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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
TO DEDICATE ARCH
At CAMP RANDALL
Memorial Exercises Will Ee
Held on June 19.
SPEAKERS ARE NOTED MEN
Madison @. A. r. and Other Patri-
otto Societies Invited to Participate
Hope Health of Gen. Bragg May
Permit His Attendance.

Madison.-The Camp Randall ne
mortal arch will be dedicated on June
10, but the. preliminary exercises,
which viii include several regimen
tai reunions on the old camp ground,
viii begin June 18
All Grand Army men of Madison
and the visiting comrades, the Sons
OF Veterans, the National Guard com
pany, the University regiment and
various other societies at Madison
and nearby cities will be invited to
participate in the parade to the Camp
Randall the 18th. Letters received
from large number of veterans who
had their first military experience
at Camp Randall indicate that most
Of the men in the state who were
in camp here, and many from out
side of the state, will be present
Gen. Samuel FaIIows of Chicago,
who was chaplain of the Thirty-sec-
ond Wisconsin and colonel Of the
Forty-ninth, will deliver the dedica-
tory address. If he is able to make
the journey, Gen. Edward S. Bragg
Of Fond du Lac will make a brief
address. Gov. McGoyern also will
be among the speakers.
The Eleventh and Twenty-third
Wisconsin have already arranged for
reunions on Their old camp ground,
and it is expected that ten to fifteen
other regiments will have reunions.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
WILL WITNESS CELEBRATION
Naval Parade in Honor of Perry VIC
tory TO Pass Wisconsin Ports
on Lake NJ chigan.

Milwaukee. The Wisconsin end
to the centennial celebration Of
Perry's victory on Lake Erie next
year Will be a prominent feature
This was made clear at the meeting
OF the Wisconsin Perry's Victory Cen
tennial commission, held in the fed
eTal building here.
One of the features of the ceIebra-
ton will be a naval parade, which
Will start from Buffalo and make
tour of the entire chain of lakes,
while the celebration is in progress
at Put-in-Bay. 1t was said that ac-
cOrding to indications Wisconsin cit
les on the lake would have the pa
Tade for one week at least In ad-
dition to this it is planned to have
celebrations in the interior of the
state, which may include the presen-
tation of a drama based on the in
cidents of Perrys victory. 1t is also
proposed to include the naval militia
Of the state and the national guard,
if possible, in the lake port celebra-
tons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
Man Power and Goal Pomer.

Does any one realize the power or
coal as a worker? A man was set to
work to pump as hard as he could all
day, and at the end of ten hours it
was found that he had done just as
much work as little less than two
ounces of coal could do.
Taking all the energy put forth by
Woodworking man during one whole
year, the same amount of force would
be furnished by SO pounds of good
coal, or say 40 pounds of average
coal.
We produce six tons a head Of pop
ulation, and this contains the energy
Of 1886 men working for a whole year.
OF course, even in our best engines
the greater part of the working en-
ergy of coal is wasted. But even if
only one-tenth is turned to account,
one and a half hundred weight of coal
is equal to a man working for 300
days of the year.
A horse can do as much work as ten
men, but one and a quarter pounds Of
coal has as much working force as
horse expends in one day. So that
ton of coal, if We could use all its
force, would do as much work as six
horses working for whole year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
STRANGLEs CHILD TO DEATH
Woman Arrested at Portage Con-
fesses to the Murder of Her
Infant Son.

tage.-Mrs. Helen Kwliwik, a
widow whose parents reside near Ma
riOn and whose husband died over
a year ago, is held on charge of muir
dering her 4 months old SON
The woman has been employed as
a domestic in the household of John
Miller near Kilbourn and came to
this city recently. A knotted hand
kerchief was found about the in
fant's throat and it was left on a sill
OF building in an alley in the bust
ness portion of the city. The bo&y
was discovered by the night police
and the woman was apprehended at
the Milwaukee depot as she was
about to take a train for Kilbourn.
She at once confessed to the crime
and says the people where she work
ed said she must get rid of her baby
or lose her job, and claims she tied
the handkerchief about her child
neck merely to keep it from crying.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
The LARGEST Bells

Great Paul. the bell Of st. PauTs
Cathedral, in London, weighs nearly
II tons and is nearly 80 feet around.
The first Big Ben" of Westminster
was cast more than so years ago and
weighed more than IA tons. But big
Ben had a crack and was cast over,
losing some weight, and the clapper
was made smaller, now being about
500 pounds instead Of a ton. The
great bell, Peter of York" cost S10-
600, weighs about 10 tons and is %
feet in diameter.
The largest hanging bell in the
world is in the great Buddhist monas-
terry near Canton. It is IS feet in
height and 40 feet in circumference.
being cast of solid bronze. This is one
of the eight monster bells that were
cast by command of Emperor Yung
10 about A. D. 400. It cost the lives
of eight men, who were killed in the
process of casting.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
Cantaln,s snecific Orders.

Capt John l. Lewis, an official of
the Arundel Sand and Gravel company
of Baltimore, has toured the world.
Captain Lewis in recalling some of his
trips said that he met a friend one
time, and they talked of the dangers
of icebergs.
He remembered that his friend, also
a tourist, said:
One night while returning from
Europe l came out on deck. 1t was
so foggy that nothing could be seen.
The captain of the ship was walking
the deck and 1 approached him and
said:
How fast are we going?
THE master replied, Twenty-Five
miles an hour
Is not that a violation of the law?'
[ asked. The captain admitted that it
was.
Then I asked, Why do you run so
fast through a fog?'
The captain replied, My official
standing orders are Heaven, hell or
New York in five days."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

each subscribers Instruments and
equipment is about S13 more.
Chestnut or cedar make the best
poles because they last longer in the
ground. For a light line, poles 26 feet
in length and five or six inches in
diameter at the top are suitable
For a grounded system. only two
strands Of wire are needed, and these
are supported by 12-tnch oak brack-
cts, which should be nailed to the
pole before it is set into the ground.
II the calls are too frequent, and
the wires too heavily loaded, another
pair Of lines may be run on the same
poles. but where two sets of lines are
used switching station must be
located in some central house to allow
for connection of one line to another.
Farmers in any community can
form little companies of their own and
build their own lines at very little
cost. They can obtain full instruction
as to the erection of the line, and its
operations from the manufacturers
who supply them with wire and equip
ment
The patent on the Bell telephone
ran out years ago. and telephones are
now manufactured by many persons.
How did we ever get along without it?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
Wisconsin News Briefs.

Madison.-Of the 1901 living
graduates of the college of engineer
ing of the university, 4O5, or a little
over one-third, are now employed in
Wisconsin, and 257, or about one
fifth, are employed in Illinois, 191
being employed in the city of Chicago
alone. Graduates of the college are
now in forty-two states. Apart from
Wisconsin and Illinois, New York
has the greater number. Forty
eight graduates of the college are
employed in foreign countries.
Madison.-The jury in the case of
the Rev. August Lutz of Batavia.
Sheboygan county, against the Rev.
G. A. Bloede Of Mazomanie for So
600 damages for alleged SANDER,
Saturday night returned a verdict in
favor of the defendant Lutz charg-
ed Bloede with accusing him of fail
ing to account for money which he
collected for church purposes. Both
men are ministers of the Eyangeli-
cal association of Wisconsin.
Madison-The Nate superintend-
ent has received a request from G.
W Smith, county superintendent of
Taylor county, asking that an in
spector be sent there immediately to
investigate the condition of twenty
nine of the rural schools, claiming
the buildings are unsafe or unsani-
tary.
Milwaukee. - Funeral services
we're held here over the remains of
Capt. E. G. Crosby, president of the
Crosby Transportation company. who
lost his life in the Titanic disaster.
The body was cremeated.
Lancaster.-One hundred inmates
of the Grant County Insane ASYLUM
escaped death in fire which partial
ly destroyed the asylum and county
poor farm building. The guards
herded the patients on the grounds
several hundred feet from the flames
and none escaped. The fire started
on the second floor of the main
building from unknown causes. The
loss is $4,000
Fond dU Lac.-The strike OF car
penters and allied trades has been
called off and the majority of the
men have resumed work. Emplov-
ers granted the closed shop demand.
age.-The dates for the Wis
consin rural carriers meetings have
been set for May 80 and 81. Repre-
sentatives from the department will
be present.
Princeton.-Wm. SchimmeI. aged
%, is under arrest here charged with
assault on Carl Otto, a farmer. who
was found unconscious in a barn
yard Otto is suffering from con
cussion OF the brain and may die.
Portage. - Representatives from
all parts of the state were present
at the opening Of the Knights of Pv-
thias convention here. About 500
are in attendance.
Kenosha.-Three boy burglars the
Oldest less than Is years of age and
the youngest 8, have been arrested
here. They had broken into the
warehouse of a grocery and stolen
tobacco. They admitted the crime
and we're paroled by the court
Racine.-John F. Walsh. Is vaare
old, had an affinity. She was q mar
rfed woman. He quarreled with her
When she told him she couId nor
run away with him he committed
suicide by taking carbolie acid. a
note told the reasons why he ended
his life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
Insects in FIiohf

Motion pictures Of insects in flight
prove that the movement of the wings
of all insects presents the same gen
eraI character. When flight is begun
the amplitude of the first wing beats
is much smaller than of the subse-
Quent ones, but the period remains al
most unchanged. The insect regulates
the velocity of its flight, not by the
rapidity of the motion Of its wings.
but by changing their inclination. Al
though in normal conditions the period
of the wing beat. remains constant. 1t
may be increased or diminished by
various Influences, such as fatigue
and cold.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

The French army will purchase no
fewer than $50 aeroplanes during 1912
Tests of human bones show them
to be so per cent stronger than hick-
DRY.
An Italian university professor
Claims to have found radium in or
dinary dew.
A uOiseless aeropIane being tried
out by the British army is so quiet that
its motor cannot be heard so yards
away.
German postal authorities are ex-
perimenting with a small three-wheeI-
ed automobile for the use OF letter
carriers.
An ingenious German baker utill-
zes a windmill to mix and knead his
bread as well as to grind his grain
into -four
IN Siam there are three kinds of
has red meat. Two kinds are sweet
and ore is sour.
1t requires five big volumes to &C
commodate a new condensed diction-
airy for the blind, printed at Vienna
from raised type.
Dr.. J. H Smith is said to have in
vented a Photographic printing paper
capable of reproducing in natural col
ors from suitable negatives.
japanese scientists are experiment
ing with the ginseng plant in the hope
of maturing it in four or five years
instead of six, as now required.
The worlds largest dry-dock has
been completed at Belfast, Ireland.
It is $50 feet long and 100 feet wide.
All told. it was eight years in build
ing,
There are 80 dental surgeries for
school children in Sweden. Great bene-
fit has been derived from them, the
children showing marked improve
ment
Carodoc Roberts, on whom Oxford
recently conferred the degree of doc
tor of music, for an oratorio, worked
at a carpenters bench only a few
years ago,
Men Of science have not yet decided
whether microbes are plants or ami
mails.
According to 8 Partisan physician,
premature badness is the result Of
some teetbtng trouble.
For arguing that our world is only
one of many. Gia~dano Bruno was
burned 10 death in Kons in 1900,
A French expert estimates the
chance of mistake in idenu cation by
means of finger prints ct about one
in 1900 100000
The Chinese pen is 3 brush made OF
soft hair, which is best adapted for
painting the curiously formed letters
OF the chinese alphabet.
A bees wings are said TO beat the
air at the rate Of 100 strokes a sec
ond. while the insect can travel a dis
lance Of 80 miles an hour.
Photographically to measure and
record the vibrations of a machine or
building is the purpose Of a simple
apparatus invented in England.
A special equipment for study of
the corrosion of non-ferrous, metals
has been established at the Univer-
sity of Liverpool by the corrosion
committee of the Institute of Metals.
A method of planting eyeIashes and
eyebrows has been developed by
French surgeon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
- NOTES OF \
kA SCIENCE MI
TRD AND ~
y 1NVENTlON

The French army will purchase no
fewer than $50 aeroplanes during 1912.
Tests of human bones show them
to be so per cent stronger than hick-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
NATION SAVED BY a SPIDER
Scotland Profited by the Lesson the
Insect Taught to Its
Monarch.

Scotland has many legends that the
sheepherders and highland peasants
never set tired repeating. A long time
ago King Bruce ruled over Scotland
before that country became a part of
England, and he learned a lesson from
a spider that enabled him to succeed
when otherwise he would have failed.
King Bruce had lost many battles.
He was discouraged He had made
his final effort against his enemies
and failed to vanquish them. Deep in
despair he went to a lonely room in
his castle. Reclining on the couch
and thinking, he happened to notice
a spider drop from the ceiling on
single silken cord. He watched the
spider fascinatingIy. 1t now began its
ascent. 1t slipped Time and time
again it tried to mount, but each time
it failed. The king watched intently,
forgetfuI of all else. An hour passed.
Finally the spider succeeded. 1t was
an inspiration for King Bruce. Why
should he get discouraged, having
tried only few times and failed? He
made one last grand rally against his
enemies and routed them, and from
this incident came the old saying. IF
at first you don't succeed try again"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
The Weak Boom.

Medill Mccormick was talking in
Washington about one of many feeble
booms
That boom is as feeble" he said
"as feeble as-well, I can only illus
trate it's feebleness by means of a
story.
"a drummer was waiting at NoIa
Chucky for the Southern Cannonball
Limited The train craWled in at last,
nine hours Iate-a ramshackle, clat-
tering thing, as ridiculous as an old
fashioned highwheeled bicycle.
The drummer got aboard. There
seemed to be only one other passen-
ger. The locomotive booted, the bell
changed, the wheels spun around, and
steam Kissed, but the train failed to
move. Then there were more boots.
more puffs and Kisses, and still the
train didn't bulge Finally, after third
vain effort, the engineer got down
and shouted to the passengers, whose
heads stuck anxiousIy out Of their re
spective windows:
Say. I'll have to ask you two gents
to climb off till get her started.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee, May II, 1912.

milwaukee, May II, 1912.
Butter-Creamery, extras, sic;
prints, SIC; frsts, % q soc; seconds,
70 q zee; renovated, 25 q 26c; dairy,
fancy, &c.
Cheese - American full cream,
new made, twins, Is p 016c; Young
americas, 16@1615c; daisies, 1919
Ql7c; longhorns, 160161ac; linn
burger, 16 II @17c; brick, 100
16 7ac.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 16@161ac; recandIed, ex-
tras, Is z 019c; seconds, 14015c.
Live POultry-Fowls, 15c; roos-
tiers, lie; broilers, doz., 5000 500.
Potatoes Wisconsin, sacked, on
track, 1.O5@I1O.
Hay-No. l, timothy, $500; clo-
yer, 2l.0O; No. 1 prairie, 1850.
Wheat-No. 1, northern, 1900
l2O z No. 2, northern, 1.14@1.19;
NO 3, northern, 1.O201.12.
Corn-No. 3, yellow, 79c.
Oats-No. 3, white, SIC; stand
ard, 571ac.
BarIey-Wisconsin, 1.27; No. 8,
1.28; No. 4, 1.27.
Cattle-Butchers steers, $500
1856; heifers, 4.6O@6.6O; COWS, 4S5
Oslo; feeders. 4.6O0495; calves,
6.5O@75O.
Hogs Good heavy butchers, 1850
q no; fair to best light, 1000
100; pigs, 6.0006.55.
Sheep-Lambs, 7.OO09.O0; ewes.
6.00@7.0O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
MAKE SOLID GOLD CASTINGS
Dentists Have Clever Method of Sc
curing Piece of Metal Which Is
Free from All Blowholes.
By ALBERT T. BISHOP, in the Scien-
tific Americana

CBy ALBERT T. BISHOP, in the Scien-
tifiC American.)
Dentists have a very clever method
Of making solid gold castings. A train
of gears is employed, which reyolves
a spindle that carries two jointed
arms. The outer end of one arm has
an Enclosure where the little mold is
placed, while the other arm carries a
CounterbaIance. Just in front Of the
mold is a firecIay block, followed to
receive the gold which is melted with
the bIowpipe. The gearing is rapidly
gol~, which is forced very quickly into
the mold Owing to centrifugal force,
a very solid and cIean-cut casting is
made, which is free from blowholes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
WILD TIMES IN HONDURAS
Bandit Gre" From Guatemala Raids
Village and Carries OF All
the Women.

Parauelllng the robbery Of the Sab
Inc women in early Roman hmistory, a
bandit crew from Guatemala dashed
across the border recently anu car
RED of the women OF a tiny village.
Excitement runs high, both here and
throughout the colony. since the an
nouncement that no troops could be
sent TO run the thieves to earth. That
plans for private invasion Of Guate-
mala are in progress there is no doubt.
1 posse is expected to leave in day
or two well provided with arms and
ammunition, to accompany the men Of
the village to the mountain lair where,
1t is thought, the brigands hold their
fair captives.
The border near the point where the
Mexican, Guatemala and British Hon
duran lines join is infested with out
laws, who, by jumping from one eoun-
try to the other, avoid the rather lax
vigilance which is maintained by the
police departments in this vast and
sparsely settled region. Near The line, IN
British territory, is the village of Bull
let Tree Bank, one of the chicIe sta
tons on the Upper Belize river. At
present only ten families are making
their homes in the place.
1t was during the day that the rob
bers descended on the village and car
ried away the women, when the men
were all in the woods tapping the
zapote trees and collecting the chicle.
Five young women, daughters of the
chicle gatherers, accompanied by an
older woman, who was the wife Of one
Of the Workmen, were washing cloth
ing on the banks of the river. The
other women, who were in the houses,
heard screams and ran out to see their
friends and relatives being driven be-
fore band of no less than u men
The alarm was given as soon as pos
sible, but as the men of the village
were several miles away and widely
scattered in the forests, it was night
Their lack of sufficient firearms made
pursuit impossible until arms and
ammunition had been secured.
Loading their effects into canoes
and bringing the remaining women
and children with them, the chicle
gatherers came down stream as rapid
ly as the current and sturdily piled
paddles could bring them.
On arrival here their story was soon
circulated throughout the city. First
the authorities were consulted but it
soon was apparent that the red tape
surrounding legal procedure would bar
any effective action. Many men vol
unteered to join the "chiclerous," and
while the expedition is being conduct
ed as secretly as possible, there is lit
tie danger of police interference, as
they are thought to sympathize with
the movement.-BeIize British Hon
duras) Dispatch New Orleans Times
Democrat
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
Her Little Rinq.

Mary had little ring; twas given
by her beau; and everywhere that
Mary went that ring was sure to go.
She took the ring with her one day,
when she went out to tea, where she
might display it to the girls who num-
bered twenty-three.
And when the girls all saw that ring,
they made a great ado, exclaiming,
with one voice: HAS it at last got
round to you?'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
New Berth Guard Rail.

enough to prevent falling out, yet not
high enough to be an annoyance.
PivotaIly mounted at one end Of this
rail is a ladder. which normally lies
back across the berth, but which can
be lowered to a vertical position when
the owner Of the bunk desires to climb
into it. which he or she can do with
ease.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
Cause Of clacial Periods.

Another suggested cause Of glacial
periods is that they have been due to
the shifting Of the Milky Way, such
as is known TO have occurred. As
suming that much of the eartb's heat
comes from the stars, Dr.. Rudolf
spitaIer finds that the change Of 20
sition in relation to the Milky Way
might have given . very different dis
ribution of temperature from that ex-
listing at the present time The stars
are not only crowded in the region Of
the Milky Way, but many Of them are
ct the hottest type.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23
lnhuman Fellow.

Upon what grounds do you seek a
divorce?" asked the lawyer whom she
had just retained. "Non-support,
cruelty or"
Both" che cried, tearfuny. He
would not support my passionate
longing for a diamond necklace, and
if that isn't cruelty I'd like to know!"
Catholic Standard and Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

in making the mold, it is necessary
for the dentist first to make a pat
tern. This is done by filling the cav
ity in the tooth with wax A wire at
tached to the pattern holds it in place
while the clay mold is being made, as
shown in one of the figures. When
the mold is complete, the wax is melt
ed out. Another figure shows a sec
ton of the mold as when placed on a
rotary arm, also the block in which
the gold is melted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-05-23

terribly. Marked improvement follow
ed the use OF Doan's Kidney Pills and
in six weeks 1 was we'll woman. My
friends and relatives marvel at my
recovery"
When Your Back Is Lame, Remem-
Der the Name-DOAN'S. SOC all stores.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.