Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-12-27

few years ago the English and Turkish
Infantry were armed with the Sneyder
rifle, the invention of a Pennsylvania
Dutchman.
THE best magazine rifle of the war,
and one that still ranks high as a weapon
of cavalry, is the Spencer rife, patented
by an American in 1862, and supplied in
| large numbers to our sailors and our
troopers in 1868.
By the method of spectrum analysis
researches have revealed the existence
of seven well-marked substances in the
coloring matter OF eggs, to the admix-
their tints are Que.
TIE Springfield Mass police have
adopted the plan of giving tramps soup
breakfast and making them saw wood
for four hours after the meal, which is
having the effect of thinning out those
dodgers at the city hall.
In the neighborhood of New Bedford
is a solid fence with an artistically
! carved upper line, and here and there
number painted upon it in white. In
vestigation showed that it had been
! built Of the pew doors of a dismantled
church.
NEAR Bath, Me-, is novelty in the
fence line. 1t is picket fence, 40 feet
| in length, composed entirely of the
| swords Of the sword fish, which pre-
| st1mably mad been accumulated during
| a long sea-faring experience of the
builder.
BARON HIRscH tried some time ago to
I induce lady to sell him one of her
! horses for which he had an exact match
ana upon her peremptorily refusing,
sent her his horse as a present with a
message that so fine team should go
! together.
CHARLIE CorTER, a hermit of Warwick,
r. l., is dead at the reputed age
eighty years. He was clam digger,
lived in a sand hill braced about with
drift wood, and wore only one garment,
consisting of Jacket ending in dlvid-
ed skirt.
A CURIOUS phase of rural journalism is
revealed in the announcement Of a
North Carolina paper which changes
from a semi-weekly to a weekly "at the
request of its farmer subscribers, the
majority Of whom only go once week
for their mall
Mrs. GEORGE PARKER. of Danville, VT.
has in her possession chair that was
brought over in the Mayfower. Lady
Arbella Johnson was the first owner of
the chair which is in good state OF
preservation and apparently as strong
as it was 270 years ago.
GERMAN subjects are vaccinated in the
early months of life, again on attaining
the age Of twelve, and all males third
time on entering upon their term OF
compulsory service in the army. Vac
cination is always done with calf
lymph; never from arm to arm.
INCUBATION is performed, as is well
known, by the female of nearly all
birds, but with most of the passeres and
many others the male seems to share
her tedious duties, and among the RAJ
titae, apparently without exception, the
cock takes that office wholly on himself.
TIE first man of science who seems
to have given any thought to Zoology was
the celebrated Sir Thomas Browne, Of
Norwich, who, already in 1861, when
visited by John Evelyn (wnose diary
records the fact) had assigned place in
his cabinet of rarities to collection OF
birds eggs.
In some parts of Pennsylvania the
fences are built almost entirely of the
stumps of huge trees laid III a row, the
roots in juxtaposition and interlacing,
make fence that is hard to squeeze
through or climb over. In the next
county the fences may be built almost
entirely Of stone.
REV. Mr. HEMBRE, ofOklahoma, upon
being censured by his presbytery
pulled out a couple of revolvers and ex-
pressed the opinion that presbytery
would ''take it back" Despite the re-
volvers the resolvers declined the sug-
: gestion. and after public officer had
carried out Rev. II. the other brethren
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