Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1895-04-11
ODDS AND ENDS.

The late car of Russia was an en-
thusiastiC stamp collector
In Germany's military schools Eng
lish is being substituted for French.
The salaries of eminent tragedians in
England range from $50 to $500 a
week.
A Russian physician, after eXhaus-
tive experiments, claims that the crow
can count up to ten.
1t is believed that Shakespeare's last
work was the revival of The Temp
est shortly before his death.
The Chinese tea crop is said to be
up to the average this year in spite
of the war with Japan.
Demosthenes, when preparing for a
great oratorical effort, lived for several
days on dried figs and wine.
Walter Scott liked venison better
than any other meat, and potatoes
better than any other vegetable.
Conley was very fond of fried cells.
He said that when properly cooked
they were a dish to set before king.
The greatest storm ever known in
England was in 1903. The loss of
property in London amounted to $10,-
100000
! Addison ate as little as he talked.
He said that good fellowship was to
be found not in eating, but in drink
ing.
Leigh Hunt was so dyspeptic at
times that he said he wished Provi-
dence had fitted him out with a cast
iron stomach.
According to the internal revenue
returns, the number of cigarettes
made in this country in 1S90-91 was
2,s77, 799,44O.
Children are not born with teeth on
account of the inconvenience that
would be occasiOned by these in very
early life.
Women have colds in the head less
frequently than men because they are
not accustomed to heavy head cover
ingS.
The patella, or knee pan, projects in
front of the knee to afford a proper
fulcrum for some of the muscles Of
motion.
The business of snail gathering in
Switzerland is one that has within the
past five years assumed increased i'm
portance.
Hazlitt ruined his digestion with tea
and crackers. He once said the sight
of a dinner table gave him a dyspep-
tic pain.
! The fashion of cutting the hair close
to the scalp, both in summer and win
ter, is said to be a cause of disease Of
the ear.
! People turn their faces toward q
sound in order to hear it better, be-
cause then the sound is conveyed to
both ears.
The national pawnshop Of France
handles 100000 pledged articles
yearly, often ranging in value from
100000 to $15,OOO,0OO.
The manufacture of candles was
greatly aided by the investigation of
fats and oils, the result of Chevrent's
experiments.
The pupil of the eye contracts or eX-
pands in order to admit a greater or
less quantity of light, that objects may
be clearly seen.
By means of fishhook fastened to
a stick thief extracted a package Of
$4,000 from Jersey City bank during
business hours.
Fresh water in being cooled reaches
it's maximum density at 20 degrees
Fahrenheit and then expands until 1t
reaches the freezing point.
An insurance authority states that
prohibitionist policy holders average
from four to five years longer life
than any other class.
Severe injuries to the body are sell
dom very painful at first The sever
ity Of the nervous shock seems to par
alyze the nerve center.
Feathers killed a man at Lamiolle,
III. 1t was big bundle Of them which
were being hoisted to loft, when the
rope broke and they fell on his head.
Prof. Charles A. Briggs declares that
no religious organization in history
has enjoyed such marvellous growth
as the Salvation Army in so short
time
Probably the most extraordinary
journal in the world is published
weekly at Athens. 1t is written en-
tirely in verse, even to the advertise
ments.
Dozens Of cows heads, in terra
Gotta, bronze, gold and silver, were
found at Mycenae They are believed
to be the symbol of the goddess of the
city.