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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
FOOD TAXING CAUSES STIR
Hydrogen and Fiuoric Acid in Milk,
and Sawdust and Potatoes in
the Jams.

London. SO much has been print
ed of food taking in America that it
is interesting to note a whole exhibit
ton of doctored products over here.
England has food and drugs adul-
teration act. but that it has failed to
stop the evil is clear from the proofs
at this show of alum, sulphate of zinc,
potatoes and fullers earth in bread,
peroxide of hydrogen and fluoric acid
in milk, jams made of sawdust, tur-
nips and various seeds. afterward la
beled strawberry" and raspberry"
coffee mixed with powdered chest
nuts, burned figs, acorns and horse
beans and sweetneats containing
ochre, sulphate of lime, red lead, shell
lac and a host of vile coloring mat
ter.
Boot pClishes and printers ink are
made with the same dyes as are used
in cheap sweets.
Also, there is big outcry about the
beds the British masses sleep on. All
the poorer beds are stuffed with what
is called flock. or ''mill-puff," which
is simply vile rags ripped up just as
they come from the scavengers' dust
heap.
Stringent legislation is being called
for both as regards food and flock.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
BUILDING in GOTHAM

site of these two structures the Bank
ers' Trust company may put up 49,
story skyscraper, the cost of which
is estimated at 100000. The height
Of the new building will be 539 feet
1t will not be the Hottest here, the
Metropolitan tower being over est feet
to the apex and the Singer tower 612
feet. The Gillender building will not
be a total waste. The granite in it
has been sold to a manufacturer of
tombstones, and the window sashes,
cornice ornaments and interior dec
orations to dealers in secondhand
building materials, while the steel
frame, which is almost as good as new
can be used again elsewhere
The wrecking contractor, who re-
ceives $4,000 for the job, is allowed
only As days in which to rae the
19-story solidly constructed mass of
brick, stone, terra Gotta and steel, and
he will forfeit $500 day If it be not
removed in that period. He has hun
dreds of men working day and night
It Is usual for building contractors
here to keep shifts of workmen 60
ing every hour Of the "a when big
jobs are undertaken, as the owners
want to begin collecting rents as soon
as possible, and accordingly time is
money. Building operations are hand
led here with skill as we'll as quick
ness, the use of the street by pedestri-
ans and vehicles not being hindered.
Both Nassau and Wall streets are mar
row, but the destruction Of the Gillen-
der building does not interfere with
the crowds that surge through them
every day, so thorough are the wreck
er's arrangements.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
A ZULU MISSIONARY WORKER.
Native Convert Who Led Many of
His Tribe to Belief in
Christianity.

Mrs. Amy B. Cowles of the Amer1-
can board Zulu mission mas written an
interesting story of white-headed ma
tive who for 80 years itruggled between
the heather rites of his early life and
the religion of Christianity, and on his
deathbed was the M ans of converting
many of his tribe.
Dweshula was loved by everybody
in his tribe because he loved every
body. In times of famine it was he
who used to send his cows to the poor
to be MIXED for food for the babies;
it was he who used to yoke up his IA
oxen and cart load of corn up to the
furnishing without charge, and it was
he who would occasionally give up
his beer, wash off his paint, take off
his skin aprons and put on shirt,
trousers and coat and mingle with
Christian people.
A year or two before his recent
death he embraced Christianity, gave
up his beer and five of his six wives
and provided houses and a comfortable
support for those from whom he sep
arated. When dying he called all the
members of his tribe, told them how
he had fought for years to become a
Christian and eXhorted them all to be-
come so when he was gone. Now the
men are cutting off their headrings,
adopting the clothing of civilization.
tearing down their mud huts and put
ting up decent houses and coming to
love Dweshula's God" while the
school children have increased so rap
idly that a second teacher is impera-
lively needed-all showing the eff
cheney of a native Christian as a mis-
sionary.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
An Obedient Patient.

When the chickens came home to
roost they were astounded at finding
an owl occupying the best perch in
the house.
You're in wrong, aren't you, son ?'
coldly remarked the leghorn rooster;
What brought you here, anyway"
Doctors advice" replied the owl.
without ruffiing a feather.
Hurry up with the further particu-
lars!" harshly commanded the rooster.
Keep your comb on, old chap!"
said the owl; you see, the terribly
late hours w been keeping began to
affect my health and the doctor or
dered me to go to bed with the hens!"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
LEFT HIS SPEECH AT HOME
Embryo Orator Loses Out Because of
an Accident to Messenger Bearing
His Manuscript.

"Mr. TOastmaster and Gentlemen,
said the young man who was facing
a crowd of listeners for the first time,
Impressed by the-ah-importanc
of this occasion, l prepared a speech
to-ah-be delivered here this eve
ming and-ah--I would be very glad
to-to-ah-give it to you, but | have
forgotten it. cloud applause). | would
read it to you from the manuscript if
had not-ah-unfOrtuna left it
in my room at the hotel (Cries of
Good. Good!") But have telephoned
way here With it, l expect him at
any minute In the-ah-meantime |
will say that it-ah-gives me great
pleasure to be with you tonight.
am-ah-highly honored and-ah-I
assure you that"
eff the gentleman will pardon me
for moment" interrupted the toast
master, Il have an announcement to
make that will be of interest to him.
Word has just come by telephone that
the messenger who was bringing his
speech was run over by an automo-
bile and the manuscript has been
lost"
After the tumultuous applause had
been stiled a resolution of sympathy
for the chauffeur was offered and
passed with a whoop.-Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
OF FEL|NES
Dealers Make Rich Profit on IS
Acres of Cats.
Every Evening Tables and Toms Are
Treated to Big Fish Dinner-Sup-
ply Demand forInexpensiveF Fur
for Medium-Priced Muffs.

Seattle, Wash.-There is an island
in Puget sound of about Is acres, the
center of which is a dense forest of
fir, hemlock and cedar. Underbrush,
vines and ferns have intergrown amid
the trunks of the trees until the whole
seems as impossible to human traffic
as a jungle. The shore line is a
mixture of gigantic rocks and stretch
es of sandy beach No man would
choose to live on the island, but never
theless it is the means of earning
big income for six men who are prom
inent in the fur trade of the Pacific
coast
The island has been used as cat
farm. 1t is SO thick with cats that
the rocks appear from the decks of.
passing steamers to be literally COW
cred with the feline quadrupeds. They
are of all ages, colors and sizes. Pas
sengers like to have the captain pull
the boat close to shore that they may
see the cats rolling, leaping and play
ing on the rocks, beach or on the
trunks of fallen trees.
There are thousands of cats on this
Cat island and they are the source of
great profit to their owners, who sell
their fur that women may have NUTS.
Every evening a boatload of men
land on the south shore Of the island.
About dusk they unload sein quarter
of a mile long. They fasten one end
to the rocky shore and take the other
end in their boat, making great
semicircle, the radius of which is the
extreme length of the sein. When the
boat reaches shore farther to the west
the net appears to be dragging
heavy load of fish. The men pull I'M
til the net empties it's load Of hun
dreds and hundreds of pounds of many
kinds of fish upon the beach. Then
they wash the sein, load 1t into their
boats and pull away for their homes.
The next morning the fish have dis
appeared. The cats have devoured
them.
There is a growing demand for in
expensive fur to supply the medium
priced muffs and furs and the f1sh-fed
cats have proven a source of extraor-
binary profit to their owners. MOI
only on this island, but on other is
lands has the industry sprung up, and
on the extreme western coast of the
state the rocky islands are maintain
ing their cat farms. Some men also
breed foxes, offers and other fur-bear-
ing animals.
It has been found that cats fed on
fish possess very beautiful glossy fur
with longer hair than that of the do
mesticated cats.
Every year there is a great roundup
and several thousands of cats lose
their lives.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
$500 FOR BUNCH OF ROSES
Nantwich Shoemaker's Kindness 4
Years Ago Unexpectedly Re-
warded by Legacy.

London.-A Nantwich shoemaker,
George Robinson, has had an unex-
pected windfall, which is a sequel to
an incident that occurred II years ago,
Robinson then a journeyman shoe
maker met just outside Nantwich an
invalid woman and nurse. He was
carrying a bunch of roses, and the
woman remarked as he passed, What
lovely roses"
He turned Immediately anc asked,
Would you like some, madam The
lady said she would be very CRATE
full. and added that she wanted some
roses to put on her mothers grave.
Robinson handed her the roses. and
at her request gave her his address.
During the weekend Llandudno
solicitor visited Nantwich and told
Robinson that Miss Parramour, of
Craig-y-Don, Llandudno. had died, and
by her will left him $500.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Old Warships as Forts.

The disposition of about thirty
ships, which have been made prac-
tically obsolete as modern fighting
ships by the rapid development in the
construction of naval vessels and the
increased efficiency of the more re-
cent guns, has confronted the navy de-
partment with perplexing problem.
The July number of Popular Mechan-
les offers the following interesting So
luton: THE use of a few of the YES
sells as training ships will undoubted-
ly dispose of some of them, but that
helps only a little. The suggestion
which sounds the most practical of
any is the utilization of the more pow
erful ships as forts, stationing some
of them in the approaches of impor-
tant harbors, and planting others on
convenient resting places such as
small islands, at the mouths of har
bors. Where no such places are
available it has been proposed to con-
struct islands around them"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
UNEARTHED WHALES BONES
Dredgers Lay Bare Skeleton of a
Twenty-Footer-On Dredge
Brings Up a Diamond.

In cutting away the bank Of the
creek mile from the ocean on Hew-
let's Bay, the New York Sun says,
workmen employed on the dredger
Florida came across the skeleton of q
20-foot whale II feet below the sur
face of the meadows. The men had
secured the vertebrae and head and
were digging for the rest of the frame
when the storm put an end to opera
tions.
The large suction pipe of the
dredger has brought to light many
articles, some of them valuable. Two
weeks ago diamond ring worth 500
was brought up. Just inside the sue
ton pipe is a box which contains a
magnet and all metal substances drop
into the box, while the mud and dirt
pass over it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Auctioneers Preparing to Sell Rare
Shakespearean Item Derived
From Old MS.

New Tork.-A rare item of Shake
speareana to be sold at MerW1n-Clay-
tons is The Secret History of Mac
beth. King of Scotland, With Interest
iEg Memoirs of the Ancient Thames
Originally From a Very Old Manu-
script by P. Buchan," post, Svo, orig
nal boards, uncut, Peterhead tScoI-
land), 1928.
This work was privately printed by
Buchan at a press which he hlmseli
had established in the north OF Scot
land. 1t is a curious story OF the
"Amours and Life of Macbeth when
the editor and publisher obtained
from an old man, whose habit 1t was
10 preserve every fragment of ancient
Scottish literature that he could hnd'
The manuscript is printed as given 10
Buchan by this old man, excepting
that the photography has been some
what moderniZed. Certain passages
he explains, have been printed In
full. which may seem rather luxurlant
20 the censorious reader, but which.
if they had been brought down to the
rules of decent policy, would have de-
stroyed the original"
In the same sale will be three vol
umes In vellum of the voyages OF Ia
music, published in Venice In 1868,
1865 and 1888. Each of these con-
tains new narratives the most lmpor-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
SkysCrapers Torn Down to Make
Room for Lottier Ones.
Notable Example Is Willingness Of
Owners to Wreck Nineteen-Story
Offender Building, Together
With Structure Adjoining.

New York.-Fifth avenue supplies
notable example of the slowness with
which public work proceeds here, as
elsewhere. The new public library,
which fills the plot from Fortieth to
Forty-second street, and which has
been building during the last IL
years at a cost of $8,00O000 Or more,
is not finished, although huge struc-
lures for private owners are erected
fl New York more rapidly than any
where else in the world. Looking at
the public library pile, a beautiful
gray structure, one is reminded of the
leisurely manner in which the San
Francisco postoffice was built. Sew
eral months ago the completion of the
library was mistakenly set for May
/. 1t may be opened year hence.
An episode attending the transfer
nation of Fifth avenue from a resi-
dence street into a lively business
thorOughfare is the tearing down of
two fOur-story houses at the corner
of Thirty-seventh street, which had
been among the city's best mansions
half a century ago, to avoid payment
of further taxes on them. On account
of the change in the character of the
avenue the houses had become unde-
sirable as residences, and were I'M
occupied, and as they brought in no
revenue the tax saving in this heav-
lily taxed city was deemend worth
while The land is held for business
purposes, and an offer of $1,600,OOO for
the "A feet frontage was refused some
time ago. The imposing mansions OF
the Vanderbilts and their relatives on
Fifth avenue, each worth a big for
tune, are now surrounded by marts of
trade, and are seldom occupied. Across
the street from the lordly residences
Of the head of the Vanderbilt family
has been reared an apartment house,
on which hangs the sign "Housekeep-
ing Apartments to Let"
Often in New York large buildings
have been torn down to make way Tor
taller edifices The most notable ex-
ample of the willingness of New York
ers to destroy in order to rebuild Is
afforded at present In the downtown
financial district, where the history
Gillender building, at the corner OF
Nassau and Wall streets, which was
erected between IL and 13 years ago
at a cost of 100000, is being demol-
ished. together with an eight-story
building adjoining it, so that on the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Good Disinfectant.

Everyone knows the value of burn
ing coffee as disinfectant, but it is
so identified with this use that one
sets to wondering when shifting it's
odor. about the smell which 1t may be
covering up. Equally pleasant and eff
fective is lavender, which may be used
not only in the sick room, but through
the house, to disguise the smell of
food from the kitchen. To make the
lavender disinfectant, soak sheets of
common brown wrapping paper in salt
peter and water, then set them away
to dry till wanted When ready to
use throw on one of these leaves of
paper some flowers Of lavender and
burn them on a shovel, as in the case
of the coffee.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Pesky Little Varnint Gets in Road
and Only Saved by kind-Hearted
Man at Lever.

Cincinnati, O.-The early car on the
Madison road line was bowling along
Madison road the other morning. The
passengers, men and women, whose
work calls them out in the early
morning, were chatting or reading
their papers. Suddenly there was
grinding of wheels. sparks flew from
the steel tracks and the car was
checked with a chug that shook up
the passengers. 1t was west of Void
avenue and had been brought down to
slow roll when the passengers
looked out to see what was wrong.
They could see nothing but a clear
track. ST Davis, the motorman, known
to all the passengers, explained the
cause of the sudden slowing down,
when these words floated from the
vestibule: IF you don't keep out of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Lightning Doesn't Strike in Sleep.

lightning DOESN'T Strike IN SIeep'
Doctor Brewer should have advised
those who are nervous in thunder
storm to go not merely to bed but to
sleep There is popular tradition
that lightning will not kill anyone
who is asleep.
The folk lore of lightning is ex-
tensive and peculiar According to
one school, the splinters of a tree
struck by lightning are an infallible
specific for the toothache. But the
most pleasing superstition is that
which used to be cherished by the
boys of Yorkshire village who be-
lieved that if they mentioned the
lightning Immediately after flash the
seat of their trousers would be torn
out No boy could be induced to
make the xperiment.-London Chron-
icle.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
A Composite Wedding Cake.

At a recent wedding the brides
cake contained besides its own special
component parts, small portions of the
wedding cakes of the brides father
and mother her sisters and brothers,
as well as the silver and golden we'd
ding cakes of the grandparents.
In the wedding cake which the
bride cuts, there are usually hidden a
gold ring, a thimble, dime, raisin
and other tokens desired. These are
wrapped in paraffin paper. and the one
receiving the ring is properly expect
ed to be the next bride. The thimble
foretells spinsterhood the dime.
wealth in prospect. and the raisin an
unannounced engagement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Preservation of Flour.

A new method of preserving -four
has recently been adopted with sue
cess in England It is done by means
of compression. With hydraulic ap.
paratus the flour is squeezed into the
form of bricks, and the pressure de-
stroys all forms of larval life, thus
preserving the -four from the ravages
OF insects, while it is equally secure
from mold. Three hundred pounds of
compressed -four occupy the same
space as 100 pounds in the ordinary
state.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Squirrel Stops Street Car

my road you pesky varmint, will get
YOU sure This is the third time you
did that, and If you try it again l am
going to roll over you and tiatten you
out like a pin"
whats the matter, Si?" asked sew
eral of the passengers.
"Oh, there is gray squirrel that
for the last three mornings has been
running across the track just as
come along. I almost got him this
morning, but l slowed up in time.
He's cute little fellow"
Perched in the grass on the Evans
lawn was the squirrel, and If there is
such a thing as a squirrel laughing,
then this one was doing large laugh
ing stunt
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Select Society.

Jack was sitting on the front YER
anda one summer evening, when FfdO
ran into the street to greet another
dog. Fidos family very excitedly
called him in. Jack looked on seri-
ously moment, then said: Il
wouldn't like to be Fido, mamma"
"Why?' asked his mother.
They don't allow him to associate
with any other dogs. Why" continued
Jack, they don't allow him to asso-
ciate with himself. "-Delineator.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Tells OF Macbeth's Life

tant being the voyages of Verraza and
Parmentier. There is curious and
interesting map of New France, which
is the first engraved map purportlng
to represent Canada. The map OF
Hochelaga is the first engraved may
of Montreal
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Produces Lake of Oil.

San Antonio, Texas.-According to
a statement issued by the Texas Cot
ton Seed Crushers' association, Texas
last year produced 100000 gallons of
cottonseed oil. OF this quantity about
one-fourth was consumed in the state,
while the balance went to other mar
kets.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
History of Three-DoIIar Gold Pieces.


Beginning with the year 1854 and
ending with the year 1889, there were
539, 1872 of three-dollar gold coins sent
out from the United States minis, a
total value of $1,619,376. A few were
made in the early years of the minis
at Dahlonega and New Orleans and
quite a number at the San Francisco
mint up to 1860, but the bulk of these
coins were turned out by the mint at
Philadelphia They were never coined
in sufficient numbers, these figures
show, to become really familiar, to the
people outside of banks, and it is
hardly strange that the existence of
the coin should be now largely for
gotten.-Housekeepe Magazine,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
A ShipWrecked Baby

A large Spanish steamer, the Felix
de Abasalo of Bilbao, laden with
Goals from Newcastle to Genoa, went
ashore at Attorney during the fog one
morning recently. No lives were lost.
The captain and engineers wives, one
with a babe in arms, landed on the
islet-London Daily Mail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-07-15
Works Both WaYs.

There's a proverb that fits every
man"
What one fits me?"
ITO whom God gives Office, he also
gives brains"
But | have no office" Z
well, don't you see how 1t fits ~
Cleveland Leader.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-05-26

Bishop end Mrs Frank R. Mills
paUgh viii be at home to the delegates
to the convention and to all their
friends from to 10 O'Clock Monday
evening May 80 The bishop and his
ia r1ily arc again settled in their own
ICuse and Bishop and Mrs. MiIlspaugh
will receive at their home Monday ev-
et1Ing- No invitations have been issued,
but al heir friends, as well as the del
egates, are cordially invited.