Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-08-14


Gods ways not ways, and he should GER
tainly be trusted;
All that is wrong in his good time will surely be
adjusted.
SCIENTIFIC GLEANINGS.
An electric spark has been photographed
by means of special camera, in which the
sensitive plate rotated at the rate of 25O
revolutions per minute.
The Florida sponge beds now occupy
over $4,000 square miles of water extend
ing from Cape Florida to the mouth Of the
Apalachicola river, 800 miles: but it is be-
lisved that sponge may be found over a
wider area.
The Jelly fish absorbs its food by wrap
ping itself around the object which it
seeks to make its own The star fish is
even more accommodating. Fastening it.
self to the body which it wished to feed on,
it turns its stomach inside out and enwraps
its prey with this useful organ.
1t is rumored that there is a condition
between the Westinghouse and Pullman
interests in the formation of a company for
the construction and equipment of electric
street railways. One of the features of the
new undertaking is an airbrake for use
ON 6leCUTlC CdrS.
Biologists assert that ii the continent
and the bottom of the ocean were graded
down to a uniform level the whole world
would be covered with water a mile deep,
so much greater is the depression of the
ocean bed than the elevation of the exist
ing land
In a water telephone recently patented
In England the apparatus employed for the
collection of sound transmitted through
water, between ships, has been improved
by constructing the apparatus so that any
pressure caused by the increased density
of the water has no effect upon it.
Doctor Flint is quoted as saying. II
have never known dyspeptic to recover
vigorous health who undertook to live
after a strictly regulated diet, and have
never known an instance of healthy per-
son living aoeordin G to a strictly diet
ic system who did not become a dvs-
peptic.
In one of the leading locomotive shops
they are now building an engine with an
enormous driving wheel, nine feet in cir
conference, which will be fixed in the
center in front of the boiler. Instead Of
ordinary axles the truck wheels will have
bicycle spindes and experts claim that
the large driving wheel will carry train
at over ninety miles an hour.
The Hair it's Proper Care and Treatment
Don t wash your hair This is adj
vice given by a woman who has been at
the head of a leading hair dressing estab-
lishment for the last twenty wears. She
says further, Il believe the average young
woman browns the life of her hair 10y fire.
I, i
We send out about twenty young women.
who dress hair by the season, contracting
for the entire family. They plan to give
each head combing twice week, and
by special arrangement make house-tO-
house visits daily. Not drop of water is
put on the hair and every head is kept in
a clean and healthy condition. We pin
our faith to a good brush. and prefer q
short bristled, narrow brush, backed with
olive or palm wood We use the brush,
not only on the hair, but on the scalp as
well. A maid has to be taught how to
dress and care for the hair by object les
sons This instruction is part of my duty
In teaching one novice | operate on the
othor; the first thing to do when the hair
is unpinned is to loosen it by tossing it
about. The operation need not tangle it,
and as the tresses are being aired they
fall IL to natural lengths. Instead of be
ginning at the scalp the first combing
should start at the end of the hair. In
other words comb upwards to avoid tan
Cling, breaking or tearing the hair out.
This racking of the hair will remove the
dust. After this the scalp should be brush
ed thoroughly. By this | mean that a
full hour should be spent, first brushing
the hair and then the head New York
Times.
How to Cool Cellar.
A great mistake Is sometimes made in
ventilating cellars and milk houses. The
object of ventilation is to keep the cellars
cool and dry, but this object often fails of
being accomplished by a common mistake,
and instead the cellar is made both warm
and damp. A cool place should never be
ventilated, unless the air admitted is cool
er than the air within, or Is at least as
cool as that, or a very little warmer. The
warmer the air the more moisture it hold;
In suspension. Necessarily, the cooler the
air the more this moisture is condensed
and precipitated. When a cool cellar is
aired on warm day, the entering air be-
ing In motion appears COOL but as 1t fills the
cellar the cooler air with which it becomes
mixed chills it. the moisture is condensed
and dew is deposited on the cold walls
and may often be seen running down
them in streams. Then the cellar is damp
and soon becomes moldy. To avoid thi;
the window should only be opened al
night, and late, the last thing before re-
firing. There is no need to fear that The
night air is unhealthful it is as pure a.
the air of midday, and is really drier
The cool air enters the apartment during
the night and circulates through it. TIL,
windows should be closed before sunrise
in the morning, and kept closed and shad
ed through the day. If the air of the eel
lar is damp, it may be thoroughly driet
by placing in it peck of fresh lime in al
open box. A peck of lime will Absorb
about seven pounds, or more than three
quarts of water, and in this way a cellar
or milk room may soon be dried, even IL
the hottest weather.