Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1908-06-18
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
.rigation is charging the GASES of

Of edible seaweeds growing on the
| coasts of Hawaii, and about forty of
these are in common use by the ma
tives
There are in Europe 10000 women
and girls who earn living as artists
models. 1t is strange to say that there
are not ten among them who possess
a perfect face and figure.
Sleeplessness is often caused by the
head being exposed to the cold, while
the rest Of the body is warm. In nine
cases out Of ten, if the head is covered
with a silk handkerchief it will induce
sleep.
Take water in which walnut hulls
have soaked overnight and pour it on
spot of ground. In a very few hours
the fishingworms will come to the sur
face and can easily be secured for your
expedition.
The vessel movement on the Great
Lakes last season aggregated 1859
vessel Of 99,166 400 net tons register,
cleared from the various lake ports,
compared with 76,O97 vessels Of 94,094,-
316 net tons register cleared during
| the preceding season.
The Express mentions a case Of
private who for failing to recognize
and salute his officer was condemned
| to march past and salute a barrack
| pump for two hours each day for a
week. The choice of the substitute
! anyhow showed modesty on the part of
| the Oficer.-LOndon Punch.
Messrs. Palermo and Cinngolani, the
Inventors of "tachyol" (huOride Of
silver, an antiseptic employed in sur
gerry, have found that a solution of one
part in 100000 of water will destroy
all germs, including B. subtilis, its
germicidal effect being much greater
than that Of chlorine, bromine or ozone.
Great activity is being displayed by
the Turkish government in building
bridges along the important strategic
routes in Macedonia and eastern Rou
melia. In the vilayet of Salonica a
Belgian firm is building three great
| bridges, and a Bavarian firm is build
ing a bridge entirely of military con-
| structiOn.
In the battle which has been waged
against the water hyacinth which
| chokes up many of the rivers in the
southern part of the United States, the
matter has been complicated to a seri
Gus degree by the fondness which cat
tie exhibit for this plant. 1t is almost
without food value, but there is some
thing about it which attracts the ami
mails and they have been known to be
lured to death in the efforts to secure
the hyacinth.
The typical American is popularity
supposed to be a shrewd hard, level
| headed man of business, and that esti-
nation is right, as far as it goes. But
| beneath these salient characteristics
lies fund of sheer sentimentality and
emotionalism which can not be beaten
in any other country. You will find
| it IN American fiction, and you will get
| it in the archaic melodramas that still
| draw tears and cheers, signs and
smiles from American audiences
Ladies' Field
Owing to many swindles perpetrated
recently through forged and stolen let
| tiers of introduction, a card Of photo
| graphic Identification invented by q
Pittsburg man has become popular in
that city Now when the Pittsburger's
friend asks him for a letter of intro
duction, he takes the friend to the
nearest photographer and is photo
graphed with him in an attitude Of
presentation. Then he writes his note
sented the recipient has no doubts as
TO the identity of his caller.
The great practical utility of the
magnetic survey made in the Paoifc
| is shown by a new magnetic chart,
from which it appears that the charts
previously used by navigators in the
| Pacific ocean We're erroneous along
| some much-traverSed routes to the ex-
tent of from three to five degrees, and
| the errors at times were systematic
| Errors of this magnitude are of i'm
portance in practical navigation, where
the indications of the compass should
be as accurate as possible.-Youth's
| Companion.
Minnesota is just fifty years old, and
! its development during this period has
| been marvellous. During the half CEN
| fury the population of the state has
| grown from 10000 to 100000 The
wealth of its people was approximately
| $30O00,000 fifty years ago, and the
assessed valuation of their property
now is S1,OOOOOO.OOO, or $500 per
capita instead of 5000. There are now
more cultivated farms supporting
prosperous families than there were
men, women and children in the state
fifty years ago.
The announcement that Senior Pedro
| Alvarado, the Mexican millionaire
landowner, has given 100000 for the
purpose of aiding poor Mexicans re-
calls the facts that he started life as a
| day laborer on a ranch. Born of hum
| bic parents, Senior AlYaradO in his
younger days worked as a peon, or
common day laborer, on a ranch, but
his honesty and industry earned steady
advancement, and he soon became his
own master and one of the wealthiest
men in the country. But he never for
| got his class, and always set himself
TO alleviate the none too happy lot of
the peon.
An organization has recently been eff
fected with the object of conducting
| complete scientific investigation and
| exploration of the Pacific ocean and its
islands While the chief energies of
the institution wNl be devoted to
ethnology, the geology and configura-
ton of the region will also be inves1i-
gated. and studies in zoology and bot