Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-08-03
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

The japanese despise women who
become intoxicated. Consequently it is
rarely that woman Of Japan is seen
drunk.
The line pride hath no other glass
TO show itself but pride" is from Shakes
peares Troilus and Cressida, Act III.
When a humming bird alights near
a flower from which no food can be eX-
tracted, it has been known to exhibit
wrath by excitedly chattering and tear
ing the flower to pieces.
During 1895 Germany sent to the
Cape and the Transvaal upwards of a
million worth of iron, machinery, textile
fabrics and chemicals, or nearly three
times as much as she did in 1892.
An anti-cat league exists in Munster,
Westphalia The members are pledged
to kill all the stray cats they see. Last
year they killed 1922 of the felines, and
display their tails as evidence OF thelr
work.
-Verestchagin is about to publish a
new book entitled ''Autobiographies of
Unimportant People" 1t is a series OF
sketches with realistic portraits of beg
CARS soldiers, priests and other common
Russian types.
John H Brown of Santa Cruz, Cal,
saw the first American flag raised IN
San Francisco. It was foated in May,
ID. IL Il
officers of the United States warshlp
Portsmouth.
Hundreds of people visit the Hermit
age. Andrew Jackson's old Tennessee
home, every month, and the income de-
rived from the admission fee OF IL Genus
is a very neat source of revenue to the
association that keeps the house in re-
pair.
Schultz is a very common name in
RerIin. A wise wag, in the crowded par
quette of theater in that city, shouted
"Schultz's house is on firev' All the
Deople Of that name quickly dashed out
of the house, and soon there were plenty
of vacant seats.
An old lady in Brussels, who recent
ly celebrated her Tooth birthday, relates
that when Napoleon passed through her
native village of Fumay, in 1910, peas
ant having fallen on his knees to ask
favor, the Emperor said: "Get up, and
never kneel except to God!'
In English official quarters it is
stated that Mr.. Chambers will shortly
recall Sir II. II. Johnston from Central
Africa, where he is now acting as Brit
ish commissioner. Sir III. II. Johnston
cobus de Wet as British resident in Pre-
toria.
Jubilee, according to the Jewish def
milton, denotes every fiftieth year, being
that following the revolution of seven
weeks of years. at which time all the
slaves were made free, and all lands re-
verified to their ancient owners. The jul
bilees were not observed after the Baby
lonish captivity.
When moths have once taken posses
sion of flannel. it's valuable property is
destroyed Any strong scent in the
drawer in which they are kept-or bitter
apples from the chemists, cut in slices,
sewn up in muslin bags, and placed
among the articles, whether wooden OF
furs, will preserve them from the at
tacks of the moth.
In the recent sweep of the Bots de
Boulogne for disreDutable characters a
tramp with strange history was taken.
He had been a sailor and master of a
sailing vessel, had undertaken to explore
Abyssinia, and had ended by becoming
chief cook to King Menelik. He grew
homesick, however, made his escape, and
on reaching France had been unable to
find work.
Pneumatic tubes have many uses,
but one of the latest is attracting a great
deal of attention from it's novelty. This
is the tube for stacking straw. It is
built in sections, and is controlled by
metal straps, pivots and arms. The
straw is drawn into the tube, carried
through it with great velocity, and by
turn-table and swinging arrangement
like a crane is evenly distributed OH the
stack.