Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05

unsuspecting victim merely remarked,
Your Hoe press seems to jar the build
ing little to-day" Then, turning on the
full strength, we looked at him again.
Though split in two sections smile was
on his face, and copy Of the Press in
each fist. Poor but worthy medical stu
dents, desiring half a subject to cut up,
are invited to call and see our stock, or
the entire remains, neatly packed in ice,
will be shipped to any address, G. o. D.,
on receipt of stamp.-H. Louis Democrat.
BAD NEWS FOR BALD-HEADED MEN
DR.. }. NJ. Toner, of Washington, a physi-
clan OF large experience and close OBJ
server OF facts, says that according to his
observations nearly all persons of both
sexes who lived to the age of eighty years
and over, retained a considerable if not a
complete suit OF hair at the time of their
deaths. He comedies that there are ex-
ceptions to thus rule, but insists that a
large majority of persons living at the age
OF eighty and upward retain compare
lively good suit of hair, or are not bald.
His hypothesis is that person who re-
tains his hair past the age Of sixty-five has
good prospect of living to be over eighty.
The rule may be tested by any one calling
to mind the ages and condition of the hair
OF persons of his acquaintance of the ages
indicated, the condition of whose hair is
known to him. The vast majority of per-
sons who become bald Or lose their hair,
do so between thirty-five and forty five, and
these rarely live to be over sixty-tive or
seventy years Of age.
REMARKABLE George
Poole, of Bridgeport, Conn, in exhuming
the remains of his grandmother, Mrs. Abb
gail Poole, who was buried in the old
burying ground on Pard avenue, nineteen
years ago, discovered that the body had
been petritied. The flesh upon a portion
OF the face and a small spot upon the
breast and portion of the arms had de
cayed ere petritaction commenced, but
the remainder of the body looked as fresh
as upon the day of burial The solid flesh
rang like metal when lightly struck 1t
had become slightly discolored by the
earth, but upon scraping the limbs a little,
the pure white was revealed hard and
clear as polished ivory. A singular thing
in connection with this remarkable dis
covery is that the cords of the neck were
loose and pliable, and, in raising the body
from the grave, the head hung over back
ward. The box and coffin had gone en-
tirely to decay, and the grave was partly
filled with water, which had to be bailed
out ere the body was reached. Mrs Poole
was almost ninety at the time of her death
The last decision rendered by Chief
Justice Chase, which would have an inter
est on this account alone, concerned an
accident life insurance policy. The case
came from Michigan, and was one in
which the heirs Of the deceased, who had
come to his death by violence while walk
ing, sued for $4,000, the amount of an &C
cident policy which he had taken out for
one day on the day of his death. Paw
ment was refused because the policy stip-
ulated insurance against accident and
death while travelling by public or pri-
vate conveyance in the United States or
Dominion of Canada" The assured pro-
ceeded by steamboat, after purchasing his
insurance ticket and then walked eight
miles to his residence. It was during this
walk that he met his death by violence
The Michigan Courts held that the death
did not come within the terms Of the con-
tract, as walking was not "traveling by
public or private conveyance" and Chief
Justice Chase's opinion affirmed the judy
ment OF the State COurt.-Ch5cagOT Tribune.
"DON'T APINT NE | HAIN'T GOT TIME
The POStmasterGener has received the
following letter from person who was
recently appointed Postmaster Cat salary
of S12 per annum) of a backwoods town
in Iowa. We give it uerbatim ct Hteratim:
'to the gineral postmaster at Washing
ton City my Deare friend hope you will
not appint me postmaster in this here
town / hain't got no time to tend to it
suppose you got the paper someow my
friends sent up Recominden me but
haiD't got no time to do the thing up as it
ort too be done. In fact don't know hardly
what is a 90 in to be done our shoemaker
would be a very good man only he was
Grely square out which you know units
him for the position then there is our
storekeepcr jim b that wants the
position mighty bad but as sure as you
are livin man Jim B KANT read good
writin and that's the trouble You see
them that wants it don't know enuff to
tend it and them their that does don't want
to take it Jim b was rased out in the
countrey and jest come to town last week
and don't know enuf to be postmaster but
do as you think best only don't apint me i
haint got time ever your friend,' etc
Washington Star.