Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-09-29
NOTES AND COMMENTS.


All the push that some men dis
play in this life is behind baby car
riage, AYERS the Staunton (Va)
Leader.
Give a man all he wants to eat and
drink and he will find it easy enough
to preach to others upon the duty OF
abstinence. avoWs the Boston Trans
script.
Why put women on the board charg
ed with identifying Washington? The
houses already have straight fronts
and the face of the town clock has
been painted, observes the Washing
ton Times
The New York Tribune says that
the fate of four girls who were drown
ed the other day at Lebanon, Mo-,
makes it suitable again to advise
girls who cannot remain seated dur
ing a boat ride to stay on shore,
where they can exchange seats as
often as caprice may suggest.
A saw eight feet in diameter has
been made in Indiana. It is going to
Brazil, where it will be used to cut
stone with. 1t mas 200 teeth and each
tooth is crowned with diamond.
What a shirt stud it would make for
a hotel clerk? suggests the Vista CIV
Va.) Democrat.
When Uncle Sam is done killing the
yellow fever mosquito in the South
he might direct his efforts toward
the destruction Of the ordinary mos
quito in other parts of the country.
There appears no reason why 1t
should be spared, thinks the Pittsburg
Dispatch.
It used to be said that life on tht
farm was a drudgery, but that day has
passed, asserts the New York Wit,
ness. With the modern agricultural
machinery and methods that we have
nowadays the farmer can accomplish
his work in much shorter time and
in a great deal more satisfactory man.
ner than in the past.
A reader begs us to warn the pub
lie against the danger of boarding
moving trains, and sends us a clip
ping from a Canadian paper, protest
ing against the habit of prolonglng
farewells in railroad station, until
after it has started, says the Newark
IN. j. Sunday Call. There is much
reck1essness in Newark and not
little of it is due to the fact that
many do not know that trains stop
and get under way much more quick
ly than formerly.
The Philadelphia North American
says the country is filled with STOCK
companies whose capital bears no
fair relation to the assets, but Wn1cn
have been launched by rich men for
the purpose of flching the substance
of moor men. The land Is strewed
with the wrecks of enterprises de
vised by millionaires for no other end
but the robbery of their unwary Eel
lows. Invariably it is the already rich
who bride legislators and buy puDhc
officers and corrupt public Journals
and carry the stream of pollution into
all the channels of politics.
The census of 1890 showed that
there were in the United States 59t
seed farms, containing 16S,S50 acres,
Of which 96,567 we're actually produc'
ing seed crops, states the Epitomlst
The production of seed is still increas-
ing. and it is stated on good authority
that 100000 acres are now annuaMy
devoted to peas alone, and half as
many to beans. In 1878 we imported
half our wrinkled varieties; now we
supply shortage abroad and 1mpor1
only in case of failure of the crop.
When I look about me and seq
strong young men in the very plusl
of manhood squandering their time
WREN they might be working for gooo
wages, says w. F. Menner, IN the Az
ricultural Epitomist, can't help but
recall the by-gone years OF my OWE
life when l was about the age o.
these young fellows. | only regre'
that nv opportunities at that time
were not as favorable as are tnose
of many young men Of my acqualnt
ance today.