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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-01-25
HARPER'S WEEKLY.

Proof Of til" charge that Hsrper's
Weekly IS n Standard oil publication
will he found in tho pages of that
ma zine. and Mr.. Rlount is respect
fully refcrrnd thereto.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
MUSIC TO REFORM CONNECTS
Orchestra Leader Is Appointed to
Make Novel Experiment in the
Atlanta Federal Prison.

Atlanta. Ga.-Believing that music
has the power to work reformation
In the hearts of convicts, the United
States department Of justice i trying
an experiment at the Atlanta federal
prison. J. P. Matthiessen, Of Atlanta,
a director Of several orchestras in the
city and a composer, has recently
been appointed by Attorney-General
Wickersham to take charge of the
musical feature of the prison work.
For some time past there has been
an orchestra at the prison, but there
was no trained man to lea it. The
men were so deply interested in the
work of the orchestra, however, and
it seemed to give them so much pleas
ure, that Warden Meyer believed 1t
would eventually aid at least in bring
ing them to a better kind of life.
With this end in view he asked for
the appointment of an orchestra
leader.
An examination was held under
civil service rules and Matthiessen
got the place. He has found the in
terest intense He intends to or
ganize a band, in the near future, as
we'll as the orchestra. New music is
being obtained every day. Warden
Meyer is well pleased with the prog
ress up to date.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Magistrate Says Ten Days Is
Enough for Mother-in-LaW.
Would Be Far Better Appreciated If
They Would Shorten Their Visits
and Confine Themselves to
Postal Cards.

New York.-Magistrate Mcclure, in
the Flatbush court, fixed ten days as
the limit for visits for mothers-in-laW.
The case in point was that in which
young Mrs. May Coyle had summoned
her mother-in-law, also Mrs. May
Coyle, a resident of Boston, to court
on charge of disturbing her domes-
tic peace and happiness.
Harry Coyle, son Of Mrs. May Coy1e
of Boston, sat back in the rear Of the
court room and never opened his
mouth. His pretty young wife did all
the talking and painted her mother-in-
law as a kill joy" and a fczarina."
she came down from Boston ten
days ago." said the younger Mrs.
Coyle, "and took charge of everything.
Every time 1 opened my mouth she
squelched me. l didn't know how to
cook; I didn't know how to wash the
baby; l didn't know how to do this
that Or the other thing. She broke
all our rules and make new ones; she
told us how they did things in Boston.
and that that was the only right way.
Finally she turned my husband
against me, and I had to take myself
and my baby home to mother. I te,e
phoned her to go home, but she re-
fused"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
DOG TELEPHONES FOR HELP
Locked in Store, Rover YeIps Into In
strument and Police Finally
Come to His Rescue.

East Orange, N. J.-Rover, a yellow
dog owned by Michael Bellotti, a boot
black, Of 1914 Greenwood avenue, this
city, called help when it found itself
locked up in the shop, by knocking
down the telephone, calling central
and then sending such noises over the
wire that the telephone operator sent
word to the police that something was
wrong in the shop. The result was
that a policeman was sent there and
the dog was released. Rover, in his
efforts to reconcile himself to his i'm
prisonment, had eaten most of Bel
lotti's blacking. He also had reduced
the shop to condition of unprecedent
ed disorder.
One of the girls in the telephone ex
change was nodding near the switch
board early when a call came from
the Bellotti telephone.
"Hello!" she said.
There was no human response, but
she heard coming over the wire q
whining and snarling noise, and at in
tervals, the sound of things falling
Once she thought she heard human
being pleading for mercy, and imme
diately afterward came a gurgling
sound. The uncanny noises worked
on her nerves, and she called up po-
lice headquarters.
81 am sure there is something wrong
in Bellottis," she said. THE noises
there are simply terrible"
Patrolman link rushed to the place.
forced window and found Rover
making desperate efforts to get out.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
NOTABLE FISH BOOK

The results Of DR.. Eigenmann's ex-
plorations are about to be published
as volume five of the Memoirs of the
Carnegie Museum" DR.. w. J. Hol-
land, director, and DR.. Eigenmann have
been busily engaged the last few
weeks in arranging the manuscript
and the plates. The work will appear
in large quarto form and will be illus
trated by 104 pictures, giving figures
Of nearly 800 species of the fresh wa
ter fishes of British Guiana.
The frontispiece is a photograph of
the great Kaieteur falls on the Potaro
river. This stream, which is as large
as the Ohio at Pittsburg, leaves the
upper plateau of British Guiana by a
leap Of TAI feet into the deep canyon.
DR.. Eigenmann assembled the Potaro,
led by Indians in canoes, until he
came near the falls. Leaving his frail
craft behind him, he climbed to the
highlands, explored the vicinity of the
falls, obtained new boats from the
natives and continued southwark along
the upper reaches of the river. His
aim was to ascertain whether there
existed on the broad highlands a diff
ferent fauna from that found in the
lowlands. To some extent he found
this to be the case.
The book will be an important con-
tribution to the ichtyology of South
America.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Note of DISBURSEMENT

A Philadelphia lawyer who spends
his summers in the Ad1rondacks tells
an amusing story Of country bump
kin whose friend he was. The coun-
tryman was counting a girl of the
countryside, but he grew discouraged
over the progress Of his love affair.
At times, when he was certain the
girl loved him, he was gay to the
point of being foolish. Then, again,
when he thought he detected GOODNESS,
he was sad and detected. He con-
f1ded to the lawyer one day that he
had balanced accounts, and was con-
WINGED the girl didn't want him
And she's breaking it gently" he
said. ''She has such a delicate way
of telling me, SIR"
"How's that?" asked the lawyer.
80, she's just delicate, that's ALL"
was the explanation 1--WE wuz settin'
in the parlor las night, an 1 wuzn't
sayin' much, an nuther wuz she, but
she says, says she, Albert, did ye
know that rs twin an my sisters
a twin, an my mother and her sister
wuz twins, an grandmother and her
sister wuZ twins, an their mother and
her sister wuz twins? '"-PhiIadeIphia
Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
How the Blind Tell lime.

The fingers of d blind man were
skimming over the pages Of book in
the reading room for the sightless in
the New York public library, when he
suddenly drew watch from his peck
ct, opened the face, closed it with a
snap, and then placed his book on the
table, says the New York Times.
Its 4 o'clock. / guess I'd better
be going" he said to the librarian,
Miss Lucille Gothwaite, who was how
ering near to attend to the wants of
her readers. The book was replaced
on the shelf and the blind man rose
and departed.
The blind mans telling time by a
watch impressed a visitor, who asked
Miss Goldthwaite.
You will find that most blind per-
sons carry watches, and often consult
them. The watches are of the hunting
case sort, but they have no crystal,
and the numerals are embossed. The
blind person opens the case and by
pressing his fingers lightly on the face
he can tell the time instantly by the
position of the hands The watches
are especially made for the sightless,
the hands being made differently, so
they may be distinguished at once"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
AT THE PARSONAGE.
Coffee Runs Riot No Longer.

wife ans / had serious time of it
while we were coffee drinkers.
E'She had gastritis, headaches, belch-
ing and would have periods of sick
ness, while I secured daily headache
that became chronic.
I'VE naturally sought relief by drugs
without avail, for it is now plain
enough that no drug will cure the dis
eases another drug Coffee sets up,
particularly, SO long as the drug
which causes the trouble is continued.
Finally we thought we would try
leaving off coffee and using Postum.
noticed that my headaches disappeared
like magic, and my old 'trembly' nerv-
BUSINESS left. One day wife said, DO
you know my gastritis has gone?
Zone can hardly realize what Post
am has done for US.
Then we began to talk to others.
Wife's father and mother were both
coffee drinkers and sufferers. Their
headaches left entirely short time
after they changed from coffee to
Postum.
DSSdn " EuQu1Ie du1Ou6 Aly par
ishioners and found to my astonish-
ment that numbers of them use Post
UNI in place Of coffee. Many of the
ministers who have visited our par
sonage have become enthusiastic cham
pions of Postum" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich
Read the little book, "The Road to
ErrSI,
Ever read the above letter? 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, 1911-08-17
SOURCES OF PERFUMES.

Most women who indulge freely in
the use of cheap perfumes do not
know of what they are compounded.
The principle ingredient of low-priced
perfumes is musk, animal musk, which
is obtained from several creatures.
The muskrat IS probably the best
known of these, and a few decades
ago the wives and sweethearts of men
who set traps around bitches and
ponds in the country side carried
proudly the bags of musk obtained
from this source. As an article of
commerce the musk supplied by sew
eral varieties of civet cats is probably
the best known today. The odor is
strong and sweet. The strength is
the particular noticeable feature and
is the reason why it is the foundation
of the perfumes. In the small mann
NAL house of the geological gardens
are two sizes of civets, and anyone
with an investigating turn of mind
may stand near the cages and catch
the musl1y odor.
The musk is used IN the cheap per-
fumes, as only a little is needed to
give a most lasting odor to an ounce
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
PHILOSOPHY TO rHE RESCUE
Pat Went Without His Steak, but at
That Everything Was Not
Lost.

Charles Nagel, secretary of COM
merce and labor, says the Irish race
has, in addition to it's sentiment and
romance, lot of philosophy as one
of its characteristics.
"The best illustration I ever heard
of this" he explained to dinner
party one evening, was the case of
a poor Irishman who had been given
fine, juicy piece of steak. Being d
religious man, he placed the steak in
front of him, ana there, in the shade
of the trees surrounding his benefac-
tors house, he folded his hands,
closed his eyes, and gave thanks to
heaven for the meal. When he was
in the attitude of prayer, a dog rushed
dp and captured the steak. Pat
looked around in time to see the food
disappearing over the hill.
THANK heaven he exclaimed,
again closing his eyes, he left me my
appetite!' THE Sunday Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Kew to the Sphinx Riddle.

Key to the Sphinx Riddle.
I. The first pyramid of Egypt built by
King Cheops.
3 Stone quarry from which the build
ing material for the Cheops pyramid was
taken.
8. A faulty ledge of rock unsuitable for
building purposes.
4. The second pyramid of Egypt. built
by King Cephren. successor to Cheops.
5. Stone quarry from which the build
ing material for the Cephren pyramid
was taken.
6. Ledge of faulty rock trimmed down
TO portrait of Cephren and the crouch
ing body of a lion.
people and the terror with which he
strikes his enemies.
Location. A ledge of faulty rock
unfit for building purposes divided
the quarry that supplied stone for
the first pyramid from the quarry
that was worked for the second pyra-
mid. This presumably unsightly
cape or knob of faulty stone jutting
out between the Quarries was con-
Yerted by Cephrens architects and
workmen into a colossal sphinx with
the head of a portrait of Cephren
himself
Time about 1850 B. c.. or a thou
sand years earlier than former au-
thorities had supposed to be the date
Of the Sphinx.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Scientific and Literary Work Of
Much Magnitude.
Task Begun Years Ago by DR.. C. II.
Eiqenmann, Dean of Graduate School
of indiana University, Near
ing Completion.

Pittsburgh scientific and literary
task of much magnitude, which was
begun several years ago by Mr.. C.
H. Eigenmann, curator Of fishes at the
graduate school of Indiana university,
is nearing completion and will appear
in book form in the near future.
Dr. Eigenmann is known as an au-
thority upon the fresh water fish of
South America August %, 1903, &C
companied by an assistant, he sail
ed from New York for British Guiana,
South America, arriving in George
town September g. During the fall and
winter following he explored the riv-
ers of British Guiana and brought
home nearly 10000 specimens.
Selections from every species were
reserved for the Carnegie museum.
The remaining duplicates were distrib-
uted in exchange for collections from
different countries, the exchange be
ing made with the United States Ma
tional museum, the Field museum of
Chicago Museum of Comparative FOOL
0gy of Harvard university, the British
museum in London, the Royal museum
in Berlin, the Imperial museum in vi
emma, the Natural museum of France,
and many others. In this way, the
collection of the Carnegie museum has
been greatly enlarged.
One important and interesting re-
suit of Professor Eigenmann's expedi-
ton was the discovery of more than
LOO species of fresh water fishes new
TO science. These types made the
Carnegie museum the possessor of
about 500 species of the $500 known.
This is a remarkable accomplishment,
IN view of the fact that the Carnegie
museum is the youngest of the worlds
great scientific institutions of this
character A type in scientific par
lance is the particular specimen of
an object in the natural world which
Is used as a basis for the first scien-
tific description Of 1t.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
OLD TRIALS BY WATER
INNOCENT WOULD SINK WHILE
GUILTY WOULD FLOAT.
Modern Survival of the Ordeal In
Daimatia-HoW Ii is Employed
by the Tibetans.

Throwing people into the water to
let i determine their innocence OF
guilt 1as widely in use in the seven
teenth and eighteenth centuries. A
Synod of West Prussia, forbade its
use in 1745. Sporadic cases, however
occurred during the whole of the nine
teenth century.
Prof. E. P. Evans wrote in 1895 OF
its use in Dalmatia, where in some
districts it was still customary to
throw all the women into the water
on a specified day to see whether they
would sink or swim. A rope was at,
tached to each in order to save from
drowning those who proved their in,
nocence by sinking, while those be,
neved to be guilty because they float,
ed were also rescued and made to
promise to forsake their evil ways on
pain of being stoned.
A traveller has described modern
survival Of the ordeal used in detect
ing thieves in southern Russia, says
the Dietetic and Hygienic Gazette. All
the servants of the household where
the robbery occurred were assembled
and as many balls of bread were
made as there were suspected per
sons.
A sorceress then addressed each
one of the number, saying that the
particular ball Of bread which she
held in her hand would sink or swim
as the party addressed was guilty OF
innocent. She then flung it into the
water.
Boiling water was used in ordeals
by the Persians and it is referred to
in the Avesta. It contained both the
sacred elements, water and fire, sug-
costing the deluge past and the fiery
doom Of the future. In the simplest
form of the hot water test the bare
arm was plunged to the wrist in trivial
cases, and to the elbow in more Sc
rious trials, usually to bring out rings
or coins thrown therein.
In Tibet plaintiff and defendant set
tie their cause judicially by plunging
their arms into boiling water contain
Ing black and a white stone, when
he who brings up the white stone wins
the verdict. A King of the Goths in
the seventh century, with the sanction
of the Council of Toledo, recommended
the boiling test for crime.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
GOLD DUST MAKES BLONDES
Women Do Not Dye Their Hair COL
den Nowadays, but Seek Methods of
Securing Bright Effect.

London.-The fashion for gold
which has shown itself in the beauti-
full cloths of gold, especially for use
at court functions, has led to a re-
vival Of the sprinkling of the hair
with gold dust.
Gold dust is now used to brighten
the couture for evening wear, but
more extensively for occasions when
fancy dress is worm" said a we'll
known Bond street hairdresser.
Women do not dye their hair
golden nowadays, but they seek meth
DDS of giving the natural color a
bright effect. Gold dust can be most
effectively used for fair hair or hair
Of light brown shade"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Family Enough.

Horace, f1Ve-year-old, has a broth
er nine, and a sister three, and with
his father and mother, he deemed
this family large enough. When,
therefore, he was told by his aunt
that a little baby was to be added to
the family, he protested:
81 think papa and mamma might
better spend their money for more
strawberries and powdered sugar for
me-" he observed, Indignantly
On a certain day a doctor came to
the house and Horace thought he
knew what that meant. His spirit Of
revolt nearly got the better of him,
however, when a second doctor came.
A few hours later, after the doctors
had departed, his Aunt Ella told him
he had new little brother. Horace
frightened, and tiptoed to his moth
er's room. ITS all right, mamma"
he assured her. There's only one"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Limit on Her Stay

Mother-in-Law Coyle said her
daughterin-law was exaggerating.
How long have you been here?"
asked Magistrate Mcclure.
"Ten days." replied Mrs. Coyle, Sr.
"Ten days is long enough for any
mother-in-law to hold possession, re-
piled the court. "Ten days should be
the limit for all mothers-in-law While
mothers-in-law are more or less a
necessary institution, it is possible
for them to become an evil through
failure to use discretion. Mothers-in-
law are constitutionally fbossy.' There
are exceptions, l admit; but they are
few. 1t seems to be their exquisite
function to domineer and tread upon
the feelings Of their daughters-in-law.
They seem to forget that they once
were daughters-in-law and had moth
ers-in-law inflicted upon them.
"Mothers-in-law you'd be far better
appreciated if theyNwould shorten their
visits and confne most of their inter
course with their sons and daughters
families to postal cards and note
paper"
Il will use telegraph blanks here
AFTER" said Mrs. CoyIe, Sr.
Good" said the court, "and I would
advise you to take the first train home
to Boston If you have any regard for
your sons future happiness"
Il will take the next and fastest
train home" said Mrs. Coyle, acidly
q have fne~home in Boston, which
is the finest city in the world 1t is
the home Of culture and refinement. y
His honor bowed to Mrs. Coyle, Sr.
Mrs. Coyle, ST., ignored the bow,
swung around on her heel and
quickly marched out of the court
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
Turning the Tables.

The younger man in the third row
of seats looked bored. He wasn't
having a good time He cared moth
ing for the Shakespearean drama.
What's the greatest play you ever
saw" the young woman asked, OBJ.
serving his abstraction.
Instantly he frightened.
Tinker touching a man out be-
tween second and third and getting
the ball over to Chance in time to nab
the runner to frst!" he said.
But"
The elderly man in the grand stand
yaWned.
The national game did not interest
him, anyway.
"Wroxley," said the enthusiastic
fan by his side. what was the great
est play you ever saw"
"Sardou's Diplomacy by all odds!"
exclaimed the elderly man, his eye
kindling with the recollection Of it.
Chicago Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
GETTING A WIFE In MATHA

Malta is the chief town Of the ar
reimbursement of St Jean d'Angely.
France. A day or two ago the seren-
ity of the place was disturbed by the
crier with his trumpet, which, by the
way, has replaced the drum, making
the following announcement: 1.-TWO
young men DESTROYS OF an early mar
riage place themselves at the disposi
ton of the girls of the town Of an
age to marry. The young men are
now at the Cafe , and will be
pleased to meet girls DESTROYS Of mar,
riage, and will give all particulars con-
corning themselves"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
WHERE EGGS ARE CHEAP.

China swarms with hens, and they
are patient, steady, busy wonders
just like the Chinese himself. Only
a few years ago eggs were sold in
the open ports of the Yangste at four
to five cash" each. But you know
bucketful of that old copper "cash"
was worth only a cent or so in our
coin. Eggs at four and five cents
cash" apiece meant, in United
States money, about two cents
dozen. Higher prices now, with the
new Chinese coin, but eggs are still
abundant along the Yangste at four
to five and one-half cents a dozen (of
our money!, and even in Shanghai at
five to six and one-half cents
dozen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
FIGHT FOR FAMILY SKELETON

The heirs of family named Fleu-
rot, living near Remiremont, France,
are fighting a curious case over a
skeleton which has been for many
years a treasure in the family.
The skeleton belonged to lancer
of abnormal height, who sold his body
to the Fleurot family on condition
that his skeleton should be kept after
death. The inheritance was divided
some years ago and two cousins are
now fighting for the possession of the
lancer's skeleton.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17

several rookeries IN the metropolitan
area. The Temple gardens boosted Of
a fair sized colony, and rocks built
in Kensington gardens until 1892 Ac-
cording to a writer in the Zoologist,
the Kensington rookery extended at
one time from the broadwalk to the
Serpentine, and contained something
like a hundred nests.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17

A transcontinental tunnel for rail
road purposes is being driven about
half a mile from Waldorf A spur
Of railroad runs into Waldorf A
man who resides there has three chill
dren, the Oldest 20 years Of age, who
have lived Sc continuously among
these eternal hills" that they have
never seen a wheat or corn field. Yet
the oldest child, a boy, is high
school graduate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-17
NOVEL CITY DECORATION.

The city Of San Francisco has a
novel scheme on hand for the general
Frightening of city life. Ornam entail
lamps, gorgeous with real floral deco
rations, kept green and fragrant per-
petually in flower boxes, suspended
midway between top and bottom of
the lamp standards, have to be erect
ed on the main streets. The flowers
which will adorn the lamp standards
will be watered and cared for by an
automatic arrangement, the mere
pressing of button being sufficient
to perform the deed.