Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-09-19

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of having been cut at all aN
n A WOMAN in Columbia, Pa, noted -.
'jawing" propensIties, dislocated her ia W.
y bone, recently, while making q yiolan,
attack upon her husband. She could
0 neither speak nor close her mouth. but 20
manned with tongue hanging out and owes
q nearly starting from their sockets tiIliha
/ arrival of the surgeon, who came tho
husband thought sooner than was neces.
sary.
r PAINTING ZINC.-Oil paint NAV no
made to adhere to sheet zinc by coating
the latter with a composition of one no,i
, nitrate OF copper, one part chloride Of
copper and one OF sal ammoniac dis-
solved in sixty four parts of water add
to the solution one part hydrochloric
acid This should be left from twelve To
twenty-four hours to dry. 1t acts also as
a protection to the metal against atmos.
pheric influences.
An eccentric English gentleman named
Bate, recently deceased, left will in
which he bequeaAhed S., 600 to 1.-THE ner.
son UNNAMED whom might have wished
to marry and, in case She did not sur
ViVe HIM, 50, 900 more to three young girls
OF the neighborhOod. a Mrs. Wilson soon
came forward and professed TO be the
person intended in the first clause. and
furnished full proof that the deceased
had often offered himself in marriage IN
her. The young girls opposed her claims
and the puzzled magistrate finally ordered
compromise.
IN the Geological Gardens of Paris there
is monkey that would be priceless
treasure to Mr.. Darwin. 1t is stated on
! cTeditable authority, that this monkey has
a very charming vnira-tanor- vyhioh
many brilliant tenor of the opera might
/ envy, the chest notes especially delighting
/ his hearers, while his tI2setto is not disa.
! greeabe OF course, like all geniuses, he
has rivals, and an ambitious monkey
near by often tries to vie with him in
gathering laurels TO crown his noble
/ brow. But the Columbus of operate
monkeys scorns competition, and his rich
/ voice quite browns that of his less-favored
| ncighbor, whereupon he shows very hui
man pride.
| A TRAVELLER, who has lately visited the
| grand pyramids Of Cheops, says that,
taking one hundred city chdrches of the
ordinary width, and arranging them in a
hollow square, twenty five feet on the
side, you would have scarcely the base
/
hundred and throw the material in the
hollow square, and it would not be full
pile on all the bricks and mortar in the
city of New York, and the structure
would not be SO high and solid as this
great work Of man. One layer of brick
was long since removed To- Cairo for
building purposes, and enough remains to
supply the demands of a century to come,
if permitted to use it with perfect free
dom.
THERE is capital story of two emf
nent physicians who, in the reign of
! George !, cured or killed on rival and OPP
posite theories of medicine, and whose
hostility ended in challenge and a duel
with small swords. DR. Woodward, as
we remember the story, disarmcd and
overturned his opponent, and with the
point of his weapon directed against the
throat of his antagonist, Numbered out
''Now, you scoundlel, BEG your lifcN
The heroic reply of the PROSTATE doctor
always impressed us as an instance of
irony carried up to the sublime Beg
my life.' he gaspcd; ~ wouldn't do it
even if had the misfortune to be your
patient'
\ PAPER has been read before the Lon
don Society of Arts on an improved
method of lighting towns, factories and
dwellings by vegetable or mineral oils.
The system proposed is to distribute the
oil over the premises in pipes. like water,
from a general reservoir, containing a few
gallons at the top of the building. The
flow is regulated 10y small ciserns provid-
ed with a peculiar kind Of tap, regulated
by ball-cock or selt.aCting float, the
lights being as nearly as possible on a
level with the distributing cisterns When
the lamp is lighted, the oil is by the ball
cock movement supplied automatically as
fast to the wick as tits consumed, and
very perfect combustion is effected
GOLDEN WORDS But now let me tell
you this. If the time comes when you
must lay down the fiddle and the bow,
because your fingers are too stiff and
drop the toot-sculs because your arms
are too weak, and after dazzling awhile
with eye glasses, come at last to the I'M
disguised reality of spectaCles; if the time
comes when that fire of life we spoke of
has burned So low, that where its flames
reverberated there is only the sombre
stain Of regret and where its Goals glowed
only the white ashes that cover the en-
bers of memory-dont let your heart
grow cold, and you may carry cheerful
ness and love with you into the teens of
your second century, if you can last so
long. --Bo}meS.
EX-GOVERNOR FARwELL.-We copy
from the Wisconsin Sttte J0uinal what it
says of one of the new residents of Mis-.
souri,: 1--WE are often asked the address
and residence of EX. Gov FarEell IIay-
ing suffered severely by the great Chicago
fire last fall he left that city, determined
to find a local hab.ation for his family
and some friends in anew country, where
he could bring up his boys to practical
work-prnters ana stock farmers-heir
tastes incining to those pursuits After
many trips and wide examination, he
selected Grant City, Worth County Mis-
souri,, ~ a place of residence, and that is
his post-ofce address, 1t is the most fer
tile and beautiful country in the West.
The Governor is one Of the firm of Mum
a Farwen, Land Agents at Grant City
for Northwest Missouri
AT political meeting the speaker and
audience were very much disturbed by
man who constantly called out for Mr.
Henry. Whenever new speaker came
on. this man hawled out Mr.. Henry
Henry! Henry! | call for Mr. Henry
After several interruptions Of this kind of
each speech. n young man assembled me
platform, and was soon airing hi, eI0'
oqucnce in magniloquent Style, striking
out powerfully in his gestures, when the
old cry was heard for Mr. Henry. Put
ting his hand to his mouth like a speak
inc trumnrf this man was bAW ling ont az