Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-11-01

are believed to be very close to actual
| figures.
| The value of bacteria in our food
| products is chiefly from the fiavors
which they produce Among the new
chemical compounds to which bacteria
give rise there are many which have
very strong tastes much stronger
| than the taste of the material out of
which they are made. When these are
| produced in food products they give
| to them flavor. Though chemists
of food has nothing to do with its nu-
| tritious quality, there is no question
that this flavor is a very important
| factor.
| The Kaiser has abandoned the style
This might seem in itself to be an un-
important matter, something that lay
only between the Emperor-King and
his barber But it is serious matter
| for the Empire, or at least for Prussia,
where loyalty is largely initiative.
| Nearly all officers, and many of the
rank and file of the army, have culti-
waited the hair on their upper lips in
| the aggressive manner introduced by
| the head of the nation. Now all that
will have to be changed. Instead of
pointing up at either side the muStache
will be allowed to droop naturally. 1t
means a saving Of time and care, and
will afford to thousands the oppor-
tunity to do things from which they
were debarred by tonsorial duties.
On the recommendation of the War
! Department the Agricultural Depart
/ ment is preparing an order setting
apart as forest reserves the Island Oh
RombolIn, north of the Island of
1 Panay; also the Islard of Pauitam.
which is one of the extreme group of
| the Jolo Islands, Officers of the army
who have been looking over the ISL
ands have found that these are per
haps the richest in the world for rub
Der trees, and it is the intention of the
Washington authorities to have the
trees preserved and cared for, espe-
cially as some fears lately have been
expressed that the rubber supply may
become exhausted.
The New Zealand parliament at its
latest session passed a law prescrib-
| :,,or n ,;,,;, 0bi1Hrnn Nh
boy under eighteen may now be en-
ployed in factory or work room at
less than $1.25 a week, and no girl at
less than 81. The object Of the law is
to correct a long standing abuse OF
the apprentice system, INSCRIPTIONS
employers in dressmaking and mill
merry establishments having been ac-
customed to take young girls into their
employ, keep them for twelve months
without paying them cent in the way
of wages, and then turn them adrift
in order to take Oh fresh hands under
the same conditions of non-payment of
wages.
Paris has a novel provident society,
intended to provide marriage doWrles
for all it's members of both sexes.
Monthly payments of ten cents for ten
that time of $40. Larger payments
bring a corresponding increase Of
dowry. The grants, of course, are
considerably in excess of the sums of
the premiums accumulated at COM
pound interest, the difference being
made up out of the societys funds, de-
rived from patrons subscriptions,
donations and legacies. The institu-
ton, founded in 1895, has prospered
wonderfully, having membership roll
of girls and young men of 1862, 1000. The
present year of grace, being the fifth
of the society's existence, has wit
messed several departures from the as
sociation. members having claimed
their dowries at the expiration Of the
prescribed time and got married at
once on the strength of them. fire.
quently to other recipients Of similar
: portions from the Donation" as the
society is called.
) The London School Board is respon-
sible for the education of population
more than double that of Denmark or
Greece, larger than that of Scotland
: and only exceeded slightly by that OF
: Bavaria and Holland. The child popu-
lation of London in need of elementary
education is larger than the tota
: population of any European city ex-
cept Paris, Berlin, st. Petersburg
{. Moscow and Vienna. 1t is more thar
double the population of Bristol, ORES
: den or Prague. The sum annually ex-
pended on elementary education in the
metropolis is alone equal to the tota
national expenses of Denmark, Nor
way and Sweden, not to mention tina
of many other minor States of Europe