Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-07-30
EAGLE MONDAY JULY

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1t stands alone, it towers above
There's no other, it's natures wonder,
warming poultice to the heart Of
mankind Such is Rocky Mountain
Tea. Soc. Ask your druggist for it.
Alex Higgins and wife and Mr.. and
Mrs. slattery and Miss Debbie, spent
Saturday at Muskallonge Lake, with
Mesdames Hirzel and Slattery.
The Town board has let contracts
for the building Of those highways
for which appropriations were made
at the annual town meeting. The
balance of the contracts will be let as
4 soon as the farmers have finished their
haying.
A party Of twelve tourists arrived
in town Sunday morning and went
into camp on Cranberry lake, where
they will spend some time fishing and
enjoying the beautiful country which
surrounds this sheet Of water
We all make slight mistakes soon
er or later and he who laughs last,
laughs best. Judge not, for ye also
may be Judged is little Of scripture
which is applicable at all times and
to all persons who are in the least
susceptible to anything at all.
If you want to see blackberries grow
ing by the bushel, just take walk
over to Geo. Dickinson's place near
the court house, and you will see
sight, the likes of which we doubt
you never saw before Mr.. Dickin-
rson vii raise large quantities Of these
berries this season and if it had not.
been for the dry season the fore part
of the summer he would have had a
number of BUSHES more.
Florence News: Leroy E. MeGill,
one Of our popular attorneys, went
to Chicago, last week, to have an OPP
GRAFTON performed for gall-stones,
from which he has been great suf-
ferr for several months. Mr.. Nc
Gill will probably remain several
weeks in hospital and his many
friends sincerely hope he will return
completely restored in health.
When you hear Of people talking Of
leaving Eagle River to go somewhere
else to better their condition just at
present slap them on the back and
tell them there is no better place in
the world to make good, honest liy-
ing than right here. If business is
dull here it is apt to be more SO some
place where they lack the natural adj
vantages we are so fortunate to pos
sess.
An order went into effect on the
Chicago & Northwestern system, this
week, that all freight trains, switch
engines, light engines, helpers, cts,
must clear the main line not less than
| ten minutes before the time of first
class or passenger trains. Heretofore
the time given for clearing the line
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This rule, if strictly obeyed, will, it is
thought, prevent such collisions as
occurred at Depere some weeks ago.
There is an easy way Of cutting
glass bottles that house keepers
should know about, Almost every
one has large bottles that when cut
may be used in many ways, as for
jelly tumblers, cans or even flowers
with foliage. To do it tie wrapping
cord two or three times around the
bottle little below where you want
it cut. Saturate the cord Thoroughly
| with alcohol, but do not let the liquid
run down the bottle. Then set it on
fire and when the blaze is almost out
put few drops Of water on the cord
and the glass will be cut off as clean
as if a diamond had been used.
Some fellow has taken the pains to
ascertain the weight Of the earth.
Here is the result; The contents of
space of the earth are tiguered at 1888
billions cubic kilometer, that is 1,083
trillions cubic meters Each cubic
meter having 1000 liter, and each
liter averaging So kilo, it follows that
the entire mass is 1886, 500 tril1ions,
or nearly quadrillions kilo. In.
numerals this figure would be 1885,,
500, 900, 900, 600, 900, 900, 600 Kilograms
or nearly 12O, 900, 600, 000,0 900, 900 tons.
Mighty good thing it didn't drop on
his toes.