Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-01-25
NOTES OF THE DAY.

A new dog has appeared in England.
Too high bred and too rare to become
common, it is called the butterfly" or
"papaillon," and weighs less than
three pounds.
The Mexican capital is going to have
100000 department store property:
an American architect has furnished
the plans, American superintendent
will control it and an American electric
light plant and machinery will be put
in.
At the Launching of the steamer
Queen Anne of the Princess Anne Rail
way Company, at Baltimore, the break
ing of bottle of wine was omitted and
Instead two white doves were released
as the vessel began to move and her
deck was strewn with flowers, in imi-
tation of the Japanese custom.
The Historical society Of Somerviiie,
Mass, recently had a house-warming,
and among the articles exhibited, as
enumerated by local journal, were a
communion service, said to be the first
one made of silver in America, and A
lamp from Pompeii, "confiscated dur
Ing the civil war from the estate OF a
wealthy southern gentleman"
At recent meeting of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, Oberlin
Smith stated that with rubber tired or
pneumatictired railway engines, built
like bicycle wheels and driven by cleo
tricity, speed of thirty miles an hour
was easily practicable. And most of
the engineers present seemed to be OF
the opinion that the prophecy was not
an idle one.
There was an Old law in Quebec Civ
head of a family of ten children and
400 livres to the head of family of
twelve children. Later this was
changed to a deed of 100 acres Of good
farming land to the head of family
of twelve, and about 200 French Ca
nadians now appeal to the government
for this 100-acre bounty 1t is esti-
mated that there are 1850 families of
twelve or more in lower Canada.
Henry B. Plants fortune does not ex-
coed $12,000,OOO according to liberal
estimates. If it is to be left in trust
until his grandsohs youngest child is
Fl years old. This grandson is now 4.
If he marries and becomes the father
of seven children the youngest is
hardly likely to arrive at q until the
year 1915. money at per cent, COM
pound interest, doubles itself in lit
tie more than fourteen years, SO that
the Plant fortune will be more than
$100,000,000 before 1t is divided.
minute piece Of steel was drawn
from the eye of man in New York the
other day by lne use of a powerful
magnet, the newly invented device for
performing such operations. DR.. Par
ker, who used Inc instrument says the
piece of steel was imbedded in such
way that it's removal by other means
would have been impossible. The
sight of the eye will probably be saved,
though the patient will be in the hospi-
tai some time, owing to the strain on
Iuc cy cDdll DclOIt UllS SIttl DcSdu W
yield to the magnets attraction.
A gentleman who was in Venice
when the news OF the destruction of
Admiral Cervera's squadron came and
who could not make out the Italian &C
count very we'll took the paper to a GER
tain professor who speaks almost per-
feet scholars English and asked him to
translate it. The professor did SO in
excellent style until he came near the
end, when, with little hesitation, he
read: "And the band played The Flag
With the Stars on It. and 1T VIII Be
Very Warm in the City This Evening"
1t was about a minute before the gen
tleman recognized the last piece.
During the continuance Of the ma
tional export exposition in Philadel-
phia next fall the city hall will be bril-
liantly illuminated. This structure is
the highest building in the world, tow
ering SAT feet above the ground, and is
considered one Of the handsomest
buildings in the United States. AT
present there is a rim of lights around
the base of the statute OF William
Penn, which surmounts the structure,
and they can be seen at a distance Of
thirty miles. Before the exposition
opens a ring of arc lights will be placed
around the rim of PENIS hat, over 500
feet from the pavement, and long
strings Of incandescent lights will run
from there to the roof of the building.
Every cornice will be studded with
lights and all sides of the massive
building will be emblazoned by beauti-
full designs in colored lights. 1t will
be one of the most dazzling electric
displays ever attempted in this coun-
try.