Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-03-27
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Cleveland society calls Juliet Corson
Queen of the Cuisine" Years ago
she worked in Florida hotel. Then
she was only known as 'the boss
COOK
Frederick Harrison, the noted En-
glish writer, says that Henry George is
trying to import into England the
morals of a California bandit and mail
robber.
What as dude, anyhow" asked a
countryman of citizen. "a dude?
Well, dude is an American idiot who
tries to pass himself off as an English
cockney." A good definition.
New eruptions are reported from the
craters of Vatnajokul, a large and
mostly unknown territory in Iceland,
from which similar reports were heard
year ago. The recent eruptions were
accompanied by earthquakes and the
falling of ashes.
They have habit in New England
OF locking the doors of factories so
that employees can not slip out and in
when they like. This is found to be
very inconyenient when a blaze starts.
The Massachusetts Legislature has
bill under consideration on the subject,
and it is likely the practice will be dis
continued.
A Muscatine man, writing from Los
Angeles, Cal, says he prefers a little
less Garden of Eden" in his. He
doesn't like Los Angeles or its dust.
He says if any one has a good home in
Iowa and sells out to go there, he is
foolish; and also expresses the opinion
that those who cannot make living in
Iowa cannot make a living there.
Father Stephan, the famous Catholic
missionary, who is now in Washington,
has had life full of adventure For a
charge. He was classmate of the
Able List. He served through the
late war on the Union side, and was
the companion and friend of the heroic
Pap Thomas. He is the trusted
counsellor of all the Northwestern In
dians, and is said to have more in
tiuence over them than any other white
man.
The Norwegian shoe, or skee runner,
is used in Colorado for long Journeys
over CLASSY snow, or when going up or
down steep mountain. Every one
has = pair of these ungainly shoes
men, women, and children. Those who
have mastered the art of snOw-shOeing
can 90 very rapidly on them. There is
Norwegian there who is willing to
wager that he can travel fifty miles
across the country in ten hours, but
that is much faster than the majority
OF sEcc runners.
i
ter morning after sunrise the moon in
the western sky. Having never before
seen both orbs at the same time he was
dee}ly impressed and ran to his mother
with: 'Oh, mamma, I've got an awful
Joke on our Father who art in heaven"
why Tom, what do you mean?" said
the mother in a rebuking tone, greatly
shocked. He forgot to pull his moon
in, = cried Tom, his voice quaking with
glee- - ChriStju22 Observer.
When General Tom Nelson, of Indi-
ana, was in England several years AGO,
q blue blooded maid of honor asked
him to suggest name for her poodle.
''Wny name him Tonic" replied the
suavc American. ''Tonicr' calculated
the truly-EngIish girl, with truly-En-
glish amazement. ''Why do YOU suo-
gest sucn name?" oh because it
is so appropriate for dog. You know
he is composition of whine, bark and
steal. > And all England grinned.
According to the A1n1y Register for
1884 we have now about %, 900 officers
and enlisted men on the active list, the
number varying from month to month
on account OF recruiting and OF deser-
tlons, which average ten a day the year
around. The number OF retired officers
is 40. There are over 10 forts and
pos;s, il appears, fifty Of which are not
garrisoned; and there are also twenty
three armories, arsenals and engineer
stations to be looked after.
In the center of bio circle of gold
watches in a Maiden Lane, New York
City, Watchmaker's window, is a hand
some, open-faced chronometer, with
this placard: The first watch ever
made in America by machinery" 1t
is relic. 1t was made in Roxbury.
Mass, about 1850 1t runs for eight
days with a single winding. 1t was
entirely manufactured by machinery
1t is as perfect as the standard watch
of to-day, and differs but little in the
general plan of construction.
An Arab woman, when left widow,
mourns her husband much, but often
marries again. The night before her
second marriage she pays a visit to her
first husbands grave. There she kneels
and prays him not to be offended. As,
however, she feels he may be, she brings
with her q donkey laden with two goat
skins filed with water. The prayer
ended, she pours the water on the grave
to keep him cool under the circum-
stances about to take place, and, hav-
ing well saturated him, departs.
A Geneva dentist has invented a new
and ingenious process of tooth drawing.
A square of India rubber, pierced with
a central hole, is pushed over the tooth
till the upper part of the root is reach
ed. The India rubber gradually con-
tracts, pulls on the root, and the offend
ing tooth is finally enucleated, without
causing the patient any pain whatever.