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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
Ancient Hebrew Chronicles Have
Been Found in Palestine by Prof.
George A. Reisner.

New York.-After spending the last
six years excavating among the an
cient ruins in Egypt and Palestine,
Prof. George A. Reisner, assistant
professor of Egyptology at Harvard
university, has returned to America
with his wife and little daughter.
Professor Reisner was assisted in
his work by c. S. Bishop, an architect,
and Prof o. Bates, an archaeologist.
His return to New York marks the
close of Il years work in Egypt.
Last year Professor Reisner car
ried on extensive excavations among
the pyramids and was rewarded by
the discovery of nine almost perfect
examples of statuary of the fourth
dynasty. They were portrait statues
of King Mycernios, in whose reign
the third pyramid Of Ghiza was built
These statues are of alabaster and
black slate" said Professor Reisner.
They are splendid examples of por-
trait statuary and more perfect, I
should say, than a great number of
modern attempts along these lines.
Four of them are at present in the
Boston museum and the remaining
five are in the museum at Cairo"
Probably the most important dis
coveries made by Professor Reisner
and his party, according to his valua-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
Underground Rivers Are Source
of Supply in Texas.
Interesting Fact Developed by Dyna-
mite Blast While Driving Well
Near PIainview-First Anthem
tic Revelation.

Plainview, Tex-By accident a mat
ter of great interest and concern in
connection with the water situation on
the plains has just been cleared up
near here While drilling a well on
E. Dowden's place, five miles west of
Plainyiew, the driller struck a big
boulder in the 14-inch hole a few feet
below the bottom Of the dug pit. To
get this boulder out of the way it be-
came necessary to put in heavy dyn-
amite blast. AS a result of this blast
large cavity was made in the drilled
hole, and as the water cleared within
a remarkably short time after the
blast, Mr. DoWden decided to make
an investigation. With mirrors prop
excellent focus on the cavity made by
the blast, and to his amazement saw
that the water was rushing like rlVu-
let around the shattered boulder,
which had been encountered in the
second vein of water. For some time
there has been much argument and
speculation as to whether the great
underground water supply here was
flow or an underground lake. The
DoWden discovery certainly tends to
substantiate the flow theory. This is
the first authentic revelation along the
line, and will be followed by more
thorough investigation. The water
conditions on the plains, and particu-
larly in this immediate section, GER
tainly affords a great field for scien-
tific investigation, practical study and
general interest.
The first vein of water here is
found at a depth varying from % to
40 feet depth, to a great extent, de-
pending upon topography. The first
vein of water doesn't receive much
consideration here, but in most coun-
ties it would be considered bonan-
"a 1t is the vein, however, from
which most Of the windmill supply wa
ter has so far been obtained, but few
of the old-time wells going below it,
and it has never yet been exhausted.
The second vein is found at uni
form depth of % feet below the first,
and no kind of pump has Sc far ex-
hausted it's supply, but the jumbo vein
is found at a depth ranging from 100
to $50 feet And by reason Of COM
mon but erroneous -phraseology many
people draw wrong conclusions as to
the depth of wells now being put down
for irrigation purposes. A man speak
ing of a well here, perhaps his own,
will say that it is 100 Or $50 feet to
water, as the case may be when he
really means it is that deep to the
third, or jumbo vein, and as result OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
A FOOD STORY
Makes a Woman of 20 zone In 10000"

The widow of one of Ohio's most
distinguished newspaper editors and
a famous leader in politics in his day,
says she Is 70 years old and "stron-
ger woman than you will find in ten
thousand" and she credits her fine
physical condition to the use Of Grape
Nuts:
MANY years ago I had terrible
fall which permanently injured my
stomach. For years l lived on
preparation of corn starch and milk,
but 1t grew so repugnant to me that
had to give it up. Then l tried, one
after another, a dozen different kinds
Of cereals, but the process Of diges-
ton gave me great pain.
SIT was not until l began to use
Grape-Nuts food three years ago that
found relief. 1t has proved, with the
dear Lords blessing, great boon to
me. It brought me health and Vigor
such as 1 never expected to again en-
joy, and in gratitude I never fall to
sound its praises" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
There's Reason"
Look for 1. In the little book, "The
Road to Wellville," to bo found In pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, s.nd full Of human
interest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
BIC LOSSES AVERTED.
Modification of Forest Reserve
Order Is Boon.
Sheep Men of Utah, Threatened With
Ruin, Given Permission to Craze
Animals As Formeriy-Seek
Another Hearing.

Salt Lake City, Utah-Besides saw
Ing the Utah sheepmen losses that
would amount to hundreds of thou
sands Of dollars, the modification OF
the order governing grazing on the
national forest reserves in Utah, by
Chief Forester Henry S. Graves. fol
lowing conference with a commit
tee appointed at the Utah Wool Grow
ers' State convention, gives the Utah
sheepmen foundation for hope that
they will be granted another opportu-
nifty Of presenting their views to the
forestry service, according to Secre-
tary c. B. Stewart of the Utah Wool
Growers association.
utah sheepmen,' he said, have
not as yet presented the forestry peo-
pie with fair view of the situation
The modification Of the orders means
more time in which to seek another
hearing 1t means that the sheepmen
will be awakened as to the serious
ness Of the situation, which viii re-
suit in their working together to fight
for their rights. This means that a
thorough investigation will be made
by the sheepmen, and if another hear
ing IS granted, new light will be shed
on the proposition, which will prob
ably result in a permanent modifca-
ton of the orders governing the num-
Der of sheep to Craze on a forest re
serve
Besides giving the wool growers
an opportunity to present their case
more fully, the modification, giving
then, an additional year in which to
adjust their focks, averts a direct
loss Of many thousands of dollars"
The reduction of $1,000 head of
sheep on the Manti reserve, Mr.. Stew
art said, would have meant that the
Sanpete county sheepmen would have
been deprived of at least 10000 lambs
by having to sell their stock in the
spring, which alone would have caused
a loss of 100000. The loss on wool
would have been even greater than
this, 100000 being a conservative es-
innate
IF the order had gone into effect"
Mr.. Stewart said, the entire sheep in
dustry in Sanpete county would have
been ruined, according to the claims
of the sheepmen from that section Of
the state. The last order, they say,
was the breaking straw.
When they appeared before the
state convention, December 81, many
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
SUGGESTION is Made by Ambassador to
Great Britain, Whitelaw Reid,
for Frisco Fair.

San Francisco-At a banquet the
other night 500 prominent citizens of
San Francisco celebrated the winning
of the Panama exposition by this city.
The gathering cheered, more than any
other, the toast, New Orleans and
Joined in singing Dixie" as tribute
to San Franchises rival.
Whitelaw Reid, ambassador to Great
Britain, was among the speakers.
THE greatest successes in this world
often have been made through a name,
a sobriquet, as it WERE" he said.
MY suggestion is that our exposi-
ton be called The Golden City by the
Golden Gate in the Golden State and
that in the creation and finishing of our
great buildings they all be colored the
golden color, that the roofs and promi-
nent ornamental points be covered
with gold leaf.
81 want to suggest that the admins
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
WA TERS OF PLAINS

this error the impression is going
about the country that it is that depth
to the water If that were true it
would make irrigation here imprac-
teal, but it is seriously erroneous.
The first vein of water rises about
feet, which in a well Is feet would
bring the water to within % feet of
the surface. When the second vein
is struck the water generally rises an
other foot or two, ard this IS main
tanned when the third vein is struck.
Take a well, for instance that is 120
feet deep, which is little above the
general average, it would be Is feet
or Whereabouts, to the first vein and
95 to the second, and there would
be 104 feet of water in the well, stand
ing within 81 feet of the surface, and
this is a reasonably fair average upon
which the water situation here may be
based and calculated.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
EYES WOULD BURN AND STING

ut is just a year ago that my sis
ter came over here to US. She had
been here only few weeks when her
eyes began to be red, and to burn and
sting as If she had sand in them.
Then we used all of the home rene
dies. She washed her eyes with salt
water, used hot tea to battle them
with, and bandaged them over night
with tea leaves, but all to no purpose.
She went to the drug store and got
some salve, but she grew constantly
worse. She was scarcely able to look
in the light. AT last she decided to
go to doctor, because she could
hardly work any more. The doctor
said it was very severe disease, and
if she did not follow his orders close
1y she might lose her eyesight. He
made her eyes burn and applied cleo
tricity to them, and gave her various
ointments. In the two and a half or
three months that she went to the
doctor, we could see very little i'm
provement
Then we had read so much how
people had been helped by Cuticura
that we thought we would try it, and
we cannot be thankful enough that we
used it. My sister used the Cuticura
Pills for purifying the blood, bathed
only with Cuticura Soap, and at night
after washing, she anointed her eyes
very gently on the outside with the
Cuticura Ointment. In one week, the
swelling was entirely gone from the
eyes, and after month there was no
longer any mucus or watering of the
eyes. She could already see better,
and in six weeks she was cured
(Signed) Mrs. Julia Csepicska, zoos
Utah ST., st. Louis, Mo-, Aug rs. 1910.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
Doubling His Word.

Two Irishmen occupied beds in the
same room. BY and by one Of them
woke up.
Mike" said he, did you put out
the cat?"
81 did," said Mike.
An hour later Patrick woke up
again.
Mike" said he, Mike, did you put
out the cat?"
Sure did" said Mike, sleepily.
con me word of honor"
Some time later Patrick again
walked up.
Mike" said he, Mike, ye divvle;
ye did not put out the cat"
We'll" said Mike angrily, eff ye
will not take the word of honor of a
gintleman get up and put her our
yerself."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23

cisco. Failing to meet them. Mrs.
Kidd followed the crowd of weary and
confused travellers into the ladies'
waiting room at the pier.
Weary from her long transconti-
mental journey, Mrs Kidd evidently
did not notice that her travelling com
panions left the waiting room and
that others were taking their places.
After sitting nervously in the
waiting room for more than an hour
the woman stopped Depot Master
Wagner, who was passing through
the waiting room.
IT'S a long, tfresome trip, isn't
it?" she said. when are we ever
going to get to San Francisco"
Get to San Francisco" asked
Wagner, puzzled.
We'll" said Mrs Kidd, Eve been
sitting in this ferry boat for at least
an hour, and it seems to me we ought
to be getting there pretty soon"
Wagner, who is accustomed to the
troubles of travellers at the pier, took
charge of the confused lady until the
arrival of the next ferry boat, when
he escorted her to a seat On the upper
deck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
Hens Under searchiinht

Trenton, n. flames NJ Donald, e
New York banker, who has country
home at Ewing, near this city, has Jus:
finished equipping his place with q
3,000-candlepower searchlight and a
2,000-candlepoWer arc light for protec.
ton against chicken thieves who have
been despoiling his henneries He has
also given to each of his farm hands a
rife, with orders to shoot if chicken
thieves put in an appearance.
The wires for the electric lights are
in concrete under ground, so that they
cannot be tempered with. The ar
rangements are such that the opening
of door or window in the hennerie
will throw on the lights.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
SUNSHINE AND GOOD HEALTH
man Life Is Quickened and Health
and Happiness Promoted.

The sunlight, with its melIow1ng
warmth and radiance, is one of the
great essentials to good health. Who're
ever it penetrates, in prudently regu-
lated moderation, it quickens human
life, promotes health and happiness,
and may be truly regarded as one OF
the best friends of man and beast.
The common practice of providing
blinds, shutters, curtains and other
means for shrouding the windows and
shutting out the sunshine, is undoubt-
eddy great mistake, and makes for
physical weakness and i'll health. More
window light, more sunshine, and not
less, is what we require. Let all your
apartments, kitchen, sitting rooms,
parlors and bedrooms, too, be flooded
with sunlight as much as possible.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
WORLDS BIGGEST HEML0CK

The largest hemlock tree in the
world, so far as is known. stands on
the bank Of Mccoy creek, in Lewis
county. Washington, and as it is in
cluded in the Rainier National forest,
it may add centuries TO the several
~ ndred years which it has been grow
ing.
The tree. which measures % feet in
circumference. and Is feet in diam
eter, has a clean stem to the first
branch 100 feet from the base and is
perfect in every way. The king of
hemlocks stands among others of its
species, four, five, and six feet in di-
ameter. and lifts its crown $50 feet
into the air.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23

of the Sanpete wool growers said if
the order went into effect they would
have to go out of business, assertions
being made by many that they had
already been compelled to reduce
their f1ocks from 700 to 200 A still
further reduction of II per cent, they
said, meant disaster. Sheep men on
the Karibab and st. George reserves
also complained that they were being
forced to the wall Some of the sheep
men from that part Of the state
claimed that their fiocks have been
reduced from 10000 to 5000, with
still further reductions in sight"
On the showing made to the con-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
DEATH NOT DIVIDED

A series of remarkable condolences
attended the life and recent death of
Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts of Dedwyddfa,
in Wales. They attended the same
school together in youth; they both
became Ill about the same time, and
died within a few hours of each other;
they were both aged seventy-three,
and were buried together In the same
grave.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
SILLY SUPERSTITION.

Herr Niederhauser, the sculptor, at
the instance of the Geneva director OF
police, took a plaster imprint of the
face Of Luccheni, the murderer of the
Empress Elizabeth, after his suicide,
and portion of the murderer's hair
was found to have adhered to the plas
ter. The hair came into the posses
sion of some Young women in Geneva
in mysterious manner, and large
sums of money nave been offered for
it. 1t is believed in Switzerland that
q murderer's hair brings luck One
young woman took her luck" to jew
eler and had it placed in golden
locket
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23

vention by these sheepmen, a com
mittee composed Of E. H. CaIlister,
president Of the Utah Wool Growers
association; w D. Candland, chair
man Of the board Of land commission
ers, and L. r. Anderson, chairman of
the state board of sheep commission
ers, was appointed to confer with
Chief Forester Graves. After the sub
ject was thoroughly considered, an
agreement was reached by which the
chief forester agreed to suspend the
order for one year, which means that
the Utah sheepmen will be allowed
to Craze the same number of sheep as
formerly on the forest reserves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
HuStIers.

"a good turkey dinner and mince
pie" said Simeon Ford, always puts
us in lethargic mood-makes US feel,
in fact, like the natives of Nola
Chucky
in Nola Chucky one day I said to
a man:
What is the principal occupation
of this town.
Wall, boss the man answered,
yawning, in winter they mostly sets
on the east side of the house and fol-
lers the sun around to the west, and
in summer they sets on the west side
and follers the shade around to the
east"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
WHEN THE TWINS TRAVELLED

a curious scene was witnessed at
Kings Cross station, London, the other
Saturday on the arrival of the ex.
press from Edinburgh. Two WON
en-, known as the sisters Rosa and
Josepha Black, who are in many re
spects similar to the Siamese twins,
being joined together from the waist
downward, stepped out on the plat
form. They alighted without diff
Guilty, and walked to the barrier. Here,
however, there was a difficulty, for
the twins presented only one ticket
After q long conference between the
collector, q policeman, and the friends
of the joint couple, they were allowed
to pass the barrier. It is to be sup
posed that the puzz-e was too great
for ordinary people 10 solve.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23

the application for the license had a
very legible signature. Protruding
from each sleeve of Sricha's coat was
a hook, and he had no difficulty in ex-
tracing the necessary dollar from his
hip pocket to pay the fee. Replying
TO Inquiries from curious spectators,
Sricha said both his hands had
been burned off by electricity Mrs.
Daily keeps a boarding house and
with my hooks | can make a handy
| husband" he said.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
CLOCK WAS MADE IN 1890

An interesting specimen of a long
clock, made in 1890, is owned by a
gentleman at Lutterworth. 1t has an
oval face, hand which points to the
days of the week, completing the
round in seven days; one which shows
the true dead beat, and another which
points TO the chimes and quarters
On the upper part of the clock is a
small orchestra, which includes a
flute, a cello and two violins, and a
boy and girl in addition to three sing
ers. The hours and the quarters are
struck and every three hours a tune
is played three times over either on
the bells alone, the lyricord or on
both together" while the three figures
beat time and the boy and girl dance
to the music.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
Famous Eccentric roasts.

Pitt at Kidderminster, gave a
toast in compliment of the carpet
manufacturers.
May the trade of Kidderminster, F"
said Pitt" be trampled under foot by
all the world"
A more audacious toast, freighted
with double meaning, has been vari-
ously attributed to Smeaton, Erskine
and to some others. This after-dinner
trade sentiment was delivered in this
form:
Dam the canals, sink the coal pits,
blast the minerals, consume the manu-
features, dispense the commerce of
Great Britain and Ireland "-CornhiIl
Magazine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
A PATRlkRCHAL PEAF0WL

The oldest peafowl in the world is
believed to be that owned by Thomas
Lambert. a farmer OF Sulphur Well,
Metcaf county. The bird apparently
is Just as active as ever He
has roasted in trees ITO years. In
1910 Horatio Thompson came to Ken
lucky from Virginia, bringing with him
this peafowI This bird was then be
tween 10 and Is years old. When Mr.
Thompson died this gay knight OF
fowldom passed to Thomas Lambert
For 70 years the peafowI roasted on
the same limb Of a large oak tree
until the tree was cut down. This
bird is known all over southern Ken
lucky. and Peafowl school in Metcalfe
county, was named in his honor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
Rarmaids in South Australia.

South Australia is suffering from q
barmaid famine. Two years ago bar
maids were abolished in that state by
act of parliament No more could be
legally engaged, but those already en-
ployed could remain on condition that
they registered themselves.
There are now only 400 of them left,
and the competition for their serv-
ices is such that their wages have
jumped from % shillings to G3 a
week. The hotels that have had to
employ barmen report a considerable
change for the worse in their receipts.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
WOMAN'S QUEER MASQUERADE

The story of a womans strange life
comes from Chelsea, Eng, where an
inmate Of the workhouse has confess
ed to having lived fifty years as a
man without being discovered. She
is now seventy-fve years old, and
tells of this with lively exultation
in the adventure. She assumed the
guise of man because she thought
that with it she could earn her living
more easily. She was married at the
age of sixteen, after being well edu
Gated, and Immediately left her hus-
band, disliking his treatment of her
She worked as a painter and decora-
tor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
DIAGNOSED CASE IN DREAM

A romance that dips into the realm
of mysticism lies behind the marriage
of Miss Elsie Turner to Dr. Lawrence
+ Keith at Boston.
Miss Turner was stricken i'll with a
mysterious ailment. Specialists treat
ed her with no favorable results. She
was finally taken to the home of Doc
tor Keith He was baffled till one day
Miss Turner calmly told him what the
trouble was and prescribed the treat
ment.
why. where in the world did you
learn that?" Doctor Keith asked in
amazement.
''Doetor-told me in a dream" The
young woman named an old friend of
the family long since dead. Doctor
Keith followed out the dream dag
nosis. She is now we'll.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23

Sun, as follows: For sale, the skele-
ton Of the Archduke Johann, brother
OF the Emperor Frantz Joseph of Aus
tria; genuine and intact. Box As, Den
yer, Colo" Inquiry shows that the
advertiser acquired the skeleton
twelve years ago. He declines to re
veal to anybody outside an accredited
representative of the family the proofs
of the identity of the illustrious skeie