Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-03-06

slender rod forms the axis OF the column
or as il really is, treuls-Work tupe.
Comnared with cast-iron columns, these
structures are little more than one third,
either in weight or cost, while IN appear
ance the gain is decidedly great. For
conservatives or other lortlcultural pur-
noses the trellis column is very suitable.
Such q pillar. eleven feet high and eight
inches in diameter, is guaranteed to sup
port vertical pressure OF one ton
,Scr55ner.
REPAIRING LEAKY RooFs.-Melt to
eether in an iron pot two pounds by
weight of common pitch and one part OF
gutta percha. This forms homogene-
Gus fluid much more manageable IMAM
gutta percha alone To repair cutters,
roofs, or other surfaces, carefully clean
out of the cracks all earthly matters,
slightly warm the edges with plumber
soldering iron, then pour the cement IN
fluid state upon the cracks while hot, I'M
ishing up by going over the cement Win
a moderately hot iron, so as to make a
good connection and a smooth joint. the
above will repair zinc, lead or IRON, ana
is good cement for aquarlums.
JUST at the conclusion of recent cir
Gus performance in a. North Carolina
town, the clown stepped forward and in
formed the vast assembly that they had
taken in about 5000 that day-more
money, he ventured to say, than any MIN
lister OF the Gospel in that county would
receive for years service. He then
plainly told them that large portion OF
the audience were church members, who
would plead their poverty when asked fol-
money to support the Gospel, and severe
ly exposed their inconsistency. few
Sundays after, he preached in the same
community, and made strong appeal for
missions, when a collection was taken up
amounting to $43S.
AN ECCFNTRIC RUssIAN.-At Nice
there is Russian who made many mil
lions of roubles by his speculations. He
refuses now to go into society and re-
ceives at his house none but the persons
whom he knew in the happy old days
when he had not sou. To them he
makes little presents of a thousand or two
thousand roubles, and SO on. He is an
uneducated man, but passionatelv fond of
music, and his one pleasure is to main
tain an orchestra He engages by the
year the best musicians he can obtain; in
the morning they take up their position
at the end of salon in his villa, he sits
down in his arm chair at the other end,
and they play to him all day. This is a
luxury to him; what is it to the must
clans?
AS rubber plates and rings are nova
days almost exclusively used for making
connections between steam and other
pipes and apparatus, much difficulty is
often experienced IN making an alright
connection. This is Obviated entirely by
employing cement which fastens alike
well to the rubber and to the metal or
wood. Such cement is prepared by a
solution of shellac in ammonia. Soak
pulveriZed gum shellac in ten times its
weight in strong ammonia, when a Shiny
mass is obtained, which in three or four
weeks will become liquid without the use
of hot water. This softens the rubber,
and becomes, after volatilization of am
monia, hard and impermeable to gases
and f1uids.-Rnrdl Ne0 Yorker
An INGENIOUS SMUGGLING DEVICE.
Everything that enters Paris has to pay
octroi duty. For many weeks an ele-
gantly -attired gentleman drove well-ap-
pointed dOg-cart from the outskirts of the
city, being attended every evening by
neat-looking groom. One night the dog
cart was upset in the presence of the
gens-d' armes, who, on going to the res
cue, noticed that the groom had not moved
from his seat. Come" said one of the
men. The groom preserved a dignifed
silence. Come down." clied they, an
grily, don't you see your master is hurt?
Are you drunk or stupid?" The groom
preserved his English sang froid, and the
employees, giving him shake, discovered,
to their unutterable establishment, that he
was made Of zinc, and contained one hun
dred and fifty litres of cognac.