Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1864-11-17
Miscellaneous Paragraphs

oohged to take the oath of allegiance to do
lt--a rather hard pill to swallow He is an
arlssocrat OF the first water, and, like all such.
fully sympathizes with the rebels. He does
not play now except in private In Paris he
was several times defeated by players whom
he can give odds to when in practice
An IrALIAN LOVE TRAGEpY.-The italian
papers give an account of a terrible tragedy
at Turin. Two lovers, finding an obstacIa -
their union, resolved to sacrifice themselves
The Young man wrote letter to his mother
and a letter to his sweetheart Rosita ana
then blew out his brains. Rosita determined
to share her lovers fate. Her family entreat
ed her to be calm; she seemed to yield to
their prayer, but a day afterwards she con-
trived to be alone, and then putting pistol
to her heart, she instantly ended her life.
Her mother fastened to her daughter the mo-
ment she heard the pistols report. At the
| sight of her bleeding, dying child, the poor
woman's senses were left from her by emo
| ton, and she is now in a mad-house Rosita's
| young sister was so struck by this tragic
| scene, she attempted to leap headforemost
from the window, and was with the utmost
| difficulty retained. .. .....rss f. q
| SWEET PoTAToEs IN PLACE OF HYACINFHs.-
A curious as we'll as simple and interesting
| experiment may be performed in the follow
| ing manner: "Take a sweet potatoe, place it
in the mouth of a transparent jar, so that it
| fits loosely and keep it III its place by putting
| pins in it. Fill the jar with water, and set
it where the sun can shine upon it. or in
| place where the temperature is quite even.
| Almost any place in the house will do, as in
| window where it gets the light The pro-
| gress will at first be slow replenish the jar
with water as the potato absorbs it, keeping
the water up to the middle of the potato, and
soon roots will appear from the part in the
water; From this point its growth is quite
| rapid, the roots striking downward; finally it
begins to sprout from the top, green leaves
| appear, and it continues to grow like a climb
| ing vine, attaining yard in length. l have
| started several in this manner and now have
one doing we'll Cosaini, in Scientific american.
! GARIBALDL-It is not easy to conceive
anything finer, simpler, more thoroughly I'M
affected or more truly dignifed than the man
himself. His noble head; his clear, honest
| brown eye; his finely traced mouth, beauti-
| full as Il woman's, and only strung up to stern
ness when anything ignoble or mean had
outraged him; and, last of all, his voice con-
tains fascination perfectly irresistible allied
| as you know and felt these graces were, with
thoroughly pme, .untarnished nature. The
| true measure OF the man lies in the fact that
| though his life has been series of the bold
| est and most daring achievements, his cour-
| age is about the very last quality uppermost
| III your mind when you meet him. 1t is of
| the winning softness of his look and manner
his kind thoughtfulness for Others, his sincere
| pity for all suffering, his gentleness, his mo-
| desty, his manly sense of brotherhood with
the very humblest of the men who have loved
| I IL: l. Al, ~, al,
| throw all his heroism into shadow; and all
the glory Of the conqueror pales before the
| simple virtues of the man.-BackW0od.
| REMOVAL OF THE CAPITAL OF TTALY.-Snce
| the announcement that Florence was to be
made the capital of Italy, property there has
| greatly enhanced in value. As an instance,
| it may be mentioned that, two days before
| the news of the transfer of the capital had
| been spread, Turinese banker had entered
| into contract with Florentine gentleman
| for buying a house. The owner had offered
| f5, 900 sterling, and the banker had asked
$4,000 Whilst they were negotiating, the
| great news reached Florence, and the banker
who wished to have the house was obliged to
nav Fl2 900 for it, A small room, which ! ct
for ten francs per month, has now gone up to
sixty francs at once. Florence can no longer
be called the cheapest as well as the loveiiest
city in Europe. 1t will take two years to com
plete the removal of the capital of Italy
| from Turin to Florence What the contneu-
| tai people call the Cabinets of the Ministers
| will only be removed from Turin at present.
| The archives, the Offices Of the different
| branches Of the military and civil administra-
tions will follow. Turin, therefore will not
| feel the shock of the transfer so suddenly as
| it had been supposed.
TOBACCO AND THE HEART.-M Decaisne, in
| a communication to the Academic des Sci
| ences. exhibits another clause in the heavy
| bill of Indictment against the abuse of tobac-
| co. He states that in the course Of three
| years, he has met, among eighty-three invete
| rate smokers, twenty one instances of marked
| intermittance Of the pulse, occurring In men
| from 81 to AZ years of age, and not to be ex-
planned by organic lesion of the heart. The
absence of such lesion or other condition Of
| health capable of inducing intermission Of
| the action of the heart, and the fact that in
nine of these instances in which the use of
tobacco was abandoned, the normal action of
the organ was restored, M. Decaisne be-
lieves, will justify him in concluding that,
| in certain subjects, the abuse Of tobacco may
| give rise to a condition which may be termed
'tnarcotism of the heart" characterized by
| intermissOn in the movements OF that or
| gan and in the pulsation Of the radial artery;
| and that in some cases, suspension or DIM
| mutton in the practice Of smoking is sufh-
| ciaht to cause an entire disappearance Of this
| regularitV.-lfodical Times and Gazette.
WHY A PAR1sIAN DNED AT THE RESTAURANT
| INSTEAD OF AT HoME.-You may rest assured
| the digestive apparatus discovered the pro-
verb. stSow going. is healthy going, is long
nd lrlpp
Now, in a mans own house, soup is on the
table at the appointed time, the roast Ia TAX
en- off the Spit the dessert is spread. The
servants force you to eat fast that they may
have more time for their dinner; they do not
wait on you-they suffocate you. AT res
taurant you are served in a very different
manner You are not pressed, you wait.
always take care to say to- the walters
"Don't give yourselves too much trouble
about me. like to wait. l come here to
watt Besides, in a restaurant the door
opens every minute, an acquaintance, COM
rade or friend enters You talk, you
exchange news or ideas, you laugh, you are
gay. 1t is not the viscera, it is the mind
which is at table. You make or repeat or
hear some bon nsots, you recall some agreea-
bic souvenir-dinner is over before you
thought it commenced. Yon have dined and
digested at the same time and no animal but
a boa-oonstrictor takes pleasure in digestion.
This is the reason live in Paris like bache-
lor Englishman or Russian on visit to this
city" iSpiridiO~" IN Boston Gozette. -.-..,
The CONTINENT Az ICEBERG.--Prof. Agassiz
in the Atlantic Monthly, comes to~the con-.
clusion that the continent Of North America
was at one time covered with ice mile lie
thickness. The proof is that the slopes Of
the Allegheny range Of noun tains are glacier