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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05

made excellent bomb-proofs Finally,
however, starvation did what shells
could not do and the Modocs surrend-
cred. Captain Jack, Scar-Faved Char
lie, Jim and one or two other Modocs
were hanged for the murder of the
peace commissioners.
Brigadier General Howe entered the
United States Military Academy as a
cadet during the Civil War. 1t was
only a few years after he was grad
uated that the light battery to which
he was attached was sent to the plains
country and thence to Oregon.
After the Modoc war was over it be-
came the practice to attach light bat-
teries to expeditionary forces in the
field against the Indians, and Lieuten-
ant Howe served in the Sioux cam
paign of 1876, a campaign which saw
the wiping out of General Custer and
three squadrons of the Seventh Cav
airy, the temporary triumph of Sitting
Bull and then the final rounding up
of several thousands of Sioux warriors
who had taken to the warpath because
of the invasion of their country by
the whites.
In the army General Howe is
known as one of the most proficient
students in the artillery branch of the
service. He was graduated from the
artillery school in 1873 and has served
with both the field and the sea coast
branches of the service.
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thirst SOCIALIST MAYOR OF AMERICA

observed that the Socialist legislators
worked for their interests, and the re-
suit was a tendency on the part of
organized labor to support Seidel in
preference to either of the old par
ties.
Until the close of Mayor Seidels
term he will be one of the most inter-
esting figures in public life He is a
business man of good standing, is sec
rotary and treasurer Of the Milwaukee
Pattern Manufacturing Company and
since 1908 has been alderman-at-large
He is little man, not much over five
feet in height, and is slight of build
He has a high forehead, big nose,
and a strong, firm mouth. His eyes,
which are blue, are keen and snappy.
They suggest his manner, which is
nervous and active. A mop of light
yellow hair is tossed over his head.
His brows are slightly bent the reason
for which may be suggested in the fact
| that he wears glasses.
He is a native of Pennsylvania and
has been a resident Of Wisconsin since
babyhOOd. At the age of Is he learned
the trade CT furniture carving. His
| recreation, even at that age, was the
study of astronomy, and his evenings
were passed at the public library. His
father, a railroad bridge builder, sent
him to Germany for his health in
1886, where he remained abroad for
six years. When he returned in 1892
he joined the Social-Democratic party,
in which he has ever since been ac-
| tive.
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The eyes of the country are rest
ing on Milwaukee, the first great
American municipality to elect a So
cialist mayor and an administration
favorable to his views. OF course, the
principles of Socialism-State owner
ship and control-cannot be put into
effect in Milwaukee, a correspondent
asserts, but the mayor-elect and his
supporters expect to institute a great
number of reforms along Socialistic
lines, and both in and out of the city
the experiments will be followed with
keen interest.
One thing which friend and foe
alike must recognize is that the So
cialist victory is no accident, the same
correspondent asserts, but is the out
growth of steady growth and the re-
suit of a constant propaganda For a
dozen or more years the Socialists
have been active in Milwaukee and
have won some minor victories. In
1898 the Socialist vote was 2,414, and
four years later was over 5000 In
1904 the Socialists polled $4,000, in
1908, 10000, and the present year H.
622. Thus slowly and by degrees the
Socialists have been growing in
strength. A prominent factor in the
Socialist victory was the fact that the
party had representatives in the State
Legislature, and that the work done
by these legislators in the interest of
organized labor had won the conf
dence of the unions. Union men who
had no enthusiasm for Socialism had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05

s5OoO
absolutely persons
largest in A
which displayed all
to those who follow baseball
The Chicago home
representing investment 100000 Those
with history
city sitting hills they
which the republic
persons
Chicago National League remoded
newq quarters Of and
described
The
10000 said been Obliged to do years
improvements cost approximately s150OOo Next year the
Washington will probably
d Both this
also thinking making improvements their
Princey of Dianon
The cost baseball The salary list
the minor leagues
$5000O0O This doubtless,
while ajo the Cleveland
sufficiently able player command for six months much
in deciding the detinies of the republic
Railroad staggering
baseball million
away home
cab from hotels fields
of
nualy paid out
Finally everything, game capital
than 20O00OO
income of $73381 is surely profitable bun
game that is worthy OF the patronage Of all sportong Americans
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OLD indian FIGHTER
TO THE RETIRED LIST
Brigadier General Howe, a Survivor
of the Modoc Campaign, Soon
to End Service.
WITH ARTILLERY 46 YEARS.
Soldier Took Active Part in the
Fight Against Captain Jack
and His Braves.

Brigadier General Walter Howe,
United States army, who recently was
in command of the department of the
East in the temporary absence of Ma
jor General Leonard Wood, has served
in the artillery forces for forty-siX
years. General Howe is soon to re-
tire from the service under the age
limit law. He is one of the few sur
vivors of the officers of the United
States army who took part in the cam
paign years ago against Captain Jack
and his fellow braves of the Modoc
tribe in the far Northwest.
1t was during the campaign against
the Modocs that artillery was used by
the white soldiers as a weapon Of
offense against Indians who had taken
the warpath At that time General
Howe was a second lieutenant serving
with a light battery Of the Fourth
Artillery. Captain Jack and Scar
Faced Charlie, Modoc chiefs, and their
following resented the attempt which
which their tribe had dwelt for years.
Peace commissioners were sent to
treat with the Indians, one of the
members of the commission being Gen
eral Candy. Captain Jack asked for
parley with the commission and the
request was granted. AS soon as Gen
eral Candy and his fellow commission
members met the Indians Jack and his
following opened fire and killed every
member Of the peace party. The
Modocs then took to the lava beds Of
the Northwest and it was found to be
impossible to dislodge them by means
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
MAN WITH ONE ACRE
Way TO independence Pointed Out
to a Head of Family Who
Has a Job.
DOESN'T NEED ANY EXPERIENCE
Intensive Farming a Side Line That
Will Keep the Wolf from the
City Toiler's Door.

The most Independent man in the
world is the man with just one acre. 1t
isn't too much and it isn't too little. A
man can get out of an acre all the veg
etables that he and his family can pos
sibly eat for the entire year; and he
can also raise a good deal to sell. With
an acre a man can have a comfortable
home and plenty of space for grass and
flowers, and he can grow fruit. l know
all this from personal experience, Har-
ry SprackIand says in the Saturday
Evening Post My family consists of a
wife and six children My place is
Just an acre; my home has nine rooms.
l have got good returns and I started
in without any real experience as 4
gardener or farmer.
As to grass and flowers, I thought
from the first that we ought not to
crowd them out for they make the
home SO much more attractive; and
though. in narrow sense, they may
seem to take up space that might be
used for money making, there is a ben
eft from the beauty of such things
that's worth more than money.
Three-quarters of my acre is given
up to vegetables. Half an acre, includ-
ing the house space, would be enough
If all l wanted was to grow things for
ourselves; but l want a chance to sell
things as we'll It's a mighty good
thing to have something on the side as
hh1r, in oAnd times and To fall hack
on in bad times. feel that man can
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told of how he was approached by
Leopold.
THE King edged up to the mining
business he said, "and, after throw
ing a few bouquets at me about my
shrewdness and ability and my sue
cess, he casually mentioned that he
himself was thinking of trying his
hand at mining in the Congo Free
State. He said if he could find some
capable and shrewd American with
successful mining experience, he
would like to have him take charge
there. Of course, l knew he meant
ne and that I'd have to invest in
something l didn't know anything
about. So I told Leopold then that if
| were to make any further invest
ments I would prefer my own State,
where I know what things are
But afterward Leopold came to
Walsh again and they became inter
ested in some mining ventures in Col
orado.
Walsh made and lost a couple of
fortunes before good luck finally stuck
and made him one of the biggest fig
ures in the mining world. His first
$4,000 was made in Leadville, Colo,
in the days when that town was rich
and riotous and the bad men abound
ed. The height of mining romance
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
THE GINGER JAR.

Keep your word and your word will
keep you.
The spark of love is usually kindled
before there is a match.
When it is as broad as it's long it
must be the square thing.
1t is better to make a few mistakes
than to do nothing at all.
The farmer who sets good,
straight fence also sets a good exam
pie.
The mole never waits for something
to turn up; he goes right out and
does it himself.
People like to be taken for what
they are worth, except when the tax
assessor visits them.
Contentment is merely the ability
to forget for a while the things that
are beyond our reach.
Even the most learned of US never
realize how little we know till small
boy begins to ask questions.
Many women after remedying a
smoky stove or a smoking lamp, have
to put up with a smoking husband.
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the introduction of the family to the
King of Belgium.
After period of this sort of pleas
ure, Walsh was glad to get back to his
mining and farming-he was a farm
er, too, and knew about all there was
to be known about irrigation 1t was
for this knowledge that he was ap-
pointed a member of the American
Academy for the Advancement of the
Sciences, the Washington Academy Of
Science and the National Geographical
Society. He was good after dinner
speaker and an enthusiastic clubman,
having membership in the best clubs
Of Denver, Washington and New
York. During his residence in Wash
ington, where he moved after making
his fortune, Walsh helped to beautify
the capital city as a member of the
Board of Trade and he was also
member of other civic organizations In
the various cities where he lived.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
EGGS AS oMENs.
Curious Dfvination Custom Among
Hill Tribes in Farthest India.


Hill Tribes in Farthest India.
The egg enters in a peculiar way
into the lives of the people of the
khasl Hills, in Assam, Farther India
No event of any Importance in the life
OF Khasi takes place without divina-
ton by egg-breaking. The number of
eggs broken for omens is only limited
by the resources of the owner. Groups
of hhasis may be seen arguing and
wrangling for hours, and accompany
ing their CALCULATIONS by furiously
banging an egg on the ground, until in
time they are standing in d disgusting
mess of egg shells, yolks and the
blood-red saliva caused by bethlehem
ing. When the success or failure of
some prospective event is in question,
the custom is to drop an egg on pc
culiarly shaped board, and then, from
the CONFORMATION of the splashed yolk,
and the position of the bits of shell,
draw an augury concerning what is
likely to happen. When it is desired
to discover the cause of some sickness
or misfortune, the man addresses the
egg after this fashion: ooh, egg, 1 am
only man, and ignorant, and I can
divine nothing. You can communicate
with spirits, and between them and
US have intercourse. Now, say, who
has done this-who has caused this
man to fall sick? If the spirit is in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
LittIest Father.

The woman who came to clean up
was telling how she left her boy to
take care of the baby. The boy was
two and one-half years old. The baby
was six months.
That's the youngest little father 1
ever heard of" said the fiat dweller
she was cleaning up for. do you
lock them in?''
Yes" said the cleaning woman.
Poor little fellow" said the fat
dwelIer Locked in to burn in case
of fire! Some day when you are
cleaning up for me l want to go over
and see that little father, who ought
to be in the cradle himself, taking
care of the six-months-old baby. I
want to just sit there and look on
awhile. Poor little fellow" Chicago
Inter Ocean.
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HOUSE OF CEMENT.
Maine Man Made Himself a Home
After an Entirely New Pattern.


After an Entirely New Pattern.
In Belfast, Me-, there is a house,
built by Frank Hoag, believed by the
builder and citizens of that place to
be the only one of the kind on earth.
Aside from the blasting and digging
for the cellar, the house was built by
Mr. Hoag himself. The entire outside,
the Boston Globe says, is of cement,
the mixing of the component parts
being undertaken after long study Of
the subject. Mr. Hoag finished the
inside of the house first This being
done, he lathed the whole outside with
wire screen stuff, such as is used for
fencing chicken pens. This was firmly
fastened The studding was close, and
when the wire was on it gave rigid
surface on sides, ends and the slopes
of the roof.
Over this layer of wire he spread a
first coat of cement. 1t was well
pressed on. so that it oozed through
the meshes of the wire for clinch-
ing hold. When this first coating was
thoroughly set another and a heavier
one was spread over the surface.
Shingle effects were fashioned on the
gables, and on the root the cement
was shaped and lined, to give an ap-
pearance of stating. Then over the
whole outside was laid a finishing
veneer Of cement paint.
The house is as tight as bottle It
is impervious to heat or cold, or leak
of rain; and, as its foundation is
solid ledge. it can defy the frost to
wrestle with it. Mr.. Hoag says the
cost of building was about the same
as wooden construction would have
been, but he says there is no great
number Of repairs.
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THOMAS r. WALSH.
A Typical Successful Irishman, Who

Typical Successful Irishman, Who
Made Millions Here.
"The best thing about Tom Walsh
Is that he never forgot he was an
Irishman," is the way a POSTMASTER
once referred to the tact and gracious
ness of Thomas R. Walsh, whose spec.
tacular career as a millionaire mine
owner closed with his death in Wash
ington. From millwright fresh from
Tipperary County with only $50 in
his pocket, he won so many millions
from his mines in the West that he
was consulted in business matters by
King Leopold, the recently deceased
King of Belgium who was known as
''the royal rake" The promoters per-
sonality is shown in the story he once
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05

Anton Stromme, aged %; Joseph
Kalpasch, aged 27, and Michael
Wietrzick, aged %, were taken to the
Minneapolis City Hospital suffering
from knife wounds as the result Of
fight between five young men in
dark kitchen Of Mrs Rose Gieskis
home The men were rivals for the
affections of Agnes Gieski, aged is.
The other two men, Stanislaus Dunn
bravitz, aged 20, and Edward Swo-
linsk, aged 27, are at large. They are
also believed to have been wounded.
tactic Kolanyak, a sixth man, is also
being sought by the police as having
been implicated in the fight. The men
met at the Gieski home in the even
ing. A fist fight started in the kitch-
Ell regarding the girls affections, and
soon knives took the place Of fists to
settle the matter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05

the house, let the signs be on the left;
If out of the house, on the right" Then
he splits on the egg, and, taking some
clay in his hands, smears it over, so
that the outside of the she'll may be
quite unmistakable when it is smash
ed. Apology is made to the egg by
the man saying, 7 don't spit on you to
insult you, but to clean you and give
you a color" and then it is hurled
upon the board
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
WORDS OF THE WISE.

An i'll weed grows apace.-Chapman,
Saying and doing are two things
Henry.
He that dies pays old debts
Shakespeare.
Excess of wealth is cause of covet-
BUSINESS .-Mariowe
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtu-
Gus man.-Addison.
AS good be out of the world as out
of fashion.-Cibber.
Toll. says the proverb, is the sire
of fame.-Euripides
The two noblest things, which are
sweetness and light.-Swift.
Think not that thy word and thine
alone must be right.-Sophocle
Oft hath even whole city reaped
the evil fruit of a bad manifested.
Nothing is there more friendly to a
man than a friend in need.-Plautus
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sPLINTERS.

High kickers-gallery gods.
The worm turns, but usually too late
10 get away.
If you pay as you go you are not
so likely to exceed the speed limit.
Some people don't even know enough
to stop when they run up against
safety gate.
The pen would be mightier than the
sword in handling the seat hogs on
railroad train.
Adele-Maude has an ideal complex
ion, hasn't she? Estelle-I don't know;
l didn't know that she used that
brand.
Bi1ls-What makes you say that hs
isn't a consistent temperance man?
Whistle kicked on the amount of ais
water tax.
Bowers-Do you think that the
world is getting wiser? Powers-Yes,
and if we have few more trust In
vestigations we will soon know it all
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more personal attention and do so with
much less expenditure of time And
you can fertilize it richly for much
less cost than you can a large piece.
We had practically all the vegeta-
bles: tomatoes, potatoes, beans, peas,
cabbages, beets, turnips And besides
these 1 gave attention to few things
with which 1 could get special results.
That's the way to do. Grow everything
for your family, and, besides, specialize
with a few things for the market.
When one can do this sort of thing
doesn't it seem as if everybody ought
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05

get such a big success, and can do it so
easily, that l want to tell about it.
l aimed, first, at growing all the veg
etables that my family could eat.
think that ought to be mans first eff
fort, before he thinks of growing things
to sell. Fill your own table and eel
lar first, and then on your surplus land
You can raise things to sell.
There are several benefits in having
a small piece of land. The money in.
vested is much less; and then, too, the
land itself can be worked to far better
advantage, for you can give it much
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-05
His Opportunity.

Glow did you manage to go through
every house on that block in. broad
daylight without being detected?"
asked one burglar.
very easily" replied the other. 81
selected a time when moving van
drove up to vacant dwelling. l worked
while the neighbors were hanging out
of the front windows to criticise the
furniture Washington Star
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More Human Nature.

Bing-Yes, sir; if I had my way
ABOUT it I'd send every stakeholder in
the meat trust to Jail for life
Wing-Sam Differs just told me he
had a little bunch of their stock for
sale at a very low figure for spot
cash.
Bing-Eh, What's his address,
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Throwing 1t Up TO Her.

Il have been singing my exercises
in the key of c all morning" said the
young lady from the fiat below.
Yes" piped up little Johnny from
the fat above, IAN pa said about an
hour ago he never was so c sick in
his life as he was this morning -
St. Louis Star
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to have his acre, or at least his half
acre? And it seems to me that no
greater good could be done by rich
men who want to help mankind than
to buy up land not too far from the
cities, at acre prices, and encourage
men to take it from them in small lots
at acre prices and let them begin n
life of health and independence.
think there is nothing that can give
a man such pride as owning his own
place, and / am sure that no million
aire is prouder of his big estate than
l am Of my little acre.
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of direct assault. The troops engaged
against the Indians at the first were
cavalry men, and all their operations
had to be conducted dismounted. A
battery of the Fourth Artillery, to
which Lieutenant Howe was attached,
was sent to the front and the Smelling
of the Indians position was begun. 1t
took a long time to dislodge them, for
the lava beds were full Of caves which
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- that only one life is required
States the writer detailed
cities In Chicago for example he there the fiscal
homice
how
ever, t. cause
which
Mr. Brewer which the following
evidence showed constantly
such, the roadh dedicated
of saying on or a
with malice,
OF
o
old England will
in the close confinement
to
serious N
the
punishment
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The Chief Requirement t

My boy seems TO be the champion
of the block
Good fighter, eh?'
''Oh, no; merely a good judge of
whom to mix it up with" Washing
ton Star.
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10y Rrnnd of HOSIERY

Il should like some rather joyful
hosiery" said the slangy young man
Yes, sir; how about check?" said
the brisk haberdasher, thinking of
what always brought most joy to him
self-Buffalo Express.
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The WHY Dealer.

Indignant Customer want to re-
turn this jewel box. It's not ivory, az
represented.
Dealer (musingly) -Now, I wonder
if it can be possible that elephant had
false teeth.-Cleveland Leader.
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Same Thing.

WILTSHIRE you going to take your
lawsuit to a higher court?
Gillis-No. We have just agreed to
double the fees in this enc instead
Puck
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Wanted Proof.

Nephew Ito the returning aunt)-
And did you think of me when you
were away?
Aunt-CeTtainly..
Nephew-Then open your trunk and
let me see it.-Fliegende Batter.
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Economy in Furniture.

Il see you only have one chair in
the kitchen, Mary. I must get another
one for you"
You needn't mind, madame. have
none but gentleman callers. Buffalo
Express.