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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-10

good, there can be but one kind of eff
feet or manifestation, which must also
be good and infinite. As the effect, or
manifestation, of creator, that is in
finite Spirit, or Mind, we can have as
creation nothing less than the sum to-
tai of those spiritual ideas that ex-
press their divine origin Therefore,
we learn in Christian Science that the
only real, enduring, indestructable u
inverse is mental or spiritual and ex-
lists as the result or effect of the one
infinitely good cause. This throws
new light on the Scriptural declara-
tons that God made all 'that was
made" John i. 81 and God saw every
thing that he had made, and, behold
it was very good" (Gen. i. 81.
The universal, complete expression
of divine Mind, comprising all that ex-
lists by way of creation, necessarily in
| cludes individual spiritual man. This
man reflects perfectly the infinite be-
ing called God And this statement
accords with the description of crea-
| ton in the first chapter of Genesis
which says that God made man in His
own image" and after His likeness. II
God made man in His image, it is GER
tain that man must be exactly like his
creator. When we recall that the one
only cause is divine Mind, Spirit, Life
Love, then we see that man in the i'm
age of his creator must be spiritual
eternal, loving and good, like his di-
vine Principle.
Christian Science in explaining the
unreal nature of evil, first declares
that matter being non-intelligent can,
not be conscious of evil. It cannot Of
itself sin or have the impulse to sin
1t cannot be hateful, dishonest or a
| fraid. What, then, sins? God cannot
behold or look upon evil or iniquity
He cannot have created evil. There
fore, He cannot know or be conscious
of it. Christian Science consequently
makes the positive assertion that evil
being utterly opposed to good and to
tally unlike good, does not exist il
God. Christian Scientists do not, how
ever, ignore the claim of sin to exis
as part of human experience. They
understand that in this sense it mus
be recognized as a false belief, to b.
repented of and forsaken before it car
be demonstrated to be what it really
is-nothing. They understand tina
the scientific forsaking of sin and it;
forgiveness, or destruction, comes thru
Christ, the true, spiritual idea of Coo
as being of 'purer eyes than to behold
evil" (Hab 12l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-10
ANCIENT HISTORY Of GRAND
RAPIDS AND WOOD COUNTY
Taken From Wood County Reporter Files in 1877
SO Years Ago. E. Ingraham, Pub
Usher, III. B. Philleo, Editor.

threatening tenement to surrounding
property.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-10
UNHEALTHY OF MATTER

Closely associated with the thought
of evil is the thought of matter. In
deed, they cannot be ASSOCIATED
Where one is, the other will always
be found. Mrs. Eddy's teaching that
matter is unreal and that what APP
pears to be material substance is but
the concept of the human mind, is
slowly, but surely, being recognized
by material scientists to be correct. 1t
has been said of what is called matter
that it is "a suppositional vacuum in a
hypothetical medium" This "hypo-
thetical medium" is known as ether,
of which it has been recently written
by Edgar Lucien Larkin, 'The most
refined experiments ever made, those
by Nicholson, failed utterly to detect
the existence of ether" Rather in
definite and unsatisfactory as a medi-
UNI, is it not?
A noted Englishman, Mr.. Balfour,
at the London Congress of the Natur-
al Scientists of Great Britain, is cred
tied with having said: "The material
sciences are now explaining matter by
explaining it away" Those who have
explained matter away, leaving moth
ing in it's place but an indefinite hy-
pothesis have not done as we'll as Mrs.
Eddy, the Discoverer and Founder of
Christian Science, for she has explain
ed the unreality of matter and Of its
supposed cause by revealing the one
infinite, indivisible substance to be
divine Mind and its ideas. (See Scien-
&c and Health, p. 1867.
We seem to exist in matter bodies
which are part Of material universe
But what dependence may we place on
the five physical senses which alone
testify to the reality of this existence?
At best the testimony of the physical
senses is faulty and unreliable. Many
familiar illustrations of the unrelia-
bility of sense testimony could be cit
ed. Every one knows that the sense of
taste is deceptive and some times
makes very cold things seem hot. The
sense of hearing often seems to make
sound originate in some place where
it does not. To illustrate the deceptive
nature Of the sense Of touch, one need
only cross the second finger over the
index finger, and, after closing his
eyes, roll pencil or small round OBJ
ject on fiat surface. There will APP
pear to be two Of these round objects
instead of one, if the sense testimony
is left uncorrected.
If these senses cannot testify truly
of material things, how can they be
expected to give reliable evidence re-
garding those things which are spirit
ual and eternal? AS matter Of fact,
the physical senses have no higher
conception of reality than that which
can be weighed and measured, whereas
spiritual sense recognizes as substance
only that which is imponderable and
infinite
PAIN AND SUFFERING ILLUSIVE
Because the mortal, material body is
not conscious, it cannot, apart from
the human mind, be painful or sore or
sick. The human body separate from
the human mind can have no sensation.
1t is obvious, then, that the sense of
pain and suffering is in the human
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1916-02-10
MIND ALONE HEALS


The prayer or treatment of the
Christian Scientist is based upon his
spiritual discernment Of the fact that
there is but one Mind. The mesmer-
lists endeavors are based upon the be-
lief that there are minds many and
that one of these many minds can in
fuence another for good or evil. Here
in lies the danger of mesmerism or
mental suggestion; whereas the safe
ty of Christian Science practice con-
sists in its entire dependence upon the
power of one infinite Mind, the effect
Of which can be only good.
1t will be seen that in depending
upon the divine Mind, or God, to cast
out and destroy the evils of sin and
disease, the Christian Scientist is not
endeavoring to hold his patient under
any sort of so-called mental control.
Nor is the Christian Science practi-
toner trying by means of thought
transference or mental suggestion to
change his patients belief about sick
ness or disease. He is seeking thru
his spiritual understanding Of the all
power of good to prove the unreality
and powerlessness of evil-sin, fear,
disease and death, thereby demonstra-
ting mans freedom from such evil
suggestions. There can be no reaction
for other harmful effect from such
treatment To illustrate: Suppose
one raises a window shade and lets
the light of day into a darkened room,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Aztec Runners.

Communication (among the Aztecs)
was maintained with the remotest
parts of the country by means of
cOuriers. POSthouseS were established
on the great roads, about two leagues
distant from each other. The cou-
rier, bearing his dispatches in the form
of hierOglyphical painting, ran with
them to the first station, where they
were taken by another messenger and
carried forward to the next, and so on
till they reached the capital. These
couriers, trained from childhood trav-
eled with incredible Swiftness; not
four or five leagues an hour, as an old
chronicler would make us believe, but
with such speed that dispatches were
carried from one hundred to two hun
dred miles a day. Fresh fish was fire.
quently served at Montezuma's table
in "a hours from the time it had been
taken in the Gulf Of Mexico, 200 miles
from the capital. In this way intelli-
gence of the movements of the royal
armies was rapidly brought to court !;
and the dress of the courier, denoting
by it's color that of his tidings, spread
ing joy or CONSERVATION in the towns
through which he passed.-From Pres
colts History of the, Conquest of
Mexico.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
TRAINING TODAYS
BOYS AND GIRLS
Mystery of ChiIdren's Friend
ships Can't Be Solved.
USUALLY COME BY ACCIDENT
They Are the Source of Grave Con-
Germ to Many Parents and Some
times Should Be Tactfully
Broken Up.
1v sIDoNIE M. GUTENBERG.

stx1THAT Margaret sees III that glri
w can't understand" Mrs. Calk1ns
was saying, when the talk was of the
difficulty Of getting suitable compan-
ions for the children. And Mrs. Cal
kins was quite right. Nobody can I'M
derstand exactly. It's just IS great
mystery as the one that keeps your
friend guessing why you married your
husband, or wife, as the case may be.
Johnny and his friend were chums
for many years because they had the
same birthday; and Grace and Ger
trude found each other through writ
ing the initial G in the same way. But
another little girl with flaxen hair and
pale eyes selected her friend because
the latter had such nice dark hair and
skin and eyes. You may not be so SEN
sitive to color; yet it was the wearing
of red apron that gave Mabel Hen
derson a lifelong friend. Not that she
wore the red apron all her life-that
only started the friendship. The fact
is that Margaret herself could not
have told why she was so attached to
her friend.
1t takes only a trifie to start an as
sociation-a casual meeting on the
street corner waiting for favorable
opportunity to cross, being admitted
to school on the same day, or being
fascinated by gap in anOther's row
of teeth. But after the beginning is
made almost any two children can
learn to like each other fairly well, and
the longer they associate the better
they come to understand each other,
the more accustomed they become to
each others ways, the harder will it be
for them to give each other UP. Chill
dren's friendships are not deliberate,
calculated selections; they are haphaz-
ard growths. They can therefore not
be reasoned about to any purpose by
the parents, and much less by the chill
dren themselves.
If they are accidental in their begin
nings and habitual in their continuance,
these childhood friendships are never
theless a source of grave concern to
many parents. Margaret's mother could
see in the girls friend many things
that Margaret herself could not see,
and many of them were of kind that
she would rather not have in her
daughters immediate neighborhood.
Mrs. Calkins remembered the story
that they used to tell the children years
ago, about the barrel of good apples
with the single rotten apple, and the
sad fate of all those good apples. And
catch" all the faults of her friend.
| That is why she made heroic efforts to
discredit that young lady in Margaret's
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Exceptional DAVIS Work.

There was a lull in the CONVERSE
ton of the little group gathered round
the stove in the center grocery as
Hank Parsons concluded his tale of
the great results he had accomplished
in fence building. 1t was clear tina,
everyone was deeply impressed by the
story, for silence is to the soap-box
orator what applause is to the poll
tician.
Then an old man, known as "Old
Charlie" broke the silence.
wal, that thar was some fencin'-
leastwise for these days." he re-
marked. "But let me tell We that if
We want to know anythin' about fence
maxim, We want to ask some Of us old
feliers. Why back il 'e7, when me
and Bill Potter was a-workin' fer
the railroad, the boss sent us out one
morning to build a four-board fence
along both sides of the ght-er-way,
and, sir by quittin time that night
we had made so much fence that it
took us three whole days to walk back
where we started from."-Youth's
Companion.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
FIND VOLCANO IN MINDANAO
Recent Eruption Was Apparent, Lieu
tenant DonneIIy Says of the
Discovery.

Mindanao has a new volcano, accord
ing to the Mindanao Herald. Lieuten-
ant Donnelly, while on hike into the
interior of Lanao province, discovered
an active volcano in the Piagayungan
range of mountains, which heretofore
was not known to exist. Lieutenant
Donnelly says of his discovery III the
following report:
"June 8, 1916, the undersigned, In
command of a combined detachment
of the First Cotabato company, and
the First General Service company, on
reconnaissance patrol from Kapaad
northwest through the Piagayunan
mountain range, came in sight Of an
active volcano which from all indica-
tons had recently erupted a discharge
of volcanic ash and either smoke or
flame
From the fact that foliage in the
forest on the mountain sides three
miles to the southeast had been
scorched as though by flame, hot
smoke or toxic gas, and that ground
vegetation of scrub grass and weeds
had been partially destroyed, leaving
the stalks intact and the scorched
leaves retaining their form, 1T was
thought that the eruption had been
recent. At all events, so recent that
the wind had not blown away nor de-
stroyed the fragile remnants of the
burned foliage"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
With an undesirable friend must be

with an undesirable friend must be
encouraged TO extend his circle of &C
quaintances; on the other hand, the in
fiuence of the home must be strength
ened in the hope of counteracting any
evil influences that may emanate from
the bad" friend. One need not be on
the lookout for trouble; but if the Ian
guage used at home is above reproach
the careless speech on the outside may
extend the vocabulary without much
danger of permanent harm.
There are extreme cases in which it
seems desirable to separate a boy or
girl from an undesirable companion. In
such cases the surest way of strength
enjng the affinity is usually TO make
some show of opposing it. Every at
tempt to arouse antagonisms only Stim-
ulates the mutual interest These facts
must not be taken to indicate that the
proper course lies in a series of eulo-
gies in honor of the undesirable one.
The first step is to ignore the friend
ship as completely as possible. Then
an effort must be made to substitute
new interests for the old friendship
and to reduce the occasions for inter
course as much as circumstances will
permit. If the parents will find or
make opportunity to take the child out
of his usual surroundings in their own
company they will generally find that
the new interests will develop stimuli
taneously with the fading of the at
tachment for the person to be divorced.
The other side of the problem is the
encouragement of young people that
you consider worthy companions for
your children to come into more fire.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Avoiding Litigation.

SWELL" said the far West mayor to
the English tourist, "I dunno how you
manage these affairs over there, but
out here, when some of our boys get
tied up in that thar bankrupt telephone
company I was tellin' yer about, they
became mighty crusty."
"Oh!"
"Yus; they didn't like the way the
receiver was handling the business no.
how"
"Indeed!" commented the earnest
listener. "Then, may ask what they
did,"
"Sartinly; I was goin' ter tell yer.
They just hung up the receiver"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
She Feared Margaret Would "Catsh"
All the Faults of Her Friend.

estimation. That is why she said things
about her daughters friend that she
would not permit anyone to say about
her own friends-true or not true. And
that is why she failed to wean Mar
garet from her friend.
For the child of normal sentiments
will resent bitterly any aspersions on
those he likes. He will not have any
one tell him of his mothers faults, nor
will he listen to adverse criticism of
his friends. He is not concerned with
the truthfulness of your criticism nor
with your good intention in telling him.
Every attack upon those he likes is a
challenge to his loyalty. And the more
you rail against his chum the closer
grows the attachment.
A four-year-old boy, recently moved
into a new neighborhood, made the ac-
quaintance of lad of his own age but
of a very different set of manners. The
mother of the first boy seriously
warned him not to associate with Bob,
because he would be sure to spoil his
speech and his manners. Bob used such
language! And from time to time he
would even split Hector listened re-
flectively. very much impressed. At
last he caught the idea. ''Well, moth
err" he said. that will be all right.
won't let him make me bad, and I'll
make him good instead"
While we all know that one child can
spoil another. we must admit that
there was some reason in Hector's
reply. Children DO influence one an
other. and the influence for good is
Just as real and just as effective as
the influence for evil. If we fear that
on the whole the evil influences pre-
vail. our remedy must not be sought
in the isolation of the child. FOR such
isolation is at least as bad as anything
that can be acquired from unsolicited
companions. The remedy lies in two
directions. On the one hand, the child
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
BRINGS BOOM TO BOLIVIA
Finding of Rich Deposits of Tungsten
Has Aroused Great Excite
ment.

Mining for tungsten or wolfram mas
brought prosperity to Bolivia. Accord
ing to El Diario of La Paz, the boom
at the mining center of Oururo can
scarcely be exaggerated.
Daily the miners and wOrkmen
flocked into the town from the Outly-
ing districts, carrying the fruit of their
labors. The camps were full of nerv-
Gus energy.
Individuals pass through the streets
of Oururo with faces burned by the
wind and sun. They are the miners
who have come to offer the exporting
houses lots of wolfram, varying be-
tween 100 and 1000 pounds. The
amount of this sale, 5000 to $4,000, is
considerable In view of the modest con-
dition of the miners, of whom the ma
jority are Indians. The proceeds of
the sale are deposited in the banks at
sight, and the miner, happy and con-
tented with the certificate of his CAPT.
tai. returns to the Cordillera to bring
down new treasures.
In nearly all the mineral districts OF
the department of Oururo there are
rich deposits of wolfram. Motor cars
have been rapidly springing into popu-
larity for use in visiting the mining re-
gions, and many cars have recently been
ordered from the United States.
Tungsten and tin ores are found at
attitudes between 1880 and 16,5OO
feet above sea level. Men, mules and
Ilamas can chimp up and down, but the
slopes are too steep for working ana
handling of ore. Aerial ropeways are
used to bring the ore down to place
where water for concentration is avail
able.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Bicvclinu in EnuIand.

Several princesses have lately been
seen awheel, and ladies from big coun-
try houses are using their bicycles con-
stantly to save the precious petrol of
the car. Thousands of girls now going
into towns to work live in homes which
never had to consider convenience of
access to city offices. They require
bicycles, and so do the girls whose
buses have been stopped, while the
greatest demand of all comes from the
munition workers generally. The mu-
nation girls are buying enormous num-
dian.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Brother Wauqh's Grievance Real.

''Yassah! Use done piled for a
divo'ce fun muh wife, count O. her
dad-blamed stravagance," said dis
gruntled Brother Waugh. 'Lemme
tell yo': We had a 'spute bout a
potion o. de Scripters, 'lwuz and ]
dess simply slapped her down to press
muh ahgyEunt on her. 'Stidder
knowledgin' de Gavin she riz and
saturated me on de head wild a
skillet. Smacked me SO hahd, sab,
dat muh skull popped right th'oo de
bottom of it, and L halter pay de
blacksmith haffer dollah to file de in
st'unent off'n muh neck. What kinder
way am dat TO waste a mans money!
Judge.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
IL Takes a Strong Man.

One of the assistant directors In
movie studio was in need af some
change TO pay an express charge last
week.
Hey, Glen" he beloved across the
place TO Glen White, "can you break
half dollar?"
81 cannot" the actor shouted deter
minedly. Then he added Indignantly:
TSay, who do you think | am, any
way2 Samson?"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Leonardo da Vlnci Statue.

The museum of fine arts at Buda.
pest, Hungary, has acquired what is
declared to be treasure in an almost
unknown bronze statue of Leonardo
ia vlnci, executed by himself.
Inc Hungarian sculptor Stephen
Ferenczy bought the bronze in Italy
early in the nineteenth century with.
out knowing that Da Vinci was its
creator.
1t was not until after Ferenczy's
death that the authorship was estab.
nshed.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
The Darker Side.

"Does the possession Of car help
you to make friends?"
"Only to a limited extent" replied
the mOtorist. "While / occasionally
make friend of stranger by giving
him lift to town, nearly always in
cur the enmity of numerous pedes-
trians by trying to show him how fast
my car can co."
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
TENDER SKINNED BABIES
With Rashes and Irrtatons Find
Comfort in Cuticura. Trial Free.

Baby's tender skin requires mild,
soothing properties such as are found
in the Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
Cuticura Soap is so sweet, pure and
cleansing and Cuticura Ointment so
soothing and healing, especially when
baby's skin is irritated and rashy.
Free sample each by mail with Book
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
The Bluff That Failed.

NO." said the fair, but frigid maid,
L wouldn't marry any man on
EARTH"
Il get you," replied the practical
youth. "My trusty aeroplane is an
chored to the trusty lightning rod, and
a friend of mine who is a sky pilot,
VIII gladly tie the knot above the
Clouds"
And seeing that her bluff was call
ed the fair one struck match to the
iceberg pedestal on which she was
posing. and fell into his waiting arms.
Argentine Is spending 100000, 900 on
an irrigation system.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

THAT nan Thompson is one of the
best friends I've got in the world.
Why, ten years ago he borrowed five
dollars from rae" And paid it back r.
"OE, no. But when / meet him on
the street he's just as cordial as ever"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13
Victroiius.

First Idiot-Terrible accident In the
victrola factory.
Party of the Second Part-HoW's
that?
First Idiot-This years sales broke
all the records.-Harvard Lampoon.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

quent association with the members of
the household. But there is danger in
OVERRIDING this also, unless we have ex-
ceptional tact and insight. We NEEDLE
with fate in any case at our own risk.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

The United States in 1915 produced
b5O,O55 tons of lead.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-10-13

sAll women ought to know the wonderful effects of
taking Lydia E. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound even on
those who hopeessy ILL., Here three actual