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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Wished to Serve at Court Of st.
James In Order to Meet the
Arstocracy OF Great
Britain.

With the single exception OF James
n. Tyner, who, after having served as
postmaster general in President
Grants cabinet, became a subordinate
in the postofice department, the late
Thomas 2. Bayard was the only
American, so far as | can ascertain, to
hold a cabinet office who afterwards
accepted a subordinate position in the
same department.
When Grover Cleveland was elected
president the second time, many Of
his party were Of the opinion that he
would ask Senator Bayard to become
again secretary of state, just as Pres1-
dent Harrison, in his administration,
had called James G. Blaine once more
to the state department, he having
first filed that position under Gar
field.
President Cleveland had the most
cordial appreciation of and admiration
for Mr. Bayard. He greatly liked him
as a man, and he had the highest re-
spect for him as a statesman. There
was, therefore, some establishment eX-
pressed when it was announced that
the president had asked Judge Walter
Q. Gresham, who had served in Presi-
dent Arthur's cabinet as postmaster
general, and in Harrison's as secTe-
tary of the treasury, to become secre-
tary of state. The establishment was
intensified when the president pres
entity nominated his former secretary
Of state, Mr. Bayard, as ambassador
to the Court of st. James, and many
persons wondered how Senator Bay
ard could, without some sense of hui
initiation, accept a subordinate posi-
ton in a department Of which he had
previously been the head, and had so
successfully directed.
To the public the explanation for
this action, both on the part of Presi-
dent Cleveland and Senator Bayard,
was never made, but l am now able to
give the explanation, made to me by
one who spoke with authority.
The minister TO England during
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
COULD NOT STAND SUFFERING
FROM SKIN ERUPTION

81 have been using Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment for the past
three months and I am glad to say
that they cured me of a most annoy
ing skin eruption. It began by my no
tfcing red blotches appearing on my
face and scalp. Although they were
rather disfguring, did not think any
thing Of them until they began to get
scaly and dry and to itch and burn
until I could not stand the suffering.
Then I began to use a different soap,
thinking that my old kind might be
hurting me, but that didn't seem to do
any good. I went to two different doc
tors but neither seemed to relieve me
any. lost many nights sleep in con-
tinual scratching, sometimes scratch
ing till drew the blood on my face
and head. Then I started in to use
the Cuticura Remedies and in two
months I was entirely relieved Of that
awful pest. 1 am SO delighted over
my cure by Cuticura Remedies that
shall be glad to tell anybody about
It," (Signed) G. M Mcfarland, POI
West 18th ST., New York City, Oct. 5,
1910.
Cuticura Soap (25c) and Cuticura
Ointment (50c) are sold throughout
the world. Send to Potter Drug &
Chem Corp, sole props, 1875 Colum-
bus Ave, Boston, for free book on
skin and scalp diseases and their
treatment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
How Commodore Vanderbilt Obtained
the Canada Southern by Guaran-
teeing the Principal and In
terest on It's Bonds.

Commodore Vanderbilt bought many
railroads, built some, partly built 9th
ers, which he abandoned, like the one
in Nicaragua, and he is probably the
only American railway promoter and
capitalist who ever had the stockhold-
ers of a railroad present the road to
him
If you ask railway men OF today, and
even bankers, how the Canada South
ern railway happened to be built, you
are likely to get an answer from the
majority Of them that 1t was built by
Commodore Vanderbilt for the pur-
pose of forming a link between the
Michigan Central and the New York
Central. Nothing of the kind. The
real story is one of the strangest OF
the many romantic tales linked with
the promotion and development of
American railroads.
+ Kenyon Cox, brother of Governor
Jacob D. Cox of Ohio, and Grants
first secretary of the interior; Daniel
Drew, Sydney Dillon and John F.
Tracy. who were men of great fnan-
cial repute at the time Of and imme-
diately after the Civil war, conceived
the plan of building a railway from
Detroit to Buffalo through Canada,
expecting to continue 1t to Toledo,
and there, having got control of the
Wabash system, to unite this Cana
dian railway to the Wabash, thereby
securing a new and great railway sys-
tenn from the Mississippi river to Lake
Erie.
They did get control of the Wabash,
only to find that a very cunning, 81
lent man-Azariah Bonney Of Toledo,
president Of the Wabash-could hold
them off at least for year. He knew
what they had forgotten, or, perhaps,
never knew, that the laws Of Ohio re-
quired classification Of the directors
of the railroads chartered by that
state, the power of classification be-
ing delegated to a railroads prest-
dent SO the promoters of the Can
ada Southern route, although they con
! trolled the Wabash stock, neVerthe-
| less, by the classification made by
! President Bonney, had only one-third
representation on the board of direc,
tors. So, perforce, they decided to
wait for another year or two-when
| there would be a new classification
at which they would be sure of secur
| ing at least two-thirds of the directors
before putting into effect their great
consolidation scheme.
AS a sort of compromise at the enc
of a year, Governor Cox, who, three
years earlier, had retired from Grants
cabinet, became president of the Wa
bash; and everything was going along
to the utmost satisfaction of the rail
way capitalists, bent on effecting the
consolidation, when, Of sudden
came the Jay Cooke panic, in the fall
of '73, and disaster fell upon many
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Baynrd Liked Good Company

CleveIand's first administration, and
when Mr.. Bayard was secretary Of
state, was the late Edward ]. Phelps,
a great lawyer, Kent professor Of law
at Yale. and senior counsel for the
United States in the Boring Sea arbi-
tration. Upon his return to this coun-
try, at the end of his service at the
Court Of ST James, Mr.. Phelps mar
rated to his friends, among them Mr..
Bayard, many extremely pleasant eX-
periences he had while in England,
and he found that Mr.. Bayard was es-
pecially interested in the relations he
had with the highly cultivated, intel
lectual and social aristocracy Of Great
Britain. That was the kind of society
which especially appealed to Senator
Bayard and he never seemed to tire of
listening to MIR. Phelps's description
of the men and women of cultivation
and of intellect whom he had met in
English social life.
After Cleveland's second election,
and following the raising, by congress
in the closing months of Harrison's
dlIOI1 VI IllO CAAS1ASb AAAAoo4Oh
to the grade Of embassy, Mr.. Phelps
ventured to suggest to Mr.. Bayard
that he would have most enjoyable
experience if he were to serve the
United States at the Court Of st.
James. Besides" Mr.. Phelps said,
you will be the first American am
bassador; l was only minister. The
added rank will give you a greater
standing, both officially and socially,
than I was able to enjoy"
So it happened that representation
was made to Mr.. Cleveland that Mr..
Bayard would be exceedingly reioiced
if he were named as the first Ameri-
can ambassador to the Court Of st.
James The president-elect was some
what astonished; he confessed that he
had planned to have Mr.. Bayard be-
come his secretary of state, but add
ed: Nevertheless, Mr.. Bayard shall
have anything in my power to give"
Hence, in due course, Mr.. Bayard was
sent to England to represent the
United States, and the experiences
that befell him there he felt were
among the most satisfactory of his
entire career.
Copyright, 1910. by z. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reseryed.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
ALFALFA CLOVER.

Salzer's strain of hardy, luxuriant Alfal-
ia Clover grows everywhere and brings
from two to five rousing crops annually.
It's the vigorous, healthy kind planted by
Ex-Gov. Hoard of Wisconsin and thous-
ands of other successful farmers through
out the U. S. We are the largest growers
of clovers, grasses, seed oats, wheat, rye,
rye, barley, potatoes, etc, in America.
For Zoe in stamps we mail you:
l Pkt. Luxuriant hardy Alfalfa Clover.
Pkt. Billion 5 Grass-the 10 Ton wonder.
I Pkt. Silver King Barley-173 Blu per A.
l Pkt. Bonanza Oats-Sworn yield 259 Blu.
per A, winning 4 Farms in 1910.
l Pkt. Speltz-the cereal hay marvel.
And or more other packages farm seed
novelties or rarities, together with our big
catalog, bristling with seed truths all for
but 10c in stamps, or send 25c and we add
a big package famous French bean coffee!
John A Salzer Seed Co., 1872 South 8th St.,
La Crosse. Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
WAS JUST COPYING MAMMA
Child's Actions That at First Mvs-
titled Father Were Easily
Explained.

The little six-year-old daughter of a
Weil-known club woman was found in
her play room the other day doing all
kinds Of acrobatic stunts and gesticu.
lating wildly and wierdly.
What are you doing?" asked the
child's father.
I'm playing I'm mamma" she an
swered Then she made more unique
movements with her little arms and
said: There. father. you accept them.
That's what they do when mamma
makes them"
What shall I accept?" asked the
father, still more mystified, and what
does mamma make? Tell me what
you are doing?"
Why she said. 81 am playing that
I am mamma at her club. Whenever
mamma goes to her club she makes
motions, and the others accept them.
l heard her say so over the telephone
to Mrs Smith this morning Illus
trated Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Railway Was GiUen Away

railroads. among them the Canada
Southern and the Wabash.
Jay Gould stepped in and bought
the bankrupt Wabash, and his family
hold it to this day. The Canada South
ern was woefully bankrupted; there
was heavy mortgaged Indebtedness
upon 1t, and the stockholders were in
despair. They held meeting, and at
last one of them said:
Il propose that we send a commit
tee to Commodore Vanderbilt and
make this proposition TO him; name
~, that If he, in the name Of the New
York Central, will guarantee the in
terest and the principal Of the Can
ada Southern's bonds, we will turn
over to him as an absolute gift all Of
the stock we hold in the road, and we
hold much more than a controlling in
terest"
1t took only a few minutes to find
hope and reasonableness In that
proposition As matters stood, the
stock was worth nothing to these
stockholders, but If the commodore
and his New York Central would guar
antee interest and principal upon the
bonds, then there might be something
saved for the stockholders who had
invested In the bonds.
Within a day or two a Canada
Southern committee was with Commo-
dore Vanderbilt, and laid the PROPOSE
ton before him. The commodore was
Just beginning to feel the approach of
the disease which, year later, proved
to be mortal. But his eyes glistened
when he learned that by simply guar
anteeing the principal and interest
upon the bonds of the Canada Southern
he would have free gift of all the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Sir Ernest ShackTeton Intends to Es-
tabiish Sanatorium in Spitz-
bergen Next Summer.

Sir Ernest Shackleton, the south
pole explorer, is planning to visit
Spitzbergen next summer with view
to establishing a sanatorium for con-
sumptives in the polar regions. He
declares that a season or SO spent
amid the ice and snow of Spitzbergen
would be of incalculable benefit to
persons suffering from throat or lung
trouble, as the Arctic air is absolutely
pure. The only drawback would be
the lack Of sunshine in that land Of
incessant storms and the monotony
Of the surrounding snow fields.
His idea is not new one. A few
years ago a New York physician or
ganized an expedition Of men not yet
afflicted with the white plague, but
with a tendency to it He sailed away
to Greenland with his little company
Of patients and returned with the
same number, not one having died
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02

had soreness in each side, could not
stand tight clothing, and was irregular.
/ was completely run down. On adj
vice l took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and Liver Pills and
am enjoying good health. It is now
more than two years and have not
had an ache or pain since do all my
own work, washing and everything,
and never have the backache any more.
I think your medicine is grand and I
praise it to all my neighbors. If you
think my testimony will help others
you may publish ft."-Mrs. OLLIE
WooDALL, Morton's Gap Kentucky.
Backache is a symptom of organic
weakness or arrangement. II you
have backache don't neglect it. To
get permanent relief you must reach
the root of the trouble. Nothing we
know Of will do this so surely as Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Compound.
Write to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass, for special advice.
Your letter will be absolutely
confidential and the ad vice free.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02

When a man is taken in, he is put
out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Judge FoIger Earnestly Asked mat
His Name Be Withdrawn as he
publican Candidate for Gov
ernor in 1882.

In September, 1882, Charles ]. Fol
ger, who had been chief justice Of the
highest court Of New York state, and
was secretary Of the treasury In the
cabinet of President Arthur, was nom
mated for governor Of New York at
Republican convention held at Sara
toga. 1t was the convention in which
the forged telegram, which has now
passed into political tradition of the
Empire state, played the controlling
part.
There was a severe contest for the
control of the organization OF the con-
vention. The state committee was
nearly equally divided. A part Of the
committee supported the renomina-
ton of Alonzo B. Cornell for COVER
nor. A part favored the nomination
of the secretary Of the treasury,
Charles Folger. At the crucial mo-
ment there came a telegram purport-
ing to have been sent by William H.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
NO PHONE FEE FOR HOTELS
Rail Commission Orders Practice of
Charging Extra for Service from
Rooms Must Be Abolished.

-HOtelkeepers of h e
state no longer will enjoy the extra
scent charge placed on telephone
calls going out from rooms in their
hotels, according to an order handed
down by the state railroad commits
sion in the case of Frederick L. Gross
VS.. Wisconsin Telephone, company.
The order of the commission not
only does away with the charge on
hotel patrons, but also orders the tele-
phone company to cancel all contracts
entered into with hotelkeepers subse-
quent to April 1, 1907, in which is
contained the 10-cent outgoing mes
sage charge.
The order comes as a result of the
petition of twenty-five members of the
National Travellers association.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02

Druggists everywhere sell Garfield Tea,
the Herb laxative. 1t acts as a gentle aid
to Nature.
A girl is always sure her latest love
Is the real thing
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
IF YOU HAVE A SICkLY
Y0UNGSTER TRY THIS FREE

The family with young children that is
without sickness in the house now ana
then Is rare, and so it is important that
the head Of the house should know what
TO do in the little emergencies that arise
A child with q serious ailmeut needs a
doctor, 1t is true, but in the majority Of
instances, as any doctor knows, the child
suffers from some intestinal trouble
usually constipation.
There IS no sense in giving Il a pill or
q remedy containing an opiate, nor is
flushing Of the bowels to be always rec
commended. Rather give it a small dose
Of mild, gentle laxative tonic like DR.
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, which, by clean
ing out the bowels and Strengthening the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Neatly Put.

The Duchess Decazes, as all the
world knows, was an American
daughter of the enormously rich Sing
er family.
The duchess was once taking part in
some amateur theatricals at Ragaz
when a New York girl said to her
mother:
rs she real duchess?"
Yes, my dear" the mother,
Knickerbocker, answered. Yes, real
but machine made"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
GIVES BLOOD FOR SISTER
TRANSMISSION Is Successfully Accom-,
plished at Appleton to Give Pa
tent Strength for Operation.

AppletOn.-The first case of direct
TRANSMISSION of blood on record in Wis
consin was performed successfully
here. The operation was pronounced
successful, although the patient is in
an extremely critical condition fol-
lowing subsequent operation for
tumOr.
Mrs. Fred Ness, aged Al, was the
patient. She had been suffering from
a tumor and was too weak to stand
an operation, so her sister, Mrs. Jas.
Mauthe, two years her senior, gave
the blood.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
viii Build for ConsunopfiUes

while away. But opinions varied al
to the benefit derived. Some stated
that they felt vastly improved by
their sojourn in the far north, others
complained that the lack of amuse'
ment had a bad effect on their gen.
eral health. thereby counteracting any
good derived from the treatment. No
one seemed inclined to try it again
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
One Happy Condition.

wireless is a wonderful thing, isn't
1t? It's going to take the place
of everything telephone,
thought transference-why, they even
transmit newspaper photographs that
way"
yes, but there's one thing they'll
never do with wireless"
Whats that?"
"Wire-pulling.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Caddie Is Quaint.

Mrs R. H. Barlow, the famous Phil
adeIphia golfer, was talking at the
Country club about the St Andrews
links.
And as wonderful as the links"
she said, ARE the caddies. The
Scotch caddies are the Quaintest Of
mortals For instance:
It had skied a lot Of Balls one morn
ing, much to my caddie's disgust
Finally he teed a ball for me, and
then, handing me my driver. re-
marked:
:" Moo, Teddy, let's see a guild shot.
and nae mair O. yer glory hallelu.
i3hs'"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
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stock, or, at least, the great majority
of it, for he believed that under pru-
dent management the railroad would
be able to earn enough in the course
OF few years to meet principal and
interest, and when that was done, the
stock would be velvet And at the
commodore's death, in 1877, when his
son, William H, succeeded to the con-
troll, the latter found In his possession
that was soon to become important
every share of which had been a free
gift to his father
Copyright, 1910. by e. ]. Edwards AL
Rights Reseryed-)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Lihra rians Elect Officers

Milwaukee.-The following officers
were elected at the closing session of
the Wisconsin Library association:
President, Miss Agnes Van Valken-
burg, Milwaukee: yice-president, Mrs.
James Robbins, Rice Lake; secretary,
Miss Delta Ovitz, Milwaukee; treas,
urer, Miss Martha Dunn, Stanley.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Father Vaughn Estate Sued

Fond du Lac.-John Murtha and
wife of RipOn have brought $1,000
suit against the estate of the late
Father Vaughn. They allege that for
seven years, while Father Vaughn,
who was a playwright, was studying
for the priesthood, they boarded and
aided him in many ways at a total
expense of $1,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
"Tea Leafers.

A good deal of the tea consumed by
the working classes in the days when
Arthur Young complained of the ad-
diction to this luxury had never seen
either India or China IN one of John
Ashton's works on England he cites
case in which a boy charged with
gambling stated that the money found
in his possession had been made by
nicking tea leaves. This led to the
discovery that many persons made a
living by picking sloe leaves and
wbitethorn leaves in the fields near
Camberweu, and selling them to a To-
cal cowkeeper for a penny a pound.
One man said he picked from 30 to
so pounds day, and always found q
market for them. The leaves were
subsequently sold to wholesale mer-
chant. who could obtain as much as
SIS. a pound for them under the
guise of tea. The merchant was
prosecuted and fined, not for
adulteration, but for defrauding the
revenue. And the ''tea-leafer" is still
the slang name for the petty thief.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Oconto Postmaster Named.

Washington, D. C.-The president
sent to the senate the nomination of
Robert G. Sharp to be postmaster at
Oconto. The resignation of Frank R.
Bentley as internal revenue collector
for the second Wisconsin district, to
take effect April so next, was received
and accepted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02

Impure Blood is common III the
spring, because of the unhealthful
modes Of living during the winter,
and it IS the cause of the loss Of
appetite and that tired feeling as
we'll as the sores and eruptions that
occur at this time.
Be sure to take Hoods this spring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02

little stomach muscles, will Immediately
correct the trouble.
This is not alone our opinion but that
Of Mrs. n. II. Mead Of Freeport, Kans.,
whose granddaughter has been taking it
successfully and of Mrs. ]. r. Whiting
of Lena, Wis, who gives it to her children
and takes it herself. It is sold In fifty
cent and one dollar bottles at every
drug store, but if you want to test it in
your family before you buy it send your
address to DR.. Caldwell and he will for
ward a supply free of charge.
For the free sample address Dr. W. B.
Caldwell, POI Caldwell building, Month
cello Ill
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
As Paw for Probe Renort

Madison.-A bill has been intro
dueed in the senate providing for the
appropriation of S2,33S to WEIGH &
Carney, the firm that reported the
last investigation into the election of
Senator Stephenson conducted by the
senate committee.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
The Final Settlement.

"A verdict for $4,000 isn't so bad"
said the junior partner. How much
shall we give our cHent?"
ooh, give him $50" answered the
senior partner. But hold"
"Wel?"
Don't be hasty. Promise to give
him $50"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02
Violation.

"They have expelled my fave .e
waiter from his brotherhood" aid
one hotel patron.
Yes" replied the other. "he acct
dentally smiled and said Thank you,'
a dollars worth for a 5O-cent tip"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-02

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