Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1885-09-03
GLEANINGS.


States is estimated at $50, 900.
There are twenty-five incorporated
cities in the State of New York.
The famous trotting horse Dexter is
still alive and well. He is twenty-six
years old.
Mr.. Lowell is the only American who
has slept at Windsor Castle as the
guest of royalty.
The French military authorities
have tried feeding horses on cocoanuts,
with highly satisfactory results.
It is said that 955 farms in Iowa are
owned by women, and that twenty
dairy farm are managed by women.
Geography is not considered of sufi-
Gent Importance by educators in Swe-
den to have it taught in the schools.
The people of New Orleans have rea-
son to be proud of the practical results,
whatever the financial outcome may be,
achieved by the exposition. -BGltima0re
sam.
By actual count, said to have been
made there recently, ~, 3O6 vehicles
passed certain point on Broadway,
New York, between the hours of a.
N. and o, N.
It was Sunset Cox whose attention
was first called to Eugene Schuyler as
possessing knowledge of international
law and as fitted for foreign service.
Cox aided Schuyler with Seward.
The annual report of Commissioner
of Education Eaton shows that the
school population of the thirty-eight
states is IA, 227, 764. Of this number
there are in daily attedance 4,919, 4O6.
An accident in Melbourne foundry
has led to the discovery that plunging
iron castings into mixture OF treacle
and water softens the metal to such a
degree that it can be punched, bored
and tapped as readily as wrought iron.
A prominent hat manufacturer says
the average Pennsylvanian's size is
81, the average New Workers. z, and
the Western and New England heads
rang from u to e. He thinks the size
of the head is increased by excitement.
1t is estimated that 4, 900 Danes will
come to this country this year, most Of
whom will settle in the Northwest.
Most of the emigrants from Denmark
are farmers in good circumstances.
The majority own farms, and when
they come to this country they bring
considerable money with them.
In the Gazette MedicGIe de France
some details are given of the life of the
great opium eater, DR.. Charles DIES
Etangs. He used the drug for the
forty years proceeding his death, and as
| long ago as 1868 was able to take three
| and one-quarter ounces of the drug at
| one dose. He wrote several medical
works and highly sensational political
papers.
The rapid increase of tobacco manu-
| facture in this country is worth noting.
Last year 3, 457, 309,017 cigars and 994,-
334, 900 cigarettes were made in the
| United States alone, requiring over
| 81, 900, 900 pound of leaf. In 1872 not
| 40, 900, 900 pounds were used. The vast
bulk of tobacco, however, is consumed
| in ''other manufacturers, which re-
quired 217, 451, 900 pounds in 1884.
The railroads in Guatemala are run
on the credit system. Freight charges
are seldom paid upon the delivery of
the goods, but merchants and others
expect three or four months and some
time more time. Ii a package arrives
with your address upon il the railroad
company is expected to deliver it at
your residence, unless it happens to be
very bulky, and a few weeks after
collector comes around for the freight
money.
President Grevy, of France, likes often
to retire to his country home. He is of
medium height, with broad shoulders,
and solid, well-proportioned body.
He enjoys outdoor exercise, and his
excellent physical health gives evidence
of the fact. His face is strong and in
telligent, but there is nothing in the
| lineaments to betoken brilliancy or
poetry or genius. And, indeed, NJ.
Greyy makes no pretension of possess
ing these qualities.
Paris is cleared of rats by her NUM-
cipal Council offering premium for
their skins. Two years ago the pre-
MUM was s. per 1000, but it has re-
Gently been raised to $40 per 1000 in
order to get the city cleared of the
pests. The rats are of the Norway
kind, and breed four times a year. The
skins when collected are sold to glove
| makers Tor cents each, and 2O,OOO
skins are said to have been made into
genuine kid'' gloves last year.
A distinguished physician believes
from his practice that infants generally,
whether brought up at the breast or
artificial, are not supplied with suffi-
Gent water, the fluid portion of their
food being quickly taken up and leav-
ing the solid too thick to be easily di-
gested. In warm, dry weather healthy
babies will take water every hour with
advantage, and their frequent fretful-
ness and rise of temperature is often
directly due their not having it.
Hens eggs were in great veneration
with the ancients. The Romans ex-
hibited them with great reverence in
their festivals of Ceres. The Greeks
equally honored them. The japanese
are very fond of eggs. They eat them
at dessert like fruit, and very often
with oranges. The rich japanese are
very particular concerning them. They