Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-02-06
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washington Is bounded on the east
by the Capitol ard on the west by the
White House. Between them flows a
restless stream of SightSeerS. There
may be other districts of the national
capital worth seeing, but only Il Wash
ingtonian knows it, The tourist has
time and strength only to hit the high
places In New York there are prob
ably as many tourists as in Washing
ton, but with this difference. the New
Yorker does not mind mixing with the
tourist class. In fact. if the tourist
have money and fondneSS for Broad
way and contiguous resorts. the New
Yorker is more than willing, so Mr..
Tourist energies his identity with the
New York push" Washingtonians
never let you forget you are tourist.
Resident women slightly raise their
skirts with an indescribable yet elo-
quent air when they happen to rub
elbows with Il mere tourist of the
same sex in a hotel or department
store elevator A WaShingtonian looks
straight ahead at nothing; the tour
list is known by the angle at which
she crooks her neck.
Congressman Hobson of Alabama,
famous as the hero Of Santiago and
later of several kissing campaigns, is
said to favor the establishment by the
government of an official weekly news
paper for free distribution, for which
he wishes Congress to appropriate
S35O,000. This periodical would con-
tain Il summary of the work of Con-
yress and all departments of the gov
eminent, so far as it might interest
the public. He says the journal is in
tended to form Il connecting link be-
tween the government and the people,
and that the project grew out of his
having ascertained that a vast amount
of valuable material did not reach the
people for whom it was intended. He
thinks the publication of such a paper
will remove distrust and suspicion and
create a renewed interest and conf
dence among the masses in govern
mental affairs.
Pennies left in the boxes by rural
route patrons for the purchase Of
stamps from the carriers will be let
alone if the recommendations of
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
De Graw and Superintendent Spill
man of the rural delivery service is
adopted In cold weather it has al
ways been Il painful duty of the carri-
ers, this hunting around in the ice
cold bottom of n metal mail box with
bare hands 1t has been said that
sometimes fingers of carriers get so
cold and stiff that they are unable to
write out money order receipts. The
recommendation of the two officials is
that patrons place small wooden box
in the mail box, and therein put all
the pennies with which they wish to
buy stamps or anything else. The car
rier could then. without removing his
gloves, empty the contents and go on
his way rejoicing, foiling the attack OF
Jack Frost. If the pennies are not in
tic DoA tit Will NC IL
quired to look for them.
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Cy. Sulloway, of New Hampshire,
still retains his place as the biggest
man in the House of Representatives
and so far no one has appeared that
may claim honor to second place ahead
of Ollie James. of Kentucky. Sulloway
is something more than six and a half
feet tall and weighs but a pound less
than 800 His breadth is propOrtionate
with his height and he towers above
his colleague Frank ID. Currier, as ne
does above most all the members of
the House He is one of the members
who does not exercise his prerogative
of taking his luncheon Oh that side of
the House restaurant where the sign
proclaims "fOr members only" but
each day partakes of sparing lunch
on the public side of the room, where
the motto is that anybody's money Is
good.
The application of George NJ. Austin
of New York for a restraining order
against Secretary Cortelyou, prevent
ing him from allotting $21 100000 Of
Panama Canal bonds to certain ma
tional banks. has been denied by Judge
Gould of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia. Austin charged that
the secretary had violated the law in
rejecting his bid for $3,O00,000 of bonds
and alloting the bonds to national
banks and others at lower figure.
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Postmaster General Meyers order in
regard to the disposition of souvenir
postal cards which reach the dead let
ter office is Il source of happiness to
thousands of unfortunate children.
The cards, instead Of being destroyed,
are now sent to the orphan asylums
and children's homes and hospitals in
Washington, where they give a delight
which even the intended recipient
might not have felt.
SOME Oh lue SOfeTHlueHL DululHps
erected within a quarter Of a century
were designed by men who had rich
ideas in color, but who lacked in every
thing else. Consequently harmony and
artistic effects were not drawn upon
and these piles of the craZy-quilt or
der are out of place alongside the new
ones which excel in artistic merit and
which are worthy of the capital of
mighty nation.
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The United States Mint at Philadel-
phia during the year 1907 turned out
1873, 59S,943 coins, representing value
Of s63. 1863, 10493, a considerable in
crease over the previous years output.
The total value Of the gold pieces
coined was over $54,OOO,O0O, and of the
o;Ivor over e. 100000 while DenniaS