Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-11-13
BREVITIES.
MEN OF Observation-Disclosures

The WORN THAT
WoRTH IT'S WEIGHT IN CODA guinea.
TnEpublic debt of Massachusetts is over
$27,000,000.
CONFINEMENT is natural wealth; luxury,
artificial poverty.
RUSSIA is reported to have but lOO
newspapers, Germany 1890.
THE average receipts Of the Chicago
| billiard saloons reach $1,000 a day.
A MILL at Minneapolis, Mimi, is saw.
| ing an average of 145, 900 feet of lumber
per day.
Coal has recently been discovered near
Golden, Col. 1t is hard and bright in
color.
S~UsICULTURE means og-raising as far as
gentlemen farmers go. Commo farmers
are still hog growers.
A wATER-sPoUT on Lake Erie was re-
Gently seen from the summit of Little
Mountain, near Cleveland.
No SARATOGA hotel except Congress
Hall paid expenses this last season. Stew
arts grand house lost $4,000.
A NEW uniform for our entire standing
army of 10000 men is now being made at
Frankfort Arsenal, Philadelphia.
FEW men perish SO happily as J. Parker,
of Byron, Ill, did. He died at the break
fast table, slowing away a square meal.
Do LEWIS says that a diet of beans
is better for the complexion than all the
powders and cream ever manufactured.
A S~CHOOLMAsTER said of himself, Il
am like a hone, | sharpen a number OF
blades, but | wear myselfOu in doing it."
INDIAN BREAD.-Take one quart flour,
one quart meal, one quart buttermilk,
one cup molasses, n egg, saleratus and
salt.
WHILE Witnessing a game of base ball
out West, a boy was struck on the back OF
his head, and the bawl come out Of his
mouth.
THERE is one schooldistrict in Mara
thon County, Wis, which has 1854 more
square miles than the entire State of
Rhode Island.
Mrs. JANE G. SwIssHELM claims the
credit Of suggesting the system of red
light signals now in use on all railroads
in this country.
NEARLY 100000 rent are annually paid
by the National Government for private
buildings, which are used for offices in
Washington.
A CONNECTICUT man has christened his
daughter Glycerine. He says it will be
easy to prefix Nitro" if her temper re-
semhles her mothers.
"WHY should we celebrate Washing
toms birthday more than mine ?' asked a
schOOlteacher. Because he never told a
lie?" shouted a little boy.
AN Irishman having been told that the
price Of bread had been lowered, ex-
claimed, "This is the first time | ever re-
joiced at the fall Of my best friend"
THE reputation of a man is like his
shadow; it sometimes follows and some
times precedes him; it is sometimes
longer, and sometimes shorter, than his
natural size.
A nan out West brags that all the fur
niture and flooring of his house is made
of live oak, but his wife, who does the
hard work of the house, says it's nothing
but scrub oak.
THERE are only two living animals
the man and the dog-which can stand an
instantaneous change from Arctic cold to
tropical heat without suffering deteriora-
ton or losing health.
AT st. Louis the courts are now occu-
pied with litigation between two street
beggars, father and daughter, over
$4,000, the proceeds of several years col
lections on the streets.
A CHARITABLE Cincinnati man keeps a
pair of dogs chained at his front door so
that poor people who stop to "get a bite"
can be accommodated without the trouble
Of going into the house.
TRUTH lies in character. Christ did
not simply speak truth; he was truth
true through and through, for truth is a
thing not of words, but of life and being.
None but a spirit can be true.
A LARGE BIRD, measuring 6 feet from
tip to tip of its wings, and standing ) feet
high, was wounded and captured alive by
two hunters near Brookfield, Vt, lately,
just as it was carrying off a sheep.
WHEN TO TRANSPLANT EvERGREENs.-
The most successful cultivators Of ever
buds begin to swell in spring. In this
country spring planting is decidedly
preferable to fall planting.
MOLASSEs PIE.-Four eggs, one tea
cupful Of milk, one and one-half teacup-
fuls Of mOlasses, two tablespoonful of
butter, and half a nutmeg; beat them we'll
together, and bake on pastry the same as
custard. This is enough for two pies.
1ff Ldi dl1lfC coILGtNtG SCiIuS up lufS
Macedonian cry: "There is a fearful and
terrible scarcity of girls in this country,
not only for cooking purposes but we
know lots of young men who would be
willing to take them raw and for life at
that"
IN Golden, Col, an editor wrote so1ne
advice to a newly-married friend, and was
foolish enough to print it, After his wife
had looked over a proof of the "advice,"
the editor felt compelled to add this post
script: "Have your hair cut close to the
skin"
CONTENTMENT.-
He that holds fast the golden mean,
And lives contentedly between
The little and the great,
Feels not the wants that pinch the poor,
Nor plagues that haunt the rich mans door,
Embittering all his state.
CHINESE PROvERB.-The fish dwells
in the depth of the waters, and the eagle
in the sight of heaven; the one, though
high, may be reached with the arrow, and
the other though deep, with a hook; but
the heart Of man, though a foot distant,
cannot be known.
To REMOVE SILVER STAINs.-One of the
best ways is to wash the spots with a con
centrated solution Of sulphate or chloride
Of zinc, and to rub the worst places with
metallic zinc. Then rinse in pure water,
and complete the washing with soap. Ink
stains can be removed in the same way.
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