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pepraved RenevoIence.

cone of the queerest old human
freaks in New York shows up around
the police station whenever there is a
report Of runaway boys in town" said
policeman. His purpose would not
be exactly approved by the Bible so
cieties. Re does not want to lecture
the boys or send them home or i'm
prove their morals in any way He
simply wants to crafty their thwart-
ed ambition and show them Coney
Island and the Bowery before ney are
yanked back home by angry parents.
That is what most of them run away
ior-to see Coney island and the Bow
ery-and this old codger argues that
any boy who has grit enough to stand
the hardships of a stolen ride to New
York ought to be allowed to see those
places. His benevolence isn't all
wind, either He is willing to foot the
bills if the boys will be allowed to go;
but very few of them are. That is
what breaks the old gentleman's
heart He lays aside a small sum Of
money each year for this peculiar
charity"
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Everywhere She is Doing Now What
Formerly Was Considered the
Work of Man.

1t may. be difficult to tell what is a
woman's age, but unquestionably this
is It. Mems colleges into which wom-
en- have made their way have had to
drive them out again in order to give
the men a chance at graduation hon
ors. From the pulpit and the bar down
to the coal mine and the iron furnace
women are doing what used to be
regarded as mans work. The liter
allure of the day is Overwhelmingly
feminist in its character and very
much of it is the work of women.
Men are being told things about wom-
en- that it was not deemed proper for
their fathers to know, and as for them
selves, they are being shown up with
out remorse.
Within a few days Illustrations Of
the feminist revolution. physically ahd
intellectually, have become public.
Man is destined to lose even his
physical superiority. The superinten-
dent of a hospital in Boston. where
5000 babies are born annually, says:
1--WE have noticed that girl babies are
getting taller and that they are ap-
pearing in this world lately with more
real vitality than formerly. The boy
babies continue on the average, both
in weight and height
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
W. N. u, MILWAUKEE,, NO. 88-1912.
FOR SAFETY TO THE DRIVER
Mirrors Installed on Streets of English
Towns Have Proved of Material
Benefit.

Mirrors at street corners to provide
for the drivers of vehicles a view OF
the cross streets have been installed
in at least two towns in England. In
Folkestone there Is an acute angle
street crossing where one corner Is
built up close to the curb. On this
corner il placed a 24x24 inch mirror
supported on gas pipe standards at
such an angle that drivers Of vehicles
coming toward the built-up corner
from either Of the two opposite streets
can see up the streets at right an
giles to their path.
The engineer in charge states that
owing to the impossibility Of motor
lists seeing any on-coming traffic sew
eral accidents and narrow escapes
have occurred at that point. Since
the mirror has been fixed he has not
heard Of anything approaching an ac-
cident The damp, mist, rain or frost
have no i'll effect on the mirror,
which is occasionally cleaned by
passing lamplighter when cleaning his
lamps.
At Malmesburg, in Wiltshire, a mir
ror five by eight feet in size, support
ed on standards so that its top is 10
feet above the street, occupies an an
gular position at the apex of a closed
right-augIe curve. The engineer in
charge says: "The mirror requires
scarcely any cleaning; only wipe
over once in about three months
Engineering News.
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a deep sigh, you must forget this
night and go on as before You love
me. thank God for that, but honor
and respect interpose between US.
And I love you, and I thank God for
that, too but for me as well the
same barrier rises. Whether ne
shall ever surmount these barriers
God alone knows. He brought US
together, he put that love in our
hearts. We will have to leave st to
him to do as he will with US both.
Meanwhile we must go on as be-
fore"
No" cried the man, you impose
upon me tasks beyond my strength;
you don't know what love is, you
don't know the heart hunger, the aw-
full madness I feel. Think, have been
alone with a recollection for all these
years, a man in the dark. in the night;
and the light comes, you are here.
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great gulf which lay between the rich
man and the beggar, that separated
heaven and hell, was that he could
not cross.
q never dreamed, I never hoped
oh" he exclaimed as if he got his
death wound, this cannot be borne"
He turned away but in two swift
steps she caught him.
Where do you go?"
"Out, out into the night"
''You cannot go now, it is dark;
bark to the storm, you would miss
your footing you would fall, you would
freeze, you would die"
What matters that?"
81 cannot have it"
ct would be better so"
He strOye again to wrench himself
away, but she would not be denied.
She chung to him tenaciously.
I will not let you go unless you
give me your word of honor that you
will not leave the plateau, and that
you will come back TO me-"
Il tell you that the quicker and
more surely I go out of life, the hap
pier and better it will be for you"
And I tell you" said the woman
resoluteIy, that you can never go out
of my life again, living or dead" She
released him with one hand and laid
it upon her heart. You are here"
Enid" cried the man.
INC" she thrust him gently away
with one hand yet detained him with
the other-that was emblematic Of
the situation between them. Not
now, not yet, let me think, but prom
Use me you win do yourself no harm,
you will let nothing fmperil your life. -
AS you will. said the man regret
fully. 4 had purposed to end it now
and forever, but I promise"
Your word of honor?"
My word of honor"
And you won't break it."
81 never broke it to human being,
much less will I do so to you'll"
She released him, he went into the
other room and she heard him cross
the floor and open the door and go
out into the night, into the storm
again.
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the dark both as to the man and the
reason.
q don't know" answered the 9th
er.
DO you know this MANI"
81 never saw him in my life that
l can recall"
And have you-did you"
Did suspect my wife?" he asked.
Never. l had too many evidences
that she loved me and me alone for a
ghost Of suspicion to enter my mind.
It may have been a brother, or her
father in his youth"
And why did you wear ft?"
Because I took it from her dead
heart. Some day I shall find out who
the man is and when I shall I know
there will be nothing to her discredit
in the knowledge"
Enid Maitland nodded her head.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
DOGS FOR FARM WORK
AS VALUABLE AS TRUSTY HIRED
MEN, SAYS WRITER.
American AgricuIturists Have Not Suf,
ficiently Appreciates Their Wide
Usefulness, Though 1t Is Rec
osnized in Europe.

In England and Scotland farmers
learned long ago the value Of dogs
70 farm work There the universal Gus
tom is to have dogs daily do their
part the same as trusty hired men
Here in America, however, few farm,
ers know the value o. a well-trained
dog. We are the losers because of
this fact. We will learn, Of course,
IN years to come; and working dogs
that are daily help will replace the
countless farm help "misf1ts" now i'm
posing on the farmers generosity.
1t once happened that the owner of
some sheep dogs worked them back
and forth among focks of sheep at
the same place where many farmers
were assembled in convention. The
farmers witnessed the work the dogs
were doing as the sheep were moved
from barns to pasture, through pens,
gates and lanes. They were amazed
to find them so helpful and wondered
At their intelligence. They saw them
go quietly around the edges of a pas
ture and gather in the sheep from
far away, while the owner waited at
the gate. They saw them herd the
sheep along the lanes, doing work two
men could not have done. And they
prof1ted by what they saw.
They began to believe that the use
full dog will eventually be on most
American farms, when We get to
studying more carefully for ways and
means to save work and expense. 1t
may be on some large estates many
different men are employed, thereby
leaving little opportunity for anyone
70 train a dog. But on the average
tarm this is not the case
Any farmer tired from a hard days
toll would praise the faithful dog that
would go the mile or two into the
pasture to bring in the cows while he
prepared the feed for them
No reference is made to the dog ne
ind on many farms that knows only
enough to run and snap at stock,
driving them in whatever direction
they care to go. Such a dog is Of
little value, for he drives the stock
away as often as he brings them back
10 the pen they have left. Such a dog
might have developed into a good one.
1t was the fault of the master that he
was never trained. Let no man for
get how important it is to have his
log well trained and carefully edu-
Gated to do his bidding The green
unframed dog is like the unbroken colt
Or the new hired man. Neither is
good as a real helper until taught to
10 SIS you wish him to do-Farm and
Fireside.
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ONeHeedina.

A lot Of people eat too much and a
lot more don't eat enough. Some stuff
till there isn't room for another sWal-
low and then eat some more in be
tween and then kick that they haven
enough There are those whose earn
lngs just spill over in a thimble, but
who expect results as if their weekly
CHECK. covered all Manhattan. A good
rule is to leave off eating while
there's still room for more, and fill if
up the next time.-New York Press.
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Il anly one way Of satisfaction in it
sill. one CLEAN Of comfort" he added.
And what is that2"
You don't know what the suffering
Is. you don't understand, you don't
comprehend"
And Why not7"
Because you do not love me"
But do, said the woman quite
simply as if it were matter of
course not only that she should love
him. but that she should also tell him
SO
The man stared at her amazed.
Such fierce surges of Joy throbbed
through him as he had not thought
the human frame could sustain. This
woman loved him. in some strange
way he had gained her affection. 1t
was impossible, yet she had said so!
He had been a blind fool. He could
see that now. She stood before him
and smiled up at him. looking at him
through eyes misted with tears, with
lips parted, with color coming and go
ing in her cheek and with her bosom
rising and falling She loved him, he
had but to step nearer to her to take
her in hts arms. There was trust,
devotion. surrender, everything, in her
attitude, and between them like that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15

The first night I brought you here 1
walked that room on the other side of
that narrow door like a lion pent up
in bars Of steel had only my own
love. my own passionate alteration to
move me then, but now that l know
you love me, that l see it in your eyes,
that l hear it from your lips, that I
mark it in the beat Of your heart, can
I keep silent? Can I live on and on?
Can l see you touch you, breathe the
same air with you, be pent up in the
same room with you hour after hour,
day after day. and go on as before? l
can't do it, it is an impossibility
What keeps me now from taking you
in my arms and from kissing the color
into your cheeks. from making your
lips my own, from drinking the light
from your eyes," He swayed near to
her, his voice rose. What restrainy
me?" he demanded.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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Rate Schedule Lacklnn-

It was the day before Christmas In
oSe of the big railroad Offices, says
the San Francisco Call. They were
talking about the good old days when
they we're all children and there was
no interstate commerce commission.
Well, observed the optimist, CT
guess old Santa win come around as
usual"
Nope" replied the crouch. Don't
look for him this year"
Why not?" asked the optfmist.
Well came the the answer, "un.
der the new law he's a common car.
rier, and the old man hasn't fled his
rate schedule.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
This Is the Age of Woman

AS she weighed a shade over the
200 mark, her husband always dug
up an excuse when it came to accom-
panying her on any attitudes above
easy falling distance.
He was just bordering on the beau
tiful flow Of unintelligible language
used by their guide, when from the
topmost rampant came the "Hilee, Hi
10" trill from his wife, who was lean
ing far out and waving a scarf.
Mr.. Aschenbrenner obligingIy look
ed up and then came to life with an
anguished roar: Gretchen, for your
life, get back! You're bending the
building!"
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She closed the Iocket, laid it on the
table and pushed it away from her.
So this was the man the woman had
loved, who had begged her to go
away with him, this handsome Arm
strong who had come within an ace
of winning her own affection, to
whom she was in some measure
pledged!
How strangely does fate work out
its purposes. Enid had come from
the Atlantic seaboard to be the sec
ond woman that both these two men
loved
If she ever saw Mr., James Arm
strong again, and she had no doubt
that she would, she would have some
strange things to say to him. She
held in her hands now all the threads
of the mystery. she was master of
all the solutions, and each thread
was a chain that bound her
My friend" she said at last with
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
Wei Described.

The other day a young woman
teacher took eight Of her pupils
through the Museum o. Natural His
tory.
We'll, my boy, where did you go
with your teacher this afternoon?"
asked the mother Of one Of them on
his return.
With joyous promptness, he an
swered: she took us to dead cir
GUS YOUTHS Companion.
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Too Soon.

The cave-man was gifted with pro-
phetic vision, and when he perceived
how hideously hairy he was, q discon-
tent took possession Of him. If au-
tomobiIes were only invented, . he
muttered bitterly, Z should be setting
the style In winter coats That sense
Of having been born too soon, when
has it not served to rob men or heir
peace ?-PucI-
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from year to year, and there may be
years when the worlds supply is short
and years when it is plentiful, with
corresponding changes in the range of
prices Horse tails have sold as low
as 90 cents a pound and they have
sold for as much SIS 81. II stocks are
scarce and high In London, and ample
st lower prices here, New York I'M
porters ship horse tails to London; IN
the contrary circumstances London
importers might ship horse tails here.
Horsetail hairs are sorted for length
and colors and they are used either
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
HORSE TAILS ARE IMP0r7F0
They Come From Many d.
Are Used In Making Brus.
and Cloth.

An item that seemed odd in the
manifest Of a steamer lately arrived
from japanese and Chinese ports was
this in the list of her cargo from
Tfentsin: F1fty-fye cases of horse
tails.
As : matter Of tact horse tails, or
the hair thereof. are common ar
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
Show Devotion to Queen

Queen Alexandra was very much
touched by the devotion of the WON
en- Of every station of life who sold
flowers on Alexandra day for one Of
her pet charities, the hospitals Of
London. More than $150,000 was col
lected, and next year it is said that
all of England will celebrate the
queen mothers day in the same way.
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z arkakIa

I've driven my car sor over a year
now" said BiIkins. and I've never
run down anybody"
That's nothing said Mrs. BiIkins.
I've attended the meetings of our
sewing circle for five years and have
never run down anybody. -Harper's
Weekly.
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Tuninu Bells

When bells in a chime produce dis
cord they can be tuned The tone of
a bell may be raised or lowered By
cutting of a little metal in the proper
places. To lower the tone the bell
tuner puts the bell in his lathe and
reams it ont from the point where the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
Slightly Strange.

Hewitt had a queer dream last
night
Jewett-Tu hear it, if you insist
Hewitt thought I was a sweet
girl graduate and that 1 had just read
an essay on ''The Personal Magnetism
Of the Fish"
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Z Mot So Bad

81 don't see how you can find life
worth living in such a small town"
ooh, it's not so bad. We probably
have just as many scandals here as
there are in your neighborhood."
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Oue of Reach.

Townley-How's the new cook get
ting on?
Subbubs-I don't know. She didn't
leave her address.-Boston Transcript.
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ticle Importation into this country
rom China and from pretty much
very other country on earth. The
american market gets large quantities
of them from China, but more from
Russia; and horse tails are imported
here from every other European
country and from South America, from
Australia, from all round the world.
On the other hand there are more
or less American horse tails exported.
From various causes the supply OF
horse tails. like that of anything else,
may in one country and another vary
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
CHAPTER XVII.
The Face in the Locket.

ne race IN the LoCket.
Left alone in the room she sat down
again before the fire and drew from
her pocket the packet of letters. She
knew them by, heart, she had read and
reread them often when she had been
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15
Their Place

Where are marital rods in pickle
sept?"
Il should suggest In family jars"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15

alone. They had fascinated her.
They We're letters from some other
man to this mans wife They were
signed by an initial only and the iden-
tity Of the writer was quite unknown
TO her The woman's replies we're
not with the others, but it was easy
enough to see what those replies had
been. All the passion of which the
woman had been capable had evil
IDENTIFY been bestowed upon the writer
of the letters she had treasured.
Her story was quite plain. She
had married Newbold in fit of
piQue. He was an eastern man. the
best educated, the most fascinating
and interesting Of the men who fire.
Quented the camp. There had been a
quarrel between the letter writer and
the woman; there were always quar-
rels. apparently. but this had been a
serious one and the man had savagely
flung away and left her. lie had not
come back as he usually did She had
waited Tor him and then he had come
back-tOo latel
He had wanted to kill the other. but
she had prevented, and while Newbold
was away he had made desperate love
to her. He had besought her TO
leave her husband TO go away with
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-08-15

One way to lose a friend is to en-.
gage in political argument.
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"a Improvement.

81 got new attachment for the
family piano." said Mr.. GroYcher;
and it's wonderful improvement"
What is it?"
"a lock and key"
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swell begins, nearly down to the rim.
As the work proceeds he frequently
tests the note with tuning fork, and
the moment the right tone is reached
he stops roaming. To raise the tone,
on the contrary, he shaves OF the
lower edge Of the bell, gradually less
ening or fattening the bevel, in order
to shorten the bell, for OF two bells
of equal diameter and thickness the
shorter will give the higher note. A
noteworthy instance OF beu-tuning
was at Lausanne, where twelve bells,
in three neighboring steeples, pro
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CnrrHcted

Isn't that lady attenuated in form?"
DO you think so? Now, I'd call
her real thin"
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CHATTER xvl-(continued)

"Oh, Cod Oh, God!" he cried in
his Humiliation and shame, eff I had
only met you first, or If my wife had
died as others die, and not by my
hand IN that awful hour l can see
her now, broken, bruised, bleeding,
torn I can hear the report of that
weapon; her last glance at me in the
midst Of her fndescribable agony was
one Of thankfuIness and gratitude. 1
can't stand it, am unworthy even of
her"
But you could not help 1t, it was
rot your fault And you cant help
caring-for me-
Il ought to help it, ought not love
you, I ought to have known that l
was not At to love any woman, that
I had no right, that I was pledged
like a monk to the past. 1 have been
weak, a fool. love you and my hon.
or goes, love you and my selfrespect
goes. love you and my pride goes.
Would to Cod I could say | love you
and my life goes and end it all" He
stared at her a little space. There
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In Imminent Danger.

Mr.. and Mrs. Aschenbrenner were
touring Europe. and had just arrived
at Pisa Mrs. Aschenbrenner was all
excited upon reaching the Leaning
Tower and eagerly battered up the
spiral stairway. leaving her husband
Iauguidly awaiting her return.