Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-07-19
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

knights who are CHARTERED at Camp
Carnahan complain that sneak thieves
are stealing small valuables from the
tents The police are making every eff
fort to capture the light-fngered gen
try.
A DIVER who was working at the foun-
dation of railroad bridge near Bots
City. Ida, gave a signal to be hoisted
quickly. When he got to the surface he
held fast sixty-fve pound salmon that
he had caught by the gills.
THE owners of a travelling show, which
included in it's animals a number OF
bears, have been arrested at Trentschin,
Hungary, on the charge OF numbering
tramp and throwing his body to the
bears, who devoured it.
A BEAR story from Idaho is to the cf-
feet that hunter chased a large black
fellow for several miles, when, becom-
ing tired, it laid down close to rock to
rest. He then crept up to the animal
and plunged a big knife into a vital part.
LORD ABERDEEN created a great deal of
excitement in London, recently, by
driving up to the door of his club in a
milk wagon. He had been unable to OBJ
tain carriage, and, rather than walk,
he had chartered that modest vehicle.
A SOUTH CAROLINA darkey recently
hitched his mule, with bale of hay on
his back, near neighbours beehive,
which he knew was about to swarm. AS
he supposed, the swarm settled on the
bale of hay, after which he led the mule
home and hiyed the swarm.
THE fact that the waves in the North
Sea differ in shape when caused by
northeast wind under high pressure
from those caused by southwest wind
with low barometer is considered as
proof that the air in an aDti-cyclone is
descending current and the air in cy
clone an ascending current.
A NEW shell has lately been invented
by an Austrian for the purpose of scat
tering oil over the waves during a storm.
It is a wooden cylinder, lined with shell
lac to keep the oil from penetrating the
wood, and it carries in addition cal
cium light, which Eliminates the water
for considerable distance.
A STATISTICAL enthusiast has calcu
lated that pianist in playing. certain
presto, played 5,595 notes in four min
utes. The striking of each note involved
two movements of the finger and one
movement each of the elbow, wrist and
arm. From this it is calculated that y
voluntary movements were made per
second.
LONDON has a boy cartoonist. He is
only 10 years old, but is said to do re-
markabie work He lately made a
sketch of Mr.. Gladstone, and, sendinglt
to him, by return mail received a letter
in the "Grand Old Mans" own hand
writing thanking the little artist and
wishing him every success in his future
operations.
PATSY MITCHELL, of Thompsonville,
Mass, promised that he would never
drink another drop of liquor "as long
as he had hair on his head" When
his thirst became ungovernable he sold
his bushy head of hair to Bob Grumpy,
a barber, for pint of gin, and when MS
hair was removed with razor and the
gin in his possession, he went OFT and
got drunk.
SABLE ISLAND is one of the most dan
gerous points along the Atlantic sea-
board. Wrecked men have sometimes
been stranded on the island for weeks
without being able to inform the world
of their condition. It is now proposed
to import carrier pigeons from Belgium
for use in the coast service, and quarters
for their reception are being prepared
in Halifax Some of the pigeons, hay
inc been accustomed to Halifax, will be
taken to Sable Island, and when dis
aster occurs one will be set at liberty
with q message attached to it. The
pigeons to be used in this service are
very rapid birds and will require but a
short time to bring messages from that
point into the city.