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Legal Heir, son of Minor Heir, L: SO "a,
is to be trained and raced by Harry
Richmond this season.
A mortgage of $4,000 on its property
has recently been paid by the fair
board of Butler County, Ohio.
The intercollegiate foot ball commit
tee will hold a meeting in New York
City to consider changes in rules gov
erning the foot ball game.
The H. G. Bedwell entries, Right
Easy and Prince Ahmed, ran one, two
in the Ell Paso handicap, one mile, at
Juarez, Mexico. Six favorites were
beaten.
1t is rumored that the Indian service
of the Department of the Interior of
the national government may abolish
foot ball in the government Indian
schools.
Badge, 2:064, the pacing geIding, is
dead at the Eastman farm, near Roch-
ester, MINI. Twelve years ago this
horse was in the limelight and attract
ed great attention.
Apollo, 2:19H, owned by Louis G.
Hess, died after a weeks illness. ApoI-
10 was considered one of the best
speedway trotters in the country, and
his loss will be a severe blow to his
owner.
The grand circuit racing season for
1910 will open in Kalamazoo, Mich,
July 25. It is the first time since the
organization OF the grand circuit, fff-
teen years ago, that the program has
been started outside of Detroit
There is good reason to believe that
the National League will adopt f54-
game schedule instead of abiding by
the sense Of the December meeting,
which favored q, 168-g game season.
Mel Sheppard, the runner, has decid-
ed to quit Philadelphia for New York
The suspension of Sheppard by the
Military Athletic Association turned
him against the Quaker City.
A new American foot ball game
which combines all the advantages of
the Rugby and intercollegiate games
now played in this country, is the idea
Of Pat Hughes, a Los Angeles foot
ball player
The playing of foot ball in Virginia
is made misdemeanor under a, bill
offered in the Senate by Capt. Parks.
of Page County. The game is prohib-
tied, and all players, promoters and
managers are rendered liable to pun
ishment by fine in the first case and by
confinement in Jail for a second offense.
The annual report of the Canadian
Department of Agriculture places the
number of horses in Ontario at 10000,
as compared with $4,000 in 1899. Al
though the number of horses has in
creased only 111,000 in the last ten
years, their value has increased from
s42, 900 to 1854, 900. or little
more than 100 per cent
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

gave me hint, upon which 1 am de-
termined to work. Tonight I may
learn the truth"
From whom %
Don't ask me, Uncle Jen; I can't
answer you yet"
Wen, just as you please, but you
are as mysterious as David"
Why, what about Dayid?"
Only this, that he has gone up to
town without bidding me good-by,
save in this short note. 1 can't under
stand such conduct"
Nor l." said Maurice, stretching out
his hand Please let me read the
note, Uncle Jen. I wish to see precise
ly how it is worded"
The note which the Major handed
over was curt to the verge of rudeness.
1t merely stated that the writer had
gone away for a couple Of days on
business, and would be back as soon
as possible. Maurice did not wonder
that Jen was annoyed at receiving
such missive from one whom he re-
garded in the light of a son.
The fact is David has not been
quite himself since this trouble about
Isabella" he said, graveIy, and he
thinks it best to go away for a time.
You know how he tortures himself
over trifes."
This love business Of YOU two
young men is getting to be anything
but trifie," said Jen, testify What
between the lot Of you and EtwsId,
there seems to be nothing but trou-
bic. l wish you'd marry the girl. Maui
rice, and have done with it,
Ito be continued
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
LincoIn's Love of Solitude.

He was not polite or polished ex-
teriorly; his grace and amenities
were of the heart and affections; he
was abashed and embarrassed in the
presence of females-in fact, in any
kind of genteel society of strangers.
We were once being entertained at
a private house on the circuit, and
three ladies and he and l were in the
parlor; he took shelter beneath my
wing and got along $3.50 until l was
called to the front door to see
client. Upon my return l found him
i'll at ease, a very personifcation of
awkwardness and bashfulness. His
legs and arms seemed to be in the
way; they appeared to be committing
a social offense by being there. But
It was seldom that he went into So
ciety anywhere; he preferred the So
ciety of his boon companions Of the
circuit, or frank solitude. During the
sitting of the Bloomington Conven-
ton. in 1856, several of us attendant
thereupon were guests at Judge
Davis house by his invitation, in his
absence Lincoln was perfectly IA
miliar with ali present, including our
hostess, who was not only thor
oughly domestic lady of rare attain
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

damentals of government. He trust
ed the people and saw no creature
made purposely to rule them without
their consent. AS politician and
statesman he took no steps in ad-
vance of the great mass of our peo-
pie At times l thought that he was
timid, over-cautious; but in the end
he was right and l was wrong"
From an address delivered by Jo-
seph H. Choate, before the Edinburgh
Philosophical Institution, November
Is, 1900: 'SHe was born great, as
distinguished from those who achieve
greatness or have it thrust upon
them, and his inherent capacity, men
tai, moral and physical, having been
recognized by the educational intelli-
gence of a free people, they happily
chose him for their ruler in day of
deadly peril"
A Man of True Greatness.
Hon Thomas L. James, ex-Post-
rotary of the Treasury: His chief
title to enduring fame must rest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
COURT 12O YEARS OLD
Anniversary of U. S. Supreme Body
Made Notable by Filing of
2z,oooth Case.
FIRST CONvENES IN GOTHAM
Minutes Show List of Honorable"
Known in Those Days and Men
ton Is Made of "Crier."

The Supreme Court of the United
States celebrated its 120th birthday
Wednesday. 1t was 120 years old and
by a coincidence the last case docket
ed on that natal day was the 22,OOOth
one since the court was organized.
Feb. 1, 1890, the court convened for
the first time in New York. The min
utes of that meeting show that there
was not a sufficient number Of the
justices present to transact business
and those present, as the first official
act of the court, adjourned until to-
morrow at 1 of the clock
On the first day the Hon'ble John
Jay, Esq, chief justice; the Hon'ble
William Cushing, the Hon'ble James
Wilson, Esq, associate justices" were
present. By the next day the Hon'ble
James IredeII, Esq, associated JUS
tice," appeared and the court was
opened.
It was on that day that it appointed
the first "crier" for the court. In the
first few years not many cases were
brought to the court as compared with
the present day Now between 800
and 1000 come up for consideration
every year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
Shonshone Dam Completed.

The Reclamation Service announced
the completion of the Shoshone dam in
wyoming, the highest dam in the
world. It has a total height from base
to parapet of 1884 feet. It is located
on the canon Of the Shoshone River, in
one of the widest and most pictur-
esoue regions of Northern Wyoming.
The contract was let in 1905 to a Chi
cago firm and it has cost $515,73O. 1t
creates an enormous reservoir with a
surface area. of ten square miles and
an average depth of seventy feet. 1t
supplies irrigation for more than 1Oo'-
600 acres, a portion of which is now
available for settlers under the re
o1o m +ion act.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

English language. HIS memory was
Photographic in character He could
repeat from memory almost any pas
sage after he had read it once. and
nothing delighted him so much as to
sit down Of an evening among his i'm
mediate friends and repeat whole
stanzas from Byron or Browning or
the plays of Shakespeare Most of
the grand sublime passages in litera-
ture were familiar TO him. And yet,
so strong was his sense of humor that
no ridiculous event or situation es-
capped his notice.
Hon. John T. Morgan, United
States Senator from Alabama. and an
ex-Confederate general: The char
acter of Mr.. Lincoln was clearly dis
played in his conduct Of the war, but
he was deprived of the opportunity
for its full development in a period
Of peace and security. His most con-
spicuous virtue, as COMMANDMENTS
chief Of the army and navy, was the
absence of a spirit of resentment, or
oppression, toward the enemy, ana
the self-imposed restraint under
which he exercised the really abso-
lutte powers within his grasp. For
this all his countrymen revere his
memory, rejoice in the excellence Of
his fame, and those who failed in the
great struggle hold him in grateful
esteem
Carl Schurz: There never has
been President in such constant
and active contact with the public
opinion of the country as there never
has been a President who, while at
the head of the Government, remain
ed so near to the people. Beyond the
circle Of those who had long known
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

him, the feeling steadily grew that
the man in the White House was hon
est Abe Lincoln still, and that ev-
cry citizen might approach with
complaint, expostulation or advice,
without danger of meeting a rebuff
from poWer-proud authority, or hui
initiating condescention, and this
privilege was used by so many and
with such unsparing freedom that
only superhuman patience could have
endured it ALL
General Sherman's Tribute.
General Sherman: Lincoln was
the purest, the most generous, the
most magnanimous of men. He will
hold a place in the worlds history
loftier than that of any king or con-
queror. 1t is no wonder that the par
liaments of Europe. that the people
throughout the civilized world should
everywhere speak Of him with rev.
erence; for his work was one of the
greatest labors human intellect ever
sustained. I have seen and heard
many of the famous orators of our
country, but Lincoln's unstudied
heard. I have never seen them
equalled, or even initiated. It was
not scholarship; it was rhetoric; it
was not elocution; it was the unat.
fected and spontaneous eloquence of
the heart. There was nothing of the
mountain torrent in his manner-it
was rather the calm flow of the riv-
err
Henry Watterson, at the recent
banquet of the Confederate veterans,
genius of common sense. Of perfect
intellectual aplomb, he sprang from
a Virginia pedigree, and was born in
Kentucky. He knew all about the
South, its institutions, it's traditions
and it's peculiarities. From first to
last throughout the angry debates
preceding the war, amid all the pas
sions Of the war itself, not. one vim
dictive, proscriptive word fell from
his tongue or pen, whilst during its
progress there was scarcely a day
when he did not project his great per.
sonality between some Southern man
or woman and danger. Yet the South
does not know, except as a kind OF
hearsay. that this big Drained, big
souled man was a friend, a friend at
court, when friends were most in
need, having the will and the power
to rescue it from the wolves of bru
tally and rapine whom the history
of all wars tell us the lust of victory.
the very smell of battle, lures from
their hiding to prey upon the help,
less, the dying and the dead"
From a public address by Ralph
Waldo Emerson: 'tHe is the true
history of the American people in his
time. Step by step he walked before
them; slow with their slowness,
quickening his march by theirs; the
true representative of the continent;
an entirely public man; father of his
country, the pulse of twenty millions
throbbing in his heart. the thought of
their minds articulated by his
tongue
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
- poiIroad Propaganda.

n. Morrfssey, former head OF the
,rainmen's Union, and now the $l5,-
oo0 president of the Railroad Employ
a., and Investors Association, is quot
I'd in the Saturday Evening Post as
saving that the latter organization VIII
soon be ready to start an active cam
naien in Oklahoma and Kansas against
legislation unfavorable to the rail-
roads. this being the object Of the or
panizatfon as planned by the railroad
cornorat ions. He claims now to have
more than 10000 miles Of main track
railroad affiliated with his association
The workers are urged to join, on the
theory that railroad prosperity VIII
mean surer work and better pay.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
HIGH COST OF LIVING.
People Will Not Be Satisfied Until
There Is an Investigation.

1SOp1S w LII NOL Dc odI1SuSu OhIiA
There Is an Investigation.
The great public interest in the
causes of the present high price OF
living does not abate. Neither does
the public indignation against those
who seem to be responsible, at least to
a degree.
The boycott against meat is spread.
ing rather than 1essening. The effect
has not been satisfactory, as yet. Con
sumption in many cities has been cut
down more than so per cent, and
prices here and there have been re-
duced, but in the main the figures are
held at their old altitude What the
ultimate effect will be is problemati-
cal.
That Congress will make a thorough
investigation is certain, but that the
public will gain any knowledge or re-
lief is doubtful The investigation
will be in the hands of the Ways and
Means Committee and witnesses will
be examined under oath. The clamor
for relief is countrywide and the dom
inant praty in Congress realizes that
the people will not be satisfied until
at least an effort is made to learn the
cause of the greatly increased cost OF
living.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
The Humor of investment.

"Hows that mine of yours coming
along?"
They've struck new vein"
That's funny"
What makes you think SOP
ooh, the mine is such good joke
that I'm sure it must have a funny
vein"-St. Louis Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
A Logical consequence.

Il felt very warm toward the king
when he received me and asked me to
be seated" spoke up the returned trav-
eler
"a person is very apt to feel warm
when sitting before the great" OBJ
St Louis Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
Rare Birds Indeed.

Woman" observed the epigramma-
tic boarder, lis a puzzle without an
answer
"Huh!" snorted old Grumpley. Il
never saw a woman without one yet"
Boston Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
Youth,s IIIustve Dreams.

when l was youngster I wanted
to be a pirate and sail the sea and
make men trembIe when I spoke"
We'll, you do travel some"
Yes; but instead of making any
word from a customs officer. Wash
inotnn Star
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
Not the Musical Kind.

What does your brother do?"
He's an organ master"
Musician, eh?''
mo. Head of a paper that's the
mouthpiece of political clique" st,
Louis Star
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
No Need to WOrry.

MY dearest friend is just now in
critical condition.
You don't seem worried about it.
No need to be. It's his business.
He's, at a musical show. "-Baltimor
American
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
Perfect Faith

Does your wife believe all you tell
herr"
Does she? Say-I stayed out all
night recently, playing poker. And
told her we weren't playing for money,
and she believed it!"-CIeveIand Lead
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
Maybe 1t Worked.

Whats the trouble?"
Big crowd waiting for tables" ex-
planned the head waiter.
Tell the orchestra to strike up
something lively" ordered the pro-
prietor. Maybe it will make these
people chew faster
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

Muriel-How does she know she
really loves him?
Millicent-Another girl took fancy
to him and tried to get him away from
her-Somerville Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
Two Tests.

"Ritchey's wife has a wonderful
nerve. They were walking down the
street together and a mouse ran across
the sidewalk and she didn't even shud-
der"
Remarkable"
Yes, indeed. And just a little fa--
Their along, on a crosswalk, an auto
mobile horn two blocks away sudden
ly honked and she jumped eleven feet. ="
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

L. H. Sample, night express agent
at CHEYENNE, Wyo., pleaded guilty to
robbery. Sample is one Of the four
railroad employees arrested on charge
of wholesale robbery Of mail, express
and baggage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

Higher requirements for medical Ii
cense and prohibiting it to persons
convicted of crimes or misdemeanors
is urged by Governor Noel in a special
message to the Legislature.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

American cotton ginned from the
growth of 1909 totaled 1892, $50 bales
up to Jan. 16, 1910, compared with H.
S66, 200 bales for 1908, the census bu-
reau reports.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

The Farmers and Merchants Bank of
Alexandria, Neb., was closed by the
State banking board. The bank, which
is capitalized for $4,000, with deposits
of 5000, while probably solvent, is
short.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

ments, but Of extreme simplicity Of
style and pretensions as well. Evil
IDENTIFY there was no reason for con-
straint, but as we came into the din
ing room the first time Lincoln
adroitly and permaturely sat at
side of the table "Why, Mr.. Lin
coln," said Mrs. Davis, Il expected
you to take Mr.. Davis place" Il
thought So" said he, with chuckle,
and that's the reason that l hurried
up and got here Whitney's young
man; let him run the carving
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

Harry K Thaw was declared bank
rupt by Referee w. b. Blair at Pitts
burg, and his estate will be sold to
his sister, Alice CopIey Thaw, for $780,
600.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
CHAPTER VII

the reader may wonder at the
lent elements Of this story. At
itchcraft, mysterious strangers.
'baric women seem to be out of
hen set in the sober framework
ovincial town. But romance is
pendent upon landscape or on
dings for it's occurrence; it is
1und everywhere, and very Of
he most unlikely places. Here,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
Best Seal for Envelope.

When you seal an envelope with the
white of an egg 1t is impossible to
steam it open.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
Speed on LincoIn's Religion.

when l knew him, in early life, he
was a skeptic. He had tried hard to
be a believer, but his reason could
not grasp and solve the great prob
lem as taught He often said
that the most ambitious man might
live to see every hope fail, but no
Christian could live to see his fail,
because fulflment could only come
when life ended. The only
evidence I have of any change was in
the summer before he was killed. l
was invited out to the Soldiers
Home to spend the night. AS I en-
tered the room, near night, he was
sitting near window intently read
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

More
$5OO000
than onefth In the land of the
gaining dimensions commercial Importance This significance
small the
Siberian
business $0OOOO
British
the United States they did total
year.
What the hen is doing the United States the subject
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

Lake Erie is the richest body OF
water in the world in the matter OF
fish.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10
LincoIn's LEGAL Methods.

He had this marked peculiarly,
fruit of his social isolation, that, al
though he was the most amiable
and courteous of associates in a case,
yet if he was expected to take the
lead the opinions Of his colleagues
had no influence upon him whatever;
but he would pursue his own indie
pendent course in its management;
he would not attempt to proselyte or
antagonize the others, but when he
differed radically from them he was
prone not to reveal his views, but
they would learn his views, differing
from theirs and sometimes to their
dismay, in his argument TO the court
or jury.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

ing his Bible Approaching him, !
said, I am glad to see you so profta-
bly, engaged Yes said he, L am
proftably engaged. Well, said l, if
you have recovered from your skepti-
cism, l am sorry to say that l have
not Looking me earnestly in the
face, and placing his hand on my
shoulders, he said, You are wrong,
Speed; take all of this Book upon
reason that you can, and the balance
on faith, and you will live and die a
happier and better man.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-02-10

Almost everybody is interested in the hen these days.
Watch the hen, said DR.. Harvey Wiley the govern
ment food expert when Intercepted the other day
concerning the high cost of living. The hen is becom
ing prominent political issue the beef Her
product almost costly the tenderoin steak and
when she enters into conspiracy with cold storage
plant her lay is valuable than that of poet laureate
But while Uncle Sam is trying find when the hen
is trust other nations watching the faithful fowl,
encouraging her in her good work and occasionally
derng why the price of strictly fresh is the rise
Away in Australia the is actively
couragng the production of eggs and has recently had
poultry tour the country for the purpose of report
ing method increase and cheaper the production of
eggs.