Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-11-27
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY
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The population of Canada is now
| ibout 6,5O0,0OO
The cities of Europe having the low
st death rate are Stockholm Christian
| "a, Berlin and London.
Although the house fly lays eggs. the
| 1eSh fly, better known as the blue bot
:le,' produces living larvae about fifty
| 1T time.
Parchment paper is made by dipping
i ordinary unsiZed paper for five or six
seconds in dilute sulphuric acid, and
| hen washing
The three-year-old SOM and heir Of
he Gar Nicholas is insured for $780,
300, and is said to pay the highest pre-
nium in the world.
The electrical equipment Of the Gun
ard liner Mauretania includes over $50
| niles Of cables and more than 5000 10
,andlepower lamps.
The Igorrote provinces of the Philip
pines have been combined and will be
managed by one governor and sub-goy-
arnor Bontoc will be the capital.
Formosa, with it's population Of
100000, is running the Philippines
neck and neck in the export Of sugar.
Each exported a value of $4,00O,0O0 in
1907.
Coal has been found in nearly every
island Of the Philippine archipelago,
but only 4,545 tons were produced last
year. In many places it is associated
With petroleum.
A railroad section laborer in North
Carolina has patented a tie-tamping
machine, practical tests of which have
shown that on both old and new road
beds it will do the work of fifty men.
The Kansas Oklahoma oil field took
the lead for production IL 1907 push
Ing California back to second place Il
linois, formerly ninth in the list OF
states, attained third place for the first
time.
When the American feet was at
Wagga Wagga In Australia, there was
given a banquet at which a labor mem
Der Of Parliament alluded to the Amer
lean navy as the greatest In the
world" Then senator jumped up and
gehemently protested against anybody
Cracking up the America" fleet at the
expense Of the British" adding that
the British could Slick any three other
fleets on the face of the earth" After
| that patriotic declaration the senator
started singing Rule, Britannia" in
| which the whole company joined.
The club women Of Chicago are puZ-
lied over the question Of lawful cos
tune for working women. They point
out that only a little while ago wo-
man in Chicago was arrested and fined
for wearing trousers while earning an
honest living as a hod carrier. Now
| they are informed that there has been
ruling in the post office department
| holding that women employed as mail
carriers must wear trousers. There is
movement OF foot to send a delega-
ton to Washington for the purpose Of
| consulting President Roosevelt on the
subject.
It is told CT the youth OF young
German prince, many years ago. that
upon one occasion, his tutor having
been changed, the newcomer in exam
ming the young prince asked: Can
| your highness tell me how much is nine
times twelve?' "Seventy-two," replied
| the prince, with royal promptness. The
tutor paled, but soon recovered his
equanimity Permit me to state to
your highness that your highnesss for
mer tutor whom l had the honor to
succeed as an instructor to your royal
| highness, appears to have been a per-
son Of rather limited capabilities" he
said
Landor, the poet, was at the same
time the most violent and brutal and
most delicate and sensitive Of men. He
adored flowers. The gardens Of his
beautiful villa at Florence were full
of flowers and the poet walked among
them daily, never plucking them only
bending over them reverently to adore
their loneliness and their perfume. His
cook one day served him a wretched din
ner, and in his rage the poet threw the
man out Of the window into a bed of
with broken leg below, Landor, from
his window, exclaimed ia a horror
stricken voice: Good gracious, 1 for
got the roses ~
At Yorkshire inn there is q pianist
who can render an accompaniment to
any song that any singer wishes to
sing He can not read a note of music,
yet, in the local phrase, he ''can play
owt.' Recently, however, he met with
an unexpected check. a new volunteer
hummed over the air, but the pianist
failed to get the key. Let's try it
again. he said and they tried it again.
Still it was Of no use A third trial
brought no better results. Then the
pianist turned on the singer in anger
and said: 'Sitha, Awe tried tina on
t. white uns Awe tried tina on t
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