Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1876-08-24
CENTENNIAL JOTTINGS.

THE trial of steam fre-engines has
been postponed from the goth of
August to the Sth Of September.
VISITORS who desire information in
regard to American fishes would be
gratified to visit the aquarium dis
play on the west side of Agricultural
Hall
a CAMBRIDGE, Mass, girl kept the
company waiting for the wedding till
she made the groom sign a Witten
agreement to take her to the Centen-
NAL
THE large photographs of the in
teriOrs of the Portuguese Government
Buildings afford an opportunity FOR
study which is much appreciated by
visitors.
THE exhibition of livestock pro-
misses to be large and interesting. The
entries at present have reached 300
horses, over 600 neat cattle, more than
600 sheep, 500 swine, and nearly 400
dogs.
In the Canadian Educational exhibit
can be seen a collection of wax i'm
preSsi0ns of all the great seals of En-
gland from the time of Edward the
ConfessOr, 1916 A. D., to Queen Vic
toria, 1876.
IT is said amarked change has taken
place in regard to the manner of
visitors. In the beginning they SEEM
ed to roam about aimlessly, now it is
common to see them with pencil and
note book making memoranda for flu
ture study.
An interesting feature in the Meth
.erlands department is the exhibit of
books for the blind, and specimens of
work performed by blind people,
among which are examples of the fac1-
ity displayed in the acquisition of ordi-
nary writing.
THE chocolate exhibit in the French
Agricultural Department is an attract
ave feature. 1t contains plan of the
celebrated plantation of NJ Menier at
Nicaragua, which contains 100000
trees. The annual production of man
ufactuTed chocolate in France amounts
to 16, 1905 900 pounds.
An order has been issued by Gen.
'GOShOrn to tear down all the show
cards and railroad bills posted on the
fences either inside or outside the
grounds. The privilege given to the
original parties has been so abused by
farming it out that this peremptory Or
der has become necessity.
THE latest curiosity at the Centen-
NAL is boy without arms or legs. He
weighs thirty-two pounds, is thirteen
years old, and in spite of his deformity
is able, by means of two fingers on a
stump supposed to be leg, to feed
himself, write and even do mechanical
work. having made a small secretary
before leaving home.
THE Publishers Weekly thinks our
educational show at the Centennial is
the best there and says: ''In recon-
amending to teachers and all who are
connected with educational literature
"a careful examination of these eXhib-
its at the Centennial, we again con-
graduate them on the superiority our
own country shows. But we urge
them, nevertheless, to be carefully OBJ
servant of all those details in which
we have still to learn from Others"
''TIEIs, dear girls" said the wise lit
tie lady, tapping with her parasol one
of the big tOrpedoes in the Centennial
Government buildings-''this is a Won
deTful invention for reScuing people.
They put them in and close it up,
dragging them ashore through the surf
where ordinary boats could not 60"
UninquiSitiye ignorance is the proper
frame of mind for the full enjoyment
of the Centennial Exhibition.
THE Centennial Guard is now COM
posed of nineteen officers and S57 men,
the former force of 1856 men having
been reduced. The regiment is divided
into FIVE companies, each Of which has
its own barracks, in which the men
sleep and where they are drilled by the
officers. The guards are on duty day
and night, q strlct watch being kept in
every part of the grounds. Each man
has half day off every fourth day,
during which he is at liberty to 90
where he pleases, provided he returns
before the gates are closed at half-past
SAX p. III.
THE magistrates office and station
house on the Exposition Grounds is
situated at the Fifty-second street en-
trance to the grounds, and is presided
over by POice-Magistrate Clarke, as
sisted by .Judge-Advocate Jones. The
station-house is in the rear of the court
rnnyO and contains ahOut a dozen