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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
VENICE A CITY OF DREAMS
Many Charms for the Tourist in This
Picturesque City of
Italy.

70 the wanderer in Italy, Venice
has a peculiar attraction. Arrive there
at sunset or better still by moonlight,
and you will fancy yourself trans
planted to some city of dreams With
daylight this feeling may wear off to
some extent. although there is never,
at any time, as much hustle and stir
IN Venice as in other towns. Morn
ing, noon or night, Venice has a fas-
eination all her own. This is partly
due to the fact that she is a city built
on the water.
10 explore Venice and to become in
timately acquainted with her. a gon-
dola Is not necessity, rather it is
a luxury for sunset evenings and
moonlight nights 1t is a delightful ex-
perience, and not a difficult one, to
md ones way about Venice on foot;
quaint, old world corners are discover
ed, bits Of ancient architecture. carved
doorways and little bridges. with a
feast of color here, there and every
where. Apart from all the beauty Of
scenery, there is the enthralling inter-
est evoked by her history and tradi-
tons.
Among the traditions we read that
St Theodore was the first patron saint
of Venice, to be superseded later on
by st. Mark. The wanderer in Ven
ice becomes familiar with the Lion
of st. Mark. More prominently than
anywhere is to be seen on one of the
columns on the Piazzetta, whilst on
the other is st Theodore. These col
umns of beautiful red and gray gran
lite are supposed to have come orig
inally from Syria. They were erect
ed by Lombard engineer.-Christfan
Science Monitor
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
Best Business Creator.

AS a business creator, what Is there
better than advertising? Have you
ever asked that question Of yourself?
The millions that advertising has
made for merchants are uncountable,
yet there are business men who even
now don't believe in advertising, just
as there are people who still think 1t
is safer and more convenient to travel
In a prairie schooner behind a pair Of
slow oxen than in Pullman palace
car. Yet this type of business man is
seldom rated in commercial rating
books.-EXchange
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
TELEGRAPH OF SAVAGE
SENDS NEWS SWIFTLY OVER
GREAT DISTANCES.
Natives Of the Sudan Use Horns OF
Elephant Tusks, Ton7ton1s and
Whistles - Basutos Employ
Large Gourd Drums.

The principle of telegraphy would
appear to have been anticipated By
the savage tribes of Africa in the
heart Of Africa. This barbaric system
of communication, at once practical
and effective, survives to this day
and its value has been tested many
times.
French explorers seem to have been
the first to bring this system to the
knowledge Of civilized people. By
means Of it news of important events
in the interior Of the Sudan reaches
all the trading ports on the coast in a
very short time.
The communication is made by
means of various instruments, the
most common ones being horns, tom
toms and whistles. The horns are
made Of solid ivory followed out Of
elephants tusks. The mouthpiece is
at the side. These trumpets are of
various sizes, but the faYorite ones
are very long and. give seven distinct
notes, produced by plugging the
mouthpiece with corks of different
sizes. The ordinary tomtom Is a hol-
ow bit of wood, with a goatskin
stretched over one end.
The following instance illustrates
the manner in which this native tele-
graph is employed. The post COM
mander at Stanley Falls was once in
formed by native of a neighboring
village that a provision train had been
attacked two days before at a point
$50 miles further down the Congo. A
week later the party arrived and con-
1rmed the story in part.
They had reached the scene of the
alleged attack at the time reported,
but the shots that the natives had Ia
ken as indications of a conflict with
robbers had been fired at a herd Of
antelope.
At a later period, when an officer Of
the French Congo came to grief in the
rapids, the accident was reported the
next morning at a village 1856 miles
distant
Among the BengaIa tribe a sort of
xylophone is used with four notes, by
means of which the natives cOmmuni-
cate over great distances in kind of
Geographic language.
An American missionary working
among the Basutos discovered that the
villages had means of conveying mes
sages from one chief to another or of
transmitting the intelligence of defeat
or victory.
The Basutos hollow out a large
gourd and thoroughly dry it. Then
kidskin, as hard and as thin as parch-
nent, is stretched across the hollow of
this gourd. When beaten with a pad
ded drum stick this gives forth a
sound that can be distinctly heard at
a distance of from five to eight miles.
In every village there is class OF
men who are utilized as scouts
Among these there are always some
trained to use the gourd drum. The
code is what might be called an AT
rfcan Morse alphabet and is beaten on
the drum in the open air.
The sound is. carried across the val
Ieys and glens to the next village,
where it is interpreted by another
scout If the message is for a dis
tant village he repeats it on his drum
and in this way it is carried from vii
Iage to village, with very little loss of
time until it reaches the person for
whom it is intended
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
Slender Eiaure-of speech.

A Tacoma lawyer. arguing a divorce
case recently, closed his address to
the jury as follows: My client is a
beautiful woman, so beautiful that the
sun seems to stand still while the
stars gaze at her. Truthful Falsfty
flies from her even as the jack rabbit
fits from the greyhound. Sweet!
Gentlemen, honey would freeze in her
mouth. Tender and slender! tIy
client could battle in a fountain pen"
National Corporation Reporter.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06

cended by steep stafrways on one or
more sides. The interior mass is of
earth and stones. or of stones and
mortar. In some cases the slopes were
filed in to a smooth slant.
The Hottest is the pyramid of Ell
Castillo or the Castle, at Chichen liza.
which is of the stepped type. The
largest and most imposing is the So
called governors palace, at Uxmal,
which stands on a natural elevation
artiiciaIly heightened by stone blocks
and rising in three terraces. 1t is
considered by ethnologists the most
important prehistoric structure in
America. The building, 800 feet long,
40 feet deep and 26 feet high. is Gov
cred with a marvellous elaboration of
sculpture, one belt of which. ten feet
wide, running entirely around the pal
ace, contains 10000 stones. nearly ev-
cry one of them a separate work of
art
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06

Girls nowadays are very queer
creatures" says Bishop Creighton, in
a passage not inapplicable at the pres
ent time. They like to do odd and in
dependent things, and they will think
FOR themselves, without considering il
hey have brains enough to think
things out. 1t is all very well to
think, if you go far enough; but most
people stop in the middle. and so
make a mess.
Don't do that; don't regard your
self as an interesting object. Remem-
Der, the best thing to be is not a curl
Dus, original, flighty being, but a good,
honest, simple, Straightforward girl,
which is what Nature intended you to
be. Therefore, do not muddIe up your
mind too much"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
MAKING PERSIAN BEAUTIES

Great care is taken that the Per
sian girl shall conform TO the recog-
nized standard Of beautx which re-
Quires her to have a cypress waist a
full moon face, gazeIle eyes and eve
brows that meet" says a traveller
Her eyes, brows and hair must be
black as night, her lips, cheeks and
gums as red as blood, her skin and
teeth as white as almonds and her
back, limbs and fingers long. If these
conditions are naturally absent. they
are supplied, as far as possibIe5 bv
art. Persian women are always paint
ed, their eyes darkened with khoI and
their fingers stained with henna.''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
WONDERFUL MATCH MACHINE

A log of wood and a roll of paper are
placed in a new match making ma
chine, and when human hands next
touch the material it is all bound up
in packages containing one gross Of
boxes of matches ready for the consul
mer. During the process the machine
cuts the wood into proper lengths sui
phurs the ends, counts them. makes
the paper boxes, prints the labels on
them, fills each box and packs them.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
FOLDING Motor Ronna+e

Among purely English importations
there are the most adorable little bon
net that can be folded up and laid out
fiat in a suit case, taking up no room
at all They are designed specially
for the automobile, though they might
well have danced on Gretna Green.
They are made of the finest weave
soft straw. One is old blue, edged
with old green and has a strip of
Powered embroidery stretched across
the front and little bunchy bow things
over each ear.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
BABY'S ECZEMA AND BOlLS

"My son was about three weeks old
when noticed a breaking-out on his
cheeks, from which a watery sub
stance oozed. A short time after, his
arms, shoulders and breast broke out
also, and in a few days became a solid
scab. / became alarmed, and called
our family physician who at once pro-
noUnced tie disease eczema. The lit
tie fellow was under treatment for
about three months. By the end OF
that time, he seemed no better. / be-
came discouraged / dropped the doc
tors treatment, and commenced the
use of Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
and in a few days noticed a marked
change. The eruption on his cheeks
was almost healed, and his shoulders,
arms and breast were decidedly bet
ter. When he was about seven months
old, all trace of the eczema was gone
During his teething period, his
head and face We're broken out in
boils which l cured with Cuticura
Soap and Ointment Surely he must
have been a great sufferer. During
LIZ VI 1CCbAAiuo anu II OlAi -iio IllAlG
/ dropped the doctors treatment, I
used the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment, nothing else, and when two
years old he was the picture of health.
His complexion was soft and beauti-
full, and his head a mass Of silky curls.
had been afraid that he would never
be well, and I feel that owe a great
deal to the Cuticura Remedies"
(Signed) Mrs. Mary ". Ramsey, 224
E. Jackson St, Colorado Springs, Col,
Sept. "a, 1910. Although Cuticura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam
pie of each, with 32-page book, will be
mailed free On application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept L, Boston.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
STRENGTH or THE INSECTS

When one is asked to name the
strongest animal he generally begins
with elephants as the largest, and con
tinUe with oxen, horses, and on down
through creatures of lesser size. But
for real strength proportionate 10 size.
one must go to the insect world a
mans strength is absurdIy small com
pared with that Of an insect. The bee
tie win carry 500 times It's own weight
on its back. To be proportionateIy
strong man would have to lift $4,000
or 100000 pounds. a weight which
only the biggest steel freight cars
carry. If a man were placed under q
box containing five times his weight,
he would be held there indefinitely
But to hold a beetle down the box
would have to be 1900 times as heavy
as the beetle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
FOUND DIAMOND IN TROUT

In the stomach OF a speckIed trout.
cut open to determine what sort OF
bait was advisable, Henry P. Parrot,
Homer MUsser and Hugo Sillisch, of
Bellingham, Wash, found a one-carat
diamond of the finest water. The
three men had rowed far up the lake,
when Parrot got a vigorous bite, and
a three-pound trout soon foundered on
the bottom of the boat. One of the
party suggested cutting open the
fsh's stomach to discover what sort
of food the fish were taking and the
gem rolled out
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
PreIates of Vioor.

They used to call Archbishop Ire
land the Consecrated Blizzard; but
there is more startling description
given Of Father Bernard Vaughan OF
England, now preaching in the various
cities Of this country. His oratory SUI
prised an audience which heard Rim
when once he preached before Pope
Leo XII. in Rome. He can't be an
Englishman, said Cardinal RampolIa
to the pope. No" said Leo, with
smile. Father Bernard was born in
the crater Of Vesuvius, and we only
sent him TO England to cool The In.
dependent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06

ELLA Wheeler Wilcox says most of
the pain il this world is located in the
hearts Of women"
Our shoe clerk doesn't agree with
her"
"How's that?"
He says most of the pain in the
world is located in the shoes of WON
en."-Houston Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
For the Sickroon1.

a convenience for a sick person is a
good-sized shoe bag, with ample peck
cts, which may be fastened with large
safety-pins to the mattress, on which
ever side of the invaIid's bed it is
needed.
In the pockets may be stored books,
papers, fancy work, handkerchief and
various articles that are constantly be-
ing lost or getting out Of reach. This
idea is suggested for one who is con
fined to her bed for some time, yet is
able to read write and amuse herself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
An Alternative

A suggestion has been made to the
militant suffragettes that, as an alter
native to window smashing, women
should express their Indignation at be-
Ing denied the vote by refusing to be
given in marriage. Let the ladies of
the land" says the masculine maker
Of the suggestion, politely, but firm
" decline offers of marriage until the
votes of women are as secure on the
statute books as the votes Of men, and
warrant that the country will come
10 heel as quickly as it has come to
heel at the bidding Of the miners"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
nsiIcnt Actorsn Not silent

Ten-cent grand opera is fast near,
ing a reality.
A patent was granted last week to
c. Milton of London, Eng, for com
bining a photograph and a moving
picture machine, so that they will OPP
crate il absolute harmony.
AS soon as this patent is placed
on the market, it will in all probable
4ty mean that moving picture shows
will soon have monographs in their
houses, and will reproduce the words
or songs of the now Silent actors"
at the same time that the film is be,
ing projected on the screen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
TO PREVENT HAIL STORMS

A theory has been advanced by
scientists that hail is caused by cleo
trfcity in the clouds. A practical test
of its truth viii be made n the next
four years at the EineI tower in Paris.
Almost at the summit of the tower
has been placed a group of points that
resemble a huge garden rake. They
are bound together with bands of pure
copper, and heavy copper band leads
to a tank of water in the ground.
During the summer this apparatus, it
is hoped, will prove the practicability
of the idea, but three or four years
will probably be required before it is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
BIGGEST DIOCESE IN WORLD

The most extensive diocese in the
world is that presided over by Bishop
NcDougaI of the English church in
South America. 1t extends from Pan
anna down the Pacific coast. 1t en-
braces 100000 square miles and has
about 5000 miles of coast line. The
bishop is trying to raise funds for
churches and schools for his people,
who number several thousand natives
of the British Isles.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
To Revive House Plants.

Charcoal and a small quantity of
potash mixed to a fine powder and
fed to the roots twice a week for a
few weeks will revive a dropping or,
dying house plant. This seems to
act as a tonic and has been tried sew
eral times with good effect In less
than a months time the plant will
take on new life and flourish vigorous
ly if all the necessary elements are
not out of the soil.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
Bright Wells.

The woman who prides herself on
never allowing the tiniest new fancy
to escape her in the sartortaI world
will not neglect to wear a bright
hued veil with her dark hats and cos
tunes, with a bunch Of silk flowers
fastened on the lapel OF her coat to
match the veil. Thus dark blue coat
and skirt, worn with dark hat, will
be frightened by very brilliant pur-
pie veil and bunch Of bright purple
silk anemones, not initiating the flow
ers, but merely carried in the fat,
like an embroidery, pinned in the but
tonhoIe Of the coat. The petticoat
should also be purple.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
Favored Toothpicks.

To make favored toothpicks take
one box of toothpicks and place in a
strainer or anything that is perforated
with holes and put toothpicks in; then
take oil of cinnamon or oil Of lemon
or any oil favor that has pleasant
taste and put into a vessel large
enough to put strainer with toothpicks
and cover all with towel or cloth and
the fumes of the oil will penetrate
the tOothpicks and you have some
thing nice and sweet. Try same and
see how nice they are in the mouth.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
Smart Neck Bows

1t is far better to buy one or two
smart neck bows and buckles than to
try to make them and turn out an ar
ticle which is palpably home made
The trouble with the average woman's
neckwear is that she does not choose
it for its becomingness but because
it looks pretty in the shop window.
Certainly with little taste and
judgneuJ applied to ones buying
there is no need of having inappro-
pirate or unbecoming things.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06

wavy whiskers. which has been cult
waited with care and pride for thirty
six years and has been increasing in
length at the rate of almost four
inches per annum. Mr.. Langseth
claims that instead of being a hin
drance. this facial adornment is of
real value. making an excellent chest
protector in cold weather and warding
off the chill blasts of the Dakota win
fprS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06

The coat is semi-ftting and also has
straps at the sides and to form fasten-
ing below the satin collar; the wrists
are trimmed to match.
Hat Of brown satin lined with black
and trimmed with a bow at the side
Materials required: AZ yards IS
inches wide, u yard satin 20 inches
wide, 4 yards silk or satin for lining
coat, IL dozen buttons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
WORLDS RECORD BEARD

Boards are not as fashionable now
as they were thirty years ago, but
there is man in North Dakota who
has a growth which is probably
worlds record. Hans n. Langseth,
native Of Norway, possesses a growth
Of eleven feet six inches of beautiful
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
HINTS FOR NEEDLEWOMAN
Little Suggestions That VIII Prove
Helpful to Woman Who Does
Her Own Sewing.

When your thread persists il knot
ting, unthread your needle and thread
it from the other end. It will cease
to trouble you.
In selecting draperies for windows
do not neglect to look at the fascinat-
ing cotton goods in the dress depart
ments. The mercerized fabrics as we'll
as the voiIes lend themselves admir-
ably to this purpose.
To save the top of a stocking from
being torn out by the supporters fas-
tening, attach a small brass ring to
piece of tape and sew the tape to the
stockings. Clasp the supporters through
the rings, using rings that will allow
them t.. Clip through.
Make generous seams under and
over the arms, and generous hens on
the closing at the back. Make the but
tonholes in a fly, and thus the goods
is not damaged, and the waist can be
widened as well as heightened if neces-
sary Have plenty Of tucks in the lit
tie skirts, and turn in the ends of the
belt, stitching with a fine needle and
a fine thread
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
Ignorant Lot

"And so you found the western COW
boys disappointing, remarked the
stay-at-home.
Terribly So" replied the girl who
reads all the magazine stories. s0They
don't even know enough to speak their
own dialect"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
Easily EiNnd

Pa-Embrace me, Thora Reginald
has asked for your hand in marriage.
Thora-But I don't want to leave
mother, pa.
Pa-Oh, never mind that. Take her
along with you.-Stray Stories.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
NEW STYLE DRESSING GOWN
This Garment Is Built on the Magyar
Plan and Is Simple and
Comfortable.

Eiyella, delaine, or a thin cotton
material should be used here. The
lyle is Magyar, and quite simple; it
has one Tevers and a yoke of Paisley
patterned silk or sateen, according to
material used for gown. The fasten,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
KENTUCKYs YOUNG MOTHER

The youngest mother in Kentucky
is Mrs. Kate Fields, of Georgetown.
She is thirteen years old, and the
grandmother of her new born daugh-
ter is just thirty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06

selves definitely, but their boisterous,
healthy, humorous feminine contem-
poraTies seem equally shy of tying
themselves up as they would phrase
it.
It was the pleasing duty Of the
chaperon, by carefully guarding her
pretty charges, to fan the fame Of
love, and, by putting every obstacle in
the way Of the young sutton ito bring
him" as Old-fashioned mothers tersely
put it, TO the point"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
Pa, the ArtfuI 0odger.

PA, what is alIama?"
"a llama, son? Hum! Let's see. A
llama is-er-you'd better look the
definition up in the dictionary. If 1
were to tell you, you would forget il
the next minute"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
Edmund Kean's Debut

One of Edmund Kean's earliest aU-
pearances on the stage was in 1898.
when he rode an elephant over a prop
erty mountain in the first production
Of blue Beard"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
Later the Better.

Hubby-Understand me, madam,
your extravaganza will have to cease.
sooner or later.
Young Wife-Very well Wen
make it later.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06

ooh, mother I just broke a win
dow with my ball"
Very well, Tommy, I'm busy Just
now, but if you'll remind me later III
punish you Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-06-06
If You Are Z Trlfle Sensitive

About the size Of your shoes, you can
wear size smaller by shaking Aliens Foot
Ease, the antiseptic powder, into them.
Just the thing for Dancing Parties and for
Breaking in New Shoes. Sample Free.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y