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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
President Timothy Dwight of Yale Ad-
yised the Great Carolinlan to
Study Law In the New
School at Litchfield.

John c. Calhoun was graduated
from Yale college in 1904 when that
seat Of learning was under the admin
istration Of the first President Tim
Othy Dwight. After his graduation
Calhoun became a student in the first
law school established in this country.
at Litchfeld, Conn, within a stones
throw of the birthplace of Henry
Ward BeeCher. He received a diploma
from this pioneer school in 1907. was
admitted to the bar Of Connecticut on
the credit of that diploma. and then
went Immediately to his native part
Of South Carolina and set himself up
tn the practice of law. At the time
Calhoun stu6ied law it was the al
most universal practice for young men
who aspired to be lawyers to prepare
for admission to the bar by reading in
the office of a lawyer. So far as
know, no biographer of Calhoun tells
why the great South Carolnian broke
away from this custom of long stand
ing.
Briefly, he was persuaded to do Sc
by none other than a Connecticut
Yankee: and my authority for this
statement is Rev. Jonathan Brace
who for many years was a promi
nent Congregational clergyman in
Connecticut, and who. when Calhoun
was beginning to gain great promi
hence, secured his information from
the family of President Dwight OF
Yale.
In his early manhood Calhoun was
a stanch Presbyterian. and so he
should have gone to Princeton In,
stead of Yale college" said Mr.
Brace But certain intimate family
associations with some of the Yale
instructors induced Calhoun to enter
Yale, where he speedily became g
great favorite with President Dwight
He entered the junior class. In his
senior year he had many conferences
with President Dwight, and there was
one based upon their different view:
as to the true source Of political pow
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Doc Came Back.

He was a scisntist-an artful sci
enlist, indeed-and one day he lost
his eve lamb-a pet pomeranian. But
this learned man did not search the
neighborhood; he did not even visit
the local police station. All he did
was to advertise in the newspaper that
his dog had 'srayed," as he cunning
ly expressed it. Beneath the adver-
tisement. however. he inserted these
tragic words: The dog is of no value.
not even to the owner. But, having
been experimental upon for scientific
purposes with many virulent poisens.
a lick from its tongue-and it is ex-
tremeiy fectionate-would probably
prove fatal" That dear little DOG
duly returned the next day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Shaped Calhoun's Education

eT which very greatly impressed Prest-
dent Dwight 1t was an argument that
lasted all evening, and when it was
over President Dwight ventured to
say to Calhoun that his gift for pro-
found reasoning, his ability to per-
suade those who heard him argue that
his argument was sound. and his
knowledge of historic as we'll as of
contemporary government and poll
tics would, without doubt, If used to
that end make Calhoun a man of very
great national prominence, and. per
haps might bring him to the presi-
dency.
''Of course, this encomium greatly
pleased Calhoun, and it may have
done something to persuade him to
take up politics very early in his ca
reer. However, at the time of the ar
gument that drew forth this praise
Calhoun's ambition was to make a
great lawyer of himself, and after his
graduation from Yale he sought the
advice of President Dwight respecting
his preparation for admission to the
bar The elder man strongly advised
Calhoun to enroll himself as a stu
dent in the law school at Litchfeld,
Conn, saying that Calhoun could in
that way more thoroughly ground him,
self in the fundamental principles OF
the law than by reading the books In
any lawyers office.
THE Litchfield law school was then
/ young institution, not even its foun-
/ ders were certain that it would prove
a successful experiment. Calhoun at
| first was doubtful about the wisdom OF
| following President Dwight's advice
so he started to read Jaw in an office
in Charleston; but while he was thus
| engaged he came to the conclusion
/ that President Dwight had laid out
( the proper course for him to follow
and he sat down and wrote letter to
( the Litchf1eld law school. in which
/ he asked if he would be accepted as a
student. In due course he received q
/ favorable reply and shortly thereafter
! enrolled as a student IN the school
a step that Cardinals greatest lawyer
and ablest public citizen never re
/ GREETED taking at the advice of a Con
necticut Yankee"
| Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards. Al
Rights Reserved)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Clean Money,

United States Treasurer McClung
has recommended in his annual report
that congress provide additional facili-
ties for exchanging old and detaced
United States paper currency for new
Asserting that there is a widespread
interest which advocates a cleaner
and more sanitary currency, he says
that the sentiment is a laudable one
and should be attainable because the
expense is but a trifie compared with
the beneficial results. 1t has been
demonstrated that bacteria attach
themselves readily to paper money,
and there is no doubt that disease is
thus disseminated. Mr.. Meetings.
crusade for a clean curr. ncy ought to
find prompt and sympathetic response.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
English Translation of Records
Kept by a Physician.
Light on Historic EVents-Marie An
toinette on Her Way to the Gull
Iotine-GIimpses of the
Great Bonaparte.

New YOrk.-There was a celebrated
Partisan doctor named Poumias de la
Siboutie, who died in 1863 after being
the professional attendant of most Of
the great men Of his day and an &C
tive participant in most of the great
events that happened between the
French revolution and the second en-
pire. He was an energetic diarist and
dearly loved a good story. Toward
the ehd Of his life he began whipping
his diaries and memoranda into a
book of recollections.
He died before the work was COM
pleted, but his daughters wove the I'M
finished book and the remaining dia-
ries together, and the result Is now
published in an English translation
made by Lady Theodore Davidson and
just now issued in America. The
title is "Recollections of a Partisan
Under Six Sovereigns, Two Revolu-
tons and a Republic, 1789-1863."
At first it seems rather surprising
that the doctor should be able to give
"reminiscences of 1889, for he was born
in that year. But there is no mystery
about it. In early life he made the
acquaintance Of the surviving figures
in the great events that were enacted
during his babyhood, attended some
Of them professionally and heart from
their lips their versions Of those
events
One Of the persons whose acQuaint-
ance he made was a spectator of the
execution Of Marie Antoinette. and
gave him this account of it:
THE queen sat quite alone in a
market cart between Samson (the ex-
ecutioner) and his assistant. Her
hands were tied behind her back. She
wore a white camisole, and a cap on
her head, which had been tied on
crooked.
"She was as white as a sheet and
trembled so that she had to be helped
out of the cart. She was lifted rather
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
BURN BUILDING TO KILL GERM
Only Way to Get Rid of Them, and
Occasion Was Made a Good
Object Lesson.

ramshackle building in Winston
Salem was recently burned at the re-
quest of the local Anu-TubercuIosis
league, because it was said to be alive
with tuberculosis germs and could not
be properly fumigated.
For days before the building was
burned huge placards announcing the
hour of destruction and giving rea-
sons for the burning were hung about
in prominent places. Among other
things the rIacaTds said: Within the
past Is months two men who sold
fruit, etc, here have died of tuber-
cuIosis, but unconscioUsly left millions
of tuberculosis germs by careless
splitting. The building is so open that
it cannot be effectively fumigated.
The only practical means of disinfect-
ing is by fire"
At the appointed hour, while nil
lions of tuberculosis germs were be-
ing burned, 5000 pamphlets telling
now TO prevent consumption, were DIS
tributed to the crowd looking on.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Grapes Packed in sawdust.

The report on the first car load OF
grapes shipped from Lodi. Cal, packed
in redwood sawdust has been received
from New York. and it is to the effect
that the experiment has proved a com
plete success. The grapes were packed
six weeks ago in drums with odorless
redwood sawdust and were kept there
until a few days ago, when they were
forwarded to the market for the hoii-
day trade. They are reported as re-
tanning their color and flavor perfect
Iy. being as firm as when picked from
the vines. Local growers and ship
pers viii now ship IN large quantities
table grapes packed in this way.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
MAN Is FARMING AT NIGHT
Californian Attaches searchilghts to
His Plows-EmpIoys Two Crews
of Men.

Stockton, Cal.-Farming at night is
the innovation just introduced into
this county by E. w. Fowler, who
lives twelve miles west of Lodi. Fow-
Ter has two crews of six men each
and has been ploying night and day
Immense searchlights are attached to
the plows and the laborers declare
they can see at night almost as well
as during the day. An tncongruous
feature Of the work Is that when the
night crew is eating breakfast at 6
o'clock at night the day shift is eating
supper from the same table. Fowler
is planting 1000 acres of barley and
has Iesorted to the novel scheme Of
working "a hours a day in order that
he may get the grain in before the
heavy rains.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
SECRETS ARE TOLD

than assisted on to the scaffold. San
son tore off her cap and in a moment
all was over"
Of Napoleon he says: 'He had a
pleasant face with refined features
and a kindly, benevolent expression.
None Of the many portraits known to
me, even by the greatest Of artists
give more than faint idea of his
noble countenance"
NJ. Dunod, who was three years gen
tleman usher Of the bedchamber,
told the doctor that Napoleon was
very fussy; the least thing set him
grumbling and complaining. Through
out his whole military career he was
not once wounded, though he never
spared himself. The wound at Rats
bon, of which SO much has been made,
was a mere bruise from the blow Of a
spent ball
The doctor was one of those who
took part in the general assembly of
electors on Napoleon's return from
Eba. Napoleon, he says, was very
late in coming. When at last he ap-
peared the vast throng rose, shouting,
Vive la France! Vive la nation!' The
few feeble cries of 'ViVe Pempereur!'
could barely be distinguished.
HE threw a scowling glance around
him. Everybody remarked the altera-
ton in his appearance. He had grown
stouter, and his fat face was pale and
weary, though still impressive"
To those who think Of France as de-
voted to Napoleon. and who have been
unable to account for his sudden
downfall, this picture of 1914 is illu-
minating-all the more because the
doctor was a strong Bonapartist:
There was hardly family any
where that had not to weep for one or
more of it's members. AS long as Ma
poleon is at the head of affairs they
grumbled, we shall never have any
thing but war; no peace is possible
while his Unsuitable ambition sur
wives
Herein lies the true explanation of
our lack of patriotism at the crucial
moment"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Decay of Diplomacy.

Diplomacy is not a career which en-
courages the growth of a strong per
sonaIty. The diplOmatist is necessar-
lily the tool of other men. Wandering
from capital to capital, he is the
mouthpiece of successive ministers, to
whose divergent policies he must
adapt himself with the good grace that
leads to swift promotion. If he de-
velops decided views of his own, or
allows himself to cultivate embarrass-
ing sympathies, he is apt to be marked
as a dangerous and uncomfortable sub
ordinate, for whom there will present
" yawn some obscure and distant hole
in a South American legation. The
great ambassadors lived in the days
when no telegraph had yet been in
vented to make bureaucracy omnipres-
ent. 1t wants only some further per-
lection of the long-distance telephone
to abolish the diplomatist altogether
London Athenaeum.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Fires MIL to XII TarantuIa.

Pottsville, Pa-Two persons whose
identity the police are unable to dis
cover set fire to the PottsviIle Noodle
company's factory, on Railroad street,
and then turned in an alarm and
brought out the PottsVille fire depart.
ment
One of the incendiaries, while run
ming away, told bystander he start
ed the fire to burn a tarantula, a ven
omous spider, which had crawled In a
crack, having come from the Morris
fruit storage rooms. The blaze thus
started was so confined that the fire
men were for a time puzzled as to how
to get at IL The damage was s40n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

sure to be president Of the United
Stafes!' The people cheered, Mr..
Pierce and exchanged compliments,
neither of Us dreaming that the predic-
ton would come true Nor, of course,
did it enter our minds that seven
years later We wouldz both be presi-
dental candidates, he upon the vfcto-
zsous Democratic ticket and I at the
head of the Free Soil ticket"
Copyright, 1911. by E. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved-)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

New York State Officials viii Organ
ize Corps of Men Expert
enced in Drills.

AIbany.-In order to get a better
ldea regarding the number Of men in
New York state interested in military
subjects and having more or less abil-
ity with small arms, officials Of the
state militia propose to organize a
national guard reserve, enrolling all
men affiliated with rife clubs and like
organizations throughout the state.
The reserve list also will contain the
names of all those in he state who
have seen service in the regular army,
the national guard or in volunteer
regiments in the Spanish war, and
also men who have had military train
ing at schools and colleges.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

smoked the bear out Of its den, and
before Smith could defend himself, he
was disarmed by a blow from one of
its paws.
Smith was compelled to fight the
bear without weapons. He succeeded
in getting his arms around the brute
neck and shut off it's wind. In less
than five minutes he had choked It
to death. Smith is q well known
tapper.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
TO TEACH BABY ESPERANTO
Parents of Detroit Girl to Give That
Language Preference to English
and German.

Detroit, Mich.-Alberta Francisco
Beutler, daughter of J. G. Beutler, ho-
tel proprietor, of this city, has the dis
tinction, her father says, of being the
first Esperanto baby in America, both
her mother and father being pioneers
of the movement in the United States.
Mr.. BeutIer, who is ffty-nine years
old, was playing with his grandson at
the time he was informed of the birth
Of his daughter. He stated that it was
his firm intention to make the baby
learn the Esperanto language before
either English or German. He also
says that he will bring her up to be
a suffragette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
OLDEST SKULL IS DUG UP

brows like that Of a gorilla, the frontal
bone making a greater curve than was
found in either the Chapelle Aux
Saints skull or that found in the cave
in Neanderthal. The jaws are power
full, with the under jaws projecting
The teeth show that mankind at that
distant age already had learned to
chew its food thoroughly. The sur
faces Of the teeth are much worn.
Martin, who is president of the
Prehistoric society, presented the skull
and skeleton to the Academy of Med
icine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
WARSHIP AS MAIL CARRIER

ships are kept moving more or less
to prevent depreciation of material
and discipline, but they spend days,
weeks and months in idleness, often
at almost the full expense of sailing
equipment, when if they could be en-
ployed On business errands for the
government they might effect a large
saving for the postoffice department.
At least, this is the kind of talk one
hears from members of the congress
on whom Mr.. Cowles springs his
scheme. Mr.. Cowles would have cruis-
ers carry mail from the Atlantic to
the Pacific by way Of the Panama
canal.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Sunerstitinus Waiter

A man dining at a cafe observed
chat though he had ordered one dozen
oysters, he was served with only
eleven. The next evening the same
thing occurred again. Then the din
er became somewhat irritated
Why" he demanded of the waiter,
do you serve me only eleven oysters
when I order a dozen?"
The waiter bowed alphabetically,
Il didn't think you'd wanting to be
sitting thirteen at table, sir"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Get Rid of Rheumatism and Neuralgia

Send one dollar to The Lightning Rem
edy Company, Nicholas Building Toledo,
Ohio, for one months treatment of the
best rheumatic remedy known. During
the past six years we have cured thou
sands of cases. We have received hun
dreds of testimonials to prove that this
remedy has cured the worst cases OF
rheumatism and neuralgia. Relief from
pain in from one to four doses.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
First Financial Center.

The Bank of Venice, established in
1857, was the financial center of the
world; and when the Revival of Let
tiers came. followed almost immediate
" by the invention of printing, it was
Venice that led the world in the out
put of books and the spread of inteIli-
gence
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
CHOKES BIG BEAR TO DEATH
Well Known Trapper, Disarmed by
4o0-Pounder, Uses Natures
Weapons.

Monticello, n. Y.-Bern Smith of
Monticello. Sullivan county. has on ex-
hibition a 40O-pound bear which he
choked to death in a conflict at the
entra.ce Of the bears den. Emith
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
In1nortant to Mothers

Write it on your heart that every
day is the best day in the year. No
man has learned anything rightly, I'M
til he knows that every day is dooms-
day.-EmersOn.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Cutlery.

THAT politician used to have a
knife up his sleeve for you"
Yes" replied Senator Sorghum
But l have observed him at luncheon
and his knife is not going to do me
any harm. He's too busy eating with
It"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

satan--Tm surprised to find you
here. thought you would surely get
q seat in paradise. New Yorker
wearily)-Nothing doing; specula
tors had them all-Puck-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Easily Made

but a very simple method, and enc
which gives individuality to the con
yenience, is to afix one or more mi
tial letters Of metal similar to those
formerly used on handbags.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Man of the Present.

"a man has to be up-to-date to do
anything nowadays"
Yes" replied Mr.. Dustin Stax
when I talk 10 an investigating com
mtttee 1 find it desirable not to dwell
needlessly on the past"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Many Dig for Gold.

Savannah, Ga-Digging for gold be-
lieved to have been lost from Span
ish ship, hundreds Of years ago. has
become a popular pastime on St.
Mary's river, from Kings Ferry to
COleraine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
as candy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

We are our best when we try to be
it not for ourselves alone, but for our
brethren.-Phillips Brooks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Walking a Mile.

The man who walks mile for his
health is wise. but the one who does
it to save q nickel cheats himself.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

The three degrees in medical treat
ment: Positive, i'll; comparative, pill;
superlative, bill.-Saered Heart Re
view.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

Model (smilingly)-Oh, that's all
right. Every one says I'm a peach.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

Mr. Stockton Bonds-Noah was a
wonderful f1nancier.
Mr.. Dustin Stax-How so?
Mr.. StocksOn Bonds-He floated a
stock company when everybody else
was forced into involuntary Iiquida,
Tip71
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
These SIX LETTERS
From New England Women
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

Marriage separates a bachelor from
a lot of illusions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

A good conscience makes an easy
couch.-JacksOn Wray.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

No, Alonzo, it isn't difficult for a
woman to keep secret-going.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Who Gould Doubt II?

Artist (angrily)-No; I don't want
model I only paint flowers or
fruit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-08
Specialization.

Specialization.
specialization means the ability to
fosas all of your energies on one
tding-The Fra
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