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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
ORGAN IS OUT OF DATE.
Only Few Years Ago Every Rural
Home Was Proud Possessor
of One.
ONCE COST $3.50; NOW ONLY s35
To-Day the Upright Piano Is In.
stalled in the Place of the
Joy of the Family.

Thirty years ago home wasn't happy
unless it had its cabinet organ in the
parlor, so that the daughter of the
house could entertain the visitors ev-
cry Sunday afternoon by chording a.
little after she had been sufficiently
coaxed. The organ was always a beau
tifUl thing-very beautiful. A real
beYeled edge mirror was set in the
top so that daughter could look upon
herself as she industriously pumped
with both feet and chorded with both
hands. It was great exercise playing
the organ in those days.
All organs were decorated alike. On
one side was picture of mothers ia
Their and mother; on the other side
were fathers parents. Cousin Harry
who was doing so we'll in Denver
beamed out from one side of the Chi
nese lily that Aunt Molly brought back
from the city on her last trip there
while on the other side of the lily.
looking down severely upon the wax
fruit in its glass case, was Prof. OAR
win, who used to be principal of the
high school
But those days are gone now, the
Kansas City Times says A cabinet
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17

sticking his thumb into a plum pie;
that Jack and Gill's parents used hy-
drant water and they never went UP
4 hill to get the drinking pail filled;
that Jack Sprat could eat any kind of
meat set before him instead of only
lean meat; that Old King Cole was a
grouchy dyspeptic and the very oppo-
site of a merry old SOUL that no black
bird ever disfigured the kings wash
7rWoman by picking off her nose?
Would you have been a better boy
or girl If your mother had done all
shese things-had explained away the
delightful books of childhood and had
told you that the amusing, jingling
rhymes were written by some hard-up
story writer who wrote them for
money and not for truths sake? Would
you?
Is anything accomplished by squar-
ing child around and setting it face
70 face with the realities of life be-
fore it has come into the years of re-
sponsibility? Let the children enjoy
childhood in a childish way, for it is
"rlef and comes not again.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
STATE WINS CONTEST.


Lake Shore Telephone e TeteGrarh
Co. WithdraNvs Application.
In a letter from Attorney H. P. Rob
eTts Of Minneapolis, Secretary of State
Frear was informed that the Lake
Shore Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany of Superior has withdrawn from
the contest that developed when 1t
made application for reinstatement
This means, said Mr.. Frear, that the
company dissolves. At the time this
concern made application for reinstate-
ment, Attorney L. K. Luse Of Supe-
fior made the charge that it was moth
ing but holding company, that it did
TO actual business as a corporation
and that the officers did not reside in
this State. A hearing was he'd before
Mr. Frear and the attorneys were re-
quested to file briefs. This letter,
however. closes the incident
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
MUST SHOW, WALKER.

Students at State Deaf School to
Take .'Exams'' in Various Crafts.
The practice of holding regular ex-
aminations has been inaugurated in
the industrial department of the free
State school for the deaf at Delavan.
This STEP" said Superintendent E.
w Walker, lis in the right direction.
1t should have the tendency to I'M
press students with the idea that work
Zone by their hands is far from being
a matter of Indifference" Prof. Wal
ker is one of the foremost opponents
in the country for manual training
and industrial education in general.
Students at the State school are
taught shoemaking, blacksmithing,
woodwork, millinery, dressmaking,
printing and many other forms OF
manual industry
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17

Certainly, when I can hno him.
Where is he now"
Round at your stables with ny
groom. l brought him over with me-"
Thank you, Meg" said Jen, cordial
~. congratulate you on your pres
ence of mind, and on your courage"
There is no necessity to congratu-
late me at ALL" replied the other. col
oring, Il knew that it would not be
wise TO let him out of sight after I saw
the deyil-stick in his possession. And
as to my courage she added, careless
~, the poor old creature is so feeble
that even Ia womanu-couId over
power him. But ring the bell. Major,
and have him in. I may be wrong. He
may be innocent, but if you force him
10 confess how he obtained possession
OF the devil-stick. you may get at the
truth-and perhaps at the name of the
murderer"
1t won't be the name of Battersaa !"
said Jen, touching the button of the
bell He had no motive to steal NV
devil-stick, or to kill Maurice, nor could
he have any reason to take possession
of a dead body. Besides" added len
returning TO his seat, IF this trannp
were guilty, he would scarcely put his
neck in danger by offering you the dew
il-stick for sale"
At this moment the footman appear
ed in answer to the bell, and in obedf
ence to his masters peremptory order.
left the room again for the purpose of
bringing in old Battersea for exanfna-
ton While waiting, neither Meg nor
the Major spoke, as they both consid
cred that nothing further could be said
until the truth was forced from the
tramp. Then the present aspect of the
case might change, and an important
step might be taken towards the soln-
ton of the mystery.
ITO ne continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
ChiIdhOod's Brief Hour.

If your mother had let the house
work go and taken you on her lap and
explained away all the pleasures of the
Mother Goose book of rhymes, would
you have grown up to be any better
man or woman? asks the Wichita
(Kan.) Beacon. What if she had ex-
planned that the cow never jumped
over the moon; that there was no Lit
tie Miss Muffet, and if there had been
there was no tuffet for her to sit on;
that Jack didn't violate etiquette by
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17

organ used to cost $3.50. Now you
can buy an ordinary piano for that
amount, while a new organ goes for
$35-a dollar down and so cents a
week A secondhand organ sells for
from $40 to $25.
The farmers that used to own or
gans are now buying pianos. Some Of
them are buying player pianos. Books
have been written for the farmers
daughters that teach them to play a
piano almost as we'll as if they were
taught by an expensive teacher. By
the diagram method they learn where
to put their fingers when they see GER
tain notes, and many farmers homes
have daughters who have taught them
selves to play almost as well as if
they had employed a teacher.
1T was the coming of the upright
piano that put the organs down and
out" said a piano dealer recently.
THE old square piano couldn't be sold
for less than $500. The upright was
easier to handle and easier to put to-
gether, and it sold at first for about
$500. twenty-five years ago only the
rich-the class that buys motor cars
now-owned pianos. The medium class
owned organs Now only the poorer
people buy organs. Pianos are being
improved rapidly. I think that in ten
years all pianos will be made with
player attachments
The musical taste of the people is
improving right along. Many organs
are still being sold. Every family
must have some sort of musical in
strument in the home and the man
ayers of music stores testify that the
music that is being bought is of the
higher class. Just as much popular
music is being sold as ever, but the
demand for high class music has de
veloped rapidly in the last ten years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
dynamite Threat sc:,res Carctal>er
Many school Children Defective

Thirty-eight per cent of the ward
school pupils in Oshkosh have defec-
tive eyesight; 14.7 per cent have de
fective sense of hearing and 10 per
cent are suffering from throat defects.
The figures. are the result of physical
examination by Miss Signe Hagel-
thorn, supervisor of physical educa-
ton in the public schools. The total
number of pupils examined was 2,613
for eyesight defects, 1884 for hear
ing and 1854 for throat defects.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
WHEN WIND IS WINED.
Word With Which Poets Have n
Right to Do as They Like

"ord with Which Poets Have n
Right to Do as They Like.
II you look up your dictionary you
will find that the pronunciation of
wind is given as if spelled wind"
with the additional information that
formerly it was, and in poetry still
is, pronounced as if spelled "wiped,"
the Washington Post says. So much
stress has been laid on the latter fea-
ture that school children, when read
ing verse aloud, are required by their
teachers to sound the word as if it
rhymed with find" whether its posi-
ton be at the beginning, the middle
or the end Of the line, and they even
impose the same condition when blank
verse, which, as every one knows, does
not rhyme, is the subject of the read
ing experiment.
1t has been recently asserted that
the late Lord Tennyson, who knew a
thing or two about poetry, denounced
this convention. He gave, it is said,
much thought to the sound and the
length of vowels, preferred them open
and long, and when he read aloud, as
he did frequently, put his preferences
into practice in so marked a manner
as to confuse his hearers, being spe-
cially idiosyncratic on the letter "a"
But he baked at ''wined" for wind"
and would have none of it.
We are told all this ION authority
and yet, what are we to make of this
stanza from his I'm Memoriam"?
I will not shut me from my kind,
And lest I stiffen into stone,
1 will not eat my heart alone,
Nor feed with signs a passing wind.
Is this a case of practice differing
from theory? Or are the teachers to
make their charges say kind for
kind" so that the rhyme may be pre-
served? Surely not; the old-fashioned
way of saying "wined'' will save them
from anything so barbarous. AS a
matter of fact Tennyson availed him
self to the full of the now condemned
convention Thus, in his lode to Mem
ory,' he speaks of
| Those peerless flowers which in the
rudest wind
Never grow sere
When rooted in the garden of the mind,
Because they are the earliest of the
year.
And in THE May Queen" we have:
With all my strength prayd for both,
and so I felt resign'd,
And up the valley came a smell of mu-
sic on the wind.
But why repeat instances? They
could be multiplied almost ad infini-
tum.
The poet who, literally, flung the
| convention to the winds was Swim
| burne A daring innovator in so many
things, he had the courage of his con-
victions even in this small matter. He
who did not scruple to rhyme his
with kiss" son with sun" and
verses with courses" had no diff
| Guilty in making the wind jingle in
harmony with 'thinned" and "sinned."
So let budding poets take heart of
| grace, there are options for them still
| as there were in the days when Dan
/ Chaucer used French and English
forms just as they suited his meter
and his rhyme. And let sorely tried
! teachers not be discouraged by hypo-
critical iconoclasts. So far as the
sound of wind is concerned, the
teacher. like the king, can do no
| wrong
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
DAIRYMEN GET DECISION.
Nate Commission Orders Railroads L,
Cease Enforcing Obnoxious Rule.

Rate Commission Orders Railroads TO
cease enforcing Obnoxious Rule.
-Four railroad companies doing bust
ness IN Wisconsin, the Northwestern,
the Milwaukee line, the 500 line and
the Illinois Central, have been ordered
by the Wisconsin railroad commission
to cease applying that portion of rule
~, which compels shippers to mark
each bundle, package or piece of
freight, less than carload lots, with
the full name of the consignee. The
order constitutes decisive victory for
the Wisconsin Butter Manufacturers
and Milk Producers Association,
which brought the matter before the
commission scne months ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
HOW Old Spider Live.

Old spiders, which have neither web
nor the materials to make one. often
hunt about to find out the webs Of
other spiders, younger and weaker
than themselves, with whom they ven
ture battle. The invader generally
succeeds, and the younger spider is
driven out to make new web, and
the old spider remains in possession
until a stronger spider inyades the
web and drives it out When thus dis
possessed the spider seldom ventures
another attack, but tries to subsist
upon the few insects that may fall
accidentally into its clutches and
eventually dies Of hunger
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
FARMER STAYS HIRED MAN.
ehoots Man During Quarrel Meas
BufrePnHf.

boots Man During Quarrel Near
Butternut.
Gustav Kristen, a prosperous farm
r near Butternut, shot and instantly
KILLED John Bryan the other night.
Bryan and Frank Sturgeon of Winter
we're employed on Kirsten's farm. A
quarrel started between Sturgeon and
Kristen The latter ran for his shot
gun, loaded it and told Sturgeon to
leave the house or he would shoot
him Bryan got between the combat
ants and was shot through the body,
Sturgeon ran and has not been seen
since. Kristen gave himself up. He
ran a 300-acre farm near Waukesha
for fifteen years until twelve years
ago. Kristen claims to have been as
sauIted by Sturgeon and loaded the
shotgun in his presence to brighten
him. A charge of murder viii be pre-
ferred
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
MAKING LIFE LONGER.
No Previous Race Worked Harder &c
Achieve Distant Ends.

Achieve Distant Ends.
In his address as president Of the
American Association for the Advance
ment of Science, Prof. 7. c. Chamber
lin, of the University of Chicago, ar
CUES in favor Of the theory Of solar
evolution for which he is responsible,
and he holds that it probably fore
shadows a long history for the earth.
He says: But into the problem Of
human endurance two new factors
have entered, the power OF definite
moral purpose and the resources of re
search No previous race has shown
clear evidence that it was guided by
moral purpose in seeking distant ends.
In man such moral purpose has risen
to distinctness. As it grows, beyond
question it will count in the perpetuity
of the race No doubt it viii come to
weigh more and more as the resources
Of destructive pleasure, on the enc
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
BIG COAL DOCK BURNS.

Fire at SheboyEan Causes 100000
Damage-Forty Cars Destroyed.
Fire destroyed the c. Reiss Coal
Company's dock No. l and forty North
western road cars loaded with coal in
Sheboygan. John P. Reiss estimates
the loss at 100000, fully covered by
insurance. The flames for a time
threatened adjoining docks and near
by factories, but the local fire depart
ment, with aid from Manitowoc and
the effective work Of the fire tug, was
able to confne the fire to the dock in
which it was discovered.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Good w ork.

''You have had that cook a long
time, haven't your"
Quite a while, and she's the goods.
too
q wish you'd tell my wife how you
manage to keep her"
L got the mayor of the city to ap
point her to the Office after giving her
and now she thinks she is holding a
political office and. you know, office
holders never let go.'-Houston Post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
That Air of VerisimiIitude de.

John-One of your creditors wishes
to speak to you, sir.
Master-Wen, say I'm away. from
home.
John-All right, sir, and I'll just
light one of your best cigars; he'll
be more likely to believe me then
-.Iinrnn,dn Rla
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
The Point of View.

Civilization, remarked the canni-
bal king. promotes some strange
ideas
ITO whom do you especially refer?"
inquired the missionary.
Among you the ultimate consumer
is regarded with sympathy. Here he
is considered very lucky Washing
ton Star
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Plans Big Bridge Near Dybuous

The Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul road plans building an 100000
bridge across the Mississippi river
twenty-five miles from Dubuque to the
Observation-Disclosures City line, and will
build large sorting yards near James
vile.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
The New College Game.

When other arms and other legs
The game Of football play;
And far co-eds and wispy segs
Commingle in the fray,
There may perchance in bleachers rise
The. voice Of some old frat,
To say with sorrow and surprise,
And so, it's come to that"
Chicago Tribune
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Rally Round the Flag

Hurrah, hurrah We bring the jubileel
fIurrah. hurrah, No dollar meat for
me-
we will dine on vegetables from Den
yer to the sea,
While we are bursting the beef trust!
Boston Transcript
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17

Frank Wismer. . years of age, a
fireman on the Milwaukee road was
instantly killed at Grand Rapids His
train was running into a switch track
4 box car on another switch was too
near and Wismer, sitting in the cab,
was struck on the neck by the car,
death being instantaneous.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
IRON PIPE CASTERS STRIKE.
Eighty Men Walk Out at the
Superior Plant.

Eighty workmen at the United
States Cast Iron Pipe Foundry Com
pany's plant, in Superior, are out on a
strike for raise of % cents day.
There was no union at the time they
went out, but after quitting work the
men decided to form a union and will
not treat with the company excepting
as an organization. The pay has rang
ed from $1.65 to $2.75 per day and the
company fatty refused to consider a
raise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
FLEEs FROM PHANToM LOVERS
Insane Old Maid Attempts Suicide
and Gives Sheriff a Chase.

INSANE UId MILD AttcNPt" SuiciEF'
and Gives Sheriff a Chase.
Katherine LEM, a Two Rivers Wom-
an, aged 46, created much excitement
when being taken to the county asy-
lum in Manitowoc, after being adj
judged insane The woman, said to
be affected through reading cheap lit
erature, imagined that she was sought
in marriage by every man she met,
and while en- route to the asylum leap
ed from the carriage and gave the
sheriff a chase for several blocks. Miss
Lenz had attempted suicide by poison
and had become violent and neighbors
asked for her commitment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Favvn FIees Through Streets.

A fawn ran through the principal
business street of Vesper, followed by
twenty-five dogs the other day. The
frightened animal finally ran through
the open door of the freight room at
the Northwestern depot and was SO
exhausted that it offered no resistance
when Agent Prentice came to the res
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
TripIet Calves Come.

Considering the present high price
Of beef, Andrew Feasley, a farmer re-
siding at Black Wolf, considers him
self lucky man as a Swift COW which
he owns has given birth to triplet
calves. The calves are perfectly healthy
and contented and the owner expects
to rear all of them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Doylestov,n Has $4,000 Fire,

Fire at Doylestown destroyed G. W.
Miller's store, the postofce, Kehoe's
saloon and DR.. McDonald's residence.
The loss is $4,000. $4,000 CT which is
covered by insurance in Wisconsin
Mutual companies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Fire DESTROYS Big Car Ferry,

The Ann Arbor Ferry No. / burned
to the waters edge at the Northwest
ern slip at Manitowoc. The ferry had
full load of cars and was just about
to leave for Frankfort when the fire
was discovered. The crew lost all their
effects. The loss is estimated at more
than S200Onn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
after the honeymoon.

pa, what's the difference between
idealism and realism?"
..Idealism. my son, is the contempla-
ton of marriage; realism is being mar
ried. Boston Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17

E. A. Upham, the newly appointed
postmaster at Marshfield, has assumed
charge, with P. J. Kraus as his assist
ant. John F. Cole, postmaster for
twelve years, retires to practice law.
Fred Altman, assistant postmaster for
sixteen years, will move 10 the west
and engage in business.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Fares and Wages Rise.

The Sheygoban Light, Power and
Railway Company has announced an
increase of wages Of about II per cent
to take effect April 1, at the same
time that the increased fares go into
effect
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
In Escroxy.

81 inherited my fathers brains.
Otherwise I am completely bust"
But he turned quite red when the lady
said
who's holding your inheritance in
trust?"
Town Topics
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
ui,ivrirbt wbtrIed to Death.

As he stopped to adjust q large belt
John Harrington, millwright at TIE
Rib Lake Lumber Company's sawmill,
was caught and whirleG 10 death
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Not a Iii.

Knicker-Several thousand shirt
waist makers are on strike.
Henpeck-Do you suppose it would
do any good for the shirtwaist button
ers TO strike?-New York Sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
THIRST COSTS A LIFE.
"PoSted" DrUnl<aFd, Unable to Pre-

posted" Drunl1nrd, Unable to Pro-
cure liquor, Commits Suicide.
Crazed by an QveTpowering thirst
for the liquor which he could not pro-
cure, having been posted as a habit
ual drunkard, Albert Robinson, for
merly a prosperous business man, COM
mitted suicide at Cadott by cutting his
throat with a razor. Robinson was
so years old and leaves a wife and
several children.
dynamite Threat Scares CarctaIers
As the result of an anol-- nous let
ter threatening to dynamite the build
ing, a house in Brillion, belonging to
Rev. Father Garthaus has been va
Gated by Frank Krzanzki and family,
who were renting the place from the
priest. His wife became III through
nervousness and the neighbors feared
harm to themselves in the case Of a
dynamite explosion, so he was prevail
ed upon to vacate the house
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
ObIiyiOus.

Sloboy-Wasnt it awful cold last
night?
Miss Swift really don't know.
Jack Higgins and went sleighing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Mhx He Objected.

"Oh. don't you mind it, Alfred, if
the little boys cast slurs at you
L wouldn't, ma-but the last one
they cast at me was wrapped round a
brick bat"