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

Scientific inquiry is being made into
the medical virtues of dogs tongues.
Amethysts and pink canoes are the
fashionable fine stones of the season.
Wild woodcock have been seen late
~ in the parks in the very heart of
London.
Salida, Colo, is said to have sixteen
saloons and mot one church spire In
sight"
In many eyes the pink blossom of
the crepe myrtle is the daintiest flow
er IN bloom.
The Ishmaelite and Times and Plan
ter is the big name ola bit of paper
at Sparta, GA.
A Lowell, Mass, Individual tried to
square drink" the other day. The
barkeeper ran the unnatural father
OUT Of the place.
The production of cottonseed oil in
the United States each year is about
equal to 200, 600 trieces of lard. The
quantity might easily be doubled if
there was an adeq uate demand for it.
A ship is called ''she" because it al
ways has the last word. A ship is
bound To answer its helm every time.
Patent-medicine pictures framed in
mica are notable evidences of culture
in che North Carolina mountains.
The contract for building the new
Nevada state university has been let
for $12, 700 for the exterior work.
The smallest salary a minister in
the Presbyterian church OF Australia
is permitted to receive is 81, 500.
A California lion has lately carried
off thirteen hogs from a rancn in
Santa Barbara county, California.
Jelly, especkled" with strawberries.
is the favorite dish for suppers after
dances in England.
The entire wool crop of the Puget
sound counties amounts this season to
$50, 600 pounds.
Say that your frock was F'built" not
made, if you wish to be in the latest
fashion.
The prevailing rate of board for
pugs in the White mountains is So
week.
The names Of 40 families are on
the book of the Rochester city poor
office.
a bird fancier in New York says
that not less than 50 900 canaries are
sold there every year, realizing at
least 100000. The trade IN other
birds brings the gross sale up to $3.50,
900.
One Of the largest fruit farms in the
world is situated ia the southern part
of Florida, and is owned by E A.
/ Osborne. of Middleton, n. Y. It COM
prises 2 500 acres, and is covered with
! over 100000 cocOanut trees. So far
the undertaking has cost over 500,
600. AS the cOcoanut only thrives
south of the frost line and near the
coast, the owner of this farm has q
practical monopoly OF that trade in
Florida.
The most profitable newspaper in
the world, the London Times, is valued
at $25 900, 900, and The most profitable
in France, the Petit Journal, earns
$500, 600 a year net, although dozen
years ago it was insolvent. The Lon
don Standard, is valued at $40, 600, 600.
the Daily News at s. 600, 900, and S.,
900. 600 would not buy the Telegraph.
A curious story is told of man who
died at Atlanta, Ca, the other day.
Thirty years ago, when he was al ms
FAINT, his mother MISE q nee die The
doctors said 1t had entered the cnild's
body, and would come out some day.
An hour before his death he complain
ed of an itching sensation IN his
shoulder, and few minutes later the
long missing needle forced It's way
out.
An interesting discovery has lately
been made at Sidon. Some natives
who We're excavating for stone, after
penetrating through the alluvial soil,
dug through a deposit of blown sand
six meters in depth, below which they
found stratum of earth containing
flint and stone implements, fragments
of coarse red pottery and other OBJ
jects, among which a clay whistle
may be noticed. Il is clear, therefore,
that the PnOenician city of S don was
preceded by an older settlement,
whose inhabitants were still in the
stone age.
A young police-court lawyer, after
fee, slipped around amcng the
prisoners, and, selecting the toughest
one in the crowd, he nudged her just
q little, and she looked around.
You'll get six months In the Works"
he whispered. 81 don't doubt it, -" she
ans wered. "Well, I'm friend of
yours, and /" Keep STILL" she
sung cut; don't give it away. I'll
get six months more if the Judge ever
gets on to it," He didn't give it away
further.
A Boston terra Gotta company have
just completed what is said to be the
largest terra Gotta frieze In America,
which is to be placed on the memorial
arch now in course of construction in
Hartford in honor of the sailors and
solaieTs Of that city who served in the
civil war. 1t measures $50 feet in
length and z feet vertically. It's
sculpture, which is IN full relief, pre-
SCENTS nearly 100 full length human