of thin glass
with thick. the former is relatively the
stronger. This is Il thing often lost
sight of Then again as to the differ
ence between rough plate and polished
plate. we find polished plate the
stronger.
This is probably to be attributed to
the fact that ali these fine surface hair
cracks are polished out. These only
go into the glass to Il certain depth,
and when they are all or nearly all
polished and ground off there is less
chance for some of them to form the
basis of Il crack and thereby the glass
is increased in strength. Tests have
been made and some formula have been
arrived at. As was to be expected. they
show irregular results as to strength
of glass
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29

ures with strict adherence to the principles which
derlie safety and the perpetuity Of in
stitutions than any momentary gained the
price OF sacrificing that which alone make
ultimate achievements
That method, those principles which define the meth
3D. simply that each stands equal his neigh
bor and that not be controlled by any
or coerie any abusing power, but work
through democratic methods by honorable representa-
ton Of the popular will.
American life Is wholesome to-day and more
Intent right things there is quicker response
demand for proper representation in politics,
Is sensitiveness the part of those having power
lest their abuses of should be discovered greater than
at any time in history No battle has been lost.
Many remain to be won.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29

diaely nurseries in proper places in which raise
Seeding for distribution all who will plant them
under proper conditions and the supervision of the de-
partment These should be distributed for actual cost
or, better yet, If it may be done, free of cost
There are $4,000 persons In the State of New York
suffering from tuberculosis 1t has been demonstrated
that 80 per Of those in the ncpient be
cured by going the Adrondacks and abiding there
a considerable time.
There is found natures great sanitarium The balsam
laden air. sweeping $50 miles of dense woodland
thrown off by the forest foliage produces curative quail
ties for this disease beyond the power of ingenuity
to produce in any other way.
If casts aside the commercial feature reforested
and protected the Adirondack Catsk forests kept
for health resort and playground will reward the
State for all labor and money expended
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
How to Know the Trees.

There is an auctioneer whose gift
of the CAB" and native wit draw many
purchasers to his sales. But sometimes,
says a writer in the Springfield Repub-
lican, he is the subject rather than the
cause of amusement.
The mans name is o. A. Kelley. Not
long ago he had to sell, among other
things. lot of pine logs, and the day
before the sale he went over them and
marked the end of each log with his
initials.
On the day of the auction an Irish
man came along and Immediately no.
ticed the logs with the letters on them.
80. A. X" he read, loud enough for
all round to hear. "Begorra, if It's not
just like Kelley to deceive us into be-
LAYING thin pine logs are oak"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
STICKING TO THE POINT
The Question That Won n Good POSI-
ton for n BOv.

The Question That Won n Good Posi-
ton for a Boy.
lawyer wanted an apprentice and
placed an advertisement in the local
paper. number Of boys replied, so
he gathered them all together in his
office at once and looked them over
He found it pretty hard to make
choice, but at length a happy idea
struck him.
"Once upon a time" he said. "a
farmer was very much annoyed by a
huge rat that made very comfortable
living by feeding upon his grain and
other products. He tried traps of all
kinds to catch it, but the willy rodent
evaded them all and apparently en-
joyed the game Of hide and seek that
the farmer had devised for its recrea-
ton. One day. however, as the farme.
turned the corner of a haystack. car
rying a gun in his hand, he spied the
troublesome rodent at the edge of the
hay. Instantly raising his gun. he
fred, but the blazing gun wad dropped
among the hay
Here the lawyer stopped, and, look
ing at the boys. he said. eff any of YOU
want to ask a question, write it on q
piece Of paper" Each did as sug-
gested, and here are some of the ones
tons that were asked:
Did he set the hay on fire?"
"Was the stack burned to the
ground?"
''Did the farmer have his hay IN
sured?"
"Was the fire engine near at handP"
"Was the rat killed."
The boy that asked the last question
was chosen because he stuck to tie
point-American Photography.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
EFFECT OF AN AUTO RACE.
TicLIes an Owner to Have a Car of n
Make Which Takes Big Prize.

TickIes an Owner to Have Car of n
Make Which Takes Big Prize.
1t is, indeed, easily noticeable after
a big automobile race Of any sort, in
which the particular winning make Of
machine gets a great deal of attention,
that owners of cars Of this certain
make are apt to look a little bit more
proud than usual. says the New York
Sun. Take, for instance, directly after
the Grand PriX race at Dieppe, where
Mercedes car was first. There have
been folks driving Mercedes cars in
subdued manner, about the streets of
the city for some years when tie Ger
man machine was not showing up at al
well in races.
But the moment that the Jews of
Lautenschlagers victory was spread
abroad they began to look a little more
conscious as they drove about 1t was
as if each one felt that he had lie
handling Of car that might turn out
any day and win just such a race.
When the 1sotta-F raschini finished
first at Briarcliff that sent the heads
of whole lot Of owners of these cars
away up. 1t Is the same with every
little thing-a road race or hill climb
or some unusual feat; they make the
driver or owner of one of these tri-
umphant cars bit more cocky.
When the Thomas car was leading
the others across the continent Thomas;
drivers, whether they were handling
1904 or 1908 models, apparently all had
mental pictures of what they could do
to some other makes If they wanted TO-.
1t is a sure thing that each of these
races has such a result and sometimes
the drivers are surprised and hurt
when in a road brush they get left by
some car that never won a blue ribbon
as a racer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
BABY'S ITCHING HUMOR.

Nothing Would Help Him-MOther
Almost I'm Despair-Owes Quick
Cure TO Cuticura.
Several months ago, my little boy
began to break out with itching sores.
j doctored him, but as soon as l got
them healed up in one place they
would break out in another. | was
almost in despair. | could not get any
thing that would help him. Then l
Began to use Cuticura Soap and Cuti-
cura Ointment, and after using them
three times the sores commenced to
heal. He is now well, and not a scar
is left on his body. They have never
returned nor left him with bad blood
as one would think. Cuticura Remedies
are the best l have ever tried, and l
shall highly recommend them to any
one who is suffering likewise. Mrs.
William Geeding. 1O2 Washington ST.,
Attica, Ind, July %, 1907"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
ASToNISHED THE DOCTOR
Old Lady Got Well with Change of

Old Lady Got We'll with Change of
Food.
4 great scientist has said we can put
off "old age" if we can only nourish
the body properly.
To do this the right kind of food. of
course, is necessary. The body manu-
features poisons in the stomach and in
testines from certain kinds of food
stuffs and unless sufficient of the right
kind is used, the injurious elements
overcome the good.
'NIy grandmother. Il years old"
writes a y. Y. lady, had been an in
valid for IS years from what was called
consumption of the stomach and bow
els. The doctor had given her up to
die.
Il saw so much about Grape-Nuts
that l persuaded Grandmother to try
1t. She could not keep anything on her
stomach for more than few minutes.
'She began Grape-Nuts with only a
teaspoonful. AS that did not distress
her and as she could retain it. she took
a little more until she could take all OF
4 teaspoonfuls at meal.
Then she began to gain and grow
strong and her trouble in the stomach
was gone entirely. She got to enjoy
good health for one so old and we know
Grape Nuts saved her life.
The doctor was astoniShed that in
stead of dying she got well, and with
out a drop of medicine after she began
the Grape-Nuts." There's a Reason
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich. Read, The Road to Well
yille," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time
They are genuine, true, and full OF
human interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
HAY BROUGHT BY TROLLEY.
Farmers Near Philadelphia ship
Their Produce in This Manner.

Farmers Near Philadelphia Ship
Their Produce in This Manner.
For the second time within a week
fifteen tons of hay have been trans
ported into Philadelphia over the Inc
of the Philadelphia & West Chester
Traction company. illustrating clearly
the advantage of freight transporta-
ton by trolley and demonstrating the
possibilities of the Homsher trolley
freight law, says the Philadelphia
North American.
A little more than a week ago Il
farmer of WilliamStown sent to this
city $1,000 pounds of baled hay. which
were deferred to waiting wagons at
the ed street terminus OF the West
Chester line. Tuesday morning there
came to the station at Goth and Mar
ket streets, 10000 pounds of hay.
which were shipped to Philadelphia
by William Green, a farmer of Edge
mont township.
The distances which the hay trav-
eled was more than thirteen miles. It
reached the city hours before it would
have got in had it been loaded on
steam cars, and served to emphasize
the assertions of traction interests IA
miliar with the workings of the troll
ley freight scheme, that if the trolleys
were used more generally for the car
riage of farm products from the neigh
boring productive counties consumers
here could get supplies much quicker
and in better condition and possibly
much cheaper than they get them now.
The West Chester Company, as well
as other interurban traction systems,
is prepared to go into the trolley
freight business under the provisions
of the HOmsher trolley freight law, on
general scale if the Rapid Transit
company sees fit to permit its cars to
come into this city over the latter's
tracks. Distribution of freight of all
sorts could, under this arrangement,
be made almost at the door of the con-
sumers
The Rapid Transit company is con-
sidering the adoption of such a scheme
and is expected to announce its decis-
ion at the annual meeting of its share
holders next month.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29

meiately the planting of thereon There
time waste. 1t takes from eighty hun
dred years grow a splendid great, beautiful
tree forest crop is not like the farmers crop One
is gathered in a the end Of few months
years growth, and the other is only gathered par
TALLY twenty years partially every succeeding
years and finally the end Of eighty hun
years 1t takes time forest of commercial
value Already too much time has been thrown away.
The State should make the commencement by provid-
ing all the money that necessary establish imme.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
The Swiss referendum.

In some of the cantons of SwitZer-
Land a method resembling the referen-
dun has been in practice since the six
tenth century. The present form was
adopted in the canton of st. Gallen in
1880. In 1913, in spite Of conservative
opposition. the referendum was incor-
porated in the Swiss federal constitu-
ton. and in 1874 it's application was
extended. In all the cantons, except
Frieburg. the referendum is now es-
tabliShed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
Uncle Ben Liked Her.

A Kansas City girl recently married
nearby towns and went there with him
to live. The bridegroom was naturally
eager that his relatives should like his
bride and as one, an old farmer, voiced
no complimentary opinion in his hear
ing he at last asked:
"Uncle Ben, what do you think of
my wife?"
WA. for a fact, George" responded
the OLD fellow, you shore outmarried
Yourself. kansas City Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
Night Doctor Only.

An uptown doctor has a new idea. He
practices at night only. He found that
so many night cases coming on the top of
his office hours and visits wore him out,
so he determined to save his energy for
the night work, which paid best anyway.
He says he finds patients prefer having
a doctor who is fresh and wide awake in
stead of one who is tired out after a
days work-New York Sum-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
Nothing Doing,

Say, l hear somebody in this crowd
said | was Il liar" clustered the vii
lage bully, approaching a group of
men he thought he knew Where's
the guilty party?"
Il guess maybe it was me-" quietly
rejoined husky stranger, who meas
ured fully six feet and looked to be
stronger than an OK, as he pulled off
his coat and proceeded to roll up his
sleeves.
ooh. that's all right" continued the
Keep your clothes on; l didn't say 1
wasn't"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29

Hon. r. S. Tharin. Attorney at Law
and counsel for Antitrust League,
writes from Pennsylvania Ave, \. W.,
Washington. d. c., as follows:
Having used Peruna for catarrhal
disorders, | am able to testify to its
great remedial excellence and do not
hesitate to give it my emphatic endorse
m4nt and earnest recommendation to
all persons affected by that disorder. 1t
is also tonic of great usefulness"
Mr.. T. Barnecott, West Aylmer,
Ontario, Can, writes: Last winter I
was III with pneumonia after haviag
la grippe. | took Peruna for two
months, when | became quite well. I
also induced a young lady, who was all
run down and confined to the house to
take Peruna, and after taking Peruna for
three months she is able to follow her
trade of tailoring. I can recommend
Peruna for all such who are i'll and re-
quire a tonic"
Pe-ru-na Tablets.
Some people prefer to take tablets,
rather than to take medicine in a fluid
form Such people can obtain Peruna
tablets, which represent the solid me
dicinal ingredients of Peruna. Each
tablet is equivalent to one average dose
OF Peruna
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29

Said He-Darling, we have been en-
c?ged for six months. Don't you think
IT is about time we were getting mar
ried:
Said She-Well, I'm willing to be
married just as soon as you can pro-
vide me with a home.
Said He-That being the case, l sup
pose l am to consider the engagement
broken.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
By Way of encouragement

May I ask now You CARRIED your Hfsl
dollar?'' queried the reporter.
Il earned it, young man." said the
financial magnate, many years ago by
doing just what you are doing now, as
my first assignment on newspaper. l
went out to interview a man, and it may
interest you to know that l got a good
deal more information out of him than
you're going to get out of me.'-Chicago
Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
Stirring Times.

What was the excitement over at
the Hobbledy residencef"
"a bee managed to get into the bath
room through the window blinds while
Hobbledy was taking a bath. "-Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-10-29
GOVERNMENT BY RIGHT METHODS.
By Gov. Hughes of New York

We don't want government by ca =
price; we can't afford to have it
That is dangerous. What we want
is absolute loyalty TO the rule of
reason, in insistence upon the de-
termination Of questions after open
debate, In yielding to the will of the
majority after a fair opportunity
for its expression, and recognition
Of the fact that in trying to protect
and remedy defects In the super
structure we must not impair the
foundations which are essential to
our safety.
So it is not merely what is done,
but the way it is done, that is i'm
no, ta0f Rather thousand ia IL