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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10

slant offers to Brady
offers which, from the
point of view Of their
own poverty, were
handsome enough. But
they seemed beneath
contempt to the gar
dener who dreamed OF
empire.
Not so, however. to
Mrs. Brady. She wept'
cajoled, thr e a t ened.
She conjured her hus-
band, in the name OF
common humanity, not
to let his children
starve before his very
eyes. He made her no
reply, other than by
the crushing method
of leaving the house,
TO take counsel Of his
dreams outside.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10

The beauty doctors tell us that rest
Is a great beautifier-but they never
cite the tramp as an example.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10
So Il Seems.

Speaking of amateur singers
Every little music roll has a crime
that's all his own"
trace of friends who have no sense
Of beauty, but who love to give, with
out the scars of use and the dust Of
running feet-what is it but meat
less shell?
This devotion to things" may easily
become ghoulish passion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10
MinneanoIis Oct < 1910

~EI111II01p OIIos OCI' ., I5I4'
Wheat-No. l, hard, 88Bc; No.
l, northern, 88c; No. 2, northern,
SEC. Corn-No. 3, yellow, @69hc;
Oats-No. 3, white. soc. Rye-No
2, SAC. Flax, 10.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10
Revived

There was a man in our town
Who laid him down one day to d.,
But got right up again when told
Of a circus coming, by and by.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10
Gf0niHcznf

He proposed to her in a canoe"
Did she accept him?"
81 presume so. The canoe cap
sized"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10


I to perfection only after years of in
exhaustible patience and care; and it
was sold for a pittance, but that is
getting ahead of the story.
Once upon a time, in 1889. to be pre-
else, after George Bancroft had re-
turned from long diplomatic service in
Germany, and had settled down to a
tranquilizing old age in his home in
Washington, there grew up among the
aOwer enthusiasts of England, Amer
lea and the continent Jealous quest
Tor a red rose which could be made to
bloom in winter
Mr.. Bancroft's ascendency as a rose
cuIturist in this country had been be-
yond dispute for half a century.
At the time of the Inauguration of
Abraham Lincoln, Mrs. Lincoln de-
SPARED of pleasing herself in the ar
engagements of the White House gar
den, so she called on MT. Bancroft for
help. This she received in such good
and flowing measure that. in acknowl-
adgment of her debt, she sent to the
historian a splendid bouquet of ia
sonicas. In reply he wrote her that
fOr magnificence, the bouquet was a
rair counterpart of Mr.. Lincoln's
brains"
What of official recognition then was
stiil lacking for Mr. Bancroft's genius
as a rose grower was supplied by
Herr Bismarck, who so admired the
American minister to Berlin that he
supplied him with roses and rose cut
tings from the great Bismarck estates
In Pomerania
But all this while, despite the genial
international cooperation Of rose
growers. diplomats and statesmen.
the red rose refused to grow in win
ter Its wintertime behavior was, in
fact, exasperating beyond all words.
IL, after months of herculean effort, a
branch could be made to put forth a
bud some fine morning it was a sickly
purple by noon, and brown by sunset
Little yellow roses had thrived, time
ont of mind, and these, with camelIias
and japUnicas, were the sole reliance
OF those who would have flowers for
winter decoration.
Matters were in this state when Mr..
Bancroft moved to Washington. bring
lug into his charming old house on
Lafayette square two trusted servants:
Herman, who came from Berlin, and
John Brady, the gardener, from Eng.
lRnd
John Brady was installed in the
quaint L-shaped garden, which ran
back to Seventeenth street, and he was
instructed, among other things. to
reap the glory of creating a tractable
red rose.
The task was one which Jumped
with his own desires. The Bancroft
garden was scarcely less a personal
pride to Brady than to Bancroft. and
both secretly believed that no praise
of it could be really to extravagant
1t became a rendezvous for Washing
tons most distinguished persons;
how much so. one can guess from
President Arthurs dictum that The
president is permitted to accept the
invitsdons Of members OF his cabinet
Supreme court judges, and-Mr
George Bancroft"
Dozens of times John Brady seemed
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10

Pippins-Trolley cars are a great
blessin'.
Sippins-They be tibet. They be tn
only things around here tibet an auto
mobile is afraid Of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10
If You Can't Get the Real Thing

Vegetable oysters, begobs,"
Says, Ginx, will do fully as well,
With vinegar made from corncobs
And pepper from cocoanut she'll"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10

He man no made
the A N erica an
Beauty rose is a
beggar on the
streets of Wash
ingtOn. The state
ment sounds more
like q curtain
line" for a Theo-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-10-10


drama, or a riotous contrast
from Jules Verne, than a set
ting forth Of sober fact;
though it is none the less a
fact of due and attested so
briefly, and even, in all kind.
ness. Of some soIemnity.
The rose was created, as
the phrase goes, in George
Bancrolt's famous rose gar
den, by the HISTORIAN errat-
ic old English gardener, John
Brady; it was a legacy to
Brady at Mr.. Bancroft's
death, in token of long and
honorable service, and of the
fact that Brady had brought
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
Strenuous Pace Tells on City Boys

Did you know that when yoa are d
years Of age your brain ID heavier than
at any ether time Of your llfe' DID you
know that the eountry-bred youth is
neither mentally nor physically the equal
OF the city-bred youth. but that IN later
years the boy out On the farm or work
ing In the country grocery store slowly
overhanls his city cousin. and. all things
considered. gets the best out Of life after
all! The city-bred youth. now q man.
gets gray-headed. shows his age and be-
gins TO look quite old, while his coun-
Try cousin Is still in the prime Of life.
All OF this and much more Of an
equally interesting nature Is related by
Prof. !. L. Nsscher. NJ D.. Of the Ford
ham Univsrsity School OF Medicine In an
article on The Strenuous LIe." writ
ten for the New York Medical Record.
Il have previously referred be says.
TO the present-dAy tendency TO hasten
the period OF development and make
a man OF the growing child. pass over
the period Of maturity with indiffsrsnee,
and when the manifestations Of decline
appear. make frantic efforts to proiong
the closing period o. life. The tendency
to hasten development Is seen In our
schools where the mental and physical
Iaborx imposed upon the child have abou,
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

reached the limit Of the capacity o, Tire
young organism.
Compare the school curriculum Of To-
day with the curriculum Of thirty or
forty years aso. The child must learn
all his parents did In their school DAYS. >,
all the advances In science made sI,sce
then. and many subjects which were
thought unnecessary in former days. VET
the school age has not been iengthened
nor the numbsr Of school hours increased.
There is limit to physical capacity, and
that the limit IL often reached In school
Is evidenced by the brain fag which &C.
counts for the inattention and irritabalitv
Of the child during the later school
hours"
DR.. Sascher says that rs a result Of
this forced development In the schools
the city man starts out in mature ufe
with mind and body impaired and shs~-
ing signs Of cd age before his tine.
As for his country cousin. ifs Is better
for him to stay On the farm. or in any
event away frum the big cities.
the man from tina country coming 70
the city and taxing up the RAPID life
Of the city soon breaks down" he says.
He 10 not accustomed 10 late hours
and insufficient sleer. restaurant food,
overhested rooms and bad air. and the
coEstsnt strain Of exciting business
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

which resulted In his becoming an orderly
and successful man.
A foolish young girl endangered her
reputation By unwIse conduct.
Her equally foolish mother failed to give
her counsel or 70 help her find The path
Of prudence and circumspection.
Not one mother Of daughters or sons
reached out a kindly hand.
But one mother Of a daughter still
born became the friend and ultimate
saver Of the young girl.
She had never brought up child: she
was enc who according to the criticisms
OF the average man and woman was
utterly untitled to belong to mothers
club OF TO speak or write on the subject
Of bringing up children.
Yet while the mothers OF her town
were pushing this young girl down by
their coldly critical spirit, the childless
woman saved her.
Innumerable cases can be cited where
the sons Of mothers who are eligible to
mothers clubs have led young girls TO
ruin.
f1lL AXE NuC t1i &c Ah4JoAAJ VI AhC
mothers OF these sons have used all their
powers to Try and defafns the reputation
Of the young girls, in order TO free their
boys from the blame Of being the mis-
leaders
When a mother Is found who Is great
enough and kind enough TO befriend and
sympathizs with the girl her son has
wronged she goes down to history as a
character OF Unusual worth so seldom II
she met with
Look over your own circle Of friends.
regard your own town or neighborhood.
and YOU will be astonished and pained to
find how few mothers Of your racquaint-
ance have ever distinguished themselves
as friends Of other peoples children
To be tender and kind and loving and
loyal to ones own children Is not
virtue. II i merely decent and natural
thing to be.
But the mothers clubs are organized.
not to nsks mothers fight like she
wolves. In order to obtain the best priv
Ileges for their own. bat to help women
to be better citizens. and 10 awaken in
them the spirit Of universal motherhood.
No woman can pride herself upon be-
ing good mother unless she has in her
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

A woman who understands the human
heart and has been given the great gift
Of expression. recently wrote story en-.
titled The Secret Of Her Heart"
IL was the story Of girl who had no
charm. She was neither pretty nor
popular. She was not pretty because she
looked dissatisfied- She was not popular
because she was.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

by the name Of Jane Adams.
She has never been q wife or a mother
But where in the world can be found
a mother who has done for the human
race what Jane Adams has done;
Where can be found mother who has
shown such a spirit OF universal mother
hood. such divine sympathy for wayward
and erring young girls. as this unmarried
woman has showns
What mother could be so well utteo
10 speak in a mothers club as she!
In a country village poor boy whose
mother had died when he was q little
child land whose stepmofher was not the
happy exception to the rulel. became
neighborhood pest with his mischief ana
FRANKS which bordered upon lawiessnesS
The fathers and mothers of the town
warned their sons ard daughters against
the boy and he was Stunned BY an the
respectable families
One woman, a widow with out cniioren
made herself unpopular with her neigh
borx by inviting the boy to her home she
became his friend. she studied his nina.
ana she found that his mischief ana
Iawlessness resulted from an over aound-
ance OF vital force which had no whole
xerue ousles. She led the boy into hne
Of constructive reading and experiment
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

no other man than me myself.
Ha ha. sed Ma. Bobb,A. here yurc
father 10 on. just lix.en 10 him. Yuro
father discovered tho South pole. How
long ago was that. deer heart? sed Ma.
Tell us Fl about II.
That was IN fsT. Pa ssd. Things had
been breaking kind Of hard for mo In
the limited STATE. 40 I thought I wud
so out q do a iittel finding. First |
found rich man what wud stake me. &
then found nice whaling vessel wich
I had painted all oaver and called the
Dread-nix. Then found . grocer who
offered 10 trust me for all Of the stcars q
then I dug up a dog fancier oayer In
Brooklyn who gaiv me hundred hardy
Eskimo dogs.
dldsnt have Ia buy thu DOES. Pa. xed
beekaus the man witch owned them had
brought them from the north 10 ssli. but
wen them dogs saw the BROOKLYN base
hall team play. Pa sad thay wanted TO
20 hack north or else south ar sur,xars.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

ehannels-originate In situations that are
anything but poetic or romantic. There
is nothing poetical or romantic In de-
pleted larders and threadbare gowns: and
yet II is more than possible that but for
such things Mrs. Stone would never have
written her famous story.
The stoves were poor-very poor. Mrs.
stowe was lsmenting the impoverished
condition Of her wardrobe and the
mesgerness Of the contents of her tea
caddy. when her husband offered the sug-
gestion that IL might be wei for her to
hunt up the stort story on negro life In
the south. which she had written some
years before. brush It up. add something
to IL and send It to the local newspaper.
She acted upon the suggestion. the piece
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
Uncle Toms Cabin
BY REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

I took well. other parts were from time to
time published. and finally. in 1859. the
complete book was given TO the world.
The effect was masicaii II went flaming
through the country like q tempest Of
| fIrel 1t crossed the seas and flashed It's
message all over Europei Hundreds Of
thousands of copies were sold. and the
world over everybody began eursing the
south and slavery.
Beyond q doubt II had a great deal 10
do with the bringing on of the war, and
with creating the antI-soufhern senti-
ment In the old world which eventually
prevented the recognition OF the con-
federacy by the various European states
II is doubtful II any other book ever
The fact that the story was fundamen-
tally false made no difference-thers was
''Uncis Tom" painted by the hand Of
genius, dashed with hottest passion, and
the world took him by the hand and made
q hero out Of him.
Uncle Toms Cabin was assisted By the
heated sentiment Of the time. ana Il
moved on along its triumphant way By
leaps and bounds. One woman's genius
had rendered vain and futile the discus
sions Of the Statesmen and the iucubrs-
tons Of the morsilsts. ''Uncie Tom" was
condition not a mere theory" .
concrete. matter-of-fact argument that
admitted of no answer. and the die was
cast TO arms! To arrns.'
Thoughts are not thinss." Very true.
They are Infinitely greater than things.
They dominate things a. the storm
winds pie up the ocean waves or lay low
the mighty ponarchs Of the forest. Great
is real book. and among such one Of the
greatest is 'sUneie Toms Cabin"
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

Yes deer lion-heartsd luv. sed Ma
hurry q finish yure yarn besfoar / go
to sleep in the morris chare. Bobbie has
taken the count already. sed Ma.
No. Ma, sed. was Jest going to 90
20 siueep. but viii try hard 10 hear
the end.
To maik q wrang story short. sed Pa
two years after we had set san In our
good ship Dread-nix. We sighted Q plato.
II was ten thousand feet above the sea
Jewel, q oaver Il thare whlEEed q
xhiried the winds OF seven sesA II xss
q tsrribui experience. Pa sed. but me
and my men never faltered. II took Us
four months to elmo to the top OF that
CRATE plato. he toad Us. but we finally
made IL Just think. Pa sed. q even
one Of them four monuths was spent In
darkness. How We ever got up at all Is
MYSTERY TO me.
How you eyvsr got Up the nerve to
tell about Il is q MYSTERY 20 me. sd Ma
Nov. Amundsen, sy tsnk yu ban ready
to so to bed
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
The Secret in Her Heart
BY BEATRICE FAIRFAX.

fore carrying It's magic abroad.
Your father has had a hard and
troubled day. Things have gone wrong
as they sometimes win. and he is out of
sorts. The family sees his humor ana
avoids him as II he were given to snap
ping and biting.
He needs q smile Of appreciation. a
little word OF encouragement. He's tired.
He's discouraged. He's lonesome,
Try that little secret in your heart on
him. Show him some ono in the world
loves him, and understands.
Your mother. bless her, Has anything
gone wrong with her? You win never
know because she doesn't complain. IL
there Ia q longing In her heart that
some one. husband or child. would love
her just a little bit more. she doesn't
say II.
Try the magic Of that secret by tell
ing her that no girl In the world has
mother as dear as yours. for she. too. Is
lonesome. Eyerybody's lonesome.
The girl who works beside you ali day;
the girl who 10 your eompanion In your
amusements; the girl who has wealth
and the siri who has nothing; the girl
who h alone and the giri who isn't; all
alike are lonesome.
II is IS II each were on ones osn
Individual planet; as II each spoke 10 a
language no other can understand. II
Ia shell OF self or selfishness, which
every one has built around ones self.
and II takes magic to penetrate u.
The magic Is found In a friendly. sp-
preclafive. understanding smile. and the
smile. thank heaven. Ia the same in all
languages.
Try II. and you have in your heart the
potency OF power-the taiisman Of popu.
lar1ty and beauty. Just little secret 0.
two words: Eyerybocys ionesomel
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
RUNNING.
By Nell Brinkley

may do 1t so seldom that lasting strength comes
with it--but Just for day-believe me-the child
WEAKNESS you'll have when you get back. the
brought-bsck dreams Of when you were kid. and
the youth that viii stay with you for while is
worth going into the woods for.-Nell Brinkley.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
THE LocK-BY NINA IRVING

/ met a maiden fresh and fair:
Her brow was Ike the snow.
Her starry eyes were velyet-dark.
Her voice was sweet and low.
Upon her shapely head a wealth
OF dusky tresses grew.
And 10. she had q little pom
That matched their jetty hue.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

begged her for q siiken curl;
To my intense delight.
Al last she sent me one BY mail.
kissed II day and night
We Quarreled. and she asked for an
Her letters back. and wrote:
But you may keep the lock Of hair.
Twas clipped from Fidois ceat'
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

What impertin-
ence Il seems for
women 10 have
women who have
never been mothers
to read papers or
give addresses or
stand up in a
mothers club and
discuss the subjects
which pertain TO
the interests Of
these organiza-
tIonsr'
Til Sc remarks
are the result OF
shallow thinking.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21


fortunes Of the re-
public.
This life OF ours
lis a two-slded.
doutle-barrelled af-
fair, and just as
the flowers grow
up out Of the mould.
50 many of the
great things Of the
world-great books.
great institutions,
great movements
that revolutionize
states and turn the
streams OF CEN
turies out Of their
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
LEAPING.

the fences. too even II you could squeeze through
or under. You'd rather have taken the top when
you were kid. TN make youth come back TO
you for q little while to survey the world again
from the tip top OF a fence. And when there's
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
CLIMBING.

When you get out for day in the woods
take all the hills you come to. and use your lungs
and your limbs in the climbing, like the girl in
picture No. 1. Then go down on the other side
with your chin up and your arms swinging. Try
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
HURDLuNG.

good stretch ahead. and maybe squirrel
scurryins through the brush alongside your path.
throw your head back and flight out and run. I"
Kids mostly run. they don't caro- for walking. you
know. You may not do this but once ycar--you
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

Many critical women (and men as weld
ridicule the fact that ehildless wives and
spinsters belong TO mothers clubs
what can such women know about
bring M children?" they ask.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
DESCENDING.

to do 1t with the same abandon as when you were
ten. Don't go around anything you come to.
short, of getting bath. Jump over IT, You'll
be surprised to find out how interested you'll
get in 1t ALL even II you come a cropper." Climb
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
March n, 1852.

This day. sixty years ago. Harriet
Beeoher Stowe published Uncle Toms
Cabin" Nobody. least Of all the author,
anticipated the marvellous success OF the
book or the tremendous influence Il was
20 ernrt itr,nr, The
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

Would you be happy. then from
out your store
Carry good cheer TO others; aud
the more
You give the more there still re-
mains to give:
Cheer dies BY boarding, but when
given doth live"
BANNIsTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21
Little Bodies Pa
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

We'll, and Pa. am glad to sec that
the South pole has been discovered az
gem. Agenn? sed Ma. why, thought
It had newer been discovered until
Omaha daily bee., 1912-03-21

Heroes seem able 70 yell the Ioudest Of
all over q stomach ache.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-25
THE PURCHASE OF THE TRUTH

The Tribune Publishing company,
publishers of The Tribune-Republi-
can, last Thursday purchased out
right the real estate, machinery,
subscription lists, contracts and
good will of the Scranton Truth
Publishing company, owners of the
Scranton Truth, that for many 'ears
has occupied a leading place in the
evening journalistic field in North
eastern Pennsylvania. The Truth
property is located at Penn avenue
and Mulberry street, and the real
estate includes a large corner lot
improved with a three story brick
building. The building is equipped
throughout with a modern newspap-
er plant
The Truth will be published as an
evening edition of The Tribune-Re-
publican from the Tribune building
at 3O9-311 North Washington ave-
nue..
Robt D. Towne is president and
editor of The Tribune Publishing
company. Robert NJ. Scranton is
vice-president and E. A. Whitehouse
secretary and treasurer. The nego-
tiations for the purchase OF the
Truth property were looked after for
The Tribune Publishing company by
Attorney Frank E. Donnelly, and the
deal was engineered by Harwell,
Cannon & Mccarthy, newspaper
brokers, of New York. The Tribune
Publishing company own the lots
from 3O5 to 81 North Washington
avenue, fronting eighty feet on the
avenue and $50 feet in depth, and
plans to erect in the near future a
large building that will house its
publications, together with job print
ing department, engraving plants,
etc.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-09-25
LEMONS TAKE BIG JUMP.

Another lemon has been handed
to the ultimate consumer. The price
of the fruit has taken a prodigious
leap upwards in the last three weeks.
OF course, there is a reason, but
consumers are not sure whether it
Is because the Statue of Liberty
needs a coat of varnish or the cost
of food has awaited or the demand
was bigger than the supply or the
commission men want a few new
bankrolls for the purchase OF reed
birds and automobiles.
In three weeks the cost OF lemons
has jumped from five to ten dollars
a crate. Three hundred lemons to
a crate makes the cost forty cents a
dozen, or three and one-third cents
apiece.