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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
Blow Po.tomce. Get Notbinx

The safe of the Shiocton poStoiice was
blown on recent morning and the Fab
ley & Greenwalt store was also entered.
The burglars escaped on handcar. They
secured no money.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
p.cL,np for Vacation.

Madame A.-The worst is deciding
what TO take.
Madame B.-Thats easy. | take all
my dresses and leave my husband
Transatlantic Tales.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27

Artist-What kind of pictures do you
admire most?
Friend-Rare engrayings. ] particu-
larly admire the landscape on the back
of a 500 bill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
Many Men Go Back to work

The Elm street plant of the Beaver
Dam Malleable Company will resume OPP
erations Feb. "a. 1t employs $50 men
and has been closed since Dec. 10.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27

The total area of l4frica is estimated
at about 11,50o.0O0t square miles, OF
which Great Britain owns 2,I13,910
soul.-e miles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
SALOON ARE VICToRS.

Court Holds PrOprietOrs Cannot Be
Held for Bartenders' Acts.
In the Circuit Court in GAINESVILLE
Judge George Grimm dismissed the cases
of the City of Beloit against j. F. Nc
kearn to recover penalty for the alleged
violation of the city ordinance forbidding
the sale of liquors to minors, and similar
actions against c. NJ. Garyan and Henry
Hauser. The defense in each case main
tanned that the acts complained of were
those of bartenders against the express
orders of the proprietors.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
TOT MAKES LONG TRIP.
Little Fond du Lac Miss Travels
with Tags Pinned to Her Dress

with Tags Pinned to Her Dress.
Little Lois Rose. aged years, who
came to Fond du Lac alone from Guthrie,
KY. las tsummer. has taken another long
trip alone. This time she has gone to
Nashville. Tenn. Attached to the little
tots dress when she left Fond du Lac
were two tags, one giving the name of her
destination and the woman she was going
to visit and the other the address of Mrs
f. ID. Reader of Fond du Lac. who was
to be notified in case of an accident
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27
ShOrtsighted.

Governor Folk declares in public adj
dresses that the tariff Is eating US up
and must be repealed; that the cost of
living is too high and must come down !:
that we must no longer keep our labor
employed at high wages at the expense
of wage earners in foreign lands The
governor is to be commended Tor his
courage, but he must be shortsighted
indeed IL he imagines that the great
masses of the American people are.
moved with sympathy for the foreign
laborer to that extent that will induce
er at kome.-St. Joseph (Mo.) Gazette
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-27

In the seven years 1900 to 1907, our
yearly output of manufactures has
grown from S13,0O0OOOOO0 to at least
SIC, 100000, 0OO-another gain of 49,
50O,OOO000. Many other gains might
be chronicled, but enough are shown
to justify the statement that the thing,
the right thing, to do with the present
Protective Tariff IS to let it alone
Waiter J. Ballard in 1.-THE Protection
iSt
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
DEAD OR DYING.

Reaction Is Slow; but Sure, Against
Civic Gommerciaiism. Z
The mayor Of Holland, Mich, writes
that negotiations are on foot to have a
private company supply the lighting.
1t would cost $4,000 to put the mu,
nicipa! plant IN condition for efficient
service. -"
At a citizepsI meeting recently held
In Trensoa,ss B1selb, the city COUNCIL. VIA
INSTRUCTED 10 ehteS into ne gotfations
for the sale Of the electric light plant
Chester, ILL, has voted. against the
purchase Of the waterworks system.
.Manitowoc, Wis, recently voted two
to one against purchasing the water.
works and four to three in favor Of
submitting the question of rates to tho
state commission. Only about a qua--.
ter OF the regular vote was polled,
which, is not. encouraging to adv coates
Of the referendum"
By a vote Of 800 to a. the people Of
Washington, Ind, rejected a scheme
Tor remodeling the municipal lighting
plant Notwithstanding the alternative
presented by the common council Of
providing for extensive repairs or
eventually abandoning the business OF
municipal lighting The plant has
fallen behind year after year, although
liberal appropriations have been made
for Its support, and repairs have been
neglected till 1t Is little better than a
mass Of junk. : An expert who recently
examined it decided that it would re-
Auire $4,000 to put the plant In good
running order, and the people were
asked to vote on the question Of ex.
pense. The negative vote means that
the plant viii be sold.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
his sTEARIBL & { Es /
Senator cass ceald Almost ssisaraiy.s ).
Xxx Mar With 4 .Luoks ~ - '15h :

Giant heads, bodies and bkSins were
.WebsterSahd Cass., All the strength Of
New Hampshire granite was ,concen-
trated h fSose two Sons. no look upon
them mode 1.-THE ordinary man feel
small. Wonderful eyes they possessed,
aud men have been Known ytos shiverl
with dread when one or the other; al
loved, 4Ris$$ glance to. fall upon them.
Cassi cOuld look thr0ug d stranger In
way to trake his brain burn ana his
knse1 knock together. i On8; searching
stare sAeth ed ITO destroy all lnasntality
andsdn> ths. victim with .pafaittiS emo
t1ons;lFff * fE.sN& N -:,%,I.f: ~, ~
No man dared taKeS lIbartlA with
Cass. y IN 184B the proprietor of the
Natfohal hotel I'm Washington was "a
mar who 30 closely y resembled tho
great senator from Michigan that he
was a,. Otter mis- taken for him. An old
friend rping from journey en-
tered the lobby and, seeing him. leant
Ing, against the desk, slipped up be-
hind and hit, him q terrific ,whack on
the shoulder, saying cheertly and 81
simultaneously: Hello, old mani! Here
/ am back again. How are your"
Senator Cass Strengthened up his six
feet three and, turning upon the assail-
amt his terrible. bloodshot eyes, almost
anhihilated him with a look Not a
word was spoken. That look was am
ple.. The. stranger was. So ratified"
that he could not even apologize, but
SUNK, dejectedly out Of the hotel.
Later ;fns the day when congress was
supposed to- be in session the stranger
returned to the hotel to shake hands
with the proprietor and tell him all
about the; :: Cass. incident. Walking
bravely up, he laid his hand down on
his friends shoulder and, WITHOUT wait
+ Ing for q greeting surprised him with:
|. "See here, old fellow, you got me In
| a dfuce' OF a scrape this morning.
WlhSf'yyQkl know, took old Cass for
you, 'slapped him ON thet back, nearly
taking off shoulder, and the old fool
looked at me as If he wanted to com.
NIT murder, The darned old lunatic
why doesn't he, stay out of here? He
knows''-" Again the great senator
from Michigan Strengthened up his six
feet three, again he turned his blood
| shot eyes, again he looked and again
the victim fed. Two mistakes Of that
kind In one day! -. &C.,. j.,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
A SIBERIAN MAMMOTH.
Ito Discovery In tho River Iona and
How 1t Was'Lost.

Ito Discovery In the River Iona and
How It Was'L Lost. -
In 1846 a young Russian engineer,
Benkendorf, say the river Lena in ST.
IBERIA release a dead mammoth frozen
ages ago in the bog. There had been
exceptionally warm weather in the
north Of Siberia. and the river, swoll-
EN- by melting snow and Ice and tor
rentials warm rains, swept out of it's
old channel and carved q new one, car
rytng to the sea vast quantities OF Its
former banks and furrowing up the
t5awing Dogs over which it raced. As
he made his way I'm q steam cutter
against the current Benkendorf saw
the head Of mammoth appear above
the food Rush upon rush Of water
more and more released the body. Its
hind legs were still Embedded when he
saw 1t, but twenty-four hours liberated
these. The mammoth had sunk feet
hrst2into a bog. The ooze had frozen
over it. Successive tides had heaped
soil and vegetation upon 1t. Bone and
flesh and hair were perfect. They Sc
cured It They cut or it's tusks. They
dissected it and found in it's stomach
the last meal it. had eaten, young
shoots OF the fir and pine and masti-
Gated fir cones. They were still at
their work when the river, spreading
farther, engulfed them. The men es-
capped, but the waters Surged over the
mammoth and carried 1t for carrion to
the sea. 'a'.' .'.,.. I IS
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
his grade is Saaking in the Study Sof
vocal music. 1"%2F.fy
{ THE$nkRkIEsr WEDDING e

Over Twsnty Thousand Persons Vvsro
r. Marrisd shysOno Ceremony. -,
The biggest Wsdding ever known to
history was fsh Alexander the. Great
and over f1dG6C OF. his soldiers ! to-
part in wedding in the coustssostst5a.
RUS, king OF PBrSta, after the latt6r's
conquest by S5knder. Twenty thou
sand two ihiSd and two pSrs ons
T were made IDS and wives in one
*sremon & N.Y. assSfSSt .. ,.*t'3 ~
IS The facts an sthese: After cofiauerS
Ing King Darlus, ALEXANDER deter
mined to wed StAtiro, daughter. or the
conquered ktngsSan issued A decree
that on that's Occasion 100 Of his chief
officers shquld fmafry 100 wotnei from
the noblest Psrstan and Medean fam.
lies, He f4Ethsfs Stipulated that, II, 900
OF his GreeEs$0di should take to
wife 10000 AsfA@e women e.; - -. ::
;, For this PURPOSE a vast pavilion. was
erected, the pillars being sixty feet
Eigh. Z One AtMHared gorgeous cham
bers adjoinsa afhbs Sfor the 100 noble
bridegrooms Mle for the 10000 sol.
diers an oater court was inclosed: Out
side of this ta6iesswere spread for. the
multitude. y IL #~,t ...
Each paf ma seats and ranged
themselves In nEa q S circle round the
royal throne: $50 1t would have tai ken
several .weeksMf the few priests, TO
have married this vast number or Gou-
pies had the cerefhony been petfeffhead
in the ordinary way, Alexander invent
cd CT ,ioy, ~ NJ no
He gave his hand, to Statiro and Kissed
her, and all the remaining bridegraonas
did the ga messtos the womehsbe Sde
them, and thus. ended the ceren ony
that united tho greatest number of
people at oneS4iine ever known go
Then. occurred ~ five days festival
which, forkgrandaur and mngpihcepce
never has since been equaled - ! II.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13

Fiqhtinq Geese.

In Russia pits for cock fighting are
unknown, but goose pits" some sixty
years ago were common throughout
that mighty Kingdom The effect Of
this can be seen today In the geese
which are Indigenous to the country,
the Arsamas and the Tula' varieties
particularly showing to'a marked de.
gree the fighting. cha racters Of their
ancestors. The Arsamas gander has
bill which Is entirely different IN
form from that Of the geese known In
any other part Of the world. This spe-
cial structure enables the bird to take
firm grip on the neck or back Of It's
antagonist. $780,
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
MAN AND HIS HORSE.
The Way TO Show, .Approv5k That the
Animal Will Appreciated

The Way. TO 5Shops. @ApprovatP That the
Animal Will Appreciated
Caress plays NO small part In de-
veloping the best@in any horse, but this
Is never to bel BY word OF mouth. You
may as we'll curse Us bless for all your
horse knows; erSeares The catess of
the hand addTaAsed to the part with
which. the2 anlmAI5Sha just performed
some feat is always appreciated-the
expression shows that-and one loves
to see a good man as he lands safe
over a big place just reach back and
give the clever. horse a loving pat or
two on that. swelling muscular loin
which has bReIB,'the chief agent in
negotiating the obstruction.
-: Do not pat neck or shoulder or any
part not actively engaged in the under
taking. CarsssJ may do no good, but
it is pleasant toabelicve that it does.
and we are quite positive, that the
voice simply di%erts attention. The for
mer mode Of address is at ieast worthy
Of trial il only sis a mark Of apprecia-
ton alsesgesn twAkgsptlepnsns 1.-The
tht'eatanf tones gApIsesS eplp af lilies
FRerVicaa ftea but thEs ~ soE Only when
horses have been abused and associate
punishn1yent with the stern voice. The
wild horse 1aas indifferent, TO the voice
Of Affections aS to that 81 "a From
: Schooling tile HfnteT''iily Frank NJ.
Ware in Outing Magazine
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
DraMned Manikcrinf.

\ James Russell Lowelk the FIRST edl
tor Of the Atlantic, was walking across
Cambridge bridge when his hat blew of
and fell into the Charles with half q
dozen or more manuscripts with which
1T was freighted ana WHICH he was re-
turning to the Boston Office. A boat
man recovered the hat, jbut the scat
tered, manuscripts persisted in those
waves Of oblivion. "If they had been
accepted articles, it wouldn't have
been quite so bad, for" said he, eve
might with some grace ask the writers
for fresh copies. But how can you tel
self respecting contributor that bis
manuscript has been''not only rejected
but sent to watery graveY-J. r.
TroW bridge In Atlantic.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
The Chrysanthemunn.

Both in China and Japan is the
chrysanthenum great favorite. 1t
Is said that Chinese gardeners to
whom the plant was first known, will
allow nothing to deter them from it's
culture They will even give up their
situations If forbidden by their en-
ployers to grow it. Chinese emigrants.
too, take this flower Of their hearts"
with them to other lands and cultivate
1t afectionately In their exile as re-
minder;of their native country. There
Is a Chinese "Everything comes to him
who knows how to wait" which has
been Anglicized as follows:
In the second month the peach tree
blooms
But not till tho ninth the chrysanthe-
NUNS,
30 each must wait till his own turn
- COfneg.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13

a third story, to- r. G. Browns fiat, on
DonnalIy street 49, |s ."'...
Puffs and bangs, Mrs. Browns, 500
Capitol street t,fs~.'' "Y''' -.
Miss Bessie S!"1ray16t iert TUESDAY
for. Toledo. Ohio. 49,. A1... 81,
>Wre. Clara Isaacs, Of Chillicothe, O.,
is visiting at the home OF her cousin,
w. H; Davis, Court street. 81,
Mfk. sallie Scott, of sentz Street -
reported, TO be slowly recovering from
recent illness. =, -. 80: ~
Mrs. Frances Lowery entertained ct
dinner, Sunday evening, in honSr Of
Mrs Vieal. There we're seated all the
table: Mrs, V!gaf, Mrs. Maria Alex.
ander, Mrs. S. r. Bullock, .Mra sarhan.
tina Bell, Mrs. M. O: Mitchell, and the
hostess. ,..,..., !r ~
The funeral Of Mr.. .Mince Taylor
whose demise occurred Monday, atlthe
residence of JOS. Kent, his son-in-law
was conducted at Simpson = NJ E.
church, Yesterday, by the pastor, Rev
D. W, Waters, assisted by Rev. We
Walker. The remains we're escorted
to the cemetery by the local Odd Eel.
lows lodge, Of which the deceased was
a member. He is survived by four
daughters, three sons and a number Of
grandchildren.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
MILO Profits 2

Politicians manage municipal affairs
In such way, that their own interests
are cared for first and public service
Is only minor and subsidiary feature,
Money collected from taxpayers Is
spent for the benefit Of the gang in
stead Of for that OF the people, and the
consequence is that enterprises con-
Quoted by the city are invariably not
merely Ill managed, but enormously
expensive. -' >. -----
There Is no, reason to hope that this
state Of affairs will be changed SO long
as human nature remains what it is,
and therefore the people will not be
likely In their sober senses to intrust
any public utility that can safely be
left In the hands of private enterprise
to any city government Chicago Jour
nal
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
CHARACTER IN WALKING.
Traits Which Are Readily Disclosed
. by Ones Gait

"There's conceited man coming
down the street." said the girl in the
group on q corner. . Chow do I know?
: BY his walk. / can tell the chief trait
of any PERSONS character by watching
him or her walk. For instance, If q
man walks with q heavy lift to his
hips he's sure; to be obstinate. If he
sinks down little on his heels he has
a comfortable attitude toward life and
the world in general-in fact, he's d bit
lazy. That woman coming down the
street now isfa gossip. Amy one could
tell that hhea use ee her aHincfn gAf ussM
gait: Indectstont iss the chief character
1stic OF thatwoman'S character across
the street Don't you see how she
swings her foot rather hesitatingly in
the air before she puts it down? =.
''..Ehe man who walks with his knees
leading Is sure to be Of the pious type
the disagreeably pious type, mean
You see that old codger who is cross
Ing the road with his stomach seem
ing to lead the rest. Of him-4wen,, Of
course it Is evident that feeding is his
chief delight. When an intellectual
man walks his head leads. That girl
who sways SO is self conscious Yes.
that girl going down the street has q
pretty walk, gliding and quiet, but
watch out for her; she is treacherous
In the extreme. @.s /.
1.-THE man who puts his feet down
especially soiidly is heavy and some
what stupid. That little person cross
Ing the road with quick, clean step
is energy personified, but he has the
sort Of energy which has no regard for
the rights or feelings Of others. The
girl coming out Of that store has an
ugly streak In her nature Don't you
see how she puts her foot down un.
willingly as If She were saying: 4
won't! I won'tp l shouldn't advise
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
The DrSam and tho Reality.

Municipal jobs are usually given out
as political rewards. The fitness Of
the applicant, his faithfulness to duty,
his, honesty, integrity and industry are
all secondary considerations. His faith
fulness and his value to party or fac
ton are OF first importance to the par
ty managers, who really run all mu-
nicipal plants. NThe result Is indiffcr-
ence and eTtravagancey high costs Of
production and operation--in short, thu
complete annihilation Of the beautiful
theory Of the dreamers --Connellsville
pa Courier
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
A Domestic Breakdown.

a we'll known lord discovered thief
IN his London house. Aided by fthe
butler, be secured the man and then
rang the bell. A servant appeared,
whom the peer requested to "go into
the kitchen and bring up policeman
or two" The domestic returned and
said there were no policemen on the
premises. what" exclaimed his mas
Ter In incredulous tones. DO you
mean to tell me that with cook, two
scullery maids, kitchen maid and
three housemaids in my employ there
is no policeman in my kttchen2 1t IS
indeed miracle, and our prisoner
shall reap the benefit Turner, let the
man go nstantlyr'-London Standard.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
q 81 FFtdky he h4sI1 giysn ia sptbs
Ejaet SONG study . a - y 3i.l
NEW ZEAL lNp's RAILWAYS.
ksV Flnanolal AnaIysIs ~ Prefssso,
4 ", "a 4. - RosslonoI bf Dsnvsr. Il,

i. ''ag; - Rosslsnsl 81 Denver. 4
+ A recent issue ,sot1 Moody,s Maya
Zine contains thorough .analys Of
New Zealand Railway Finances by,
Professor J.. 70. Le Rossignol Oh the
University OF Denver. ; The writer
points out that tho New Zealand gov,
ernmeht, which owns the ,railwa ~
"oorrows money at j3.75 Per cent and
latterg at 4 per cent for the mainte-
nance Of railways which earn Less
than 1.60% per cent upon the capital
coat, and this yearly deficit Of over
PRO per gent must ultimately fall up
On the taxpayers. "@ - ~ :, =, !,
Commenting on tabular exhibit Of
the finances, Professor LIE Rossignoi
says" %$ie,Mr ... -, ). .T.,%
= From these figures It is clear TINT
the capital cost Of the roads had, inr
creased. out Of all proportion to the in
crsase In tpileage, that the working ex-
penses have Increased much faster
than the gross earnings and. that the
net loss in ten years. has amounted to
the enormous sum lot f4,3S0,147 or
more than $21 100000, and this in a
time of great prosperity, which can
not be expected to last forever" -.
After showing that fares average
about the same as In this country the
seryice Is described as follows: e.; 20,
There are no night trains, and the
service on most of the lines is rather
inftequent.> The best service in New
Zealand is that between .Christchurch
and Dunedin, where there are two ex,
presR trains daily, travelling at speed
Of twenty five miles an hour, On most
Of the other lines express trains travel
from fifteen to: twenty-one miles mn
honr and ordinary trains from ten to
fourteen miles an hour. J.. ~ p.
The author goes into considera Bile,
detail in regard to freight rates, which
he considers to average about five
times those Of the United States. The
most serious charge against the maa-
agem emit is that it lends itself to polit-
teal uses: . -. - ...
Politics has had altogether too much
to do with the construction of roads
the appointment and promotion Of off,
Gals, the frequency of service, the fix,
Ing of rates and the departmental ad-
mtnistrat ton in general Railways have
frequently been built for the sake OF
securing votes rather than traffic and
business has been so often subordinat-
ed to polite, that tits no wonder that
the net returns are political rather
than financial I'm their character"
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-02-13
\ \


MesnoHlaks 90 q M ri Il iiIiStsast,i
,,.SlNer. FsSct III ,vyar. y n.
"TheR ~ Il st8sk birch tree on thu
bAnks ot;fhS Pora SBNrk ,branch sof the
Little Corr river, Id ABbohe county, W.
,Naa" aAid n6. or I,l&red. OF Madison,
w. Va. i"and Ette S,8uid fos hard with
any man who put an ak to It. That
tree has St6s Z !, !; Il. q. a. u, i J.:
SsWhen thu ttcsn war began IN
I840 q gestptttAg Rcer, visited alum
ber cFhap ~ ne otnity OF Madison,
seskihH enliatyn ehb from the sturdy
woodEmen who, were at work there,
AMONG then was a slant lumbern,an
namedN Jim Martin. } ~'>ST
~ k9e jWas HNsinK e handspika made
from q river birch Sapling recently cut
and stll greeny Aager TO go to the
front he thrust his 5handBpike deep
into the soft soil ,ot stt6 river bank
and went sway with the Recruiting Of
6cer. &y.;> -. .L'@ q . ~ 3..t~I X,
THE handspikay Jim Martin used
was TOO big and heavy for ANY Of his
fellows to handle, Ana it was LETT stick:
Ing WHARF, hs had jahbed It into the
ground. The next spring it. WAS mo-
ticed that It was putting forth green
shoots, showing that 1T $shnd rooted in
the ground. 'stsI 81, - -, 49,.
y 1T was left undisturbed. and It grew
to be great tree, and it stands today
on the spot wherS the patriotic Jim
Martin thrust it into the earth as n
battered handspiks.. Jim Martin was
killed In battle, and his bones lie some
where on Mexican ground, but he has
his monument in this still sound and
vigorous trea. which ID n revered land.
mark In all that country ."-Washing-
ton Post =. 49,.