Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-22
VARIOUS TOPICS.

Pittsburg Pa, for manufacturing pur-
poses is so general as to remove from the
city It's dirty and smoky appearance. In
T+ead of smoke pouring forth IN clouds,
ne sky is clear. The gas costs 20 per
cent. less than coal. The profits of the
or mess are immense. One company has
lpitaI of $5,00O,000 invested, and its
evenue is S1,50O,000 year, affording div
dends of L per cent. per month, while a
great surplus is being heaped up. Some
wells have been yielding gas for fifteen to
wenty years and are still supplying all
at is required from them.
Attorney examining witness): "You
say you saw the shots fired?" Witness:
Yes, sir" Attorney: How near were
GU to the scene of the affray?" Witness:
When the first shot was fired [ was ten
,eet away from the shooter" Attorney:
Ten feet. Well, now tell the court where
rOu were when the second shot was fred
Witness: II didn't measure" Attorney:
Speaking approximately, how far should
gu say?" Witness: "Wel, it approx
Gated to half mile" Boston Post.
There was a Wedding last week from a
9rtain rather famous home on the Back
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he small sister of the bride immensely.
day or two after the husband and wife
ad gone away on their wedding Journey
ne little sister interrupted her doll play
1g to ask: "Grandma. what church were
gu married in" II wasn't married III
church, my dear. Your grandmother
as au awful naughty girl and ran away
nth grandpa. We were married at the
minister's house." ooh, hO!' laughed the
'idget, " how did you ever manage to get
fussy old fellow like grandpa to rum
Boston Record
Here is one method of removing objects
ON the eye: Take a hOrse-hair and
OubIe it, leaving a loop. If the object
an be seen, lay the loop over it, close the
ye, and the mote will come out as the
air is withdrawn. If the irritating OBJ
7ct cannot be seen raise the lid of the
We as high as possible aud place the loop
s far as you eau, close the eye and roll
ne ball around n few times, draw out the
'2ir, and the substance which caused the
ain will be sure to come with it. The
ethOd is used by axmakers and all work
rs in steel.
Que of those herOines of whom the world
ears but little lives near Lexington, Ga,
Ter name Is Salli9 HansfOrd. Her hus-
and has beeu bed-riddeu for nine years,
nd she has a family of four children, two
oys and two girls, to support. Last year
ne bought 107 acres of land much of it
riginal forest, and with the aid of her
70 boys IA and 10 cleared five acres. She
ut down the trees, rolled the logs to-
ether, split the rails built the fence. and
r1r+4h a J, Ill,
asst year nine bales of cOttOu, also peas
I'D corn enough for her own use, and paid
Il rent, and store account, and $40 on
er land. She has bought her meat for
MS year, and paid for it, In addition
all of this she has done her own cook
z aud gone to market with eggs aud
lckens.
Revenue Officer Mcdonald, of Atlanta,
'ys that the best detective on his force is
woman, land a lady, too" She lives
ear Atlanta, and is particularly skilIful
J working up cases and locating stills.
le says she has 10 end of nerve, does not
Ork for the cause of temperance, but for
loney.
Portland, Ore, is becoming quite a fur
tarket. Trappers and hunters are bring
Ig in for sale beaver, bear, wildcat, coon,
tter, and other skins in considerable
uautities.
Cheap, but dangerous. Hum" said
RS. SOmbre, looking at a newspaper il
stratiOn of a crematOry, beside which
God a coffin. Il thought the expense of
coffin was dispensed with when the BODY
IS incinerated." E'Weu, so it is" replied
'e husband; ''the coffin is not burned: it
returned and used to convey the next
prpse to the furnace" ugh" shudder-
Mrs. s.; that settles it. will never
cremated. just think of being put in
coffin in which a person who has died
smallpox or some other contagious
sease has lain. Why, I might catch
Talk about equality of the sexes A
an was dubbed in a New York theatre
keeping his hat on. and it was in evil
nee that he sat in the back row. 1t was
very high hat, either. In court the
an was fined $40 and costs, in spite of
testimony that the hat was a protec-
IN from a cold draft. And yet lovely
omen can sit in the front row of the pit
it'll her head covered by all the hair
ich art and nature have given them.
d a three-decker hat on top of it all.
j enjoy absolute immunity.
1t was stated at the electrical conven-
N in Baltimore that the total invest
mt for electrical lighting in the country
lounts to $70,OOOOOO
Fifty thousand square miles of terri
~ east of the Mississippi are covered
IN swamps, which might easily be
aimed and turned into good, fertile
Ids.