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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
The Pfanoforte,

The pianoforte was directly evolved
from the clavtchord and the harpsi-
chord. In I'LL Scipione Maffei gave
a detailed account Of the first four in
struments, which were built by Bartol-
ommeo Cristoforl, named by him piano
forte, and exhibited in 100.
Marius in France exhibited harpsi-
chords, with hammer action, In 17l6,
and Schroter In Germany claimed to
have invented the pianoforte between
I'LL and 1921. Marius at first was
generally credited with the invention,
for it was not until 1873, when Cristo-
foris instruments had become famous,
that the Italian advanced his claim,
and 1t was In 1853 that he brought for
ward the proof of his contention.
Pianos Of that period were shaped
like the modern grand, the first square
piano being built by Freiderica, an or
gan builder of Saxony, In 1853. The
first genuine upright was patented in
England and the United States by John
Isaac Hawkins, an Englishman, In 1900.
Scrap Book
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
KENICcEy'S TOBACCO WAR.
Night Riders Infict an Aggregate
To-S cf Naa-lx G1 ONN OQQ

Night Riders Infict an Aggregate
Loss Of Nearly 81 900, 900.
The last exploit of the Kentucky
tobacco night riders in seizing the city
of Hopkinsville. destroying 100000
worth of property and seriously wound
ing two men, has aroused an intensity
Of interest throughout the State and far
beyond its borders These riders are
the most conspicuous feature of the
war that is being waged by the tobacco
growers of Kentucky against the Ameri-
can Tobacco Company. By reducing
the competition in the buying of tobac-
CO to practically nothing the company
forced down the price of leaf tobacco
until the growers say they can not real
lie enough to pay for raising it. The
tobacco crop is mainstay in many
parts of Kentucky, and thousands de-
pend on it for their daily bread. The
growers determined to force the price
up.
The plan proposed in the beginning,
and which Is still being followed, was
to form a combination of the growers
to oppose the combination of the manu-
facturers and by withholding the to-
bacco make the tobacco trust come to
terms. Many associations of growers
have been formed in the different to-
bacco raising regions of Kentucky. But
some of the growers did not come into
the association ranks and others grew
weary of waiting and sold their crops.
The more violent men in the aSSocia-
tions have resOrted to the measures
that gave rise to the night riders, and
by destroying the property of the to-
bacco company and the growers who
are not allied with them have sought
to carry through their plan by force
and terror
The HOpkinsville rail was the second
time in twelve months that the night
riders seized and terrorized city. On
December /, 1906, they entered Prince
ton, Ky, town of several thousand
inhabitants, about thirty miles north of
Hopkinsville, took possession of the po-
lice and fire departments, the water
works, the telephone and telegraph of
fees and with the town shut off from
the rest of the world dynamited and set
fire to the Steger & Dollar and the
John G. Orr tobacco factories, which
were allied with the trust
The first appearance of the night
riders was in November, 1906, when
they destroyed some tobacco barns aud
small factories in Todd County, with
loss of about $4,000. The first raid
came on the night of November IL,
1906, when masked bands entered the
towns of Eddyville and Kuttawa, stu
ated close together in Lyon and Cald-
well Countess and destroyed the plants
of the American Snuff Company and
NJ c. Rice, With $4,000 loss.
Besides these there have been many
smaller raids and visits to individual
growers. Tobacco barns have been
burned, growers who refused to pool
their tobacco have been taken from
their homes and whipped, houses have
been fired into and the occupants
wounded. The aggregate losses by
these raids amount TO nearly $1,000.0OO.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

Lady Churchill's experience contradict
ed the general belief that an American
girl Is not likely to get along happily
with foreign-born husband. She was
very happy In her married life and
through her own qualifications took a
conspicuous part in the most exclusive
London social set She had much to
do with her husbands success and pop
ularity in politics.
After Lord Churchill's death she
married George CORVALLIS West and
continued her activity in public affairs.
She had charge of the hospital ship
Maine in the war between Great Brit
ain and the Beers, and for her work
she was made Lady of Grace of St
John of Jerusalem and a member of
the Red Cross. In recent years she has
founded and edited the Anglo-Saxon
Review.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
NEW ELECTRIC LAMP
Bulb Which 1t Contains Said to
BUrn 25OO Hcrr.

Bulb Which 1t Contains Said to
Burn $500 Hours.
Consul E. T. Liefeld forwards from
Freiburg an abstract from Paris
newspaper concerning a new electric
lamp which it is said will revolution
ize the present system of lighting The
article was wired from Vienna and
reads:
AN Austrian chemist, DR.. Hans
Kuzel has. after many years hard
work, succeeded In constructing a new
electric lamp which he calls the Syrius
lamp. AS is well known, incandescent
gaslight Is cheaper than electric light,
because the fiament wires Of the light
are very expensive and the glass bulbs
soon wear out. DR.. Kuzel has now in
vented q new substitute for the glow
thread by forming out of common and
cheap metals and metalloiGs colloids
in a plastic mass which can be handled
like clay and which when dry be-
comes hard as stone Out Of this mass
very thin wire threads are then sharp
ened, which are Of uniform thickness
and of great homogeneity. These two
characteristics are Of great value In
the technics Of incandescent lamps.
The Kuzel or Syrius lamp hardly
needs one-quarter of the electric cur
rent which the ordinary electric lamp
with filament wire requires Expert
ments, it is asserted, have shown that
the lamp can burn for $500 hours at
stretch. Another advantage is that
the intensity Of the light Of the new
lamp always remains the same, the
lamp bulbs never become deadened. as
is now the case. The new lamp. it is
said, will be put on the market soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
How to Grow Plump.

It Is the UNIVERSAL rule, says Mrs
Scanlon, that wives Of successful men
are fat. If they are not, she asserts,
it is proof positive that they do not
love their husbands. A fat girl, says
Mrs. Scanlon, has all the best Of the
thin, willowy creatures, in showiness,
in disposition and in temperament.
Mrs. Scanlon hits obesity cures a hard
blow by thus declaring that to be hap
py women must be fat.
"The reason is plain" declares Mrs.
Scanlon. THE wives of the successful
men are fat because they are not wor-
ried about the next months rent and
the children's clothes. People who pity
fat women simply show their ignor-
ance; women who complain because
they are stout make themselves un-
happy when they should be the happi-
est women on rth."-Cleveland News
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

that ever imposed-credulous humanity :"
BE good enough to show how you ar
rive at this conclusion" said i.
II will. Flexmore's will. lie knew
of the conditions in the first one. He
knew also the conditions in the second.
He knew that if that were not signed he
would come into two thousand year"
He did"
Good Tell me. please, Mr.. Keene,
why that second will was not signed
Il was thrown out Of trap; that and
the fog"
Thrown out of a trap. How? An
swer me that, if you please"
by a rope stretched from one side OF
the road to the other"
Good. l can produce a witness to
prove that he was engaged by DR.. Aw-
drey to stretch tina. rope and throw you
overw
Ito be continued.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
TREATIES OF LATIN NATIONS.
Central America Peace Conference
Closing in Washington.

The Central American peace confer
ence. which has been in session in
Washington for some time, has practi-
caIly concluded its labors and it is
known that the delegates are ready to
sign seven treaties. The most import
ant step toward the preservation OF
peace in Central America consisted in
the agreement of the treaty establish
ing a permanent court. The other trea-
ties will be:
One of extradition, one for the estab-
lishment of a Central American peda-
gogical institution and for the estab-
lishment of an international Central
American bureau similar to t bureau
of American republics at WASHINGTON;
a financial convention, treaty for hte
establishment of better communication
between the countries and general
treaty of peace and amity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
CHAPTER XVI

The following week Miss Dalrynple
moved into her new home with all her
household; and one morning when l had
been TO settle affairs with Captain Ran
ger, walked across the meadow, climbed
over the fence that separated it from
the Dingle paddock, and made my way
to the Cottage. l found everything in
its place, and the whole house as neat and
comfortable as if the tenants had been
there q year.
1t seemed TO me that l had never seen
Nurse Gertrude to such advantage. Black
was certainly becoming to her, and her
dress was, TO my eyes, the perfection of
grace and elegance, giving fullness to her
figure which. as | have said before. was.
in my opinion, trife too slight. Her
carriage was never wanting in dignity,
but l thought she bore herself with the
air of one conscious of being mistress of
the house. Yet there was no stiffness or
formality in her manner; little I.aure
herself did not welcome me with sweeter
smiles.
| sat down by the fire and we fell to
talking about the neighbors. l learned
that they had already received visitors,
though it was scarcely time to expect
them, and | was glad to hear this. not
only because it would be good for Laure
to find companions of her own age, but
for Miss Dalrymple's sake also. Mixing
among people who must appreciate her
excellent qualities, it was ten TO one that
some decent young fellow would fall in
love with her. and good might come of it
One thing | had made up my mind upon
If DIR. Audrey wouldn't have her, Mr.
Lynn Ieames shouldn't. Although the
running at present looked favorable for
Lynn. the race was not won yet by many
a length, and l had a strong belief that
he would be found nowhere when the mar
r;age bell rang
And who else has called upon you
Miss Dalrymple?' l asked, when Laurie
left the room. Has Mr.. Yeames paiC
you another visit since we last metz
/ wondered whether the little frowr
with which she replied in the negative
implied that she WAS hurt by his neglect
or vexed at the thought Of his calling
upon her again.
II was told that he intends to redeem
his character before he again present:
himself" said l.
Il am very glad to hear It." she re
piled. taking up her work.
However, you will be able to see him
for be Is to b a near neighbor." fan
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
MADE THE THIEF GIVE UP.
sDon't Take that 1910" the Negro
RObber Said, CTS Mfue.o

"Don't Take that 1910" the Negro
Robber Said, cts Mine"
The pawnshop of Morris Feingold, at
SO4 Kansas avenue, West Side, was in
the care Of Mrs. Feingold recently,
says the Kansas City Times. She was
In the storeroom, where the safe Is,
when customer called her to another
room. This left the safe without a
guardian. But Mrs. Feingold was alert
She heard noise in the storeroom and
went in quickly. The door Of the safe
was open and she remembered It had
been closed. And there, crouching In
front of 1t, she saw negro.
The pawnbroker's wife didn't scream
and she didn't faint. She Is a small
woman, but she grabbed the negro by
the coat and put her hands in his
pockets. There she found $50 In bills
and checks which had been In the safe
Then she dropped the money into her
apron
Don't you take that $780," the ne
gro told her. That's mine I'll have
you arrested If you take it Please,
missus, give me back my $40. You
wouldn't take a mans last cent, would
you?"
But Mrs. Feingold was pitiless
Il was afraid he'd take all the
money from me If he got a chance"
she said afterward, so 1 turned and
threw it In the safe and locked the
door. When 1 turned around he was
gone.
II thought only of the money.
didn't even think Of calling for help,
though there were three men in the
next room. The negro was scared He
was a lot more scared than l was.
No. he didn't try to strike me. but kept
repeating amt got nothing; 1 amt
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
BrownyiIIe Case in Court.

The right of President Roosevelt to dis
charge without honor the negro soldiers
who were on duty at Brownsville, Texas,
at the time of the famous riot in that city
will be tested in the Supreme Court Of
the United States. To this end an action
investigating the validity of the Presi-
dents order has been begun in behalf of
Oscar W. Reid one of the discharged
men. in the United States Court for the
Southern District of New York, with the
purpose of carrying it to the highest
tribunal as speedily as practicable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

got nothing But held on to his coat
with my left hand and searched his
pockets with the other. And l found
the $50 in money and checks"
Mr.. Feingold examined his books
last night to learn if the negro was
truthful about the 1910.
Il don't know exactly how much
money we had" the pawnbroker said,
but l don't believe we have any of
that Negroes cash. OF course he can
come back and help us investigate If
he wants to.
Besides the $50 In money and
checks there were diamonds worth 5000
and jewelry worth $500 in the safe"
The police haven't found the negro.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
Surgery for Insanity.

DR.. N NJ Owensby of Baltimore has
created something of a stir in medical
circles by asserting that dementia pree-
cox, or precocious insanity, had been
cured in recent cases by the use of the
knife to relieve the thyroid gland of an
excess of certain chemicals in the blood
OF the secretions. Out of five cases so
treated. all but one are said to have re-
covered, whereas the disease has gener-
ally been regarded as incurable. DIR.
Spitzka of the Jefferson Medical College.
however. says that tie theory on which
Owensby operated has not been proved.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
Got Too Important.

What has become of the maid you
thought such a price,?
'.Oh. l had to let Ter go!' replied
the second fashionable woman. After
her operation for appendicitis she
thought she was one Of us-"-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
Milk Trusf Men Indicted.

Four of the largest milk companies IN
Chicago and eleven of their officers have
been indicted by the grand jury for con-
spring to raise the price OF milk from
8 10 8 cents a quart. The indicted com
panies are the Borden Condensed MIX
Company, the Bowman Dairy Company,
the Kee & Chapel and the Ira j. MIX
concerns
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

scousness enlarged transformed of which that which
possess to-day cannot give any idea, which 1t
rather prevents us from conceivng just mper-
feet eye prevents from conceving other light than
that which passes between subred and ultraviolet The
hypothesis resolves itself simple question
seriousness To say, for example we are tempted to
do that without consciousness is equivalent
annhilaon to argue a prori and without reflection
this problem consciousness the principal and the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
No Further Need.

ST hooked a fish yesterday" said the
amateur angler, that weighed all Of
ten pounds but it got off the hook.
"Wir you swear to that?" asked the
one-man audience.
NO" answered the a. a. Il swore
enough when 1 lost the fish,"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
priyiIeEed,

Look, The corpulent gentleman at
the other table has tucked his napkin
under his chin without attracting atten-
ton"
He must be rich.
And he is eating with his knife"
and stirring his coffee with his
fork"
Great Jupiter! He must be newly
made millionaire"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
MRS. CORNWALLIS WEST.

Beautiful American Whose English
Marriages Proved Happy Ones.
The marriage of Jennie Jerome,
daughter of the late Leonard Jerome.
Randolph Churchill was considered at
that time one of the most interesting
of the international alliances-at that
time comparatively few In number.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
REMARKABLE PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO.
By British Ambassador B

In South Africa and the West In
dies negro education is advancing
and the arts and customs of civiliza-
ton have made way. Nowhere, per-
haps, does the progress seem to be
quite sossatisfactory, or, at any rate,
quite so interesting and full of
promise, as In Basuto land, where
a Kafir people of several hundred
thousand souls Is developing, under
the guidance of British officials, but
retaining It's own tribal system, its
own chiefs, its own language, in
d,1StrIo11s and nrosnoro1s in a fer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

Tamaulipas is believed to contain
great mineral wealth, but little explor-
alton has been done. Copper, zinc and
coal are known to exist, and some DAY
will be extensively mined.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
To Judpe from Appearances.

Elderly Spinster-You know, doctor,
I'm always thinking that a man is fol-
lowing me. Do you think suffer from
Authorizations?
Doctor (sizing her up)-Absolrtely
oartsin yo, do. ma'am.-Sketch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
An Old Story,

did you ever experience change Of
hearth" asked the kind old lady.
well, l should sayi" laughed the
girl. I've been engaged four times ~
Detroit Free Press
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

life strife the law of e reasoning; conscious life
union love- Above the organic life above the life of
struggle, is born the life of linked
The end is evident to destroy the struggle and to estab
fish union where there discord first among men,
then between animals and finally between ami
mails and plants.
would wish to accomplish the will of God and to de
sire nothing passionately that thing. Is 1t
possible? Yes it is possible
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

the Great Spirit It is not the bringing of the Indian
to civilization that Is needed but the taking of civza-
ton the Indian, not veneer but the fruit of
Christianity. We him more than rations; we are
his debtor give him Gospel that saves Already
10000 Indians have become American citizens. They
have needed paternal missions to make them strong
citizenship.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
OUR IGNORANCE OF OUR DESTINY.
Bv Maurice J

In the invincible ignorance where we are our
Imagination has the choice Of our eternal des-
TIMES. A first hypothesis is that of absolute
humiliation. A second hypothesis, ardently
caressed by our blind instincts promises Us the
preservation, more or less integral, through the
infinity of time, of our consciences or of our
actual ego. Remains double hypothesis of
survival with Consciousness or with con-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
COUNTRY'S DUTY TO THE INDIANS.
BY Bishop Hendrix.

1t is not enough to make the Indians owners
in severalty of their lands and to teach them
to till the soil and to trade; 10 teach them
the laws Of health and sanitation. That Is
simply to civiliZe them. One duty Is to do
more-we must Christianize them.
The Indian must know Of a revealed relig-
ion and not simply the religion of nature. He
must learn of the Holy Spirit and not alone of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
MY LIFE DOES NOT BELONG TO ME.
BY Leo ToIstoi.

The end Of life! No such end exists, it can
not exist, and no science can discover it. The
law Of direction, the path of life? Yes. Re
ligion is wisdom, if you like replies to this. 1t
answers that it gives the lie to all the ways
that do not follow the one truth. BY the ne
CATION Of false directions it indicates and
illuminates the only true way. This Is how
it presents itself to me: The law of organic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09
yrou the Mouth. of Babe.

us it true were made OF dust, Aun.
tier
Yes. dear"
~ hen why don't we turn muddy
wheq we drink?''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

The chamber Of commerce. Cincinnati,
has the best restaurant IN the city, and
it is run by three Scotch women, who
make a yearly profit of $4,000. although
their annual rent is 5000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

Besides owning Kylmorc and Kim
alton castles in Great britain. Eagene
Nwmerman Is trying to get farGera-
gee castle and Branpton house, the
asst OF his son-iIi-la3- ee.ates
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

There are eighty State, private and
savings banks and trust companies, and
thirty national banks in Idaho.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

The roller skaters of Washington are
an interesting sight. There are 10000
children of skating age in Washington
and 10000 are, whzzing around the
the balance of them, more or less con-
tent with an equipment of one skate a
child, are doing complicated hop
whizZ, undismayed by the frequent
complications which ensue. The asphalt
streets are really temptation not
easily resisted, and after dark the roll
err skaters seem to have grown sudden
ly and mysteriously taller.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

Speaker Cannon announced his ar
rangement of the new committee on
appropriations, with Tawney of Mime
sofa at it's head and Livingston OF
Georgia as the ranking Democrat. Taw-
ney has come out squarely for the pol
icy of retrenchment, which the Speak
err was known to favor. and he will be
the recognized watch dog Of the treas
ury' during the life of this Congress.
In a statement Chairman Tawney re-
ferred to the estimates for the next
years expenses being over 100000 coo
over the estimates for the current year,
ard said this would mean a deficit of
SS3,000,000. Hence the necessity Of
rigid economy and the avoidance of
new enterprises.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-01-09

Before the swearing in of the two
new Senators from the new State Of
Oklahoma they drew lots in the pres
ence of the Senate to determine which
should have the long term and which
the short The blind Senator, Gore,
drew the two-year term, and smilingly
congratulated his colleague, Senator
Owen.