Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-03-04

he says, they should be separated by
intervals of rest.
An east side man who makes a hobby
Of the comforts and discomforts of street
and elevated cars says that the COM
panies gain nothing by placing the seats
lengthwise. A thirty-foot car only car
lengthwise. A thirty-foot car only car
ries forty passengers comfortably, he
says, no matter how the seats are ar
ranged. They would do this just as
we'll if the seats were all in tiers, or
rows, with the aisle in the center. By
having the aisle at one side five per
sons could be accommodated nicely he
declares, in each tier, and ten or twelve
rows could be put into each car. In
his opinion it would be infinitely more
satisfactory to the public. The benches
running lengthwise of the car are I'M
comfortable in many ways, he insists
not the least consideration being that
they compel crowds of men and women
to sit staring into one another's faces.
| The suit Of Gen. Russell A. Alger
| against the heirs of John F. Anderson,
in the United States circuit court. for
RECESSION of contract and recovery of
S1O3, 900 paid for certain supposed min
eral lands IN Franklin county, Tenn,
resulted in a complete victory for the
plaintiff. The court releases the future
secretary of war from his contract, de-
claring the sale fraudulent and void,
and grants a decree against the exec
utrix of the estate for SOB, 900, with in
terest from 1889
The Louisiana tale of the Cow island
hen which Matched out brood of young
alligators and nursed them with a
mothers care finds its parallel in the
exploit of North Carolina fowl which
has brought triumphantly forth from
ner nest twelve lively young terrapins,
which look up to her with filial respect
and tenderness. 1t is new demon
stration Of the composure OF that use
full domestic bird, and the breadth of its
maternal sympathies, that it takes up
its family duties without the smallest
token Of surprise, and leads the brood
about as TRANQUILITY as if it consisted OF
peeping young Dorkings or buff Cochins
They will, of course, part company as
soon as the young reptiles gain ex-
perience and access to water, but they
will carry with them the privilege of
pointing with peculiar pride to at least
one branch of their ancestry.
A West Virginia lower court has de-
cided thai all Oleomargarine sold in the
state must be colored pink, in accord
ance with state law passed six years
ago, which has been under fire in the
courts ever since. 1t has been argued
that this law is in direct conflict with
the United States law licensing oIeo
dealers, as it compels adulteration be-
yOnd the ingredients recognized by the
federal law, and the fight will no doubt
go on in a different form.
What are known to the craft as sore
finger situations exist in the govern
ment printing Office, says The Washing
ton Post. When a cCmpositor has al
accident to his forefnger, or is other
wise incapacitated for typesetting, he is
Temporarily put at cOpy-hOlding or other
easy work. AS a consequence the list
Of slight injuries is appalling. A most
remarkable fact is the length of time
these injuries take in healing. One mar
sprained his ankle six months or more
ago. For some weeks he went on two
clutches, then on a crutch and cane
and latterly with two canes. An ac-
quaintanCe called at his home on Sunday
and was surprised to see the cripple 60
ing upstairs with a full coal bod on one
arm and an armful of kindlings On the
other. The crutches and canes were
not for home consumption.
The woman who studies herself care
fully and often in the hand-glass is not
apt to be as vain as she appears. The
little mirror is brutally honest and a
really pretty face will show defects I'M
der its guidance