Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-07-23

LIZ LII 10 NOlSl 1AC uONIOA i
have cut the spinal cord of my little
finger. If you do not Immediately send
me . shillings a week, shall insult my
solicitor"
Study Of weather charts is now gen.
eral in the elementary schools of Han
over and Schleswig- Holstein with the
object of making their value in agri-
culture better known. These charts are
supplied by telegraph and post to all
schools in Germany, but systematic in
struction on meteorology is only gradu-
ally being introduced.
Jean de Reszke, the famous tenor,
has severed his connection with the
Paris Opera house. De ResZke was
ambitious for years to have a voice in
the management of the opera-house,
and was finally taken in, but after six
months, with the title of singing di
rector, during which time his advice
was ignored and no authority given
him, he resigned in disgust.
In some parts of Australia the horse
the feet receiving better support; but
this novelty is employed only in regions
where the ground is permanently COW
cred with grass or fine sand. Though
the leather shoe is more expensive than
| the iron shoe the higher price is re-
paid by the superior advantages. 1t is
not impossible the innovation will soon
| extend to every country where the ma
ture of the soil permits it to be used
British Australian.
1t is a disgrace and a shame that in
city like Los Angeles, populated by
100000 educated Americans, the very
name OF the town they live in and are
proud of and have helped to make
should be wife-beaten at their daily
hands. Even if late, it is time now to
make a crusade for the official pro-
nunciation which will be followed by
| every self-respecting person with the
fear of God and the love of California
before his eyes. And that's easy to set
and easy to get: Loce Ang-el-ess.-
Out West.
The announcement that the Hay
wards Health horticultural Society
was prepared to pay penny for every
queen wasp brought to the summer
show has caused the secretary to be in
undated with wasps from all parts of
England. Some of the senderS have re-
quested that the money they consider
due them should be forwarded by re-
turn post. The secretary, however,
wishes it to be understood by senders
that only persons living within the
radius Of the show will be paid for
their wasps-London Standard.
1t is curious" remarked the grocer
on the corner, that there is no fruit in
the world which people are such poor
judges of as cantaloupes, and what is
more curious is that they do their best
to spoil them after they buy them. The
first thing a woman does with a canta-
loupe is to stick it into the ice box
Now, cantaloupes, like most of our
fruit, are picked trif1e green, and
when they come from the grocers they
should be put out in the sun for whole
day, turning them over every few hours,
and then putting them into the ice box
at night."-New York Sun.
While some children were recently
feeding the swans at the lake q pigeon
alighted quite close to them and one
of the boys attempted to capture it, but
it few off over the lake toward a swan
and apparently was about to settle on
its back, instead of which it closed its
wings quite naturally and dropped into
the water close in front of the swan
and commenced to struggle. The swan
went to assist it, put its head under
the water and lifted the drowning
pigeon into the air. The latter then
made almost a circuit Of the lake, event
ually resting on the island.-London
Field.
Fine old Spanish emeralds" is a
phrase which means something quite
different from what it seems to imply.
There never was an emerald mined in
Spain, but after the conquest of Peru
the conquerors brought some great
quantities Of loot, of which emeralds
formed an important part. In this
way the finest emeralds came into
possession of old Spanish families and
as very few had been seen in Europe
previously to that time, all the best
stones soon became classed as fine old
Spanish emeralds. To-day the express
sion still applies to the best emeralds
of any source.
A letter written by Count Grzymala.
who was an ardent admirer of Chopin,
has just been made public in London
by Eduard Zeldenrust. In it the last
moments of Chopin are thus referred
to: "a few hours before he died he
| asked Nine. Potoka to sing some melo-
dies by Rossini and Bellini, and this
she did with sobs in her voice. Listen
ing to her voice he passed away"
Speaking of the funeral the writer
says: "Mozart's requiem and his own
funeral march were performed with
the assistance of Lablache, Viardot and
the concert society. 1t was charac-
teristic of the times that the artists
should have asked 1000 francs for
this last tribute to Chopin. One would
have thought that pride would have
kept them from selling their gifts on
such an occasion"
Solemn Thought.