Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-08-23

| from top to bottom and $50 feet in cir
! conference with 81 guide lines.
! 1t took 2000 sheets of tough paper to
cover it and its frames are all I'M
split bamboo.
The noble families of prussian Pc
Land have become SO numerous as almost
| to swamp the common people of the
province The priest of the village of
| Konitz replied to a circular issued by the
| families in his congregation was OF noble
birth.-LondOn Evening Standard.
| Amos S. Miller aged So years. and
Susan B. McClay, aged SO, of Lancas-
! ter, Pa, were married Tuesday. They
! walked to and from the home of the
| justice who married them, four miles.
Each one was married three times be-
| fore. Miller lost two wives by death
! and one by divorce. Mrs. Mier's for
mer husbands are dead.
Nicholas Shlentz, the wealthy Aurora
! H.. citizen, who was charged with vio-
| lating the state law by plumbing his own
| house without a license, was fined 50
! and costs by Il justice court jury here.
| The case was merely to test the law,
and has been appealed to the upper
| court. The jury was out five hours be-
| fore arriving at Il verdict.
4 Kobe newspaper gives the cost of
! the wearing apparel of a japanese Wom-
an Of fashion. She wears $3.50 worth
of clothing under her kimono, which
| costs $50. The obi costs another $50.
| Numerous tying paraphernalia sum up
| to $3.50 and d set OF footgear amounts
| to So Combs and hairpins, ornamented
with gems, cost S245; a shawl, $50,
diamond neck clasp, $50; handkerchiefs,
% cents each; a gold watch S15O-about
woman wears about $3.50 worth of cloth
| ing each year, according to the same
| newspaper.
| Festive wedding guests must never
again throw rice at blushing bride and
self-conscious bridegrooms departl' on
| their honeymoon.
| Father Theodore 3. Meyer, pastor Of st.
| Mary's German Catholic church. Ra-
cine, around which the largest and
wealthiest parish in the Belle city Is cen
tered
Father Meyer says the custom of
| throwing rice at weddings is descended
| from Il semi-civiliZed people, and that it
| has no place in modern wedding cere-
mony. He says that it is dangerous, as
physical discomfort.
After four unsuccessful attempts to
| kill herself, Mrs William DevereauX of
! Republic, Mich, who is visiting friends
| at Cedar River, Mich. swallowed two
| $40 bills and then Ieaped from the Win
dow of a moving train. Suffering from
an attack of melancholia. Mrs. Dever-
| ealx drank a quantity of rat poison, and
i made two attempts to drown herself in
| the Big Cedar river. Finally when taken
| to Menominee she tore away from the
in, oh herself
| front of a rapidly approaching passenger
| train at the station, the engineer bring
| ing the train to a sudden stop few
! inches from the body of the insane Wom-
| an. The leap from the train resulted III
some slight injuries to the demented
! woman.
! Among a number of trophies taken by
| the Japanese in the late war and pur-
chased by M. Isozaki of Sasebo We're
three flags which he learned were the
| imperial standards of the Car and
Czarina. A Japanese agent of foreign
| firm induced him to sell these valuable
flags to the Russian consul at Nagasaki.
The consul was struck with astonishment
when he saw them and, after boWlng
| before them. offered $4,000 for the
| three. The bargain was nearly com
Melted when the news reached the police,
who at once proceeded to the consulate
| and seized the flags. Recently M.
Tsozaki. the owner, applied to the Japa
nesa authorities through Admiral Uryu,
offering to contribute the Hags to the
government as present. nhe oHer was
| accepted, so the flags will remain IN
Japan as memorials of the war.
This is not fish story. 1t is the tale
of an egg of tremendous size and OF pc
cular shape-a sort OF prize boH. as II
were. for until the owner opened 1t ne
thor q n
| him. III
When E. G. White of Lincoln, H.,
went into his henhouse and found the
egg, which was eight and three-quarter
inches long and seven and three-quarter
inches around the middle, IN one OF TIE
nests he was amazed.
But there was something more IN store
He broke the egg and stood speech
less with amazement. The big egg was
filled with pure albumen, in which was
floating second egg OF ordinary SIZE SIZE
of the ordinary egg OF commerce.
Mr.. White is now searching Tor the
hen that produced the giant egg.
A monument is planned for rooster
belonging to o. l.. McCord OF Nermlllon
county. ILL.,, which has just dled at the
age of u years
It was claimed to be the champion OF
champions. having won first prize at
eight successive state fairs, and also at
the Pan-American exposition.
The fowl was valued at nigh figure
and was considered to be one OF the
finest hlooded chickens in the country.
Of beautiful form and fine color, this
rooster was one of the sights of this
section of the country. and chicken fan
ciers from all over the United States
came here to see him.
He had been taught many tricks by
his proud owner, and would follow him
around like a dog. 1t was not an IN
usual sight to see Mr.. McCord walking
along the street with the big rooster
gravely stalking along behind him.
The problem of finding a needle in
| haystack was outdone in St. Louis when
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