Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-06-15
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1896.
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

Boston has just discovered that it
has streets to the number Of $50 with
duplicated names.
Mount Marcy, in New York, 54O3
feet above sea level. is said to be the
highest in the state.
The greatest number of British
Americans in any one of the cities IS
found in BoSton-3S, 294.
The canker worms are making sad
havoc with the trees in some parts of
Western and Central Massachusetts.
1t has been calculated that the actual
amount of salt contained in the ocean
would cover an area of five million
square miles with layer one mile
thick.
A careful count shows that $4,000
bicycles went down the Coney Island
cycle path at New York last Sunday.
1t is not surprising that there were sew
.cral accidents.
Spain is very rich in all kinds of
metals used in manufactures, especially
iron. copper. tin, quicksilver and lead,
and in 1895 she exported them to the
amount of $13,000,O00.
"A Putnam Comm sportsman was
fooled into firing several shots at II
wooden decoy duck, which mischievous
friends moved around in pond by
threads from the shore
The public in Greenwich park will
often make the whole ground vibrate
TO such an extent as to interrupt for
hours observations at the observatory,
which depend upon the motionlessness
of a tray of mercury.
"A new use has been discovered for
hops, namely, the curing of bacon. 1t
is found that a sprinkling of hops in the
brine when bacon and hams are put i'll
pickle adds greatly to the flavor of both,
and enables them to be kept an indefinite
period.
The cultivation of mushrooms is
really a matter of ancient history III
France The people are so fond of
raising is so profitable that very few
Frenchmen are so poor that they can
not have their beloved vegetable.
"A cruel custom prevails on the death
of a prince of the royal family of Aus
tria His horse. covered with a black
cloth, follows the funeral, limping pain
fully The lameness is caused by driv-
ing nail through one shoe. and is in
tended to tyDify the animals sorrow.
1t is a whole days task for two
men to fell a mahogany tree. On ac-
count of the spurs which project from
the base of the trunk. a scaffold has to
be erected and the tree cut off above the
spurs. leaving thus a stump of the very
best wood from ten to fifteen feet high.
"A novelty in modern scientific re-
search is the means by which wind may
be measured by its sound. The whis-
Ting of the wind as it crosses q wire
varies with the velocity. and this can be
computed from the pitch of the note OBJ
served in case of Il given diameter OF
wire, and for given air temperature.
flames Northrup Of Anamosa, Ia,
who had suffered with asthma, got up
one night last week, dressed himself in
clean raiment, combed his hair and then
lay down again. Calling his wife, he
told her he was going to die and wanted
to be buried just as he was. He went
to sleep and in less than thirty minutes
was corpse.
The only animal known in the world
which, on the approach OF dissolution:
seeks out the general burial grounds of
it's species, and there digs it's own grave
and lies down to die, is the guanaco, or
wild llama. 1t is peculiar in other re-
spects, too. These animals, in fact, have
a regular sanitary system, which they
respect like human beings.
Several varieties Of grasses, herbs
and flowers the roots of sundry plants,
the juice of the sugar cane. and aloe,
and even beetS. are used by various
tribes and peoples as a basis of drinks.
In earlier times spruce trees. fir trees.
birch trees and ash trees were tapped
for their sap, which was fermented to
make stimulating beverages.
"A company has been organized in
New York city for the manufacture of
non-illuminating fuel gas, and has an
application for permission to lay mains
in the streets. The company says it can
supply non-illuminating fuel gas at 80
cents per 1000 feet, with such reduced
rates to factories as will make it cheaper
fuel than coal.