Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-01-08
GLEANINGS.

VaccinatiOn should be repeated at
intervals of seven or eight years.
King Theebah has gwen up drinking
and now proposes to imprlson and fog
every drunkard In his realm.
An American who was captured last
fall by Italian brigand has Just re-
turned to New York minus an ear.
A Buddhist temple has been opened
in Paris, and the priest comes from
Ceylon to enlighten the French.
The hippopotamus does not ''sweat
BLOOD" but a red pigment, the exact
nature Of which has not been ascer-
tanned.
The twenty four- hour time system
goes into operation on the Union Paci-
fic Railway Friday.
A Georgia negro took his marriage
license to the bank and wanted to raise
S25 on it, but the bank refused to dis
count.
China will Thursday begin the use
of postal cards; rather, has begun their
use already the first day Of the new
year.
A vampire bat was recent ly captur-
ed at Lewis Station, FL Dorado Co.,
Cal, the wings Of which when extend
ed, measured twenty-one and a half
inches. Il had tail two inches al
length. like rats
Infants born on unlucky days
among the tribes of Madagascar have
pieces of cloth tied over their mouths
and are then buried alive.
Thirty thousand roller skating Kinks
have been built in the United States
within the past two years. The num-
Der of broken heads is not recorded.
st. Petersburg draws most of it's
population from the provinces. In
the city the death rate among infants
under two years is some years as high
as Is per cent.
The Brooklyn Bridge earned 1888,
993 during the year ending with Nov
ember and the surplus after the pay
ment of the expenses of operation
probably does not exceed 5000, 600, Or
about one-fifth of the years interest
on the bridge bonds.
An Italian woman in New York
celebrated the day before Christmas
by eating porous plaster which had
been prescribed for her arm. She
didn't know any other way to take it,
and she found its internal application
both uncomfortable and dangerous.
Since the bombardment of Alexan-
dria the British have spent on their
Egyptian armament &22, 600, 600, the
income from which at 3 per cent.
would be more than So 600, 900 yearly
--almos enough TO support the
wretched Fellaheer England now
degrades.
One of the singular coinciden ees
which happen in this world comes to
the surface IN Eureka, Cal. On a
given date occurs the birthday Of q
father aged tifty-six years, daughter
aged twenty-six years, and son aged
sixteen years.
Simeon BaIlOu, of Keene, n. H,
was last week relating the particulars
of the death Of lis brother, which oc-
CURED suddenly from apoplexy, when
he fell and Immediately expired from
the same cause. Deceased was about
seventy-years of age.
One of!the best remedies for rough
or chafed hands is the following: One
ounce of glycerine, one ounce of rose
water, six drops of carbolIc acid. In
cold weather, whenever it is neces-
sary to wash the hands, apply a few
drops while they are moist, and rub
we'll into the skin. 1t may also be
used for the face.
The Philadelphia Record relates
this tale of Friendville: A gentle
man was one day relating to a Quak-
err tale of deep distress, and conclud-
by saying: Il could not but feel for
him" Verify, friend, " replied the
Quaker, ''thcu didst right in that
thou didst feel for thy neighhor; but
didst thou feel In the right place
didst thou feel IN thy pocket?"
King Louis of Bavaria lately order
ed that some bronze statues be set up
at his palace gates, but, as his Majesty
was nearly bankrupt, the keeper of
the privy purse thought it well to put
up plaster images covered with bronze
paint. This worked nicely until
Louis discovered the fraud and smash
ed the statues with q club.
According to the San Francisco
Call, two disks for the thirty -six-ipch
lens of the telescope at the Lick OBJ
servatory have been successfully cast.
Superintendent Fraser gives a good
idea of the power Of the glass by the
statement that it will enable the OBJ
server to behold the moon as she would
appear TO the naked eye at distance
of thirty miles.