Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-10-01
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Two persons die every second.
The royal standard of Persia is a
blacksmith apron.
Or the twenty-seven royal families of
Europe, two-thirds are Germans.
In Spain an infants face is brushed
with pine tree Dough to bring good
luck
THE annual coffee crop of the world is
| estimated at over II 100000, 600 pounds,
worth in first hands over $l35, 100000.
The Alaskan Indian depends upon his
squaw in the selling of an article. She
having better idea of its worth. fixes
the price.
IT is proposed to build a Moorish pal
ace for the Chicago Fair, with labyrinth
in which everyone who enters will be
hopelessly lost.
THERE are said to be over $4,000 In
dams in the United States who can read
English, and over 10000 who can read
Indian languages.
THE Worlds Fair power plant will be
of $4,000 horse power, and will require
the services of 250 engineers, tiremen
and attendants.
THE cotton worm is creating great de-
Vastation in many counties IN Mlssls-
sippi One field of twenty-five acres
has been entirely stripped of its leaves.
In New York City the quantity of
huckleberries sold is ten times that Of
any other berry Dried huckleberries,
in winter time. always bring a fair
price.
OsKALoosA, Ia, has a threshing ma
chine haunted by spooks, which put out
the fire in the engine and distracted
tools from the WorkboX which four men
were watching.
IT is the intention Of European engi-
neers to store the waters of the Nile to
such an extent as to enable greater eX-
tension of the cotton and sugar-cane
crops in that region.
Coal equaling that of the finest Lee
high Valley grade has been discovered
in Brazil, the veins being from to 25
feet in thickness. The mines are situa-
ted at and near Sonora.
TIE forest areas of Germany are re-
turned as follows Prussia, 100000
acres; Bavaria 2, 800, 900 acres; Wurtem-
berg, 100000 acres Saxony, 100000
acaes, and Baden, 235, 900 acres.
A LYONS anatomist has examined the
skeletons Of eightysi monkeys-ch1m-
panzees, goriIlas and orang-outangs-
and has found diseases of the bone to
be as frequent as in man, and OF strlk-
lnglV similar CHARACTER.
THIRTEEN years ago student in Berlin
was mobbed in the streets for appearing
on bicycle. Now the German Union
of Bicyclists, which has just held Its
eigth annual conference at Breslau, has
$4,000 members.
The granting of permission to the
starving Russian peasantry to use the
imperial forests has led to many burg
laries and depredations on the imperial
farm, the furnishing people fighting and
in some cases shedding blood over the
spoils.
In Africa when an army ofants moves
for food the still forest becomes alive
with the tramping of the elephant. the
flight of the antelope or of the gaZe!le,
of the leopard, of snakes. all the living
world, in the same direction where the
other animals are fleeing away.
TILE Corsicans are not the only people
in the world VINO would believe IN the
evil eve, for the Turk is so affected by 1t
that he thinks it extends its influences
to whatever animals belong to him.
Strings of coral are sold on the streets
and said to be preventive against the
evil.
AN insect which promises to be OF as
a great benefit to Washington hop grow
ers as the Australian lady-bug was 10
the orchardists of Southern California
has been discovered on the sound. 1t
thrives on the hop louise, which 1t con
siders most desirable delicacy, and by
it's help it is hoped that this pest can De
kept under in the future.
A FAMOUS German restaurauteur went
into the bankruptcy court the otner
day, Judge of the sensations OF MS
customers when they learned that ne
owed bill of $4,000 marks to knacker
for sunDlving him with the carcasses OF
horses and donkeys To the ingenious
nnastion as to what he wanted with
tteso animals the man had to answer,
ssNhy. nv customers ate them as VEN
ison." ,;., ,t11,
took nlace at Lexington, ky.-the
largest on record.
Tur damage to the cereal crops, IN
Canada by insects has been estinateu at
S3S. COO, 900.
IN Rail, an island in the Indian Archi-.
nelaoo east of Java, the burning OF
widows still goes on.
IN Corea sheets of paper pass tor,
n,onav. one sheet brings one quart OF
rice or twenty sheets piece OF hemp
| cloth. -, c a;g,ro,,t
places on this globe where cannlbailsim
Is nracticed, but the custom IS gradually
| dying out. 1, 900
:, " o ,HS only So, 900 attend the pub
~; H. schools. and many of those so for
but one month.
WOMAN who fell into swollen
.aap near Lowtonville, Ga, was res
o e,o'l and the first thing she said to her
49, n.servers was; "Do you know where
can hire q cook
TuE Cheyenne Sun says the e, electro
storm which accompanied Meloourne
shower killed two COWS 1or y W A.
and and one for A. II. Hord. AS M