Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-08-05
GENERAL NOTES.

SEVERAL FARMERS III inc vicinity OF w a
bash, Indiana, are engaged extensively in
the breeding of carp.
A HEAVY rain, accompanied by a severe
windstorm, visited portions of Michigan,
Sunday afternoon. The forest fires were
entirely quenched.
IT is reported from Portland, D. T.,
that the grain ruined by Saturdays hail
storm in that section will aggregate $780,
900 bushels, which, at the present price,
means a loss of $450,OOO.
The hop crop of New York is reporte
failure, and growers are destroying the
yards. Where d of yield was expected
not a pound will be picked.
5ADvIoEs from the growing cotton in six
states show that east of the Mississippi,
river there is likely to be decrease of
from Is to IS per cent. from the yield
of last year. The best crop reports come
from Arkansas and Texas, where the crop
bids fair to be large.
The street-car companies of st. Louis
are said to have under consideration a
close pool, under the management of a
trust board, for mutual protection.
Artificial Noses.
Brooklyn Magazine.
Artificial noses are generally attached
to the face by spectacles. About five
years ago San Francisco dentist made
for a Chinese woman, whose face was
horribly disfgured, a celluloidnos The
organ was attached by gold spring to
the upper jaw in the manner in which
single teeth are affixed. The spring ran
up to where the bridge of the nose should
have been, and to this spring the artifi-
cial nose and lip were attached by an
g. sr gfg ssfpf E23g and indiarubber drew
the celluloid mask so close to the face
that being nodded to fit the cheeks, it
would have looked quite natural but for
the trick of transparency which living
tissue possesses. OF course our funny
Photographer had to have his say after
this bit of news appeared. He at once
boldly stated that man out West had a
cork nose. ''When he keeps SOBER" said
the writer, cit gives him no trouble; but
when he is out drinking with friends they
want to borrow it for a stopper every
time they lose the corks out of their
TASKS"
There is a true story of French Sena-
tor, a very handsme man, who had
large nose of which he was somewhat
proud. He was once riding in a train,
when child, who was in the same car
riage, and who had watched the states
man for some time with dilated eyes,
began to cry as if its heart would break.
The mother could not console it. The
little one was afraid of the Senator's big
nose, and the mother quietly explained
that her child had just come from the
masquerade, where he had been particul-
arly excited by the display of large noses.
She concluded by requesting the states
man to take off his nose, "for you,
see," she exclaimed, for some good rea-
son best known to yourself, are prolong-
ing the carnival The Senator pro-
tested that he could not accommodate
her, assuring the lady that his proboscis
was not false nose, but his own. "Touch
it, said he. The lady gave pull at the
Senator's nose, but it did not come off
in her hand "a thousand pardons,'. she
said; ''but pray hide it with your hat!'
The statesman complied with the request
and continued his journey with his nose
in his hat, and the child's screams sub
sided.