Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1901-05-09
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Electrocution might be approximately
called a capital climax.
It is frequently courtship before mar
riage and battleship after.
Russia will give up Manchuria just
as England has given up Egypt.
The tramps so far as heard from, do
not view the soap trust with alarm.
The wisdom of one generation some
times turns out to be the folly Of the
next.
When some men talk we are reminded |
Of poor lead pencils; they never come |
to the point.
Men, like tea, must get into hot water
before their good qualities and strength |
are drawn out.
A woman used bottle Of stuff to kill |
hair on the face and is now the unhap-
by possessor of whiskers.
Some more "inspiration to young
mem: Five years ago Aguinaldo
was working for $15 week.
The Gear Of all the Russias Is only 5
feet A inches high, but every inch of
him in these times is nervousness.
Every time a circus elephant is al
lowed to drink from a city water tank
some small boy is cheated out Of his in
herent right
The Massachusetts man who has
started a frog farm will have to be
careful that his crop doesn't all hop off
before 1t gets ripe.
If you are keeping any pet protozoans
on your premises you want to watch
them. Professor Gaylord says they are
the cause of cancer.
The proposition to tax houses in Chi
ma In order to raise indemnities is fair
" satisfactory to everybody-exce
the hOuse-oWners, that is.
One of our priZefighters is to marry a
beautiful young woman with Change
full eyes," They will probably be black
and blue most Of the time.
Possibly Mark Twain had become |
tired Of making people do nothing but |
laugh and wanted to enjoy the novelty |
Of making them growl a while.
Don't run after person that is not |
worth catching" says the Dallas News. |
And experience proves that mighty few |
are worth catching when you come up
to them,
An almanac of 1867 brought $155 In
Boston the other day, Notwithstanding |
the fact that the weather in 1t was sad
~ out of date. Some Of the jokes, how
ever are now new again,
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Government of the people, by the |
people, for the people is almost un-
known in American cities. II has be-
come government of the people by the
bosses for the corporations.
It is announced that General Lew
Wallace is going to write an American
novel. We might add that everybody
else who is now making a living with
the pen intends to write an American
novel-some day.
Max O'Rell advises married people
who want to be happy to forget that
they are married" We fancy that
those who accept this advice will soon
find themselves really unmarried-but
whether really happy or not, is another
question.
Andrew Carnegie's last speech to his
workmen at Homestead contained q
passage we'll worth remembering.
Labor, capital and business ability"
he said, "are the three legs Of a three
legged STOOL Neither is first, neither Is
second, neither is third. There is no
precedence, all being equally neces-
sary." All efforts to make the stool
stand on one leg or on two have been
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