Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-11-28
BREyITIES.
guilt FRAMEs-Prison windows.

'''A'' 80 -pOlA2 ny ~ I.I(k.
The BEST CosMETlc-Soap and water.
THERE are more than 100 railway sta.
tons in London.
THERE are more than $4,000 Scandinay.
ians in New York.
VERY odd-Boots are generally soled
fore they are bought.
NELocrEaE riding is becoming fash.
ionable III Louisville.
WORTH, the great Partisan man-millin
er, is said 10 be bankrupt.
Punch has found a man too lazy to
labor under an impression.
In is said of a vindictive mule that his
foot is against every man.
a MARYLASDER has sued a woman for
backing OUT from marrying him.
SEALsSlN will he used more than ever
THIS winter Tor trimming oyercoats.
The Paris Chief of Police writes
fashion articles in his leisure moments.
A DETROIT policeman has an eleven
year old cat which weighs thirty pounds.
A suoAL OF fishes lately stopped an
English steamer plying on the high
seas.
SIN w~ater.spouts appeared on Lake
Ere a few days ago, and lasted half an
hour.
IL n topper and a quart of whisky
were left together, which would be drunk
firstly
A WASHINGTON father threw a saucer
NJ his little girl and now she has but one
lip.
Two WEALTHY planters of Porto Rico
have manumitted eight hundred of their
slaves.
A YOUNG lady up town New York, re-
Gently paid $3.50 for having a single dress
made.
Why are ripe potatoes In the ground
IKE thiovqsS Because they ought to be-
taken up.
WHAT ancient implement of war does
n petulant lover most resembleg A cross
bow.
A SINISTER person in Atlanta, Ga, Of
fers a premium at tho State Fair for the
uglicst editor.
DENVER is about to establish a i hospital
for the deluded ~invaliis who 20 to Colo
RADIO to die.
A MAN in Springfield, O., has construct
eda musical clock which plays eight
different tunes.
WARRINGTON ia overrun with grave
stone manufacturers, DESTROYS of contract
ing TO supply the national cemeteries.
A CORRESPONDENT Of the Hcsarra Rlral
says horse radish put in u jar with
pickles will prevent white scum rising on
them,
A foosr stone, the size of a walnut,
was found in one of the cells of the
heart of an OK the other day ut Peters
burg, Ind.
a GERMAN doctor Is said to have writ
ten q book on the south pole. Whether
he stood up or set on d stool to write is
uncertain.
An exchange announces, on tho death
of a lady, that she 'lived fifty years with
her husband, and died in confident hope
of Il better life"
IT took exactly three days and six hours
to weigh the 500, 900, 900 francs recently
sent by the French Governmet to En-
peror William of Germany.
THE enormous consumption of tea may
be imagined when II Is known that Great
Britain consumes upwards of 65, 900 tons
per ~nnnum~equal to about four pounds
TO each person.
IpN DttAH hihh lbDb. Sh hAlU u zig
listed Wall street man TO u friend, hold
ing up one of his hrawny hands. That"
said the friend, looks as though you'd
gone short on soap
On a recent Sunday a Chicago saloon
hung out a beer bottle, dressed In mourn
ing, underneath which was u bucket of
water, with the generous invitation,
Help yourselves, boysi'
RooTs.-~If these arc stored In a cellar
under the dwelling rooms, have them
covered with dry earth, which win pre-
vent disagreeable and unhealthful odors
from coming into the apartments, --Am.
A8t1cattarist.
Emu EMERSON, t0f years old, and Il
native Of Leicester, Mass. was measured
for a new pair OF corduroy breeChes the
other day, and refused 10 take thcti be-
cause the tailor would not warrant them
for ten years.
A LITTLE common wax rubbed on the
solcs Of ones dancing shoes makes ones
feet glide smoothly over the heaviest car
pet. Almost all our hes, dancers i~nvaria-
bly, carry with them to parties Il small
pieces Of beeswaX,
MEssns. A. & W. >SpnA6uE, of Provi-
dence, H. J., have recently purchased
i50, 900 acres Of timber lands in Maine,
paying therefor ~ per acre, or = $50, 900
for the whole. They paid down $3j0,000
to bind the bargain.
Two HUGH African slaves, with their
faces much tRttOoed, driving with reins
a pair Of o8%triches, are among the present
sensations of Paris. They are invariably
followed by an immense crowd Of men,
women and children.
THE laws OF Illinois protect the blue
birds, swallows, martins, musqulto hawks,
cuckoos, whippoOrWills, woOdpeckcrs,
cat birds, mice birds, sparrows, humming
birds, wrens, doves aud mocking birds,
or g%oldtinchcs.
Our experience in journalism teaches
us that there Is nothing In this world that
will 70 disgust and sicken the general
reader as 10 learn, after wadiDg through
the particulars Of an awful accident, that
there il a probability Of the victims re-
coycry.
A UASBrRY mans horror, at the pros
pect Of being crushed to death by q team
Of frightened horses, was terribly %intensi-
fled by the reflection that che was stand
ing on the very verge OF eternity without
q dollar in his pocket.
"JuHN, where have you put my steel
penn asked IN editor. Haven't seen it,"
said John. "Y0u know better, sir, said
the editor, producing the desired impis-
mcnt from a drawer, ''you put it here your
self" That's your scissors, Sir" well,
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