Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1894-09-20
BITS OF FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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BITS OF FOREIGN GOSSIP.
The regulations of the British post
office require that every unsound tooth
| shall be taken out of a mans head be-
| fore he can be employed. An unfOrtun-
ate girl who recently was examined for
| promotion had fourteen teeth taken out
at one sitting by order of the official den
tist who explained that 1--WE can't have
girls laid up with toothache.''
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bership of over 100000, have made re-
| turns for July to the labor department
of the English board of trade, which
show that IA of their members were I'M
| employed, as compared with 63 in June
and 60 in July, 1893 The depression is
| greatest in the metal, textile and ship
building industries
Among the recent improvements made
| in the London West India docks is a new
| entrance lock 400 feet long with a uni
form depth of thirty feet of water over the
| sils connecting the river with the basin.
and allowing the largest vessels which go
| up the Thames to enter the docks. In
letting in the water Il novel device is
used to prevent cross currents. The
| water is admitted through openings at the
bottom of the dock, covered by metal
| d1SkS as III q Datn.
The slab that is to cover the grave of
| Robert Browning in Westminster abbey
| is almost completed and will be sent
| shortly to England from Venice. 1t is
| of Oriental porphyry. of which the poet
! was particularly fond, set in Il frame of
Sienna marble, and, though rich, is ex-
tremely simple. The inscription will con-
sist only of the name and date, with an
| liSh hn
| tine lily below.
A Milanese pianist named Gravagni has
just won a bet by playing for twenty
five consecutive hours without a rest. He
began at II at night and played until mid
vision of a jury of eight musicians, his
| selections ranging from Wagner to comic
| opera. From time to time friend poured
! coffee, tea and eggs beaten i'll Marsala
wine down his throat and at the end
he offered to keep on for another six hours,
! According to statistics recently collect
ed in France from 1865 to 1870, under the
second empire, there were 1915 condemna-
| lions to death and 50 communications of
sentence, or A per cent; under MacMa-
hon, from 1873 to 1873, ITO sentences
and 112 combinations, 90 per cent: under
| Grevy, from 1873 to 1883, of oil con-
! formations 1872 were committed, or 76
per cent, and under Carnot the figures
| were 157 and 6S, 40 per cent Grevy was
| the most merciful and next to him Mac
Mahon, who, though Il soldier, found it
| hard to reject the appeals of the relatives
| of the condemned.
| To commemorate the recent marriage
| of his daughter, the Gar has issued a
| ukase for the establishment of the Nenia
| tn Ii, thn rl,fc of inn
poverished mobiles are to receive a gem
eral education and ''such practical knowl-
| edge us renders woman useful to her
| family and enables her to make an honest
| living in these times of demand for fe-
male labor" The palace of the Grand
taken for the use of the institute; 4O0,-
| 600 roubles are given at once for the
| equipment, and Il large sum is to be ap-
propriated yearly for the support of the
pupils.
! The conference of clergymen which met
| lately at Grindelwald for the purpose of
| securing greater unity of feeling among
| English Protestants has issued an appeal
| signed by the bishop of Worcester, Arch
| deacon Farrar and other prominent cler-
gymen of the Church of England, as
well as Presbyterian, Congregational,
| Baptist and Methodist ministers. They
| urge upon the churches of Great Britain
| and Ireland. first. the Importance of con-
| tinuing to pray for unity on Whitsunday:
second. the further formation of social
unions with the object of concerted ac-
ton ON the part of the churches for the
solution of the great problems which con-
| front earnest Christians everywhere, on
| PRINCIPLES common to the whole brother
! hood of believers; third the adoption of
periodical conferences between all Chris
| tan ministers in given districts for coun-
| sci and encouragement, with the object
| of preventing the wasteful overlapping
of Christian agencies: fourth. the cultiva-
ton of the belief that by brotherly con-
ferences differences may be overcome,
mutual concessions made and a desire for
real unity cultivated among Christians
! that all the disciples of our Lord may be
| one.
| Importers to Liverpool are bcstirring
themselves to have an end put to the dis,
| graceful state of things which now eX-
| lists at the ''lairages." the receptacles for
| imported cattle at Woodslde. The trade
has increased so much that the dock board
receives 100000 year from this source,
but it makes no effort to increase the
accommodations. When a cattle steam
err comes alongside these lairages are
| found to be already full. and some have TO
be cleared hastily to make room for the
new arrivals The cattle are driven,
| often ut nlSnt, INTO Il Warehouse, up d
cangway five feet wide and 200 feet long.
| with dangerous incline. In going up
| the unfortunate beasts are cruelty beaten
and often seriously hurt: those badly
| injured are dragged out and shot down a
shaft. to be slaughtered immediately.
When the animals are driven down again
they frequently arrive in a confused mass.
| become frantic. and gore each other hor-
/ ribly. Serious accidents happen, too, to
the men in charge. Aside from the tor
ture to the poor beasts the pecuniary loss
is considerable, and that will probably
soon effect a reform.