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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
CHAPTER xvII-(Continued.)
By HCRATlO lLGER. J2.

CHAPTER XVII.-( Continued.)
He began to replace the book in Its
brown paper covering.
Il don't know but l might give you
twenty-five cents more. Come, now, Ii
give you two dollars and a quarter"
Il can't take it." said Walter, shortly
Three dollars and a half is the price,
and | will not take a cent less"
You won't get it out of me, then,
retorted the lady, slamming the door In
displeasure.
Walter had already made up his mind
to this effect, and had started on his way
to the gate
II wonder If | shall meet many people
like her, he thought, and he felt some
what respondent.
Walter began to think that selling
books would prove a harder and more dis
agreeable business than he had antIci-
pated. He had been brought face to face
with meanness and selfishness and they
inspired him with disgust and indigna-
ton. Not that he expected everybody
to buy his books, even if they could AT
ford it, Still, it was not necessary 20 IN
suit him by offering half price.
He walked slowly up the street, won
dering if he should meet any more such
customers. On the opposite side OF the
street he noticed a small shoemaker s
shop.
Il suppose it is of no use to 90 IN
there" thought Walter. If they won I
buy at a big house, there isn't much
chance here"
he he On L
had plenty of time on his hands, and
might as well let slip no chance, however
small He pushed open the door, and
found himself in a shop about twenty-five
feet square, Uttered up with leather snaV-
ings and finished and unfinished shoes. a
boy of fourteen was pegging, and his
father. a man of middle age, was hnish-
ing a shoe.
Good morning" said Walter.
Good morning." said the shoemaker.
turning round. DO you want pair oil
shoes this morning.
NO" said Walter, Il didn't come to
buy, but to SELL"
well, what have you got to sell!'
"A subscription book, finely illustrat-
ed"
Let me look at it."
He wiped his hands on his apron, and.
taking the book, began to turn over the
leaves.
at seems like a good book he said.
Does it sell well?"
Eyes, it sells largely. l have only just
commenced, but other agents are dong
well on it."
That's the way to talk. How much
do you expect to get for this book?"
1.-The price is three dollars and half.
ITS rather high
But there are a good many pictures
Those are what cost money"
yes | suppose they do. Well, I've q
great mind to take one"
Il don't think you'll regret it. A good
book will give you pleasure for a long
time"
That's so. Well, here's the money"
Walter was all the more pleased at ct
fecting this sale, because it was uneN-
pected. He had expected to sell book
at the great house he had just called at
but thought that the price of the book
might deter the shoemaker, whose Income
probably was not large.
During the next hour Walter failed tC
sell another copy. At length he managed
to sell a second. AS these were all he
had brought with him, and he was feel
ing somewhat tired, he went back to the
tavern. and did not come out again til
after dinner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
PUBLIC OPINION AND THE PRESS
BY Charles J. Bonaparfe.

The press makes each community
acquainted with its neighbor And,
as we know other men better, We
recognize the more thoroughly and
readily their likeness to ourselves.
and, as a consequence. the universal
application of underlying moral laws
amidst all diversities of national or
local custom Or prejudice. 1t is the
exercise of this common moral stand
ard which qualities the press for its
highest and most useful function.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

ment Of coercion possessed by society against its dan
gerous members is the influence of public opinion
The first duty of the press is TO hold up before the
people faithful mirror; If it display distorted pictures
1t fatally betrays its trust. No worthy end
accomplished through deception whether of ourselves
Others If threatened by overshadowing dangers
to escape them must first Them and see them
they are. Americans say with confidence: 1--WE will
know the truth and the truth shall make free"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

mountains on the borderland of Afghan
istan, where the first articulate speech
is supposed to have originated
Miss Cotton speaks forty languages
f1uently, including the most difficult in
the world to learn, such as Chinese,
Pail, Ayestan, Sanscrit, Hebrew, Syri-
an, Assyrian, Arabic and Persian. No
other linguist has ever been known to
speak more than thirty-three tongues
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Toe MANY COLLEGE PROFESSORS
BY Prof. Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard

The American student has, to an extraordi-
nary degree, all the elements of mental COM
position necessary to most scholarly achieve
ments He has the brightness, the steadiness,
the keenness, the patience, the energy, which,
taken together, would make the most magnifi-
cent contribution TO the scholarship of the
world. One of the greatest evils from which
our American universities suffer is too great
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

refused love for art and did. The of
genius have been Of love- and will be always 1t is
equally true of Only the false lights guide us
into barren and dark depths of ovelessness The
ton of choice between them should have been
raised either for for women, and would
have been for the mandates of tradition and these
mandates of founded upon economic
cessy aud social pressure that longer exists There
will be a of lofty genius who is also a
woman lofty love- and when she who able to
speak the great and yet unspoken to
all mankind, she will be the truest of us all
And when the spirit and the love are met
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
SPEAKS FORTY LANGUAGES

Miss Cotton Would Have Been at"
at Tower of Babel.
hampton, Mass, has returned to this
country after a years absence in India.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
SHOULD WOMAN SUE FOR BREACH OF PROMISE
BY K. E. Noble

what are the motives that usually inspire
the girl Tilted in love to seek consolation for
her disappointed feelings in a breach of prom
ise action? Briefly, they range themselves
Within the threefold division of pecunary
greed, revenge and vanity. The main object
which the law has in view in permitting this
class OF case is no doubt to obtain pecuniary
compensation for the personal affront offered
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Setting Him Right.

He-Tell NE, confdentially, how
much did the bonnet cost you?
She-George, there is but one way in
which yon can obtain the right to in
spect my millinery bills.
He Do.1Ded
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Citing an Execution.

1T is one of the peculiarities of hu-
man nature remarked the moralizer,
that the more a man gets the more he
wants
"Oh, 1 don't know" rejoined the de-
moralizer How about the man who
is given thirty days by police magis-
trateT'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

with the man spirit and the love- the persons of
one maa and woman, shall have songs and MIC
lures POEMS aud creations manfesng huge genius
OF the universe publishing 1t perfection for the
good OF a
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
Goat Kids.

The owner of a large goat ranch.
who has observed these little animals
closely. SAYS: 'sThe kidding time is Que
of the most trying periods of the year
with the herdsmen. In places owners
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

The older and heavier an animal is
the larger must be the ration of sup
port.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

A nurseryman writes that he consid-
ers the common mole one of his best
friends and never thinks of killing one
of the little fellows. He has learned
by experience that their chief article
of food is the white grub, or larvia of
the June bug, which not only works
havoc in strawberry beds. but also in
flower and vegetable gardens. While
he admits that the mole now and then
makes the lawn look somewhat I'M
slightly in his search for grubs and
worms. it is his view that he does
vastly more good than harm in ma
lures economy
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

No one who has to labor wor living
should slight small industries.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

Good crops, stock, fertility and in
dustry are the essential factors in good
farming.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

The man who tells tiresome stories
usually has a big strong voice, lots
of determination, and gets TO the end
in spite of Interruptions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

abundance of men
As soon an Institution gets money the first
thought is to add to the faculty to Guido some
neghborng institution Every our American uni
versities would be nearer to the ideal would kill
two-thirds of its instructors and professors
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

People grow so suspicious with years
that if man hears that a brother he
has not seen in twenty years is coming
to see him, be says, Now what does he
want:"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09
SHOULD A WOMAN GENIUS FALL IN LOVE?
By Marguerite o. BigeIo

Nowadays, when many of our brightest and
best women are refusing to marry, evidently
preferring artistic and professional work, there
is a great hue and cry raised that education
has made women less loving, that to be bril-
liant and widely useful to society is to be I'M
and that to love art makes it i'm
possible to love a man.
No woman Of raaI rapi,,S apd y><.nrar o,-ar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

We don't care to hear a man talk
about a thing he doesn't understand,
and that we don't understand
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

The animals comfort means the
owners profit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

An unpalatable food will not be eaten
existence.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

Try using a clean whisk broom kept
for the purpose of sprinkling clothes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

The palatableness of food is very
nearly a measure of the amount that
will be consumed. while consumption
measures production.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

On every farm where grain is raised
and where intensive methods have be-
come imperative the seed drill should
be used for all the small grains. Not
only is less seed required where the
drill is used, but by sowing the seed
at an even depth and in moist soil a
better and more uniform stand of
grain is secured. Experiments con-
Quoted by the Illinois experiment sta
ton showed that an increase in yield
of from five to seven bushels per acre
was secured on plots of ground where
the drill was used
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

A fringe of weeds or brush along
the roadside may be said to serve
double purpose. In the winter it will
hold snow enough to blockade the road
and later on water from the melting
snow will make the roads nearly i'm
passable on account of mud Will soiue
one please suggest a remedy for the
habitNally tired man who allows weeds
or brush to adorn his roadside?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

A plucky city lad recently advertis-
ed in a farm journal that he wanted to
go to the farm. He was soon placed
and now other boys are following his
plan. No doubt thousands of home
less city boys could be placed in the
most favorable kind of country envir
onment could they but get in CORE
spOndence with the right parties.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

Yoc can't blame dressmaker for
wanting to work on pay trains.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

Up-to-date creameries are testing
every can of cream on the day it is
delivered and giving the patron the re-
suits the next time cream is deliver
ed; this is certainly a long step toward
building up the home creamery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

There is an urgent need of more light
dairymen also need more light on the
subject of dairying in order to sue
coed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

Overlooking, overcrowding and lack
Of ventilation cause much loss among
amateur poultry keepers. A large per
cent of the chicks die and those that
survive are runty and understood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

OF the agricultural products import
ed into the United States during the
past year plant products constituted
$403, 100000. OF this amount the chief
items were: Sugar and molasses, S94,-
100000; coffee, $7S,OOO,0O0; vegetable
fibers, 100000; fruits and tobacco,
each S26,00O,000; vegetable oils, $15,-
100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

1t is an interesting fact that, while
the exports of bacon from the United
States to the United Kingdom have
fallen off from 45O,OOO,OOO pounds in
1890 to 197,OO0,OOO pounds in 1904,
with hams the exports were 65,OOO,OOO
pounds in 1890 to 100000 pounds
in 1904
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

While you are pruning select good,
smooth shoots, cut about one foot long
with two or three buds-a bud at the
top and bottom. Plant them at once
in a slanting position with the top bud
just out of the ground. lamp the soil
firmly and mulch with coarse manure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

Go through the orchard and small
fruit plantations and clean up all the
brush and burn it. You destroy dis
eases, insect pests and weed seeds
without number
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

Any farmer engaged in raising live
stock cannot afford to feed his grain
to anything but the best. By carefully
culling out the tail enders and steadily
striving to improve by a judicious Sc
lection of breeding stock, herd can
and profit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-04-09

Ever notice how some people sit with
wide-open mouths when Jon talk
The Washington herald., 1908-03-16
DELEGATES VOTE ALL NIGHT
Col. Lockwood Returns from Indi-
ana District Convention.
Women Stay Up Until Final Ballot
Il Taken-ResuIt of Hard
Fought Campaign.

George B. lockwood, secretary TO the
Vice President. who returned from In
diana yesterday, was central figure in
one Of the most remarkable Congressional
conventions ever held
Congressman James E. Watson. whip
OF the House. who was an onlooke7. pro
nounced it the largest gathering of the
kind ever witnessed in the country.
For month a stubborn contest had
been waged in the Eleventh Indiana dis
trict. six contestants for the nomination
participating The election Of delegates
made il apparent that the contest had
narrowed down to Lockwood and Dr.
Charles II. Good. who has been an active
aspirant for the nomination in almost
every campaign since 1894. Ten thousand
Republicans, mostly partisans OF the two
men, gathered at Marion. Ind. for the
convention, and 4,5OO people crowded the
Coliseum, where the convention was held
at the opening session
The balloting continued without inter
raption from o'clock Thursday after
noon until s o'clock Friday evening. 600
ballots being taken. The favorite son
candidates dropped out one by one. until
Lockwood was within six votes of a nom
inati0n. Dr. Good, his principal competi-
tor, lacking dozen, and Mayor Joseph
Murphy, OF Wabash County. holding the
key 20 the situation with a delegation Of
seventeen, which stood stubbornly behind
him.
At the opening Of the convention il was
understood that eleven of these seventeen
votes would be cast for Lockwood in the
breakup, but Murphy. in withdrawing
threw the weight of his influence toward
Good and carried with him fourteen of
the seventeen. nominating Good amid
scenes Of the greatest excitement. On the
final ballot Lockwood lacked three votes
Of the number necessary 30 a nomination
Two thousand people sat up with the
delegates all Of Thursday night as the
ballodng proceeded
Among them was Mr. Lockwood s
mother and DR.. Goods wife, who re-
mained until the last ballot. refusing to
leave their seats until the nomination
was made One of the Lockwood dele
gates who stuck the convention out from
beginning 10 end was a LOgansport coun-
Gilman eighty years Of age
Again and again, as the bailoting pre-
eeeded. the crowd was worked up to the
highest pitch Of excitement, and pande.
monium broke loose as the partlsans OF
the two leading candidates endeavored TO
stampede the convention. Scores Of the
delegates and spectators were in tears
when the break occurred. the Good parti-
sans from JOY and the Lockwood follow
ers from disappointment.
DR.. c. H. Good the nominee. is a. vet
eran Of many hard-fought campaigns for
the nomination. II was Lockwood's first
candidacy for Office. but it brought TO him
an organization that will make itself felt
in coming campaigns.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-16
TILLMAN TO TALK TO-DAY
South Carolinian Will Discuss Cur.
reney and Other Things.
To Begin Last Week Of Debate on
Emergency Money Measure-La
Toilette Speaks Tomorrow.

What those in charge hope viii be the
last week OF debate on the Aldrich bill
will be opened by Senator Tilman. who
gave notice last week that he would
have something 10 say regarding the
measure in the Senate to-day.
The Senator from South Carolina has
his own way OF making a speech. and
doubtless many things besides currency
VIII be touched upon IN his remarks
That the c. O. p, viii be touched up in
lively fashion during the process Of un-
folding TO the public gaze the Senator s
views on emergency currency goes with
viii be a large attendance in the gal
leries TO see the elephant squirn Better
go early il YOU want a seat.
Tomorrow, il has been announced
Senator Ia Toilette viii begin his speech
on the bin. which is expected 10 occupy
a portion of two days sessions Tie
Senator from Wisconsin viii advocate the
adoption of his amendment PROPOSING
that all railroads the bonds Of which may
be accepted as a basis for emergency
currency shall be valued first by the
Interstate Commerce Commission. TO de.
termine the proper rating OF their bonds
A vote on the bin VIII probably be Sc
cured before the end OF the week II is
expected that the railroad-bonds pro.
vision VIII be cut out OF the bill. but II
it should remain in. it is understood thai
Mr.. la Follette's amendment. somewhat
modified, will be accepted
The bin will be a very different meas
ure in several respects before IL reaches
the House. unless the views OF quite a
number of Senator'S on both sides ol
the chamber have changed radically in
the last few days.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-16
PROHIBITION The BUGABOO
Senators and Representatives Fear
to Favor or Oppose 1t.
TiIIman. Determined to Force Vote
Upon Interstate Commerce Bill,
Plans Series OF Raids.

Congress is lighting shy Of the prohibi-
ton question. 1t is not disposed to pass
any of the pending bills providing that
liquor shipped in interstate commerce
shall be subject to the police powers of
the States.
Leaders in the House and Senate will
not permit these measures to come to a
vote. if they can prevent IT, Members
generally are opposed to the bills. and
do not want to be placed on record on
the question of prohibition. with the cleo
tions coming on in the fall
But the plans of the leaders in this con-
nection may fail of their purpose. The
South has gone dry" in earnest. and
Senator Tnman, OF South Carolina.
among others, is insistent that the bills.
which would result in the confscation of
liquor shipped into a prohibition State,
shall be voted on before adjournment
The South Carolina trumpeter has given
notice that he will offer the liquor bills
as an amendment to the Aldrich currency
measure. Failing 10 get action in this
direction. he will try to get the liquor
proposition on appropriation bills. Offer
ing it as an amendment TO such measures.
BY this means Senator Tillman hopes to
get a record vote on prohibition in the
Senate. The strongest kind OF pressure
is being eXerted to get a record vote on
the same question in the House. In that
body several bills are pending relating to
liquor shipped in interstate commerce. If
any of them gets before the House, it VIII
put many members in a painfully embar-
RAISING position.
The Washington herald., 1908-03-16
Composite Measure to Be Introduced
This Week

A postal savings bank bill, made Up OF
a number of measures on the subject in
troduced in the Senate. viii be reported
early this week by a subcommittee Of the
Senate Committee on Post-offices and
Post Roads. It is planned to report the
bill TO the Senate as soon as action has
been taken on the Aldrich emergency
currency measure.
Under the provisions Of the bill agreed
upon by the subcommittee. a postal saw
ings bank system is 10 be established, TO
be under the direction Of the Postmaster
General Every money order P6st-offiee
Of the Presidential class is to be a postal
savings bank from the start. and the
Postmaster General is authorized to ex-
tend the system to other mOney-ordar
Offices as fast as possible.
II IS provided that accounts may be
opened and deposits made by any per-
son ten years Of age and older No per
son may have more than one account.
Corporations arc barred from opening &C
counts, the purpose being to encourage
individual savings. and nothing more.
The initial deposit on an account must
be to the amount Of 81. but additional de-
posits OF 10 cents or multiples thereof
are 10 be allowed
An interest rate OF = per cent per an
mum on deposits is TO be allowed. No
interest Is 10 be allowed on deposits IN
excess of $500 in any one year. and at
no time is interest to be paid on a de-
post Of more than 81 200. The depositor,
after the first year. may draw interest.
in other words, on q total Of 81 600 but
for no greater amount. regardless OF the
time In which the deposits accumulate.