Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-06-21
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Tin was discovered in Britain AGO
+. &.
The Catholic church claims 191 ,OOO,-
600 members.
--Gioia of Amal invented the mari
ners compass in 1907.
"A clothmakers' union was formed in
the Netherlands A. -. 1902.
The orbit of a comet was first math-
ematically calculated in 1887.
The great Mont Gents tunnel was sue
cessfully completed i'll 1870.
"A college of medical science was
founded at Paris by Charles v in 1864
English scarlet wooden cloaks were
known allsover Europe in 1175.
Sir George Williams. who founded the
Y. NJ. c. A, is IL retail storekeeper
Charlemagnc in $50 sent Offa, king
Of Mercia, two silk coats as presents
-Galen made remarkable advances in
the science of medicine in the year 1863.
-Constantinople was made literary,
political and religious center in $50.
--Camphor should not be placed next
to furs, as it will make the color lighter.
A mill was built in Germany for the
manufacture of paper from linen in 1890.
1t is said that castor oil applied once
Il day for several weeks will remove
warts.
Cotton cloth was commonly worn in
Arabia in the time of Mohammed, A. ID.
G27.
Wire hairpins were first invented in
154J. Before that wooden skewers were
used.
The estimated cost to both sides of
the great Civil War in this country was
ST, 800 200, 600.
The spring and autumn maneuvcrs of
European armies cost annually over SlO,-
00O, 900
There were 400. 900 men in the field
of Sadowa, of whom $4,000 were killed
or disabled.
AT Borodino 25O.O0O French and
Russians fought, and the dead ana
wounded numbered $4,000.
Down to the year 1876 Krupp had
delivered TO various European nations
over $4,000 cannon.
The lustcr of morocco may be re-
tanned by applying the white OF an egg
with sponge.
A Wheeling CIV. Val man claims to
have Il canary that can whistle Yankee
Doodle.
1t is estimated that 100000 pet birds
are kept in Paris or one for every twenty
inhabitants, inclusive of babies.
The orchid is now the aristocrat
| among flowers, its collection and cultiva-
ton being Il passion i'll many circles.
Paris gets Il rental of 100000 francs
| A year from the proprietors of cafes who
use portions of the sidewalk for tables.
A man named Pohaski was sentenced
| to one month in thc workhouse in New
York last week tor pulling the WnlskerS
| of Mcndal herman.
In 1864 the pointed hoods worn by
| the ladies often reached four feet above
! the head, making the lady's face appear
about the center of the body.
I'm the sixteenth century no lady was
considered in full dress unless she had Il
| mirror at her breast. 1t was oval in
shape, about lX6 inches il size.
Queen Victoria is the most powerful
widow on the globe She rules II .47J,-
| NI7 square miles of the carth's territory,
| and BIS. 125.SJ7 of it's population.
| "A Georgia couple have been remar-
ricd. after being divorced twenty eight
years. at the home of a daughter who
, never saw her father till the day of the
! ceremony.
From 1874 to 1856 the style of hair
dressing in Paris changed seventeen
| times, and went from the extreme of
! short curls and a skull cap to Il hat three
| feet broad.
In the Roman catacombs have been
| found several sets of false teeth. manu-
| featured from ivory to repair the ravages
of time in the mouths of Roman beauties.
Salt Lake City is one of the most
beautiful in the United States. 1t was
laid out when land was worthless. The
streets are wide and each has Il rivulet
| running through it.
The memorial tower being erected by
| Russian Hebrews on the highest point of
| the Mount of Olives ut Jerusalem will
| give view of both the Mediterranean
| and Dead seas.
Fruit grown near the ground may
| contain the bacteria of typhoid fever,
| diphthcria or cholera, which may have
| found their way into the material used
| for fertiiZing, or may have become in
| corporated with the dried dust.
kid and silk gloves came into use in
Europe about the end of the fifteenth cen
| fury. At first only princesses and ladies
of high rank were allowed 70 wear them.