Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-07-10
GLEANTNGS.

TOUR years ago TO DO at the present
time.
A Massachusetts mother writes:
'Give us pure air and fire-escapes for
the public schools before free text
| books"
A commercial paper in Boston prints
q ''credit register which exposes the
names of those who do not pay their
grocery bills.
A Georgia lady has entered suit
against her husband for divorce, be-
cause he would not give her the combi-
nation to his safe.
| Walter Besant recently said that nov
els constitute nine-tenths of the books
read in England, and nineteen-twenti-
eths of the books read in the world.
Governor Robinson, of Massachu-
sets, denounces fashionable drinking"
| and hopes to see the time when it will
be abolished at all social entertain
ments.
The New York Common Council has
adopted an ordinance limiting the
height of buildings hereafter to 20 feet,
60 feet.
The ammoniaphone is the latest in
Yention. 1t enables any one to inhale
ian artificial, condensed Italian air"
which has the most magical effect on
the human voice.
Ada Rehan, the actress, used to be
Miss Ada Crehan. A printer, mistak-
ing her handwriting, set it up to read
"Ada G. Rehan." Ada Rehan it has
since remained.
1t is said that oysters in England are
worth 81 cents q dozen, and would be
worth twice as much but for the intro
duction of American oysters, which
control the market.
OIL speculation has gained such mag
nitude that the sales in the different
exchanges aggregate $4,000, 900 daily,
and there are Sc 100000 pipe line GER
titicates outstanding.
1t has been figured out by DR.. Wood,
the eminent student of nature, that if
man could eat as much in proportion as
a bird he would consume whole
round of beef for his dinner.
A clerk in the Massachusetts State
Library was SO deeply interested in
autographs that he cut the signatures
Of eminent men from the old docu-
ments stored i'll the archives.
NJ Waddington, French Ambassador
to England, never goes anywhere, it is
said, unless accompanied by his wife,
who is an American lady, and who is
both his secretary and treasurer.
The black poodle is again becoming
fashionable in England. These ami
mails, to be in correct style, must have
their hair shaved into knots and knobs,
and be rendered generally hideous.
William Astor's yacht Nourmahal
has satin-lined beds, hot and cold baths
in every state-room, and q house on
deck finished in mahogany in Queen
Anne style, with seats for lounoinr or
observation.
There were thirty-two pupils in the
colored school at StrongtoWn, Texas.
when it was struck by lightning and
demolished. None were killed, al
though several were injured by the
falling timbers.
A cat belonging to VAUDEVILLE, Conn.
woman has shown much affection for a
chicken. The cat had a litter of five
kittens, four of which died, and the cat
bestows rs much motherly care on the
r. Kilkelly, of Athlone, Ireland,
Whistled from 4 car window to his doc
as the train started. The dog chased
the train, and when it arrived at
KnOckroghery, ten miles distant, the
animal was about 1000 yards behind,
and reached his master before the train
started again.
The French soldiers in AIoiers
are often compelled to remain
for houIs on marshy ground with moth
ing 10 rest on. After getting Tired of
walking and standing, they seat them
selves on each others knees, one behind
the other, arranged in q circle SO there
will be no end man.
A most unfortunate title has the
Dukedom of Albany been. 1t has been
adopted five times in Scotland and
four times in England. In six cases
the title became extinct with the life of
the first recipient, and four Dukes of
Albany have died violent deaths. 1t
has never passed the second genera
ton.
A bit of street car conversation be-
tween two Boston girls is thus reported
by the yeracious AdUertjScr of that
town: ''On, Salu one, me sent me
such q perfectly lovely bouquet. It
was all tuberoses in the center, with
mignonette round that the light pinks
outside. Oh, it was perfectly lovely,
and l kept it q whole week, and then |
put it on mothers grave"
Pitiful in its commonplace, vulgar
reality was the response of the wife
pleading for her husbands release to
the Judge in Special Sessions who said
yesterday: IF I let him 90 he will
beat you again" ''WelI, let him, !" re-
signedly said the poor creature, to
whose skirts chung three small chill
dren-''let him. I'd rather get beat
inc than go starving. IN. 7. World.
For years past the garnet at the
White House has been filled with q lot
OF old furniture some of which saw use
in jefferson time President Arthur
has recognized the craze for the antique
by oVerhauling these long buried
stores, and with the resurrected relics
has filled up the long corridor that runs