Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-08
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

S1O0UUO,UUU ana Owing Out D1.So1,oVU.
Pulling away the old soil from close
up around the stems of the trees, and
applying rich, heavy soil in its place, IS
quite a benefit.
The chancellor of the Order of the
Garter follows the privy council, ana
precedes the chamberlain of the ex-
chequer, if the latter be not OF noble
degree.
1t has been discovered by two
French scientists that most precious
stones, such as the ruby, the sapphire
and the emerald, can readily be told
from their limitations by means of the
Roentgen rays.
The secretary of the Brassworkers'
association, Birmingham, which has
membership of some 10000, says that
he has been identified with the brass
trade in all it's many ramifications dur
ing his whole life, and that he is quite
positive there is no such thing as an
idol factory in Birmingham.
Some observations carried out by
Arthur Macdonald have brought to light
this interesting fact that persons breathe
less when they are concentrating their
minds on study or work, and also when
under the influence Of depressing emo
ton. On the other hand, we breathe
more when exhilarated by pleasure and
amusements.
The skeleton of large bird now Oh
exhibition in the museum of Christ $
church. New Zealand, gives one a faint
idea of the gigantic form of animal life
which once existed on this planet. The
skeleton is that of a Moa a bird former
ly indigenous to New Zealand but which
is believed to have become extinct about
1000 years ago.
The dressing of Goldfish is an opera
ton requiring skill and rapidly. 4
man called the ''throater' cuts the hshs
throat and rims if omen and masses If 10
the header" who removes the mead
and entrailS; the splitter then splits
the fish open and takes out part of
the backbone, and the "salter' piles ZIP
the fish in tiers in the hold Of the boat
and salts them.
A few years ago Capt Boycott, the
owner of an estate in ireland, incurred
the i'll will of his neighbors, and they
adopted severe measures to indicate
their displeasure. Tradesmen would sell
him nothing, nor would they have any
other dealings with him, and workmen
refused to enter his service. From this
circumstance arose the practice known
as "boycotting."
When two Negritos, a people of the
Philippine islands are united, the whole
tribe is assembled, and the affianced pair
climb two trees growing near TO each
other; the elders then bend the branches
until the heads of the couple meet.
contact, the marriage is legally accom-
plished, and great rejoicings take place,
a fantastic dance completing the cere-
mony.
Glass. as far as research has been
able to determine, was in use 200O years
before the birth of Christ, and was even
then not in its infancy by any manner
of means In the state collection at
the British museum there is the head of
a lion moulded in glass. bearing the
name of an Egvntian king of the elev-
enth dynasty. This is the Oldest speci-
men of pure glass bearing anything like
Il date now known to exist.
The crocodile's methods Of capturing
large game are plural as well as sim
gular. Sometimes he will lie on a river
bank, partly covered with sand or mud
until an absent-minded native Wanders
within reach. Having grabbed his prey,
he will waddle into the water and there
Grown the struggler. He will then drag
his victim ashore and bury him in sand
or mud, and wait for days before he
gorges himself.
The great bustard is the rarest bird
that comes under the head of game.
This bird formerly haunted all the level
counties of England, and was particular
ly common on Salisbury plain. From the
reign of Henry VIII. repeated measures
were passed in order to protect it; aud it
is expressly included under the head of
game in the statute of the first year
of the reign of William w., which codi
fed and reformed the laws relating to
game.
In the Highlands of Scotland 1T the
present time the osprey usually makes
its nest on the fiat top Of a pine tree;
but formerly it just as frequently Sc
lected a battlement or a chimney Of
some ruin, generally on an island. The
nest is a pile of sticks, as much as four
feet high and as many broad-the ac
emulation of many years intermiNed
with turf and other vegetable matter
lined with finer twigs, and finally with
grass, much of it often green.
Too Much for Them.
The Tenderloin is the home Of the
jaded stomach, which is perhaps not the
least of several Enthusiastically J;tded