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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-27
PITTSvILLE


is the guest of his bother this
week.
Miss Allie Sullivan was called to
her home in Royalton last week,
owing to the death OF her mother.
She has the sympathy of the com
munity in her sad loss.
Miss Estella Wells entertained al
her home last Thursday evening.
Will Gross of Grand Rapids was a
business visitor here on Monday.
Mrs. Campbell of ST. Paul is visit
ing at the home of her daughter
Mrs. G. F. Wells.
The Hougen Block is beng treat
ed to a fresh coat of paint. Pratt
Wilsey is the artist.
H. C. Mccoy has been appointed as
delegate to the /. o. 0. f. lodge
which is to be held at Janesyi. lie
next week.
The fair, which was given in tbs
Odd Fellows hall last Friday an6
Saturday by the ladies of the Con
gregational church, was success il
every way and over sixty dollars
was Melted.
The friends OF Miss Sarah Baum
are pleased to hear that she is con
valescent in hospital at Milwaukee
after a severe attack of pneumonia
Although this is an extremely back
ward spring, many of our farmers
have their corn all planted and he
work is progressing nicely. The
small grain is all up and growing
fine, while the grass is also stretch
ing itself. This latter fact is very
encouraging to the dairymen as il
has been a very hard winter Oh
mich COWS.
A larger acreage of potatoes ant
cabbage than usual will be grown il
this vicinity this season.
Miss Grace Nowatney of Nekooss
is visiting here this week
from an extended visit in Chicago
and other points.
Jere Case came down from Marsh
field last Friday in his new auto.
Supt. VIM. Haskins of the county
poor farm was in town the first O.
the week.
Extensive preparations are be n:
made for the Commencement ex
ercises to be held in Hougen's hal
on June 3 and 4.
The 5-year-old daughter of Mrs
Edwards of Mosinee, who is viist
ing at the home of her brother, w
H. Slime, had the misfortune tc
swallow a pin last Thursday even
ing. It lodged in her throat am
DIR. Hougen was called to extricate
it. 1t was dislodged without mucL
trouble.
June is considered the popular
month for wedding bells and we I'M
derstand that we will hear their
chimes in this locality during that
month
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-27

E HAD had very little sleep
all night, owing to the
prowling around and roar
ing of lions, attracted by
the offal of a giraffe
which I had shot the pre-
vious afternoon, and had
had dragged bodily up to
the wagon. The night was,
however, so dark that l
could not get a view, and,
although | once thought I
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-27

win 60 farther before IL succumbs. or
tn tiger cannot speak, but the
leopard and the jaguaE, as also the
puma. or mountain lion, partake more
Of The cat" tsnacity Of life than does
the lion Of South Africa
Tracking en High Ground.
The spoor led away towards some
higher ground, intertwined with a tan
gled growth Of creepers, and which
looked Just like the kind of harbor my
game would be likely to take refuge
in. I even thought could discern
some moving objects there. Anyway
followed the spoor right to where I
had calculated / should find recent
traces Of the lions If they had not left
the vicinity, and suddenly In the sun,
at full length among the rocky boul-
ders, came across one. As ap-
preached, he lazily raised his head and
looked at me, at the same time utter
ing low growl, as II annoyed at my
intrusion. AS he did not seem in
clined to move further, and must have
descended and climbed the side Of the
little kloof which interviewed between
US before he could reach me, though
did not anticipate this, walked on
towards him, till got to my side Of
the ravine, about thirty PAGES from
him. He now seemed as il he had
thought that he had permitted me to
encroach far enough on to his domain,
and raised himself on his forequarters,
the tip of his tail twitching in man.
ner which 1 knew meant mischief
should / wound him. II he moved
away 1 might not get better chance.
though I wished the distance had been
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-27

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-27
New zealand is Healthy

New Zealand's population at the
close Of last year was estimated at
100000. the death ratio being only
95T . thousand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-27
POST OFFICE INF ORMATION

once open from 7 a. M, TO D. N. week
days. windows open Sundays from 1900 to
100 2. m.
Holidays. window open from 10 8 a. n.
Carriers viii make no trip on holidays.
MAILS CLOSE AS FOLLOWS:
Goinc north on c. NJ. & st. Paul 6 a. m. and
8 D. m Except SunGay.)
Cong South on C. VI. & St. Paul12:00M. and
.. m. Except Sunday)
Gong West on g. B. &. w. $50 z. u. (except
Sunday.
Going East on G. B. &C ", 1:50 D. m. Except
Sunday.)
Going North on c. 6 N. ". / p. m.
Going South G. & n. w. at 1 p. m.
Mail closes Sundays as follows:
Going North on en-. & st. Paul az f0:50a. m
Going South on G. NJ. & st. Paul 8:e0p. N
Stage for Saratoga, New Rome, Xaudries-
sen, Munroe Center, leaves at . q. m.
Mail for Saratoga, New Rome, Yandriessen
closes at $3.50 a. m.
Rural carriers leave at 1870 a. m.
Mail closes for Rurai Delivery az $50 a. n.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-27

more plunged after the lioness, won
dering how our next meeting would
come OF. There was plenty Of blood,
just where her head had lain, and Also
enough to guide me easily on the
tracks she had taken. Indeed. before
/ was aware of 1t, was almost On top
Of her. Stepping steadily back-ehe
lay directly from mel drew another
bead between her ears at the base of
her skull, and let ny. This time there
could be no doubt as to its being e.
fective, for, as stood, could see
where tho bullet bored right into her
brain. The lioness never so much as
moved, SO l stepped UP and examined
her. My first bullet had struck her too
low beneath the eyes to reach her
brain. It had torn through the cartil-
age of the nose and down her throat,
momentarily stunning and SO Supply
ing her that her last rush was a ran
dom one; but she was dead, to all ia
tents and purposes, and doubtless was
not in need OF my second ball. Her
skin was simply Of no value, and could
only have been an eyesore, SO I did
not bother to take 1t OF, only keeping
her skull, and returned to the wagon
to rate my needless driver soundly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-27
Awakened by the Roar of a Lion.

My theory was that lioness would
probably not be altogether solitary, as
is sometimes the case with animals of
the male sex Acting on this hypoth-
esis, determined to cast around and
see If / could not make out further
signs of lions. l did not need meat.
There was plenty for some time, and
the additional excitement attached to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-05-27

June is considered the popular
month for wedding bells and we I'M
derstand that we will hear their
chimes III this locality during that
month.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10

releasing the upper bulb sharply,
after having compressed it, the little
hammer will be drawn to the top of
the tube and there retained by a suit
able device until it is desired to
strike the blow.
ITO make the test, the finger hook
near the top and on the left side is
first pressed down. Then by COM
pressing the rubber bulb, seen rest
ing on the base, and connected with
the upper portion of the glass tube
by piece of small rubber tubing, the
hammer will be permitted to fall.
Upon striking the specimen it re-
bounds. The amount of this rebound,
as read upon the scale, is regarded as
a numerical statement of the degree
of hardness. A small rod will be
seen to the left of the glass tube
This affords rightly and at the same
time supplies means of supporting
sliding holder. In the holder is
secured magnifying glass by which
the rebound may be observed distinct
ly and accurately. However, not all
operators use this glass, as a little
practice is sufficient usually to enable
the users to dispense with such assist
ance in reading the rebounds
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
HAT BOSSES UNEASY.
Try Novel Trick to Learn Prospects
of Trade.

Among the numerous peculiar
things the Hat Manufacturers asso-
citation has been doing within the
past few weeks, and which is strong
indication that its members are be-
coming anxious as to future business.
is a circular Issued to retail hat deal
ers throughout the country. asking
them questions bearing on the label
of the United Hatters of North Amer
lea. as follows:
is there demand for the union
label from your customers If so,
how large is the percentagee What
character is it-from union agitatnrs,
who only come 20 YOU to induce you
to carry label hats, or from workmen
who would be bona fide customers
and who want the label?
DO YOU consider the union label
in hats necessary to your business?
II so. Why
Can you do as much business with
out the label as with its
II the quality. grade for grade. is
better without the union label, would
You carry all non-label hatse
Or would you carry a small pro-
portion of label hats to meet the de-
mand. Ii the latter. and a union man
should insist that YOU carry only
union hats, what action would you
takes
Are your clerks organized. If so
do they influence you in favor of Label
hatsss-Exchange.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
THE WORKERS.

The working class alone does the
worlds work, has created its capital,
produced its wealth, constructed its
mills and factories, dug its canals.
made its roadbeds. laid its rails and
operates its trains, spanned the rivers
with bridges and tunneled the noun
tains. delved for the precious stones
that glitter upon the busom of vulgar
idleness, and reared the majestic pal
aces that shelter insolent parasites
Eugene v Debs.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
1T WAS TRUE EVEN THEN.

In the Congress of 1776. John Adams
observed. That as to this matter, it
was of no consequence by what name
you call your people, whether by that
of free men of slaves. That in some
countries the laboring poor men were
called freemen; in others they were
called slaves; but the difference was
imaginary only. What matters it
whether landlord employing ten la
borers on his farm gives them annual
II as much as will buy the necessaries
of life, or gives them those necessar-
les at short hand?"-From the Lost
Principles of Sectional Equilibrium, $
by Barbarossa.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10

is infinitely more effective The hand
device bears slight resemblance to a
small pillow. 1t consists of a broad
mouthpiece leading up to body por-
ton in which is a suction apparatus
The two handles are movable and the
operator presses them in or out, as
though working bellows This sets
in action the suction machinery and
creates a vacuum into which the dirt
from carpets or floors is swiftly
sucked. 1t can be readily seen that
this is a big improvement over the
old method of house cleaning, being
quicker, doing the work more thor
oughly and having the additional
merit of not raising a dust to undo the
cleaning
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
8EY{1s1 r.
pTHfCHANICY
rESTINGHARDNEsS OF METALS
Instrument Invented for Purpose of
Determining Accurate and Scien-
tific Measurements of Hardness.

An instrument called the 'Sclero-
scope" for accurately testing the
hardness of metals. and recently in
troduced on the market, will find an
important place in the shops of those
requiring such information. The de-
vice is the invention of Albert F.
Shore, and according to the Iron
Age it fills long felt want That
paper, in commenting on the subject,
has the following to say:
This new instrument would seem
to supply the means of efecting ac-
curate and scientifically correct meas
urements of hardness, for with it an
instantaneous blow is struck, and the
is then measured by determining the
extent of the rebound of the striking
hammer, the elastic limit of this
metal being tested having been ex-
ceeded. There is an upright glass
tube back of which is a graduated
scale running from 0 to 14O- This
tube is entirely open at the bottom.
In the same figure may be seen a
specimen secured in a clamp and
ready to be tested. This should be
put in such position that the particu-
lar spot to be tested is Immediately
under the lower opening in the tube.
The rubber bulb seen at the top is
for the purpose of sucking up the
hammer, which is a small piece of
steel fitting snugly but smoothly the
bore of the tube. The hammer is per
fectly free, having no attachment to
any portions of the instrument Upon
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10

Tin is a metal which, like copper,
accelerates the corrosion of iron by
aiding in the oxidation of the hydro
gen set free by the reaction, says
William H. Walker in the Engineering
Magazine If, therefore. in the manu-
facture of the so-cailed tin plate,
which is sheet iron or steel covered
with a layer OF metallic tin. there may
be intersections or pin holes in the
tin coating, these channels through
the tin to the iron will become cen
tiers of corrosion which rapidly de
stroys the plate.
1t is impossible to detect these I'M
PROJECTIONS by a simple inspection,
and hence users of tin plate have
been unable to test the quality OF their
raw material from this point of view.
Since the iron must pass into solution
at these exposed points in the tin
coating, their presence may be easily
located by flowing upon the tin sur
face a solution of gelatin or glue in
which is dissolved some potassium
ferricyanide. When the jelly has
stiffened the iron will pass into solu
ton through the holes in the tin, and
reacting with the ferricyanide will
leave a bright blue spot in the jelly
Variations in the quality of tin plate
mag thus be easily detected.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
HoT-EGG HOLDER AND OPENER
ably Warm Hen Fruit Without
Fear of Burning the Fingers.

1t is well known that difficulty is
generally experienced in holding and
opening a hot egg, particularly when
it has been soft boiled Unless care
is exercised the shell will suddenly
break, sending the contents of the
egg in all directions, in most cases
distributing itself over the clothes of
the person endeavoring to open it.
To avoid such accidents New York
inventor has designed hot-egg holder
and opener, which is shown in the ac-
companying illustration 1t consists
of a pair of compressible cups, which
are also detachable. In the center
of the holder are cutters After an
egg has been placed in one of the
sections of the holder the other sec
ton is placed in position and the CEN
ter of the holder compressed The
cutters are thus forced against the
shell of the egg, penetrating it sufd-
GENTLY to be opened. By drawing
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10

regular time. The present output is
fifteen engines with a force increased
from 500 to 400 men. and the strike
breakers are working overtime. One
of them. when asked what machine
he ever ran before. answered
Wheeler & Wilson"
The men are on strike against the
adoption of the piecework system.
the experience of other shops having
shown them what the results would
be. The men were receiving % to
50 cents an hour, but the strike
breakers are paid 80 to As cents.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
THE GREAT MEN GONE.

Senator Beveridge. in the course
an eloquent after-dinner speech in
Boston. said of child labor: when
We consider the Indifference with
which so many of our great men look
upon the child-labor evil. We can't
help wondering if these men are so
very great after ALL" Senator Bever-
idge paused and smiled An orator,
he said, was addressing an assem-
blage of the people. He recounted the
peoples wrongs. Then he passion
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
THE LATHERS.

Five members of the board of ex-
aminers of the Chicago Lathers' Union
have been indicted for conspiracy The
members who were indicted are Clark
Buth, George Briggs, Thomas Sim
mons, Fred OFT and A. Alex The in
dictments were returned on evidence
given before the grand jury by Viii
liam H. Scrontz, a lather of Cleve
land, o., and c. A Bulge, a Chicago
latning contractor Scrontz alleged
that the defendants wanted to make
him pay $500 for the privilege Of work
ing in Chicago
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
IN THE GAME.

Labor was formally instituted last
week at largely attended conven-
ton held in Lincoln. Will NJ Maupin.
editor of the Lincoln Wageworker and
State Labor Commissioner, who mi
tiated the movement for a state fed
Grafton, was elected president, and
Frank P. Hart, of South Omaha, was
chosen secretary.-Pueblo Industrial
Review
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
VIEW FERRO-TITANIUM RAILS
Experiments Show That They Contain
but Little Titanium and May Be
Entirely Free

A curious popularity of the new
ferro-titanium rails, which have been
made experimentally in the United
States for a little more than a year.
is that they may be entirely free from
utanium, and at most they contain
but little. In this respect the alloy"
differs from all Others The proper
ties of nickelsteel, for instance, de-
pend upon the presence of a material
percentage of nickel, and manganese
steel must have carefully adjusted
proportion of manganese For the new
metal, the steel is made in a converter
and blown in the usual way, when it
receives charge of titanium alloy
This is product of the electric fur
mace, and is mixture containing
10 to Is per cent of titanium and
five to seven per cent. of carbon, the
remaining portion being iron. Each
ton of steel receives charge of about
eight pounds of ten per cent alloy,
the effect being to increase the Stag
removed from the metal in the ladle,
while the ingots are free from blow
holes. The titanium, unless in excess
of what is necessary to remove the
impurities, all passes off in the Stag
The treatment gives special durability
to rails for curves, and at the Grand
Central station in New York an ordi-
nary rail lost 3.03 pounds per yard in
four months, while titanium alloy
rail of the same composition was worn
away only 1.01 pounds per yard in
sly months The few dollars increase
Der ton oil Bessemer rails is expected
10 be muchs more than Offset by added
durability.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
DANBURY STRIKE ENDS.
Last Seven Shops Open for Work.
Idle for Five Months.

LAST Seven Shops Open for Work.
Idle for Five Months.
The whistles of the seven hat fac
tories that announced Monday even
ing an adjustment of the strike
troubles Joined Tuesday morning in
the general chorus and about 1900 en-
ployes who had been idle for five
months returned to work Sixteen
other factories resumed work last
week under similar agreement and
the strike is now entirely over in Dan
bury. Conn.
Arbitration of disputed points in re-
lation to trade matters is to take place
at the expiration of so days.
If unions make their support felt
now. in an emphatic and forceful man.
ner the strike in other cities will
crumble rapidly.-The Artisan.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
Two Young Women Hurt.

Auburn, Neb--Thursday evening
while Misses Blanch Holmes and Allie
Furlong were out riding the horse
took fright at some fireworks with
which Editor Kearnes was amusing his
children and a runaway was the re-
suit. The young women were thrown
out of the buggy. Miss Furlong had
her arm broken and Miss Holmes it is
feared received fatal injuries. The
buggy was wrecked.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
DIFFERENT HANDS SAME POCKET.

Rev. j. c. Steffen of Dubuque. Iowa.
made stirring appeal recently for
popular support for our colleges.
Let Rockefeller and Carnegie alone.
Go into your own pocket for college
endowments," urged the divine.
But what's the difference?
1t seems hair splitting to discuss
whether Rockefeller and Carnegie. or
yourself shall go into your pocket for
college endowments.-New York Daily
Call.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
CONTRACT LABOR LAW.
Important Construction of it Given by
Attorney General

Attorney General Wickersham has
rendered an opinion to the SECRETARY
of commerce and labor that a person
coming to this country under contract
to perform other than skilled or un-
skilled manual labor does not enter in
violation of the alien contract labor
law>
The opinion was rendered in the
case of VIM. McNeir. to whom admis-
sion to the United States had been de
MED by the board of special inquiry
at Vancouver, B. c., because he was
on his way to take job as superin-
tendent of a lumber company in Ore
gon at salary of $500 per month.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
FOUGHT SHY OF 1T.

At the recent convention of the
Iowa State Branch of the American
Federation of Labor the delegates re-
fused to either reject or affirm a reso-
luton introduced by the Brewery
Workers which called upon organized
labor to fight the resubmission of the
liquor prohibitory amendment to the
Iowa constitution-Wash Cd. c.
Trades Unionist.
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10

My pounds and ounces on the noof-
And as / am a sinner
1 drew myself from him aIoof-
He wanted me for dinner
OF course II one views it Alright
He might feel compIinented
To know he'd reused an appetite
That would not be contentea
Until a tyro-cannibaI-
A Lesitant beginner
Had picked him out among Us all
And had had him for dinner
But. honestly. when LUcius Jones
My daily stroll will follow.
And looks SO Ike a rack of bones
And also looks SO hollow.
/ feel Ike Leading him a race
In which III be the winner
The gaUnt expression OF his face
Shows he wants me for dinner
I'd love to go with him to dine
And bark to merry chatter
But Ii IS not so very fine
To go upon a platter
And so although poor Lucius grows
Each day and hour the thinner.
III see my every action shows
He'll not have me for dinner
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
sR,ckLAYERs ASSESSED.

For the first time during its exist
ence of over a third of a century as
an international union the Bricklayers'
Union has levied an assessment of 81
upon its entire membership for their
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
srRlks,sRsAkERs DOING HARM.
q. q o. f. r. Gets Worse Results
With Larger Force and Overtime.

The situation of the striking ma
chiniSts on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad is peculiar one. The men
are ssin out. and mean to stand pat
Meanwhile. however. the blacksmiths
and hoilermaSers. who promised them
assistance. have made some sort of
agreement with the company and
are stin at work. the machinists hav-
ing been ignored in all the negotia-
tons
Il IS asserted by officials of the
maehinists' union in Baltimore that
incompetent strike-breakers are do
ing more harm than good in the
shops. The normal output under the
old force was thirty-five engines on
The wageworker. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1904-????, 1909-07-10
A VACUUM CARPET CLEANER.
PIow Robs House Cleaning of Ter
rors and Is Great Aid to Housewife.

House cleaning is robbed of its ter
rors by the new vacuum cleaner that
has been put on the market This is
not one of the wagon outfits which
have sprung into such universal de-
mand for the cleaning of large build
ings. nor is it one of the electrical ma
chimes, but simple hand apparatus
which can be used about the house as