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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24
Life-Shortening Occupations.

The Medical Age contains the fol-
lowing abstract from the Journal Of
the American Medical Association:
One of the curious features of mod
ern life is the extent to which the
most hazardous trades are oyerrun
by applicants for work. The electric
light companies never find any diff
Guilty in obtaining all the linemen
they need, Notwithstanding the fact
that the dangers of that kind of bust
ness have been demonstrated times
without number. The men who work
in factories where wall paper is made
frequently joke one another over the
tradition that mans life, in this
trade, is shortened ten years. A SIM
liar belief is prevalent in factories
where leather papers are made, and
among men who have to handle them,
and whose lungs are said to become
impeded by inhaling the dust arising
from such papers. In certain other
factories, where brass ornaments and
fittings are made, the air is laden
with very fine brazen particles, which
are, when inhaled, especially irritat-
ing to the lungs. But one of the
most singular advertised calls for en-
ployes that was ever printed appeared
recently in a Connecticut newspaper.
signed by firm engaged in the bust
ness of building towers. 1t called
for applicants only among those who
are young, strong, and courageous,
and closed by saying: I'VE warn all
seekers for this job that it is of the
most dangerous nature, and that few
men continue in it more than few
years. In fact. it is almost certain
death to the workman who follows this
occupation"
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place throughout an area OF two and a
half miles in diameter. The bed Of the
River Neo. in the vicinity of Mizuto-
muro, was raised about six feet, and the
rumb}ing of the mountain in that vicin
ity was heard at frequent intervals. Out
of 700 temples in Gifu Prefecture more
than one-third are totally desl royed.
Anything like heavy rainfall would
cause nearly the whole of Gifu to be
flooded, and many months will be re-
ouired to repair the river embankment-
In some parts of the town soiling mud
spouted out of the assures to the height
of ten feet. A majority of these geysers
continued spouting over two hours at
Osaka, which town also suffered greatly
from earthquake The Dense Cotton
Mill was reported as having collapsed
and over twenty-five were killed and
wounded. The Matsushima Cotton Mill
also suffered, and several deaths were
reported, while the Naniwa Cotton Mill
at Osaka. d three->tory brick building
costing 1925, 900, was partially crushed
down by the ground flood, causing a loss
of twenty-three lives
The condition of the devastated sec
tion is such that large number of In
habitants left those prefectures to OBJ
tain work elsewhere to support them
selves One hundred and fifty thousand
people in one prefecture alone have
applied for assistance
Aside from the large donation raised
for the sufferers by popu ar subscription,
the Emperor and Empress made dona-
tions of $50, 600 from the privy purse.
Large quantities of food was also dis
trihuted.
The earthquake was tn, most severe
experienced since the terrible catastro-
Dhe of 50 and must be rauked as ma
tional calamity. The greatest damage
to buildings and loss of life occurred in
the procedures of Achy and Gifu, in
which nearly 4, o0o people were killed
outright and 200 seriously wounded In
those two procedures there were A., 600
houses totally destroyed. The number
-of provinces throughout which the dis
turbances were strongly felt are thirty
one. The center seems to have been in
Mino and Dwarf, but even as far south
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and others were choked with people
rushing to and fro. The chtmneys of
the Normal School went crushing
through the roof and the build
ing presented the appearance of
having been bombarded One story
of the postoffice was ruined. The rail
road station was destroyed and the
Dwarf thread factory, large brick build
ings, crashed in, killing hundreds of
people, The old castle stood firm, but
many gateways were demolished, and
the brick courthouse, for the military,
was wrecked. Fires started in several
portions Of the city, but were subdued.
Along the line Of the Tokaido Railway,
proceeding from Gifu to Kano, the lat
ter place was found wholly in ruins, not
house remaining standing. The town
of Kasamatsu Jared like Kano, every
dwelling being a mass of debris. Every
where survivors were TO be found dig
ging out dead and wounded and fighting
against conhagrations that broke out on
all sides. Many survivors were SO utter
ly COMPOUNDED and terror-stricken that
they could only stand staring vacantly
at the scene of destruction. Day and
night the work of carrying the wounded
to .Nagoya proceeded. A continued
stream Of body bearers passed along the
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as Higo and Rikushu in the north tho
disturbance was sensibly felt.
A Knot or Nautical Mile.

How much is a knot? This question
is asked, we believe, in every sea pas
sage by some passenger or other, and
never meets with clear reply. Sailors
themselves do not describe it distinct
ly, and books of reference differ as to
it's dimensions. We purpose to answer
the question here.
A knot is one-siXtieth of a mean
degree OF the earth's meridian. This
definition requires explanation and
also numerical computation.
The earth's meridian is commonly
described as any circle whose center
is the center of the earth, and whose
circumference passes through the
poles. This is not exact, because the
meridian is not true circle. Evil
IDENTIFY, it would be true circle if the
earth were true sphere, but the
earth is not true sphere; it is q
spheroid, it's diameter measured on
the axis being less than it's diameter
at the equator. Hence the circum-
ference of a section of the earth by a
plane passing through its center and
the poles, which circumference is q
meridian, is not true circle but an
oval. Bearing this in mind, it will
be easy to understand the meaning Of
a mean degree of the earth's merid-
ian.
If three hundred and sixty separ-
ate degrees be set off from the center
of perfect circle, it is evident that
the circular measure of each degree
measured on the circumference of the
circle will be the same. But if they
be set off from the center of an oval,
the measurements on the circumfer-
ence Of the oval will not all be the
same. That this is the case any one
may demonstrate for himself by draw
ing an oval and it's minor axis, and
then, from the center of the oval, with
radius equal to its semi-minor axis,
inscribing a circle in the oval. If,
now, degrees. or rather, for conyen-
fence, equimultiples of degree, be
set off from the common center, the
geometry Of the figure will show at
once the variations in the circular
measurements on the circumference
of the oval.
meridian is the average length of
these three hundred and sixty I'M
equal measurements, and it is OBJ
tanned by dividing the length of the
meridian by three hundred and sixty.
Astronomers have measured the
earth's meridian and found it to be
131 259, 2S7 English feet. Dividing
this by three hundred and sixty, we
get 364, 609.1 ID feet as the length of a
mean degree Of the meridian. One
siXtieth of this, then, is a knot; and
thus, by division, knot is found to
be 6016.S18 feet, or POPS. 6 yards, or
l mile 1866 yards.
1t will now be convenient to notice
that knot being 6076. SIS feet, and
mile being $3.50 feet, the proper
tion of knot to a mile is very nearly
as 6,076 is to $3.50; or, dividing by
four, as 1,519 is to 1920, which is
very nearly as Is to 13. So that, for
ordinary purposes, knots may be con-
verted into miles by taking thirteen
knots as equal to fifteen miles, and
vice versa
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24
She Lost Her SmokiDg-Set.

A youthful countess, bearer of one
of the most ancient titles in the Aus
trian nobility, recently having the
misfortune to be despoiled Of hcl
treasures by thieves while travelling,
publishes the following list of articles
as stolen from her trunks: "One golG
cigarette case, meerschaum mouth
piece, set in gold; an aluminium cigar
.ette case. an Irish pipe, almost black
in appearance, gold mounted, with
an onyx mouthpiece: a silver match
box, gold cigarette pipe, four plain
cigarette cases in gold, silver and
platinum, and one set with diamonds
and rubies." Rather formidable
outfit for lady Of high degree, sug-
gestive of the prevalence of the smok-
ing habit among women Of royal walk
and place
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24

Gifu and in a short time spreaa 70 suoa
a. on d IH in their work of digging out
the wounded and dying. BY so,clock IN IN
the evening every part OF the Town ,hi.o mss
wrapped in flames and the mn. lnnap - the
leeing the town, took refuge ~ 'no
woods. IN h,rr;ng fftv
worshipers at ogakl. - make
= - tb ,n = ty Of Nagoya the loss OF lie IS
up wy 20 Of from 75O to 1000. Ensures
es.,', faet wide and several feet deep were
Two les' +ha railway rails were twisted,
10 nie. ..;d .n broken. river entertainments
IRON u ~ ernmbed, and fields flooded
suns s,,i u onl.ments of the Niagara, kiso,
shouai, Colo, and Niko Rivers were
broken. s 6ftv miles of en-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24
Harness and Leather.

Varnish for cleaning and preserv-
ing harness and other leather goods:
Four ounces of shellac, half ar ounce
of camphor, and one ounce of resin
are dissolved in one pint of methyla-
ted spirit and shaken at intervals fol
forty-eight hours. The mixture is
then colored to suit the kind of leath-
er with which it is to be used. Other
resins, solvents, and proportions may
be adopted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24

, image destroyed. These towns in the
rnr rrg provinces, Ezozi, Mino and Cwari,
q nor S1h total of 3, 400 killed and
' TO houses totally destroyed.
n n ~V Town of Fnagerio escaped lightly
ho, COMPARISON with the region west OF
A s3., embracing Gifu, Ogaki, and Il to.
tho 'sHI shock was felt at Nagerio on
Wearna 'sht of Sunday, Oct. rs On
Ware "eSuay morning forty Christians
Notb assembled in one building of tle
SonnS 9o,9C Protestant school when a
bui'dGinonJ Instant rumbling arose and the
ers Ga5s began to totter. The worship
his WIZ G 70 the doors One Christ.a and
and Vie ttS We're killed by falling bricks
50 b oTs' and two other Japanese were
died "O y. injured that they have since
iDr NJ VI eight foreigners in the build
arjes o and Mrs. Van Dyke, mission
'0nuuctlng the meetings, together
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roscr,ption of the Devastation.

inscription of the Devastation.
r,o terrible earthquake which visited
lD 4Iominions of the Mikado Oct %,
~ ", WAS was one of the most destructive of
Dg Shn noint of the central CONFUSION
l nns to have been not far from the geo.
Ss ,u5lcsI center of the country. some
i % niles west of Yokohama. There oc-
.. ND a marked subsistence of the
S a.,Ss surface throughout an area two
S a. ano.ha ( miles in diameter. The
' 'n1 the river was raised six feet and
Nv 200 miles of cmbankment were
n,"od Newly formed geysers spouted
,n5 for hours, a lake 600 yards long was
,.mpd at the foot of a mountain, and
,"mprous yawning assures opened at
&o fppt of terrified mems and women in
Io cities, while their residences were
,r,bling about their ears, and 4,OO0 peo-
.o,ore reported to have been killed,
T,py more seriously injured, $1,000
iorses destroyed, and 100000 rendered
5oneoss. From Oct. % to No 5
@rthouakcs still continued to be
St 1t is estimated that g.
400 shocks, or more than one
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO
lNGS HERE AND THERE.
jokes and Joke cts that Are Supposed As
Have Been Recently Born Sayings aaasa
Doings that Are Odd, Curious mxsa
lauGhRblc.

Accounted For.
Dear Jess, 1t seems quite strange TO me-
docs it seem strange to you2)
When we together used to be,
We both were twenty-five.
But now we meet (can 1t be true?--
/ think 1t DER and o'ero
I've passed mysforty- first and you
Are only thir.y-four.
do not know, I do not care
How fortune favors you;
You look as young as when you were
My dear ut twenty-five.
But this I'd like to know dear jess,
(For SO it now appears),
Why you in age than me are less
BY more than seven years2
The matron dropped her deep-lashed eyes,
And, us she held him fast,
She answered, 'twixt her long drawn sighS;
"You know men live SO fast!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24
A Study in Black.

IOE!
A little boy stood beside a gam,
bling table, long ago, in an Idaho
mining town, and addressed this
trembling word to one of the players.
The father was a rough man with
great sinewy hands, a griZzled face
and thin, mcrciless lips.
But his eyes-hOw vicious and
utterly lost the light that flashed
from their reddish balls!
"Say, pop, when you goin' home?"
Again the timid voice came to the
rough man, and he laid down his
cards deliberately and turned around.
The boy knew the light that blazed
from those eyes only too well, and he
drew back and huddled himself to-
gether in piteous but mute appeal
for mercy.
whats that to you, you young
whelp? Git out @ here, now, an
don't We waste a mint or Ill be the
death o. you. Are you goin'?"
Slowly, sadly the little fellow
turned and walked to the saloon door:
Then he paused to look back and
found those vicious red eyes still
fixed upon him, and the voice came
to his ears:
what you stoppin' fur? Git"
And gulping down sob that was
rising in his throat, the boy passed
through the door.
For another hour the players silent
ly played their cards, and the rough
man said, as he took the pack in his
hands:
"How many cards, Pete?
But before Pete could reply there
came the quivering words:
Pop, hain't you mos dOne?"
The rough man cried out an oath
and turned. He did not say word,
but he drew back his great sinewy
fist to strike the shivering child.
Hold up, Ike Baker" cried Pete,
leaning across the table and catching
the raised arm, don't you hit i'm"
There was devilishness in the red
eyes, and had he struck, it would
have been blow to kill.
For a moment not sound was
heard, and then came the nose of a
scuf1le from an adjoining table.
"Ole Copper is havin' it out with
Big Jerry" volunteered a bystander.
A moment later pistol shot was
heard--one shot was ala shot that
laid the little boy with trembling
voice low on the saloon floor. A
higher power had made OF Big Jerry
an instrument in concentrating a
merciful deed.
Good God, Ike" cried Pete, big
Jerry has killed yer boy!"
Not the culver of muscle-not a
shadow Of expression crossed the
rough mans stolid face. He cast one
glance of his vicious red eyes toward
the little lifeless heap on the floor,
then, drawing revolver, he turned
it upon Big Jerry and shot him dead
where he was standing.
BLOOD for blood" lie muttered,
catching up the pack once more with
his sinewy hands. How many cards
did you say, Pete?"-F'ree Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24
Quite Another Cause.

Sympathetic Passenger-That's "a
queer mark on your right thumb, por-
ter. l guess the backing brush han-
die caused it.
The Porter Extraordinarily - No,
sab. OATS not made by the handle
oh de brush. 1t am caused by de-
friction oh de new shears | got feG
clippin' my coupons. Laws, Mistaha
yer look 'zif We was goin' ter faint
Hab glass oh ice wattah. Pittsburg
Bulletin.
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Making a Market.

Stranger-Say, Sambo, III give you
five dollars if you'll go through this
village tonight and carry off all the
ROSTERS.
Sambo Indignantly Il amt no
chicken thief.
Il don't want you to steal them.
Just remove them for few days.
Then you can bring them back"
what good'll dat do you?"
Il am peddling alarm clocks. p
Street s. Smiths Good News. /
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per, lay it on the table and cover the
closed end of it with several books
a Webster unabridged and family
bible, for instance-then blow into
the bag; filing or initiating it with air,
and you will soon see that it will
overthrow the books-that is, remove
a small mountain.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24

with one other person, wero dangerous-
~ hurt. Out Of doors the city was in an
uproar Wild shrleks shouts, and in
Vulnerable noises filled the air, while
every Few moments came terrible thun.
uer from the angry earth. Many of the
s'rects were blocked with fallen hcuses
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24

1oo>rS were overthrown and 100 people
""ed In the town Of Ogaki $500
houses were overthrown and 1000 houses
y"oed Thirteen hundred were injured
!. '0e town of Tokogahama, and 1900
muses. overturned and burned. Eighty
,?I people were killed in kitagtin ach,
ISuF IN Entakatomi and the entire
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24
Not Altogether a Success.

"Therc is only one thing / regret
about my last failure, said Chicago
business man, contidentially to a
friend.
whats that?" asked the friend, in
quisitively.
1.-THE thirty-three cents on the dol
lar that | was obliged to pay. SOM
erville Journal.
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THE HUMAN BREATH.
1t VIII Not Move Mountains, but Has tIlt
Power TO Raise Large Books.

1I W III MOI MOV6 MOuitHInSs DtIG HIM Tic
Power TO Raise Large Books.
The horsepower of the human
breath is not great elough to scatter
a regiment of soldiers, nor will 1t up
root trees, as the fable tells us, albeit
it contains surprising amount of
leverage, which is evidenced by the
loud report which paper bag filled
with the breath will produce when
smashed between the hands.
The following experiment demon
strates the elementary power Of the
human breath still more forcibly.
Take large bag of good, heavy pa
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24

Willie-Pa, what's rhinestone?
skin suckers. -Jewelers' Weekly,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24

bankment in tho Gifu Prefecture alone
will have to tie rebuilt
lake 600 yards long and sixty yards
wide was formed at the foot of Hakusan,
a mountain in Gifu Prefecture Big
rocks beside fongen Hill Inaba Hill,
and several other hills in Gifu gavo way.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24
signal Service.

McFingle-I understand that Gam
by has received an appointment to
the signal service.
McFangle - Candy! Why, he
doesn't know anything. What sort
of :: position does he hold?
McFingle-He flags trains at a
croSsing!--BOston News,
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every two minutes, were felt. The town
Of Gilu, ON the Tokaido Railway, with
apopu.aton of $4,000 people, was al
most entirely destroyed; $500 out of a
total of 400 houses in the town were
Werhrown or burned, and TAI people
we're killed In the town Of Kane 600
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24
Thought They Were Mons.

Mrs. Instyle-And how did you like
those lovely chrysanthemums I sent
you?
Aunt Oldstyle-Chrys-were them
those flowers? Why, bless you, /
took 'em for mops, and thought they
we're pretty poor ones at that!-Bos-
Ton News .
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A Literal Truth.

Sageman-How is it you failed to
meet popular expectation? The
whole town looked on you as affianced
to Miss Tickle.
Sapsum-Yes, that's so, but you
see / subsequently discovered that
she was suffering from heart-failure-
"You don't say!"
But l do say! Her heart failed to
find any room for me within it's sa-
cred Enclosure, and Of course that
knocked our engagement endwise" -
Boston Courier.
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1t Turned Her Head.

why did Lots wife look back?"
asked the pretty Sunday-school
teacher.
Il suppose woman passed her With
new bonnet on" replied Johnny
Cumso. Epoch.
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In the Scenery.

He was at one of-the mountain re-
sorts during the summer, noted for
its beautiful scenery, and late one
night when it was dark as pitch his
wife found him out on a bluff in front
of the hotel with bottle.
Great Governor, George" she ex-
claimed, what are you doing out here
this time of night?"
Drinking in the beautiful scenery,
my dear, he replied little thickly.t
'But it is pitch dark and you can't
drink it in" she persisted.
"My dear" he said, turning toward
her unsteadily, with the bottle in his
hand, Il didn't say 1 was drinking it,
in; l said / was drinking in it. You
must think Pm drunk, m'dear> De,
troit Free Press
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rIpAN BADLY SHAKEN.
oucANDS KILLED BY EARTH
fHo0 QUAKE SHOCKS.

Thrown Down and Whole Cities
Sou' ,od-People Buried I'm the Ruins
,a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of the Dam
,,ed Region
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railway, which was the only aValiaoie
route.
Shortly after the shock had leveied
thousands of houses in Gifu, when
seemed to be the center of the disturb
ance, and while hundreds of people Wee
wing buried in the debris, flames burst
from the ruins of the silk factory IN
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24
Baby's Ailment.

Wife (sleepily)-What is the mat
ter with baby?
Husband (on the waikiki think he
is suffering from an attack of yellow
fever.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24

Zushima division of Motosu District I'M
derwent a complete transformation, and
at Nogo, in Ono District, marked sub
sidence of the earth's surface has taken
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-12-24

Water sprang from cracks in the ground.
The wat n wells was changed to a
brownish color and rendered unfit for
drinking.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-08
THE WAY TO COOK BANANAS.

If the banana is taken just after its
rind has begun to grow golden but is
still streaked with green it will contain a
great deal of starch, which will make it
palatable when cooked, while the small
amount of sugar which has been formed
will give it sweetness like sweet po-
tato, says writer in Harper's Young
People.
Strip the rind off and boil it until soft,
and it will make one of the incest vege-
tables you ever ate.
If you live in the country, where you
are blessed with the luxury of an open
wood fire, try roasting some peeled half
ripened bananas in the ashes, as you do
potatoes, and see how savory morsel
they make.
1t is one of the commonest sights along
the Amazon to see groups of half-clad In
dian men and women squatting around
little camp fires roasting bananas and
having endless mirth trying to pick them
out OF the hot Us without burning
their fingers.
We are all used to fried bananas, but
we are prone to forget that for this pur-
pose they should not be fully ripe, as
that makes them too soft and too sweet.
Above all, banana roasted or fried
should be served hot, for as soon as it
becomes cold it grows tough and unpala-
table.
Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1891-05-08
The Poor Flower Makers.

Flower making is one of the starving
industries of New York City. 1t takes
from two to six years to learn the bust
ness. Roses, leaves, violets and clusters
like lilacs are the popular branches and
all are paid by the piece. The first year
the learner averages 81 week; the Sec
ond year S2 so; the third So; the fourth
81, and after that eighty cents day is
considered fair pay, for the reason that
first class work is not abundant, the
buyers preferring imported flowers for
the same money to the home product.
Strong chemicals are used in the work
and have deleterious influence on the
health of the girls. These rose-makers
and foliage-branchers are very nice girls
as class. Taste is required in the work,
which has refining influence on tho
called upon to exert it.-Neao YOrk
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