Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-02-06
the plaster has set, the screw will be held

the plaster has set, the screw will be held
very strongly.
| A PARAGRAPH has been going the
rounds of the press since the buckwheat
cake season was inaugurated, which
claims that this delectable but itch-pro-
ducing article Of diet was wholly unknown
until some time during the sixteenth
century. In book published in the
twelfth century, entitled aye Delightes
of ye Breakfast Table" the following
occurs: eye corne named Buckwheate,
Upon which ye Deere doth much love to
fede, US deemed to forne of cakes
might've gudeness. Ye boyled Sape of
We Lynden (maple) Tree dothe much ym
that TO eat of these doth cause them much
cratchynge, but this fayles to stop the
eatynge Of theme"
PERPETUAL PAsTE.-The Journal of
Applied Chemistry says: "Dssolve tea
water. When cold, stir in as much flour
as will give it the consistency of thick
cream, being particular to beat up all the
Jumps; stir in as much powdered rosin as
will lay on dime, and throw in half a
dozen cloves to give a pleasant odor.
| Have on the fire a teacup Of boiling
water, pour the -four mixture into it, stir
ring well at the time. In a very few min.
utes it will be of the consistency of mush
Pour it into an earthen or china vessel ;
let it cool; lay a cover on, and put in a
cool place. When needed for use, take
out a portion and soften it with warm
water. Paste thus made will last twelve
months. 1t is better than gum, as it does
not gloss the paper, and can be written
on.
THERE is woman in Washington who
has buried five husbands. Recently she
married sixth. Upon the day of the
wedding, a man called at the house of the
groom, asked for that gentleman, and
then proceeded to measure his body with
tape line. The infatuated groom enter
tanned an idea that this might, perhaps, be
man sent around by his tailor. After
the ceremony in church, however, the
husband was surprised to observe this
same person standing in the vestibule and
winking furiously at the bride as the
| party came out to the carriages. Just as
| they were starting off the mysterious be-
ing put his head into the carriage window,
and whispered to the bride: "Got a
ready-made one that'Il just suit him!
| Beautiful fit-beautiful" When the
happy man demanded the name of the
intruder, the bride blushed, and said she
believed he was some kind Of an under
taker. Then the man was not so happy.
He was hardly happy at all, and a certain
| gloom seemed to overcast the honey
moon. Perhaps the undertaken was too
I prompt. But still, we like to see a man
take an interest in his business
| How TO REMOVE MoLEs Ladies have
| a horror of those black eminences on the
face called moles. Even homely men dis
like them, but there they ordinarily re-
main as guides in giving description of
an applicant for passport. A mole is a
thickening of the epidermis, Or outer skin,
probably induced by an obstruction in
| the outer ends of cluster of sudorific
ducts or sweat tubes To be clear of them
readily, run fine needle through one Of
them from one side to the other Let an
assistant take hold of both ends of the
needle, and pull so as to make neck of
clear skin at the base. It is neither pain
full nor difficult, and attended with hard
| ly tinge of blood Next litigate that
neck behind the out dragged mole with a
| delicate, strong, waxed silk thread, that
cuts off the circulation; clip away the I'M
used thread and await the result A
slight local Inflammation ensues, which is
the gluing together the new surface of
the stitched skin. In a few days the old
offense drops off, deprived of nutrition,
leaving no scar. If a little reddish by the
remains of a subsiding Inflammation,
wash the spot occasionally with cold
water. Proceed to the next, and the
next, se1idtim. Before aware of it, any
mole disfgured face may become as good
as new.
A HIGHLY sensational account of a
French polar expedition, under Octave
Pavy, which journeyed successfully to
the north pole and beyond, and lived for
several months on the frozen carcases of
deceased mastodons, has been going the
rounds of the Eastern press for three or
four weeks, and it is probable ere now
numbering through Europe. With regard
to this great expedition, San Francisco
paper says: GA San Francisco CORE
spondent of the New York World, with
more wit than honesty, furnishes his
| journal with a bogus account of an eXpe-
dition to the north pole, by NJ. Pavy, who
attracted some attention here a while ago
with boasts of what discoveries he would
make when he started on his expedition,
but somehow he never got ready to start.
The correspondent ridicules the Bohem
ian club for their gullibility in being cas-
lily imposed upon by the great Arctic
Explorer whom they honored with a
splendid banquet; the names of the prom
inent officers of the Bohemian club are
given as comprising the expedition with
NJ. Pavy, and the imaginary account of
the discoveries they made is given with
great circumstantiality. Traces of herds
of mastodOns were found, and even a we'll
preserved specimen of the entire carcase
of one was discovered, with the hide and
| hair undecayed. The account seemed so
plausible that the vigilant editor of the
World was deceived, and he printed it in
good faith. The Chicago papers, with
one exception, copied it, and now it is
fairly started on its rounds, and will crop
out in papers all over the world