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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
The Hand Kiss.

NThe kiss of the hand is undoubted
ly ancient and therefore is not derived
from that Of the lips, bot probably the
converse is true The hand kiss is
loosely asserted to be developed from
servile obeisances in which the earth,
the foot and the garments were kissed,
the hand and cheek succeeding in o.
der of time and approach to equality of
rank. But it is doubtful if that was
the actual order, and it is certain that
at the time when hand kissing began
there were less numerous gradations
of rank than at later stage.
kissing of the hands between men
is mentioned in the Old Testament;
also by Homer, Pliny and Lucian. The
kiss was applied reverentially to sac
red objects, such as statues of the gods,
as is shown by ancient works of art,
and also among numerous etymologies
by that of the Latin word "adoro," and
it was also metaphorically applied by
the inferior or Worshiper kissing his
own hand and throwing the salute to
the superior. or statue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.

Baron Otto Orban, an aged Hungar-
ian nobleman, was torn to pieces by
wolves in a forest in Pennsylvania re-
Gently.
William ]. Bryan recently dined with
President Montt, of Chile A reception
was given in his honor at the Ameri-
can legation.
Terrible snow storms have swept
over Aragon and Navarro, in Spain, and
in some places the snow is fifteen feet
deep. In several small villages in the
mountains the snow completely covered
the houses which have been abandoned.
Rivers have overfiown their banks.
Charles W. Fairbanks, former vice
president of the United States, occu-
pied the pulpit of the American church
at Berlin. Mrs. Hill, wife of the Amer
lean ambassador, gave reception in
honor of Mrs. Fairbanks. The emperor
received Mr.. Fairbanks and talked with
him for nearly an hour.
President Diaz is a very sick man,
and, because of his advanced age. fear
is felt that he will not recover. Precau-
ton is being taken TO prevent the facts
becoming known, and it is Impossible
to get any reliable information either
as to the cause Of his Illness or his ex-
act condition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
COIN WEIGHT IN ERROR
Brass Troy Pound, in Use at Phila=
deiphia Mint for So Years,
Heavy.
WATCHFUL EYES GUARD IT.
Tests of Standard Brought Over by
Gallatin in 1927 Indicate Light
ness of yellow" Money.
By comparison with the government

By comparison with the government
system of weights here, the discovery
has been made that the brass troy
pound, the basis for the standardiza-
ton of weights used by the minis and
assay offices of the United States, has
increased by oxidation seven one-thou-
sandths of a grain since it was brought
to this country in 1927.
A suggestion that the accretion by
oxidation to the pound probably had
amounted to two or three grains
caused CONSERVATION among treasury
officials for time, for gold coined on
such a basis would be profitable for
export as a commodity. Iridio plati-
mum will be substituted as standard
for the brass if Congress sanctions the
change. This metal is used in the ma
jority of other countries and at the
bureau of standards.
The brass troy pound was brought to
the United States by Albert Gallatin,
then minister to England, in 1927, and
since that time has been the standard
of the American mint. 1t is kept with
in the innermOst of three separate
boxes at Philadelphia, and is opened
only once a year, this being on the Oc-
casion of the visit of the government
assay commission, appointed by the
President to test the weight and fine
ness of the coins of the United States
A key to each of the boxes is kept in
different cities, thus preventing posi-
bic tampering with the weight by I'M
authorized persons.
AS the treasury has accepted and
coined the gold on the same basis of
weights, it has not lost any money
Following the disclosure made by the
comparison of the brass pound and the
weights at the bureau of standards
the calculation was reached that the
difference between the two on $780,
000,0000 of gold coinage would amount
to $121.53. The coinage last year
amounted to $50 100000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Test Seed Corn.

Agricultural scientists have been
testing last years corn crop in the
Northern Mississippi valley and warn
farmers that much of it is useless for
seed purposes. The early frost of last
October caught the standing crop be-
fore the kernels had ripened and killed
the reproductive germ. The repeated
hard frosts of the winter had the same
effect on much of the corn stored in
cribs.
Corn should not be used for seed UNI
til it has been tested. 1t may look all
right and feel perfect to the touch, but
be absolutely devoid of life. Unless
farmers take the trouble to test the
seed before planting this spring there
is danger of a serious shortage in the
corn crop next fall. The farmer who
neglects this important precaution now
is likely to regret it later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
SENSATIONS AT KANSAS CITY.
Scandal in the Millionaire Set Con-
tinues to Be Talk of the Town.

Scandal IN the Millionaire Set Con-
tinues to Be Talk of the Town.
Talk about your social scandals and
society sensations! Upper tendon in
Kansas City never before had such
subject of agitated gossip and the
plain people" never before had great
er reason to decry the 'goings-on' of
the millionaire set. The Cudahy-Lillis
affair is the talk of the town, and will
be for weeks. The principals in the
affair, however, are not doing much
talking. Mr.. Cudahy was taken to the
police station and released on bail on
disturbance charge. He has nothing
to say Mr.. Lillis has been removed
from the hospital to his palatial apart
ments, and the doctors announce that
he will recover, but always will be ter
ribly SCARED. The banker has moth
>ng to say" He will not even prose
ute the packer.
The meat packers wife was Miss Ed
ia Cor III, an Omaha belle, when about
eleven years ago she married Cudahy.
Now she is the mother of five children.
She says Cudahy is insanely and I'M
Justly jealous of her She acknowl-
'dges that couple of years ago
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
FIRST IN CANNED DRAMA"
Boston Spends S2,73o, 1850 in Ten
Weeks Upon Moving Pictures.

In investigating the high cost of liv-
ing, the Twentieth Century Club of
Boston has discovered that $2,730,155.50
was spent by patrons of theatrical and
moving picture shows during ten weeks
of the winter season in that city. 1t
was found that moving picture and
vaudeville performances made up about
So per cent of the amusement enter
prises of the city and cost the general
fun-loving public $12O,369.1O weekly
through the height of the season. Turn
ing to the legitimate theaters and
grand opera, the total expenditure
weekly was found to be only slightly
more, or $152,646.45. The club asserts
that Boston has a greater number of
performances of the cheaper class in
proportion to the population than any
other American city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17

A well known Englishwoman lectur-
er tells some stories at her own ex-
pense.
Il was, she says, ION a tour through
the provinces, and one night as .ap-
peared on the platform in a small town
the chairman introduced me to my au-
dience in the following way: You have
heard of Mr. Gladstone, the Grand Old
Man. Let me now introduce to you
the grand old woman. This was in
tended as a sincere compliment.
"On another occasion bluff old
farmer who boosted of his ability to
look on all sides of q question an
nounced me as follows: This lady's
come here to talk about her rights.
She's hired the hall herself, and so
she's got right to be here, and if
any of you don't like what she's got
to say you've got an equal right to
walk out in the middle ont"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Beautiful Wall CoatfnGs for Homes.

In line with the progress of all other
things in these modern days is the
beautiful, perfect and sanitary wall
coatings for our homes. Alabastine is
the name of a rich, soft and velvety
preparation for the decoration of walls
and ceilings. 1t adheres to the walls
of its own adhesive qualities 1t is in
expensive, clean, artistic and so cas-
lily put on that any one can follow the
printed directions on every package.
Any shade or tint is easily produced.
Alabastine is proof against insects or
disease germs so prevalent in wall pa
per. 1t does not rub off and flake like
kalsomine. A complete color plan for
the walls of the home and stencils TO
help make the home beautiful, together
with book about home decorations
and samples of color effects will all be
sent free by the Alabastine Company,
482 Grandville avenue, Grand Rapids,
Mich. The liberal offers of this COM
pany to home decorators in our adver-
Using columns elsewhere in this paper
deserve careful perusal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
RetributiOn.

Stand up, prisoner" orders the
stern judge.
The trembling culprit, who has been
found guilty by jury of his delighted
peers, stands.
Prisoner at the bar solemnly de-
claress the judge, you have been con-
victed of building house after house
containing one of these COMPOUNDED lit
tie boxes called reception rooms in
which there is neither room to receive
nor hooks to make it a wardrobe The
sentence of the court is that for the
next ten years you shall be confined in
one of these alleged reception rooms of
your own construction and design"
Immediately the lawyers for the de-
PENDANT begin work upon an appeal on
the ground that cruel and unusual
punishment has been decreed.-Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
WHAT'S THE USE
Sticking to a Habit When 1t Means
DfScOm forte

Discomfort.
Old King Coffee knocks subjects out
tolerably fat at times, and there is no
possible doubt of what did it. A Miuh
woman gives her experience:
Il used to have liver trouble nearly
all of the time and took medicine
which relieved me only for a little
while. Then every once in while 1
would be suddenly doubled up with an
awful agony in my stomach 1t seem
ed as though every time l took a
breath | would die No one could suf-
fer any more and live
Finally I got down so sick with
catarrh of the stomach that l could
not turn over in bed, and my stomach
did not digest even milk. The doctor
finally told me that if I did not give
up drinking coffee I would surely die,
but I felt I could not give it up.
However, Husband brought home a
package of Postum and it was made
strictly according to directions. 1t
was the only thing that would stay on
my stomach, and | soon got so I liked
1t very much
Gradually l began to get better,
and week by week gained in strength
and health. Now I am in perfect con-
dition and l am convinced that the
whole cause Of my trouble was coffee
drinking. and my getting better was
due to leaving off coffee and taking
Postum.
"A short time ago 1 tasted some cof-
fee and found, TO my establishment,
that 1 did not care anything about it..
! never have to take medicine any
more. l hope you will use this letter
for the benefit Of those suffering from
the poisonous effects of coffee"
Read the little book, The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's a Rea-
SON.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine. true, and full of
human interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Tiny BABY. PitffuI Case.

Our baby when two months cid
was suffering with terrible eczema
from head to foot, all over her body
The baby looked just like a skinned
rabbit We were unable TO put clothes
on her. At first it seemed to be a few
mattered pimples. They would break
the skin and peel of, leaving the I'M
derneath skin red as though it were
scalds. Then a few more pimples
would appear and spread all over the
body, leaving the baby all raw without
skin from head to fooe. On top Of her
head there appeared heavy scab a
quarter of an inch thick 1t was aw-
full to see so small baby look as she
did. imagined The doctor was afraid
ts put his hands to the child We
tried several doctors remedies bat all
failed.
Then we decided to try Cuticura
By using the Cuticura Ointment we
softened the scab and it came off In
der this, where the real matter was.
by washing with the 6uticura Soap
and applying the Cuticura Ointment,
new skin soon appeared. We also
gave baby four drops of the Cuticura
Resolvent three times daily After
three days you could see the baby
gaining little skin which would peel
off and heal underneath Now the
baby is four months old. She is a fine
picture of a fat little baby and all is
well. We only used one cake of Cuti-
cura Soap, two boxes of Cuticura ONT
ment and one bottle of Cuticura Re
solvent. If people would know what
Cuticura is there would be few suffer-
ing with eczema. Mrs. Joseph Koss-
mann, st. Johns Place, Ridgewood
Heights, L. l., N. Y, Apr. 80 and May
4, 1903"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Equal to the Emergency.

NO, Gerald" she said, shaking her
lovely head; I positively will not mar
ry you before next June"
But your father and mother both, "
urged the young man, think"
Don't quote papa and mamma; they
are thinking only of their plans for the
summer. If you change my determine
ton, Gerald, you will have to bring
more pressure to bear than that"
Gerald being a resourceful young
man, promptly brought the pressure to
bear-Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
His Little Scheme.

Great Caesar, old mani" exclaimed
the gunner as he opened the door and
found his friends house brilliantly illu-
minated at MONDAY. What does this
mean? Why are all these blankets
over the windows, and why is the gas
burning in the daytime?"
"Sh!" whispered Guyer, cautiously.
IT'S a scheme of mine"
What kind of a scheme?"
why, my wife is on visit to her
mother, and I tell her I remain home
every night and read. I've got to get
rid of some gas somehow SO it will
go on the bill at the end of the month. .
Atlanta Constitution
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
The Irregular Verb $40 Be-

In one of the Senate cloak-rooms dur
ing recent session, the talk turned,
says a writer in the Troy Press, on
the old ante-bellum negro of the South
and his amusing originalities in the
use of the English language.
Senator Taylor, of Tennessee, said
the finest example he knew of was the
remark made by an old negro whose
worthless son was married secretly.
The old man heard of it and asked
the boy if he was married.
Il amt sayin' amt" the boy re-
piled.
Nov, you, 'Rastus," stormed the old
man, 81 amt askin' you is you amt;
l is askin' you amt you ISL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
PARIS RAGPICKERS.
An Occupation That Is Passed Along
From Father to Son

From Father to Son.
The ragpickers of Paris are born to
their work, the occupation being passed
from father to son for generations.
Each ragpicker family has its own dis
trict, which is inherited by the chill
dren and grandchildren.
In spite of all the progress made in
modern and elegant Paris barrels of
waste are piled up on the streets in
front of many buildings on beautiful
boulevards in the early morning hours.
and it is the privilege and in fact the
mission of the ragpickers to examine
this refuse.
They have use for everything. end
but little is left after they have passed.
their thoroughness being one reason
why the system is still allowed. Every
scrap of paper has its market; rags
are gathered for paper manufacturers;
shoes go back to leather dealers
Old sardine and preserved meat tins
are used for making playthings, old
bones produce gelatin and glue, lem
on and orange peels are greatly sought
after and sold at the rate of cent
a pound to perfume and strip manu-
facturers. old metals are highly priced.
cigar stubs go to tobacco factories,
and even stale vegetables are carted
away.
The quarters of the ragpickers of
Paris are Just outside the confines of
the city-sections carefully avoided by
most people who do not belong to the
guild Every member of the family,
from the oldest to the three-year-old
takes part in the sorting of the spoils.
and it often happens that members of
a family die either from poisoning
from stale food or from cut from
one of the tins.-Popular Mechanics.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
MANY YELLOWSTONE VISITORS.
Secretary Ballinger Furnishes Regis
tration Figures for Thirty Years.

Secretary of the Interior Ballingec
has furnished figures showing the
number of persons who have visited
Yellowstone National Park for each
season since 1879, the first year an at
tempt was made to secure registration
records.
In the thirty years a total of 242,-
796 tourists entered the national pre-
serve. officers of the railroads oper-
ating to the park predict that 1910 will
be the record year for travellers, man
of the agents being of the opinion that
at least $4,000 will see the great nat
ural wonder during the coming sum
mer
Following shows the number of Wis
itors to the park for the seasons
named. there being no record for the
years omitted:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
PUBLISHED EVERY WINTER
Famous Cough and Cold Prescription
Has Cured Hundreds Here

Get two ounces of GIycerine and
half an ounce of Concentrated Pine
compound. Then get half pint of
good whiskey and put the other two
ingredients into it. Take a teaspoon
full to tablespoonful of this mixture
after each meal and at bed time.
Shake the bottle we'll each time" This
is said to be the quickest cold and
cough remedy known. 1t frequently
cures the worst colds in twenty-four
hours. But be sure to get only the
genuine Concentrated Pine. Each half
ounce bottle comes put up in tin
screW-top case. Don't use the weaker
pine preparations Any druggist has
it on hand or will quickly get it from
his wholesale house.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
"Red', Adams Sentenced.

Charles Red" Adams, aged conf
dence man, who has been wanted in
many parts of the country for years,
has at last been convicted and SEN
fenced to four years in the Atlanta
prison. He is charged with conspiracy
to defraud, his last crime being a
dead relation" game whereby depart
ed Englishmen were called back to
this country to claim fictitious inherit
ances. Adams is nearly 20, and when
arrested was living under an assumed
name as a respectable citizen of Brook
lyn. He was tried and sentenced by
Judge Hough in the United States Cir
cult Court of New York
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
there was considerable talk about her

there was considerable talk about her
and Lillis and that Cudahy demanded
an explanation from the banker at that
time.
The bachelor banker and the pack
er's wife went for spin in Lillis' new
auto. Then they went to a hotel for
dinner. Later III the evening they
went out for another ride When Mr..
LilIis brought her home she invited
him into the library? Then, all of
sudden, she says, Mr.. Cudahy appear
ed. with his chauffeur, struck her in
the eye, knocked Mr.. Lillis down and
tied him with a rope and proceeded
to thump and carve him in man
ner which spoke we'll of his enthusiasm
if not of his hospitality. That's about
all there is to the story.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
4 Mean InSinuatiOn,

Young wife-Yes, dearest, I'm go
ing to favor you at dinner tonight
with a new cake that I invented al
by myself.
Young husband (gloomily) Say,
guess tais Eill be a good night fol
me to bring Jim Taggart home to din
ner I don't like Jim.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Munyon,s Paw Paw PiIIs coav n

liver into activity by gentle methods
They do not scour, grippe or weaken. They
are a tonic to the stomach liver and
nerves; invigorate instead of weaken.
They enrich the blood and enable the
stomach to get all the nourishment from
food that is put into it. These pills con-
tain no calomel; they are soothing, heal
ing and stimulating. For sale by all drug
gists in 10c and Csc sizes. If you need
medical advice, write Munyon's Doctors.
They will advise to the best of their abil-
ity absolutely free of Charge. MUM
VOWS, sd and Jefferson SITS, Phil
adeIphia, Pa
Munyon's Cold Remedy cures a cold in
one day. Price Csc. Munyon's Rheuma-
tism Remedy relieves in a few hours and
cures in a few days. Price 25c.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17

Along with DR.. Wiley, Clifford Pin
chot, Champ Clark, Commander
Peary, Willis Moore and others, Speak
er Cannon spoke during the hobby
night meeting of the National Press
Club at Washington. DR.. Wiley said
his hobby had been to conduct his
work on the principle that if there is
any doubt about a matter. give it to
the poor man. In interpreting the food
law he had taken the side of the con-
sumner in every case. Peary's hobby
at present, he said, was Antarctic ex-
ploration. That of Pinchot was to give
everybody a fair show. Cannon said
his hobby was watching other peoples
hobbies.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
fH0W'S IhiS2

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure
f. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known F. 7.
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business trans
actions. and financially able to carry out
any obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, O.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Can't Explain High Prices.

A county grand jury at Louisville,
KY, that has been conducting an in
quiry for three weeks into the high
cost of living, announced that its eff
forts were futile, that the problem is
not local but national. It recommends
as one step toward a solution that cold
storage plants be compelled to make
monthly reports of the quantity of
fOodstuffS on hand.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Barn yard Repartee.

Seems to me-" grumbled the old
rooster, you're laying smaller eggs
than your regular average"
Well. then" clucked the old hen, Il
don't need any assistance in cackling
over EN-. Kindly chase yourself around
the Nard''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
Old school Prejudice.

Doctor, I met a medical practitioner
of a new kind the other day, and I can't
classify him. He diagnoses all diseases
by looking at the finger nails Of his pa
TENTS What would you call him?'
Il should call him a humbug."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-03-17
when Rubbers Become Necessary

And your shoes pinch, snake into your
shoes Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic
powder for the feet. Cures tired. aching
feet and takes the sting out of Corns and
Bunions. Always use it for Breaking in
New shoes and for dancing parties. Sold
everywhere 25c Sample mailed FREE.
Address, Allen S. OlmsteG, LIE Roy, n. Y