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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Famous Philanthropist Invented the
Machine Which Made Possible the
Successful Laying of Sub
marine Cables.

Peter Cooper, known to the present
of Cooper Union of New York, was
one of the foremost inventive geniuses
who did so much to advance the ma
terial development of the United
States in the first so years of the past
century. It is common knowledge
that Peter Cooper invented a locomo-
tive engine, and actually put it upon
the rails. near Baltimore, a year or
two after George Stephenson invented
the first locomotive engine.
1t is also widely known that Mr..
Cooper was very intimately associated
with Cyrus w. Field in the organiza-
ton of the company which laid the
first Atlantic cable. But it is not so
generally known that it was an ap-
paratus invented by Peter Cooper,
which, together with the wonderfully
delicate apparatus invented by the
late Lord Kelvin for sending and re-
ceiving cable messages. which made
the Atlantic cable a commercial prac-
ticability.
Peter Cooper went to Newfoundland
to inspect the experiments which
were being carried on to discover the
best manner of laying the ocean cable;
and his experience there was after
wards narrated to me by his son-in-
law, the late Abram S. Hewitt, who
was a member of congress for some
years and mayor of New York city
from 1SS7-1SSS
THE first idea which the cable peo-
pie had in mind for laying an acean
cable involved the paying out of the
cable from the side or the stern Of
the vessel, as the vessel proceedmed
/ In an opposite direction" said Mr..
Hewitt But it was soon found that
this method was unavailable for deep
sea cable-laying. 1t did we'll enough
when the water was shallow, but
when the water was very deep the
cable was likely to become hnked or
to coil UP.
Mr.. Cooper said to Mr.. Field, after
several experiments in deep-sea cable
( laying mad been unsuccessfully made,
that it would be necessary to invent
4 an entirely new apparatus"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Noted Actors Unusual Makeup of
the Part Was Approved by
Dickens, Who Persuaded
Him to Visit America.

From 1870, when he first came to
this country, until he retired from
the stage six years later, Charles al
bert Fechter was one Of the most
famous actors on the American stage.
Indeed, in the few short years that
he was on the boards here he built
up reputation rivaling in brilliancy
that which he had previously secured
both in Paris and in London TIE
American public f1ocked eagerly to
see and applaud him IN such old-time
favorites as THE Corsican Brothers"
and The Count Of Monte Cristo." but
when all is said and done it was his
blond Hamlet that attracted the wild
est attention. creating something like
furore among theater-goers Of all
classes
If / mistake not. Fechter's is the
only blond Hamlet worthy of note in
the history Of the English speaking
stage; and 1t is a curious fact that.
but for the encouragement of Charles
Dickens, Fechter would neither have
made his New World reputation nor
created his great role of Hamlet, de-
flying all stage traditions to do So
My authority for this statement is
William Stuart, in the sixties and
seventies one of the leading theatrical
managers of the country, and during
Fechter's residence in America one of
the latter's closest personal friends.
From 1913 until 1880 Fechter was
refgning favorite in Paris" said Mr.
Stuart. Then he went to London,
making there his first appearance in
English drama and instantly scoring
a great success. Not long thereafter
he met Charles Dickens, and the two
speedily became fast friends Fechter
himself told me this instance to illus
trate their intimacy. Having decided
that he would play Hamlet, Fechter
carefully studied the play and then
hunted out Dickens
"T told Dickens Fechter said to
me, that the Danes were not a dark
complexion; that they were conspicu-
Gus for their fair hair, their blue eyes,
and their light complexion, and that
if an actor desired to be true to racial
characteristics he ought to play the
part of Dane, like Hamlet, made up
to accentuate the physical characteris-
tics of the Danes. Dickens instantly
told me that I was quite right, adding
that every Hamlet he had seen sug-
gested to him in his appearance and
makeup that he was Of the Latin
rather than of the Saxon race. It was
with Dickens warm approval. there
fore, that I decided to play a blond
Hamlet, and I have always believed
that had Dickens not given his ap-
prevail of my idea I should never had
the temerity to portray it.
1T was Dickens, also, who persuad-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
SOUND SLEEP
Can Easily Be Secured.

up to 2 years ago. woman writes,
Il was in the habit of using both tea
and coffee regularly.
Il found that my health was begin
ming to fail, strange nervous attacks
would come suddenly upon me, making
me tremble so excessively that I could
not do nay work while they lasted; my
sleep left me and passed long nights
in restless discomfort I was filled
with a nervous dread as to the future.
"A friend suggested that possibly
tea and coffee were to blame, and l
decided to give them up, and in cast
ing about for a hot table beverage,
which | felt was an absolute necessity,
/ was led by good fortune to try Post
UNI.
For more than a year have used
It three times a day and expect, so
much good has it done me, to con-
tinue its use during the rest of my
life.
soon after beginning the use of
Postum, I found to my surprise, that,
instead of tossing on sleepless bed
through the long, dreary night,
dropped into a sound, dreamless sleep
the moment my head touched the pill
low
Then I suddenly realized that all
my nervousness had left me, and my
appetite. which had fallen off before.
had all at once been restored so that
/ ate my food with a keen relish.
''All the nervous dread has gone.
walk a mile and a half each way to
my work every day and enjoy it. I
find an interest in everything that
goes on about me that makes life a
pleasure. All this owe to leaving of
tea and coffee and the use of Postum,
for have taken no medicine" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich
There's a reason" and it is ex-
planned in the little book, THE Road
to Wellville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? new
one appears from time to time. TEey
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
MAKING COOK
ING PLEASANT
By MISS ALICE LOOMS
Wisconsin College of Agriculture

Fireless cookers are so easy to i'm
provise that there is no reason for a
housekeeper not having as much aid
as she needs in this direction. A
candy pail or any well made box can
be used, and hay or excelsior wrapped
in newspaper can be packed around
the vessel which is to be used in the
! cooker. The newspaper is only to pre-
vent the packing getting into the food.
Newspapers themselves are equally
efficient. The only two points neces-
sary are sufficiently firm packing and
arranging to have the packing fit close
to the kettle.
Such a cooker is far more satisfac-
tory than one which is lined with
| cloth, for accidents will happen and
nothing is more unsatisfactory than
an ill-smelltng f1reless cooker. II the
| kitchen contains kettles with close
| covers there need be no expense about
these improvfsed cookers unless it be
ten cents for a yard of thin asbestos
which may be placed around the ket-
tie. Pot roasts, ham, fricassees of
chicken, and vegetables containing
much cellulose, such as beans and
beets, ar all well prepared in the
cooker Many people prefer their
cereals prepared Ii this way.
1t is always worth while when u.s.
ing the range to heat water to be
placed in the freless cooker, for
often the dishwashing in cold water
is the greatest inconvenience OF a
cold supper. Ffreless cookers should
not be used for preparing vegetables
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
How Carnegie's Words Diesuaded
TWO Brothers From Making an
investment That Would Have
Been immensely Profitable.

In what has passed into history by
the name of the rich mans panic of
1902 silent panic, in which the
market value of securities of all kinds
greatly depreciated-the common
stock Of the United States Steel Cor
poration was quoted as low as 50 and
a fraction a share.
Many persons were of the opinion
that the quotation for this stock would
drop so low that at last 1t would be
practically nothing. Others wondered
whether there might not be an oppor-
tunity for some gain, if this stock was
bought outright at nine plus. Among
those who were thus persuaded were
two brothers, men of large wealth, but
who had not been conspicuously asso-
ciated with the securities market
The older OF the brothers said to
the other: Don't you think it would
be an even chance, if we were to buy
outright now a block Of, say, 10000
shares of this common stock, that in
the course of few months, or year
or two, there would come a reaction
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
BED Cross Christmas Seals.

A statement denying the recent re-
ports about the abandonment of the
Red Cross Christmas seal sale has
been Issued by the National Assocfa-
tion for the Study and Prevention of
tuberculosis. The statement declares
that not only will the sale be held
this year. as in the past three years,
but that it will be conducted on broad
er lines than ever before. The only
order issued by the postofice depart
ment which bears on the sale of Red
Cross seals was sent out on July l.
and prohibits the use of the mails to
letters and packages bearing non
postage stamps on the face, and also
to any mail bearing seals which re-
semble postage stamps if used either
on the face or back. The Red Cross
seal to be used this year has been
submitted to the postoffice depart
ment and approved. and thus may be
used. but only on the back of letters
and packages. The design to be used
this year depicts a pretty winter scene
enclosed in a heavy red circle. The
corners are white, thus giving the eff
feet when affixed to a letter or a
package of a round seal
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
The Simple Life,

Anna Maria Wilhelmina Pickering,
in her Memoirs" edited by her son,
tells a Yorkshire incident which con-
tains a great deal of human nature,
Variety spices life; the plain is monot-
onous. until it's extent entities it to
the name of prairie or desert, and it
gains interest through vastness.
There was an old couple in the vii
lage whom l used often to go to see.
One day, when I found them sitting,
one on each side of the fire, the old
man said to me:
We'll, t. missis and me. we've been
married nigh on SO years, and we've
never had one quarrel"
The old woman looked at me, with a
twinkle in her eyes, and said:
1T war verie conscientious, but
varie dool Youths Companion
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

"A white man with the knowledge
Of the Chinese language and the love
of man in his heart can do some pretty
effective missionary work by cOnYeTs-
ing in his own language with any
stray Chinaman he happens to meet"
said the superintendent of New York
mission. IF l could talk Chinese, /
think I would give up this job and do
nothing but stroll the streets strik-
ing up chance conversations with Chi
namen. There is retired mer-
chant who rides that hobby He
was stationed at Chinese trading posts
for years and speaks the language flu
emily. Whenever he comes to a laun-
dry he drops in and jollies the maa at
the ironing board. Nobody but Chi
naman can tell what they are
talking about, but after the first
word or two the laundryman looks al
most human. Inscrutable the China
man always is, but his inscrutability is
relieved then by certain f1uidity of
manner. He smiles, mods and some
times laughs out loud. There are men
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

with a strong odor, such as onions
and cabbage. 1t does not pay to use
the cooker for baking nor for such
short processes as the Dreaming of
vegetables.
There are now on the market good
makes of gasoline, kerosene and al
cohol stoves, one of which every
housekeeper should possess. The
small ovens with glass doors which
are to be used with one burner give
excellent satisfaction for small
amounts of baking. Two or three
pies, biscuits or a few loaves of bread
can be baked just as satisfactorily as
in the range oven and with much less
bother than if plates are heated for a
f1reless cooker.
With most of the heavy cooking hay-
ing been done in the morning, and a
freless cooker containing meat and
perhaps one vegetable, and a small
stove for preparing coffee and another
vegetable, supper for a large number
Of hungry men is not such an irksome
task as when the range is used in the
afternoon for all the work
Alcohol or gasoline irons make 1t
unnecessary to heat up a coal fire for
ironing, which is one of the hardest
duties in hot weather.
The stock of reserve material for
use in emergencies should contain
things which do not spoil easily. II
one must have pies, a number of shells
may be baked at one time. These
will keep for week or ten days, and
the filing and the browning OF the
meringue in a small oven will take
only a few minutes. Cheese is even
a heavier food than meat and can
easily take the place of 1t. A cheese
fondue made Of bread crumbs, cheese,
milk and eggs is easy to prepare and
may furnish the greater part of
meal. Peanut butter is another good
food that keeps well.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
HEALTH AS AN INVESTMENT
Fraternai Orders. Labor Unions an5
insurance Companies Erect
Tuberculosis Sanitoria.

As an investment in the health OF
their members, four large fraternal
orders, two international labor unions
and one Of the largest insurance com
panies in the United States have es-
tablished sanatoria for the treatment
of tuberculosis. according to a state
ment issued by the National Associa-
ton for the Study and Prevention OF
tuberculosis. The Royal League, the
first fraternal order to establish
sanatorium. conducts a hospital for
its tuberculous members at Black
Mountain The Modern Woodmen Of
America conducts one at Colorado
Springs; the Workmen's Circle. one
at Liberty, N. Y, and the Independent
Order Of Foresters have one at Rain
bow Lake, N Y. and viii soon open a
second one at San Fernando, Cal. The
international Typographical Union has
since 1898 conducted a sanatorium al
Colorado Springs, and the Interna-
tional Printing Pressman and Assist
ants Union of America has recently
opened a new institution at Rogers
vile, Tenn. A leading life insurance
company is now erecting a sanatoT-
ium at Mt McGregor, n. Y, which will
be the first of its kind established
by an fold line" insurance company.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Married Convict Lover on nsa.hha.

Married Convict Lover on Deathbed.
In modest dwelling in the poorer
quarters Of Rome a very touching
scene was enacted the other evening.
A young woman, lay on her deathbed,
and beside her, with his arms round
her, was a man in prison garb. Sur
rounding the bed were prison guards,
policemen, relatives, and a communal
official. A few formal words were
pronounced. AMI the convict and the
dying girl had become man and wife.
The beautiful girl, Augusta Villari, fell
Ill recently. when her f1ance, Orazio
Marchetti, went to prison. He had
quareled with another man, and in
a moment of blind passion, had killed
his opponent He had acted in self
defence, but he had to purge his crime
by a term of Imprisonment The
shock of separation had been too
much for the girl, she languished, and
it was her dying request that she
should wed her lover.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
By VICTOR c. BREYTSPRAAK
Wisconsin College of Agriculture

The fleshing of horses for market
S subject open for discussion
throughout the horse raising sections
Of the middle west. Few men have
made a study of this practice al
though it has always been in oper-
alton to some extent Before select
Ing an animal to be finished for the
market there are, of course, several
factors to be considered. The most
grade which the market desires: the
initial cost Of the horse; the physi-
cal condition Of the horse-free from
olemishes, unsoundness and dis
eases; the cost of feeding stuffs: the
efficiency of the ration for produc-
ng the gains; length Of time necessary
to feed to secure the desired finish !;
and the season when the horse is to be
marketed
1t will require from 90 to 12O days
to put thin horses in a good feshy
condition for the market. Horses
that are in fair condition of flesh at
the beginning of the feeding period
will naturally finish In less time than
above. The state of thrift, whether
healthy and vigorous or sickIy and
sluggish, will also affect the time re-
4uired. A nervous, ill-tempered brute
Is to be avoided An even-dispo-
sitioned and wide-awake animal
will give the best satisfaction. The
quality of the horse as expressed by
the bones, tendons, joints, coat, name
feather (if present). ears and muzzle
Is a general index to his feshing abil-
tty. While the action of the animal
may not be indicative Of the property
Of laying on flesh, it is of course more
profitable to feed good actors, other
things being equal, than poor ones,
because of the ultimate price on the
market. 1t takes an expert htorse-
man to identify a good horse in the
rough, and even experience is not in
fallible in this regard Although
horses are sold by the head, their
market price depends to a great ex-
tent upon the flesh they carry.
Compared with the steer the horse
is fast ''gainer." The average steer
under favorable conditions will put
on two pounds Of fat per day. The
horse will gain four pounds of flesh
per day and will make greater daily
gains in appearance than will the
steer.
By system of experiments at the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Remark That Cost a Fortune

which might considerably appreciate
the market price Of this stock?"
81 have been thinking Of that very
thing" replied the younger brother.
Il think we can afford to risk a hun
dred thousand dollars. With that
amount of money, we can buy about
ten thousand shares of the stock"
'tYou know" said the older brother,
that John S. Kennedy is very good
friend of ours, and that he has never
given us any unwise counsel; SO l sng-
gest that, before we buy the stock, we
talk with him"
So the brothers sought out John S.
Kennedy, the canny New York bank,
er Of Scotch nativity who had backed
James J. Hill in his early railroad en-
terprises in the northwest, thereby
making a colossal fortune, most of
which he left to charity at his death
in 1909, and after brief conversation
with him saw that he was inclined to
| recommend the purchase of a consid
cradle block of steel common, insist
ing, however, that, if it were bought
it should be paid for Al full and not
bought on margin
But" said Mr.. Kennedy, before
you do anything, wait until see Mr.
| Carnegie, and get his opinion about
the transaction"
A day or two later the brothers met
Mr.. Kennedy by request.
We'll, l saw Mr.. Carnegie; we are
good friends and always have been,
reported the shrewd old financier. 81
asked him If he thought there would
be any real danger of loss if a consid
| cradle block Of steel common stock
were bought outright at the prevailing
quotations. Mr.. Carnegie hesitated
for a few moments, and at last he told
me that he had made it rule never
to give any advice to anyone respect
ing the purchase or sale of stocks
dealt in on the stock exchange. That
he said, was the only safe rule he
could follow. But added Mr.. Carne-
gle, will tell you this. I have bonds,
aggregating about $300,000,000, Sc
cured by the properties of the steel
company; and the way things are now
going, it sometimes occurs to me that
I may possibly be obliged TO foneclose
upon those bonds"
Nov, it seems to me-" continued
Mr.. Kennedy, that if Mr.. Carnegie
thinks he may possibly be compelled
to foreclose the mortgage by Which
his bonds are secured, it would be the
wiser part not to buy any Of the com
mon stock of this company"
Acting upon this advice, the broth
ers did not make the purchase. But
when, some years later, the market
price of this stock reached 80, and
they realized that they could have
sold the block of stock they were go
ing to buy at a profit of 100000, they
were tempted to ask Mr.. Kennedy if
he thought Andrew Carnegie was still
wondering whether he might nos have
to foreclose the mortgage which Sc
cured his United States Steel Corpora
ton bonds.
copyright, 1911, by E. j. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

Illinois experiment station the fol-
lowing conclusions were reached con-
corning f1eshing horses for the mar
ket:
IA mixed grain ration of corn
and oats, when fed with clover hay,
is more efficient than a single grain
ration Of corn for producing large
gains in an SO day feeding period
2.-While a ration of corn, oats,
and clover hay Is more expensive
with the present prices of feeding
stuffs, than one Of corn and clover
hay, the gains are such as to make its
use more economical.
3.-CloYer hay, when fed with a
mixed grain ration of corn and oats,
is more efficient for producing gains,
than timothy hay. In this test clo-
yer hay produced So per cent. more.
gain than did timothy hay.
5.-The ration of corn and bran fed,
in proportion of one part bran to four
parts corn by weight is superior to
an all corn ration for producing
gains when fed in conjunction with
clover hay.
7.-Exercise has a retarding effect
upon the taking on of flesh. In this
test the horses receiving no exercise
made "a per cent more gains than
those having daily walk of 2.8
miles
8.-The horses stabbed in single
stalls made 16 pounds or eight per
cent. more gains than those in box
stalls.
They should be allowed all of the
hay they will consume from the very
first. At the beginning the quantity
Of grain should be limited. and later
increased, never giving more than
they will clean up at one feeding. A
small quantity of OF, meal in the ra-
ton will help to put the hair in good
condition, about one pound per horse
per day. Attention should be given
the feet, keeping them shapely, the
horn waxy and the frog pliabIe.
Horses should be encouraged to
drink much water, although not In
large quantities at long or irregular
intervals.
1t has been said that every pound
Of flesh on horse over 500 pounds
is worth 25 cents on the Chicago mar
ket. Although this may not be lit
orally true, it does contain the founda-
ton of the fact that it is improbable
to market thin horses
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
His Useful Work Ended,

Mr.. G. E. Kuhnast, of the American
coastwise steamer Cherokee, retired
recently from the business of throw
ing bottles into the sea, after having
cast overheard during his career five
thousand sealed glass receptacles to
assist the United States photographic
Bureau in determining the course and
rate of flow of ocean currents. The
bottles are cast overheard with pa
er inside, bearing the exact latitude
and longitude and the date. and also
with a request that the finder forward
the paper to Washington. The long
est drift of any of Mr.. Kuhnast's bot
ties was estimated by the photograph
ic Office to be 5000 miles. The bottle
was thrown overheard OFF the coast
of South Carolina on February 3, 1901,
and found 1,69S days later on Nassau
Island. in the Bahamas.