Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1896-06-25

sionists, as the tourist agencies are
! advertising Spitzbargen tours for July.
/ o. H. Venner of Bluehill, Me-,
claims the distinction of having built
! from newspapers three years ago what
is now said 10 be the best boat in
town. His material was thirty-six
+ thicknesses of newspapers pasted to-
gether.
High explosive shells have proved so
successful with quick-firing breech-
leaders in the French experiments
that the British admiralty has already
supplied the channel fleet with them
and will soon provide shells for the
whole navy.
An association Of tradesmen. who
are formally allowed to use the royal
arms as an advertisement, has been
formed in England in order to prose-
cute people who put up the signs ''un-
der royal patronage" and display the
lion and the unicorn, with no warrant
to show for it.
1t is a whole days task for two men
TO fell mahogany tree. On account
of the spurs which project from the
base of the trunk, a scaffold has 10 be
erected and the tree cut off above the
spurs, leaving thus a stump Of the very
best wood from ten to fifteen feet
high.
c. Leyland of Hagersrown Castle.
Northumberland, England. has in a
collection gnu, or horned horse.
This animal dropped a fine f5al on
April 80, and both appear to be doing
well. This is only the second re-
corded instance of 9 gnu having bred
in confinement in the British islands.
An enterprising firm of western cat
tlemen, recognizing the demand for
wild animals for circuses and zoolog-
Ical gardens, is going to start farm
for the raising of the various types of
beasts. 1t is proposed to secure four
or five square miles of the most thickly
wooded land in California for the pur-
pose.
But for the timely discovery of the
blaze in Providence, R. L, house the
other morning not one of the sixteen
occupants of the Inflated building
would have escaped alive. 1t was
found that the mewing of a cat led to
the discovery of the flames, and with.
out doubt saved the lives of the four
teen who escaped.
France proposes to follow Italy's ex-
ample and tax the income from gov
eminent bonds.
Buenos Ayres is going to erect a
monument to Garibaldi. Garibaldi
spent twelve years Of his life in fight
ing for South American freedom, but
is probably thought of on account of
the large proportion of Italians in the
population of the city.
4 newspaper published in Jerusa-
len printed in the Hebrew language,
states that Dr. Bless, supervisor of the
Palestine exploration fund, has lately
discovered near Mount Zion the exact
course of the city walls of Jerusalem,
built before and during the Roman
era; also d number of vases and mo-
sales of high historical value.
A man in Lewiston, Me, who had
his shoulder dislocated in a runaway
accident, was invited into the house
by a sympathetic woman who hung the
disabled member over the back of
chair, ordered him to take hold of
lower rung and pull, which he did,
only to find that the shoulder mad
slipped back into place again and that
he could go on about his business com
fortably and thankful.
Blase Parisians have new form OF
gambling for amusement. They set
off lot of toy balloons, and bet on the
chances of their sailing a certain dis
lance in certain time Each balloon
bears an addressed postal card with the
request that the finder note the time
and place of the balloons arrival and
mail the card back. A week is al
lowed for the cards to come in and
then bets are paid accordingly.