Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-31
FACTS OF INTEREST.

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play in the production of the human
voice. :
1t is intimated that one English
person in every tWenty-four has red
hair.
1t is said that there is in Sonora a
tribe of Indians with yellow hair and
blue eyes.
The wine product of France, Algeria
and Corsica for this year is valued at
S21, 10000 francs.
The tree called William the Con-
queror's Oak in Windsor Park, London,
is supposed to be 1000 years old.
Cincinnati claims to make 10000 bird
cages, %, 900 rat traps, 100000 fly traps
and 800, 900 sieves out Of wire annually.
Archbishop Williams Of Boston has
presented to the public library Of that
city a, set of twenty-eight volumes of
the "Acta Sanctae sedis,' containing
all the decisions Of the cardinals of the
propaganda Of the Roman Catholic
church.
! The Duke of Newcastle has sent hun
dreds of pheasants to the London mar
ket, labeled, Shot by His Royal High
ness, the Prince of Wales. "
/, The London County Council has IN
! dertaken to reform or abate the noises
in the streets SO far as the shouting Of
newspaper boys is concerned.
The London papers still continue the
warfare against the long hat pin worn
by women. Many declare that it's use
should be forbidden by law.
Strasburg University students have
combined in a resolution to drink no
beer except in the afternoon and even
ing
When cotton thread was first made
$40 yards of it weighed one pound.
Hence it is No. 1. A pound contain
ing twice that number of yards is No.
2 and so on.
French Guiana is said to have the
most violent thunder storms in the
world. The thunder is almost deaf
ening and the peals come in quick sue
cession.
The largest congregation in America
is that of st. Stanislaus Kostka, in
Chicago, which has 10000 commune
cants. The number of attendants at
the several Sunday services frequently
exceeds $4,000.
During the Influenza scare eucalyptus
Oil came into such demand that over
% mn Mounds yuorn cnpt IN E1rcrJor3
from California. The tree has been
planted in immense quantities in that
state.
Lord Roseberry said at dinner par
Ity composed of turfmen the other
evening that the pleasures of the turf
are in quitting it. The apprenticeship
is too expensive, the pursuit too en-
crossing and the rewards too meager,
ne said.
| The report of the asylums committee
OF the London County Council shows
/ there has peen an alarming increase in
lunacy during the last nine years, es-
pecially in London. While the popula-
ton of London is IA SO of the inhabit-
ats Of England, London's proportion
Of insane persons is 1887.
A colorless in for writing upon postal
cards, ETC., is made by mixing together
water and sulphuric acid, the writing
! becoming permanently visible when
heated.
| Bricks made of plaster of paris and
! cork are now used in the construction
of powder mills. In case of explosion
they offer slight resistance and are
/, broken to atoms.
| There are 1900 men engaged in the
fisheries of Oregon, who earn 81, 250, 600
annually, and during the past thirty
years the enormous sum of almost $70,-
100000 has been received from the
fishing industry of the state.
Seven Yale students passed their
summer vacation by serving as con-
ductors on a New Haven trolley line.
The superintendent says they were the
I best conductors he ever had and they
were not members of the foot ball
eleven at that.
DIDN'T WANT TO WORK.