Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-12-11

Is counting a youth OF twenty-five.
The Savannah Republican advertises
the first shad of the season, fifteen and a
halt inches long, served up at the Mar
shall House, the enterprising steward Of
which paid sixty-five dollars for it!
A WEALTHY young lady, it is said, has
become a common operative in the Kan
kakee paper-mill. She prefers to earn a
livelihood In that way rather than to re-
celve 1t from her private income.
ACCORDING to the Greenup (Ky) Inde-
pendent a pair of shoes went out on the
train from that town the other day meas-
uring fourteen inches in length, six inch
es in width, and sixteen inches instep.
FIVE out of nine of the leading bust
ness houses in Manchester, Iowa, are
managed by ladies, and managed we'll,
too. The name of the town should be
changed to Womanchester, out of COM
pliment to the ladies.
THE Knickerbocker, an iron freight
and passenger screw steamer of 1900
tons, has been completed at Wilmington,
Del. Four more iron steamships, n OF
them larger than the Knickerbocker, are
building at the same yards.
THE New Haven woman who asked
that her husband be arrested for having
abandoned her, at the same time stating
that she had supported him ever since
their marriage, presented d spectacle for
the strong-minded to weep over.
SwEETMEAT PUDDING.-Five eggs, the
whites and yolks beaten separately; one
cup of white powdered sugar, one cup of
peach jam or other nice preserve, a half
cup of melted butter, half a nutmeg. But
ter a baking dish and bake quickly.
THE Scientific american recommends as
a cure for nose-bleeding, to extend the
arm perpendicularly against a wall or
post, or any convenient object for a sup
port. The arm on the side from which
the blood proceeds is the one to elevate.
WASN'T it odd that the blind beggar
who came up to the house in Columbus,
O., the other day, where a smallpox sign
had been put out as a protection against
callers, should have " scooted " up the
side street without the aid of his cane
THE school children Of Terre Haute
are setting an example Of charity to their
elders. The Gazette gives two instances
in which ragged little girls coming to
school have been sent home clad and
made glad by their sympathizing school
mates.
A NEVADA paper says: "The many
friends Of Bill Thompson will regret to
hear that he was hashed up by a cata-
mount the other day on Nixon's Hill,
while lying in wait to shoot a Chinaman.
This was always a world of disappoint-
ment."
Mrs. PERU, of Iowa, believing that
"Blest be the bride that the sun shines
on" postponed her daughters wedding
four times in order to get a bright day.
The bridegroom then astonished her by
sending in his formal resignation to the
daughter.
THE following process is said to be a
sure way to prevent oil lamps from smok-
ing: Take any quantity of onions, bruise
them, put all into a retort and distil; pour
a little Of this liquor into the bottom Of
the lamp, and it will give no smoke.
IT'S unkind to keep that story floating
about Nero fddling over the burning of
Rome, when he hasn't the cOnveniences for
writing an explanatory card to the news
papers. He might have been fiddling a
little, but probably he hadn't heard the
fire alarm.
LIGHT native wines will soon be manu-
featured in such large quantities in this
country that the alleged results of their
use in diminishing the consumption of
stronger liquors should, in a few years,
be made apparent, if their use is to AVE
such results.
CLEANING CANE SEATs.-Turn up the
chair bottom, and with hot water and a
sponge wash the cane work so that it may
be thoroughly soaked. Should it be dirty
use a little soap. Let it dry in the air,
and il will be as tight and firm as when
new, provided the cane is not broken.
CAToOsA COUNTY, Ga, has produced
Willie Jackson, who is just six years old,
weighs one hundred and ten pounds. He
has six fingers on each hand and six toes
on each foot, and the Snowman says she
can easily run him up to $50 pounds if
he'd only give him as much as he wanted
to eat.n
AN Alabama jury Of eight whites and
four negroes, none OF whom knew the
first letter OF the alphabet, are reported as
sitting on q case Of q cotton claim for
some $500, and returning a verdict of
manslaughtcr. The foreman explained
that they first intended to say murder, but
as no one was killed, they modified
their verdict.
ALBERT NJ. DARWIN drank twenty
glasses of beer on a wager and on his way
home attempted to whip three policemen.
When brought out yesterday morning he
Indignantly remarked: Eyer Honor, my
theory is that beer is not intoxicating"
my theory said the Court, sarcastically,
"is that YOU will so up for just sixty days"
Detroit Post.
GEN. MILRoY, IN official of Olympia,
Washington Territory, has decided that
Indians have no more right to extra
wives than white men. An aborigine
named Limpy is vindicating this new
principle of law by toiling on the streets
of Olympia. Limpy had taken a second
wife without being divorced from the
first.
IRON Mold IN LINEN.-Wash the spots
in a strong solution of cream of tartar and
water. Repeat if necessary, and dry in
the sun. Another method: Rub the spots
with a little powdered oxalic acid or salts
of lemon and warm water. Let it remain
a few minutes. and then rinse we'll in clean
water.
BosToN RICE-CAKEs.-Boil a cup of
rice, and while hot put into it a large tea
spoonful of butter. Beat the whites and
| yolks of three eggs separately, and stir
them INTO the rice. Thicker with four ia
b~lespoonfuls of flour, and bake either in
~muffin-rings or upon a acknowledgement
griddle. Salt put in, of course, to the
taste.
CANNED PEARs.-Prepare a sirup-a
pint of water and a quarter Of a pound OF
sugar to a quart of fruit. While this is
heating, peel the pears, dropping each as
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