Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-05
GRAND Raids,

ACCORDING to DR.. Chiappoli, an ex-
traordinary opening of the eyelids, which
gives the eyes the appearance of protrud-
ing from their orbits, is something seen
In patients who apparently have long to
live, and this is an unfailing sign of death
within twentyfour hours. In some cases
only one eye is affected, but even then
death is certain to take place within
seventy-two hours The effect is ascribed
to the diseased state of the sympathetic
nerve, but why it should always be a
death symptom is not known.
NEAR APT, in the French department
of Vancluse, retired inspector of forests
has accldently unearthed some ancient
work of peculiar interest. The remains
were found on bed of pebbles, eight feet
below the surface, and seem to be those Of
a prehistoric workshop. The flint in
struments were SO sharp and well preserv-
ed as to indicate that they never had been
taken from the place where they were
shaped, and two nuclei were discovered,
upon which some students succeeded in
replacing tne pieces Clipped off. Here,
then, Is factory of the stone age, with
the materials in such position as to indi-
cate exactly the procedure of the early
workman.
THE cause of the Indian outbreak is
succinctly given by Lieutenant Hare, of TIE
Seventh cavalry, when he states that in all
MS sixteen years service in Dakota he
never found the Sioux so badly off as they
are at present Want and hunger were
depicted on their faces, and he was sur
prised that the outbreak was delayed as
long as it was. Talk about the Mes
siah, said he, lit was empty stomachs,
and they looked for Messiah to fill them.
Keep their stomachs filed and the ghost
would soon be laid.
IT is said that the s&nd'-bag is invalu-
In the sick ROOM Ges some clean, fine
sand; dry 1t thoroughly in a kettle on the
stove. Make bag Of flannel about eight
inches square, fill it with dry sand, sew
the opening carefully, and cover the bag
with cotton or linen. This will prevent
The sand from sitting ou,, and will also
enable on to heat the bag quickly by plaC-
ing it. In the oven or even on top of the
stove. After once using this you will
never again attempt to warm the feet or
hands of sick person with bottle of hot
water or a brick. The sand holds the heat
for long time, and the bag can be tucked
up to the back without hurting the in
valid. Ii is good plan to make two or
three of the bags and keep them on hand
ready for use at any time when needed.
DEATH ON THE RAIL.
Railway accidents are bound to occur. it
cons. Tie Railway A ge publishes the
list of railway accidents for 1889 involving
loss of life or injury to passengers. The
list, which is given with the day and date
of each accident comprises sixty-one acct
dents, in which 256 persons were killed
and $50 injured total of 1876 OF these
sixty-one accidents only fifteen are charged
to carelessness, all the others being cred
tied to causes over which human agency
has no control. The average number of
killed and injured for each of the sixty
one accidents was thirteen, showing that
when an accident does occur to fast
moving train the chances of getting killed
or hurt are too great to be contemplated
with any sort of comfort. The greatest
number killed at any single accident
was at ShoemakerviIle, on the Philadelphia
& Reading road on September 1872
killed and 50 injured. The second in point
of fatality occurred just one month earlier
on the Old Colony railroad, near Quincy,
Mass.,-l9 killed and 80 injured. The
greatest number injured at any single ac-
cident was on the Southern Pacific, near
Salem, Ore, on November IL, an express
train falling through trestle and killing
4 and iniuring l25.
But where one passenger is killed on
railway trains there are perhaps a million
who reach their destination in safety, a
arge portion of whom only regret that
transportation even on the speeding express
is so slow in comparison with what he
would will it to be.
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF