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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Healthy Old Age Is What
Dr.. Hartman Advocates

take a cold water towel bath every
morning, winter and summer. 1t is
these things that have kept me well
and strong. You could be just as well
and strong as / an If you would do as
do
You may ask, do never get sick.
have / never had occasion TO take
medicine at all? Yes. / have got sick.
Sometimes / feel little touch OF eli
matte trouble. like cold, malaria.
slight catarrhal symptoms. but my
only medicine is Peruna. / always
keep a bottle CT Peruna in the house.
| keep a bottle Of Peruna on my desk
IN my Office. Once in a while / take
some. / do not take it habituaIly.
Take it only when feel little out Of
sorts. One swallow viii perhaps be
all that will be necessary, but it is
always handy by
1t is sorry sight to see the young
men Of today begin to peter out phys
ically when they ought to be in the
glory Of their manhood and the height
OF their vigor. Eat plain food. Live
frugally. Give up all weakening
habits. Live as God intended you to
live. Take Peruna when you do not
feel as well as usual
II you want me to 1 will send you
book which will tell you a great
many more things about yourself and
about matters that may be of great
value TO you. Enclose a two-cent
stamp for postage and the book will
be sent in plain wrapper and you
will not be troubled with any follow
up letters OF advertisements
Peruna is for sale at all drug stores.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
LIGHT GLOBE. FOR DEFENSE


big, two listed chap himself but he
couldn't stand the spectacle of even
criminal suffering such needless
punishment From this his idea grew
until he saw how it could be adapted
for the protection of night workers
and unescorted women
Creedon's device is simple yet eff
fectiye. 1t consists essentially Of e
pair OF gloves provided with cleo
trodes, which may be brought in con-
tact with an assailant by the hand of
the wearer. An electric circuit is
formed as soon as the electrodes are
touched and the current is sufficient
to administer such a shock that the
victim will be>heIpless as long as the
current is kept on.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Too Late for Answer.

Henry Watterson, the well-known
American journalist, told this story at
q recent dinner party:
One day when | was the city edi-
tor of a small newspaper, fine tur-
key was left at the office. We all
hankered after the bird, but the editor
finally claimed it. took it home. and
had it cooked for dinner. The next
day a letter was handed in to him,
which he opened and read:
Mr.. Editor sent you turkey
yesterday, which had been the cause
Of much dispute among US. To settle
a bet, will you please state in tomor-
rows issue what the turkey died Of? %
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
PATRIOT IS DYING.
0"OonoVan Rosa Nearing End
of a Troubled Career.
He Fought and Long Suffered I'M
prisonment in the Struggle for
Erin's northumberland
by Queen Victoria.

New York-When jeremiah Dono-
IAN, the Irish patriot and picturesque
Fenian, adopted the name "O'Dono-
van Rosa" fifty years ago and col
lected a sum said to have exceeded
$50 ZOO. much OF il from Irish girls
throughout the United States, he
promised TO free Ireland by drastic
measures. The avowed aim Of his life
and purpose Of the fund was the lib
Grafton OF Ireland from English rule
ODonovan Rosa, now nearing his
elghty-third year. is said to be dying
OF rheumatism and complications at
l94 Richmond terrace, New Brighton,
Staten Island. where he lives in a
queer ramshackie cottage with his
wife and three daughters. says a cor
respondent
At the end of stormy life he Is In
comparative poverty. and the Irish So
cletles are about to give him sub
stantal testimonial in recognition OF
MS perfervid patriotism, which led to
Imprisonment and Punishment
In the Life in Prison. published
from Barclay street in 1899, Rosa
wrote:
England has proclaimed war
against me and forbids me to tread
my native land, and so help me God,
L viii wage war against her until she
is stricken to her knees or until | am
stricken to my grave"
C'DOnovan Rosa is as uncompro-
missing today as he was in the days
when he was confined in a dungeon
with his hands tied behind his back,
eating his scant rations from the
floor. He was always physical force,
having little sympathy with those
who sought for and gained compro-
mise
Born in County Cork in 1891, his
father. who was in fairly good cir
cuHstances, sent him to school until
1874 Then came crop failures and
agitations, followed by troublous times
in Ireland. He became part of the
young Ireland movement His mother,
brothers and sisters emigrated to
Philadelphia and he was left alone at
Shbbereen, apprenticed to kinsman
who had a store. In a short time
young O'Donovan had a store of his
own and was leader in the patriotic
movement. famed by the fenian lead
ers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

tive land, although thousands of miles
away from it.
The New York newspapers Of Feb
ruary 3, 1885, recounted the shooting
of Rosa in Chambers street by
Yseulte Dudley, an English trained
nurse, who resented his utterance at
a meeting held in Dynamite Row.
which was near Rossa's Office.
In 1891 the edict Of Punishment was
raised and Rosa returned to Cork,
where he was made clerk of the coun-
ty council at a comfortable salary.
Queen Victoria, as a jubilee favor,
granted him a full pardon.
in the meantime, less strenuous ar
guments than O'Donovan Rossa's have
impeIled the British house of com
mons to pass an Irish home rule bill,
the third reading having been carried
by a vote of SGT to 257.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
A GENEROUS GIFT
Free to Readers Of This Paper

Professor Munyon has just issued a
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1.-The Power of Love" The almanac also
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

In 1858 he became a full member
and in the next year he served his
first term in Cork jail His business
was ruined. his country demoralized.
Still in the revolutionary movement.
he travelled over Ireland, England and
Scotland organizing Fenian bands.
In 1853, Ireland becoming too hot
for him, he came here on visit He
went back after few months, be-
came involved in an aggressive cam
paign and fell into the hands of the
English authorities, and from 1865 to
1871 he was in Jail. He was released
only to be banished from Great Brit
ain and her possessions.
In this country he published news
paper. wrote books, travelled and lee
tured Through correspondence and
influence and funds he collected he
still kept things stirred up in his ma
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

=
men Of today have just such symp-
toms as you describe What does i;
mean?
Look at ne ! am eighty-two years
old. Sound as nut. Tough az hick-
DRY. Do not know what it is to be
tired. While | cannot do as much
physical work az / used to when a
young man. / can do great deal.
Probably twice as much as the aver
age young man OF today.
What has kept me so strong and
well? / will tell you. I do not use
tobacco. j do not use alcoholic slim
ulaDts. 4 do not use tea or coffee
habituaIly. / go to bed early. ] get
up early. l am always doing some
thing; something that occupies my
body and mind. l love to work. !
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Perils of the Aviator.

During one of the aviation meets
young woman went through the han
gar under the guidance of me-
chanic. After asking all the usual
foolish questions that aviators and
the assistants have to answer during
tour of inspection, she wanted to
know: But what if your engine stops
IN the air-what happens? Can't you
come DOWN." That's exactly the
trouble" responded the willing guide
There are now three men up in the
air in France with their engines stop
ped. They can't get down and are
starving to death"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Equally as GOOD.

A Sunday school teacher in the mid
die west asked all of her pupils who
wished to go to heaven to hold up
their right hands. All did but one
little girl
Why, Mary" said the teacher, why
don't you hold up your hand today,
just as you did last Sunday when
asked the same question:
4 know" said Mary, but papa has
just got tickets for Los Angeles
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
AYERS LINCOLN SAVED HIM
peats Anecdote Concerning For
mer Head of Western Union.

New York.-HoW Gen. Thomas T.
Eckert, former head OF the Western
Union Telegraph company, nearly lost
his commission during the Civil war
was related on the witness stand here
during the trial of the contest over the
generals will, which his son. James
Clendennin Eckert, is pressing.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
IN A SHADOW.
!nveterate Tea Drin<er Feared Par
aiysis.

Steady use OF either tea or coffee
often produces alarming symptoms as
the poison tcaTeine) contained il
these beverages acts with more po-
tency in some persons than in others
L was never coffee drinker,''
writes an III. woman. but tea drink
er. / was very nervous, had frequent
spells of sick headache and heart
trouble, and was subject at times to
severe attacks of bilious colo.
mo end of sieepless nights-would
have spells at night when my right
side would get numb and Jingle like
a thousand needles were pricking my
flesh At times | could hardly put my
tongue out of my mouth and my right
eye and ear were affected
The doctors told me l was liable to
become paralyzed at any time, so l
was in constant dread. 1 took no end
of medicine-aIl to no good.
THE doctors told me TO quit using
tea. but l thought l could not live
without it-that it was my only stay
I had been a tea drinker for twenty
AAfS Ssl4S was OLCGL lAS dOCNOA -
care for fifteen.
About six months age, I finally
quit tea and commenced to drink
Postum.
= have never had one spell of sick
headache since and only one light
attack of bilious collie. Have quit hav-
ing those numb spells at night, sleep
well and my heart is getting stronger
all the time" Name given upon re-
quest.
Postum now comes in concentrated,
powder form, called Instant Postum.
II Is prepared by stirring level tea
spoonful in cup of hot water, adding
sugar to taste, and enough cream to
bring the color to golden brown.
Instant Postum is convenient;
there's no waste; and the flavor is al
ways uniform. Sold by grocers every
where.
s Soup trial tin mailed for gTocer's
name and 2-cent stamp for postage.
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, Battle Creek,
Mich.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
A Link With the Ear Past

London.-M Wahi, an editor o.
SiIkeborg, Jutland, who died recently
at the age of eighty-seven, had a
brother who died 123 years age. Wahl
was the youngest of Is children and
between the birth of his father and his
own death there was a period OF 153
years. His father, who was born ir
1859, married twice, the editor being
the youngest child of the second mar
riage. The aged editor was younger
than any Of his nepheWs and nieces.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
COPE LIBRARY IS ON SALE
Prominent Dealers and Collectors
From Both Sides of Atlantic
Seek Rare Books.

London.-The library of Sir Anthony
Cope. comprising an unusually large
and interesting collection of A,neri-
cana, was put up at public sale at
Sotheby's. Prominent dealers and
collectors from both sides of the At
lantic were on hand, with a view to
securing some of the rare books en-
braced in the collection. These includ-
ed a fine copy of Bossus Travels
Through Louisiana" dated It'll: j.
Carver's Travels Through North
America in 1865, 1857 and 1858" with
maps and plates; H. Ellis Voyage to
Hudson Bay and California, l746-
1747'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

W. q o'IT'kTI' der. Oodd.s Kidney
Pills cured me of that and the Kidney
Trouble. | take Dodd's Kidney Pills
now to keep from having Backache.
am n years old and a farmer. You are
at liberty to publish this testimonial,
and you may use my picture in con-
nection with it" Correspond with Mr..
Smith about this wonderful remedy.
Dodd's Kidney Pills, soc. per box at
your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co,
Buffalo. N. Y. Write for Household
Hints, also music of National Anthem
English and German Words and reel
pes for dainty dishes. All 5 sent free
Adv
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Discouraaiuu a Vocalist,

Why a certain parrot never learned
to talk, Current Opinion tells in
these words:
Kerrigan went on a trip to South
America. and while there bought a
pretty Spanish parrot as present
for his friend O'Brien. He shipped
the bird to O'Brien at once, and when
he got back home, he said:
-Dinny. did ye get the fine parrot
STINT We from Rio Joneiro?''
Il did that, Kerrigan, and l want to
tell ye that l never put me teeth into
q tougher bird in me life!''
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Gold Very Scarce In France.

Paris.-A prominent subject OF con
yersation has recently been the phe-
nomenal scarcity of gold coin through
out France, during the past few
months. Even at the banks and
money changers Americans have COM
planned of the inconvenience INJECTING
change for checks, letters of credit
and drafts solely in notes and silver,
the latter being mainly the heavy and
cumbersome five-franc pieces. Fianace
minister Klotz states that the chief
reason for the shortage is the large
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

easily read. Another is the handker-
down their faces as they twist hand
kerchief between their hands. Some
times it is clinched in their teeth.
Their code is primitive enough to go
back to the men who lived in trees.
Sometimes the threat is expressed
by wringing the two hands together.
1t is over in a second-but it has sent
z promise to the threatened person
that he will be torn into pieces. Some
times a hasty motion of the two hands
over the knees means, I'll break your
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

A seven-year-old colored boy was
before Judge Taylor in juvenile court
rot long ago for shooting at his play
mate with a rifle. As is customary in
all such cases the attorney in Ques-
tiOning the boy asked:
You ,lere in the state of Indiana,
Marion county. when this happened,
We're you not"
The little fellow studied a minute
and then answered:
No. sab. All was on tn front
pO'ch, indianapolis News.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Were OniX Bent.

She weighed only 2S6, SO that when
she trod on a banana skin she sub
sided very gently. A polite shop
keeper came out to assist her to rise
from a box of his best new-laid eggs.
"Oh, | do hope | have not broken
themi" she cried.
Not at all, madam" said the polite
one; they are only bent"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Wearing of Shoes a Crime

Boston.-Prof. K Jefferson Rich.
ards champions going barefooted al
all seasons as a remedy for the all
ments of the human race 1T was
never intended" says the learned
professor, that a well-developed foot
should be pinched, distorted and pun
ished by being shut up in pieces of
seWed leather"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
They Got Left.

John and Betty, aged five and four
years, had started on a railway jour
ney with their parents on Monday, but
reached the station just in time to
hear the engineer ring his bell ana see
the train pull out of the station, leaV-
ing the family behind.
Next Sunday John and Betty were
started out on the way to Sunday
school. When they were half way
there the bell rang, and presently they
came regretfully back
We got left" they announced.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Warning to Women

Very Meek Husband just finished
writing your speech for the club.
Mirah.
His Wife mot so meek)-What's
the subject?
Very Meek Man-'The Lady Who
Will Strike Her Husband Is No Man"
Satire
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
apnnor+an+ ro Mo1hers
Sarcasm Wanted.

Cook-There's no use, sorr, can't
stand the missus.
Master sarcastically)-It's a pity
wife to suit you.
Cook-sure. sorr. we all make mis-
takes.-Boston Evening Transcript.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Young Lion Claws Boy.

Rome. = The young lion which
Princess Radziwill. nee Miss Deacon,
of Boston, recently took to a fancy
ball in a chariot. was being exercised
in the geological gardens when he
broke loose and sprang on the infant
son OF Count Macca. formerly Italian
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Sold CASTOR Wife for SIS.

New Castle. Pa.-Eli Kleirch, tireo
of his wife and took another sweet
heart, but he was distracted because
he could not marry her. He found a
man who admired Mrs. Kleirch, sold
her to him for $50, and then got a
marriage license to wed No. 3 A
judge fined him s25 and explained to
him the workings of the law
out. While I was standing speeches.
before him felt a hand on my shout
der, and some one said
81 vouch for Captain Eckert
have had occasion to go to his Office
several times and | always found him
there, attending to his duties. It
was Abraham Lincoln. Stanton broke
the silence L apologize to Majo'
Eckert.' he said"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
This william Tell Die a Bum Job.

Harrodsburg, Ky.-Jack Coleman. 4
would-be William Tell bet Henry
Marshall that he could put rife bull
let through MarshalTs hat without
touching his scalp Marshall accepted
the wager. and won it, the bullet miss
ing hat and passing through his skull.
killing him instantly. Coleman is uBe
der arrest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

s G e b e = e,
Young man, l
heard you com
planning [ h e
other day of be-
ing n e nv gu 6,
sleepless. brain
tagged. and the
like. A young
man, hardly IN
the zenith of
your life. com
planning of such
things!
And this is
very CO n mon,
too You are
not the only
one. Pro b ably
three out Of four
of The vOupo
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
EnVy,

''Bnggins is one of those people who
envy others the slightest elevation
above ordinary surroundings"
Yes. His family cant eat meal
without being afraid he'll get jealous
of the baby and want the high chair. "
Washington Star
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Electrical Weapon Invented by Phiia-
delphian Will Subdue the
Disorderly.

Philadelphia.-Poli obdurate
abroad at night, reformers, working
girls and Johnny pestered members of
the chorus-there's combination
ought to rise up and call blessed Jere-
miah Creedon. the Philadelphia North
American says.
MIR. Creedon one Of the oldest and
most respected engineers of the Bal
timore and Ohio, has evolved by pro-
found thought on his DAYS off an in
vention, which. he says, will revolu-
tionize methods of making arrests.
subduing unruly persons and resisting
attacks" And Uncle Sam has just
signed, sealed and delivered to him a
patent for his device
Don't club 'em; shock en- is Mr..
Creedon's advice to the police in han
ding the obstreperous. He proposes
to arm the guardian of the law with
portable lightning, easily applied.
through the hands, where it will do
the most good.
With the same innocent means Of
defense. he points out. the timid spin
ster may come and go at any hour. the
shop girl need no longer use her hat
pin as lethal weapon. For at the
waist of each unprotected female
there may be a battery, and in her
gloves electrodes; and she has simply
to grasp an assailant. be he footpad
or masher, and he becomes helpless in
her hands
1t was the sight of an unruly pris-
oner being dubbed into submission
that, stirred the compassion and the
inventive genius of Mr. Creedon. He's
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Got His Answer,

Standing by the entrance of large
estate in the suburbs of Dublin are
two huge dogs carved out OF granite.
An Englishman going by in hack
thought he would have some fun with
the Irish driver.
How often, Jack, do they feed those
two big dogs?"
Whenever they bark, sir" was the
straight-faced reply
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

not think | would be
alive today if it
were not for Dodd's
XII dney Pills. I
strained my back
about forty years.
ago, which left it
very weak. | was
troubled with inflam-
nation of the blad-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

The anecdote was repeated as the
witness said General Eckert had relat-
ed it to him by Rev James Veit, as
sistant pastor of the Church of Our
Lady of Lourdes here. testifying for
the defense
In 1852 he quoted General Eckert
as saying. when ! was an officer in
charge OF the telegraph bureau with
the rank of captain, Secretary of War
Stanton called me to his Office. He
told me he had received advice that
I was not attending to my duties, and
that my dismissal had been written
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Corrected.

higgins always knows the latest
story"
Not the latest" replied Miss Cay
enne, YEARLY, the longest Wash.
ington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
It's Nature

What's the weather report
Blowing great guns"
Great report"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Illustrative Case.

Why are those two affinities?"
I don't know. unless it is because
she is dove-eyed and he is pigeon,
toed.~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

Il don't like to throw bouquets at
myself, but / do think l have excellent
taste
Am l to consider that as a pro,
posal?"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20
Feminine Arithmetic.

Typist-It's my birthday tomorrow
I'm going to take a day off.
Bookkeeper-Why don't you take
five years off, same as you did last
year?-Bystander
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-03-20

Mrs Wins1ow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamma-
ton ,aIlays pain curss wind collie, 25c bottlek@