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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
tralia, nfested-Diseased 70
dents Fall in Water.

Adelaide, South Australia.-This re-
Eion is suffering from a plague of
mice. A resident of Adelaide, who re-
Gently made tour In the Yorke's Pc
ninsula district, records that mice
constitute one of the chief topics of
conversation throughout the peninsula
One man told me that every morning
he skins about 300 off the water in
his underground stock tank. Another
ON opening the top of his drill a few
mornings since found some of the
feed pipes choked, and approximately
400 mice in the seed box. The stacks
of wheat at different places present
a deplorable appearance owing to the
ravages of the little rodents. Grain is
running down the sides in all direc-
tions, and it is practically impossible
to move a bag without disturbing a
dozen or more of the brown coated
burrowers. The wheat bumpers kill
hundreds with their bare hands, and
tie string around the bottoms of their
pants to prevent invasion from be-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Why Children Tell Stories

general remedies for the cure of the
habit Of lying. Here, as in other
cases, a specific remedy is needed.
1t is important to know that the lies
are different according to the source
from which they flow.
THE most common of all lies is
that arising from sheer egotism. Lies
are used to shield one from censure
and punishment as the umbrella is
employed to protect one from rain
and hail. Sometimes the source is
vanity; children boast at times even
Of wickedness, to appear bold before
comrades
TT is certain that some given to
lying, when once thoroughly aware of
the disgracefulness of this habit, con-
cefved such a horror against it that
they became disguised with every
thing dishonest and developed charac-
tiers known for uprightness and hon,
esty."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
TOO MUCH FOR SMALL BRAIN
Big Word Meant an Effort, but This
Little Girl Made Brave
Attempt.

This incident occurred just after a
Jewish holiday. 1t was in third
grade school in Cleveland in dis
trict Of Russian and Hungarian Jews.
The teacher was explaining the
meaning of the word judicious. She
asked the children to give her stories
about the word
After several had given illustra-
tons about the judicious use of
money, the teacher said:
Nov give me a story about some
thing judicious, without money in it. !"
A little girl finally volunteered. She
said:
"On our holiday we had roast goose
and a whole lot of other Jew dishes"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
WHEN END OF WORLD COMES
Professor Lowell Predicts the Nature
But Says Mankind VIII Have
Many Years Warning.

Credulous individuals who are al
ways fearful that some of the ends of
the world predicted by sensational
prophets may prove TO be true. will
ind considerable comfort in the as
seruon of Professor Lowell that there
is good scientific evidence for the be
lief that mankind will have many
years warning of the great catas-
trophe that is destined to put an end
to al thing on this planet
According to Professor Lowells
statements there is somewhere within
the remote confines OF space a great
mass OF matter-once a world, but
now dead-that is hurting itself
toward our sun. In time it is certain
to reach the goal to which it is tend
Ing, and when the two come together
the globe on which we live is destined
to cease to exist
Fortunately for our peace Of mind,
there is at the present moment no
such dead world within dangerous
proximity and yet any day it may ap-
pear. Any day the morning newspa-
pers may announce that one of these
dark bodies has come within the
reach of the telescope-that 1t may
readily be seen by the light Of the
sun reflected upon it.
While it would then be certain that
the end of the world was in sight,
there would still be ample time in
which to prepare for the inevitable. II.
the first view of the intruder were
caught at the eleventh magnitude-it
could scarcely come much nearer
without being detected-it would not
be until q years later that it would
become visible to the naked eye, and
three years more would elapse before
it appeared to us equal in size to q
first magnitude star.
In two years and three months more
it would have come as near to US as
Jupiter, and by that time it would be
far the brightest star in the sky. In
fact, its effect upon the world would
already be felt. Our seasons would
change and the days would grow long
er. Finally just 145 days later, those
who were still alive would witness the
beginning of the end. The stranger
would not strike the earth, but would
pass as close in its dash to the sun
that the earth would turn and follow
until together they would drop silent
" into the sun
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

and succeeded in getting past the ar
gus-eyed conductor safely. When he
set foot in Denver he sighed a sigh of
JOY at having saved so much money.
Not only am l ahead of the game to
the amount of the fare to Denver" he
said to himself, but l saved the sleep
er fare, which is several bucks to the
good"
Then he went out and purchased a
ticket to Salt Lake. This cost him SIS
and he groaned in spirit but paid.
When he arrived in Salt Lake and
transacted his business he went to the
station to buy his return ticket to St
joe
"One ticket to st. joe" said lie.
The clerk made it out, stamped it
and threw it before him.
Thirty dollars, please"
What" gasped Percy. why, the
round trip fare is only $1,000"
Sure" was the response, That's
the summer touris. rate, just so cents
higher than the one way"
Percy paid. Then he went back to
his hotel and figured 1t out:
One free ride St, Joe to Denver. 900
Denver to Salt Lake........----.-,..... 800
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
FET MAN BITES HIS OWN TOE
Wins Wager From Friend, But Goes
TO Hospital With DisIocated Hip
Saw Baby Do the Trick.

Philadelphia.-It will be a good
while before Charlie Bacon again
boasts of his ability or tries to win a
bet by his athletic prowess.
Charlie is in a hospital for this rea-
son, and he has learned a lesson that
will last a long time. He tips the
scales at the $50 mark, but always
has been so careful or his physical
condition that he has been able to dc
stunts of which many a lighter man
might feel proud.
He watched his friend Ben Kearns
newest baby put its big toe in its
mouth and boosted that he could do
the same, Ben bet him $50, all his
small change, that he couldn't, and
Bacon tried the trick. He succeeded
but there was a snap and the big fell
low tainted in pain.
When doctor arrived he found
that Bacon had dislocated his right hip
and sent him to hospital
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Exits From Every Room.

A school building in which every
room has direct connection with the
ground. without first entering the
main hall, has been built just beside
school in which IT'S children persisted
by fire in 1908 It represents many
unique features of construction and is
said to be as freproof and panic-proof
as it is possible for a school to be-
Popular Mechanics
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Cedenerated.

Kid Mccoy, the hero of 125 battles.
is to open a sanitarium at Stamford.
He said the other day to New York
reporter:
i hope in my sanitarium to restore
lots of grumpy middle-aged people to
perfect health. and if l give them back
perfect health I'll give them back
youth and gayety and romance. If mid
die age is stupid. if middle age is pro-
sale. it is only because the health of
middle age is poor.
THE woman" he continued, who
sends her grumpy mate to my estab-
lishment viii no longer have to make
the bitter complaint of Mrs. Blank.
My husband, Is years ago. said
Mrs. Blank, used to kiss me every
time We passed through a tunnel. But
now
she gave a bitter laugh
Now, she said, he takes a long
pull at his travelling flask"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
OLD JOB IS FINISHED
st. Louis SaVant Works Halt
Century on AristotIe's Book.
Or. Denton J. snider, Leading Writer
on Philosophical and Psyche
logical Subjects, Finally
Completes Long Task.

st. Louis, Mo.-Dr. Denton ]. Sni-
der, ST. Louis saYant, who has been
pronounced by eminent American
and European critics the leading writ
e. on philosophical and psychological
subjects, has just completed the final
work IN his system of universal psy-
choIogy.
The new book is entitled THE Bic
cosmos" and is an exposition of the
life of nature psychologicalIy treated.
Specifically it treats of the science of
biology in it's widest sense. In Dr.
Snider's system this is the third part
Of nature, as the whole is conceived.
Scientists and the world of letters
have been following the progress of
DR.. Snider's labors during many
years, and his announcement that the
tntire work is completed is one of
the important literary items of the
season.
In this tremendous work the dream
Of the Greek philosopher Aristotle,
and later that of Herbert Spencer, of
accommodating all there was of definite
knowledge and weaving it into a vast,
comprehensive system, to be a monu-
ment for future ages, has been realiz-
ed by the ST. Louisan.
Aristotle accomplished what he set
out to do, and in a measure Spencer
was successful, but in the system Of
the English thinker there are certain
gaps, such as history and esthetics
These gaps are filed, and the prog
Tess in learning since Aristotle's time
IS supplied in DR.. Snider's new sys
TEN.
The works of DR.. Snider number
more than sc, but the essential ones
included in his new science are 16.
TIE entire subject is grouped under
seven general heads: Organic psy-
chology, psychology of philosophy,
psychology of nature, psychology of
art, psychology of institutions. psy-
chology of history and psychology of
biography.
For more than half century DR..
Snider has been gathering the mate
rails for and working upon his sys-
TEN. Most of his labors were per
formed in st. Louis, but in the course
of his investigations he visited for
eign countries. where he was able ID
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
DOG That Guarded a Cat.

When my dog was a puppy l got a
little kitten to keep him company.
They got to be good friends, but as
they got older the cat seemed to think
she could take care of herself
When the cat climbed a tree X
seemed to puzzle the dog, and he.
would stand below the tree and look
up at the cat and then at me. as if
trying to understand how the cat
could get up into the tree while he
had to stay on the ground.
When evening came the dog would
hunt up the cat and carry her to the
kennel where they slept at night. The
dog kept one of his forelegs over the
cat, and there she had to stay until
morning. At last the cat was killed,
but | have the dog yet.-Fur News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Whales Like Popcorn.

Boston.-A seventy-fve-mile race
upon the high seas with two nam.
moth whales, each measuring more
than $50 feet, furnished keen excite
ment to the 173 passengers of the
steamer Boston, which arrived from
Nova Scotia.
1t was not until after the exciting
race had lasted for eight hours that
the two whales gave up the race
Some popcorn was thrown from the
steamer by children and the two
whales eagerly made for it. Evident.
ly expecting more, they chung to the
ship. They drew up alongside, and
at times brushed up against it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Suffers a Plague Of Mice

low 1t is safe to say that the wheat
merchants have suffered considerable
losses in the shape of eaten and spoilt
grain"
According to a Koolunga correspon-
dent the mice in that district have
lately been showing signs Of disease,
and sores are breaking out on the
hands and arms of the men engaged
in transporting wheat, presumably
through contact with bags and other
things over which the diseased ro-
dents have been running. In several
instances people have had their sup
plies of domestic water rendered I'M
fit for consumption owing to the mice
Crowned in the tanks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Lesson in Good Manners.

When the Boy Scouts" movement
was at its height, three of the young
sters journeyed from Baltimore to
Washington to be introduced to the
president. When Mr.. Taft shook hands
with them, one of the little fellows
stuck out his left hand.
why do you give me your left
hand?" asked the president.
That's the way US Boy Scouts shake
hands," said the boy, with pride.
well" commented Mr.. Taft dryly,
''the sooner us Boy Scouts learn better
the nicer us Boy Scouts will be."-The
Twice-a-Month Popular Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Lawn Economics

Il note" says the sage, that you al.
low sprinkler to spray water upon
your lawn almost continuously
YES" said the native. 1--WE do that
to make the grass grow"
But the other day l saw a man
pushing a clicker contrivanC over the
lawn and"
ooh, yes; that was lawn mower
"And what is its purpose?"
why, it cuts the grass"
Then why do you put water on it
to make it grow if you simply cut 1t
down as fast as it comes up?"-Judge
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Students on the Gain.

Berlin.-According to figures just
published, the proportion of German
students studying at the German uni.
versities this summer underwent a
further increase. At all the universe
ties there were 1920 students, of
whom 4,519 were foreigners. This is
equal to 10 per cent. of the whole,
against 7.6 per cent. 20 years ago. OF
foreign countries Russia sent by far
the largest number, 2,040 There
were 292 Americans, against 299 LAST
year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Game Birds Plentiful.

Grand Rapids, Minn.-Game Ward
en- Jesse Harry says game birds of all
kinds will be more plentiful this fall
than during the last five years. He
says ducks are more plentiful. and
that cartridges are present in great
numbers.
Deer are plentiful also, and on the
less freQuented roads it is not unusual
to see five or six during days travel
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Buffalo enat PeIIagra Cause.

Lexington, Ky.-The buffalo gnat
has been fixed upon by Henry Gar
man, a government bacteriologist and
entomologist, as the cause of the mys-
ferrous disease pellagra. which has
been spreading in the mountain re-
gions of Kentucky. Mr.. Garman has
been conducting Investigations into
the cause of the disease in Whitley
county, aided by DR.. Grim, a govern
ment expert
How the gnat communicates the
disease is not known, but both scien-
lists believe they are on the right
track and eventually will find a cure
for the disease. The buffalo gnat ex.
lists in great numbers throughout the
south.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Then and Now

Prior to the last fifteen years, by
the time people had attained their
first quarter Of century, they con-
sidered themselves pretty much
formed as to physical and mental
characteristics. If they were ambitious
and energetic, they perhaps carried
on some kind of exercise for their
physical well-being. and guarded
against mental deterioration as they
advanced in years by occasionally TAX
ing UP new studies or reviewing old
ones; as a dear old lady of my &C.
quaintance at the age of eighty-nine
began to review her algebra to keep
her mind active.
Now everything is changed We can
not settle down comfortably in the
thought Of anything in the regular
routine of life which we may not be
called upon to alter at a moments no
tice. Most of us have found that few
Of our established habits are right,
and that unless we are willing to be
left hopelessly behind our associates
we must learn over again all that we
required in infancy, and that has since
become a matter of automatic action
From the Atlantic.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Usual Thinn

Been taxing your eyes lately?'
asked the oculist
Yes said the patient; 81 looked
all through a newspaper of LA pages
which came through the mail to me
bearing the words marked copy"
mo wonder your eyes smart"
"Oh, but that isn't the worst of it.
I didn't find anything marked. Buff
falo Express.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Hand ORGANS caus. Illness

New York.-At his Brooklyn home.
Joseph Richards, a mounted police
man of Coney Island, is recovering
after an Illness of weeks from nervous
prostration. His physicians declare
that his Illness was brought on by
having to listen to the continuous
playing of hand organs and bands at
the amusement places of Coney Is,
land.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Water Girl in New Feat,

New York.-Adeline Trap, 20 years
old, of Brooklyn, the little school
teacher who surprised the sportice
world five weeks ago when she swan
from Yonkers to Forty-third street. II
miles, accomplished a more difficult
feat the other day when she swan
from North Beach to Rob
bins Reef, near Livingston, Staten
Island. She covered the 225b miles in
5 hours Z minutes and 80 seconds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

university which DR.. Snider hopes will
survive him and use the materials he
has created. In recent years the
classes, open to all, have been held in
the branch library buildings.
Books were given to the students
without charge by their author, and
the talks and lessons were by DR.. Sni-
der himself Now there are a number
Of classes conducted by former pupils,
who have mastered the system.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Sees Record Wheat cron.

Minneapolis, MIMI. J. Weiser,
a Fargo banker, sent 70 Frank E. Hol-
ton, a Minneapolis banker, an esti-
mate of the crop of North Dakota, in
which he places the wheat production
at S0,000,000 bushels, the greatest in
the history of the state, with the ex-
ception of the crop of 200.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Keeping Busy.

We are told that at New York's
coming municipal budget exhibit bells
will be rung and lights flashed to
show birth every four minutes, a
death every seven minutes and a mar
rage every eleven minutes.
Just what sort Of demonstration is
made every time a cafe bottle pops, or
a bellboy is tipped, we are not told.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

Coles Carbolisalve quickly relieves and
cures burning, itching and torturing skin
diseases. 1t instantly stops the pain of
burns. Cures without scars. Csc and soc
by druggists. For free sample write to
j. W. Cole & Co, Black River Falls, Wis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
a PreTeTerCa

Marriage is a lottery" said the
feady-made philosopher.
NO. it isn't" replied Mr.. Growcher
In a lottery you can lose once and
forget about it, instead of having to
put up alimony."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Swim Channel Both WAYS.

London.-T. w. Burgess, who re-
Gently swan from Dover to the
French coast in about twenty-three
hours, announces he will attempt to
swim across the English channel and
back in fifty hours for $4,000.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Unusual,

Did you see Jobs just now raise
his hat when he met the lady he's
walking with, and take her bundles
from herr"
81 don't see anything to remark
about that in a man"
q do. She's his wife"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

10 neglect
Mrs. Charles Mann,
Osakis, Mimi, says /:
From a large, healthy
woman, / ran down until
| was a mere shadow. /
could not walk across
the room without falling
into q chair, utterly ex-
hausted. I spent hun
dreds of dollars on doc
tors without relief. Since
taking Doan's Kidney
Pills, I have regained my
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
The Moderation of .IaeI

Jael justified herself.
Il only used the nail on my hus-
band" she cried. Il didn't go around
with hatpin spiking Tom, Dick eud
Harry
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

Infamrnatory Rheumatism may make
you a cripple for life. Don't wait for
inflammation to set in. When the first
slight pains appear, drive the poison out
with Hamlins Wizard OIL
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Fns b. ito:

lost weight and do not have mo-
ment's uneasiness or pain. They ac-
tually saved my life"
When Your Back is Lame, Remem-
Der the Name-DOAN'S.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price Soc.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. 7.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
Well Guessed.

Tommy" said the teacher. how do
hey ascertain the measurement OF a
vessel?" Il guess they measure it
With navy yard" was the unexpectr
d reply.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

AS long as there are people in the
world who try tie get something for
nothing, lot of other people will be
able to live without work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

Mrs. Wtnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
WEAK, ILL AND MISERABLE

How many people suffer from back
ache, headaches and dizziness with
out realizing the cause? These symp-
toms of kidney trouble are too serious
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

The fact that beauty is only skin
deep shouldn't influence a woman to
be shallow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

bring into play the dozen or more
languages of which he is master.
During the years Of toll he was not
the absorbed, solitary scholar, such as
Faust is represented, buried in mus
ty volumes and away from the world"
He has taught large following of
students in classes that at times num-
bered well into the hundreds.
These classes were unique and were
the beginnings of a sort of worlds
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

The world doesn't ask how you got
there after you arrive.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

There is a certain amount of lye in
soap, but that is no reason why it
should be injected into the advertise
ments
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05

Pessimism is a method of proclaim
ing personal failure to conform to the
fundamental facts of life!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-05
5000

Salt Lake to st. Joe.-.................. 5000
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $500
And Percy is still trying to figure
how the railroad got SO much money
out of him after his long free ride.