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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
WOOD OF IMMENSE VALUE
creenheart, South American Product
Has Most Wonderful Qualities tor
the ShipbUlder.

Greenheart, the wood which the
Isthmian canal commission is DESTROYS
of securing for use in the construction
of docks and similar works in the
Panama canal, because it is said by
experts to resist more than any other
wood the attacks Of marine borers
which rapidly destroy piles and other
submarine structures, is one OF the
most valuable of timbers. 1t is native
of South America and the West IN
dies. and from its bark and fruits is
obtained bibirine, which is often used
as a febrifuge instead Of Quinine.
The wood is Of dark green color,
sap wood and heart wood being SO
much alike that they can with dlttl-
Guilty be distinguished from each 9th
er. The heart wood is one Of the
most desirable of all timbers, Particu-
Iarly in the shipbuilding industry. In
disputable records show that the best
grades surpass iron and steel in last
ing qualities in salt water, submerged
logs having remained intact for one
hundred years.
In the Kelvingrove museum. Glas-
gov, there are two pieces OF plankng
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Randall Mccoy, Afer Turbulent
Career, Dies in Bed.
Desperate Deeds of the Hatfield-Mc-
Coy Factions Enacted in the State
of Kentucky-EarIy Incidents
of the War.

Louisville. Ky. = Randall Mccoy,
nonagenarian and one of the leaders
of the famous Hatfeld-McCoy feud,
which for years terrorized the border
districts of the states Of Kentucky
and West Virginia, died at the home
of his grandson in this city recently.
Death was caused by burns which he
suffered last fall and from which he
never recovered.
The life history of Mccoy is the his
tory of a period when the reign of
law was forgotten for many years. The
original trouble between the Mccoy
and Hatfield families began during the
Civil war, when Harmon Mccoy, broth
er Of Randall Mccoy, was killed by
Jim Vance, a relative Of Anderson
Hatfield, known far and wide as Bad
Anse," whose mother was a member
Of the Vance family.
Hatfield had several sons, the most
notorious being Cap" and Johnson
Hatfield So notorious was the repu-
tation of this family that they were
the practical rulers Of Logan county,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
SWISS HEALED BY MIRACLES
Carpenter With Magnetic Powers is
Exciting the CreduIous Near
Lake Geneva.

Paris.-At Thonon-les-Bains. on the
lake Of Geneva, numbers of sick per-.
sons, of all grades Of society, are ask
Ing for treatment by a Swiss carpen-.
ter named Dubois. who, it is said, has
true magnetic powers, and has eff
fected many striking cures.
Dubois was recently prosecuted for
Illegally practising medicine, but was
acquitted, and when the case was
heard evidence was given by several
individuals who claimed to have been
cured by him.
The Paris Matin thus describes the
method employed by Dubois:
The patients themselves have to
bring an empty bottle. After a few
magnetic passes over the bottle they
notice with stupefaction that it re-
mains vertically beneath the open
hand of the operator, the adherencei
being such that it is impossible to-
pull it away. The magnetic fluid has
acted, All that remains is to fill the
magnetized bottle with some sort of
water and to drink a glass of it be-
fore meals. This is the only treat
ment recommended.
The Matin devotes half a column to
the subject of the carpenters mir
acles."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
was an ideal hunting lodge for palace
lithic man, was the most westerly out
post of the race in Europe.
RetoId for Tourists.

The Bale-Geneva express, says the
Standards Geneva correspondent, was
overcrowded the other day and tray
elers had to stand in the corridors of
the second class coaches. One tour
ist saw q seat vacant, but covered
with luggage and asked a passenger
sitting near whether the seat was
occupied" Yes" replied the stran-
ger, the man is in the restaurant
wagon and viii return soon"
There the matter ended until the
express reached Lausanne, when the
owner OF the baggage prepared to get
out
Pardon me-" said the tourist, that
luggage does not belong to you" and
called the guard. The latter sided
with the tourist and the whole matter
was placed before the station master.
The selfish traveller had TO prove,
piece by piece, that the luggage on
the seat belonged to him, and he fin
ally was obliged TO pay for two sec
ond class tickets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
RICH IN PALAEOLITHIC RELICS
Remarkable Find in Welsh Cave Has
Thrown Much Light on Life OF
the Long Past Centuries.

In a recent lecture in the Old Coun-
try, Prof. ". ]. Sollas, told Of cave
rich in palaeolithic relics in human
and animal skeletons and implements,
situated near Rosali, in the Cover pen
insula in South Wales, and is known
by the name Of Faviland cave. The
discovery there. said the professor, OF
a painted skeleton, long known as the
Red Lady" had rendered il famous
Recent investigations showed That this
skeleton was the remains of member
OF the tall upper palaeolithic race.
The bones of the animals, most Of
them extinct, were in agreement with
this conclusion, the most abundant be-
ing the horse, cave bear, bison, rein
deer and rhinoceros. The mammoth
was less common. TIE implements in
Guided objects carved out of mann
moths ivory. ivory rods. avis and
amulets, bone marrow scoops, and
wolves teeth, perforated for suspen-
sion as necklace. The cave, which
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Noted Feudist Dead

Kentucky, respecting neither man nor
the law
In 1881 Johnson Hatfield eIoped with
Randall McCoys daughter. After the
girl had returned to her parents John
son Hatfield again induced her to go
with him. They were surprised by
members of the Mccoy family, who
took Hatfield prisoner. bad "Anse"
Hatfield and other members of his
family Immediately organized an expe-
dition and rescued Johnson Hatfield.
Things were fairly quiet then for
two years until on election day in
August, 1888, Ellison Hatfield at
tempted to murder three of Randall
McCoys sons-Floyd, Talbert and
Richard-the eldest being twenty-four
years old and the youngest nineteen.
In the fight, Ellison Hatfield was
mortally wounded and the Mccoy boys
escaped harm. Floyd Mccoy escaped
while the other two boys were arrest
ed by the authorities A crowd Of
bad Anse" Hatfeld's desperadoes cap
tured Talbert and Richard Mccoy,
along with Randall Mccoy, Jr, four
teen years old, and held them pending
the outcome of the injuries to Ellison
Hatfield. Immediately after the death
Of Hatfield, the Hatfield clan tied the
three Mccoy boys to trees and shot
them to death
Following the insistent demands of
laW-abiding citizens, Governor Buck
ner Of Kentucky commissioned Frank
Phillips to go to West Virginia to take
charge of the Hatfield clan, who had
been accused of the Mccoy murders.
Phillips took his work seriously, and
to the surprise OF the Hatfelds land
ed his prisoners in the jail at Pike
Vile
A few days later on the night of
January 1, 1887, others Of the Hatfield
clan attacked the house of Randall Nc
Coy and killed son and a daughter,
besides fatally wounding his wife. Nc
Coy made a desperate fight, and killed
three of the attacking party before he
fled for his life. One of his daugh-
ters went mad as the result of the
sight of her dead brother and sister.
When Kentucky heard the story of
this attack there was such an cutlery
that the fearless Phillips again organ
lied a posse and invaded West Vir-
ginia, the stronghold of the Hatfield
clan. He captured the other mem
bers Of the band and lodged them
in Pikeville jail. They were all in
dicted for murder.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
CHAPTER Viii.

What Happened Thirty Years Ago.
When Shirley. came across the lawn
at Rosewood. Major Montague Bristow
sat under the arbOr talking to her
mother.
The major was massive-framed,
with Q strong jaw and a rubicUnd
cOmDIeZiou-the sort that might be
supposed to have attained the utmost
benefit to be conferred by consist
ent indulgence in mintjuIeps. His
blue eyes were piercing and aTched
with brOws like sable rainbOws, at
variance with his heavy irOn-gray hair
and imperial. His head was leonine
and he looked like a king who has
humbIed his enemy. It may be added
that his linen was fine and immacu-
late his black string-tie precisely tied
and a pair Of gold-rimIned eyeglasses
swung by a fiat black cord against his
white waistCOat.
Shirley" said her mother, "the ma
jor's brutal, and he shan't have his
mint-iulep."
What has he been doing?" asked
the other, her brows wrinkling in a
delightful way she had
He has reminded me that I'm grow
ing old"
Shirley looked at the major skep-
ticaIly for his chivalry was IN
doubted During a long career in law
and legislature it had been said of
him that he could neither speak on
the tariff question nor defend a man
for murder, without first paying a
tribute to the women of the South,
sab"
Nothing of the sort" he rumbled
Mrs. Dandridge's face sOftened to
wistfulness Shirley, am u" she
asked with a quizzicaI, almost a dFoll
uneasiness. why, I've got every emo
ton I've ever had. I read all the new
French novels, and I'm even thinking
of going in for the militant suffragette
movement"
The girl had tossed her hat and
crop on the table and seated herself
by her mothers chair. What was it
he said. dearest?"
He thinks I ought to wear a woT-
sted shawl and arctics" Her mother
thrust out one little thin-sltppered foot,
with its slender ankle cleaning
through it's open-work stocking like
mother-of-pearl Imagine. In May.
And he knows I'm vain of my feet!
Major, if you had ever had a wife,
you would have learned wisdom. But
you mean well. and III take back what
I said about the juIep. You mix it,
Shirley. Yours is even better than
Ranston's"
She makes me one every day, Mon
ty," she continued. as Shirley went
into the house. And when she isn't
looking. I pour it into the bush there. -
Major Bristow laughed as he bit
the end off a cigar. "AIl the same, 50
he said in his big rumbling voice,
you need 'em, I reckon. You need
more than mint-juleps, too You leave
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Radi11rn Cure T ais

edge on the real cause and actual ma
ture of cancer, he said. Experiments
for 35 centuries show that heredity
plays small part, il any at all, in its
appearance.
It was reported that the members
Of the society would have something
hopeful to report Instead they admit
ted no progress and held out little
hope. They united in saying they had
discovered neither the cause nor the
nature of cancer. Then they proved
by statistics that cancer is on the In
crease.
That a change in the habits and Gus
toms may. reduce the disease to some
extent was a ray Of hope held out by
DR.. Mayo, who also said any cancer
could be cured if operated upon in it's
early stages,
IF we could only tell how to avoid
it ! would be glad, because am frank
to admit that we DO not know" he
declared. He said the statement that.
the use Of meat was one Of the habits
to be avoided in connection with can
Ger prevention had been wrongly at
ributed to him.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
WASN'T ENTITLED TO MEDAL
President Of Anti-CrueEty Society
Made Decision Positively Brutal
in It's FTsnkness.

Mrs. WaIdorf Astor at the port of
New York declared the other day that
she never wore aigrettes or the feath-
ers of song birds, or the plumes of
anything that flies. Yet she was wear
ing sables at the time; her boots were
of calfskin; her gloves were kid, and
she would so to the Ritz-CaTlton for
luncheon and swallow tiny, living cys-
tiers, afterward eating young trout,
outlets of lamb, grilled quail. and so
forth and so on. Oh, consistency"
The speaker was DR.. L. G. Wither-
spoon, the San Francisco dietician.
He continued:
Man is cruel toward the animals.
There is no denying it. And hence
Mrs. Waldorf Astor is rather foolish
TO pirate of her kindness as regards
aigrettes when, on her behalf, we
slaughter daily birds and sheep, sables
and seals, fish and kids.
Yes, as the world is constituted
any talk of kindness toward animals
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Specialists Say 1t Succeeds But
Once in Hundred Cases.
Dr.. William r. Mayo Declares Moth
ing AvaiIs Against the Dreaded
Disease Of Cancer But the
Speedy Use Of Knife.

New York.-All hope Of curing can
Ger by radium has been abandoned by
some of the foremost surgeons and re-
search workers of the country, who de-
clared at the meeting of the American
Society for the Control Of Cancer that
the failures Of radium outnumber the
cures 100 to 1.
That nothing is of avail against the
most dreaded disease but the speedy
use of the knife was the opinion ad-
vanced by Dr. William H. Mayo Of
Rochester MINI.
Operation is the only cure, but "a
dunn or ray treatment is in order as
a temporary palliative where opera
ton is impossible, according to DR..
Francis G. Wood, director Of cancer
research at Columbia university Fall
ures from radium outnumber the cures
100 to 1, he stated. Another genera
ton will be required to furnish knowE
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

The next room that he entered was
| big and wide, place of dark coIors,
nobly smutched of time. 1t had been
at once library and Hying-room A
great leather settee was drawn near
| the desk and beside this stood a read
! ing-stand with a small china dog and
a squat bronze lamp upon it. In con-
trast to the orderly dining-room there
was about this chamber a sense Of
untouched Disorder desk-drawer
| jerked halfopen, a yelIowed news
! paper torn across and flung into cor
ner, books tossed on desk and lounge,
and in the fireplace little heap of
1 Whitened ashes in which charred frag-
| burned in haste
| Suddenly he lifted his eyes. Above
| the desk hung life-size portrait of a
man, in the high soft stock and vel
vet collar of half a century before.
| The right eye, strangely. had been cut
| from the canvas. He stood straight
and tall, one hand holding an eager
! hound in leash, his face proud AMI
! forid, his single, cold, steel-blue eye
! 5IdI4LS
with a certain malicious arrogance,
| and his lips set in a sardonic curve
! that seemed about to sheer. It was
| for an instant as if the pictured figure
! confronted the young man who stood
! there, mutely challenging his entrance
| into that tomb-like and secret-keeping
quiet; and he gazed back as fxedly,
repealed by the craft of the face, yet
subtIy attracted Il wonder who you
were" he said. You we're cruel.
| Perhaps you were wicked. But you
were strong, too
He returned to the outer hall to find
| that the negro had carried in his
trunk, and he babe him place it, with
the portmanteau, in the room he had
just left. Dusk was falling.
Uncle Jefferson" said Valiant abb
! ruptly, have you family?''
mo, sub. Jes' me en- nah OF
CONAN"
Can she cook?"
Cook" The genial litter again
captured his dusky escort. when
she got de fixens, All reck'n she de
D6aJ6n
How would you both like to live
here with me for a while? She could
cook and you could take care of me"
Uncle Jefferson's eyes seemed 10
turn inward with mingled surprise and
introspection. He shifted from OLE
foot to the other, swallowed difficulty
several times, and said, "Ah ain neA-
bah seed yo' befo', sub"
well, 1 haven't seen you eithes,
have II"
Oats de trufe. sub. deed ct is!
Hyuh, hyuh! Whut All means ter
say is dat de OF CONAN kahn cook
no fancy didoes like what dey eats up
MORT. She kin jes' cook de Ferginey
style"
THAT sounds good to me-" quoth
Valiant. I'll risk it. Now as to
wages"
"Ah ain specticulous as ter de
wages" said Uncle Jefferson. "Ah
knows er gemman when All sees one"
Then it's bargain" responded Va
liant with alacrity. Can you come at
once?"
"Yas, sub, me en- Daph gwineter
come ovah fus' thing in de mawnin.
Whut yo'-all gwineter do TO yo' sup
pah?"
9TH get along" Valiant assured him
cheerfulIy. Here is five dollars. You
can buy some food and things to
cook with, and bring them with you
Do you think there's a stove in the
kitchen?"
"Ah reck'n,'' replied Uncle Jefferson.
EN- eff dar ain Daph kin cook er
| Christmas dinnah wild fo' stones en- er
tin skillet. Vas, subj"
TO BE CONTINUED.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

the vhislzey to me and the doctor, and
you take Shirley and pull out for
Italy. Why not? A year there would
do you a heap of good."
She shook her head. No. Monty.
It isn't what you think. It's-here. -
She lifted her hand and touched her
heart It's been so for a long time.
But It may-it cant go on forever,
you see. Nothing can
The major had leaned forward in
his chair. Judith" he said. and his
hand twitched, 'it isn't trueI" And
then. How do you know?"
She smiled at him. You remember
when that big surgeon from Vienna
came 10 see the doctor last. year?
Well the doctor brought him to me.
I'd known it before in way, but it
had gone farther than I thought. No
one can tell Just how long it may be.
It may be years, of course. but I'm not
taking any sea trips. Monty"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
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which illustrate better than anything
else this durable quality. They are
both from a wreck which was sub
merged eighteen years off the west
coast of Scotland. The one specimen
-greenheart- merely slightly pit
ted on the surface, the body of the
wood being perfectly sound and IN
touched, while the other-teak-is al
most entirely eaten away.
It is extensively used in shipbuild-
ing for keeisons, beams, engine bear
ings and planking, and it is also used
in the general arts, but its excessive
weight units it for many purposes for
which its other properties would rem
der it eminently suitable.-Below the
Rio Grande.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
100000 FOR SEAT IN CHOIR
New York Financier Endows Cathe-
draI School for Membership in
SINGING Body.

New York.-A gift of 100000 for
the endowment of the choir school OF
the Cathedral of st. John the Divine
from Frederick G. Bourne, financier
and yachtsman, was announced by
Dean Grosvenor at the close Of the
Easter services. The gift was pre-.
sented on the condition that Mr..
Bourne be elected a member Of the.
choir. He was elected unanimously.
A letter was read by Dean Grosvenor
from Mr.. Bourne in which he said
that he had sung in other choirs since
he was fourteen years old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

strikes me as absurd-reminds me, in
fact, of the Anti-Cruelty Society Of
Nola Chucky.
"A man with big club appeared at
the annual convention of this society
and demanded the annual medal, or
first prize.
what Kindness the president
asked him, what kindness have you
shown, my man, toward the lower
animals that entities you to our
medal?'
Wal, yer honor said the man, I
spared the life Of a bar. 1 might "a
killed him with this here club. But 1
| let him of
Where was this bear?" the presi-
dent asked. Where was he, and what
had he done to you?
+ He'd killed my WIFE the man re-
/ piled.
'Ho, hol' cried the president. And
/ you demand our gold medal? Ny
/ friend, you've been sufficiently re
/ warded already
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
Lenend of Aconite.

Aconite is classed by homeopathic
authorities as the patriarch of drugs.
as far as literature is concerned. It
is told how Hercules went down to
the lower regions and carried the
three-headed hound Cerberus to the
upper world. That ferocfous beast was
raging at this treatment, and the froth
that fell to the ground was the origin
of aconite, for it grew up from the
froth as from seeds. 1t was on a
bleak, windswept hill or mountain, and
it is in such regions that the plant
grows today. This hill, in Pontica, was
known in olden days as 'Aconitos.' -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
LITTLE MAID BESTS COPPER
Miss Al Kishi, a Young Japanese
Woman, Gives Exhibition of Jiu
Jitsu in Philadelphia.

PhiladeIphia.-Miss All Kishi gave
an exhibition on the ninth floor of the
city hall; for the benefit of Director
Porter and his aides. If the police
ever learn the tricks they saw, good
night Mr.. Bad Guy and good-by Mr..
Gunman. If the fair sex ever mas
ter jiu jitsu as has Miss Kishi, Mr..
Boss of the House" might as we'll say
good-by or Goodnight, also. One of
the first rules of jiu jitsu is to destroy.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

Yes" she agreed, with little sigh,
I've lived. I've had Shirley, and she's
twenty and adorable. And I've had
people enough, and books to read, and
plenty Of pretty things to look at, and
old lace to wear, and I've kept
my figure and my vanity-Tm not too
old yet to thank the Lord for that!
So don't talk to me about worsted
shawIs and horrible arctics. For
won't wear EN-. Not if I know N.Y.
self Here comes Shirley. She's
made two juleps, and if you're a gen
tleman, you'll distract her attention
till I've got rid of mine in my usual
way"
.
The major, at the foot of the cherry
bordered lane, looked back across the
box-hedge to where the two figures
sat under the rose-arbor, the mothers
face turned lovingly down to Shirley's
at her knee. He stood moment
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
WOOD SAYS WAR Is COMING
Says Thinking Men Believe y. >. VIII
Have to Fight and Must
Prepare for It

New Haven, Conn-Maj. Gen. Leon
ard Wood admitted that the United
states expects war and must prepare
for If. He said In addressing under
graduates Of summer war camps that
summer camp training which he came
here to urge was ''the preparation OF
G.is country fer possible war. which
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30

eased brains and that they may re-
ouire mental treatment as substitute
for punishment. Those arrested on
other charges may receive the same
treatment
1.-THE backward boy may be back
ward because Of defective sight or
hearing" said Chief Justice Olson.
Persons who come into tie police
courts. the boys court, the morals
court and the court Of domestic rela-
tons will be subject to an examina-
ton in the laboratory if il appears
probable they need it"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
TO TEST HUSBANDS BRAINS
DereIicts May Get Mental Treatment
instead of Jail, in Cf.
cage, i'll.

Chicago. = Chicago's new psyche
pathic laboratory, the first of its kind
in the United States, will be estab-
lished soon as an auxiliary to the
municipal court Husbands who fail
In their obligations to support their
wives will be taken to the laboratory
on the theory that they may have dis
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-04-30
SYNOPSIS.

John vaHant. rich society favorite,
suddenly discovers that the Valiant cor
v0ratlUr. which his father founded and
which was the principal source OF his
wealth. has failed He voluntarily turns
over his private fortune to the receiver
for the corporation. His entire remaining
possessions consist Of an old motor car, a
white bull dog and DamCry court. a neg
Iected estate IN Virginia On the way 70
DaUCrE court he meets Shirley Dand-
ridge, an authenticated beauty, and Ci-
cides that he Is going to like Virginia i'm
meEselE. An old negro tells Shirley's for
tune and predicts great trouble for her
on account OF 2 man.