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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
SOUTH AFRICA GEMS

There is a peculiar fascination about
the diamond. in some cases even crime
melting in its intensity One feels
distinct thrill of excitement in follow
ing the diamond mining operations
from beginning to end, from blue
ground to the cupful of precious
stones which represents a mines
Gays work.
The diamonds at Kimberley are now
found in a rock of blush slate color,
Familiarity known as blue ground" a
breccia composite. which decomposes
on exposure to the air. sun and rain,
and in a few weeks or months crum-
bles into powder or into a condition in
which it is easily pulverized. This
diamond bearing rock is a deposit in
vent holes, which descend almost
vertically from earth's surface toward
its interior. Each of these volcanic
vent holes is a diamond mine. and the
diamond bearing conglomerate has
been followed downward at some
points for 5000 feet, Most of the
worlds diamonds have in the past
been found on or near the eaTth's sur
face in soft soil or crumbled rock
which readily yields its treasure to
crude washing or sitting The first
diamond mining at Kimberley was of
this sort. but now diamonds are mined
here from the rock and deep under
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
Their Days of Struggle.

Sara Allgood, a versatile member of
the Irish Players, has always dreamed
of being singer, and may go into
musical comedy. Speaking of the Play
eTs, in New York, she said: The en-
thusiasm of us all when this company
was first organized was really won
derful. 1t wasn't for money we work
ed then, / can tell you. 1t was not, in
deed. Because we got between 5 and
10 shilhngs a week, and that only if
we were lucky. Often we would get
nothing at all. When 1 was raised to
10 shillings week l thought l owned
the world. At night after the play
we'd chip in for little feast, and the
boys would run out and get it-one for
tea, another for sugar, another for
bread, and so on. Many's the time
I've dressed myself for my parts in
clothes l made from my mothers old
dresses. And KeTrigan used to Dor
row things from his house to use as
stage properties, once a poker, anoth-
er time blanket. We had nothing of
our own and no money to get anything
with. Why, even yet I wear the old
cape in 'Hyacinth Valley that I stole
from my aunt in those days. I've
never paid her for it, but I've prom
ised to give her five shilIings when
go back to Ireland now"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
The HOME LIFE OF THE
SETTLER
WESTERN CANADA AFFORDS ALL
The COMFORTS AND MANY OF
THE LUXURIES.

a young lady of Wisconsin secured
a certificate at the Milwaukee, ottice
of the Canadian Government, and on
presenting this to the ticket agent of
the railway at the Canadian boundary
line she secured a ticket at a T, duced
rate which carried her tC Edmonton,
Alberta, from which point, about for
" miles, she had friends. This was a
couple of years ago, and the young
lady is now married to one OF the
promising young farmers of the dis
trict.
In writing of her trip to the Mil
waukee representative Of the Cana
dian Government she says: 4 enjoyed
my trip up here very much, and ex-
pect to so out to our homestead in
the Pembina district next spring" To
the housewife the information that
she has put up twelve quarts of rasp-
berries" is important, as they picked
them themselves" and they might
have picked ten times the quantity If
they had required them, for there is
no country where wild fruit grows in
such abundance. The letter goes on
to say, and this is interesting from a
woman's standpoint, the country is
very beautiful Speaking of the
friends with whom she went up to
live, she says: "They certainly have
a beautiful farm and house'-they
had been there about four years, also
going from Wisconsin-they have
about twenty acres of oats and bar
ley, five acres alfalfa, three acres po-
tatOes and I don't know how many of
vegetables. I think they have about
forty acres under cultivation altogeth-
er. They are now draining a slough
which they will afterwards pillow and
put into fall wheat. They also have
a large herd of cattle, and Mrs. G.
has about 100 chickens. They make
on an average Of 80 pounds of butter
every week. never saw such grand
cream"
Now these people are enjoying life
in Alberta; they have a splendid eli
mate, excellent prospects, and are
happy that they are part and parcel
in the working out OF the upbuilding
of new country. that will take it's
place amongst the progressive cour-
tries of the century. Numbers of let
tiers that express satisfaction as ex-
IRENE as the one quoted appear in
literature sent out by the Canadian
Government and which may be had
on application TO any of its agents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
Man, Fearing Children Would Be
Massacred Because of Treaty Alb
rogation, Offers to Celebrate.

Detroit, Mich.-A Hebrew with a
strong foreign accent inquired several
times at the telegraph office in the
Griswold house if a cabIegram had
come for him.
j. S, Grooming is my name" he
told the operator
As he sat HstIessIy in a chair in
the hotel Office, page called Mr.
Grooming" The man jumped to his
feet, walked swiftly towards the page
and seized from his hand a cable
gram
An instants glance acquainted him
with its contents. He buried his face
in his hands
My children, my little ones are
safe, he muttered in German.
Suddenly Strengthening himself he
walked to the clerk and said;
I want to make as many people
happy as possible today. ! have just
had great happiness and l want TO
share it. l shall walk out into your
Detroit streets. find a dozen men that
look hungry and send them in here to
be fed
Later he returned and with him
were a dozen men, not nondescript
tramps, but men neat in appearance,
that looked as if they were temporar-
lily in hard luck
That is the type of man / like to
help said Grooming.
Fred Postal, proprietor of the hotel.
provided the party with a private din
ing room. and the meal the dozen men
got was the best the hotel could pro-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01

by the grateful mother O'Donnell
has called to his assistance practically
all the surviving members of the regi,
ment, and hundreds of letters are be.
ing written by these veterans to &C.
quafntances in the south asking for in,
formation of Little Iowa"
None Of the Iowans remembers even
the surname of the mother-in fact,
nothing other than Little Iowa" is
remembered by the old soldiers, who
have not a single clew upon which to
base their search. However, they
have all joined Sergeant O'Donnell
in the hunt, and if Little Iowa" is
not located it will not be the fault of
the old soldiers.
1t was the day following that on
which General Shermans army left
Columbia that the young woman was
encountered. No physician was near
The army could not be delayed. So
the 25th Iowa soldiers placed the
woman in an ambulance under the
care of Surgeon Marsh and took her
along with them.
That nigh: the child was born and
next morning all the members of the
regiment filed past and took a look
at the little one. The men of Gen. G.
A Stones brigade took up a collection
for the babe and 5000 was handed the
mother. Then it was that he latter
made the promise that in sixteen
years the youngest soldier in the regi
ment could claim as his bride. if he
chose to do SO, the baby who was then
and there named Little Iowa" The
mother and her child were taken to
Charleston and the Iowa soldiers lost
track Of them.
The fact that ODonnen, as the
youngest Of the regiment. was to mar.
ry the girl when she reached 16-was
a standing joke for many DAYS and
then it was forgotten, save by O'Don-
nell. He remembered It. But It was
not until the sixteen years had passed
and another period of time equal to
the first bad elapsed that he deter
mined to hunt the girl up and see
what had become Of her. He didn't
know her name, nor even the state N
which her mother had lived His only
clew was Little Iowa" and for a
number of years he has quietly con
Quoted his search. Recently, how
ever. he has asked the other old sol
dters Of the regiment to assist him in
finding this real Daughter of the
Regiment"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01

FOR SAILED A. II BAYFIELD, Co, WIS; y
a. cult: large. beautiful lake, good fishing: best
improvements. complete; orchard bees, etc: near
town: all cOnYenieEces: Will sacrifice Address
ROGERS Box 3l9, Chicago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
MOUNTAIN Is MELTING AWAY
Colorado Peak $4,000 Feet High Loses
Topknot Over Night-TumbIes
Into CANYON.

Telluride. Colo-With crash like
the discharge OF a battleship's broad,
side. followed by a prolonged roar,
the crest of Lizard Peak, one OF the
highest mountains in Colorado. tum-
bled into the canyons at its base.
The few residents of that locality
did not discover what had happened
until some one noticed a queer change
in formation and an apparent lower
ing of the crest Of Lizard Peak
which was over $4,000 feet high.
Advices from points surrounding
the peak, which is eighteen miles
from here, indicate that 1000 feet
from the crest had crumbled away.
Lizard Peak was one of the sharp
est pointed of the many slender tip
ped monarchs of the San Juan range.
It was difficult of ascension and the
few who have tried to scale it have
reported large caves and assures near
the summit.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
Pet Doc of Fashion

This new color scheme by which
doggy has to match the clothes of his
mistress is a bit intense. They start
ed it in Vienna. hence the couplet
When madame wears brown in Wen
nas Doggy is dyed burnt sienna"
And now Paris and New York are
said TO be enthusiastic for the craze!
Dogs may be the best friends of man.
but woman is certainly the worst enc
my Of dogs. For one woman that real
ly loves them there are hundreds who
just use them for a mawkish craze
and the most pitifuI object in all the
world is the pet dog Of a fashionable
mOndaine. Decked out in ribbons and
bathed in scent, fed on chicken and
certified cream, the poor little wretch
is the quintessentiaI essence of igno-
miny.
Dear madam, if you must lavish
your attentions on something. do, for
mercy's sake, select some less noble
animal to beIittle.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
Brown Bronchial 'Trocbes

For Hoarseness and Throat Troubles No opiates
Sample free. JOIN 8. BRowE & Son, Boston, Mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
TOBACCO JUICE IN HER EYE
After Forty Years of Married Life
Woman Files Divorce Suit
Against Husband.

Stockton Cal.-After having been
married for nearly forty years, Mrs.
Sarah E. Myers of this county mas
filed a divorce complaint against
George Myers. in which the princt
pal allegation is he persisted in spew
ing tobacco juice in her eyes.
She asserts that on one occasion
he directed a stream of the fluid
against her face with such force that
she was blind for several weeks.
Mrs. Myers declares that her nus
bands cruelty began in 1890 and ex
tended up to few months ago, when
she was driven from their home in
Lodi. According to the aged woman's
story, it was not an infrequent occur,
renee for her husband to knock her
down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
DENTISTRY NOT NEW
SAMPLES OF ANCIENT WORK IN
MUSEUMS.
Most Interesting Because the Oldest
Is Specimen of Bridge-Work Which
Was Found in a Phoenician
Tomb at Sidon.

Dentistry. though considered Pc
culiarly modern, has been found high
" developed in the past Actual speci-
mems Of ancient dentistry may be
seen in various European museums.
The most interesting of these speci-
mems, because the Oldest, is a Phoeni-
clan example Of bridge-work found in
a tomb at Sidon. The specimen is
now IN the Louvre at Paris. and con-
sists OF part Of the upper jaw of
a woman with the teeth united by
gold wire. Two Of them are trans
planted teeth fastened in by gold wire
In the museum Of Corneto (Which was
the ancient Tarquinii, the capital Of
the Etruscan federation) may be seen
a number of marvellous specimens of
dental work Of the sixth and seventh
centuries before Christ They consist
mainly Of bridge-work done by riveted
bands Of metal. One Of them support
ed three artificial teeth, two of these
artificial teeth being made out of a
single OK tooth grooved to initiate
rather closely two human teeth. In
the laws of the Twelve Tables, writ
ten in Rome $50 B. c., while it is ex-
pressly forbidden to bury gold orna-
ments with bodies, a special excep-
ton is made for gold with which the
teeth may perchance be bound to-
gether. The museum of Pope Julius
at Rome contains a gold cap made of
two small plates of gold stamped out
to represent rather closely a middle
lower incisOr and these two pieces
soldered together to form the crown
of a tooth.
The satiric poets of Rome, especial
ly Martial, referred frequently to arti-
fetal teeth. Martial speaks of an old
woman who was so scared that as
she ran away her teeth fell cut. in one
epigram he answers the question why
one woman's teeth are dark, while an
others are white, though both are of
the same age. by saying thai one Of
them buys her teeth, while the other
has her own. The Romans had a
number Of different kinds of denti-
frices, and took great care Of their
teeth. Galen describes a form of pas
tile containing aromatics and opium
that might be used as a toothache
gum. The filling of teeth with various
kinds OF metal is described by CELSIUS,
though the first sure reference to gold
filling does not occur until about the
middle of the fifteenth century. The
transportation of teeth, especially
from the mouths of slaves into those
OF their mistresses, seems to have
been practiced rather. commonly in the
early days Of the Roman empire
Journal of the American Medical Asso,
citation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
Greatest Diamonds Are Found in
the Kimberley Fields.
Sparklers Are Found in a Rock of
Blush Slate Color Which Disin-
tegrates on Exposure - De
Beers Company in Control.

LondOn.-As johannesburg and the
Rand mean gold, so Kimberley means
diamonds, the worlds greatest known
deposit of this precious stone-a de
post so extensive and so rich that if
1t were mined to the extent of the
capacity to do so and it's produce
were thrown Immediately upon the
market, the supply would so far ex-
coed the demand that the price of
diamonds would decrease rapidly and
steadily, and the diamond would lose
much of its prestige as a precious
stone. America is familiar with gold
mining on a grand scale even on the
scale of the Rand, and there is moth
ing either in the methods or the re-
suits of South African gold mining to
attach the interest of novelty or the
fascination of mystery to the digging
of ore and extraction of the precious
metal But with diamonds the case is
different, a correspondent writes We
have no such mines at home
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
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SEARCH FOR LITTLE IOWA"
Romance Is Related OF Baby Born or
Sherman's March 10 Sea-WhoIe
Regiment Takes Peek

Forty-six years ago. down near Co
iumbia. S. c., there was born a little
black-eyed baby girl to a Confederate
mother, in a Federal ambulance &C
companying General Sherman's army,
then on its famous march to the sea.
In recognition of the kindnesses of
the 25th Iowa troops. who cared for
her at the time, the southern mother
called the baby Little Iowa" and
smilingly told the officers of that
regiment that when Iowa reached
the age Of 16 years she should be
given in marriage to the youngest SOL
dler of the regiment.
AS a sequel. Sergeant O'Donnel, of
Mapleton. Iowa, whom the records
show to have been the youngest man
in the regiment, is out at this late
date seeking the whereabouts of Lit
tie Iowa, with the intention, it is pre-
sumed, of asking the fulfllment of
the promise made so many years ago
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
RULERS IN TRADE
Kaiser Wilhelm Holds First Place
Among Royalty.
King Gustavus Of Sweden Makes
Money Out of Real Estate Deals
A Pair of Royal Spectators
Some Are inventors.

London.-MonaTchs are not always
making money. And perhaps the
kaiser should be given first place
among reigning sovereigns for shrewd
commercialism. He makes a strong
point Of cuItivating the friendship OF
financial magnates. not only in his
own but in other countries as well
The kaiser has some very large
holdings in the Hamburg-Americah
steamship line, He is extensively in
terested in the diamond mine enter
prises of German West Africa IN
connection with the vast forests com
priseG In the crown domains and on
his private estates he carries on
large lumber business His horse
breeding establishment in western.
Prussia brings him in a handsome
revenue. He is the principal stock
holder in the lager beer brewery at
Hanover. And he carries on an ex-
tensiVe mandatory of pottery on his
private estates at Cadinen.
GustaVus, the present ruler Of the
Swedes. is total abstainer On com
ing to the throne he disposed of his
fathers extensive brewery interests.
But he still retains many other profit
able investments. He has money IN
mills and mines, and he seldom neg
lects to extol the virtues of the Grand
hotel at Stockholm, in which he is by
far the largest stakeholder
He IS a successful Spectator build
er. In this way: When property in
the slum districts of the Swedish me
tropolis is going dirt cheap. along
comes the king and buys it. And
soon on the sites of. the dilapidated
buildings rise handsome houses and
thoroughfares. which increase the
value Of the property many times
over.
Few monarchs have shown them
selves cleverer managers of a wife's
property than the king of Denmark.
By shrewd investments he has al
ready multiplied its value many times.
In a large number of his enterprises
he is associated with his royal brother.
King George of Greece. who possesses
an immense fortune. which he owes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
Aristocratic Pests.

A most interesting development in
connection with efforts to destroy the
alfalfa beetle is reported from the re-
gion of the Mediterranean. It's de
structive power in alfalfa fields is
enormous. So valuable has the alfalfa
become to the farmers of the country
that the appearance and ravages of the
pest are occasion of deep and wide
spread concern.
But how did the beetles find their
way from the Mediterranean shores
to the plains of the West? It may
be understood readily that they have
taken passage on vessels from that
part Of the world to our eastern ports
But how did they make the trip over
land?
a partial answer, at least, to these
questions is found in the results of
investigation of the "sweepings" in
palace cars in the west. The vacuum
cleaner" is used in cleaning these
cars. Thirty-seven of the destructive
pests were found a few days ago in
the clutches of a cleaner used in one
compartment of sleeping car!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
When the lac Looks COO.

i have been in countries where the
laboring man had meat once a year;
sometimes Christmas and East
er. And have seen women carrying
upon their heads a burden that no
man would like to carry, and at the
same time knitting busily with both
hands And those women lived with
out meat; and when | thought of the
American laborer I said to myself:
After all, my country is the best in
the world And when I come back
to the sea and saw the old flag flying
IN the air, it seemed to me as though
the air from pure joy had burst into
blossom. Robert G. Ingersol
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01

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Street, Ottumwa, Iowa.
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til she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's
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This famous remedy, the medicinal in
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IL you want special advice write to
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
Ride Wave on Blanket.

San Francisco, CaL-Using a sheet
of cotton cloth about the size of a
counterpart and weighing two and a
half pounds for q raft. three men
cruised about a local swimming tank,
giving & administration of a Ife-saving
invention.
The cloth had been saturated with
a solution that gave it peculiar
buoyancy 1t IS the invention of a
Dane. The three men were amply
supported and left the raft dry shod
A pillow was used as an aquatic head
rest, and two coats weighing less
than three pounds did service as
boats.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
Shipped for Soup, Patriarch will be
Given TO Zoo-Weighs Seventy
eight Pounds.

Philadelphia-Th patriarch of
swapping turtles is in Philadelphia.
He weighs 70 pounds and is thought
by experts to be 1000 years old. He
was discovered in the woods Of Hi
nois and captured. Then he was
shipped to Henry ". Young in the
Reading Terminal market, with in
structions to sell for conversion into
soup, But when Young saw him he
decided to present him to the Zoo.
The turtles head is as big as a
St. Bernard pups. His shell is SO
inches long, and when h. pushes his
face out from one end and his tail
out from the other. he measures from
tip to tip So inches.
Turtles like elephants and whales.
have been blessed with almost i'm
mortal life There is no telling the
exact age g5 this old fellow but as
srepFers do not grow fast ard start
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01
Favors Women Students

At the Inauguration ceremonies con
nected with the opening of new build
ings of the University Of Vienna. the
pro-rector, DR.. Bernatzek. expressed re-
dents in the department Of jurispru-
dence. This was no fault, however.
he said, Of the faculty. which had ey
pressed itself in favor of the admis-
sion Of women y years ago Five
years ago, when the imperial educa-
tional authorities had made no reply
to the request another communication
was sent to them asking that women
be allowed to matricuIate as students
of law. This request was also ignored
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-02-01

in great measure to undertaking GER
tain operations in American grain
about IS years ago. which the closing
of Odessa and other southern Russian
seaports to the export of grain, owing
to the war with Turkey, rendered ex-
tremely profitable.
From the sale Of beer the prince
regent of Bavaria draws immense
sums.
Our own King George is another
monarch who does not scorn to make
money by side lines From his model
farms at Windsor, Balmoral. Sandring-