Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-12-10


lah,'' as he is calIed-has an apparatus
attached to his shoulders to support an
| umbrella over his head
After twenty years of experimenting
an Edinburg firm has brought out an
essence of tea which is said to preserve
| the aroma and cheering qualities of the
prepared leaf
Italians of the poorer class generally
enjoy good health. This is partly at
tributed to the fact that the working
classes OF Italy eat less meat than those
Of other European nations
1t has been stated in the Calcutta
press that the government railways in
India will next year use coal brought
to India by steamer from Natal be-
cause it is better than Bengal coal and
| more economical.
The intellectual man OF forty is the
worlds greatest asset as far as work is
concerned though the discoveries which
have advanced the world are all made
| before that age. The planting is done
before twenty, the crop grows from
twenty to forty and the golden harvest
is from forty to sixty. occasionally IN
| til seventy.-Army and Navy Life.
America has now triumphed over
| Egypt and India in holding what will
soon be the largest irrigated tract of
| desert land in the world. This is what
| is known as the Twin Falls country in
the State of Idaho. The ultimate area
under irrigation. when the entire Twin
| Falls project shall have been complet-
ed. will be 1,35O,OOO acres.-Harper's
| Weekly.
The total amount of pensions paid by
the United States between 1866 and
| 1908, inclusive, was $3,654, 663, 1854. ~,
and the cost, maintenance and expenses
of the organization for the payment of
| these pensions during the same period
were $122, 574, 1926, total of $3,777,-
23T, S2S.3S, exceeding the amount Of
money in circulation in this country in
1907 by more than $1,120,0OO0 0O.-
Army and Navy Life.
Uruguay is taking a national census.
From 10000 to $4,000 persons are en-
gagged in the task, which works out at
about one person in every twenty five
of the population of the republic. This
large proportion is found necessary ow-
| ing to the very scattered character of
the population in certain parts of the
| interior, where there are only two or
three inhabitants to the square mile
The maharajah gaekwar of Baroda
has melted down and converted into
bullion the celebrated gold and silver
cannon of Baroda. OF these costly but
useless toys the silver guns of a for
mer gaek were the inspiration. In or
der to go one better" than his prede-
| cessor, the late gaekwar had the gold
| guns cast and mounted at a cost, it is
said, of 100000. They reposed in the
state armory and were the wonder and
admiration of all visitors.
4 Matamoras- newspaper calls atten-
ton to a test of the pumping of water
| in the Rio Grande region for irriga-
ton compared to the older method of
constructing dams. 4 36-inch pump
with $4,000 gallons capacity on a "a
| foot lift, was operated at Il fuel cost
of 6212 cents an hour. Whatever irri-
| CATION is being attempted on the Mex
| lean side is being done through the
| pumping system, and there is every
prospect that more and more of it will
| be attempted by the owners of land
along the river.
Japan's first school for the education
| OF actresses has been formally opened
| at Toxic, under the direction of saba
Yokka. OF the young women who pre-
| sented themselves for admission about
twenty were accepted and they will
take two years course. More than
| twice that number, all having the edu-
| cational requirements, applied for adj
mission, but could not be accepted be-
| cause. as the head of the school ex-
planned, their small stature precluded
their assuming the heroine parts which
belong to the dramatic literature of
| Europe"
| III WV HSOSAASliiNl CLN L OIy uS-
sian race, crowded by Europeans is
becoming extinct. Many of the import
ed animals run wild and multiply rap
| idly at the expense of the native Spe-
cies, even the streams being filed with
| European and American trout which
| grow to great size Introduced plants
thrive quite as remarkably. New for
ests are being created designedly be-
| cause the native trees, though yielding
excellent timber. grow very slowly and
already many millions of larches, oaks,
spruces, Douglas frs and eucalyptus
| have been planted. while seedlings from
them are being continually added.
An addition to the list of phraseolog-
ical condolences has just been made by
a speaker at the religious congress now
assembled in the oxford schools. For
q competent student of any great sub
ject there was, said Prof. Rhys David,
no better way of clarifying and in
creasing knowledge than writing book
about it. SoRsething like the same SEN
| timent was expressed little more Gym
icaIly by the late Bishop Creighton at
| a Dictionary Of National Biography
| dinner whenever, he declared, Il
have found myself especially ignorant
| of any subject, 1 have always tried to
| get a commission for an article on it,
| and in this way l have picked up a
| GOOD deal of useful information
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