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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
As to Oklahoma,

Speaking of tornadoes," observed the
boarder with the high forehead, IF the
one that visited Oklahoma the other day
had happened along a few months sooner
there would have been a provision in the
State constitution abolishing tornadoes.
That's about the only thing they over
lnnkn =
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Assistant Postmaster General De
graw expresses great satisfaction in
the growing interest daily being mani
tested throughout the country in the
good roads movement. Fifty per cent
of the roads are travelled by rural mail
carriers
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
If Your Ewes Bother You

get a box of PETTIT'S EYE SALVE,
old reliable, most successful eye remedy
made. All druggists or Howard Bros,
Buffalo, y. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

late DR.. Morgan
Dix. who had been
pastor for fOrty-siX
years, guides the
spiritual II d t 0
some extent the
temporal welfare of
the richest church
corporation in the
world DR.. Manning
is noted as an adj
miniStratOr and or
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

served the ninety
fifth anniversary of
his birth. He is
one of but three
surviving Governors
of the civil war pc
Rod and is the old
est living ex-Goy-
ernOr of any State.
Mr.. IIolbrook en-
joys excellent health
despite the weight
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
We Are Fortunate.

Each day brings some new worry"
declared the pessimist.
(Which enables us to forget the wor-
~ of yesterday" was the optimist's re-
ply-Washington Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
The Fall Guy.

81 dropped four stories this morn
ing without being injured"
"Wh.what!'
Fact. They'd just been returned
with thanks, and 1 dropped 'em in
the fireplace "-Kansas City Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Merely IL SamnIe.

what is the matter, little boy?" asked
the professor. Have you the measles?'
Nope answered the boy. I've got
the measle. They's only one of EN-"
That's singular. :" unused the professor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Those Delicious Lemon Pies.

The kind that make Your mouth water
are easily made with no fussing and at least
possible expense If you use "OUR-PIE"
Preparation. Don't hesitate. Try 1t and
tell your friends. At grocers, i0 cents.
Three kinds Lemon, Chocolate and Gus
tard. Put up by D-Zerta Food Co., Roches-
ter, n y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

More proof that Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound saves
woman from surgical operations.
Mrs. S. A. Williams, of Gardiner,
Maine, writes:
81 was a great sufferer from female
troubles, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound restored me to health
in three months, after my physician
declared that an operation was abso-
lutely necessary"
Mrs. Alvina Sporting, of 154 Cley-
bourne Ave, Chicago, Ill, writes:
Il suffered from female troubles, a
tumor ard much Inflammation. Two
of the best doctors in Chicago decided
that an operation was necessary to save
nv life. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound entirely cured me without
y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

W place W III. j eil-
Il j II 9 $ Bryan III
II 0 III i II a ton for
President of the
United State $.
Dunn is one of the
four delegates-at-
large selected by
the State conven-
ton. He is City
Attorney Of Onna-
ha and has been
i d G II ii fl ed with
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
His Usual Course.

What do you do asked the fair bridge
player, whispering TO the man sitting
behind her, when you have hand like
that?"
Il generally swear" he answered.
Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Had n NIOn0poly,

Hostess Ca evening party)-Mr.
Weerius seems to be enjoying himself bet
ter than anybody here.
Host-Naturally Nobody else is en-
joying him at all.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

A rubber tree four feet in diameter
yields twenty gallons of sap, making 40
pounds of dry india rubber
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

LA-oOF- HOLbI.OUh.' OF ytaTs aIlu ldhes
a keen interest in political and other
affairs. He is still active in business,
being president of the Vermont Savings
Bank, an Office he has held for thirty
eight years. He has never missed a
meeting Of the banks officers since he
has been president of the institution.
Mr.. HolbrOok is fine type of the gen
tleman Of the old school, He af-
fects the dress and manner Of the days
of Lincoln and Grant He is a great
reader and letter writer.
-
Rev. DR.. William Thomas Manning
who has been elected rector of Trinity
Chruch, New York, to succeed the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Agreed with the Authorities

Instructor Cat night school) What
proof have we that the earth is round?
Shaggy Haired Pupil-Don't need no
proof. I'm willin' to believe the jogra-
phieS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thITty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positivelycure thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostratiOn.
Why don't you try it?
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick
women to write her for advice.
She has guided thousands to
health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

ganiZer. and this is REV. DR. MANNING.
what Trinity parish, with it's yearly
revenues of $1,00O0OO, its nine
and congregations of nearly 10000 per-
sons, needs. There were only three
churches in Trinity parish when DR..
Dix became the rector in 1862, and the
parish is still expanding and destined
for continued growth. Dr. Manning's
career in the church has been one Of
rapid advancement.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

The hands of the housewife will be
kept soft and white and free from all
chap, redness or roughness if borax is
rSpd
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Glass telephone poles, reinforced by
wire, are being used in some parts of
Germany.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

It's the Judgment of many smokers
that Lewis Single Binder &c cigar
equals in quality the best Toe cigar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

The noise of railway train can be
heard $500 yards through the air, and
the whistle of a locomotive as far as
$500 yards.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Sixty carloads of Canadian-made har-
vesting machinery have been ordered
for Siberia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

When 4 woman has q COW and sells
milk. she credits more luxuries n the
house to the COW than she credits to
her husband.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

The first postofice scheme was pri-
vate enterprise and was begun about
1864.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

The value of the potato crop Of 1907
was s190O00.O00. or > per cent above
the average for the five previous years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

IGNATIUS j. DUNN. Democratic State
politics for twelve years. He is a bril-
liant orator. So y. r'7ssi
= ] s~'-- -. E&~r
William II. Crane, who is now appear
Ig in George AIDES Father and the
Boys" announced in New York that he
would probably never create another role.
though he may be seen in one or two re-
tivals after the present season. Mr.
Crane is 63 years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

y Permanently Cured by DR.. klipe's Great
Nerve Send Tor Free az trial bottle ana treatise
DIR. II. KLINE. Id e3i Arch Street Philadelphia, Pa
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

One Of the remarkable men of New
England is ex-Goy. Frederick Holbrook,
of Brattleboro, Vt, who recently OBJ
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

REV. F. Il. FISHER. odist Church. Bos-
ton. DR.. Fisher has always been OPP
posed to big salaries to clergymen. He
is now drawing 5000 Il year. He says
that he only needs 81 POO to live and
that Il preacher has no right to draw
IL larger salary than his living eX-
penseS. The money could be better
used to relieve the distress Of the
poor he says.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Australia's only beast of prey is the
dingo, or Wild dog.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
lzaAg||ElI i
I-=YIIIll1Jye
GOSSIP
"NN~O0%0O~

Inc rate at which the dirt is at last
flying at Panama is such that nothing
but the wet climate prevents the
whole canal zone from being marked
by pillar of cloud by day. The num-
Der OF cubic yards of dirt excavated
has been steadily increasing for some
months. 1t is estimated that at this
rate excavation would be completed in
thirty-twO months. or, allowing for
emergencies. by January l. 1911. Both
the cost of labor. in wages paid to the
men, and the cost of housing and feed
ing them, are now considerably higher
than were provided for in the esti-
mates of the earlier engineers; but it
is the opinion Of Colonel GOethals, as
expressed 10 committees of Congress,
that the cost is amply justified by the
better health and greater contentment
OF the men, and by the larger amount
of work they are accomplishing. Low
priced labor is VIGOROUSLY the most eX-
pensive. An important change in the
plans of the canal is the location of
dams and locks at Mirafores which
the engineers had previously placed at
La Boca. Mirafiores was the original
location, but bOrings showed that what
had been taken for bedrock was only
Il shallow ledge undertake by soft ma
terIal and la Boca was substituted.
More extensive behring's. however, dis
covered the true bedrock but
short distance below the ledge, aud
SO the original plan will prevail.
This will be greatly to the advant-
age of the completed canal, because
the locks and dams at La Boca could
have been shelled by a hostile fleet
from distance of four miles, whereas
at Miratiores they will be four miles
farther inland. and completely hidden
from the coast.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Mrs Winslow's SoorHING SYRUP for Children
seethtns softens the gums, reduces Inflammation al
lays pain, cures wind 5Jlic. p cents q bottle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

The Canadian farmer works from
twelve to sixteen hours day in the
6;,sy season.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

One ounce of eggs will produce $4,000
silk worms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Death claimed the youngest member
Of the United States Senate when Will
lam James Bryan, of Florida, passed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

John S. Lcech, who has been appoint
ed public printer by President RoOse-
ypIt is n natiyp of Bloomington I'll
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

The United States National Museum
has just received Il Request from the
late Stephen Decatur Smith, through
his son. s. Decatur Smith. Jr., of Phil
adelphia, of ii plain gold ring. formerly
the property os Commodore Stephen
Decatur, given him by his fellow officer
Richard Somers, at Tripoli, in 1904.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
\ bill making it a misdemeanor for

y bill making it misdemeanor for
amusement places to discriminate
against persons wearing the uniform
of the army or navy. the national
guard or naval reserves, has been
passed in the Senate Of Rhode Island.
President Roosevelt and many naval
officers wrote letters supporting the
hin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

The chief cause of Constipation and
Indigestion is a weakness of the Muscles
that contract the lntestiEes and Bowels.
Cascarets are practically to the Bowel
Muscles what Massage and Cold Bath
are to the Athletic Muscles.
They stimulate the Bowel Muscles 10
contract, expand. and squeeze the Diges-
tive Juices out Of food eaten.
They don't help the Bowels and Liver In
such a way as TO make them lean upon
similar assistance for the future.
This is why, with Cascarets, the dose
may be lessened each succeeding time
instead Of increased, as it mus. ~ with all
other Cathartics and Laxatives.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Cascarets act Ike exercise.

If carried in your vest pocket. Tor carried
in My Lady's Purse,) and eaten just when
you suspect you need one, you will never
know a sick day from the ordinary Ills Of life.
Because these Ills begin in the Bowels.
and pave the way for all other diseases.
"Vest Pocket" box 10 cents. 1877
Be sure you get the genuine, made only
by the Sterling Remedy Company, and never
sold in bulk. Every tablet stamped "CCC."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Did you ever hear Of a man who got
too much salary and asked to have it
rednced? Probably not. Probably Won
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
The Handy Doctor in Your
Vest Pocket

1 -
Enamel Box
When carried in your vest pocket
IL It means Health-lnsurance.
II contains Six Candy Tablets of pleasant
taste, almost as pleasant as Chocolate.
Each tablet is working dose of Cas-
carets, which acts like Exercise on the
Bowels and Liver.
II will not purge, sicken, nor upset the
stomach.
Because it is not "Bile-driver," like
Salts, Sodium, Calomel, Jalap, SIENNA, nor
Aperient Waters.
Neither is it like Castor Oil, Clycerine,
or other Oily Laxatives that simply Intricate
the lntestines for transit of the food stopped
up in them at that particular time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

The Navy Department has begun ne
gotiations with Captain Alma Clark
inventor of secret device for locating
ships in the dark or fog without the
aid of a searchlight, to obtain exclus-
i've use of it. Clark is Oh duty at one
of the ports Of Boston. and even his
brother officers have been kept III ignor
ance of the invention for fear that
some foreign spy may get hold Of the
secret.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28

Charles Bottineau. at one time chief
Of advisers of the Mississippi Chippe
was, and later at the head of Turtle
Mountain band of Indians of North Da.
kOta. died in Washington at the home
of his nephew. Judge J. B. Bo5tineau
The county of Bottineau, \. d, was
named in honor of the elder BOttineau.
lie was So years of age.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-05-28
Your Old Straw Hat :

Straw Hat Cleaner Makes u Ike new.
sent PREPAID for lOe. EusA.tz 4 Co., Be
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Curinc Snake Bites.

Considerable difference of opinion eS-
lists with regard to 4 trustworthy REM
edy for snake bites. DR.. Lauder Brlln-
ton advocates the use Of permanganate
of potash applied Immediately. MI.
Greengrass of North Arcot district,
Madras, however, as the result Of vari-
Gus experiments states that acetic acid,
even in the diluted form Of vinegar, is
an important and effcctual remedy,
and it can be applied effectually as
long as an hour or an hour and a half
after the bite. Cases Of recovery from
snake bites have followed the appiica-
ton of vinegar after such intervals.
An incision must be made over the
bite, as much OF the poison as possible
squeezed out. and then vinegar is to
be injected If The bite is on limb, a
ngature must be placed above it. Mr..
Greengrass records twenty-nine cases
Of recovery from cobra bites by such a
use OF vinegar. The one failure which
occurred was due to the fact that no
incision had been made over the bite.
A similar treatment is recommended
for the stings Of scorpions.-London
Standard
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
A Quaint Enolish Ceremony.

On the last day Of each October the
city solicitor Of London, with an as
sistant, attends upon the royal remem-
brancer, when by proclamation ''the
tenants and occupiers Of a piece OF
waste ground called the moors, in the
county Of Salop," are commanded to
"come forth and do your service upon
pain and peril that shall fall thereon" !"
The solicitor chops in halves two fag-
OTIS. one with a Ratchet and the other
with biuhook Atterward comes the
summons to the tenants, etc., Of "a
certain tenement with q forge" IN the
Strand and the payment Of six horse
shoes, with sixty-one shoe nails, by the
solicitor. This forge has long ceased
to be, and the same shoes and nails
are used year after year, the shoes be-
ing at least two centuries olo-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
4 Girl and a Snake.

It is a matter Of fact that men have
greater fear Of serpents than have wo-
men. During a visit to friends IN the
country I was crossing stretch OF
meadow in the company Of my hostess
daughter, sprightly girl OF seventeen,
when a black snake crossed the path
ten feet in front Of us. caught my
companion by the sleeve, but she
wrenched herself loose, gathered her
skirts about her knees, gave a running
jump and landed sQuarely upon the
back Of the reptile. His snakeship
thrashed the grass and the girls ankles
with equal fuility. AS soon as she
could disengage one foot she planted
it upon the serpent's head. In the alb
sence Of club or stones I was COM
PEELED to stand and witness scene
that to me was terrifying, but to the
girl furnished supreme enjoyment
Years afterward when I read aag-
CARDS description Of Jess fight with
the kangaroo I understood the kind OF
entertainment that my young compan-
ion had provided for ne.-Broohlyn
Eagle
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Hoyle.


Hoyle was not really the inventor Of
whist, although often so stated to be.
but he was the first who introduced
scientific whist to the public. 4 recent
authority says that very little is known
of Hoyle's personal history except that
he was barrister by profession and
held the post Of registrar Of the pre-
rosatiye in Ireland He was born in
1910 and died in Cavendish square IN
1867 at the advanced age of ninety-sev-
en- years. He received the sum Of t1,-
900 from ais publisher for his treatise
on whist, which ran through five edi-..
tions In one year and was extensively
pirated. Hoyle IS said to have given
lessons in whist at guinea a lesson.
One Of his great points was the calcu-
lation Of probabilities at various stages
of the rubber. This at first was deem
ed so important in guiding players that
a famous mathematician used to fire.
uuent the coffee houses (the old sub
stitute for the modern clubs and give
his opinion On the state Of the odds at
any stage in game of whist in return
for a small fee from the players
Glasgow Times.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
nowninu Street. London.

The greatest street in the world is
one Of the smallest. This is Downing
street, Il dark little alley in the west
Of London Here is the real center OF
the British empire, for it is at 10
Downing street that the premier has
his official residence. Ever since Rob
ert Walpole was the prime minister,
200 years ago. the heads Of the govern
meut have made their homes in this
ALLEY" American tourists usually go
out of their way to gaze upon the
dingy, almost repellent exterior Of this
lodge Of diplomacy and national ambi-
ton, because Sir George Downing, who
laid out the street and built the house
therein, was Of American ancestry,
his mother belonging to the Winthrops
of Massachusetts Bay Colony, and
stands as the second graduate on the
roster Of Harvard college. After get
ting an American education be went to
England and. Selling opportunity when
it offered. became Oliver Cromwelps
ambassador at The Hague.-E1change.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
si.nLannuaas on tho Curb.

Any one would imagine all the curb
brokers in Broad street were mutes.
They use the sign language down
there low to convey quotations and
sales to their Office boys and clerks
who sit IN the windows Of the Offices
to catch the quotations. AS a matter
Of fact, some OF the brokers use the
deaf and dumb alphabet; others use
distinct signaling code Of their own,
known only to the one single house
and its representative. Even this.
however, has to be changed low and
then. The brokers possess a nimble
wit, and they soon learn the secret
signs Of their competitors.-New YORK
Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-08-05
Fortune For Eorqers,

The. last person to suffer death for
forgery in London was Thomas May
nard, who was executed on Dec. 81,
1920. 1t was not, however, until 1882
that the death penalty for the crime
was replaced by transportation, though
even then an exception was made IN
the case Of forging or altering a
will. This exception was not removed
from the statute book until 1887. In
the days Of good Queen Bess forger
Of deeds was very severely dealt with.
He had to stand in the pillory; his ears
were cut of. his nose slit, and be was
branded with hot irons. If he survived
these ordeals he was doomed to I'M
prisonment for the rest Of his days,
and everything he possessed in the
world was forfeited to the croWn
Surely death would have been far
more merciful.