Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26

Joining county the newspaper mentions
the fact that she is a brunette, five feet
three inches longitude; that her gravity
is two hundred and twenty-five pounds,
and that she can whip any editor III Cam
bria County.
THE experiment OF tea growing IN Call
fornia is said to promise success: Inc
climate of large part of the tea district
of China finds parallel in the central
Southern States, and there seems to be
no reason why Hyson and Bohea should
not come from cotton and old rice t1elds.
The necessity of ocean transportation
would be done away with, and the native
fragrance of the leaf would thus be pre-
served.
MORE coffee. A patent has recently been
issued for new article of ''cotfee," made
of roasted persimmon seeds. There is
not the least objection to making perslm-
mon seeds or any other kind of seeds into
table beverages, provided they are SOLD
under their proper names. But this mix
ing of all manner of seeds, grinding them
ND and calling the beverage "cottee" is
an insult to the genuine fragrant berry,
which should be frowned upon by those
possessing cultivated tastes.
AT d recent wedding IN New York,
among the bridal presents was carelessly
displayed a check for 100000, drawn to
the order of the bride and signed by her
father. One of the guests was the cashier
of the bank on which the check was
drawn. This gentleman threw damper
on the spirits of the party by declaring
that the generous father OF the bride
never had more than half 100000 to his
credit in the bank since his account was
opened.
THERE is a gentleman in this town of
the name of Jones, says the Eureka New
Sentinel, whose beard is three feet three
inches long 1t is of splendid growth,
almost as soft and as fine as lady's ha1r,
and is really curiosity IN its way. MIR.
Jones stands six feet and one inch high,
and his beard, when allowed its liberty,
strikes him about the knees. He seldom,
however, makes a display of it. He
usually keeps it braided and confined
within his shirt bosom, so that persons
seeing him on the street would not dream
that his beard was of more than ordinary
length.
OF all the stories about the Siamese
twins which have cropped out since their
death, the following from New Hamp-
shire paper may be set down as the most
remarkable: con their last visit in Mas
sachusetts, some eight or ten years since,
the twins were advertised to exhibit for
three days in Lawrence. At that time the
State Fair was being held in Manchester,
n. H., and Chang, being much interested
in agricultural matters, was anxious to
attend. Eng was determined to remain
in Lawrence, and violent quarrel was
the result, the brothers almost coming to
blows. A compromise was at last effected
by their agent, who went with Chang to
Manchester, while Eng stayed in Law
renee and eXhibitedhims at half price"
SKILLFUL French cooks have discov-
cred, it is said, 365 methods of cooking
eggs. Surely American ingenuity should
be able to devise something near an equal
number Of different ways of cooking
apples-a kind of fruit which is healthful
appetizing and nourishing. There are
scores Of recipes for making apples into
buildings, pies, tarts, cake and preserves;
for mingling them with -four, butter, eggs,
ETC., and forming thus very agreeable
compounds; but perhaps there is no more
palatable way of serving apples on the
table than by baking them, and adding
sugar anu CrGdn Wu6n lney are odteu
Each family can easily choose its favorite
method of cooking apples; but in some
form they will be found most desirable
substitute for preserves, sweetmeats and
other condiments.
NUTRTTIvE VALUE OF BLACK TEA.-Tea
is not only to be considered as a stimu-
liant, but also as nourishment. That peo-
pie who use tea are able to live longer
and do more work on an insufficient
amount Of food, than those who abstain
from the beverage, is attributed to its
power of preventing the waste of the
body, and in the animal economy may be
compared to the financial proposition
that penny saved is twice earned"
From the large amount of nitrogen it
contains, it may also be considered, to
certain extent, direct means of nourish-
ment. A Vogel has thought it worth his
while to determine how much of this nj
trogen is employed in the infusion. The
tea examined gave 6.6 per cent. ash, and
25.5 Of extract, which was found to con-
tain 2S per cent. nitrogen, while the par
TALLY exhausted leaves contain 358 per
cent. From this it would seem that, IN
less we contrive to devote the whole leaf,
we lose the larger portion Of the nitrogen.
-ErchGnge.