Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-07-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

let us hear from the Indian.
ARTIFICIAL flowers were made in
Egypt centuries ago. They are found,
made of linen, OF different colors, in
the tombs of Thebes.
Don't look too hard, except for some
thing agreeable. We can find all the
(tisagreeable things in the world be-
tween our own hats and boots!
A SCOTCHMAN asked an Irishman,
Why were half farthings coined in
England?" Pats answer was, Ito
give Scotchmen an opportunity of sub
scribing to charitable institutions.
IN five States the law of hanging has
now been abolished. These are, with
the dates Of their abolition, as follows:
Michigan, 1916; Rhode Island, 1852;
Wisconsin, 1853; Iowa, 1872; Maine,
1876.
A CLERGYMAN who was invited to
preach before a medical association, re-
turned an answer that he would do so,
from the text: lin his disease Asa
sought not to the Lord but to the ply
sicians; and Asa slept with his fathers
and died"
The London Lancet says Rome en-
Joys the best drainage and the purest
water supply in Europe, and that the
cases of typhus fever which occur there
are in nearly every instance due to a
residence in Naples or Florence, where
the drainage and water supply are no.
toriously bad.
WE witnessed a touching scene the
other day: A full-grown, healthy
looking married man going toward the
suburbs with a baseball club over his
shoulder, and, in few minutes there
after, while passing his house, we no
ticed his wife saving wood in the back
yard.-BZoonaingtoaa Qpd.) Courier.
THE remnant of the wreck of the
Merrimac has been raised and placed
in the dry-dock at the Norfolk navy
yard. The timber, what there is left
Of it, will be utilized as the pews of
the Old South Church are being, in
supporting the lettering steps of those
who are wealthy enough to purchase
walking stick for relic.
SOME persons have a nice way Of
putting things. They forgot to give a
stranger napkin who entered a res
taurant, the other day, to get his din
ner, and, reckoning the waiter to him,
he said: GIVE forgotten my handker-
chief; make it rule never to get
grease on my coat-tail, and | positively
can't wipe my mouth on this marble
slab. '-Chicago Tribune.
ENGLISH people see nothing snob-
Dish or inappropriate in the inscription
on Lady Stanley's tomb, which men
tons first the fact that she was "for
thirty years the devoted servant of
Queen Victoria and the Queens moth
er and Children" and afterward no.
tees that she was 1.-THE unwearied
friend of the people of Westminster,
and the inseparable partner Of her hus-
bands tolls and hopes.''
He Waltzed out of Liberty street
front door yesterday, followed by a
dashboard and two bars Of soap, and,
as he Strengthened himself and walked
firmly down the street he remarked:
" A man must draw the line some
where, or he can't be boss of the house;
and I'll be hanged if I'll pump more
than one barrel of water for no wash
ing; and there amt no woman can
make me do it, uni ess she locks me i'm
Rome Sentinel.
MANY fancy that a little fly is only
little because it is young, and that it
will grow up in process Of time to be
as big as a blue-bottle. Now this is
entirely wrong; for when an insect
has once attained to it's winged state it
grows no more. All the growing, and
most part Of the eating is done in its
previous state of life, and indeed there
are many insects, such as the silk
worm moth, which do not eat at all
from the time that they assume the
chrysalis state to the time they die
Ohio Farmer.
ONE Of our banks has just selected
cashier. He announced his intention
of running the institution on a sound
and safe basis. He proposed especial
ly to look after paper presented for dis
count. A Well-knoWn customer
brought in note. The cashier exam
ined it vigilantly, and, in a quiet, pat
ronizing way, said: "Can't you give
us another name Oh this note?'
Eyes, if you think it necessary"
"WelI. I think it will be better.' The
gentleman went out and was gone
about an hour. and brought back list
of names full two yards long, which
were pasted to the note. There were
ten millions Oh the paper which ne
handed to the astonished cashier. In
the meanwhile the official had learned
something about his customer. lie
blushed, tore off the names and passed
the paper to the credit of the customer.
". 7. Cor. Boston Journal.