Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-11-12
SPINNING WHEEL.

Tall men live longer than short ones
Women have more chances of life III
their favor previous to 80 years OF age
than men have, but fewer afterwards.
The number of marriages is in the pro-
portion of 10 to 1000 individuals. Ihose
born in the spring are generally OF Il
more robust constitution than others.
Births are more frequent by night than
by day; also deaths. The number of men
capable of bearing arms is calculated at
one-fourth of the population.
A Bond of Sympathy.-They are test
ing a new armor-plate. 1t had success
fully resisted shot after shot.
Here" said bystander, TRY. this
new projectile'' And he tossed a disk of
dark-brown material to the chief gun
ner.
A moment later and the charge passed
right through the wrecked armor-plate.
''Have you any more of those remark
able projectiles?' inquired the aston
ished artillery officer.
'I'll see if l can get you couple of
basketfuls tomorrow afternoon. repled
the stranger with a grim smile. I'VE
have loads of 'em at home"
''Then they are
my wife's latest baking Of ginger
bread"
By common impulse the two men.
so strangely thrown together, clasped
hands in cordial sympathy.
I married a girl who had attended
cooking classes myself" said the ord
nance officer.
"Have one with me-" feelingly re-
marked the stranger.
Then they turned aside and sampled
Il small bottle of dyspepsia tonic.
The vicar of North London parish
relates. with much gusto, the following
story about himself. His present wife.
by the way, is not the wife of his. youth,
nor yet of his early manhood, but the
sequence, the doctors set of olive
branches spring from divers maternal
ancestry.
'.Such a condition of affairs" said the
doctor, might at times become embar-
RAISING except for the thorough anna
bility of all concerned. confess. how
ever to Il slightly Disconnected feeling
when, shortly before my third marriage,
| was approached by one of my daugh-
ters-a girl of 8. and who had called
my second wife mother-with the ques-
ton:
"'Papa, will you let me go to see you
married? have never been at any OF
your weddings.
'@The death of MI. du Maurier brings
to mind" writes a correspondent; "A
comical story he once told. One of his
favorite views was from his study WIN
lawn, to the Landscape surrounding
Harrow On one occasion an American
visited the artist, and the latter was
showing his guest about the place.
There he exclaimed, or arriving at the
study window, that is the prettiest thing
of all. That is Harrow The visitor
looked out of the window for a few see
onds. but his gaze rested, not on the
view, but on a moving machine which
happened to be on the lawn. Harrow.
he echoed, inquiringly. Yes repeated
the artist, keeping his eyes riveted on
the view. Harrow. is that SOP ques-
toned the practical Amerlcan; well,
mower And it was said in all serious
ness, oo."-Westminster Gazette.
Jones Ito Smth)-"How is business?"
Poor was the reply Il met with
an accident the night before last. Burg
lars broke into my shop but left. every
thing as they found it. Goods were
marked so low they came back yesterday
and bought Them
Nineteenth-century man is making
such rapid and wonderful practical appli-
cations of electrical energy there is no
telling where it will end. 1t may eX-
ercise an influence even over the. word
ing of future advertisements and have
something to do with such advertising
announcements as the following, which
Fame says may be expected in few
years: ;sThe Old Made New" .Brok-
an DIa1uos Ranaired - ''IOllOW Hearts
Fl Filled e TO- to Order marble Halls Fur,
nished," "Glad Hands Repolished,"
..Hard Hearts Melted Down" Gray
Hair Dyed" "Parched Lips Made Ru-
liant Eyes Set" Heart Strings Fur,
nished," Broken Hearts Mended, y
''Fond Memories Revived"
The late Col. Jack Gambill went to see
Edwin Forrest in "Othello' along in
1866. Coming out of the theater some
body asked Col. Jack, who was a strong
secession sympathizer, what he thought
of the play ''Wbat do l think of it?''
roared old Jack; 'why, l think it is one
of the legitimate consequences of old Abe
Lincolns emancipation proclamation.
A funny incident that happened dur
ing a performance of Verdi's "Macbeth.' y
in Dublin. is recorded by Arditi in his
| ''ReminiScenceS' In the SleeI-Walking
scene, when the nurse and the doctor
appear on the stage together, and con-
| fabulate with one another, loud voice
suddenly called out from the gallery,
causing roar of laughter in the middle
of a most serious scene: "Hallo, doc
| tor! Well, is it boy or girl?''
| When Richard Harding Davis met the
viceroy, Ii Hung Chang, i'm st. Peters
burg. he was asked how old and how
rich he was. and what he did. He re-
Piled: II write books why DO you
writer said Lii: 'are you not strong
enough to work p
| It is said of a former Marquis of
| Townshend that when young and engaged
| IT. battle he saw a drummer at his side
! killed by cannon-ball, which scattered
his brains. in every direction.
His eyes were at once fixed on the
CHASTITY object, which seemed to engross
| his thoughts.
A superior officer observing him, sup
| posed he was intimidated at the sight.
and addressed him in a manner to cheer
his spirits.
"Oh! said the young marquis, with