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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

ever thought of putting a mirror up
on their cars is for the purpose of
enticing their women patrons to turn
the safe way in alighting.
Stairways in railway stations are
built with the special purpose of &C
commodating the woman with the
high heels and three suit cases, but
in spite of all these precautions many
travellers trip and slide down the
stairways upon their complexion.
Here are a few of the complaints
received by the claim agent of a
railroad with headquarters in this
city, which are said to be typical:
High heel caught while getting on
car; knees and nose skinned"
''Tripped walking down entrance
stairs; wore hobble skirt"
Fell. whirling about to say good
by; high heel caught in skirt"
AS one railroad man expressed it:
I'VE are not supposed to design their
gowns, but we are held responsible
afterwards"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Fine Art Nut CRACKING,

THAT new maid is a genius said
the young housekeeper. she has even
found a use for the cooking thermome-
ter. Nobody ever used it to cook
with. After I finished my course IN
the school of domestic sciences
bought a splendid thermometer be-
cause the teachers said I ought to.
I paid S. for it. It had a solid iron
bulb, and was warranted to stand
any amount of wear and tear In
spite of my determination to cook by
rule, that thermometer was a white
elephant in the kitchen until the new
maid came. She uses it to crack nuts
with"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
URGE LASH FOR MEN FLIRTS
indignant Baltimore Mother Asks Po-
lice to Take Drastic Action Against
Those Who Wink at Girls.

Baltimore, Md.-Let those men who
give a girl a wink or nod in the
streets beware! Marshal Farnan is
thinking Of getting on their trail. His
attention having been called to a cru
SADIE In the western cities against
flirting, and particularly by a letter
he received from a mother declaring
that married men who fift with girls
should be jailed, the marshal express
ed his disapprovaI of fiirtations on the
part of married men.
The writer of the letter not only
recommends that flirting married men
be arrested and Jailed, but suggests
that the whipping post would be good
for them. The marshal declares that
it is not only the young "Johnntes"
who firt. but many married men in
their forties.
Some old men are as bad as the
young ones" commented the marshal.
The writer of the letter says that she
is sure that Marshal Farnan is too
good a man to deceive his wife and
fiirt-and the marshal agrees with
her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Vain Offer of Boss Tweed

make you an offer Of five million dol
lars for the Times newspaper, and if
you would sell the paper, but wanted
to keep the building, then the bar
gain could be made with that in
view
Who wants to buy?' my father
asked
We represent the parties; l don't
see what it should make any differ
ence to you who they are was the
answer. We are willing to give a
million dollars in cash and the rest
in Al securities
Well said my father, it makes
all the differeLce in the world who
the parties are. l might sell the
Times for five million dollars to a
man who I know would maintain its
good reputation; but, for example, l
will say to you that l would not sell
the Times to Boss Tweed Or any of
his gang if l were to be offered ten
times five million
Why not?' the lawyer asked.
Because said my father, if l
were to take any money from Tweed
or his ring then I would become a
participation in their iniquities and
the Times would receive it's share of
their stealings; and so l think l have
said to you, gentlemen, all that is
necessary to say in order that you
may inform those whom you repre-
sent that the Times neWsDaper. is not
for sale to them at any price
"a day or two LATER" continued the
son, ''the Times published it's first ex-
posure of the Tweed ring, and from
then on until Tweed and his gang
were driven out of public life and
public Office my father kept up his
fight against them"
Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Man Thinks He Owes Victory to the
Fact That the Beast Had Just
Dined on Carcass of Deer.

San Bernardino, Cal. Arthur
Hines, while tramping along from
Big Meadows to Bear Valley, met
face to face a hugh mountain lien,
the first sighted in a year in the San
Bernardino mountains.
The beast was devourfng the car.
cass IF a deer near the trail, when
Hines suddenly came upon it as be
rounded turn in the path. The ami
nal had heard the approach of the
man, and it was crouched ready to
spring when Hines first saw it.
Armed only with a .32-caliber revolv.
er, he decided that safety lay only
in fight, and he fed for his life with
the beast following behind him. Al,
though the lion kept close in the
rear is made no attempt to Leap
upon the man.
Hines believes that had not the
lion made a meal on the deer he
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
|. KILL SQUIRRELS IN DROVES
Woods in Four Kentucky Counties
Fairly Alive With Little Animals
Prove They Migrate.

Glasgow, Ky.-"Squirrel on toast is
the menu being enjoyed by people in
this section who are willing to arse
early and make a trip to some nearby
woodland.
For the first time in a dozen years
the residents of Barren, Cumberland,
Metcalf and Monroe counties are en-
joying squirrel in abundance; and, by
the way, this settles the question of
squirrels migrating
A few weeks ago 1t was next to I'm
possible to find Ia squirrel in any of
the counties mentioned. and now they
are so plentiful that an amateur can
kill several in a short time
The woods seem alive with them.
At early morning and at late evening
they can be seen perched on corn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Circumstances of the Admission of
Gerrit Smith to Bar of New
York State as Told by
Judge Davis.

Il suppose that no lawyer who has
been given a more or less prominent
niche in the history Of our county was
older at the time of his admission to
the bar than was Gerrit Smith when
that event happened in his Iife," said
the late Judge Moan Davis of the New
York bench, who gained national prom
inence in 1873 when he presided over
the trial which resulted in the con-
vtction of that arch CRATER, William
NJ. Tweed, on charges of forgery and
grand larceny.
''Gerrit Smith-the same Gerrit
Smith who simultaneously was one or
the country's leading abolitionists and
largest land owners, the friend OF
John Brown through all his adventures
and yet one of the three men who
went on the bail bond Of Jefferson
Davis following his capture and i'm
prisonment in Fortress Monroe after
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Wins Battle With Python.

Dallas, Tex.-E. W. Copley saved
himself from death in the folds of a
python by breaking the snakes
neck"
The snake was sixteen feet long,
weighing $50 pounds and was angry.
Copley had had the snake on exhibit
ton in a museum and took it to his
home to give it fresh air.
The owner and an assistant started
to carry the reptile away on a blank
ct The assistant stumbled. The
snake was aroused. wrapped itself
around CopIey's legs and was prepar-
ing to throw its cells around the
mans body when Copley seized the
snakes head above the jaws, snap
ped it suddenly backward and brokf
its neck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Warden,s sinaina Powerful.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Friends Of Warden
Edward Lewis of the Allegheny coun-
ty Jail, say he is a great singer, and
he does not deny it himself, but the
other afternoon a prisoner threw a fit
while the warden was caroling a gos-
pei hymn at the weekly religious serv-
ice in the Jail. and now Lewis is in
a troubled frame of mind.
The warden had finished the first
stanza and his resonant voice had
started the opening words of the Sec
ond. when John Rampola, a Short-term
man. enthralled by the appealing SEN
timent Of the song and its feeling rem
dition. went into commissions. He
may recover. Lewis did not finish the
hymn
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
MEina EhEAberrias

Washington couRty's BURBERRY crop
has Melted this year a revenue of
more than $1,000 900, according to
State Horticulturis& Albert K. Gardner
OF Rockland. This ind Astry was start
ed but few years ago In that county
and the yield this year is the largest
yet obtained there. One grower real
lied SIS from few bushes which he
set out in his orchard as a side is
sue" A nah near Cherryfeld is said
to have raked biueberries from, the
vines just as cranbevries are gathered.
1t is stated that fabulous prices are
paid for rental Of BURBERRY lands and
burberry factories and the canning
factories are still running.-Kennebe
Journal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Former Manager of the New York
clearing House Had Consuming
Ambition to Find One Days
Exchanges Exactly Balance.

One Of the most famous managers
IN the history of the worlds largest
clearing house association-that Of
New York city-was the late William
A Camp. He held that position for
nearly a quarter of century, and in
mat time he carried the clearing
mouse through two famous panics-
those Of 1873 and 1893-and several
lesser financial disturbances. No
financial history Of the country OF the
period from 1870 to 1894 would be
complete without paying considerable
attention to the activities of Mr.. Camp
as manager of the New York Clear
ing House association and the work of
that institution under his manage
ment.
Recently told of the improvised
institution Of research which Mr.
Camp, as manager of the clearing
mouse, conducted tn test the minds
ability to count without external aid.
MI. Camp was a man of delightful
Whlms, and this was one of them.
But there was yet another within
which had even greater hold of him.
1t became, in fact, the great consum-
Ing ambition of his life as manager
OF the clearing house.
This institution" he said to me
one day, els established for the pur-
pose of making it possible to ex-
change easily the checks and drafts
which the banks that are members of
the association have received upon de-
post or which are drawn against
these banks. Every bank comes here
at certain hour of the day with
checks or drafts, which they call
items that have been received upon
deposit within "a hours. Then the
clerks go around presenting the
drafts to representatives Of each
bank. In that wey the exchanges are
erected, for every bank is credited
with the drafts which it has present
ed for collection and is charged with
the items presented to > for collec-
ton Then, If there be any balance,
the bank must pay it in to the clear
Ing house, which settles with each
bank. With this explanation in mind,
you will understand the nature of the
wish which has been with me every
day when the Clearing House asso-
citation opens.
1T occurred to me, should think,
some ten years ago, that it would be
a wonderful thing If one days ex-
changes in the clearing house so ex-
actly balanced that there would be
nothing to pay over. See what that
would mean. It would mean that all
Of the sales and purchases of com
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
The Universal Franchise,

a small number of men sympathiz-
ers took part in the suffragist parade
in New York city, among them several
members of the faculty of Teachers
college. One of these professors had
the honor of leading the male contin-
gent and of carrying banenr.
did you notice." he asked a friend
afterward, what the inscription was
on that banner they gave me to
carry?"
No." replied his friend, you car
ried it as if YOU were afraid some one
would decipher It."
at read" chuckled the professor,
The men vote-why not we?"-Suc,
cess Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
BANE OF THE CLAIM AGENTS
Many Accidents Which Happen to
Women Travellers Caused by
Fashionable Gowns.

Chicago.-The woman in the high
heels and the hobble skirt is the
greatest problem which faces the pres
ent-day railway claim agent
The male dressmaker designs the
gowns and the male claim agent pays
the bills, according to the way it has
been figured out in the offices Of the
men who have to pay for the discom-
forts Of those of the feminine patrons
OF their roads who affect the extreme
in the length and height of heels and
the opposite limit in the width of
skirt.
1t IS apparent that the only reason
that street railway companies have
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
For Perfect Coffee.

Java and Mocha coffees are not su.
perior because of the locality of their
growth, but for the way they are
cured. The berry's sweet pulp, accord
ing to the Tea and Coffee Trade Jour
nal, must not be too much fermented.
The thick, dry parchment shell and
the thinly laced silver skin lying next
the bean are unfavorably affected by
INSTRUMENTATION; the bean itself
turns black. and, eventually, to the
discriminating Quaffer, the coffee Will
drink off" The Arabians are care
full in this process.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Modern Morals.

William Dean Howells, at tea at
his apartment in Half Moon street, "
said a magazine editor whe had just
returned from London, amused us all
with "reminiscences of New York cele-
brities.
MIR. Howe1ls hit OF rather neatly a
notorious celebrity of Wall street.
when that man came to New
York in 49, he said, everything he
possessed was tied up In a bandana
handkerchief. Today
MIR. H. smiled and stroked his
close-clipped mustache.
" Today everything he possesses fg
tied up in his wffe's name."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

and limbs were hfeless and there
were weeks when I could not put my
feet to the floor or stand alone. AS a
last resort, I began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. In six weeks 1 was as
free from kidney trouble as if I had
never had it."
When Your Back Is Lame, Re-
member the Name-DOAN'S soc. a
box at all stores Foster-Milburn Co..
Buffalo, n. Y
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Aerial Scout Work,

AS an example of what German
military armen are already able 20
do. the performance of Lieutenant
Mackenthun recently is cited In a
space Of 35 minutes Lieutenant Mack
enthun. who was acting for the Red
force. rose and few along the enemy's
front and was back on the ground at
his headquarters ready to report. To
obtain the same results would have
taken a strong force of cavalry four
hours.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

A party of Houghton capitalists
have under consideration the estab-
lishment at q point on the Copper
Range railroad south Of Houghton of
600-acre experimental farm. The
lands have already peeD secured, but
are at present heavily timbered.
Steps win be tken during the com
ing winter to cut the timber, and
early next spring the stumps will be
removed and the land made ready for
cultivation. It is hardly probable that
crops will be planted before 1913, but
the enterprise when established will
prove one of the biggest from an agri-
cultural standpoint nthe copper coun.
tTy.-Michigan Manufacturer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Rich West African Land

negroes who returned to Africa during
the nineteenth century. About it's in
dustrial development we are told
that "the country is rich in natural
products, and its resources have been
largely developed by the Germans. 1t
was the first German colony to dis
pense (1903-1904) with an Imperial
subsidy towards its upkeep. Several
firms have acquired plantations, in
which coffee, cocoa, cotton, kola, and
other tropical products are cultivat
ed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Elusive Enuiish.

When a sturdy Slovak entered a
store In lower Broadway the other
day the dapper clerk, wishing to put
the foreigner at his ease, obser ved
cheerfully:
Hello, John! How's your liver!"
After q minutes reflection the for
eigner's dull face beamed with intel
ligence and he replied
oh. yes-me LIVER in Brooklyn. -.
JLGge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
passing through a Berkefeld filter.

passing through a Berkefeld filter.
The next experiment was underta
ken to determine whether or not the
virus could be dried They found that
it resisted desiccation for twenty-four
hours or more.
Next they made experiments to dis
cover whether or not heat would de-
stroy the virus. It lost its tnfectivity
after being subjected to a tempera-
ture of So centigrade for fifteen min
utes.
The virus lost none Of its virulence
after being kept at a freezing temper
allure for twenty-five hours, They de
termined also that it probably retain.
ed some of its infectivity after TWEEN
ty-four hours at Is centigrade.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer
ILg women / am willing to make nv
trouble public so you may publish
this letter. "-MRS. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RED, Graniteyille, Vt.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and IN
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such q record
of cures as has Lydia E. PinkhaIn'S
Vegetable Compound
For more than so years it has been
curing wOman's ills such as inflamma-
ton, liberation, tibrOid tumors, irreg-
ulaTitieS, periodic pains and nervous
prostration, and It is unequalled for
carrying women safely through the
period of change of life.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
Invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free.
and always helpful
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Keeping Ahead.

There is a southern insane asylum
where those inmates whose particular
form Of insanity is harmless are per
mftted to participate In dances and
other amusements, to which outsiders
are invited. At a lawn party at this
institution a prominent lawyer, who
had been invited, saw very attrac-
tive girl seated under the tree, and
engaged her in conversation.
You are surely not an inmate of
this placer" he sympatheticaily in
CURED.
"Oh, yes, am" she assured him.
But you dozit look bit insane"
well, you gee, I was put here be-
cause I can't keep from swearing. You
see that man walking around with a
mop?"
Yes
We'll, he walks around after me
and washes of the swear words that
write on the walks. I'm two bells
and a damn ahead Of the mop now
Metropolitan Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

stalks, taking a meal at the expense
Of the farmer, or running along the
fence on their way to and from the
cornfield.
Where they came from, how long
they will stay and where they will go
is a question that does not seem to
bother the average person. How
many can | get?" seems to be more
absorbing Just now.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Can't Get Legacy TIL so.

New Haven, Conn--Under the will
of Ernest FINS, filed fer probate,
Henry George FINS, youthful son,
must wait until he is 80 years old, be-
fore receiving any portion OF the sI4,-
600 left him. The property is 10 be
held in trust. The unusual provision
does not apply TO similar requests to
four other children
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

would have been killed to satisfy the
hunger of the beast
The animal followed him for a mile
before it dropped behind him and dis
appeared in the underground.
1t is believed that the lion is the
same sighted by Mrs. Kate Harvey in
Mil Creek canyon few weeks ago.
For a month calves and chickens
have disappeared from the mountain
ranches, and it is believed the lion
is the beast that is ravaging the re-
gion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
To Sleep in Cold Air.

Columbia, Moan $4,000 CHAPTER
house without = closed bedroom has
been completed by the Sigma AIpha
Epsilon fraternity in this city. The Is
Missouri university members of that
fraternity have decided to try cold
fresh air as a healthfuI sleep producer
and restorer for tired brain cells. In
stetad Of bedrooms a large open air
sleeping chamber mas been construct.
ed on the third floor. No heat will be
allowed in this room even in coolest
weather.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

"Rnt, father" said the beautiful girl.
remember that he is rich as we'll as
handsome
Rich nothin'!" replied the stern old
man. TN bet he hasn't more than
100000 to his name"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

- - ~
tons. If you sus'
pect your kidneys,
begin using Doan's
Kidney Pills at
once, Mrs.N J. L.
Warrick, 400 ".
Mulberry ST, lac
banon, Ohio, says:
mo tongue can
tell the agonies I
suffered. NV feet
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
Chirograph.

"Ethelinda writes very peculiar
hand" said Maude.
Yes" replied Maymie, its Just a
lot OF straight lines and angles. When
you read it, you have to guess at the
spelling, the same as she does"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
His SnaclaI+v

The Do3tor-Feeling better today?
The Pauent-A little. But my hsart
still hurts me.
The Doctor-Oh, can stop that ali
right
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

IT I o IN nervousness
land other annoying
l symptoms, and I
3can truly say that
l Lydia Z. Pinkham's
I Y e G etab bic Com
lpound has proved
3worth mountai@s of
3gold to me, as it
3restored my health
land S treng 9Th. I
3never forget to tell
lmy friends what
u
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

It may be o. K. for a woman to
seek to duck the issue by saying that
she's too intense" but that's a pif
fling excuse for a mani
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

Many a mans deficiency in dollars
Is due to his deficiency in sense.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

It's all right to help others, but it
doesn't pay to be too busy to stop and
help yourself
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

There are now three thousand peo-
pie in the new Swastika gold mining
camp, thirty-one miles north Of the
Cobalt silver area.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAKt

There are two ways to tell If you
have weak kh6neys- The first is
through pains IN the back. The sec
ond by examining the kidney SIERRA
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-coated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invigor-
ate stomach, liver and bowels. Do not grippe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-19
peIusionarv

Every man hugs the delusion that
sooner or later he win invent some
thing that viii make him rich.