Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-04
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


the SueZ Canal were greater last year
than ever before.
The Salvation Army has factory in
Europe where musical instruments are
made for its members.
In China the property Of the parent
must be equally shared by the children,
on the death Of the former.
The greatest daily change Of temper
allure to be found on the earth's sur
face is in Arizona. There is frequently
a change Of so degrees in twelve hours.
Ivy growing over the walls Of 4
house renders the structure cool IN
summer and warm in winter. It also
keeps the walls dry. 1t is, howeve.
very destructive to woodwork, forcing
the joints apart.
The famous ruins OF Tintern Abb
hey, Monmouthshire, England, are be-
ing restored as far as the four great
arches are concerned, and more exca-
vations are being made around 1t in
hope of finding other buildings.
Bryn Mawr College was founded by
Joseph w. Taylor, who began the cree
ton of the college buildings in 1879.
He died in 1886 and left an endowment
of 100000 for the continuance of the
work he had begun-a college for
women.
Deep water diving can be carried on
with safety to a depth of 30 feet pro-
vided proper precautions are taken and
suitable appliances used, according to
report of the British admiralty COM
mittee appointed to investigate the sub
ject.
In the erection of a railroad bridge
over the SuSquehanna River at Havre
de Grace, the American Bridge Com
pany will make use of what is probably
the largest wood block ever made. 1t
has been made especially for the work,
and weighs 1850 pounds, measures
thirty inches across the shell and is
rated at sixty tons capacity. The
shackle is a solid forging three and a
half inches thick.
II don't think Ibsen knew much
about dramatic art" said the blonde
young woman who had joined an Ibsen
class. I've just been to see The Mas
ter Builder and they wore the same
costumes all the way through Her
astoninshed instructor swallowed
quickly and responded: Don't judge
Ibsen by one play. In 'Hedda Gabler'
they wear morning, afternoon and
evening clothes. It's really quite
dressy."
CelluliOd is a plastic material COM
posed of guncotton and camphor The
guncotton, or nitro-cellulOse is made by
treating tissue paper with a mixture
of nitric and sulphuric acids. The
product is mixed with camphor and
various pigments to produce the de-
sired color, and the materials are thor
oughly incorporated by means of heat
ed rolls. 1t is subsequently submitted
to great pressure. 1t is afterward
nodded into form by means of heated
dies, under pressure. 1t is very hard
and elastic and takes a high finish.
Two principal theories have been adj
vanced for the erection of the pyra-
mids of Egypt. One, that each king
on ascending the throne, began to build
pyramid as a tomb and monument to
himelf This was usually laid out upon
comparatively small scale, so that
if the builder had but a short reign his
tomb might be complete. AS time passed
successive layers were added and the
size of the monument was thus proper
toned to the length of the builders
reign. This theory is combated by
Petrie, WHO believed that each pyramid
was begun and carried out upon a def
mite design of size and arrangement
The greatest river in the world in
food of waters is the Amazon, and il
is one of the least useful owing to the
character of the region through which
it flows What is classed as the long
est system in the world Is the Missis
sippi-Missouri, which is also the most
useful, as great cities have grown ur
along its banks. The Nile, which ranks
with these, is one of the longest rivers
in the world, but it is not especially
valuable as a navigible stream. Its
chief benefit to the country is from the
immense deposits of mud carried down
in the annual floods and which have
made the region overflowed one of the
most fertile in the world
More duels are fought in Germany
than In any other country, and Jena
and Gottingen are the cities which take
the lead. 1t is said that a duel takes
place in Gottingen every day, and or
one occasion some years ago, twelve
combats took place in the twenty-four
hours. Jena's greatest number for the
day is twenty-one. The German EN-
pire has about 1000 duels a wear;
France has about 1000 combats which
may be regarded as such Italy runs tc
about go per annum. In ten years il
boasted of 2,159 meetings, of which
947 originated in newspaper articles OF
public letters. The great majority OF
the duels were fought with swords
only one with revolvers.-Pall Mall Ga.
zette.
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