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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
SuueIchinw "A Disfurber,

CAV. go chase yerse'f." beloved a sar-
castle boy in the gallery.
Prof McGoozle, who was delivering a
scholarly lecture under the auspices of
the Society of Social Uplifters on The
Flexibilty of Our Mother Tongue" stop
ped short and glared at the youthful of
fender.
Apart from the rudeness of the inter-
ruption,' he said in cold, cutting, distinct
accents, and its total irrelevancy to the
matter under discussion. | wish to ask
the thoughtless person who uttered that
hasty and ill-considered exclamation how
a normally constructed and homogeneous
human being can possibly chase himself y
Having thus completely crushed the
presumptuous Juvenile, Prof. McGoozle
resumed his lecture with a perceptible
note of triumph in his voice.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
Hcxy to Keen Wnter Cold.

Having tried it, l recommend the
following mode of keeping ice waterfOr
a long time common pitcher" says
a writer in Woman's Home Companion.
place between two sheets of thick
brown paper a layer of cotton batting
about half al inch in thickness; fasten
the ends of the paper and batting to-
gether, forming circle, then sew or
paste n crown over one end, making a
box the shape of stovepipe hat minus
the rim. Place this over an ordinary
pitcher filed with ice water making it
deep enough to rest on the table so as
TO exclude the air. and you will be as
tonished to see the length of time that
the ice will keep and the water remain
cold after all the ice has melted"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
Service Before Dividends.

In commenting on the recent court de-
cisions in New York City, canceling street
railway leases. which proved Improbable
and allowing new plan of operation with
out regard to the payment of former rate
of dividends, the Wall Street Summary
says: 1T must be understood that fran
chise to a public service corporation is
given under conditions which make an
adequate service to the public obliga
tory. The costs of providing this ade-
quate service come before dividends or
any return on the capital invested; and
corporation which, from poverty, owing
to mismanagement or any other reason,
is unable to fulfill its obligations to the
public, is unworthy to have a franchise"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
POTATO GUM ON STAMPS.
Uncle Sam Tries to Make Lot of
Stamp LiclSer InnOcuOus.

| Stamp Ticker Innocuous.
Every time a person ticks United
States postage stamp he gets taste
Of sweet potato. The gum with which
the stamps are backed is made from
that succulelt vegetable because
| Uncle Sans lieutenants consider it
the most harmless preparation of the
sort.
All the gum used on American post
age stamps is mixed by the govern
ment at the bureau of engraving and
printing, where the stamps are made.
1t is spread on the sheets after the
| stamps have been printed.
The gum in a liquid form is forced
up through pipes from the basement,
where it is made. These pipes lead to
a series of machines consisting Of roll
! ers between which the sheets of STAMPS
are fed one at time.
A continuous fine stream of the
liquid gum falls upon one Of these
rollers. The sheet with its wet coat
| ing of sweet potato mucilage passes
from the rollers into long horizontal
fue filed with hot air. When it
energies at the other end of the fiue
the gum is dry.
The government makes two kinds of
postage stamp mucilage. II one
could see the packages of stamps as
they come to the postOfice ready to
be sold one would find them labeled,
according to season, Summer Gum" or
"Winter Gum" The former is much
the harder of the two and was devised
some years ago to keep the stamps
from getting sticky in warm, moist
weather.
While Uncle Sam tries to make the
lot of the stamp ticker as innocuous as
possible he does not advise making a
meal of his sweet potato gum. The
whole process of gum making and ap-
plying is made as clean as possible,
but there is yet another item to be
considered.
A sheet of postage stamps is handled
a good many times before it even
leaves the bureau where it is made.
If you must lick any of your stamps
pick out those from the middle of the
sheet. The corner ones have gone
through the fingers of half dozen or
more counters.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
CUTICURA CURED FOUR.

southern Woman Suffered with Itc.-
ing, burning Rash-Three Little
Babies Had skin Troubles
My baby had running sore on his
neck ard nothing that l did for ii took
effect until l used Cuticura. My face
was nearly full Of letter or some sim
liar skin disease. 1t would itch and
burn so that l could hardly stand it.
Two cakes Of Cuticura Soap and a box
of Cuticura Ointment cured me. Two
years after it broke out on my hands
and wrist. Sometimes l would go
nearly crazy, for it itched so badly. I
went back to my old standby, that
had never failed me-onc set of Cuti-
cura Remedies did the work. One set
also cured my uncle's baby, whose head
was cake of sores, and another baby
who was in the same fix. Mrs. Lille
Wilcher. no Eleventh St, Chattanooga,
Tenn. Feb. 16. 1907"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
ORDERS 4 REIRIAL Of
STANDARD OIL CASE
President Directs Attorney General
to Start Preparations at
Once.
TO BAR TECHNICAL ESCAPE.
He Declares There Is No Question of
Guilt or of Exceptional Gravity
of the Ofense.

President Roosevelt from Oyster Bay
| has announced in unmistakable terms
the determine ton of the administration
| to proceed with the prosecution of the
| Standard Oil case, despite the decision
| adverse to the government handed down
| by the United States Circuit Court of
bAppeals. The decision, the President
thinks, in no way affects the merits of
the case, and he makes known his de
cision to cause the action to be brought
again before the courts in such shape.
if possible, as to prevent technfcalities
interfering with decision based upon
the actual issues involved.
The statement in the matter. made
public by Secretary Loeb, follows:
The President has directed the Attor-
ney General Immediately to take steps for
| the retrial of the Standard Oil case. The
reversal of the decision of the lower court
does not in any shape Or way touch the
! merits of the case, except i'll so far as
| the size of the fine is concerned There
is absolutely no question of the guilt of
of the defendants or of the exceptionally
grave character of the ofense.
| The President would regard it as a
gross miscarriage of justice if through
any technicalities of any kind the defend
ant escaped the punishment which would
have unquestionably been meted out to
| any weaker defendant who had been gull
| ty of such offense. The President will
do everything in his power to avert or
prevent such miscarriage of justice. With
! this purpose in view the President has
directed the Attorney General to bring
into consultation Frank B. Kellogg in the
matter and to do everything possible to
| bring the offenders to justice.
| Grosscup's Answer to President.
Judge Peter S. Grosscup of Chicas 20
is one of the three judges constituting
the United States Circuit Court of APP
peals, sitting in Chicago, which deliv-
cred the judgment in the Standard Oil
case. When shown the statement from
! Oyster Bay relative to the decision, he
wrote the following:
There is no more reason why l should
| take notice of the comment of Mr.. ROose-
welt than I would of any private citizen,
for the office that he fills and the office
that the judges of the Court of Appeals
fill are entirely independent, though CO.
ordinate, branches of the government.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
The Heredify of Hair.

Gertrude and Charles Davenport, con-
nected with the Carnegie Institution S
station at Cold Spring Harbor, \. Y,
writing in the American Naturalist of the
results of their observations on the He
redity of Hair Form in Man." say it is
now possible to predict from the hair of
parents the form of their children's hair,
whether straight, wavy, curly or frizzy.
They find that the following rules are al
most invariable: 1.-Two wavy-haired par
ents may have straight, wavy or curly
haired children, but the chances Of curly
hair are slight. Two curly-haired parents
may have children with either straight,
wavy or curly hair, and the proportion of
curly-haired offspring will probably be
large"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
gueg Canal Profits.

Suez canal reports continue to give th'
lie to the predictions of failure or o.
financial unproftableness which were 81
numerously and so confidently made con
corning that enterprise at its inception
and. indeed. pretty persistently until i
began practically to disprove them. Th'
history of the canal since its opening II
commerce has been an insDiringly monot
onous record of continuous progress. Eacf
year has seen its patronage and profits
increase and at intervals of a few year:
Il has beent necessary to make successive
and considerable reduction to tolls in or
der arbitrarily TO decrease the receipt!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
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upholsterers in Guelph, Ont, are fight
ing 40 per cent cut.
The stationary fremen in Denver,
Colo, have formed a union.
The San Francisco BARRIERS Union has
a membership of more than 200.
Revere, Mass, town laborers have re-
ceIved a wage increase of % cents a day.
The Boston Cigarmakers' Union has
levied an assessment of So en- each mem
Der to advertise the blue label
The Tackmakers' Protective Union OF
the United States and Canada is the sec
ond Oldest organization in America
The hodcarriers Of San Juan. Porto
Rico, have formed a union and the rail
road workers and street car employees are
about to organize.
Two hundred pupils of Chester, Pa.
public schools recently went on a strike
because two of their teachers rode on
boycotted trolley cars when it rained.
The threshers of western Australia
have formed a union, with its headquar-
tiers at Casterton. and have been so far
successful in raising the rate of wages
from Cd an hour to Cd.
Brewery employees in Toronto Ont, re-
Gently had their wages advanced to the
average of 81 per week and hours re-
duced two and one-half. Engineers and
hremen in the breweries received an in
crease of 10 to % per cent.
Plans are being made by the Structural
Building Trades Alliance and the Central
Labor Union of Spokane Wash, to erect
a labor temple in that city, TO cost 49,
900. There are 1000 union men in Spo-
kane.
The United States government, within
the next few weeks, will begin a series of
scientific investigations into the causes of
disasters in American coal mines, in the
hope of reducing the present frightful
mortality to a minimum.
The international convention of the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, ct
Columbus. Ohio. voted to admit to men,
bership the engineers of all electrically
drawn trains on steam railroads. Ad-
mission of engineers in Cuba to the
brotherhood was also voted.
1t is reported from the headquarters of
the United Mine Workers of America that
the two years wage contract entered into
at Toledo last month by the miners and
operators of western Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Indiana has been ratified by a refer
endum vote of the locals by 1900 to
1000.
The agreement between the miners and
operators of Kansas City, Mo-, Okla
homa and Arkansas coal fields signed in
Kansas City recently, provides scale
for two years, and the terms are prac-
tically the same as existed last year. I'm
der the terms of the contract the average
wage of a miner will be $4.29 per day.
For the second time within three or
four years an attempt is being made in
New York to organize the stenographers
and typewriters Of that city. The Book
keepers, Stenographers and Accountants
Union, which has been formed recently,
has issued circular to all bookkeepers,
stenographers and typewriters in Greater
New York, urging them to join the new
BODY
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30

1203-Venetian Crusaders took Constan-
tinople.
1429-CharIes VII of France crowned
at Rheims through the instrumental
itr of the simple peasant girl, Joan
Of Arc.
DIFFERENTIATION of the famed Bodleian
library was laid in Oxford.
162S-Kirke defeated Roquemont in the
Gulf of st. Lawrence.
1669-Locke's constitution for Carolina
signed.
16S3-Combined armies under John So
bieski defeated the Turks under the
walls of Vienna.
Gibraltar attacked by the British
and captured two days later.
1I73-Pope Clement XIV signed bill for
the extinction of the Jesuits.
1779-Americans surprised and defeated
the British at Paulus Hook Nj
nisink settlements in Orange county
New York, attacked by Indians.
3-Execution of Charlotte Corday.
1797-Bonaparte defeated the Name
lukes at the battle of the Pyramids
and thus subdued lower Egypt.
1S12-British and Indians captured Fort
Mackinaw, one of the strongest out
posts of the United States. -. United
States brig Nautilus captured by a
squadron of British frigates. Brit,
ish and allies defeated the French at
battle of Salamanca
1S40-Bill for the union of Upper and
Lower Canada received the sanction
of Queen Victoria Pioneer Cunard
steamer Britannia arrived at Halifax
1S50-Thomas Corwin of Ohio became
Secretary of the Treasury.
Montreal begun.
1S61-Confederate Congress met at
Richmond
1S63-Assault on Fort Wagner.
1S64-President Lincoln issued call for
100000 more volunteers.
1SG6-Austrians defeated the Italians at
LISA.
1S6S-Wyoming Territory organized.
1S70-M. Provost Paradol, French minis
ter at Washington, committed suicide
1S74-Charges of Theodore Tilton against
Henry Ward Beecher made public.
1S76-Boisrand Canal elected Presi
dent of Hayti.
1SS0-Gen. Manuel Gonzales elected
President of Mexico.
1SS1-Sitting Bull surrendered at Fort
Buford.
1SS2-Indian battle of Big Dry Wash
Arizona.
1SS4-First message received at Boston
over the Bennett ackay cable.
1S92-Election in Manitoba favored Pro
vincial Prohibition.
1S93-Boy cotting decided to be legal by
the Supreme Court of Minnesota.
1S94-President Cleveland signed the act
admitting Utah to the Union.
1S96-Cleveland, O., celebrated the Tooth
anniversary of its settlement.
1S97-Dngley tariff law went into, effect
1S99-Secretary of War Alger re-
signed because of severe criticism on
the conduct of the Spanish war.
19O1-Intense heat prevailed in the east
ern and central parts of the United
States.
1905-United States naval squadron ar
rived at Annapolis with the remains
of Admiral John Paul Jones'
1906-Peace signed between Salvador and
Guatemala.
19O1-Thirty killed and many injured in
wreck on the Pere Marquette rail
way near Salem, Mich. The Ko-
rean Emperor abdicated in favor of
the crown prince. >. Fifty lives lost
by the sinking of the steamer Column
bia off the California coast . Sew
eral thousand persons Frustrated by
heat at parade of Elks in Phila-
delphia.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
Increase in Horsehesh Eaten.

Owing to the steady increase in the
consumption of horsefesh in Vienna, the
municipal authorities have erected new
slaughter houses for horses. They>com-
prise a fine block OF brick buildings, COW
ering an area Of $500 square yards. Land
and buildings together have cost over
100000 There is stabling for 200
horses. The principal building is the
great slaughter hail. more than 300 feet
in length and 80 feet in width and equip
ped with the most modern machinery
There are stalls for killing 80 animals
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30

To Latees Only.-The wish to be
beautiful is predominant in every wom-
an. and none can say she does not care
whether she is beautiful or not DIR.
T. Felix Gouraud's Oriental Cream,
or Magical Beautifier ELECTS clear,
transparent complexion, free from Tan,
Freckles, or Moth Patches, and so close
" initiating nature as to defy detection
il has the highest medical testimony az
well as professional celebrities, and on
its own merits it has become one of
me largest and a popular speciality 1T
the trade. FERD. T. HOPKINS. Sole Pro
prietor, 81 Great Jones Street. New
York. For sale by all Druggists and
Fancy Goods Dealers throughout the
United States. CanadaS, and Europe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
TEXAS RANCH PASSING.
Great Tracts Rapidly Being Cut Into
Small Farms.

The land of west Texas is rapidly being
cut into small farms, and a few years
will see the end of the big ranch in this
section. Two years ago one could travel
for mile after mile in Lubbock, Hockey
and Cochran counties, without meeting
a person or seeing a habitation. Those
old frontier scenes are passing away with
astonishing rapidity.
At times one still reads of a tract of
$4,000 to $4,000 acres being sold, lock,
stock and barrel, as the saying goes, with
no more flourish than a rancher would
sell Hereford steer. But these big
deals are growing less and less, and the
end of the 50,000-acre tract is near at
hand
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30

A Northern Minnesota farmer has writ
ten this letter to the State live stock and
sanitary board 4 have a horse in quar-
antine that did not fully stand the mallien
test over three months ago, and he re-
fuses to die of his own accord, or to show
any signs of dying or disease. So !
wish you would send your horse killer out
and have him killed or released, so he
will not make so much bother
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
LYDIA 8. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

For proof of this statement read
the following letters.
Mrs. Barbara Base, of Kingman,
Kansas, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
''For eight years 1 suffered from the
most severe form of female troubles and
was told that an operation was my only
hope Of recovery. wrote Mrs. Pinkham
for advice, and took Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and it has saved
my life and made me well woman"
Mrs. Arthur r. House, of Church
Road, Moorestown. n. j., writes:
Il feel it is my duty to let people
know what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has done for me. 1
suffered from female troubles, and last
March my physician decided that an
operation was necessary. My husband
objected, and urged me to try Lydia
E. Pinl1ham's Vegetable Compound,
and TODAY [ am well and strong"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
A Bit of Advice.

This is a bit of advice offered by the
GunnisOn Gazette:
Young man, if you should come
across Il girl who. with a face as radi-
ant as Il sunflower, says as you appear
at the door. Il will be busy for half an
hour yet, for the dishes are not wash
ed" just squat right down on the door
step and wait for her, because SOME
other chap may come along and secure
the prize, and right there you will have
lost an angel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
Standing and Sitting,

She sat for an oil portrait of herself,
did she not?'
Yep, Jiax was the artist"
How'd it come out?'
"She sat for it but when she saw it
she wouldn't stand for it"-Houston
Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30

AT the beginning of the new fiscal year
the Department of Agriculture has S15,-
100000 available for carrying on its work
during the ensuing year. The forestry
service gets So. S96, 200 and the bureau of
animal industry 100000. To test plants
for their availability for making paper,
$4,000 is appropriated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
HN HIS Pen

Wealthy Stranger-Yes, 1 made my
money, every farthing of it, by my pen.
Youth-Ah, a novelist, or a drama
tist maybe.
Wealthy Stranger-Not me. l used
to keep sheep farm in New Zealand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
Recommended a Brother Artist

Photogra pher-Pardon me, sir, but is
that as pleasing an expression as you
can assume?
Sitter-Yes, sir; I'm doing the best |
can to look pleasant.
Photogra pher-There is an excellent
facial specialist two doors down the cor
ridor to the right. May | suggest that
you drop in there for few minutes and
have him block out a smile for you?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
Ask Your Denler for Aliens Foot-Ensc

A powder to shake into your shoes. 1t rests
the feet. Cures Corns, Bunions, Swollen,
Sore Hot Callous. Aching. Sweating feet
and Ingrowlng Nails. Aliens Foot-Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all
Druggists and Shoe Stores. 25c Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted,
LIE Roy, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
r,,o, Held for Boycotting.

Several of the officers and members Of
New York Typographical Union No. G
have been summoned into court TO show
cause why they should not be punished
for contempt in failing 70 obey the order
of the court forbidding them 10 modest or
boycott the Butterick Publishing Company
of that city. The injunction said to have
been violated was issued March IA, 1906.
The plaintiff claims TO have suffered great
pecuniary loss.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
Unknown anam;as of A Cilos

Unknown enemies of A Giles. a large
Minnesota sheep owner, are causing con-
sternation among the ranches of that sec
ton. A few days ago more than $50 head
of Giles best sheep suddenly died, and
upon investigation it was found that they
had been given doses of arsenic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
The Next Meal.

Cant you help me, sir?" asked the
beggar on the street to the passerby: Il
don't know where my next meal is
coming from!''
Neither do l." said the man adj
dressed, passing on; "our girl left this
morning, too i''-Yonkers Statesman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, and backache.
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, 1908-07-30

ton, but Doan's Kidney Pills have
cured me and l have enjoyed perfect
health since"
Sold by all dealers. 90 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo. n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30

his summer home,
CooperstOwn, after
an illness of sew
eral weeks.
Bishop Better
was born IL Sche-
nectady, y. Y.
May %, 1894. His
father was Alon-
70 Potter, bishop
OF Pennsylvania,
and his GRANDPA
t b e r W as DIR.
Knott, president of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30

with kidney trouble
that l could not
straighten up after
STOPPING wi t h o t
sharp pains shooting
through my back. |
had dizzy spells. was
nervous and my eye
sight affected. The
X j d n ey secretions
were irregular and
too frequent. l was
-, AsII
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-30

'Looks a bit like rain, ma am" OBJ
served the friendly mikman as he
handed in his morning pint.
1T does, indeed" replied the ready
witted housekeeper, with hef gaze fixed
on the bottle.-Boston Transcript.