Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-16

MIS-. I1ny La ROuX, Boston girl.
claims to be the first woman in the
world to ride and propel an airship,
which is her own property. Her bal
loon ascensions are well known to
New England people, who have pro-
nounced them most successful. She is
little woman, weighing less than
100 pounds.
R. F. Wilson, of Bags, Colo, will
file on a piece of ground on which is
now located the Bags cemetery. The
land belongs to the government. Will
son will, as soon as he acquires title
to the land, turn it over to the city
This will be the first time on record,
1t is said, where a man homesteaded
a graveyard.
Abram Schaeffer, who resides near
Elizabethtown, Pa, made a vow in
1856 that if James Buchanan should
be elected President he would never
part with his mustache. Mr.. Shaeffer
was at that time in Baltimore. AS
Buchanan was elected, the West Don
egal man has not had a bare upper
lip in the last fifty-two years.
1 am more than confirmed in the
Impression 1 always get when l visit
Germany-the impression that the
drill-sergeant pursues the German cit
lien from the army to all departments
Of life; that the nation remains well
watched, well drilled and very docile
army inside invisible barracks and
submitting to iron discipline all the
moments of its life.-T. P's Weekly.
Robert Sewell, of Stidham, a Creek
Indian, is one Of the most widely
travelled men in Oklahoma, having
been in England and on the continent
Of Europe, besides having claimed a
residence in both South America and
Australia. He has been around some,
and was absent from his country and
people more than twenty-five years
He returned only two years ago, just
in time to claim his rights as a Creek
citizen.-Kansas City Times.
An old-time spelling bee was held
at the Carnegie Hall, in Bryan, Tex,
between the Ladies' Aid Society Of
the Baptist church and the Home
Mission Society of the Methodist
Church. Mrs. ]. Webb Howell was
captain of the Baptist side and Mrs.
Matte Hall captain of the Methodist
side. There were about twenty-five
contestants to each side The Meth
odist ladies won the contest, having
went out and down.
They have a drastic way Of curing
carelessness on the part of railway
employees in France. Last August a
child of 9, Emile Remilly, travelling in
a train with his parents, fell from
the coach, the door of which had not
been properly shut at the last station,
st. Cyr, and lost both his legs. The
st. Cyr station master has been SEN
fenced to two months Imprisonment,
and the Western railway will have
to pay $4,000 damages as we'll as an
annuity of $1,000 to the boy.
TaXicabs in London, as in New
York, are marked success, and the
hanson Is being crowded out, reports
say. Although scarcely a year has
passed since these swift moving car
riages appeared, the capital already
invested In London taxicabs is S1O,-
100000. There are 75S taxicabs on
the streets, 1900 taxicabs on order
and LOO licensed drivers. There are
eight London taXicab companies, the
average days earnings Of a cab be-
Ing S11.20. The average cost Is
S1,703.
During the recent Mississippi guber-
Material campaign the Hon. Jeff Truly
was one Of the unsuccessful aspirants
for the majority suffrage Of his fell
low-citizens. Prohibition doctrines fig
ured in the struggle and seemed very
important to a Methodist minister.
Brother Truly" said the minister, 81
want TO ask you a question. Do you
ever take drink of whisky?' "Befo'
answer that" responded the wary
Brother Truly, Il want to know
whether it Is an inquiry or an invi-
tation?"
At the melting of the Plomesgate
Insomnia is the not uncommon fate
Of the brain-worker who. after years
Of continuous mental strain, retires
from active life. The reason is that
mental activity demands a large sup
ply of blood for the brain, and the
blood vessels gradually accommodate
themselves to this large supply. But
when the hard work is over, the brain
does not always realize that 1t needs
less nourislment, and hence the con-
dition Of excessive mental activity
which is what insomnia is.--London
Mail.
recticnal courts, fined the manage
ment Of the Albisu Theater $50 a few
days ago for violating the ordinance
against the playing Of the Marcia de
Cadiz (Cadiz March,. There is a De
culiar but reasonable prejudice in
Cuba against this Spanish march. 1t
was to that tune, in the days when
Spain ruled the island, that the Gu
ban patriots marched to their execu-
ton. So, when the Independent govern
ment was established, six years ago.
a ban was placed On the march and
1t has seldom been heard since then.
Senior Valdes, manager of the Albisu
Theater, explained that the large
Spanish element In the house demand
ed the playing Of the Cadiz March,
and he complied to avoid trouble.