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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
snowsheds of Concrete

Railways in the West are preparing
to build immense snowsheds of con-
crete this summer, wherever there is
any possibility of a repetition of the
recent disastrous snowslides on lines
in the West, when trains were swept
from their tracks, killing scores of
passengers" said Henry Gruber, an en-
gineer of the Northern Pacific Railway,
according to the Washington Post.
The Northern Pacific has many dan
gerous passes in the Cascade and
Rocky mountains, where snOwslides
are a constant menace in winter to
the passenger traffic. There are many
similar danger spots along the line of
the Canadian Pacific. At most of these
places the railways have long wooden
snowsheds, but these have not proved
effective in preventing accidents. In
many cases avalanches and immense
snowslides have swept these structures
completely away, though they were
built of the most massive timbers that
could be obtained.
The roads have learned that wooden
structures won't do, so this summer
all these snowsheds are to be replaced
with great concrete structures, which
will be built so strong and enduring
that even a cyclone would not be able
to badge them. People in the East
who have never seen one of the snow
storms of the Rocky mountains have
no idea of the immense mass of snow
that covers everything, and they can
not conceive of the violence of an av-
alanche."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
ORIGIN OF METEoRIC DUST.
Bombardment of Shooting Stars
Never Ending Shower

Bombardment of Shooting Stars-A
Never Ending Shower.
Meteoric dust particles are infinitely
finer than grains of sand. They have
an interesting origin. Meteors or shoot
ing stars have been bombarding the
world from the beginning at a rate
estimated at many thousands an hour,
of which, however, an average of only
five or six are visible to the naked
eye in that time.
Owing to our protecting envelope of
air, few of these missiles reach u.s. In
weight meteors vary from a few
ounces to many pounds. Occasionally
one is of sufficient dimensions to sur
vive the passage of sc TO 100 miles
through an atmosphere increasing in
density as the earth is approached.
The speed at which they enter the
atmosphere, calculated at not less than
thirty-five miles second, generates
such intense heat by friction that the
iron, of which the meteor principally
consists is Immediately reduced to an
incandescent vapor, which is the lu-
mlnouS train so frequently seen IN the
heavens on a clear night. The vapor
rapidly cools and condenses in the
form of these minute particles, which
assume the spherical form as does shot
during its fall from the top of the
tower
Finally the little spheres are scat
tered by the winds and currents in the
upper air and gradually descend in
their millions as an invisible, never
ending shower. The perfect condition
in which these meteors are found is
due to the presence of certain non-cor-
rosive elements, found by analysis to
be present in the metal of meteors
which have come to earth.-Chicago
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
SnYed Old LadYtS Hair.

My mother used to have very bad
humor on her head which the doctors
called an eczema, and for it I had two
different doctors Her head was very
sore and her hair nearly all fell out
in spite of what they both did. One
day her niece came in and they were
speaking Of how her hair was falling
out and the doctors did it no good
She says, Aunt, why don't you try
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
ment" Mother did and they helped
her. In six months time the itching
burning and scaling of her head was
over and her hair began growing. To-
day she feels much in debt to Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment for the fine
head of hair she has for an old lady
Of seventy-four.
My own case was an eczema in my
feet. As soon as the cold weather
came my feet would itch and burn and
then they would crack open and bleed
Then l thought I would fee to my
mothers friends, Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment I did for four or
five winters, and now my feet are as
smooth as any ones. Ellsworth Dun
ham, Hiram. Me, Sept. 80. 1909"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Fresh Air Not Always Free.

I'VE moved three times in six
months just because the landlord
wouldn't allow the baby to sleep oul
doors" said a student of hygiene, who
resides in Chicago. Then l took t.
explaining the case to the agent before
we moved in. We were refused an
apartment in four other places before
we finally found a landlord who didn't
OBJECT to the fresh air cure.
l don't care how much fresh air
you get in legitimate way, was the
way one agent put it, but it looks bad
for the house to see beds and cradles
piled up on the fire escapes. The 9th
er tenants who have neither babies nor
fresh air convictions find fault. They
say 1t makes the place look like a tene-
ment, attracts attention from NE
street, and all that, and they threaten
to move if it isn't stopped. Even if
the fire escapes are in the rear of the
building, the neighbors talk and make
things unpleasant
And there you are. Fresh air may
be as free as heaven, but it seems al
most as hard to get one as the other"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
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In drizzling rain South Dakota
University recently defeated Tabor
College, from Tabor Iowa, 8 to 0.
August 9, 10 and II are the dates an
nounced for the seasons fair at Up
per Marlboro, Md, by the Southern
Maryland Fair Association
Custer, pacing record 2:054, is ex-
pected to make a low record trottfng
the coming season. It is claimed that
in the past he has trotted a mile in
better than 2:10.
Another international billiard tournd-
ment is being planned in New York. 1t
will be for the international trophy
won by Calvin Demarest in 1908 and
surrendered by him when he became a
professional.
Good sized purses for both trotting
and pacing events are offered by the
Agricultural society of Douglas, Kan
sas. The society will hold its sixth an
nuaI fair and race meeting September
% to October 1.
The Ohio Racing Circuit has an
nounced> its program for the season,
which commences at Hamilton, June
29 continues at Dayton, Zenia, Spring
field, Lima and FindIay, and ends at
the latter place on August 5.
BY the scant margin of one point the
University Of South Dakota won first
place in the triangular meet at Sioux
City, Iowa, with Nebraska second and
Morningside third. Dakota scored As
points, Nebraska AZ and Morningside
So.
The New York board of education
has decided that too much athletics for
school girls is unwise. Acting on the
recommendation of a committee of
women, the board has ruled that school
girls have no business to run more
than fifty yards, nor should they try
to be hurdlers and broad jumpers.
In the opening game of the three
cushion carom billiard tournament for
the championship of the world, played
a New York recently Alfred de ORC
won from Thomas Hueston, the cham
pion, by a score of so TO Al, in fifty-six
innings De Oro's high run was and
Huestons 5.
Among the first entries received for
the Grand Circuit Trotting meeting, to
be held on the Empire track on Au-
Trotting Horse Breeders Club, were
those of Louis W. Winant Of Hove,
Eng, who has sent a string of horses
to America in charge of A. c. Pen
mock
Four women's records were broken
in the annual track and field contests
at Vassar College. They were as fol-
lows: Seventy dash, 9 As
seconds. Stephanie K English; previ-
Gus record, 10 seconds, A. Barr, 1911
Running high jump, 4 feet AZ inches,
Theodore Wheeler; previous record, 4
feet rs inches, H. D. Clarke. 1909. Hop,
step and jump, % feet. 615 inches,
Charlotte Hand; previous record, %
feet, 1914 inches, also made by Miss
Hand Fence vault, 5 feet 3A inches,
Almeda Bar; previous record, 4 feet
1913 inches, NJ. Villas, 1907.
Horsemen of Martinsville, Ohio, have
formed a matinee club.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
TOO MUCH SMALLPOX.
A Public Scandal That Pest Should
Be so Prevalent.

The prevalence of smallpox in this
country has been for some time the
subject of critical comment on the part
Of physicians, and medical publica-
lions have devoted a great deal Of
space to its discussion. The number
of. cases of smallpox reported to the
surgeon general Of the public health
and marine hospital service during
1903 by the local and State health Off
GERS of the various States was 35,174.
In Minnesota 1881 cases occurred, Civ
ing case rate per 100000 population
Of 1897. In Kansas there were 3,45S
cases, with a case rate per 100000
of 2,096, and Montana had 1872 cases
and a case rate per 100000 popula-
ton of 1889.
The record is by no means accurate,
owing to the difficulty in obtaining pre-
else information. Competent authoTi-
ties such as John w. Trask, of the
United States public health and ma
rine hospital service, estimate that in
1908 there were probably more than
10000 cases Of smallpox.
Smallpox was eTadicated from the
German army by systematic VAGINA
ton 1t may be said, and with a con-
siderable degree of truth, that means
possible in an army are not available
in an ordinary community. But small
pox has been eradicated, to all lntents
and purposes, from some of our States.
Perhaps the most convincing argument
in recent times in favor of vaccination
has been supplied in the Philippines.
The director of health in the Philip
pines, in his annual report for the fis
cal year 1907, says:
During the year there has be<1 I'M
questionably less smallpox in the Phil
ippines than has been the case for
great many years previous. In the
Provinces of Cavite, Batangas, Cebu,
Bataan, La Union, Rial and La La
guna, where heretofore there have been
more than 5000 deaths annually from
this one cause alone, it is most salts
factory to report that since the COM
pletion Of the vaccination in the afore-
said provinces, more than a year ago,
not a single death from smallpox has
been reported"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Caught.

The lawyer for the defense found II
necessary to weaken the testimony OF
the principal witness for the prosecu-
ton.
Mr. Skybo," he said proceeding to
ss-examine him, did you ever live
on the seacoast?"
Yes, sir responded the witness; 81
have lived half my life in a seacoast
town."
You are familiar, then, with salt
water f1sh?"
yes. SIR
We'll, just as a matter of informa-
ton, will you please tell me how a
founder swims-whether horizontally
or vertically?"
"Why-er-''
That is all, Mr.. Skybo; you may
stand aside. Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

President Porfrio Diaz Of Mexico IS
paying little attention to the movement
Instituted in State capitals to put a
new man at the head of the republic
When election time Genes he has no
doubt that the people will vote to re-
tain him in office. He has served 50
long in the executive chair he feels
that the people know him thoroughly
and that no attacks of the few official
enemies that he has made can injure
him in their eyes. Previous attempts
to elect a successor to Gen. Diaz have
been made, but have failed signalIy
and that, too, without any arduous
campaigning on the part of the Presi-
dent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

Napoleon Lajoie, at an Easter ban
quet of Cleveland baseball men, said
of a retired umpire:
Il am glad he is gone. He was too
revengeful TO do good work You know,
of course, how he got back at his wife
when she eloped with that handsome
shortstop from the West?"
mo. How was it, Napoleon?"
why, he sent the shortstop a letter
saying:
Dear Sir: Please find under sepa-
rate cover one full double set of false
teeth, which kindly hand to my late
wife, requesting her to return my
fathers, she having taken same by
mistake in the hurry of departure -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

Prisoner-Yes, sir; I'm serving a
term in the penitentiary for crime !
never committed. The real criminal is
still at large. 1 tell you, it's pretty
tough!
Philanthropic Visitor-It ought not
to be. The joke isn't on you; it's on
the jury that convicted you and the
judge who sentenced you. The trouble
with you, my friend, is that you don't
catch the humor of the situation.-Chi-
cagO Trihl1ne
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
A DOCTORS EXPERIENCE.
Medicine Not Needed in This Case

1t is hard to convince some people
that coffee does them an injury! They
lay their bad feelings to almost every
cause but the true and unsupported
one
But the doctor knows. His wide ex-
perience has proven to him that, to
some systems, coffee is an insidious
poison that undermines the health.
Ask the doctor if coffee is the cause
of constipation, stomach and nervous
troubles.
Il have been a coffee drinker all
my life. l am now AZ years old and
when taken sick two years ago with
nervous prostration, the doctor said
that my nervous system was broken
down and that I would have to give
up coffee.
Il got so weak and shaky I could
not work, and reading your advertise
ment of Postum, / asked my grocer If
he had any of it. He said, Yes, and
that he used it in his family and it
was all it claimed to be.
so l quit coffee and commenced to
use postum steadily and found in
about two weeks time 1 could sleep
soundly at night and get up in the
morning feeling fresh. In about two
months I began to gain flesh 1 weigh
ed only LAG pounds when 1 commenced
on Postum and now l weigh 167 and
feel better than l did at 20 years of
age.
Il am working every day and sleep
well at night. My two children were
great coffee drinkers, but they have
not drank any since Postum came into
the house, and are far more healthy
than they were before
Read THE Road to Wellville,''
found in pkgs. There's a Reason
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, 1910-06-16
Musk OINa the Beautiful.

Do you know the place? If not, your
pleasure has suffered. Ask for that
handsome Muskoka Folder issued by
the Grand Trunk Railway System. It
contains large map, lots of views, and
a fund of facts. Less than days jour
ney from principal American cities
For all particulars apply to w S.
Cookson, 917 Merchants Loan & Trust
Building. Chicago
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Short and SharD.

Urchin-Is this the office Of the Blu
gle? Well, sir, I have come to sub
scribe for your paper.
Editor with a genial smiIe)-Wlly,
sonny, YOU don't look quite big enough
TO do such a thing as that
Crchin-Sir, if a man has to be
measured for his subscription at this
Office I shall subscribe for the Palla-
dunn, just across the street. Good day,
sir-Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

my shoes nor leave the house. My
kidneys were in very bad shape, and
I had great trouble with the secre-
tons l thought my time had come.
Doan's Kidney Pills, however, cured
me and the cure has been perma-
nent."
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by all dealers. so cents a
box Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
A Dfsappointing Discovery.

Any one who imagines that life is
lacking in amenities among the news
boys in the big city should listen oc-
casionally to their talk. When these
two-each with his package of news
papers under his arm-met, one ap-
peared somewhat glum and disgrur-
tied; whereupon the other benevolent
ly essayed to cheer him up.
Say, Bill, you member dat dime I
fought l lost yesterday-de one l was
goin' to treat youse wid?"
Sure assented Bill, sullenly; then
with growing Representatives, of tone,
Il treated youse twicet already, JIM"
Well" went on Jim, animatediy,
"wot d'youse t'inkI found JUS now? I
wuz feelin' round in dis pocket, an I
found, right here in dis pocket, L" A
dramatically timed pause.
'Youse found de dime?" exclaimed
Bill, Frightening up.
Say. Bill, youse always in a hurry
wuz tryin' to tell youse da l found
de hole dat dime got trough"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

form all the virtues and values of Nun
yon's Paw-Paw Tonic and are made
from the juice of the Paw-Paw fruit
I unhesitatingly recommend these pills
as being the best laxative and catharttc
ever compounded. Send US a postal or
letter requesting a free package of
Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Laxa-
tive Pills, and we will mail same free
of charge. MUNYON'S HOMOEO-
PATHIC HOME REMEDY CO., SD
and Jefferson SITS. Philadelphia, Pa.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

a critical condition
for two years. My
back was so sore and
painful l could not
turn in bed. l had
chills and hot flashes
and became so dizzy
l scarcely dare walk.
My feet and ankles
were so badly swoll-
en- I could not wear
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
DIR. MARTEL's FEMALE PILLS.


Seventeen Years the Standard.
Prescribed and recommended for
Women's Ailments. A scientifically
prepared remedy of proven worth.
The result from their use is quick and
permanent. For sale at all Drug
Stores.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Kin dred Spirits.

John, what kept you out so late?"
Didn't 1 tell you, Maria, that I had
to so to a meeting of the True knights
of the Mystic Brotherhood?
Now that you mention it, 1 believe
you did"
well, we had a long wrangle, as us
nal"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

A moving platform under Broadway
from Fourteenth street to Forty-sec-
ond, with a capacity greater than the
present subway system, is the latest
remedy proposed to solve New York 5
rush hour problem.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
The Delirious Kind,

Fl. K. Adair, the western detective,
was being complimented in Grand
Rapids about an absconding banker he
had run to earth.
'Oh, the man gave himself away"
said Mr.. Adair. He SHE'D too much
Everything seemed, in his morbid
mind, to point suspicion at him He
was like the old wildly woman who
went to the undertakers to order a
coffin for her deceased husband.
He was very, very good to me,
she said, and I'll have a coffin of the
best yellow pine
Yes, madam. That'n be $14,' said
the undertaken And what kind of
trimmings will you have on the cof-
fin?'
" 'Trimmins!' cried the wildly wom-
an. And right we'll We know, We spal-
peen, that I'll have no trimmins at all
when it was the trimmins that the
poor lad died of, bad luck, to emil p"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

lfeWer weak and all
ling women. Irreg-
Iular and painful
|p eriods and such
Troubles would be
relieved at once in
many cases. Lydia
IL. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound is
fine for ailing girls
and rundown wo-
men. Their delicate
organs need a tonic
and the COmDo1Od
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Unfinished Business.

Better go to your perch" growleC
the old rooster; tits time to retire"
IN a minute" cIucked the old hen
There's one corner of this garden
haven't scratched up yet"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
4 PACKAGE KGILED FREE ON REQUEST OF
MUNYON'S
pAW-PAW PILLS

The best Stomach
and Liver Pills known
and a positive and
speedy cure for Con-
stipation, Indigestion,
Jaundice, Biliousness,
Sour Stomach, Head
ache, and all ailments
arising from a disor-
dered stomach or slug
gish liver. They con-
tain in concentrated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

gives new ambition and life from the
first dose. Mrs. GEORGE STRICKLER,
Hudson, Ohio, R. No. 5, Box 81.
Hundreds Of such letters from
mothers expressing their gratitude
for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound has accomplished for
them have been received by the Lydia
=. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn,
Mass -, -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Young Girls, Heed This.

= Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging-down sensations, faint
ing spells or Indigestion, should take
immediate action to ward off the seri-
Gus consequences and be restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
If you would like special advice
about your case write a confiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

When detective sees an airship
sailing away he is justified in thinking
that there is something up
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar
coated, easy to take as candy, regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bow
els and cure constipation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

When you see a girl with bathing
suit on it's a sign that she thinks she
has a good figure.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
Strong Winds md sand Stormy

cause granulation of the eyelids. PET
TITS EYE SALVE soothes and quick
" relieves, 25c. All druggists or How
ard Bros, Buffalo, n. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

a crew of surveyors, employed joint
ly by the government and the State Of
Minnesota, is making a survey of the
river in the vicinity of Fergus Falls,
Mimi. They wish to ascertain how
much power is available for water
power and to find out the possibilities
of reservoirs for storage purposes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

Beware of people who hand you
something for nothing. They will ex-
pect you to pay double for it later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, widow Of
President Harrison, has departed for
Europe, where she and her 13-year- oil /
daughter Elizabeth will remain for
two years. Mrs. Harrison goes abroad
so her daughter may be educated in
Europe, and in doing so she follows th.>
example of the other widow Of an
American President Mrs. Grover
Cleveland who is also in Europe, where
her children are being educated
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16

After a conference with President
Taft, Secretary NageL of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, has an
nounced that he will make a two
months trip to the Northwest and to
Alaska, leaving Washington the latter
part of June
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
a Fnfure Statesman.

Acquaintance-Heno, Hicks! You at
de bail game?
Office Boy-Yep, me an de boss is
paired He had to go to de country dis
af'n0On.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
A CERTAIN METHOD

A wife is either a mans better hal
or the whole thing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-06-16
MOTHERS
WHO HAVE
DAUGHTERS
Find Help in Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Hudson, Ohio.-'sIf mothers realized
the good your remedies would do deli