Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1902-07-07
GLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

The overworked statistician of the
Chicago Tribune says there have beeen
172 deaths from explosion in that city
in 10 years Boiler explosions lead in
the deadly work.
Penelope-Mercy! Why did Mabel
ever marry that young Slimkins? He's
such poor excuse of a man! Ann
Well, poor excuse is better than
none.-Chicago Daily News.
Judge-Have you formed any
prejudice against the prisoner? Jury
mani have seen some newspaper
pictures of him. Judge-You are ex.
cused.-New York Weekly.
Gotham see the weather man has
struck it right in toG;ght's paper
Church-You don't mean it? YES;
he says the weather year ago today
was clear" Statesman.
Minister Well, my boy, hope you
enjoyed the services this morning?
Boy-Yes, sir. Pop fell asleep six
times, and ma had to stick pin into
him each time to make him wake up
Judge.
A Weighty Opinion.-Edith- What
engagement? thought you were aw-
fully in love with him. Madge-I was,
but Rover couldn't bear him-Brook-
Ign Life.
At Moscow savings bank mas been
opened for the purpose of assisting
prospective brides to obtain the neces-
sary dowry for catching husbands.
Dowries are expected to range from
800 to $1,5G0.
The richest Chinaman in America
Chin Tan Sun, came across the Pacific
in the steerage as boy. He married
white woman and started a lottery
business in San Francisco Now he is
a multi-millionaire.
Ex-soldiers will in future be en-
ployed as clerks in all departments OF
the British war office. Preference will
be given to such as posses first class
certificates of education, or have been
invalidated from active service by
wounds or sickness.
In consequence of the severe
weather in France droves of wild
boars have begun rayaging the fields
around Tarbes, and the inhabitants are
organizing boar hunts in self-defense.
Up to the present nearly so of the AMI
mails have been killed
An erratic inventor has devised
staircase which plays tunes as it is
walked upon. A series of pins are
pressed by the feet and play gongs and
drums, while others are connected with
collapsible chambers, which blow
trumpets and similar instruments.
The latest theory in connection
with drowning is that heat, properly
applied, with artificial respiration, Will
resuscitate persons who have cen I'M
der water an hour This feat, it is
claimed, has cen accomplished by the
doctor who advances the theory
Captain William Driver, a Salem
skipper, is credited with the bestowal
of the name sold Glory on the stars
and stripes. 1t was in 1851 and the
flag to which he gave the name was
carried by the brig Charles Doggett all
erOund the world, and is now on ex-
h4O4CAOh cSC ChO II0OSA OdlSH
Prof. Clement L. Webster, a geol-
ogist of Charles City, Ia, has discover.
ed two groups of tombs of the mound
builders along the Little Cedar river in
Floyd county, some miles northeast of
Charles City. The tombs are to be
explored, and it is believed that i'm
portant archaeological knowledge will
be obtained
A Philadelphia paper declares that
Archbishop Ryan was recently about
to take a train for Baltimore at the
Broadstreet station, when young
man accosted him, saying: ''Your
face is familiar, where in hell have
seen your II really don't know" re-
piled the archbishop, blandly; what
part of hell do you come from?o
Many years ago, when Senator In
gals was in the Senate, oleomargarine
was bone of contention. The debate
led ingalls, to utter one of those cpl
grammatic sentences which made him
famous. 'T have never, to my knowl-
edge tasted oleomargarfne, said In
gals, "but have stood in the presence
OF genuine butter with awe for it's
strength and reverence for it's an
tiQuity."