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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
FRUIT LAXATIVE
FOR SICK CHILD
California Syrup of Figs" can't
harm tender stomach,
liver and bowels.

Every mother realizes, after giving
her children California Syrup of
Figs" that this is their ideal laxative.
because they love its pleasant taste
and it thoroughly cleanses the tender
little stomach, liver and bowels with.
out gripping.
When cross, irritable, feverish, or
breath is bad, stomach sour, look at
the tongue, mother! If coated. give a
teaspoonful of this harmless fruit
laxative" and in few hours all the
foul, constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out of the bow
els, and you have a we'll, playful child
again. When its little system is full
of cold, throat sore, has. stomach-ache,
diarrhoea, indigestion, colic-remem-
Der, a good inside cleaning" should
always be the first treatment given.
Millions Of mothers keep California
Syrup of Figs" handy; they know a
teaspoonful today saves a sick child
tomorrow. Ask at the store for a So
cent bottle of California Syrup OF
Figs which has directions for babies.
children of all ages and grown-ups
printed on the bottle. Adv.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

lowered his standards! Just because
a child is so ready to believe trust
fully that what he sees in others is
good, we should be all the more keenly
alert to let him see in US only the
best. A specialist in children's books
said recently before the Booksellers
school, in New York: All the money
We may make out of distributing IN
worthy books could not take away the
shame we should feel if it came back
to us that we had in any way assisted
in the mean work Of lowering a ehild's
taste or character ideals" Do we ever
lower the tastes or ideals Of the chif-
dren in our own home, or school, or
neighborhood? To do wrong before
those who may innocently think it is
right, is about as disastrous a way Of
propagating our own failures as could
be magined.-Exchange
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

crowd came in. Then I slid out be-
hind them"
Was the child with you-at your
side / mean, all this timer
q never let go her hand"
Woman, you are keeping nothing
back?"
Nothing but my terror at the sight
Of Bella running in all bloody to escape
the people pressing after him"
Sincerity was in her manner and in
her voice. The judge breathed more
easily, and made the remark:
NO one with hearing unimpaired
can realize the suspicion Of the deaf,
nor can anyone who is not subject to
attacks like mine conceive the doubts
with which a man so cursed views
those who have been active about him
while the world to him was blank"
Thus he dismissed the present sub
ject, to surprise her by renewal OF
the old one.
what are your reasons" said he
''for the hopes you have gust ex
pressed? I think it your duty to tel
me before we go any further.
Excuse me for tonight. What
have to tell-or rather, what have tc
show you-requires daylight" Then
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
MoVinu Meals,

Sir Ernest Shackleton related not
long ago some stories connected with
his last polar expedition.
As most people know" he said,
the penguin is bird, and pemmican
is kind of food. In fact, I thought
everybody knew that, until one eve
ming when I delivered a lecture on my
expedition and showed some cinemato-
graph pictures of antarctic scenes.
After the lecture the chairman rose to
offer me the formal thanks of the
committee.
1--WE thank you so much for your
lecture, Sir Ernest he said kindly.
And we have greatly enjoyed the NOV
ing pictures, with all those dear little
pemmicans running about!' "-Phila-
delphia Public Ledger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
MAY BE COFFEE
That Causes all the Trouble

When the house is afre, it's about
the same as when disease begins to
show, it's no time to talk but time to
act-delay is angerous-remove the
cause of the trouble at once.
For a number of years, wrote
Kansas lady, Il felt sure that coffee
was hurting me, and yet / was 30
fond of it, could not give 1t up. AT
last l got so bad that / made up my
mind must either quit the use Of
coffee or die.
Everything | ate distressed me, and
/ suffered severely most Of the time
with palpitation of the heart. fre-
quently woke up in the night with the
feeling that l was almost gone-my
heart seemed SO smothered and weak
in its action. My breath grew snort
and the least exertion set me painting.
I slept but little and suffered from
rheumatism.
1.-TWO years ago I stopped using the
coffee and began to use Postum ana
from the very first began to improve.
It worked a miraclei Now I can eat
anything and digest il without trouble.
l sleep like baby, and my heart beats
strong and regularly. My breathing
has. become steady and normal, and
my rheumatism has left me.
81 feel like another person, and 1t
is all due to quitting coffee and using
Postum, for / haven't used any medi-
cine and none would have done any
good as long as I kept drugging with
coffee" Name given by Postum Co,
Battle Creek, Mich Read "The Road
to WelIville," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be wen
boiled. 15c and % packages.
Instant Postunn-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
in a cup of hot water and, with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious beverage
instantly. 30c and soc tins.
Both kinds are equally delicious
and cost per cup about the SANE.
There's a Reason" for Pc tr1
sold by GloceE-
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
A Terrible Weapon.

a new weapon has been provided
for the United States army which is
far more efficient than any heretofore
adopted. 1t was invented and is used
by the French military authorities.
and already nearly a hundred have
been purchased by the United States.
The new gun, which was described
In the Popular Mechanics Magazine
weighs but IS pounds and car easily
be carried by a soldier. Two men are
required to operate it, both of whom
lie fat on the ground, presenting a.
small mark to the enemy. One man
feeds the cartridges into the breech
of the gun in clips Of 25 each, while
the other aims the weapon and directs
the firing mechanism. The gun will
fire separate shots or viii operate au-
tomatieally, in which case 500 shots
may be fired per minute. At long
range third soldier ascertains the
range by the use of binoculars and re-
ports the effect Of the bullets.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

as she became conscious of his aston
ishment, added falteringly:
Have you any objection to meeting
me tomorrow on the bluff overlooking
Dark"
The judge was looking at her; he
had not moved; nor had an eyelash
stirred, but the rest of that sentence
had stuck in her throat, and she found
herself standing as immovably quiet
as he
why there?" he asked.
"Because"-her words came slowly.
haltingly, as she TREMENDOUSLY, almost
fearfully, felt her way with him-"be-
se-there-is-no- other - place
-where-I can made-my point"
He smiled. 1t was his first smile
in years and naturally was a little
cdnstrained-and. to her eyes at least,
almost more terrifying than his frown
why have you waited till now?"
he called out, forgetful that they were
not alone in the house, forgetful, ap-
parently, of everything but his sur
prise and repulsion. Why not have
made use of this point before it was
too late? You were at your husbands
trial; you were even on the witness
stand?"
She nodded, thoroughly cowed at
last both by his indignation and the
revelation contained in this question
of the judicial mind-"Why now, when
the time was them"
Happily, she had an answer.
Judge Ostrander, | had a reason
for that, too; and, like hy point. it
is a good one. But do not ask me for
it tonight. Tomorrow | will tell you
everything. But it will have to be
| in the place l have mentioned. Will
you come to the bluff where the ruins
are one-half hour before sunset I"
Please be exact as to the time You
will see why. if you come"
He leaned across the tabIe-thev
were on opposite sides of it-plungins
his eyes into hers, then drew back. and
remarked with an aspect of gloom but
/ with much less the appearance of dis
trust:
"A very odd request. madam. hope
! you have good reason for it," adding,
! Il bury Bella tomorrow and the GENE
terry is in this direction. l will meet
| you where you say and at the hour
/ you name
And, regarding him closely as he
| spoke, she saw that for all the cor
/ rectness of his manner and the bow
of respectful courtesy with which he
instantly withdrew, that deep would
be his anger and unquestionable the
/ results to her if she failed to satisfy
him at this meeting Of the value of
her point in reawakening justice and
| changing public opinion.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
ORIGIN LOST IN ANTIQUITY
phrase That Has Become Famous Has
Been Credited to Many Think
ers and Writers.

"Germany's place in the sun is
phrase usually credited to the former
Chancellor Won Buelow. But how far
back does it go?
A writer to the New York Evening
Post quotes from Ernest Remains Life
Of Jesus" THE situation Of a poor
man is dreadful; literally there is no
place for him in the sun" The writer
OF the letter observes. at would be
interesting to know If the metaphor
was original with Renan."
It was not.
In PascaFs Thoughts" this occurs:
"This place in the sunshine is mine:
that is the beginning and the type of
usurpation the world over" And Pas
calls Thought" of that moment, was
of war.
Was it Louis Fourteenth (the mon
rich of Pascals maturity who had
coined the phrase 10 justify his ambi-
lions? Or was it the phrase of Richie
lieu fsiscoVaTar Of the youthful Pas
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
What interested Him.

Sir Arthur Pinero. the dramatist.
tells an amusing story of a converse
ton he once heard while watching
one of his own plays in the stalls OF
a West end theater.
A lady and her little boy we're sit
ting near him, and as the curtain
went down on the second act the
fond mother turned to her son and
said: We'll. dear, are you enjoying
it?"
"Oh, yes, mamma" replied the
youngster, gleefully; do you know,
there are sixty-nine men in this thea
ter who have bald spots on the tops
of their heads! l counted them five
times!"
After that the lady enjoyed the rest
of the play without asking her young
hopeful any more questions.-Pear-
sons Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
SOLDIER HAS 1879 WOUNDS
Reservist Survives Awful Injuries and
Now Travels About on
Clutches.

Paris.-The record of 79 wounds re-
ceived by an army surgeon has been
broken by Rene Vidal, reservist of
Rafncy While in the trenches shell
exploded Immediately behind him and
the lower part of his body and limbs
were riddled with shrapnel
From eight o'clock in the morning
until evening he lay in the trench
without even first aid When he ar
rived at the auxiliary hospital thor
ough examination showed traces of
139 separate and distinct wounds. His
case was considered desperate, as he
had lost an extraordinary quantity of
blood. but he is now able to get about
on crutches.
right now if he was given chance
He is perhaps the oldest horse in
the world, and I'll keep him as long
as he lives"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

The average life Of a horse is about
fourteen years.
Captain, little sorrel Indian pony. is
taking life easy now He is comfort
ably stabbed, carefully fed, coddled
and petted. In the spring Re will be
given free run of a large pasture,
where he can disport himself almost
as freely as did his wild forbears.
I've sold him three times and given
him away once" said Mr.. Phillips,
"but nobody can buy him now. He
has been in more than one hundred
runawa. s, and believe he'd run away
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
Famous Products of Cyprus.

Cyprus gave it's name to the metal
copper For it was from this island
that the Romans got their supplies of
the metal, which they knew as "Cy-
prium aes," or, for short. "Cyprium, :"
in late Latin 'cupTum." Another ia
nous product of the island was tree
not the cypress, which has nothing
to do with Cyprus, but the cyprus, .
from which a valuable oil was made
But it is better worth remembering as
gopher" the Hebrew name of the
wood of which Noah's ark was built.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
CHAPTER V.
Excerpts.

One of the dodgers at the Claymore
inn had great cause for complaint the
next morning. A restless tramping
over his head had kept him awake all
night That it was intermittent had
made it all the more intolerable Just
when he thought it had stopped it
would start up again-to and fro, to
and fro, as regular as clockwork and
much more disturbing.
But the complaint never reached
Mrs. Averill. The landlady had been
restless herself. Indeed, the night
had been one of thought and feeling
to more than one person in whom we
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
THIEF SHOWS APPRECIATION
Returns Legs of Five Chickens He
Had Stolen TO the Aston
ished Owner.

Fond du Lac, Wis.-The latest nov
city was sprung" on L. A. Beaudreau-
4 short time age ~. Beaudreau
missed five members of his feathered
family from the coop in his back yard,
and all efforts to find the thief were
vain The latter, however, apparently
had sense of etiquette, for, upon
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
His Own Medicine.

A medical practitioner on board an
ocean liner administered, rather free
ly, sea-water among the patients who
were i'll. No matter what their all
ments were, a dose of the briny fluid
was quickly handed to them. and
they were told to drink 1t up.
One morning the physician fell over
board, which caused quite a consterna-
ton among the passengers. The cap
tain came to the scene and inquired
the cause.
"Oh, it's nothing, sir" answered one
of the sailors, only the doctor has
fallen into his own medicine chest"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
is CHAMPION RUNAWAY PONY
Little Sorrel, Methuselah Of Horses,
VIII Be Cherished Until Death
by Owner.

Oconto, Wis.-"Hfs name is Cap
tain, but I'm caIkalatin' t change it t
Methuselah,'' said W. H. Phillips, own
er Of a livery stable, speaking Of a
little horse which has given him
sepvice for more than twenty years,
and which he personally knows to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

j. Mcdaniel. Rheumatic pains. suf-
fered ten months. / was treated by q
physician, but found no relief until
started to use Dodd's Kidney Pills,
now feel that am permanently cured
by the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills"
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 re-
cipes for dainty dishes. All sent
free-Ady n#.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd Of neighbors invade
the mysterious home Of Judge Ostrander,
county judge and eccentric recluse, fol
lowing yelled woman who has gained
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the judge
is found in q CataIeptic state. Bella his
prevents entrance to a secret door. Bella
dies. The judge awakes. Miss Weeks
explains TO him what has occurred during
his seizure. He secretly discovers the
whereabouts Of the yelled woman. She
proves to be the widow Of man tried
before the judge and electrOcuted for muir
der years before. Her daughter is en-
gagged to the judges son. from whom he Is
estFanged, but the murder is between the
lovers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

opening his front door a few morn
ings later, the owner found a package
containing the legs Of the missing
chickens, evidently card Of appre-
citation Of the excellent meals lately
served at the table Of the night
prOWler.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
The Children.

1t is base thing to be at anything
but our best before children. We may
think that a child will not know that
our show of temper or irritation is not
justified. We may expect him to be-
lieve that it is right because we do 1t.
But If he does look upon our failure as
something entirely right, how we have
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
Knew TrsNelinn Men

She's sensible girl" said the first
travelling man.
You bet she is" said the second.
Last night when l took her to dinner
before ordering she asked me if was
going to pay the check myself or work
it into the expense account"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
BeIgians Save the Peas.

London--American relief commits
sioners are obliged to have peas
cooked before they distribute them to
the Belgians. When they were issued
raw the Belgians boarded them for fu-
ture planting, declaring that their size
and taste are superior to the native
article
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

backache and burning
in the stem of the Blad-
der, which was sore
and had a constant
hurting all the time
broken sleep, tired feel
ing, nervousness, puff
ed and swollen eyes.
shortness of breath and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

Mr.. efy-''Well, dear, I begin
to realize that our time on earth Is
short" Mrs. Housefy-"Ye but we
have little to regret. We have been
sober and Industrious and have raised
family of 10000, 900. 900 children
Life.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
Must Furnish List

Berlin.-To help in the distribution
Of bread tickets in Berlin, house own
ers must furnish lists Of occupants of
their houses or be fined $42 or serve
six months in prison.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
The Last War.

Parfs.-In speech pleading for the
widest recognition OF acts OF bravery,
Former Premier BRAND OF France
said: 1T must he remembered this
will be the last war. There will not
be another for hundred years"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
When IL Broke.

Bill-Did you ever try to stand on
an egg?
Jill-Oh, yes.
And what did you learn?"
'That the inside of the egg was
stronger than the outside
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
Can't Even Be BROUGHT,

DO you subscribe to the old story
that the criminal always returns to
the scene of the crime?"
mot always" replied the sure-enough
detective. Sometimes the extradition
papers wont hold"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
ssIf.nsnyino German Bows.

Berlin.-A volunteer movement has
been started among German boys to
do without the sausage they usually
take to school for lunch and eat only
black bread.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04
oVERWoRK and KIDNEY TROUBLE

Mr.. James Mcdaniel, Oakley, KY,
writes: 4 overworked and strained
myself, which brought on Kidney and
Bladder Disease. My symptoms were
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

Gals genius) who used it for France?
Was 1t then an old saying. borrowed
from Caesar, or Alexander-or maybe
from Rameses?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-03-04

are interested. The feeling we can
understand: the thought-that is, Mrs.
Averill's thought-we should do well
to follow.
The one great question which had
agitated her was this: Should she trust
| the Judge? Ever since the discovery
which had changed Reuther's pros
poets she had instinctively looked to
! this one source for aid and sympathy.
But her faith had been sorely shaken
| in the interview just related. He was
not the friend she had hoped to find.
| He had insisted upon her husbands
! guilt, and he had remained unmoEed,
or but very little moved. by the dis
appointment of his son-his only re-
naming link to life. Judge Ostrander
might seem cold-both manner and
/ temper would naturally be much af-
| fected by his unique and solitary mode
Of life-but at heart he must love Oil
yer. It was not in nature for it to
| be otherwise. And yet
It was at this point in her musing
that there came one of the breaks in
I
of an impulsive temperament, and al
ways giving way to it. Sitting down
before paper and ink she wrote the
following lines:
My Darling if Unhappy Child:
I know that this sudden journey on my
part must strike you as cruel, when, II
/ ever, you need your mothers presence
| and care. But the love l feel for you
| my Reuther, is deep enough to cause you
| momentary pain for the sake of the great
good I hope to bring you out OF this
| shadowy quest. l believe, what l said to
you on leaving, that a great injustice was
main Quiescent and see youth and love
slip from you, without any effort on my
| part to set this matter straight? can
| not I have done you the wrong of 81
| lence when knowledge would have saved
| you shock and bitter dfsillusion, but VIII
not add TO my fault the inertia of a cow
ardly soul Have patience with me, then;
| and continue TO cherish those treasures
of truth and affection which you may one
! day feel free to bestow once more upon
one who has a right to each and all OF
This is your mothers prayer.-DE-
BORAH SCOVILLE.
1t was not easy for her to sign
herself thus. 1t was a name which
she had tried her best to forget for
twelve long, preoceupied years But
her purpose had been accomplished,
or would be when once this letter
reached Reuther With these words
in declaration against her she could
not retreat from the stand she had
/ therein taken. a-
She recommended that rapid walk
ing to and fro which was working
such havoc in the nerves of the man
in the room below her. When she
paused it was to ransack a trunk and
bring out a fat wallet filed with news
paper clippings. many of them discol
.ored by time, and all of them showing
marks OF frequent handling.
The first was black with old head
lines:
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