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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
Nh0f So Precious
As q Healthy B0byS
EOesy Yosgngsfer CG7s Hove Fine
Digestion if CiUeft o Good
Baby Laxative.

In spite Of the greatest personal
care and the most intelligent attention
to diet, babies and children will be-
come constipated, and it is a fact that
constipation and indigestion have
wrecked many a young life. To start
with a good digestive apparatus is to
start life without handicap.
But, as we cannot all have perfect
working bowels, We must do the next
best thing and acquire them, Or train
them to become healthy. This can be
done by the use Of a Iaxative-tonic
very highly recommended by a great
many mothers. The remedy is called
Dr.. Caldwell's Syrup. Pepsin and has
been on the market for two genera
tons. It can be bought conveniently
at any drug store for fifty cents or one
dollar bottle, and those who are al
ready convinced Of its merits buy the
dollar size.
It's mildness makes it the ideal medi-
cine for children, and it is also very
pleasant to the taste. 1t is sure in it's
effect, and genuinely harmless. Very
little Of it is required and it's frequent
use does not cause it to lose its eff
feet, as is the case with SO many other
remedies.
Thousands can testify to its merits
in constipation, indigestion, bilious
ness, sick headaches, etc, among
them reliable people like Mrs. James
R. Rouse, of Marinette, Wis. Her lit
tie son Howard was fifteen months old
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06

years the sun spots reach a maximum
as regards number and area. Four
years later they have reached a min
imum, from which they gradually in
crease for seven years. They have
also found that the sun spots have q
controlling effect upon the amount OF
heat radiated from the sun. They act
as a sort Of blanket, and less heat
comes from the portion of the sun IN
der the spots than from the other por-
lions. a difference Of 25 per cent. was
recorded in the heat radiated from the
part Of the sun covered by spot and
the clear portion. This discovery,
taken with a careful examination of
meteorological data, such as tempera-
lures in the year when the sun spots
were most numerous. has prompted
the scientists to venture the opinion
that the presence of sun spots makes
for cold weather.
If their theory is right and the COM
ing and disappearing of sun spots can
be predicted years or months in ad-
vance, it follows that it should be pos
sible to make weather forecasts six
months or so ahead of time. 1t would
not be possible to know, of course.
that it would rain on a given day in
the future, but it would be known
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
IEiTHERFORECASTS
Ambitions Ct u. S. Hete0F0l0gists
May Be Attained.
with Aid of BaIcmeter It Is Possible
to Measure Heat Changes of the
Suns Ray - Predictions
Far Ahead.

Westinghouse vas Mark Twain
vho complained that people kept talk
i1g and talking about the weather. but
nobody ever did anything about it
This Just reproach may be removed
as the result of some very important
discoveries that have been made by
little group of American meterologists.
These scientists have been carefully
observing the sun for ten years, and
have come to the conclusion that our
weather is due to changes upon the
surface of the sun. They say that the
sun spots are responsible. When the
spots are many and large the weather
is apt 70 be cold When they are small
and few the weather will probably be
warm. The differences are questioned
by some other scientists, but their
chief scientific discovery, namely, that
the radiation of heat from the sun IS
not constant, is being generally &C
cepted, and is considered Of great
value to future observations.
The discovery that there was no
solar constant" as it is called, name
ly, that the amount of heat Tadiated
by the sun is not constant, but fuctu-
ates almost as much as the amount OF
heat generated IN a furnace, was due
to the invention by Prof S. P Langley
Of the Smithsonian Institution of a re-
markable instrument he called the boil
ometer. This apparatus is thermom-
eter Of such surprising sensitiv eness
that it will record a miIIionth of de-
gree OF heat. Equipped with bolOm-
eters, q special post Of observation
was established near the summit of
Mount Whitney, in California, and an
other in Algiers. The object of max
ing the observations from two widely
separated stations was to insure
against error due to local atmospheric
causes. For ten years the bolometers
have been at work in California and At
RIGA, and the scientists believe that
the time has been long enough to JUS
tify them in making some important
CONGRATULATIONS concerning sun spots.
They have found, for instance, that
sun spots appear and disappear with
a certain regularity. Every eleven
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
SCALP !TCHED AND BURNED

Greenwood, Ind-"First my hair be-
gan to fall. then my scalp itched and
burned when | became warm. I had
pimples on my scalp; my hair was
falling out gradually until l had
scarcely any hair on my head. [
couldn't keep the dandruf off at all.
My hair was dry and lifeless and l
lost rest at night from the terrible
itching sensation. l would pull my
hat off and scratch my head any place
I happened to be.
For several years I was bothered
with pimples on my face. Some of
them we're hard red spots, some were
full of matter, and many blackheads.
l was always picking at them and
caused them to be sore. They made
my face look so badly I was ashamed
to be seen.
Il tried massage creams for my face
and all kinds Of hair tonic and home
made remedies, but they only made
things worse. Nothing did the work
until I used Cuticura Soap and ONT
ment. I washed my face with the
Cuticura Soap, then put plenty of
Cuticura Ointment on. Three months
use Of Cuticura Soap and Ointment
has made my face as smooth and
clean as can be-" (Signed) c. NJ
Hamilton, Sept. 81, 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address post
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
KIM GEORGE Is No LucuIIus.

King George is a particularly heart.
breaking subject for chef. If he is
interested in conversation, King
George eats whatever is set before him
without noticing what it is or how it
is cooked, and although the chef is al
ways inyenting new dishes, if it were
not for the queen and the younger
members of the family he would get
very discouraged
The general idea that royalty, like
LuculIus of old, feasts every day, is
certainly not warranted by the meals
eaten by the present king and queen,
especially at BalmoraI. where. follow
ing the custom of Queen Victoria
preference is given to Scottish fare,
and while the breakfast table is en-
riched by all the good things apper-
tanning to breakfast and tea in Scot
land, very few French dishes find their
way to the dinner table.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
How Menier BOUGHT Anticosti.

This is the story of how Henri
Menier, the famous chocolate manu-
facturer, whose recent death was re
ported by cable, came to buy Anti
cost: An Englishman named Ken
drick walked into Meniers Office and
stated he was prepared to sell the is
land for $4,000.
Il am the secretary of a company
which bought it ten years ago." he
said. I'VE have not enough capital
to make a success of it and cannot OBJ
tain any more"
The amount asked was mere trife
to the chocolate king, who had paid
twice as much for steam yacht, and
after obtaining an option from Ken
drick he sent three men to investi-
gate. They cabled: THE soil is fer
tile, the fishing magnificent, and here
are almost enough spruce forests to
supply France with wood pulp" His
business instincts satisfied, Menier
closed the bargain and became sole
owner of an island 40 miles long
and 35 miles wide at its broadcast
part.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06

They dye in cod water better than any other dy
tic. MONROE DRUG COMPANY, Quincy, III
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
The Face of CaracsIIa

Caracalla and Julia Pia are on ped
estals on the landing of the great
southern stairway in the New York
library. At the risk OF offending
Julia Pia, whose comedy marble head
looks across to Caracalla's s, it must be
said that her son is homely. His
locks. which should be hyacinthine,
are nearer to being kinky, and his
face-wel, look at it for yourself
some time.
A library attendant who has no adj
miration for this bust of one once
Roman emperor afirms that on a
summers day came a buXom negro
woman with he daughter from the
high school. The mother stopped and
bent a disappearing eye on Caracalla.
My Lawd, Lily" she said at last,
amt dat rock man plain!"-Eer
York Evening Post.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
MhN Cats on Vessels

People often wonder why seafaring
men are SO fond of taking cats with
them on a voyage. This is explained
by two circumstances. Marine insur-
ance does not cover damage done to
cargo by the depredations of rats;
but if the owner of the damaged goods
can prove that ship was sent to sea
unfinished with cat, he can recover
damages from the shipmaster. Again,
a ship found at sea with no living crea-
ture on board is considered a dereict,
and is forfeited to the admiralty, the
finders. or the king. 1t has often hap
pened that, after a ship has been aban-
doned, some domestic animal-a dog,
or bird, or, most frequently, a cat
has saved the vessel from being con-
sidered as a derelict.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
HonestY of Childhood.

A lady. out wheeling her two-months-
old baby, met a neighbor's boys and
asked them if they wouldn't like to see
the baby.
The little fellows, highly elated at
the invitation, tipped their chins over
the edge of the baby buggy, when the
younger broke forth:
ooh, isn't he cute. He looks just
like the little monkeys we saw in the
park"
mo, Harold" protested the older
brother, nudging the little four-year-
old. He doesn't look like a monkey.
No, Harold, no, he doesn't look like a
monkey"
All the time he kept up a vicious
nudging at little Harold, w.lo, seeing a
great light down, suddenly corrected
his blunder by explaining: We'll, /
just meant his face."-Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
BIG SHARK FIGHTS FISHERMEN
Nips Mans Arm When Caught on
Line From Boat-Finaiiy Caught
and Killed.

Lewes, Del.-The third time this
season that sharks had attacked small
fishing craft in the bay occurred, when
several men had an exciting fight
with a man eater
The party were fishing for blackfish
in a boat owned by John L. Wright
when one Of the men exclaimed that
he had an enormous fish on his line
With the assistance of another man
the supposed fish was drawn toward
the surface Of the water, when it was
discovered to be. shark measuring at
least five feet long.
The huge fish made a lunge at
Wright and bit through several thick
nesses of his clothing, bruising the
flesh on his left arm. One of the occu-
pants of the boat dealt the shark a
hard blow with a hammer. This stun
ned it SO badly that it was landed and
despatched.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06

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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
NO CLOTHES FOR FAT PEOPLE
Verdict Of German Physician Who Has
Made Study Of Adiposity and
Its Cure.

Fat people ought to wear as little
clothing as possible. In fact, they
ought to wear no clothing for as much
Of the time as conditions will allow.
This is the bold statement OF an
original German physician who has
been making special study Of adj
posity and its cure. He dwelIs upon
the fact that fat is n itself a disease
when it becomes adiposity. Every
person should be plump, i. e., have fat
in certain parts of the body, and a
layer Of fat of no great thickness
should underIie tie skin for its pro
lection.
But the taking on of too much fat
is an evidence of faulty assimilation
Of food. Too much is being made into
fat and too little into the harder tissue
of the muscles. Il is for this reason
that many specialists insist upon their
stout patients taking all Of the exer-
else they viii, for exercising serves
the double purpose of correcting the
malassimilatiOn of food and burning
up of the fat already accumulated by
the action of the muscles. Fat is, so
to say. burned up" by exercise, the
little globuIes being melted away by
the heat of the activity Of the mus
cIes
If 1t were possible to oZidize the fat
in OUT tissues, it would melt away just
as 1t does when put into a frying pan.
but exercise is INDUCED in by the
stout only at a great expenditure of
VIII power.
The stout person should wear as lit
tie clothing as possible, in order that
the oxygen of the air may act upon
the fat through the pores of the skin,
for while oxidation is not as rapid in
this way as IT is by the muscles, it is
more continuous and does take place,
rs is plain from the hardened fat of
the hardy, exposed person, when com
pared with the fabby fat of the cod
died stout man or woman who is al
ways wrapped in heavy garments and
fuTs. Under the action Of the air the
ATTY globuIes lose much Of their mois,
are, and become hard, shrinking
somewhat and serving the purpose for
Fhich nature intended the fatty layers
protection of the more delicate tbs.
gues beneath it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06

whether the winter would be a severe
or mild one, whether the spring
would be late or early, whether the
summer would be wet or dry In 9th
er words, it would be possible to know
as much as the patent medicine alma
macs pretend to know. That this
knowledge would mean the saving of
many million dollars a year is plain
after moments thought. Farmers,
for instance, would know what sort of
crop to sow in order to take advan-
tage Of the coming season. Manufac-
turers would know what sort of cloth
ing would be most seasonable, and all
industries that are more or less de-
pendent upon the weather would be
able to calculate precisely for months
in advance. Some such stride in the
science of meteorology might be rea-
sonably expected. It is long overdue.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
Crown Prince of Germany.

bility for the publication of his letter
to the imperial chancellor, DR.. Won
Behlman-Hollweg and to disapprove
the use made of it. In this letter the
prince had protested against permits
sion being given to Prince Ernest Au-
gust Of Cumberland, the husband of
the emperor's daughter, Princess Vic
toria Luise, to occupy the throne of
the duchy of Brunswick without his
express remuneration Of his preten-
sions to the throne Of Hanover.
The length of interview, however,
gave rise to the belief that possibly
the crown princes explanations were
not entirely satisfactory.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
POLICE SHOT BY DUELISTS

seemed to have plenty of ammunition,
however, for some sixty shots were
fired before the crowd which had gath
cred was sufficiently large to make
the fussiIlade effective.
It was then that the unlucky police
men appeared, and they, misled by the
furious noise of the combat, thought
that the dueIlists were in earnest.
There followed a battle between duel
lists and police. 1t was very brief,
the two young men soon clearing out
together, but five policemen were left
stretched upon the sidewalk, and two
of them had to be taken to the hOspi-
tai
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06

last April, but he was sick with bowel
trouble from birth and suffered in
tensely. Since Mrs. Rouse has been
giving him DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin all trouble has disappeared and the
boy is becoming robust.
Thousands keep DR., Caldwelps
Syrup Pepsin constantly in the house.
for every member of the family can
use it from infancy to cid age. The
users of Syrup Pepsin have learned
to avoid cathartics, salts, mineral wa
tiers, pills and other harsh remedies
for they do but temporary good and
are a shock to any delicate system.
Families wishing to try a free sam
pie bottle can obtain it postpaid by
addressing DR.. W. B. Caldwell, 203
Washington St, Monticello, III. A pos
tai card with your name and address
on it will do
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06

Color more goods brighter and faster colors thar
You can dye any garment without ripping apau
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
Same Old Suit.

Hemmandhaw-Her is an interest
ing article on dress.
Mrs. Hemmandhaw-Wha is it all
about?
H-A lecturer describes the clothes
which women will be wearing 100
years from now.
me a particle.
HWY not?
Mrs. H.-Because, unless something
wonderful happens, l will still be
wearing the same old blue velvet suit
I've had ever since we were married.
Youngstown Telegram.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
Chinese Language Leads.

1t was recently stated by Professor
Kirchof that Chinese is the most pop
-uIar language in the world. It is
spoken by four hundred million per
sons. Hindoostani is spoken by up
ward Of one hundred million; English
by more than one hundred million;
Russian by more than seventy million
German by f1fty-eight million: Span
ish by forty-five million; and French
by only forty million.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
Lonical Conclusion.

A little SRI was walking along the
street with her bother, when she saw
a one-armed man. 1t was the first
time in her life that she had ever
seen a man without an arm, and she
wanted to know all about it. Her
mother explained, in answer to her
questions, that the man had prob
ably met with an accident of some
kind and that his arm would never
grow back. The little girl thought for
a moment, and then said: We'll, if
the Lord made us, it seems to me
like he ought to keep US in repair" =
Judge.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
BUILDS HIS MONUMENT FIRST
A Granite Statue Eleven Feet Tall
Erected by "Buck Taii' Veteran
to Perpetuate Memory.

Philadelphia.-To perpetuate his
memory after he is dead Melville H
Freas, a seventy-three-year-old veter-
an of the famous Buck Tall regi-
ment in the Civil war, sat in his old
war uniform and rega1ia while a sculp-
tor started work with him as a model
for a granite statue eleven feet tall.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
Married After 40 Years.

Paterson, n AFTER living togeth-
er forty years as man and wife, VIII
liam H. Walton and Margaret Miller,
OF this city, applied for marriage
license saying they wished to be legal
~ married Walton said that forty
years ago the only marriage ceremony
performed was jumping over broom
stick, an old southern custom
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
DUCHESS AOSTA TO AFRICA
Famous Nurse of Morocco War &c
Pass Five Months in the
Interior.

Naples.-The Duchess Elena of Aos-
Ia has gone on her fourth journey
across Central Africa. The trip will
take four or five months. during part
of which time the duchess will be in
the heart of darkest Africa.
AS a nurse in TEipoli during the re
cent war, prominent also in relief
work following the Messina earth
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
Disappears With Horse.

Rackensack, N. IA stranger at
the Hohokus race track who said
he admired gray PAGER owned by S.
Ravens Of AbuTy Park, n. J., asked it's
owner for permission to drive around
the track a few times. Permission
was granted and the stranger disap-
peared through the nearest gate with
the valuable horse.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06

sion This well has been a puzzle to
the foremost biologists in the coun-
try and several plans for stopping
the wasteful flow of gas has failed.
Some weeks ago another well was
driven $50 feet from wild" we'll Air
was forced into this well with power
full pumps, II opened fssure in the
loose earth formation .snd it was dis
covered that the air was being forced
up into the wild we'll Then mud
was forced into the new we'll 1t fol-
lowed the air and finally the pres
sure OF gas in the wild" well de-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
CROWN PRINCE ON CARPET
Frederick Wilhelm Has Two Hours
Conference With August Father,
the Emperor.

Berlin.-Crown Prince Frederick
William had a two-hour interview
with the emperor as result of the
recent demonstrative announcement
of the crown princes opposition to his
fathers policy regarding the Bruins
wick succession.
The crown prince, according to an
inspired statement before the inter
view, was prepared to deny RESPONSE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
PLUGGED A wild" GAS WELL
Wasted Millions of Feet Is Finally
Stopped by Mud.

New Orleans.-The famous wild
gas we'll in the Caddo oil field of
Louisiana, which for six years has
caused a daily waste from Is to 20
million cubic feet Of gas, was stop
ped. according to reports received
1ere b. NJ l. Alexander, president
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
Death Beat Family Reunion.

BuffaIo.-One the eve of reuniting
his family, from whom he had been
separated for five years, Abraham
Becker, forty-six years old, fell under
q wagon last night and was killed.
Two months ago Becker sent to his
wife in Russia the savings of years
to bring her and their four children
here. They are due next Monday.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
SELLS HALF OF A RESIDENCE
ST. Paul [Minn.) Woman, in Leqai
Dispute, Lets Railroad Saw
House in Twain,

st. Paul, NINA new method of
settling disputes as to the proper di-
vision of property has been discov-
cred by Mrs. Sylvan Nadeau of ST.
Paul One-half Of . a dwelling is
standing in the railroad district while
the other half has disappeared.
Unable to agree with other heirs,
Mrs. Nadeau sold her half of the
house to a railroad whose track passed
the structure
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06
w elcomed.

TIL have to arrest YOU said the
policeman.
with his wife threw both arms around
the officer and exclaimed:
This isn't any arrest. This is a
rescue. Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-06

The statue will be placed on the
burial lot in Ivy Hill cemetery where
Freas expects to be buried some day.
1t will be erected by the side of a
tall grave stone inscribed with Freas'
name, date of birth and war record
which he had erected on his own
grave three years ago.
The veteran hopes to have the
statue ready for unwilling next Mem
orial day. Freas usually celebrates
the day by going to he cemtery and
to the spot where a gravestone marks
what will be his last resting place