Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-08-17

Curious Trifes Picked Up in Many
Places.

in summer
Women shoeblacks are numerous in
France Some have been known to
catch wealthy customers in the matri-
monial net.
Ears, the lobes of which run straight
down into the cheeks, are rarely found
save on persons Of 4 thieyish DISPOSE
ton; all kleptomaniacs have such ears.
Rabbits have been revived after re-
ceiying a shock of $500 volts and 20
amperes, a shock more powerful than
is given in the execution of murdererS
in New York.
There is a tribe in Central Africa
among whom speakers in public de-
bates are required to stand On one
leg while speaking, and to speak only
as long as they can SO stand.
In Madagascar a dissatisfied husband
has only to give his wife a piece of
money and say: MADAM, | thank
you" and, according to the laws of
Madagascar, he is divorced straight
away.
Lost children in Japan do not long
remain astray. 1t is the custom for
parents to label their children with
their addresses, so that in case they
go astray any Wayfarer may send them
home
In Hillsborou@h County, New Hamp-
shire, there is a solid rock with a
channel seventy feet deep and thirty
feet wide cut through its side. A flight
of rude natural steps leads to the top,
where there is a natural pulpit and
pool for baptism
A Liverpool policeman who, as he
thought, swallowed a siXpence thirteen
years ago, recently had a severe pain
in his throat A fit of coughing came
on, and the long lost coin, half of its
original thickness, was released from
his throat.
The maxim murder viii OUT is dis
proved by statistics. In the ten years
ending with 1886 there were 1,766 muir
IprS committed in England and Wales,
and in I ,O94 Of these cases no trace of
the criminal was ever found that led
to his apprehension.
A Troy preacher is 2ccused of an
nouncing from his pulpit last Sunday
telligent portion of his congregation
at the seashore and mountains, there
would be no more preaching in his
church until the first Sunday in Sep
TENDER.
The last instance of boiling to death
took place in Persia in 1890. The of
fender was guilty of stealing state
revenues, was put in a large cauldron
of cold water which was slowly heat
ed TO the boiling point. His bones
were distributed as a warning among
the provincial tax collectors
An excellent way to cure insomnia
is to bandage the eyes with a handker
chief before retiring. The compress
seems to drive away the blood from
the eyes and so to cure, or, at least
10 temporarily relieve that feeling 50
often experienced by insomniacs of
trying to see in the dark.
The word ''ye," as it appears in all
old books and legal documents, should
always be pronounced as the" the
''y' being only a corruption of the old
thorn letter, a symbol which stood in
place of 9TH" and which was formerly
used by printers when difficulties were
experienced in spacing out"
"a chemist who owns a fine farm on
Long Island and has been experiment.
ing il sugar making says that the
average farmer throws away in butter
milk one-half of the healthful solids
in milk, especially if he uses the old
way Of churning. BY the use of a
small quantity of block pepsin double
che amount of butter can be made.
AT st. Anne, near I<anl1akee, ILL.,, is
a shrine with a relic of st. Anne and
a statue of the saint, who was the
mother of the Madonna. July 26 every
year pilgrimages are made to the little
village to celebrate the feast of st.
Anne Last year twenty car loads Of
pi?a1yms went from Chicago alone,
while this year the number is still
larger.
1T is a law of good society in China
that young widows never marry again.
WidoWhoOd is therefore held IN the
highest esteem and the older the widow
grows the more agreeable does her
position become with the people.
Should she reach so years she may
10y applying to the emperor get a sum
of money with which to buy a tablet
or which is engra we'd the sum of her
virtues The tables is placed over the
principal entrance t.. her house.
The administration vf the oath, Us in
civil cases, is of high antiquity: Then
shall an oath of the Lord be between
them both that he has not put his
hand into his neighbours goods" See
Exodus, xii. IL. Swearing on the
gospels" was first used in the year
52S. The first oath administered in
judicial proceedings was by the SaNons
in the year 600. The words 80 help
me God and all the Saints" concluded
an oath down to 1850.
There are reasons for believing that
trademarks are as old as the industry
of mankind We are told that ancient
Babylon had property symbols, and
the Chinese claim to have had trade
marks 1000 years before Christ.
Gutenberg, the inventor of printing,
had a lawsuit about a trademark and
won it as early as 1900. The English
parliament has authorized trademarks
for many years past, and the laws OF
America have also protected them.
The use of the term christian name
seems to be English and American
wholly: "baptismal name" is used in
other countries. The term seems to