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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
New News of Yesterday

his listeners under his complete con-
troll; they began to look around to
see if there were any anti-Clay Wings
among them, and discovering one or
two such, the Clay adherents made
as though to attack them, and those
men were compelled to fee to a place
Of safety.
Thus he held his audience spell
bound as he went from point to point
and when he came to the conclusion
Of his speech he simply said that he
would willingly leave it to the legis-
lature Of Kentucky to say whether he,
as a representative Of the Wing party.
should be chosen to represent the
state of Kentucky in the United
States senate. That said he stood
there smiling and triumphant. and it
was with difficulty he escaped from
the Overwhelming demonstration made
by the crowd.
"That evening l heard John J. Crit
tenden, that great Kentucky Wing,
say: This speech win crumble all
Wing opposition to CIay's election to
the senate. He will be chosen by the
unanimous vote of the Wing members.
No one will care or dare to oppose
him any longer And he was so chos-
en-"
copyright. 1911. by E. ]. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Turning Point In His Career

for an anecdotal life of Greeley be-
fore his employer, Nathaniel P Willis.
Willis at once saw the probabilities of
the idea, and, furthermore, told Par
ton that he was just the man to write
the life. But Parton hesitated, saying
that in order to write such a life as he
had in mind it would be necessary for
him to visit New Hampshire, Gree
ley's native state; Vermont and Penn
sylvania, and get the anecdotes at
first hand from old people who knew
Greeley in the days of his obscurity
That, of course, would take some
months, said Parton, adding that he,
a Woodworking newspaper man, had
neither the time nor the money for
such work
Willis, however, had become very
enthusiastic over Partons idea, and
at once replied that he would adj
vance the money necessary to collect
the material for the book; that the
money could be paid back out of the
receipts from the life Parton eagerly
accepted the proffer of help and spent
weeks in New Hampshire, searched
all over Vermont for old people who
had known the great editor In his
youth, and likewise hunted up Greeley
material in Pennsylvania, so that
when he finally returned to New York
he was filed to the brim with good
anecdotal stuff about Greeley, which
he promptly put into book form, awak-
ing one morning not so very long
after to find himself famous as the
author Of The Life of Horace Gree
ley
That life was published in 1855,
and before the year was out the book
had brought in to its author nearly
$1,000, mighty good royalty money in
those days. But the book id more
than to ease its authors financial sit
uation. The immense popularity Of
the book-its sale was helped by the
prominent part Greeley took in or
ganizing the Republican party the
year after it was published-made
Parton feel convinced that he could
do good biographical work indefinitely.
so he gave up his salaried position as
a routine newspaper man and became
a biographer and historian-probabIy
the most popular of all our biograph-
ers to date, because he learned how
to catch the popular fancy with the
anecdotal style of biography"
Copyright, 1911. by f J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Bird Music7 BAIL

Lying on the soft grass before his
tent, camper slipped a tin cup of
coffee and listened to the birds.
You'd think from all this pure mel
ody," he said, that birds were must
cal-that, like the New York critics,
they loved the best and only the best.
But, as a matter of fact, they have a
degraded taste The thrush and the
lark are as wrong in their musical
ideas as Puccini and Leoncavalla are
said to be.
Il have tested the thrush 1 have
set him to learning the notes Of the
nightingale. But he doesn't care for
the nightingale's divine music. He
will have none of It. The sparrow s
ugly twitter, on the other hand, he
masters with delight.
THE finch and the mockingbird are
the same. They won't learn fine mu-
sic, the music Of Beethoven or Chopin
or Wagner, but they take to rag-time
and jigs like pig to hog-wash.
''Hark to that burst of melody from
the pine copsel You'd think the sing
ers inspired. But if thrush or lark
or mockingbird went to New York,
the critics would say their music was
as rotten as that of That's of Tosca,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
James BurnIe seck's Story of the
Speech That Resulted in the Great
kentuckian's Return TO
the Senate.

James Burnie Beck, who represent
ed the state Of Kentucky in the Unit
ed States senate from 1916 until his
death in 1890, and was a member Of
the house of representative from
1856 to 1874, was a man Of impressive
personality. He was Of powerful phys
lcal build. His muscles were like
steel His head, large, round, and set
firmly upon his shoulders, was sur
mounted by curly iron-gray hair. In
the senate Mr.. Beck was recognized
as an authority upon the tariff and
financial questions, but in the cloak
room or in private company he was
the center of interest chiefly because
Of his reCOllecGOns of the early pOliti-
cal life of Kentucky and of Henry
Clay, told with real dramatic force
and no little skill Of description.
Many times saw Henry Clay while
a political canvass was in progress in
Kentucky" said Mr. Beck, who had
been a law partner of John c. Brock
lnridge, the souths presidential candi-
date in 1860 and vice-president during
Buchanans administration. 81 prac-
ticed law for some years at Lexington
so that I had abundant opportunity
TO see and hear Mr.. Clay. He was al
ways very effective speaker, but we
all noticed that in the latter years of
his public life he seemed to have
greater influence over young men than
with men Of his own age who had
hn1r1 -,
But the finest exhibition of his pow
ers as a campaigner which Mr. Clay
ever made, so far as my personal OBJ
seryations were concerned, occurred
in 1848, between the time he was de-
feated by Zachary Taylor for the Wing
presidential nomination and his re-
election to the United States senate in
the fall of that year.
Clay lost the presidential nomina-
ton that year partly because the Ken
lucky Wing leaders would not cause
the state delegation to support his
nomination. Clay was furious at their
action, and as a result these Wings
set out to defeat Clay's reelection to
the senate.
That move aroused the old lion
that yas in Clay. He determined to
give the Wing leaders the fight of
their lives; and in line with this de-
termination there appeared one day in
the Louisville Courier Journal an ad-
yertisement to the effect that Henry
Clay would address the citizens of
Kentucky on the public square at Lex
iIgton a certain date upon the issues
Of the day. This happened shortly
before the legislature which was to
choose a senator was to be elected.
Well this brief advertisement was
enough to set the state wild with ex-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Henry Clay AS a Campaigner
Bv E. J. EDWARDS

element, and on the day announced
for the speech the town OF Lexington
was crowded to oyerfowing with peo-
PIE from all parts Of the state. The
public square was one dense mass of
men and women, and there were many
z,omen.
When Mr Clay appeared upon the
platform he had only to look at that
immense crowd and bestow upon it
that singularly fascinating smile Of
his, to which he owed so much Of his
personal popularity, for it was an in
dex to his nature, to set the crowd
wild And with delight It remained
until he raised his hand, when 81
Ience gradually fell upon that vast as
semblage And then he began his
speech.
IN that wonderful voice of his.
which was peculiarly adapted to out
door speaking, he began in a concili-
atoTy tone, saying that he spoke for
the great Wing party. Gradually, and
with the utmost skill, he approached
the main purpose Of his address,
which was to attack and beat down
the Wings who were opposing his re-
election to the senate. Soon he had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
TEA NOT GROWN IN CEYLON
Land Where Cheaper Grades Were
Produced Now Given UP to Guilt
walton of Rubber Trees.

London.-The tea tasters in Min
cling lane are in for a hotter time of
it than usual, and those who know
anything concerning that mysterious
art are fully aware that at the best
it is anything but a sinecure.
They are being called upon to exer
else more than their usual amount of
ingenuity in the matching, in both
taste and appearance, various Ceylon
grown teas Of the cheaper grade. The
explanation lies in the fact that the
'Iow country" districts in Ceylon, the
birthplace of cheap teas, have been
sacrificed for the planting of rubber
trees.
A broker said that the housewife
would not, because of this, be called
upon to pay more for her pound Of
Ceylon tea. "The public" he said,
has become so used to the low-priced
article that it would never pay a sub
stantial rise. It simply means that
the tea tasters will have to be a little
more cunning than usual and match
exactly the Ceylon grown tea.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31

But new necessities and the desire
for increased comfort and luxury have
raised the standard of living in Paris
as well as in London, while taxation
has increased.
The price of bread and meat is
higher in Paris than in London, and
this is due to the import duty on
wheat, which increased the price of
bread except in years of bountiful har-
vest, and to the prohibition of the en-
try of dead meat, which is justified
on sanitary grounds, but which is
really a protective measure.
On the other hand, the price of
sugar, owing to the signing of the
Brussels convention, has materially
decreased. Sugar is a food of the
first class, and if the duty has de-
creased the amount or sugar available
for France is much greater, so that
the price is considerably lower. This
has given an impetus to the indus
tries which use sugar as a raw mate
rial, and for the first line France has
taken her place among the jam-pro-
ducing countries.
The price of wine has also dimin-
ished, owing to overproduction, and
while the south of France has suffer
ed Paris has gained. There has no
doubt been graduaY rise in rent, and
the working classes of Paris have to
pay more for lodging in proportion,
owing to the protective taxes on the
raw material of the building trades.
than the English working classes.
But, on the whole, It is reasssuring
to learn that the cost of living in it
self has not risen to any appreciate
extent in Paris. indeed, it is likely
to decrease in the near future
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Craze Has Arrived in New York From
Fashion and Fad Resort and Is
Spreading Rapidly.

New York.-Is your double chin
tragically developing into a triple
one? Are the dimples becoming too
numerous to be attractive? Are you
ashamed to stand on the scales and
watch the indicator whirl about as if
it would break?
If so, in part or as an entirety, get
a crate of huckleberries and begin
munching with avidity.
And, furthermore, is your com
pIexion anything but a summer one
of tan through which radiates heavy
colors Of carmine- sunsets? Is it pasty.
pale ochre or aIabaster shade?
If so, hike of to the huckleberry
patch instanter
The "huckleberry" craze arrived in
New York the other day fresh and
enthusiastic from Americas fashion
and fad resort, Newport Indications
are that it will reach Chicago next
and speed across the continent, AS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Hair of Brains7

A young man of ability, but Of
meek and mild appearance, applied
for a position in diapers counting
house, and the salary he asked was
eighty pounds per annum. The prin-
cipal seemed astonished at the sum
asked by SO youthful a person, and
said: Just step this way" And
pointing to an old man with white
hair and a long beard, he continued:
That gentleman is only receiving the
sum you asked" ooh, we'll" said the
young fellow, eff you take hair for
brains I will say good-morning, sir"
His answer obtained him the appoint.
ment--London Telegraph
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Reasons Why Man Grows

year is not even twice as large as it
was at birth, let alone three times as
large. Yet all the nourishment which
supplies materials for growth has to
be absorbed by the membrane which
lines the inside of the stomach, and
especially the small intestine 1t is
therefore plain that growth of the
body as whole must gradually sub
side as the tissues to be nourished
gradually approach a size at which
their demands balance the utmost sup
ply of nutrition taken up by the stom-
ach and intentine.
Although adult men are on the aver
age larger and heavier than women of
the same age, girls between the ages
of u and 10 are larger than boys OF
that age.
Finally, recent discoveries indicate
that the thyroid and other ductless
glands nysteriously control growth
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Average Weight Is Eighteen
Pounds and Half

Six pounds and a half is the weight
Of the average child at birth; at the
end of the first year the average
weight is eighteen pounds and a half.
gain of twelve pounds. and at the
end of the second year the weight is
twenty-three pounds, a gain of only
four pounds and a half. And with each
successive year the gain is less and
less until maturity is reached. Why
is the gain less each year? And why
does it finally cease altogether?
The reason is that the absorbing
surfaces inside the stomach and in
testines do not and in the nature of
thing cannot grow proportionately to
the growth of the body as a whole
During the first year of growth the
child's body becomes approximately
three times as large as 1t was at birth,
but the interior of the stomach and
bowels of the child at the age of one
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
GERMAN PISTOL DON'T KILL
Recent Invention Produces Apparent
Death for Brief Period-Of
Importance to Police

BeTlin.-An inventive German has
recently taken out a patent for a pis-
toll for producing apparent death for a
brief time. It is loaded with bullet
made of chemical composition, to
which is added enough powder to pro.
pei it. The bullet exp1odes and causes
a thick cloud of yapor, which en-
velopes the victim, makes it impos-
sible for him to see, renders his
breathing difficult, and he finally falls
into a sWoon that lasts from ten min
utes to half hour. It is believed
that the new pistol viii be of import
ance for policemen, as they may be
able to overcome rowdies or even IN
manageable crowds effectively without
killing anybody.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
HUCKLEBERRIES AS FAT CURE

result of Newport's dictum that the
huckleberry is the panacea for poor
complexion and obesity, the demand
on the berry market is terrific
Huckleberries that sold formerly
from 10 to IA cents a quart have
jumped to IS and 20 cents a quart
Miss Constance Warren, whose ath-
Ietic prowess has made her the cen
sor of all health recipes in Newport,
is the original advocate of the buckle
berry cure.
There is one warning in taking the
fruit recipe and that is:
If you are feshy eat your berries
without cream. This injunction was
given by Miss Warren when she told
of her anti-fesh and good-compIexfon
discovery.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
As Waists Used to Be.

A London paper prints an article
from the ladies' treasury of 1866, in
which prize is offered for the woman
with the smallest waist in proportion
to her size. A silk dress was the first
prize and gold watch second prize.
In the school in which the prize was
offered by the principal the pupils
were required to sleep in corsets.
which could, however, be Ioosened
when retiring.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
FRANCE NOW PRODUCING JAM
Price of Sugar Goes Down, Although
Bread and Meat Stay High
Paris Living Is Easy.

Paris.-The Association of General
Statistics in France has published a
volume on the cost of living in Paris
The working classes as well as the
middle classes have not been faced
with any sensible increase in the cost
of food during the last forty years.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Stamp Out PeIIaura,

Memphis, Tenn.-After experiment
DR.. A. j Albright, secretary of ths
Tennessee state board of heath, an.
nounced the other day that the mos
quito transmits pellagra The state
board will begin war on the insect.
found in Tennessee, principally in
lumber camps where several saw
mills have been closed down on &C
count of illness among employees.
Over $50 cases exist in Shelby coun-
ty and around Memphis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
A Conclusive Arranusmsnt.

We're mighty particular about table
manners when we take summer board
ers," said Farmer Corntossel
Have you succeeded IN regulating
them?"
ITO certain extent We were SO
afraid somebody would eat pie with
his knife that we decided there would
mt be any pie"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31

sleep. The doctors thought I had only
a short time to live. l was so great
ly improved after short use of Doan's
Kidney Pills that continued and was
completely cured. am positive that
Doan's Kidney Pulls will cure any case
of kidney trouble if taken as directed"
Remember the name-Doan's.
For sale by druggists and general
storekeepers everywhere. Price SOC.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, Y. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Silent Communication.

do you believe in telepathy?
We'll" replied Miss Cayenne, 81
am convinced that thoughts are some
times conveyed without words. For
instance, when I step on a hotel piaz-
"a full of women who look startled
and whose conversation suddenly
ceases, know exactly whom they
have been talking about"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Catches Man-Eating Shark

moose was drawn tight, it was an easy
matter to choke the shark to death.
Besides the coil of rope there was
taken from the sharks stomach this
morning three full-grown Goldfish, one
tinker mackerel, four haddock, a sec
ton of a swordfish's sword, part OF
tin can, mans cap, seven fish hooks,
a clay pipe and boot.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31

a physical wreck.
My kidneys were in
terrible condition
the urine passing too
freely and being a
chalky white in col
or. My appetite fall
ed, l lost flesh rapid
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Cheaper DruQs for Russians

St. Petersburg.-A bill providing
for the Matchmaking of all drug stores
in Russia will go before the Duma in
October. It is contended the poor
will thus be able to get better and
cheaper drugs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
MOnOtonOuS.

Madge-So the place you spent
your vacation got to be awfully dull?
Marjorie-Just dreadful, dear To
ward the end 1 had to get engaged
again to young man I was in love
with early in the summer
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
A PHYSICAL WRECK.

Given Up BY Physicians-Cured BY
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Edward Quicker, 612 S. 18th St,
Nation, H., says: = could scarcely
stand the terrible pains in my back
and gradually ran down until I was
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31

"A prima donnas life, although it
seems exciting, must be quite morot-
onous.
Why SOP"
Because by its very nature it is a
sing-song affair.""
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Docs. for the Antarctic.

London.-Forty-nin dogs and
number of puppies selected in Green
land for the Australasian Antarctic
expedition are on their way from
Copenhagen 70 England
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
POSING and PROPOSING

That German photographer who
says American girls don't know how
to pose must have got an unsatisfac
tory negative from one of them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31

The next time you feel that swallowing
sensation gargle Hamlins Wizard OH i'm
medlately with three parts water It will
save you days and perhaps weeks of mis-
err from sore throat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
Paris and the Baths.

There are only $500 flats or pri-
gate houses in the whole of Paris
which possess a bathroom. And, cur
lously enough, Farisians battle very
little in the river in the summertime,
Tor if you so down to the Seine or
take boat and go along it you will
see g good many boys who are bath
ing, but very few grown men and
women. Of course, I do not wish to
suggest that Parisians are dirty. a
Tally bath of any kind is rather the
exception than the rule.
AS for the public baths they are
curiously uncomfortable. The bath
rooms are mere cupboards and venti-
lation is nil. The baths, though clean
enough, are anything but luxurious,
and there are no swimming baths at
all in Paris now, excepting those
alongside the rIver.-London Stand
ard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-08-31
How James Parton Came to Write the
Anecdotal Life of Horace
Greeley Which Was
His First Book.

One of the most popular of Amer
lean hiographers of yesterday was
James Parton, name that today
means little or nothing in literature
to the average American. But there
was a time-in the late fifties and
through the sixties of the last cen
tury-when James Partons Life of
Horace Greeley" his General Butler
in New Orleans" his life of Andrew
Jackson and his life of Benjamin
Franklin were read and discussed in
thousands of American households.
In the Sense that his works have
had a larger popular sale than those
of any other American biographer,
think I am safe in saying that Parton
is the most popular of all his fellow
biOgraphers," said Henry B. Stanton,
husband of Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
the woman's rights pioneer. and init
mate friend of Partons for years, and
himself well-known as an anti-slavery
advocate and newspaper editor. And
do you know" continued Mr. Stanton,
it is all due to one little i'ee mat
Mr.. Parton enjoys the reputa. ON that
is his today?" The year was 1877.
Parton first engaged IN journals
tic work, taking a position on the
Home Journal, the paper which Ma
thaniel P. Wlli- founded in 1886.
Here he worked for a number Of
years. Then, one day, as matter
Of office routine he read some quantity
humorous stories of Horace Greeley's
life both as an editor and as a poll
tician. He had observed that every
thing that was written about Greeley
was eagerly read by the people, and,
instantly, on reading these stories,
the thought popped into Parton's
mind that if any one were to write a
life Of Greeley, telling all the anec-
dotes possible about Greeley's boy
hood, his early struggles and Of those
days when Greeley was a tramp print
er the book ought to become very
popular
The more Parton thought about
this idea the more p -suaded he be-
came that here lay a great opportuni-
ty for some writer to make a reputa-
ton and, probably. a fortune Finally.
the idea forcing him on, he laid a plan