Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-02-11
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


Money is accommodating in New York
City more rapidly than at any time
III the last two years. Banks ara re
ceiving much taste: than they are pay
ing, and good investments are being
diligently sought in every direction
Briquettes composed of calcium car
bide have been prepared by Fl. X. Kof-
fer of Vienna, and are claimed to bo
non-hydroseopic, keeping Indefinitely
and do not continue 10 give off gas
after withdrawal of water. They are
made by intimately mixing finely gran
ulated carbide with a binding material
and COMPRISING in molds.
DR.. William S B1gelow. who is re
sponsible for the cutting Of the new
United States gold coins in intagli0
instead of in relief. new departure in
coinage. IS neither sculptor nor !
numismatist. but the author Of the re-
cent book on Buddhism and Immor-
talfty- He has given years Of study
TO the literature of the Far East.
Discussion arose at meeting of the
Ballycastle County Antrim Board Of
Guardians on a letter from the local
government board asking what order
the guardians had made on a former
letter from the board requesting that
the paupers should be supplied with
forks at meals. It was decided to in
form the local government board that
the guardians did not consider forks
necessary-LondOn Globe.
4 counting machine that is reported
to be an improvement over anything
of the kind yet produced. the inven-
ton Of q Swedish engineer. was recent
~ supplied to the counting house of
the Bank of England for experimental
purposes, and its performance WAS
highly successful in point of rapidity.
The machine is operated by electrici-
ty, and is capable of counting up and
sorting money into paper bags or tubes
at the phenomenal rate of TOGO coins
an hour. The coins are placed in Il
receptacle at the back of the machine.
and are mechanically sorted. stacked
and inserted into paper tubes.
Two Russian sailors, wishing to de-
sert from their ship lying in the Tyne,
England, took a boat and rowed fO1
the open sea. They took with them
food and clothing and $500 in cash.
The flood tide set them ashore again
and they tried to land, but the sea
was running too high. For many hours
they drifted helplessly about, and final
ly their tiny craft was pitched upon
the beach of Manhaven, near South
Shields. Here they took refuge in a
cave, where they lived four days and
nights, until their food became eX-
hausted. Hunger drove them into the
open, and eventually they were ar
rested.
In times past a fashion lasted, with
slight notifications, for years. Much
the same fashion continued through the
long reign of Louis XIV, and another
through that of Louis XIV, while the
ladies of the middle ages never thought
of varying their costumes. AS for the
Greeks and the Romans, generation
succeeded generation with little change
in female dress; and yet all these la
dies of the past were more artistically
dressed than those Of to-day. Many,
no doubt, spent more than they could
afford, but when they had costly
dress they kept it, and did not throw
=
Truth.
Some curious thermometers were
made. Otto de Guericke, burgomaster
Of Magdeburg, made one which was
twenty feet long and gorgeous with
blue paint and gilt stars. 1t consisted
of a large globe fastened to a tube,
both of copper The tube was bent
upon itself into the form of a very
narrow ., in which was placed the
requisite amount of alcohCs. One arm
Of the U was shorter than the other
and open at the top. On the liquid was
a float, to which was attached a cord
passing over a pulley. At the other
end of this cord was hung a gilt an
gel, its finger pointing to a scale on
which the degrees were painted.
Poseidon, the newest Australian gold
field, is producing some remarkable
nuggets. One, shaped exactly like
cricket ball, was recently found there
lying on the surface, the finder at first
mistaking it for a mushroom. And
now, from the same place, comes news
of a nugget of 103 ounces closely re-
sembling a nautilus shell. This was
found by an IriShman. and on the adj
Joining claim Scotchman named Mac
KenZie almost simultaneously impaled
a thirty eight-ounce nugget on the point
of his pick. Furthermore, a boy driv-
ing a bakers cart over the Poseidon
field saw the CLEAN of gold in the
grass. He got down and picked up
a nice little nugget of four ounces.
Among the anecdotes related by the
Marquis Massa in his Souvenirs ct
Impressions" recently published, is one
about the first President of the French
republic which is making the rounds
of the theatrical columns of the Eu-
ropean press. 1t runs "A short time
after young Theirs had been elected as
a legislator a number of our set ar
ranged to give performance of 'Ro-
man Chez la POrtiere' at the house Of
a mutual friend. On the evening of the
performance our prompter deserted US.
and without a moments hesitation the
new-fiedged deputy volunteered to take
the place, and despite the protests of
some of the party, who feared that his
dignity might be everlastingly injured.
he jumped into the box. where he re-
manned ready to help US in time of
need until the curtain descended on
what proved to be a highly satisfac-
tory performance.
4 man who Is known on the vaude-
vile programs in Paris as Paul-COn-
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