Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-04-14
BY THE WAY

HE Methodist let Episcopal Church has
oser 10 i2,V nn ministers, a. 00Olocal preach
e ere' eioo,0oO official members. and 200
wv sunday school officers and teachers
HEN the men and women of the
last Inoles want to wash their hands
.hey squeeze the juice of a lemon over
they are clean. ou'ii
The latest substitute for glass is q lind
OF dry, flexible collodion II re a;nu
the action of salts, alkalies and dilnt.'
ACIDS, and is inodorous and transnarant
LIS chief use is likely to be in photo.
graphy. po'o-
In German literary publications. dnr.
Ing 1881 theology held the first nlaca
Out OF 1880 literary productions, .763
belonged to the province of theolooy
ana l,I3l to literature proper novels
poems, dramas).
IN Rlo de Janeiro the camelia is used
IN magnificent way at the fetes. The
walls OF the halls where entertainments
are nelo are covered with SPRAYS con-
tanning Three camelias and their mol
lshed foliage. ~ w. poi-
DURING Queen Victoria's reign their
nave been only three vacanciesin which
the Queen did not personally receive
the insignia of the deceased knight.
When foreign sovereign dies who Is a
Knight OF the Garter his insignia comes
PACK directly to the Lord Cham berlain
through the foreign office.
AT the present time the whole num-
per OF double stars known and recorded
Oy astronomers is something over TO-
oCO, lar exceeding the number of stars
Visible to the naked eye in the entire
ornament (about 6,O00), and others are
Delng frequently discovered by the
great telescopes now in existence.
WILD woman was captured recently
III the woods near St. Hedwig, Tex.
where she has been living for the past
SIX years: In all that time she has never
slept under roof, and her dress was
made of reeds and leaves. She lived for
the most part on pecan nuts. She was
sent to an insane asylum.
THE alleged connection between Gvp-
sizes and the nails used in the crucifixion
has frequently been referred to. Itissaid
that the thinkers are descendants of the
one who made the nails for the cross,
and are condemned to wander continu-
ally without rest. This tradition is very
common in the Highlands of Scotland.
The percentage of women who sue
cesstully pass the examination for gov
eminent positions is greater than that
of men.
How Chinese women were expected
to behave themselves 1000 years ago
is set forth in an ancient Chinese work
in 3l3 chapters.
The steel used by the United States
navy is recommended by the Austrian
Society of Engineers as the best known
in practical science
A FLORIDA fish story tells of shad,
some 20 inches long, which leaped from
one stream to another, over consider
able space of ground, in search of food.
AN experiment in weaving silk by
electric looms has been made in Ger
many, and the results encourage a re-
turn to manufacturing in the houses of
the weavers.
SPARRows, stares and plovers are on
friendly terms with the fairies. The
larks and the swallows are birds of good
omen, but the latter should not rest on
the housetop.
AUSTRALIA will send to the Worlds
Fair probably the biggest astronomical
clock ever made. 1t will be 40 feet
high and 25 feet square, and is to be
built of colonial cedar.
OLD peach trees are now being report
ed from various parts of the country,
but Southern papers claim that the
oldest free-bearing tree is living IN
Georgia and is 50 years old.
THE Chinese have many kinds of
ceremonial dishes and cakes. Thus,
oranges form an Introductory course at
ceremonial dinners, and preserves OF
betel nuts are offered to the guests at
the New Year.
Crows like crickets, come for good or
evil luck, but the "curse of the crows
ia q malediction to be avoided. If good
luck abides in the homestead where
they build their rookery they should
not be molested.
AT the end of July last there were
Sc. 500 electric lamps-incandescent and
arc-in use in Paris. At the end Of
March. 1891, the number was 100, 600,
so that during a period OF sixteen
months the number of lamps In use IN
creased by Al 500.
LAST years passenger figures show
that the two German lines-the North
German Lloyd and the Hamburg-Ame-
rican-carried to America more passen-
gers than the whole of the English great
Atlantic lines sailing from Liverpool put
together.
RECENT investigation has shown that
the amount of tannin, which is the nox-
ious element in tea, is from three times
to five times as greatin the Bengal and
Cevlon leaf as in the Chinese. The at
tention of the medical profession III
America is called to this fact.
ARIZONA has one of the greatest cop
ner mines in the world. The Copper
pmeen is one of worldwide reputation,
and during 1891, with copper, down to to
r;diculously low prices, and the cos! OF
development work running up lnt 9
the millions the mine paid dividend
of $S5O,OOO.