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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
CHAPTER XVII.

There is little more to tell In the
few following days 1 managed to
scrape enough together to take me to
the foreign country where / am now
beginning life over, and have prob
ably weathered the storm as we'll as
could reasonably be expected. But of
course will never again feel just as
l used to, and I don't believe that l
will ever fall in love with another
woman. In a business way l have
done fairly well, having worked con-
scientiously for the last three years,
and being once more on the road to
moderate success. I have never seen
or heard from Mrs. Dace since the
time I left her shopping in the store
upon the day when l stepped from
paradise into hell at a single stride.
She is probably floating down the
Nile or yachting on the Mediterranean
with Richard Mackay; enjoying her
self to a greater or less extent, and
I have no doubt thinking quite often
Of me. The thought Of 1t still gnaws me
most of the time, but Of one thing
am confident to this day. And that
is that she was really very fond Of
me and would, as she herself said,
have preferred to spend her life with
me rather than anybody else had ]
possessed sufficient money. There
fore she wanted ne to succeed and
encouraged me to desperate chances,
knowing as | myself did that it was
the only chance of achieving fortune
quickly; she not being one of the
kind that is content to wait for what
possessed sufficient money. Had I won,
have no doubt that she would have
married me and that we would have
been happy had the money lasted And
I also believe that she was upon the
verge of consenting to our immediate
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
TAFT TO MAKE LONG TOUR.
Will Deliver Scores of Speeches in
West and South.

viii Deliver Scores of Speeches in
West and South.
Washington.-Pre President Taft soon
will start a vigorous speech max
ing campaign to explain his posi-
ton on current questions and further
his candidacy for denomination.
Before the Republican national con
vention meets in June, the president
will spend many days on the road and
is expected to deliver scores Of
speeches. He will travel as far west
as Chicago, as far north as New
Hampshire. and south at least as far
as Georgia
Although no announcement has been
made Of subjects Tor speeches the
president will make on these trips,
it is practically certain that he will
not fail to include in his addresses the
recall of judges, the recall" of judi
cial decisions, possibly the initiative
and referendum, and topics touched
by Colonel Roosevelt In his speech
at Columbus last week.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
THE END.
Extenuatina Circumstance.

Ted was an excitable youngster. and
tc adequately express his feelings had
acquired the use of words forceful. but
improper In q fit of temper one day
he used some of his most violent
terms to his mother She said moth
ing. but Ted knew well the signs of
preparation for a just rebuke. corpor-
eaIIy administered. He said. 81 know
you are going to whip me. but before
you begin remember said it in very
nleasant tone of voice"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

buds Of humble blossoms and stately
rose, clambering over the garden wall
all present their portion Of sweet
ness to the breeze.
From distant meadows and forest
land, from green hillside and valley,
the fragrance is borne to our senses
and all of earth seems TO offer its
sweet-smeIling incense to the birth
OF a sunny day.
Who would not raise his hand to
the morning air and be content in the
loneliness rendered by this beautiful
month for our delight? And seeing,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

They possess almost all the con-
yeniences of q city fat, the houses
are lighted with electricity, city water
is piped to the door, and in SONS
cases the houses are supplied with
it, he says. Telephones are in
stalled in most Of the houses, and an
electric street car runs within easy
reach, but Just far enough away to
give the colony the desired seClusion.
TO make it shI more citifed it is
proposed to install gas from the city
system during the present year. The
finest boat in the colony cost $500,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
NOT A SUBJECT FOR PITY.

the boys. and there is either a general
scramble for them or else the boys
who live IL the asylum are in them
first.
This particular outsider was not to
be denied when all the chairs were
filed, and with MS superior strength
and courage would dump one Of the
occupants before the teache" arrived
Her attention was called to this and
the small bully was told that he should
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

water which had accumulated as the
result of the presence of the fremen-
The janitor was instructed to make
every effort 20 have the Offices IN
readiness for the occupants next
morning. so that their business would
not suffer any interruption, and in or
der to get rid of the water in the car
pets and on the floors a number Of
vacuum cleaners were secured and
put to work, with the result that
things were in perfect order for the
commencement of the business the
following morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

have feeling of pity for the unfor.
tunate,
The next day he found all the chairs
filed, one by a new pupil He vent
TO him and said:
Have you a home?"
Yes"
y good home?"
Yes"
Father and mother?"
Yes"
Have you always had father and
mother?"
Yes
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
DU POINT ATTACKED BY REED.
Senator Urges Passage of Resolution
to prnhe Electlnn

Senator Urges Passage of Resolution
to Probe Election.
Washington.-The Omitted States
senate is considering the advisa-
bility of Investigating the title of
another of its members to the seat
he occupies-Henry A. Du Pont OF
Delaware. Senator Reed of Missouri
is responsible for the attention the
senate is giving to this matter He
made a speech which he urged the
passage of his resolution to inyesti-
gate the election Of Senator Du Point.
He cited accusations made by Della
ware citizens in an effort to prevent
the appointment of G. P. Swain as
United States marshal for Delaware.
as constituting sufficient facts to war
rant the Du Pont investigation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
Unreasonable.

Some men are not easily satisfied,
as witnessed last week in Ithaca. 4
man attended what the country people
call a 'vendue," and when a horse
weighing 1900 pounds and in fair con
dition, although a trif1e old, was put
up, he ventured by no means ex-
traYagant bid of % cents for him and
got the horse. Notwithstanding the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

that pinches people by comparing
thumb prints ?"
The victim moved uneasiIy in his
chair, but circumstances over which
he had no control sealed his lips. He
grunted interrogatively and politely.
Yes, sir! The reason is simple We
amt. got no thumb prints. We get
EN- all worn off rubbing our thumbs
over you fellers' chins Fact! I'll
show you when 1 let you out Of the
chair Ny thumbs are pretty near as
mountaineering as your face viii
be when I get through with you"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
June

Do you know the joy Of early wax
ing hours out where the breath Of
morn finds its way to your window
and the warbling Of feathered song
sters is heard at the first CLEAN O.
day. Never was there perfume such
as God dispenses when he gives US
the happiness of another June day.
Everything that groWs-the wee
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

fact that a halter worth not less than
half a dollar went vita his purchase,
this man grew peevish because the
auetfoneer refused to throw in a horse
blanket Some people not only want
thu earth and the fuIlDess thereof, but
a nice nickel fence buiit neatly around
it to prevent trespassfEg-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
GET READY FOR THE CANAL.
Importance of Opening of Panama
Route Pointed Out.

NSutG EOiTIGQ OuI.
Providence, R. l. - Necessity OF
preparing for the opening of the
Panama canal was emphasized by
John Bartlett, director-general of tbs
Pan-American Union, in an address
before the Town Criers. an organiza-
ton of New England business men.
There is a tendency" he said.
among the great manufacturing ex-
porting and importing interests, not
only of New England but of all the
United States, to talk about the bene-
fits which will come from the canal
without taking actual steps to pre-
pare for it. This is a mistake which
will cause much disappointment and
loss to the country after the canal
is opened to the shipping world"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
WINS $4,000 BY MARRYING.
Man Takes Bride as Father WiIIed
and Gets Additional Bequest.

wan axes 6rioS as FaIher Wllied
and Gets Additional Request.
Mansfield, Mass. - An additional
bequest of $4,000 to fortune
of 100000 was gained by Charles F.
Corbin of New Britain, Conn, when
he married Mrs. Mona Drew Rabbit
Corbin, son of Philip c. Corbin, hard
ware manufacturer, was left 100000
by his father with the stipulation that
he should receive the additional be
quest if he married within a year after
his fathers death.
Several hundred persons gathered
about the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Prince Drew, the brides parents. to
get a glimpse Of Charlie" Corbin,
whom many had not seen since his ia
Their exiled him to Martha's Vineyard
seventeen years ago after wild ca
reer had caused his first wife to di
vorce him and his father to lose all
confidence in him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
SUMMER ON A H0USEB0AT
Vessels in a Colony Out in Oregon
Have the ConVeniences of
City Flat.

Houseboating on the Willamette
river is the proper way for the people
Of Portland. Ore, to spend their sum
rlers. according to d writer in Subur-
baa Life He says that there is an
cDure colony of households just above
the city Probably there is no similar
bouseboat village anywhere.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
confesses Murder: Arrested.

New Haven. COnn.-George Red.
ding, twenty-one years old, Of this
city, an agent for a correspondence
school, is under arrest here on his
confession that he killed Morris
Greenburg, a fruit dealer, whose body
was found in a suburb three days age
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
pafereon strIkA etsve5

Paterson, n. steps taken by the
Broad Silk Manufacturers association
here in putting into opera ton a move
ment towards the drawing Of new
wage schedules to meet the conditions
in the different mills temporarily
stayed the general strike.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

London.-Lord Tennyson, son of the
late poet laureate, appeared in the IN
literary role Of milkman at the Isle Of
Wight petty session court, where the
magistrate fined him 81 for not having
his name on milk cans and carts az
the law requires.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
Inquiry and Then Acted
Promptly.

A suburban yoUngsrer who has long
been the boss of his neighbOrhOod has
been attending. temporarily, a school
connected with an orphanage, Very
nearly all the pupils are dependents.
The school has dozen bright red
chairs which are greatly fancied by
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
Railroads Kill POI.

MISUNDERSTANDING to a bulle-
tin issued by the interstate commerce
commission the number of persons
killed in railroad accidents during
July, August and September, 1911,
was POI and injured 4,283.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
AMES RIGAMIsT, WIFE SAYS.
Author in London Court Claims Idaho
Divorce Valid.

HuInoF III LOnuOn COuFt CIdlfnS tdaho
Divorce Valid.
London. - Hugo E. Ames, the
well-known author, who in 1890
was private secretary to Sir Julian
Pauncefote at the British legation at
Washington, appeared as defendant
in the divorce court here His wife,
Kate, daughter of A. Villiers Palmer,
of the Indian civil service, claims
divorce on the ground of her hus-
bands alleged misconduct and deser-
ton and of his marriage with Flora
Northesk-Wilson, daughter of the late
Colonel Hayter, in America, which she
asserts is bigamous. Mr.. Ames ar
CUES that he is a domiciled American
and that his marriage with his pres
ent wife is a valid one. Counsel for
the plaintiff said that the question
was whether the divorce obtained by
the defendant in Idaho was valid. The
case was adjourned.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
Many Years Navy Cha

Many Years Navy Chaplain; Retired.
shington.-RosweI r. Hoes, one
Of the twenty-four chaplains in the.
navy, was placed on the retired list
here on account Of age. He was bern
in New York and entered the navy in
July, 1892.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

Thlrty-Two Lives Lost in Shipwreck.
Brussels. Observation-Disclosures re-
cefved here state that 90 lives were
lost when the government steamship
Deliverance fOundered on the Kwan-
90 river on the borders Of the Bel
gian Congo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

feel in his heart the wisdom Of that
poet who also loved resetime and be
cause he loved 1t we'll asked ques-
ton We may vainly seek an answer
for: What is so rare as q day in
Junei' -Haberdasher.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
Would Buy Express Commands

ngtcn.-SenatOr Gardner Of
Maine introduced in the senate a bill
to provide for the government Dur-
chase of the express companies for
operation by the postof1ce department
along with the free delivery mall sys-
TEN and the proposed parcels post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
Gehrfna Wins Mat Bout.

Cleveland, O.-Wrestling for the
mfddIeweight championship. Henry
Gehring Of Cleveland won the deci-
sion over Mike YokeI Of Salt Lake
City after three hours Of hard E-rug-
Cling
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
SAFE From Detectives.

DO you know" began the barber
as he laid the Iather thickly over his
clients mouth, that we're the only
fellows l know Of that could commit
q crime and not be detected through
the Bertillon system or whatever it is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
$4,000. 900 Brewery Burns.

ValdiVia, ChiIe.-The brewery be
longing to Anwandter Bros, the laTg
est N South America, was destroyed
by fire here. The loss is estimated
at five million dollars.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
Wisdom of Father.

Pretty Daughter-But can't under
stand why you object to Clarence.
father. Isn't it better to dwell in
cottage with the man I love than to
dwell in a palace with one I hate?
Wise Fathe~-Certainly my dear;
but Clarence hasn't the cottage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

Washington-Fire in the cabir OF
the presidential yacht Mayfower
caused excitement at the navy yard.
but was exdnguished before serious
damage was done
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
ASKS BIGGER NAVAL PROGRAM
Secretary Meyer Says Japan viii
Soon Pass Us.

Neutrality-suspicious. by 1916 win
have wrested the position of third
naval power from the United
States and this country will have diff
Guilty in maintaining itself in fourth
place unless it builds two battleships
a year.
Secretary Meyer declared this to be
a fact in his testimony before the
house naval affairs committee. The
secretary urged greater liberty by
congress in dealing with the naval
establishment.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14
Killed While Saving Pets

Ottawa, Ont.-Mrs- Elizabeth Moore
was burned to death at Montreal
through returning into a blazing house
in an endeayor to save her pets-four
cats.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

Well, get out Of my cnair.e and
the intruder was hurled against the
waIl.-Chicago Evening Post
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Poland Saved From Split,

St. etersburg.-The Cheln bill.
which provided for the fourth parIia-
ment of Poland, was defeated IN the
duma
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Rasourceful J.nitor.

Vacuum cleaners we're recently
used with great success in New
York office building which had been
visited by fire, In the removal Of the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-03-14

and is 35 by so feet. The average
houseboat, however, is worth about
one-haIf this sum"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-01
Fear the Extinction of Species
Through Reckless Waste.
Board of Agriculture and Fisheries Is
sues Report Warning Against the
Consequences of Excessive Hunt
ing in Northern Waters.

Washing op.-Danger of the total
extinction of the whale through over
fishing" is dealt with in the thirteenth
annual rtport Oh fisheries, issued by
the board of agriculture and fisher
les.
1t is unquestionable, says the re-
port, that in the case of a slow-grow-
ing and slow-producing animal like
the whale, although, owing to its wide
range, it will probably never be alb
solutely exterminated, excessive
hunting speedily results in very
marked depletion of the stock.
The practical extinction of the
Basque and Greenland whale fisheries
has abundantly proved this. 1t must
be remembered, too, that this result
was brought about by means of the
open and hand harpoon-methods
which are now obsolete.
The Greenland whale was a com
paratively sluggish and timid ami
NAL, whose capture by the method re-
ferred to presented little difficulty,
whereas the rorquals and other spe-
cies were not only too swift, but too
dangerous to be attacked in the same
manner as the right" whale.
With the Introduction, however, of
the harpoon with explosive shell, dis
charged from a cannon mounted in
the bows of steamer, the conditions
were entirely changed, and the spe-
RlnG form arlu aI-
could now be hunted With impunity.
The result of this revolution in the
conditions under which the fishing
could be prosecuted is seen in the
enormous dimensions which the in
dustry has attained at the present
day.
1t is estimated that in 1911 be-
tween 10000 and 10000 whales were
captured in the southern hemisphere
alone (South Georgia, South Shetland,
South America, South Africa, to
which has to be added the catch in
North America, Japan, Farce. Iceland
Spitzbergen and Greenland, and these
figures will probably be greatly ex-
ceeded in 1912, as numerous new COM
panies have been formed to exploit
Alaskan, Australasian and Sandwich
island waters
This wholesale destruction must in
evitably tell its tale within a few
years, and, as matter of fact, in New
foundland and Iceland fears are a.
ready entertained that the 1shing is
on the decline
1t would rot, therefore, be mat
ter for surprise if, within a few years,
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-01
GETTING RID OF MICE
LITTLE PESTS IN A TRAP or
THEIR OWN MAKING.
Expensive Patented Shares Not In Il
With the Sugar Bag, to Which
Housekeeper Hereafter viii
Pin All Her Haith.

Mice always bother the people who
do light Housekeeping more than the
ordinary householder. probably be-
cause the former is more apt to have
few mouse-tight receptacles for food.
Various traps have been tried by one
couple who indulge in light house
keeping in a three-roon apartment,
says the Philadelphia Record. Some
times, ut large intervals, they man
aged to catch one of the pests. Every
scheme OF batting and setting traps
which they could find or invent was
tried and the mice continued to eat
everything they could get at. falling
back or diet of clothes when every
bit of food had been successfully
cached
The mice seemed too wise to try the
traps, no matter how fresh and well
toasted was the cheese and bacon
rind. The couple was almost in de-
spair. and had nearly decided upon
using poisons, to which. for sanitary
reasons, they had hesitated to resort.
The mice themselves, waxing over
greedy. fell into trap of their own
setting, and one has been caught
every cay or two until now there are
only one or two left. but the happy
housekeepers have great hopes of
catching them all.
One OF the few provisions which
had net been stored was the sugar,
which is bought in large. rectangu-
lar box. holding five pounds The
cover was slit little way at one end
md the sugar bowl filled by pouring
from this aperture. The sugar was
left out, because it was thought that
mice did not possess a sweet tooth.
Then one day when large quantity
of the boxful had been removed at
one time, the woman opened the
closet door, to stand frightened at
some scrambling sounds she heard.
She quickly located them in the box
Of sugar and realized what had hap
pened.
The mice lad discovered the sugar
and had been feeding from it, gaining
the tiny opening from shelf beside
which the box stood. She had taken
out SO much sugar that on its last
trip the mouse, In its sudden fright.
could not make the leap which would
carry 1t through the small hole. The
woman quickly put a piece OF sugar
over the opening and then carried the
box to psil of water, into which she
shook the mouse.
Several others have trapped them
selves in the same way and the WON
an declares that when they have eat
en- all the sugar she will rebait the
box with some more, and never, never
spend any more money on patent
traps.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-10-01
RAINS INCREASE IN FRANCE
Paris Papers Make Much of two
Days of Sunsl1ine-Fear
for Crops.

Paris.-.For two days last week the
sun shone IN Paris, and the phenom
enon was reported in all the news
papers under spread heads, for never
before since anyone can remember
has there been such a cold, rainy,
dark August in France. On not one
day this month has the thermometer
reached "A, while the average tenn.
perature has been a little below that
The lowest previous August average
was 70.
Camille Flammarion, the eminent
astronomer, says the records at the
Observatory of Paris, which was es.
tablished under Louis XIV. more than
zoo years ago, show that there has
been a gradual increase in the rainfall
since 1888.
This year rainy weather mas been
general all over France, so that fear
IS felt for the crops. Already there
has been considerable talk in the
newspapers of probable suffering next
winter. Although these discouragina
reports are regarded as too alarming.
1T is realized by all that, unless the
weather changes for the better soor
great damage will be done.