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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
FACTS AND FRIVOLITIES

The official lists of Berlin are said to
contain 10000 persons named Schultz,
Schulze or Schultze.
The explosion of a dynamite cartridge
to blow up an old ship near Mobile sent to
the surface a jew fish that weighed more
than 200 pounds.
The demand for the revised version of
the New Testament in 1881 exceeded that
for any other book that has ever been
published before or since
A very large turtle laid 175 eggs Just
at the foot of Hotel Coquina's front steps
on Ormond beach, Fla. A crowd of thirty
or forty people were standing near at the
time.
A carrier pigeon, which had been bought
at Charlottenburg near Berlin, and taken
to London, has reappeared in its old home,
having most likely escaped and success
fully undertaken the long fight back
A Fort Worth, Tex, man says that he
has the largest maidstone in the world Ii
is nearly as large as hens egg and was
taken, he says by his father from the
stomach of a white deer found in the
Ozark mountains.
The newest gimcrack in the hands Of
the New York street peddlers is a little
trick savings bank, a wooden box with
a tiny drawer which opens to receive a
coin, and loses the coin mysteriously
whenever it is shut.
Doctors in Hudson county, n j., have
formed a protective association. All de-
linquents are waited upon by the collector
of the association, and if a settlement is
not effected within reasonable time the
party is blacklisted.
According to Rev. G. E. Amazon, presi-
dent of the French Protestant college at
Springfield, Mass, there are now about
so, 600 French Canadians in New England
and New York, and 1000, 600 in the
United States. The number is rapidly in.
creasing.
The Medical Record enormously credits
Boston poet with the honor of having
christened the lobster 'the cardinal of the
sea-" The phrase belongs to a distin-
guished Frenchman. A Boston gentleman
first called the clam ''the strawberry OK
the sea-" however, and his name is
Charles Levi Woodbury.
Henry Clews, the New York banker,
devotes a great deal of time and money to
beautifying his house. He is particularly
we'll pleased with anyone who expresses a
desire to go through it, and one of the
first rooms he will take visitor into is his
bath room. He is said to have expended
$40, 900 on this room. The walls, floor,
bath, in fact, every part of the room is Of
ONYX
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
FACTS ABOUT WAVES.
ONE Figures Regarding the Height OF
Water Mountains.

It is not uncommon in prose works
to read of mountain Gus waves Exact
measurements seldom confirm first i'm
pressions. Scoresby found that forty
feet was the height from trough to
crest of the largest waves measured by
him in the North Atlantic and in a
cyclonic storm, when bound for Aus
tralia in the Royal Charter.
This has long been accepted as the
extreme limit of wave height. Captain
Kiddle, a well known and experienced
navigator, has however, encountered
waves at sea which were 700 feet
high. The late Admiral Fitzroy had
previously observed waves as high;
and some observations made at As
cension in 1886 support these author
tiles.
In 1914 Her Majesty's ship Incon-
slant was scudding with her stern up
on the crest and her bow in the de-
preston between two successive waves,
and the wave ahead was observed ex-
actly level with her fore-topsail yard,
just II feet above the water line.
On the 9th of July, 1888, the Gun
arder Umbria was struck by wave
not less than fifty feet high, which did
much damage. Two days before the
Wilson liner Martello had similar
experience; an enormous solitary wave
struck her, completely submerging the
decks. The Martello was smaller. and
more deeply laden than the queenly
Umbria. No connection could be
traced between these waves, which
were referred to in the dailies as tidal
waves, although of altogether different
origin.
In October, 1881, the Italian bark
Rosina had all hands, except one man
who was i'll in his bunk. swept off her
decks by wave which broke on board
as they were shortening sail during a
heavy squall in mid-Atlantic. The
British bark Undine had one watch
washed overheard and her captain
killed under similar circumstances.
It is said that the massive bell of
the Bishop rock was wrenched from it's
fastenings by the momentum of driv-
ing seas in gale of wind, and the gal
lery containing it thickly strewn with
sand, although 100 feet above high
water mark.
Scoresby gave 600 feet as the maxi
mum length of sea waves, but there
are many longer. Mr.. Douglas, when
building lighthouses on the coast of
Cornwall, noticed waves 1900 feet
long from crest to crest.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
ICED face" he thought and pleasant

ICED face" he thought and pleasant
ways"
Then he noted the neat suit-but other
boys rad APPEARED in new clotbs-saw the
| we'll bJushed hair and clean looking skin.
Very well, hut there had been others here
! quite as clearly; another glance showed
| the finger nails free from soil,
"Ah! that locks like thorougLness,
| thor ght the lawyer.
Then he asked a few direct. rapid aues-
tiops, which John answered as directly.
Prompt" was his mental comment;
can speak up when necessary. Let's see
| your writing" he added aloud.
! John took the pen and wrote his name.
| Very well, easy to read, and no -four
ishes. Now, what references have you?"
| The dreaded question at last
Johns face fell. He had begun to feel
sCme hope ofsuccess, but this dashed it.
Il have mt any," he said slowly; I'm
almost stranger in the city"
Cant take boy without references :
was the b1usque rejoirder, and as be spoke
a sudden thought sent flush to Johns
cheek.
Il have mt any references" he said,
with hesitation, but here's letter from
mother just received"
The lawyer took it. twas a short let
ter
MY dear John,-I want to remind you
that when ever you find work you must
consider that work your own. Don't 60
into it as some boys do, with feeling
that you will do as little you can, and get
something better soon; but make up your
mind you will do as much as possible and
make yourself so necessary to your en-
ployer that he will never LET you go!
You have been a good son to me- Be
as good in business, and | am sure God
will bless your efforts"
HIM" said the lawyer, reading it over
the second time. That's pretty good
advice John-excellent advice! | rather
think I'll try you, even without referen-
ces."
John has been with him FIVE years, and
last spring was admitted to the bar.
"Do you intend taking that young man
into partnership" asked a friend late
| ~.
Yes, / do. I couldn't get along with
out John"
And John always says the best reference
he ever had was mother'e good advice
and honest praise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
NEW AND NOVEL

A manufacturer Of artificial food for
babies advertises in this manner: Use
our food-every baby its own mother"
At military dinner in New York the
other evening the ice cream came in the
form Of cannon balls, guns, swords and
drums
on April 10, 1861, at Baltimore Md, when
Luther C. Ladd and A. o. Whitney of
Lowell, Mass, were shot.
Sergt. Charles Campbell of the seventh
cavalry, who was shot through the jaw at
the Wounded Knee fight, is a curiosity.
He carries $3.50 worth of gold in the great
hole made by the bullet.
a Chinaman in San Francisco has in
PRODUCED something new in the credit line.
He bought wife on time and has now
got himself into trouble because of his
failure to pay the debt.
Travellers in Ceylon are astonished to
discover that the men there are far more
graceful than the women. They are bet
ter looking, also, and dress more stylishly,
while the women work in the fields and
become coarse and homely.
Registering at the hotel is trying work
for the average groom on his wedding
kouI LII 1IILSDuFS young uuSDdHu, La
his excitement and embarrassment, wrote
stman and wife, Sewickly, Pa" and
when the clerk called his attention to the
mistake he bashfully apologized, saying
that he wasn't traveller, anyway"
"Senor' is used when the family name
Alone is mentioned. Dom is the prefix
of honor for the christian name. ''Senor"
may be used before the two names when
1t is desired to distinguish one member of
q family from another, although the form
Ii cOllOquial only, but can never be
placed before the surname alone. Don"
must be followed by christian name.
The Milan Museum has recently come
into the possession of a remarkable clock.
This unique ime-piece is made entirely of
bread crumbs. A poor Italian workman
made it Every day he set apart por-
tion of his modest meal in order to carry
out his curious project The bread crumbs
saved by him he hardened by the addition
Of salt, and at last his tedious task is COM
pleted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
DEATH BY ELECTRICITY.
Lights Which Kill Vast Numbers of In

Tie electric lights are responsible
for the death of bushels and billions
of flying things, the cups below the
carbons being found absolutely full of
them, while countless thousands die
and fall to the ground.
The impression that no amount of
destruction can reduce the insect
plague is, of course, erroneous, and it
will surprise us if there is not per-
ceptihle diminution next season no
matter how many flying nuisances are
drawn in from the country.
The arc light is destined to play a
very important part on nature as well
as on animal life. In some parts of
the city careful observation made last
year proved that perpetual light great
ly aided vegetation and also reduced
the dampness and consequent malaria.
Light is the natural enemy to dis
ease in every shape, and experiments
have clearly demonstrated that all the
advantages of a sun bath are to be
found in arc-light rays.
Factories lighted by electricity are
blessed with a very much cleaner bill
of health than in the old gas and coal
oil DAYS.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
SHARP POINTS.

There are sermons in stones and but
tons in the contribution box.-Puck
When employers cut down their employees
usually cut up.-Binghamton Republican.
The man who is unfaithful with one
talent wouldn't do any better with 10, 900.
RAMS Horn.
Funny, when man starts on business
career the more checks he receives the
sooner he gets there. -Binghampton
Leader.
Primus. 'Isn't she a distant relative
of yours by marriage?" Secundus: Eyes.
] sn her fiance twice removed. Harp
er's Bazaar.
Two Milwaukee dentists have dissolved
partnership of twenty three years. They
could not pull together any longer.-Yon-
kers Statesman.
Jones: Glow did you become deafa'
Brown ''Oh, was born that way.
wanted but little hear below, and got
it. "Texas Siftings
sFCan you lend me a five, Jack?" 81
can; here it is" 81 can never repay
your kindness9" s'Never mind, repay
the five and let the kindness go.-Cape
Cod Item.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
WAYS OF PUTTING 1T.

A man passes for sage if he seeks wis
dom; if he thinks he has found it he is q
fool-Hebrew Standard. =.
A Pittsburg widow has had three hus-
bands, each of whom was over six feet
tall. She is favorite with big men
Buffalo Express.
Young men just from college who de-
sire to become journalists should apply at
the press room. They can commence at
the bottom in that way and work up
Boston News.
Look out for the man who begins by
saying be is not bit superstitious. He
is going to tell ghost story that would
make cold chills run up and down the
backbone of winter. -Detroit Free Press.
''These aids to memory are all frauds -
said Simpson. Il used to lose my night
key and my wife fastened it to my watch
chain. Last night l went to the ledge
and when l got home couldn't find ths
house New York Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
Proof of the Earthss Motion.

Take a good-sized bowl, fill it nearly
full of water and place it upon the
floor of the room which is not exposed
to shaking or Earring from the street.
Sprinkle over the surface of the water
a coating of lycopodium powder-a
white substance which is sometimes
used by ladies in making their toilets,
and which can be purchased of any
druggist. Next upon the surface of
this coating of white powder make
with powdered charcoal a straight
black line, say an inch or two in
length. Having made this little black
mark on the surface of the contents of
the bowl, lay down upon the floor close
to the bowl a stick or some other
straight object, so that it will lie ex-
actly parallel with the charcoal mark.
If the line happens to be parallel with
crack in the floor, or with any
stationary object in the room, this will
serve as we'll. Leave the bowl undis-
turbed for a few hours and then
observe the position of the black mark
with reference to the object it was
parallel with. It will be found to
have moved about, and to have shift
ed its position from East to West
that is TO say, in that direction oppo-
site to that of the movement of the
earth upon its axis. The earth, in
simply revolving, has carried the
water and everything else in the bowl
around with it. but the powder upon
the surface has been left behind a
little. The line will always be found
to have moved from East to West,
which is perfectly good proof that
everything else contained in the bowl
has moved the other way.-St. Louis
Republic
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
AT THE FEET OF JUSTICE.

In an English case a chime Of bells at
Deptford was not allowed to ring because
the noise was offensive to the majority of
the property owners in the vicinity.
The case of Jonathan Jones, charged
with murder, is on trial in Council Bluffs.
This case has been the first on the trial list
fo9 thirteen years, and there have been
various reasons for rehearing.
Henry George gets just S31S of the S12,-
600 left him by his New Jersey admirer,
George Hutchins, for the spread of his doc
trines. The rest has been eaten up by the
lawyers, in the contest over the bequest.
The papers recently mentioned the sad
case of discharged choister, who took a
horrible revenge on the congregation by
sitting in pew and purposely singing out
of tune. Whether he was indicted or not
for disturbing public worship does not ap-
pear.
In a case before the Court of Common
Pleas sometime ago in New York person
was brought up for trundling in a carriage
overhead his teething baby, both by night
and day. The judge, who must have been
a married man, held that the noise was
not unreasonable, and refused to interfere.
In recent English case an enthusiastic
amateur played daily eight hours on a
violoncello, and on Sundays little longer
sometimes. To add to the misery caused,
the player lived in fat. He was accused
of maintaining a nuisance, and the judge
before whom the case came decided that
three hours was long enough for any HUI
man being to play on violoncello, and
the injunction issued.
In Morlanwelz, Belgium, the trustees OF
the church engaged a mechanic for $500 a
year to climb the high tower, bring down
and gid the weather cock and replace it.
A written contract to this effect was made
out. After gliding the weather cock the
mechanic asked for his money. There was
dispute and the church trustees refused
to pay before he replaced it. Thereupon
he climbed the tower, replaced the cock,
then removed it again and brought it
down with him. The money was refused
him and he has brought suit on the letter
of the contract.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
Held their Hats.

1t was gusty on the North river, and
most of the passengers who stood on the
decks of the ferryboats held their fingers
on the brims Of their hats. One man on
an Fire railroad boat clutched last
season s white hat firmly with both hands.
The tile was SO evidently relic of the
past that bis extreme caution to prevent
it being blown away aroused some ridioule,
and as the refrain Of Where did you get
that hat?" grew more marked and per
sonaI the owner angrily withdrew his
hands, as though he might need them
presently for another purpose. The next
moment the old hat was in the river.
A burst of heartless laughter followed it
as it hoated away.
Never mind, old man." cried a truck
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
THE CRAB AND HIS SHELL.
He Becomes Valuable for Bait when He
Sheds His Shell.


With the beginning of June an in
dustry springs up which gives employ
ment to more men along the shores of
New Jersey and Long Island than is
generally known. Signs of its awaken
ing are then to be seen in the Ash mar
kets, in the shape of fat seaweed-lined
trays full of wicked-looking crabs,
and signs with the alluring invitation
to buy ''Shedder crabs for bait 81 per
dozen" About that time in southern
waters, and a little later in the bays
around the city, the ordinary murder
Gus blue crab feels a gentle melancholy
stealing over his spirit. He sulks and
hides himself under grassy banks, and,
If caught it will be found that the
shell at the sharp ends is slightly soft
and yields to the touch. He is howev-
er, still very, very hard around the
shears and willing and anxious to
prove it. In this condition he is
known by fishermen as a conner" and
is often kept in great fat fish cars in
a tideway, for, though not yet valua-
BILE, great possibilities are contained
in his wicked lively body.
After few tides have flowed over
him, he becomes the thing that draws
dollars from saltwater fishermen dur
ing the season, a shedder crab with
| wicked intentions but limited capabili-
ties. The shell cracks along the joints
and the body protrudes at the legs and
craws. If the crab is now left in the
water for another tide, he begins to
undress himself, often rolling over on
his back. Gradually he wriggles one
leg out of the outgrown armor, then
another and so on in succession; the
shell opens underneath his body, and
after much struggling and tribulation
a limp and helpless soft crab lies on
the bottom, prey to every fellow-in-
habitant of salt water.-New York
Tribune.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
Newly Discovered.

A tomb containing two sepulchral
urns, one of which contains the ashes
of Ecloge, the nurse of the Emperor
Claudius Nero. and the other those Of
his mistress Acte. who was converted
to christianity by st. Paul, has been
discovered in Rome in the Vigna
Nuova, off the Via SAHARA, outside the
SAHARA gate. The tomb is the ceme-
terry OF Domitians family, where the
ashes of Nero himself were also buried.
The inscription mentions that Ecioge's
ashes were placed there in accordance
with her request that they might be
Inferred near those of her nursing,
the emperor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
SHARPS AND FLATS.

Green servant Ito Mr. Stillman, who
rings door-bsll just as an express wagon
stops in front of the bouse)-''Yis, sorh !;
Miss Ward is at home. An shall | be
after telling her yez have brought yer
trunk wild yez!'-Puck.
She-'I am afraid that bell ringing
means another caller" He (imploringly)
you know there is such a thing as
you not being at home" She-"Yes;
and there is such thing as my being en-
gagged. '-Brooklyn Life.
Andrew Carnegie writes about the "a
B G of Money in the North American
Review Andrew Carnegie is rich enough
to know better. 1t is the V, x and L
most people are interested In when the
mighty S is under discussion. Scranton
Truth.
Anxious Mamma-'tLittle Dick is up
stairs, crying with the toothache." Prac-
ticai Papa-''Take him around to the
dentist SD Haven't any money"
''You won't need any money. The tooth
ache will stop before you get there. -
Good Nevn
A Detroit millionaire was saying to his
confidential clerk the other day Now,
Tve arranged those papers for my wife
and children all right so if | die" 'If
you de-" interrupted the secretary, ''say
when you die; there 40 if about dying"
Detroit Free Press.
What do you conceive to be the chief
end of man, doctor?' asked the freshman.
well returned the professor, thought
fully, lit all depends. If you are going
in for scholarships, I should say the head;
If for foot ball honors, the foot is the end
to be cultivated. ''-Harpers Bazaar.
Tourist lin Oklahoma Mr..
Harps, 1 am surprised to see you here at
the race track, three miles from your
church, on the Sabbathr' The Rev. Mr..
Harps: with dignity )-"You didn't sup
pose my voice was strong to reach my
congregation at distance Of three miles,
did you?"-Puck.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
ABOUT FINGER NAILS.


What White Marks and Various Shapes
Are Supposed to Signify.
A white mark on the nail bespeaks
misfortune.
Pale or lead-colored nails indicate
melancholy people.
Broad nails indicate gentle, timid
and bashful nature.
Lovers of knowledge and liberal
sentiment have round nails.
People with narrow nails are ambi-
tious and quarrelsome.
Small nails indicate littleness Of
mind, obstinacy and conceit.
Choleric, martial men, delighting in
war, have red and spotted nails.
Nails growing into the flesh at the
points and sides indicate luxurious
tastes
People with very pale nails are SUBJ
ject to much infrmity of tie flesh, and
persecution by neighbors and friends.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW.
How They May Be Made from Sand and
Great Heat.

Great Heat.
It is found that very superior quail
fly of brick may be manufactured from
the waste sand employed at the facto-
ries in grinding and polishing plate
glass. As is we'll known, the grinding
of plate glass is accomplished by means
of wooden plates covered with iron,
between which quartz sand abundantly
moistened with water is brought; by
this manipulation of grinding, consist
ing in a constant moving to and fro Of
the grinding plate over the plate to
be ground, the quartz sand becomes
mixed with particles of iron and sand,
and after losing its sharpness is cast
aside as waste. This sand contains
about fifteen per cent of glass particles
and two per cent of iron, is very n.y.
groscoplc and, before it can be used
for making bricks, is dried, and then
pressed into the mould under a pres
sure of $50 pounds per Obs square
inch, the pieces thus obtained being
subjected to a temperature of 2, 1872
degrees F., at which temperature the
glass enters into combination with
the sand, new product, with new
properties, being the result. The
bricks thus produced, says the St.
Louis Republic, have specific gravity
Of only 1.5 and are perfectly white,
and, as they are not attacked by acids,
are considered to be especially desira-
BILE for use in factories of chemical
products, particularly in those of sui
phuric acid. They also resist frost,
and, as shown by experiment, they
possess a compressive strength of from
$40 to 975 pounds per 0.155 square
inch
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
The Ruling Passion.

Two enthusiastic fishermen go out
in a boat and just at the height of the
fun one falls overheard. The other
rescues him from the bottom and
finally manages to bring him back to
consciousness.
And he inquiries earnestly, as
soon as the other opens his eyes, did
vow see many fish when you were
down there?n
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-08-06
Hard on the Lawyer.

This is a good one. The Gainesville
Eagle tells it on resident lawyer:
AN old man was on the witness stand,
and was being cross examined by the law
yer alluded to.
You say you are doctor, sir?'
Yes, sir; yes. sir.
" What kind of doctor?'
{" 4 makes intments, sir. | makes int
ments.
What's your ointment good for?'
g It's good to rub On the head to
STRENGTHEN the mind
What effect would it have if you
were 20 rub some of it on my head?'
have something to start with.
Not infrequently it suits the tailor to in
dulge in cutting remarks.