Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-04-26

A French workman has succeede
in producing artificial silk.

IONS OF uSn are SOIQ z year.
4 lot in San Francisco, on which
stands the California Theater. was sold
recently for 1927, 900. Forty-fve years
ago it was bought for S45.
A man who exercises profound in
fuence over the Car is Ivan of Cron-
stadt, hermit priest, who is said to
! perform miracles and whom the Gar
| frequently visits in his monastic cell
Nine. Carnot is said to have trans
formed the Elysee, having beautifed
the former cold interior of the palace
and made its receptions more sought
after than they were in Nine. Grevy's
time.
Mr.. Powderly recently said, when
asked by a reporter for his reply to
the charge of lying brought against
him by Mayor Hewitt: well. I guess
I can tell fibs if necessary; I'm no
Washington"
One of the newspaper men in Con-
gress, and one of the youngest men,
bers of the House as well, is Jacob
Yost, editor of the Valley FirgjniGa,
of Staunton. His boyish face is limo
cent of a beard, and he looks half a
dozen years younger than he really is.
Elghty-three members of the Ma
tional House of Representatives were
Union soldiers, and almost all of them
are entitled to wear the Grand Army
button. The leading Grand Army
State, as represented in Congress, IS
Kansas, all of her seven Representa-
tives being members of the order.
General Lew Wallace, the author of
'Ben Hur," is said to be distressingly
absent-minded. He has been known
when at breakfast to put two heaping
teaspoOnfuls of sugar on a sOft-bOiled
egg, and then, almost before the laugh
ing had died away, to salt his coffee
with great elaboration.
The Colorado Historical Society, I'M
der the championship of DR.. Bancroft,
its president, is making an effort for
the preservation of the Aztec ruins
found in the State. These ruins abound
in Southwestern Colorado, and are of
great interest to students of Ameri-
can antiquities and to sightseers as
we'll.
Congressman William L. Scott told
a friend some time ago that the only
use he had for eating was to give him
a chance to smoke a cigar afterwards.
This is strikinglY like an expression
attributed to the late President Bu-
chanan, who said he liked a glass of
whisky because it made the ice-water
taste so good.
The editor of the Paris Petit Journal,
which has the largest circulation in
the world, says that among the stories
sent him the most Objectionable on ac-
count of their morality are generally
the work of young girls. The paper
pays five cents a line for short stories
and has Il circulation Of 100000 a
day.
The actress Lolita attributes her
youthful spirits in a great part to her
invariable habit of taking Il nap be-
tween and every afternoon. She
usually rises at 9 o'clock, and, no mat
ter how busy she may be or how much
there is to do during the day, she al
ways manages to set aside three hours
for the customary sleep.
In some of the ''east-shore' counties
of Maryland, where many primitive
ways still prevail oysters pass as cur
rent money. One town has Il weekly
newspaper, a large per cent of the
subscriptions to which are paid in oys-
ters. The editor and his family make
away with 200 or 800 bushels a year
received in that way.
A seal ring, with watch set in
room of the seal, is the latest thing
out in jewelry. The timekeeper is a
marvel of delicate workmanship, and
really a triumph of the jewellers art.
1t is tritle larger than the ordinary
cameo or signet for ladies' wear, but.
not large enough to be clumsy or to
look out of place on delicate hand.
The Washed Indians, of Nevada,
have found n new amusement. They
pit their squaws against one another
in prize fights. No rules are observed,
and hair-pulling, scratching, fighting
and kicking are permitted. The sport
seems to have the same fascination for
the untutored savages that pugilism
has for civilized white men.
A mound that was opened near Par
is, KY, recently, contained three skel-
etons. The remains lay with their
feet tapping together around small
circle. Pieces of mica and large war
club were also found. There was a
large oak tree growing from the cen
ter of the mound. showing that the
place must have been used as burial
ground hundreds of years ago.
Old Philip Winebiddle. the founder
of the Winebiddle estate in East Lib
erty. Pa, bought 100 acres of land
where the city of Erie now stands 60
years ago, and paid $500 for it. AL
most before the ink was dry on the
papers he made up his mind that he
had been swindled, but 80 years later
the land could not be bought for ST.
100000, and it is now worth $780,
coo.
A lady living at Findlay, o., threw
pears which had fermented, and a
flock of chickens helped themselves,
and soon after became intoxicated.
Their antics were ridiculous in the ex-
treme. The rooster had naturally i'm
bbed the most, and had three fights
and got used up. He and one of the
hens became SO stupefied that they be-
came helpless.
Among some articles of rare old
Persian art recently sold at auction in
Liverpool were some exquisite en-
broideries, such as a divan cover
worked in gold and silver thread on
an arabesque pattern on a sky blue
ground; another showing pale citrOn
ground worked with gold thread; while
a third was so rich and gorgeous as to
have the appearance of being entirely
of two shades of gold.
Near a corner of the Parthenon, at
Athens, large head of male statue