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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20

ually enough remarked that she Liked
men who did things. who really ac-
compIished something for good il this
world
Gormly instantly resolved to do
something. Now if any man really
wants to accomplish good in this
world, there are few opportunities of
greater possibilities than those pre-
scented in the political arena. There
is also no field in which it is harder
to accomplish the end. Gormly as a
political force was entirely unknown.
He was without experience. One
requisite, popularity considered vital,
he had, and that was an abundance Of
money. Another requisite he pos
sessed, albeit unWittingly, was char
acter. And still third was his, and
that was imagination coupled with
capacity-the ideal and the real; the
dreamer and the practical man in one!
An irresistible combination that!
Fortune was further kind to him,
however, for concurrently with his de-
cision she presented him with an
opening. Gormly's business was suff-
GENTLY great to have enabled him to
extend it in several directions. He
brought Ireland, England, France,
Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy, and
the Orient into New York bay and I'M
loaded them in his great institution
He had conceived, some dozen years
before after paying tremendous freight
h. = H,1ic HING
his own line of freight steamers. 1t
had amused him to combine the prac-
tice of the ancient merchant prince
with the customs of the modern one.
He had bought the controlling inter
est in freight line Of half a dozen
large steamers, which he found no
difficulty in using as cargo carriers
for other people when they were not
supplying his own needs.
The purchase of the freight line had
with it a lease of one of the piers in
the North river. The lease had run
out the year before. He had there
after awaited himself of what he con-
ceiyed to be an excellent opportunity
of subleasing another pier in the East
river. The city had just completed an
elaborate railroad, surface and sub
way. for the transportation of heavy
freight from the water front to the
great mercantile establishments m
land. This system had been leased
to the Gotham Freight Traction COM
pany, a vast corporation with full
set of ostensible promoters and di-
rectors, but which had back of it pow
ers and persons unknown to the gen.
eral public, carefully concealed from
it in fact
The corporation had not been form
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Ancient Inkstands,

An inkstand that was probably IN
use three thousand four hupdred-odd
years ago is now exhibited in Ber-
lin museum. 1t is Of Egyptian make,
and is supposed to belong to the
eighteenth or nineteenth dynasty, or
somewhere about 1900 B. c., although
its real age can be judged only ap-
proximately. 1t is made of wood, and
has two compartments, an upper one
provided with two holes, one for black
and one for red ink, and a lower one
for holding reed pens. The black and
the red ink are certainties; for some
still remains, in dry condition. with
in the receptacles. Another ancient
inkstand is supposed to have been in
tended for the use of a schoolboy. 1t
would certainly hold ink enough for a
schoolboy's needs; for it has no fewer
than four ink holes. Both inkstands
were found at Thebes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20

she affected who paid her attention,
and so on.
Meanwhile the man did not neglect
his Understanding would ever
make him do that-but he divided his
time between it and the young woman
which was a great concession to her
influence. One reason why he had be-
come such an assiduous student or the
clippings was because he wanted to
know whether Miss Haldane was, or
was likely to be, engaged to be mar
ried. His apprehensions on that score
were soon set at rest. 1t was Miss
HaIdane's second season. She had
created an instant Juror when she had
been launched in society the year be-
fore The usual contingent of i'm
pecunious foreigners had promptly
laid their coronets at her feet; but 1t
was quite evident that none of them
had found favor in her eyes, and that
she was still free. He would enter it,
he decided; but how?
First of all, something must be done
to bring Gormly himself into the pub
lie eye in some other capacity, some
higher capacity, some more attractive
capacity, than that of a mere retailer
of ribbons. so to speak; the public eye
for Gormly being Miss Haldane's liq-
uid orbs. And GormIy knew that the
way to private consideration is more
often than not through public inter
est. He had to do something to justi-
fy himself, therefore, to make himself
known in some enviabIe way; in short,
he determined to make himself worthy
of her. And again the question arose:
but how?
He had thought vaguely Of the "a
cling game. of the most magnificent of
yachts. of the finest and speediest of
stables, of the fastest string Of auto
mobiles. Of d thousand siUilar things
which he had dismissed as unworthy
of his high purpose and inadequate to
his end; until finally. fortune favoring
him, he hit upon the field of politics.
Miss Haldane, in some of those now
rather frequent conferences, had cas-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
According to Chauncey Depew, He
Never Wrote Out His Orations-
Bunker Hill Address Composed
While Trout Fishing.

Col. Robert G. Ingersol once mar
rated to me the manner in which Dan
lei Webster composed his great
speech in reply to Hayne, and 1 re-
ported that anecdote some time ago.
The anecdote caught the eye of Sen
ator Chauncey M. Depew, and was OF
especial interest to him because Amer
lean oratory and the methods of COM
position which American orators have
adopted have long been faVorite
study with him.
Il have no doubt, said Senator
Depew, ''that Colonel Ingersou was
perfectly correct in stating that Dan
iel Webster made only a few notes OF
his intended reply to Hayne, so that
he might be guided by them while de-
Iivering his speech, but that otherwise
he did not put word of his speech
into writing, for the reason that, as
Webster said, he had been for more
than thirty years studying the subject
so that he was alWayT prepared to
speak upon it.
Il am convinced that this was Web
ster's way in the preparation OF all his
great speeches; I do not believe that
he ever wrote out a line of his
speeches. In that respect he was very
different from William II. Seward and
Roscoe Conkling, who bestowed in
finite care and patience in the prep
aration Of their speeches, writing out
every line, weighing every word.
Seward, through the mechanical or
automatic action of his mind. imprint
ed a speech upon his memory by the
writing of it and the reading of it
over. Conkling was compelled to sub
nit himself to the drudgery of learn
ing a speech by heart, for he had a
very poor verbal memory. Webster
would have regarded it as humilia-
ton to his hearers to read speech
to them. In fact, In his day it was
very rarely that a speech was read,
and any public man who adopted that
method destroyed instantly all chance
for reputation as an orator.
Webster, like Wendell Phillips,
used to compose his speeches wher-
ever he was, and whenever the con-
ditions were favorable Phillips used
to walk the streets Of Boston, and get
inspiration for some of his most elo-
quent sentences. Webster wrote men
tally some of the greatest of his
speeches while he was fishing the
trout streams near his beautiful sea-
shore place at Marshfield, Mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Kansas Senator Once Confronted With
Necessity of Sacrificing His
Whiskers.

Kansas people may not believe 1t,
but ex-senator w. A PETER once
threatened to cut off his whiskers.
And the threat was made while he
represented the state in the senate.
Two men were riding in an elevator
in the senate end of the capitol build
ing at Washington One was warm
friend Of PETER The other just knew
him by sight. They began to talk Of
PETER The man who had no personal
acquaintance with PETER remarked
that the long whiskered senator was
not conducting himself in a manner
consistent with a prohibition state.
What do you mean?" asked the
other, in surprise.
Simply that PETER drinks said the
man. Il saw him take nip at hotel
bar myself to-day"
The friend. challenged the statement.
but the man stood pat He was abso-
lutely sure OF it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Harmon's Cabinet Position

name Richard Olney But when the
question arose, Whom shall I nomi-
nate for attorney general?" the presi-
dent faced different sort Of problem
He felt that it would be expedient to
select an attorney general from the
west. He turned over several names
In his mind; none of them quite salts.
fed him. He was anxious to get
new man, strong man, a popular
man, and one whose record as a Demo
crat could not be questioned
In this embarrassment he turned. as
he often did when he sought advice,
to the secretary of the treasury. John
G. Carlisle. He summoned Mr.. Car
Isle to the White House one evening,
and then said: Carlisle, I wish you
could suggest a good lawyer-1t does
not require very great lawyer to do
good service as attorney general
man who lives somewhere in the west,
and whose nomination for attorney
general would be approved by all who
knew him. And l would like a new
man, If possible, new in the sense
that he is not now actively identified
with politics.
I know just the man, I think, you
are looking for" said Mr.. Carlisle.
His name is Judson Harmon. AS a
lawyer, he stands high at the Ohio
bar"
Mr.. Cleveland then asked a good
many questions, and, among others, If
Carlisle had personal acquaintance
with Mr.. Harmon. In reply, Carlisle
said that he had become acquainted
with Mr.. Harmon at the time when he
(Carlisle) was practicing law in Gov
ington, KY, directly across the Ohio
river from Cincinnati
At that interview Mr.. Cleveland did
not say whether or not he should &C
cept Mr. Carlisle's recommendation
The next day, however, a messenger
from the White House carried note
to Secretary Carlisle. It was from
President Cleveland, AID it contained
only these words:
What was the name of that man
whom you recommended yesterday for
attorney generaI?"
Carlisle's reply was quite as brief;
he wrote with pencil upon slip Of
paper: "Judson Harmon of Cincinnati,
Ohio"
Two hours later President CIeYe-
land sent to the senate the nominal
ton of Judson Harmon for attorney
general; and after he had established
personal acquaintance with the new
attorney general, he made haste to
recommended man of such ability
and integrity as the successor of
Richard Olney.
Copyright. 1911, by f. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Ohioan Was Made Head of Federal
Law Department by President CIeve-
land on the Recommendation of
John c. Carlisle.

Judson Harmon, now serving his
second term as governor of Ohio and
looked upon as Democratic party pres
idential timber for 1912, was for two
years a member CT the cabinet of
Grover Cleveland In the latter's sec
ond administration. Yet when Mr..
Cleveland nominated Mr.. Harmon as
the successor of Richard Olney of
Massachusetts as attorney general,
Mr.. Olney having been transferred to
the state department, the president
was compelled even to ask what Mr..
Harmon's name was before making
out the nomination, so that 1t might
be sent to the senate for confirma-
ton.
After the death of Secretary Of
State Walter Q. Gresham in 1895,
President Cleveland had no question
in his mind as to the appointment Of
his successor; he decided instantly to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20

When she thought Of his business, she
would have considered him sixty
Ever since she could remember, she
had dealt at the great shop, and
GOrmly himself unconsciously took on
to her the aspect of ancient history.
So the little affair ran on; Gormly
consciously becoming more and more
deeply involved, Miss Haldane uncon-
sciously Interviewing herself in the
same tangled web
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Nr1lr A1putn s
ot 11rhtPr1el1y
g. by Z. T. EAn1srnz

dent did not ask for any opinions We
realized then that he had read 1t to
US before sending it to congress as
a matter of courtesy merely.
In my two years service under
President Cleveland as a cabinet off,
Ger, that was the only case in which
the president did not ask the advice
or the opinions of members of his cab
met respecting matter which he
thought worthy of bringing before
the cabinet"
Copyright, 1911. by E ]. Edwards All
Rights ReseTved.l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
SYNOPSIS.

A foolish young tenderfoot becomes
fascinated with the bold artfuI wife of a
drunken prospector in a western mining
town. They prepare to elope in blind
Ing blizzard but are confronted by the
maudl1n husband. He is shot by the
wife, but the chivalrous boy pins
note to the body. taking the crime
upon himself In their flight to the
railroad station the womans horse
falls exhausted; the youth puts her
on his own and follows hanging to the
sdrrup strap. Seeing ne is an impedi-
ment, the woman thrusts her escort into
2 snow drift and rides on Half-frozen
ne stumbies into the railroad station just
as the train bears the woman away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Can Spiel in Any Tonoue,

Ex-Goy. Curtis Guild, Jr., of Massa-
chusetts, who was appointed by Presi-
dent Taft as this country's special rep
resentatiye to Mexico'3 centennial cele-
bration, can make a speech in any old
language. Whenever the city of Bos-
ton wants to welcome a distinguished
German, Guild is called on to make the
welcoming address in German. If a
French dignitary blows in, Guild gets
off spiel in French. When he went
to Mexico he told the Mexicans all
about themselves in Spanish.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20

ened cases of eyestrain he has some
times advised no other cure and the
patient has recovered his normal
sight.
Where one uses the eyes constant
ly, especially for close work, as the
woman who does fine sewing. en-
broidery or painting, the relief TO eyes
OF lifting them from the work and
closing them while one slowly counts
twenty-five cannot be overestimated
Another rest is to change the point
of vision from time to time Looii
away from what you are doing and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Queen Mary Loves to Knit.

There are so many stories about
Queen Mary, all of which represent
her as the most domestic of women, so
that one is not surprised to know that
she likes to knit. They say she took
her knitting with her on her wedding
journey and has been at it ever since
In the evening a pretty satin bag is
slung over her chair and she draws
her knitting from it if she feels in
clined during the evening
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20

King Manuel of Portugal has honored
the house of Coutts on the Strand with
the deposit of his private fortune. and
England is SO much richer for ManuePs
loss. This firm of Coutts is remark
able establishment, by the way, for it
has attracted the patronage of nearly
all the royalty which has had occasion
to leave money in London. Every
English king from George H. to the
present George has kept his wealth in
their vaults. and Louis Philippe, the
shah Of Persia and Leopold of Belgium
have all patronized the Coutts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20

gaze blankly into space. Do not at
tempt to concentrate on anything.
merely look out of the window or into
a distant corner of the room
Do not begrudge the time for this
eye resting. It is the best sort of in
vestment you can make and will not
take half as much time or money as
visits to the oculist.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Cradle Of Jersey MOSQUITO.

New Jersey has 100000 acres Of salt
marsh and 90 per cent. of the mosquito
output is credited to those depres-
sions. To stop their breeding long,
straight bitches are dug by machinery,
draining the ground sufficiently to re-
ceiye and retain water for the little
fishes with which they are stocked
and which eat the larvae with great
relish. Places too spongy to drain are
filed with sand. One small marsh
near popular summer resort bred in
a single season 96,000,000 mosquitoes,
according to careful estimates. 1t was
filed up at a cost of $35, and the re-
sort is now more popular than ever,
for the pests are no longer known to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Storm Brewing.

THE gentleman who just now regis
lered is a prominent advocate of viVf-
section" said the house detective.
Good heavens! What are we 60
Ing to do?" exclaimed the panic
stricken clerk
What's the troubIe?"
"A prominent anti-yivfsectfonist is
due to arrive this afternoon"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
When PETER Was Tempted

Finally the friend went to PETER
and said: Senator, I defended you
against a serious charge a few min
utes ago and now I want you to tell
me the truth. | challenged the state
ment Of man who said he saw you
take a drink of liquor today"
The senator shrugged his shoulders,
looked sorrowfully down at his long
WhiskeTs and remarked: Colonel Ed
Manning must either cut off his whis>
kers or I viii cut off mine.
Colonel Manning cropped his.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
SPARE MINUTE FOR THE EYES
Nothing Gives Eyes Such Complete
Rest as Habit of Closing Them
Occasionally.

If you will spare minute every
half hour to the eyes they may be
spared to you many years in conse-
quence.
A well-known ocuIist declares moth
ing gives the eyes such complete rest
as the habit of closing them occasion
ally Tor minute or too. In threat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Chicago, July Is, 1911

Catt1e-Beeves, 4.9O06.90; stock
ers and feeders. 1856 @5.5O, cows and
heifers, 2.35 $50; calves, 5000
500.
Hogs-Light, 6.2506.7O; heavy,
6.20@6.70; rough, 6.20@6.35, pigs.
6.0O06.55.
sheep-Native, 2.5O@4.50; year
lings, 40 @4.95; lambs, native, 4.0o
@6.50
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
IncurabIe.

Doctor. I wish you had not pre-
scribed rock and rye for Johns case
OF influenza
Did it not cure him %
Yes, but he has had one relapse
after another ever since"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
MINNEAPOLIS. July Is. 1911.

Wheat-No. 1, hard, 1.O0H; No.
L, northern, 997sc; No. 2, northern.
983sc. Corn-No. 3, yellow, 64c.
Oats-No. 4, white, 44c. Rye-No.
2, SIC.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Bank With RovaI DeDositors.

The English banking world is con-
graduating itself upon the receipt of a
large and acceptable account In fact.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-07-20
Its Variety.

THAT fellow is always up tree"
Then l guess the tree to him Ii q
chestnut"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-05
DoUsn STREET sCnooL.

gown, was present Two ~rervants Id
the household were bridesmaids.
A qunrtetto Of fri ,nds of tho bride.
groom sang Swedish ballads and an
an accompaniment wac played By one
OF the Allen family on the Allen piano.
Whom Anna departed for the little hat
where the blooming plants and tho
canary were awaiting her mistress
Kissed her.
We may choose to say that Mrs. AL
len only did her duty. Then how man
mistresses do their duties by the mazda
who serve them. a. New York woman
complains incessAntly that she cannot
keep a maid-of-all-work. When she
was encouraged to tell In detail OF her
troubles with her servant II was
found that she was unwilling TO let
them carry a key and was unwilling to
open the door for them after 0 o'clock.
which Is only 4 little after sunset by
New York reckoning. Since the mis-
tress dined at and remained AZ tho
table for an hour longer. the evening
a week out" OF the girls who had 10
be back at 0 O'clock became q grim
joke to all in the household except tho
mistress herself.
II hurry 1 can walk >once around
the block on my evening out"
sarcastically explained one black
AipSheO Hldlu, VINO uau Tbng tho bcll
five minutes after 9, The mistress
soo!ded and the maid left. as twenty
two others had done within n year.
This mistress claimed To be liberal
with her servants and she was, with
money. Wages were good and tips
were large, but she called a servant TO
her in a tone several shades less kind
ly that in which she called her dog.
The most popular mistress is one who
does not pas the highest wages, and
who Is rot lavish of tips. OF each she
gives as literally az she can anonl, but
no more. But her V never leave
her unless by death or dismissal. rho
reason is. perhaps. apparent In her
answer to q friend who said
Dictate your correspondence. You
Will soon get used to II. \ stenoIra-
pher IS only machine"
I am atraid.S SHE replied. w!th gem
tie sarcasm. II Shall always be conSci-
Gus OF the human being"
] heard this woman's maid gossip
ing one day with the maid next door.
The other maid was dissatisfied. The
FIRST was sympathetic.
You ought to work for my missls,"
she said. When she asks me 70 do
anything. she dtes IL in the same way
she would ask n friend"