Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-10-16
"OF all drcary places - 8

| "OF all drcary Places saws q rro,..
nent writer, deliver me from tho I'm fonnl
houses which many people call how, NJ
Bars fora front gate, chickens wallowi lrG
before the door, pig-pens elbowinr ny my
house IN the rear, scrag@y trees now.
cared for, or no trees ct all, no choor;n,.
shrubs, no neatness, no trimncss Az
| yet a lawn and trees, and neat walk and
pleasant fence don't cost great deal"
IT is said by good medical authorize,
that bleeding at the nose can be stonnad
| by vigorous motion Of the laws. as IS IN
| the act Of mastication. In the case If .
| child, wad OF paper should be placed in
| its mouth and the child instructed r.
| chew it hard 1t is the motion Of the lave
| that stops the flow of blood. This remedy
| is so very simple that many will feel in
| clined to laugh at it, but it has never been
known to fail in a single instance, even in
| severe cases.
| THE brain of horse seems to entertain
| but one thought at time; for this reason
continued whipping is out of the oucs.
ton, and only confirms his stubborn re-
solve. But if you can by any means
change the direction of his mind. Give
him new subject to think Of, and nine
times out Of ten you will have go further
| trouble in starting him. AS a simple
trick, little pepper, aloes, or the like,
thrown back on his tongue, will often
succeed, by turning his attention to the
| taste Of his mouth.
THE Secretary of the Navy has issued
| on order that viii fill our foreign squad
! rons with dismay. A Lieutenant having
| returned from a years cruise in the ASH
attic squadron heavily in debt, the Score,
| tary has sent him back with orders to
| stay until his debts are paid. That un,
| fortunate young man will be compelled
| to broil and freeze in India and japan
until he can exhibit the receipts of his
washerwOman, his tailor, and his tobac-
| conist to the cruel Secretary, and thus
| secure his release. As there are doubt
| less dozens Of other officers on foreign
stations who are likewise in debt, they
will read of this incident in the LIGHT OF
a solemn warning, and at once borrow
| enough money from their luckier fellows
to discharge their foreign debts before
| their ships are ordered home.
| THE Baltimore Amer5can describes one
of the most mysterious works of art, now
! exhibiting in Paris, that has ever been
witnessed there 1t is diOrama of tie
siege of Paris, and all Paris is running
wild to view it. There is some species OF
optical illusion in connection with it that
no one seems able to understand. Al.
though painting, it so closely resembles
nature that on suddenly entering the hall
| the spectator is bewildered, and Invariably
complains of dizziness as his eye scans
| the intervening scenes and the distant
| horizon presented to view. The building
| in which the diorama is submitted is cir
cular, and about 800 feet in diameter with
a glass dome. On entering it the visitor
| passes along a rather dark passage tC
| what seems the centre of the building
and then finds himself on circular plat
| form on the top of veritable hill Of earth
| streWn with cannOn-ball and shell, the OBJ
| ject of the artist being to place him in the
fort of Issy, surrounded on every side by
the incidents Of the siege, with the city OF
| Paris and its monuments, domes, and
| steeples, in the distance By close exam
| nation it could be discovered that the
nearer earthworks of the picture, and even
some of the cannon, for a distance Of
| thirty or sixty feet from the edge Of the
platform, is veritabe earth and undOubted
cannon, and real willow gabions and sand
bags, but the exact spot where the sub
stantials ended and the canvas began was
not SO easily detected. The whole seems
| to be a piece of legerdemain in art that
has never been attempted before.