Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-07-24
GLEANINGS,

Great Britain killed /, 230 persons and
injured 8,123 persons.
A lump of Alabama coal weighing
40, 900 pounds is on exhibition at
Birmingham, in that state.
The plains of Texas cover an area of
152, 900, 900 acres, on which feed 8 800,
900 head of cattle
An Irish lady living, recently, in
Dublin has bequeathed S. 900 to the
national cause for the independence
of Ireland" According to the terms
of the will the interest of the $4,000
is ''to be given yearly to the highest
form of managing a national govern
ment for my beloved country"
Scarcely anything eaten is more
scandalously adulterated than must
ard. A sample purchased and analy-
zed under the direction of the New
York Health Department contained
four-ffth flour and sulphate of lime,
yellowed by a substance which is
hurtful to the tissues of the human
body, and utterly unfit to mix with
anything that is to be eaten.
At the recent celebration of it's tenth
anniversary the Prussian Bible Society
reported that up to the beginning of
the present year it had distributed
1, 283, 254 Bibles and 1913, 597 New TIES.
tamenUs. During the past year the
British and Foreign Society, which
has an office in Berlin, distributed in
Germany IS, 405 Bibles, as against 49,
794 New Testaments published by the
Prussian Society.
Vaccination performed once does
not act as preventive Of smallpox af-
ter a certain length of time has elaps-
ed. An examination of the statistics
Of this disease shows that of those who
had taken it and had been vaccinated
IN infancy, 80 per cent are over 10
years of age. Revaccination at inter
walls, say, of seven years, is the only
known effective measure for protec-
ton.
A convicted thief in Morocco is told
to hold up his hands and then polite
ly asked which one he would like 20
keep. When the choice is made they
cut off the other with an ak, and the
system is continued so that an obstin-
hands and feet.
American society is no longer pro
vincial, says Edgar Fawcett, the
novelist. I" People come to us from
European courts and marvel at the
scale of magnifcence on which our
reveleries are conducted. We are
foreign and initiative only III our
snobbery, and-might [ add-in our
immortality.
The free iceWater fountain provid-
ed by the Business Mems Moderation
Society at the New York post office
was started Thursday, and was con-
stantly besieged by thirsty pedestrians.
Over 1900 pounds of Ice was used.
The keepers of lemonade stands in the
neighborhood complained of a great
falling off ia business.
Sir Lepel Griffin, the dyspeptic En-
glishman who has just published a
book on this country, in which he at
tributes the political corruption preva-
lent here to the Judgment Of power in
the hands of the masses, is a pitifuI
victim of prejudice. Had he taken
the trouble to recall the fact that
although the masses enjoy no poll
teal power, corruption in politics pre-
walls to an extent unknown here, he
would have avoided making such a
fool Of himself The Oxford bribery
cases have q world wide reputation.
When the tornado struck Richburg,
n. Y, few days ago, Mrs. Alonzo
Mead was in the kitchen preparing
Goldfish for dinner. 4 tin dipper stood
on the table and on nail near by
hung a pair of hickory overalls.
Some days after the storm had passed
which tore up trees, blew Mr. Mead's
house down and hurled him a hun
dred yards through the air. there were
found hanging in tree three miles
away Goldfish and a pair of hickory
0veralls and on the ground beneath
the tree was a tin dipper. They have
been identified as belonging TO the
Mead household.
Washington.