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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Had Seen His Photo.raph.

The death of Bishop Potter removed
one of the most interesting figures in
American church life Here is good
story of the bishop. One day, as he
was waiting for train at a small
country station. he was approached by
rustic passenger who had been scan
ming his features curiously for while.
Excuse me. SIR said the stranger.
but your face somehow seems familiar
to me. Haven't | seen your portrait in
the newspapers
The bishop smiled benignly. and re-
piled that it was not unlikely.
Il thought So" continued the other,
''and would you mind telling me what
you were cured OFF,
To young lady who, apropos the
question of Sabbath observance. asked
if she might battle in the Atlantic on
Sunday, Bishop Potter replied:
THAT, my dear young lady. is see
over which 1 have no jurisdiction."-
Detroit News-Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Is YEARS OF SUFFERING.

Burning. Painful Sores on Legs
Tortured Day and NiEht-Tried
Many Remedies to No Avail
Cured by Cutfcura.
After an attack of rheumatism.
running sores broke out on my hus-
bands legs, from below the knees TO
the ankles. There are no words to tell
all the discomforts and great suffer
ing he had to endure night and day. He
used every kind of remedy and three
physicians treated him. one after the
other, without any good results what
ever. One day I ordered some Cuticura
Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura
Resolvent. He began to use them and
in three weeks all the sores were dried
up. The burning fire stopped, and the
pains became bearable. After three
months he was quite well. can prove
this testimonial at any time. Mrs. V.
V. Albert, Upper Frenchville, Me-, July
q. 1907"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Trouble in Placing Monument.

1t sometimes takes trouble to get the
funds for monument, but a good dea
more trouble has been found in get
ting Il location for the bronze statue
for the late +. e. Spinner, erected by
wCmen all over the country. People
40 years old or SO are familiar will
the peculiar chirography of Spinner
which, used to appear on all government
notes. but not many are aware that
he was the first man to employ womeI
in the Treasury Department during the
war. This was for the double purpose
of releasing men to go to war and
providing means for widows and or
plans to make a living. The govern
ment wouldn't have the statue. which
ought to have been placed conspicuous
ly in Washington. 1t will be erected il
Herkimer, \. Y, the birthplace and
residence of the old watchdog of the
treasury" who worked almost his
whole life for the government, and tC
whom his ''home" was little more thar
a name Thus are the silen. and faith
full workers forgotten.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
A Cure for Hog Cholera.


Hog Cholera or Swine Plague as it is
sometimes called is highly contagious
disorder.
When a hog shows any symptoms Of
this dise>1e. he should be isolated at
once and the pen fumigated in order to
save the other hogs If possible.
Mix one part Sloan's Liniment with
two parts milk in a bottle and give
every sick hog a tablespoonful of this
mixture night and morning for three
days. Sloan's Liniment is n powerful
antiseptic, kills the disease germs,
soothes all Inflammation and acts as a
tonic to the animal.
A. J. Mccarthy of Idaville, Ind.
says: My hogs had hog cholera three
days before we got Sloans Liniment,
which was recommended to me by Il
neighbor who was using it with sue
cess. | have used it now for three days
and my hogs are almost well. One hog
died before l got the Liniment, but |
have not lost any since"
Mr.. G. W. Balsbaugh of Peru. Ind.
writes: Il had four pigs that were
coughing and were not doing we'll. l
gave them some of Sloan's Liniment
and they got better at once"
Sloans book on Horses, Cattle, Hogs
and Poultry sent free. Address DR..
Earl s. Sloan, Boston. Mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN
A Mighty Voice.

A new method of sending a mighty
voice across the sea involves the use
of a diaphragm which is made to vi
brate by electricity. To this are at
tached two huge megaphones which
emit deafening roar that can be
heard for many miles The machine
goes by clocllwork, and when wound up
attends to business for weeks without
requiring further attention. A dynamo
furnishes the requisite current. The
terrible blast that bursts from the gap
ing mouths of the twin horns, each OF
which is fifteen feet long, can be heard
above the noise of the fiercest gale. II
literally skaters the air. Once started
this vociferous guardian does duty
night and day, and never goes to sleep.
1t is designed specially for use on points
of rocks where bell buoys and whistling
buoys are inadequate by reason of the
fact that the noises they make are
drowned by the roar of the surf.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

If, at almost any time of the year,
we walk through the woods where the
red, scarlet. black or pin oaks are grow
ing-that is, where we find those that
ripen their acorns in two seasons and
therefore belong in tho pin oak group,
says st. Nicholas, we shall probably
find on the ground fallen branches that
vary in size from that of a lead pencil
to that of ones thumb or even larger.
These at the broken end appear as if
cut away within the wood, so that only
thin portion is left under the bark.
Within the rather uneven cut, generally
near the center of the growth, is a
small hole tightly plugged by the pow
der post of beetle larva Split open
the branch or twig, when burrow will
be seen, and the little, white. soft, hard
lawed larva that made it will be found
Or perhaps the inactive pupa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
WOMAN A COOK, NOT A VOTER.
Falconio Says She Should Get Busy
with Home and Children,

''To be able to mind her own business
and get busy" is the panacea, some
what briefly and laconically expressed,
for the rest essness and disquietude of
American women, according to his *
cellency, Mgr. Diomede Falcono, apos-
tolic delegate to the United States, ex-
pressed at Archbishop Glennon's resi-
dence in st. Louis.
do you think the modern woman
would be happier were she to become
more of a factor. politically and pub
licly, in order that she may rear better
statesmen and men of affairs?'
Il think she should attend to her
husbands home and take care of her
children and see that their dinner is
well cooked. If she will see to her own
business and be busy in her house she
will be happy"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
PUZZLE SOLVED.
Coffee nj bottom Of Trouble.


1t takes some people long time to
| find out that coffee is hurting them.
But when once the fact is clear, most
people try to keep away from the thing
which is followed by ever-increasing
detriment to the heart, stomach and
nerves.
Until two years ago / was a heavy
coffee drinker,'' writes an Ill. stockman,
land had been all my life. j am now
Sc years old.
about three years ago l began to
have nervous spells and could not sleep
nights. was bothered by Indigestion,
bloating, and gas on stomach affected
my heart.
Il spent lots of money doctoring-one
doctor told me | had chronic catarrh
Of the stomach; another that l had
heart disease and was liable to die at
any time. They all dieted me until
was nearly starved, but | seemed to
get worse instead of better.
Having heard of the good Postum
had done for nervous people, discard
ed coffee altogether and began TO use
Postum regularly. l soon got better
and now, after nearly two years.
can truthfully say 1 am sound and well.
Il sleep well at night, do not have
the nervous spells and am not bother
ed with indigestion or palpitation.
weigh 30 pounds more than when l be-
gan Postum, and am better every way
than 1 ever was while drinking coffee.
l can't say too much in praise of
Postum, as 1 am sure it saved my
life There's a Reason.
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read 1.-The Road to Well
vile" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter! A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine, true, and full OF
human interest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
In-fO-Date.

The smooth-tongued book agent was
selling the old farmer a huge diction-
airy.
But. look here, young man." protest
ed the farmer, there don't seem to be
any appendix in this here dictionary.
All the dictionaries l ever saw had an
appendix"
The willy book agent thought min
ute and then said:
why, my dear sir, this is the latest
dictionary. Every late dictionary has
the appendix removed"
And the old farmer was satisfied and
bought the big book at once.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Eaky for Sherlock.

The modern Sherlock climbed through
the kitchen window.
"Ah," exclaimed Sherlock, surveying
the surroundings, Il find that his wife
is away"
and how long has she been away?''
asked his assistant.
Thirty days. exactly"
How in the world can you tell?'
by the unvashed dishes and saucers.
There are ninety of each in all, which
for thirty days and left them for her
to wash when she comes home. | guess
| know something about married men
keeping bachelors hail."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Doctors Testing Condemned Food

1t has just been learned that q most
exhaustive study of the effects of the use
of deadly acids in the preservation of
canned foods has been going on in New
York City for the past four months
Three physicians and an expert chemist
have subjected themselves to experiments
soon to be made public. The men are
Doctors Lucas. Ringer and Harvey and
Chemist Edward O'Brien. They have
each taken so grains of the much talked-
of benzoic acid. yet show practically no
ill effects so far.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
NEW DISTRICTS AND NEW RAIL
WAYS


Western Canada Affords Better Con-
ditiOns than Ever for Settlement.
To the Editor-Sir: Doubtless many
of your readers will be pleased to have
some word from the grain fields of
Western Canada, where such large
number of Americans have made their
home during the past few years. 1t is
pleasing to be able to report that gen.
orally the wheat yield has been good !;
1t will average about twenty bushels
to the acre. There will be many cases
where the yield will go thirty-five
bushels to the acre, and others where
fifty bushels to the acre has been re-
corded. The oat and barley crop has
been splendid. The prices of all grains
will bring to the farmers magnifi-
cent return for their labors An in
stance has been brought to my notice
of a farmer in the Pincher Greek
(SOuthern Alberta) district, where
winter wheat is grown, who made a
net profit of $1955 an acre, or little
less than the selling price of his land.
Thirty, forty and fifty bushels yields
are recorded there. The beauty about
the lands in Western Canada is that
they are so well adapted to grain-rais-
ing, while the luxuriant grasses that
grow everywhere in abundance makes
the best possible feed for fattening
cattle or for those used for dairying
purposes.
The new homestead regulations
which went into force September,
1908, attracted thousands of new set
tiers. 1t is now possible to secure 160
acres in addition to the 100 acres as a
free grant, by paying So an acre for
it. Particulars as to how to do this
and as to the railway rates can be Sc
cured from the Canadian Government
agents.
1.-The development throughout West
ern Canada during the next ten years
will probably exceed that of any other
country in the worlds history" is not
the statement of an optimistic Cana
dian from the banks of the Saskatche-
New York, ex-Secretary of the United
States Treasury, under the late Presi-
dent Mckinley and President Roose-
welt, and considered one of the ablest
fnanciers of the United States. Our
railway companies sold a good deal of
their land at from three to five dollars
an acre, and now the owners are sell
ing the same land at from fifty to
seventy-fve dollars, and buying more
up in Canada at from ten to fifteen"
The editor of the Monticello Iowa)
Express made a trip through Western
Canada last August, and was greatly
impressed. He says: Zone cannot
cross Western Canada to the noun
immensely of territory and it's future
prospects. Where l expected to find
frontier villages there were substan-
TALLY built cities and towns with ev-
cry modern convenience 1t was for
merly supposed that the climate was
too severe for it to be thought of as
an agricultural country, but its wheat
raising possibilities have been amply
tested. We drew from Ontario many
of our best farmers and most progress
siye citizens. Now the Americans are
emigrating in greater numbers to West
ern Canada. Seventy-fve per cent of
the settlers in that good country 10
Gated southeast of Moose Jaw and Re-
gina are Americans. Canada is well
pleased with them and is ready to
welcome thousands more"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
UnIucky Accident.

whats the trouble back there in the
sleeper?" asked the passenger in the
smoking car.
Little mixup between a New England
manufacturer and a Louisiana sugar
planter" said the agitated conductor, ap
plying his handkerchief to divers ant
sundry scratched places on his face. "They
happened to have berths in the same sec
ton, and they got to talking about the
tariff"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Test of Endurance.

At the close of his speech the campaign
spellbinder stepped down from the plat
form and grasped one of his hearers cor
daily by the hand.
Il don't know who you are, my friend
he said, 'but it's evident that you take q
deep interest in the issues of this cleo
ton. | have seen you at every political
meeting that | have addressed since the
campaign opened"
''Yes, sir" answered the haggard citi
zen to whom he had spoken, land l ex-
pect to hear every speech you make til
the campaign closes, if it kills me. I'm
doing it on a bet"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
A Novel Mercantile Method

In the big new skyscraper of the Wanna
maker department store at New York the
fall season has been inaugurated with
an elaborate exhibit called 1.-THE house
palatial,' which is attracting thousands
of sightseers. Eight entire stories are
devoted to display of the interior fur
nishings of modern homes of the we'll
to-do. But the particular feature of it is
a complete reproduction of the home of
a millionaire in which each room is ar
ranged just as would be for living, and
each represents a different period or style
of decoration.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Children I'm Fashion.

Children have become the fashion
asserts Il periodical that calls itself
the World and His Wife. 1t is the
smart thing to sit at meat with them
to pay Difference to their opinions, tc
encourage them in their ingenious flip
pancies. That is an improvement on
the dreadful tyranny Of our grand
fathers and grandmothers but the
wheel has turned little too far.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Proof Positive.

Tom-Skinner is an old hypocrite.
Jack-Why do you think so?
Tom-The other day he told me that
young man should never pass up an
opportunity to embrace good thing.
blackwell?
Tom-When he caught me embracing
his daughter last night he kicked me
down the front steps.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Ready md WiIIinr

Father" said the young man who
had been feeding at the parental trough
for number % years, Il have made
up my mind to paddle my own canoe
hereafter"
I'm certainly delighted to hear it,
my son." replied the old man.
And father" continued the v m, Il
want to begin at once, so kindly let me
have 500 to buy a canoe and paddle"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

got so severe in time
that / could not get
around. The kidney
secretions became bad
~ disordered and at
times there was al
most q complete stop
of the flow. | was ex-
amined again and
again and treated to
no avail and kept get
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Parallel Case.

"My observation" said the sage, "leads
me to the conclusion that the more
wealth one gives away the more wealth
one has"
''It's just exactly the same way with
Kisses" whispered one of his listeners.
demure little miss who was sitting by
big man with beard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Future Peril,

Terrified Passenger ton ocean liner)-
Captain. why is the steamer going so
slowly and using its searchlight?
Captain-Don't be alarmed, madam
the ship is in no danger But in a fog
like this we are always likely to run into
somebody's blooming old balloon and make
nasty mess of it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

Mrs Frances Folsom Cleveland, widow
of Grover Cleveland, was a witness in
New York before the grand jury which
is investigating the authenticity of an
anti-Bryan manuscript alleged to have
been written by Mr.. Cleveland and print
ed as such.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

To prove his assertion that vaccina-
ton is useless to prevent smallpox, DIR.
Rudolph Straube of Philadelphia chal-
lenged DR.. Samuel Dixon. head of the
State health department, to spend night
in bed with him with a smallpox patient
lying between them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Prohibition Cuts Arrests.

At the recent meeting of the League Of
American Municipalities. Mayor Joyner
of Atlanta gave figures from the court
and police records of that city, showing a
falling off of more than 80 per cent in
the number of arrests for drunkenness
and misdemeanors attributable to drink
since the establishment of prohibition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

ting worse. I have to praise Doan's
Kidney Pills for my final relief and
cure. Since using them l have gained
In strength and flesh and have no sign
of kidney trouble"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-MiIbuIn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Uuenthu siastic.

"Some of the greatest minds in the
country are now at work on the prob
lem of improving farm conditions"
YES" answered Farmer Corntassel,
that's one trouble bout farmin'. Too
many of us want to be workin' our
minds std O. workin' our land. -
Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

powder to shake into your shoes 1t rests
the fleet. Cures Corns Bunions, Swollen,
and Ingrowing Nails. Aliens Foot Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted
LIE Roy, N Y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
pendente Lite,

Chronic Litigant-That suit of mine il
still pending, isn't it?
The Lawyer-No; it's depending-on
your coughing up that retaining fee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
KEPT GETTING WORSE.

Five Years of Awful Kidney Disease.
Nat Anderson, Greenwood, S. c.,
says: Kidney trouble began about five
years ago with dull backache, which
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

Borrowing money is synonymous
with borrowing trouble.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

Snails' eyes are at the end of the upper
pair of feelers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
UnanswerabIe.

"You cannot answer his arguments,
Or turn them off with a laugh"
"Ah. no; for only omnipotence
Can answer photograph !"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

MrA- Winslow's SOOTHING Syrup for Children
teethins; softens the gums reduces Inflammation, n
lays pain, cures wind collie. Is cents bottle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

Bobbs-What did Smith mean by
saying that he took short cut for din
ner? Dobbs-I guess he was referring
to the size of the boarding house pie.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
NEW MEXICO LANDS

We own &c, 900 Choice Valley aud Prairie Iank
76DO ranch the Santa Pe Railroad
in Eastern Mexico Soil and rainfall Texas Pan
hsud. Crops Why 20 North West with long
high prices when you can mid healthy climate ess
i'm medi.ely. Dubuque Land Co.. Dubuque, Iowa
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

According to DR.. Edward Bedloe, the
best known globe trOtter at the CAPITAL.
who has just returned from a nine
months sojourn in Egypt, Cairo is
much stirred up over the coming visit
of President Roosevelt to Africa. The
khedive and his officials are anxious TO
cerned over whether they will get the
opportunity.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
| AM
4 MOTHER

How many American women IN
lonely homes to-day long for this
blessing to come into their lives, ana
to be able to utter these words, but
because of some organic derange-
ment this happiness is denied them.
Every woman interested in this
subject should know that prepara-
ton for healthy maternity is
ACCOMPLISHED. by the use of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05
Beware of 0intments for Cdtdrrh
that Contain Mercury,

rs mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering 1t through the mucous
surfaces Such articles should never be
used except on prescriptions from reputa BILE
physicians as the damage they will do is
ten fold -to-the good you can possibly derive
from them Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-
tured by E. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo. o., con-
tains no mercury, and Is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the genuine.
It Is taken internally and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by f. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by Druggists. Price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-11-05

President Roosevelt has announced
positively that he is going to Africa
for the sole purpose of hunting big
game. and does not expect to meet a,iy
titled personages from the other side.
Mr.. Roosevelt and his son Quentin. one
taXidermist and one naturalist from
the national museum viii constitute
the Roosevelt party. These scientists
are to preserve specimens of African
animals for the national museum.