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Providing a Clean Bill of
Health

On a voyage back from France
after hostilities had ended, one Of
the transports had aboard a negro
labor battalion. Included among the
returning veterans of the Brest docks
was crap shooter Of mighty powers,
originally from Memphis.
Off the banks the ship ran into
nasty weather, and the gamester,
frightfully seasick, lay in his bunk
too miserable and too weak to move,
and expecting each succeeding mo-
ment to be his last, as the craft
stood first on end and then wallowed
deep in the trough of the sea. AS
matter of fact, the peril was real.
The laboring steamer had Numbered
off her course and was dangerously
near the shores of Newfoundland.
Suddenly in the middle of the night
a siren steam whistle at q lighthouse
station on the mainland blared out,
the sound rising above the roar Of
the wind To the sufferer in bed
down below, that appalling blast
could mean but one thing-the trum-
pet call of Judgment day.
He got down on his knees and pre-
pared to uplift his voice in prayer
for salvation. Then he remembered
what he carried in his trousers
pockets. He reached in his pocket
and as he flung into space his edu-
Gated worries he cried out:
"Git away, evidences! Come on,
Angel Gabriel -
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TAPE-WORM

THIS is an intestinal parasite which
4 is nourished by the nutrient fluids
in which it is bathed.
1t is present not only in man, but in
the hog, COW, rat, dog, numerous varie-
ties of Ssh and other animals.
Two varieties are common in man,
Taeniae and Bothriocephali. A tape
worm suggests strip of tape, being
composed Of oblong segments, averag-
ing about an inch in length.
He has small head, a threadlike
neck, and on the lower surface of the
head are suckers and rows Of hook
let's by which he attaches himself to
the Intestinal mucous membrane.
Unless the head and it's nearest seq
ments are expelled, he will reproduce
himself within three or four months.
The segments are passed with the
intestinal excavations, slngly or In
strings which raay be several feet long.
The common form, Taenia solium,
Is seven to ten feet long and, when
mature, has from 200 to 45C segments.
His head is as large as a good
sized pins head; his neck one-half
inch long; the segments near the head
contain both male and female genera
tive organs and they produce enor-
nous numb ers of eggs
The eggs are taken up by the hog
and developed in his stomach or In
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
THE WHY ST oDR KING
- SUPERSTITIONS

perstition regarding the connection
between ducks and geese and the
weather is but an echo of the old
Greek superstition as recorded by
Theophrastus who, writing about three
hundred years B. c., said, divers and
ducks, both wild and tame, indicate
rain by diving; but wind by fluttering
their wings" And the superstition
was old even in the days of the Greek
philosopher 1t is based on sympa-
thetic magic. The duck dipping her
head and shaking the water from 1t
initiates rain and, therefore, produces
rain. BY fluttering her wings she sets
air In motion, initiating a blowing of
wind, and by sympathy creates a
breeze-like produces like; primitive
mans firm conviction with regard to
cause and effect.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
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Indians Gay in
Buckskin Clothes

The annual tanning party held by
Flathead Indians on the western
boundary of Glacier National park has
become a holiday event. The braves
having brought down" the animals
with unerring ''gun barrel sight" only
have tc Took" after the papooses and
children, while the squaws transform
the hairy pelts into material for shell
ter and raiment-mostly holiday raj
ment in these modern days, for most
of them live in houses and wear wool
en- clothing in their everyday agricul-
tural life.
The United States Indian depart
ment INDUCES the rec man in this Gus
tom, for without the finery OF beaded
buckskin clothes, the gala events on
reservations would be robbed of the
very background which gives them
their impetus.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
CONSUELLA

A NAME that belongs almost out
right to literature Is Consuella.
1t is generally regarded as French,
though In popular usage 1t has a dis
tinctive English flavor Very few
etymologists list it among feminine
names, and 1t is not possible to trace
its evolution.
Consuella first gained fame in the
time Of George Sands MADAME
BudevanD. In her novels "Consuella''
and La COmtesse de Rudolstadt." the
heroine was Spanish singer whose
noble purity was sustained amidst
temptations and disillusions. Consuel-
la was swept along on the wave of
popularity which accompanied literary
names In England
In this country 1t achieved no great
vogue until the time of the lovely
Consuella Vanderbilt, who married the
duke of Marlborough, and became
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Qlour Health y a 5::3i::: i !: ..

testine, a minute head growing out
of minute cyst.
This larva is carried by the blood %
the brain, eye, liver, muscles or skin,
pork which contains it being known
as measly pork.
When eaten raw, or slightly cooked.
or in sausage, 1t is followed by the
development of the tape-worm If the
juices OF the stomach or intestine. of
the person eating 1t, are not efficient
in destroying it.
Children suffer from intestinal
worms, but seldom from tape-worms.
One may have tape-worm and be en-
tirely unconscious of 1t, so far as
symptoms are concerned or there NAV
be symptoms of pronounced char
acter.
These may be anaemia, emaciation.
CONFUSION, st. Vitus' dance, dizziness
neuralgia, ringing In the ears. or some
ether form of nervous disturbance.
The appetite may fall or 1t may be
voracious; constipation may alternate
with diarrhea; and there may be cole
with nausea and vomiting; also Itch
ing in various parts of the body.
TIC prevent tape-worm, avoid raw or
imperfectly cooked food, and water
that is in any way suspicious.
If tape-worm is present, the seq
ments will always be found at some
time or other in the intestinal evacua-
tons.
To get rid of tape-worm, fast sew
eral days, taking castor oil at night.
and enemata of cold water in the
morning, preceding the latter with
suitable doses of epson salts or phos-
plate or soda.
If this does not suffice, some form
of vermifuge, or teniacide, must ia
taken, your physician deciding.
20 by George Matthew Adams)
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.3 zE s a E|5.|

the farmhouse where the farmers wife
was whitening some clothes on the
grass. | just hoped all over those
clothes and left brownish marks wher-
ever l travelled. That will teach her.
guess, not to cover up my grass.
There were some berry bushes near
the house, and those l nibbled until
the leaves looked quite pretty,
thought. But the farmers wife didn't.
She said she wished the hens and tur-
keys would gobble every one of u.s."
Maybe If you did not do so much
harm, cousin" said Chirp timidly, "the
farmers wife would not feel that way
towards your family"
well, If you think am going about
singing silly little chirping song as
you do and never do a thing to make
a show in the world, you are quite
mistaken, Cousin Chirp," replied Hop.
Chirp watched his cousin out of
sight, and then he crept far under a
bush and fixed himself for a comfort
able rest. II can't see how Cousin
Hop can get any pleasure at all out
of life," thought Chirp. 81 guess do
lead a rather quiet sort of life, but
1t seems to me l get more pleasure
out of living than he does. must go
to sleep now or l shan't be up in time
to sing for my nice young couple after
their supper tonight. and they might
get to thinking about their rich neigh
hor again and no Inhannv
90 by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
New York City,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
The Leaning Tower of
Baltimore

In Baltimore, years ago, there was
shot tower that stood up in the air
to a considerable height. Almost at
minded German ran saloon.
Eugene Havez, afterwards a New
York theatrical man and now in the
moving picture business in California,
lived in Baltimore when the shot
tower stood there One day Havez
and q friend of his found themselves
in the vicinity of the shotworks.
Both were thirsty and both, as it hap
pened, without funds Havez had an
idea.
He outlined 1t to his companion
and then they entered the saloon in
a violent argument with each other.
I'll bet you anything I'm right"
Havez declared
You're wrong" stated his friend
stubbornly, you're just naturally
bound to be wrong"
They lined up at the bar still de-
batting. The German waiting patiently
to serve them became interested
I'll show you how game l am"
said Havez. "Ill bet you the drinks
Pm right and leave it to our friend
here 20 decide It,"
"7'hat's a CO." said the other man.
'Set out the drinks commanded
Havez.
The German served them and they
drank.
Nov, poys," inquired the saloon
man, wat is dis pet?"
IT'S like this" said Havez edging
toward the door, my friend here
bets that when the shot tower falls
down it will fall to the north. l say
it will fall to the SOUTH"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
ALLIGATOR HOUSE

In the alligator house in the zoo
were some smaller houses in which
were some Katydids, and this is to be
an account of the talks Billie Brownie
had with an alligator and some Katy.
dds
''It's not everyone" said Mr.. ALI
gator, ''who has had the interesting
experiences 1 have had"
Indeed" said Billie Brownie. The
other alligators weren't especially in
terested in anything except their food
and so they didn't say anything more
Soon they were fed and then they
weren't very much interested in any
thing except nap.
81 think / will talk to you before
l, too, go to Sleep" said Mr.. Alligator.
He knew the ways of alligators and
why shouldn't he? He was one
himself. And he also felt sleepy. for
he, too, had eaten a good deal.
Go ahead" said Billie Brownie,
"and talk quickly, for soon you will
be asleep
swell, / lived in one of the most
fashionable of winter resorts. People
used to come to the place where I
lived and take holidays. Very rich
people would come. too-oh, enormous
ly rich people. They were the ones
amongst whom Iived-the rich !" He
smiled in his alligator way at Billie
Brownie.
"They didn't live on the beach and
in the water as l did. But they
did go in the water. They lived in
the great, enormous hotels and wore
beautiful clothes and carried sun
shades and were very fine indeed.
but a guest at the hotel, one of
them, was SO taken with me that he
took me along with him.
That's joke you see! He was so
taken with me that he took mel
"And he brought me to a more
northern climate and came here to
the zoo to live. It's a nice zoo and
they feed me well. I've no objections
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
go Ahead" Said Billie Brownie.

But I've had an interesting life, for
lived in a rich and fashionable place,
and when / first arrived in this city
before came to the zoo / was kept in
bath tub, | vast"
But before Billie Brownie had had a
chance to say anything the alligator
had gone to sleep. so he went over
to speak to Mrs. Katydid.
"The day has just about gone." she
said.
Where is it goingT' asked Mr.. Lo-
Gust.
'Tt is going where all the days co."
answered Mrs Katydid.
where is that. pray tell?" begged
Mr.. Locust.
WELL" said Mrs. Katydid, II am
not so sure ] can exactly tell you"
Billie Brownie hoped they wouldn't
ask him.
"She is not so sure she can exactly
tell u.s." said the other insects in
chorus.
''Tell us what you can, and as much
as you know, even though it may be
very little" said Mr.. Locust.
Mrs. Katydid was not in the least
insulted because Mr. Locust had told
her to say what she knew even though
1t was very little. She knew she
wasn't so very, very wise, but it
wasn't any disgrace and she didn't
mind in the least.
In fact she had often thought how
tiresome it would be to know too
much and to have to think and read
and put on spectacles when she could
be singing.
She had seen people who had come
to the zoo with books on some subject
called Natural History and, for some
reason or other, shs understood that
she was a part of it. She had heard
them say:
''Now this is specimen number 562"
All very absurd, she had thought.
IT really don't know just where the
days g0-not far away, though" she
said, ''for another will be back as soon
as the night is past. Either another
comes back or the same one. am
llOl sure WHICH. 4 LHluh dIlOlu6E, per
haps, because the days seem different,
some warm, some cold, some rainy,
some snowy. Still people come back
different days and they change. Some
times they smile and sometimes they
scowl and sometimes they seem happy.
But no matter, when the night has
passed another or the same day will
come again. So we must make use
of the night. 1t was in the night
when the keeper caught us. He at
tracted US to him by his light"
'We must begin our concert" said
Mr.. Locust, "as you say, another day
will come before long.
So Billie Brownie heard the Lo-
Gusts. Katydids. Field Crickets,
Tree Crickets, Smooth Winged Crickets
and all of the others begin to sing as
hard as they could.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
ft's Different in japan

Mrs. Yumiko Ikeda, beautiful wife
of young engineer, tried the new
freedom theory for women and failed.
She left home in Tokyo to obtain
work as an extra" in a movie studio.
Almost overnight, because of her abil-
.ity and beauty, she became star.
But then her troubles began. Her
friends and relatives, instead of con-
graduating her, sent her threatening
letters and said she had disgraced her
husband. After two weeks as a star,
she returned to her home.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

Nothing Doing In the Fish Line
Some people insist that measuring.
class by class, the lowest order of
human intelligence in America is
found among Key West sponge fisher
men. Others hold that the group
place at the foot of the column prop
erly belongs to certain order of
theatrical producers. AS proof of the
value of their contention they point
to the story of the theatrical man.
ager, who, on being told that a play
brought him by a certain dramatist
was based upon one of Charles
Dickens novels, said:
well. you get hold of this fellow
Dickens and bring him around to
lunch tomorrow and we'll get his
ideas and fix up a contract"
In the same connection there fire.
quently is cited remark by Wilton
Lackaye who once expressed a de-
sire, which he said he feared would
never be gratified, to play the part
Of Jean Vatican in a stage adapta-
ton OF Hugo's Les Miserables A
friend spoke up:
Isn't there manager in town who
can produce it?"
There isn't manager in town
who can even pronounce it," said
Lackaye.
Without any desire to take part in
the controversy over the respective
merits of the theatrical managers
and the Key West sponge-fishers,
herewith submit, for what it may be
worth, an incident which happened a
few months ago in the office of a
prominent producing manager, whose
name is household word in every
actors home. To him there came an
experienced playwright bearing the
script of a new piece which he had
just finished.
II don't want you should read it
to- me, now" said the manager. "Just
tell me what it's like"
well" said the playwright, tits a
historical drama in five acts. l call
it The Dauphin'
For why do you call it that?''
Because it's based on the story Of
the Lost Dauphin.'
Il don't want it, said the manager
emphatically ut wouldn't go. The
public wouldn't never stand for a
play about a fish,"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
GEESE AND WEATHER

THAT tame ducks and geese flying
Il about in a marked manner foretell
rain Is a common saying in the United
States and Canada. This is an ex-
tremely ancient superstition which has
become somewhat twisted" as 1t has
descended down the ages. In some
sections, however, we find variations
which clearly indicate the line of de-
scent of the superstition and approx
mate the modern to the ancient version
more closely than does the commoner
saying. Thus in some sections they
say that tame geese always fly toward
the point of the compass from which
the wind is going to blow; and in 9TH
ers that ducks or geese, swimming,
when they dip their heads under water
and raise them again very quickly, In
dictate that it is going to rain. In the
South they are said to be pleading for
rain"
This shows that the widespread SUI
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
Tesla Turns to Mars

Nikola Tesla, the inventor whose
work has been very important In the
electrical world, has turned his spec
ulations to Mars. He says life on the
planet Mars may be from one to ten
million years Older than on the earth.
He also thinks the hope of commune
eating with the planets is not an idle
one, but merely awaits the invention
of proper apparatus, based on the
earth's frequency Of vibration, which
he places at lit per second.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
Commentary

An elm tree will live 600 years; 1t
is said to be in its prime at $50 years
old
Wild boars still exist in France to
such an extent that thousands of the
animals are killed every year.
Among the women engaged In ad-
ministrative work in England and
Wales are one lord mayor, FIVE mayors
and nearly nine hundred magistrates.
English willow, because of it's light.
ness and adaptability, is largely used
in making artificial limbs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

GOOD morning, Cousin Hop" said
Chirp cheerily, although he had been
singing nearly all night.
Morning" answered Hop, II don't
see much good about it. Cold and
wet Makes my legs stiff"
"But the sun will soon be out warm
and bright and dry things, cousin" re-
piled Chirp.
"Huh," answered Hop harshly, wait,
wait That's it Why should have
to wait? 1t ought to be shining now
so l can get about. Suppose you have
been singing your silly song all night
lOngY be twitted Chirp.
Eyes," replied Chirp good natured-
~, trying to make people happy"
wasting your time singing silly
songs" grump Hop answered. "You
will get stepped on some day and that
will be the end of you"
"Oh, no, / won't" said Chirp cheer
fully. Folks are always careful not
to harm me. They like to have me
around. Why, only last night l had
the incest sort of time singing to
young couple who were envying their
neighbor.
II sang and sang until they forgot
to look across the street at the big
handsome house Of their rich neighbor.
'Hark,' said the young wife suddenly
there is our cricket again.
"Pretty soon they had forgotten to
be envious and were sitting by the
fire listening to my song"
swell, goodness me" exclaimed
Hop, III that isn't the most sense
less talk / ever listened to-just lis
ten to some of the things do.
Yesterday morning." Hop began, 81
got into Farmer Jones' potato patch
and you should have seen that place
when / left my, but the farmer was
angry!
"Then l hoped over to the lawn Of
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
Good Idea Spreading

That parent-teacher associations are
valued by public-school officials be-
comes every year more apparent. An
official inquiry conducted in Massachu-
sets showed that 112 superintendent
consider psrent-teacher associations a
vital factor in promoting closer rela-
lions between the home and the
school, and 80 superintendent rely
upon these associations for support
of programs for educational improve
ment
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
MR.. CHIRP AND MR.. HOP

MIR. CHIRP and Mr. Hop met one
Ava rathy morning by the side of a
dusty country road.
They were cousins, though one was
? little cricket and the other a
big grassbOpper. Their dispositions
weren't the least bit the same and
they did not dress alike, either. Chirp
was always cheerful and tried to make
others so, but his cousin Hop was in
Filmed to be quarrelsome.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

Had queer experience recently"
said the Billville poet. Robbers held
me up on the highway. Didn't have a
cent in my pocket-only a poem
which | was takin' to the editor"
Didn't take the poem, did her"
mo. Read three lines Of it, handed
1t back to me and said, Friend, here's
two bob. You need it worse than
do Northern Daily Mail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
Britons Growine Shorter

Sir Arthur Keith, conservator of
the Royal College of Surgeons Mu-
seums and England's best-known an
thropologist, says the average height
of the modern Englishman is 5 feet 6
inches. 1t was previously supposed
for many years that the average was
5 feet s inches. Sir Arthur said also
in recent lecture that the brain of
modern Europeans is smaller today
than formerly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
Deserved Rebuke

"Why did you throw the dictionary
at your husband?'
81 was trying to solve crossword
puzzle and asked him several times
to tell me word Of five letters
meaning domestic happiness and he
couldn't do it,
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A LINE o. CHEER
BY John kendrick Bangs.
LUxuRIEs

T DO not know, as turning page
i on page,
Which hath the sweeter cast,
fresh youth or age.
The dreams of youth are fair, all
running full
OF golden premises delectable,
And yet somehow the notion
comes to me
That as the years pass on reality
Holds riches worth, and in the
harbor's calm
After the storm there lies a rarer
balm
TO soothe the troubled soul than
in the strife
Attendant on our battlings with
life
Whichever she sweeter be Tn
nothing 10th
To thank my stars that l have
tasted both.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate)
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Riddle

BY countless teeth is all my body
lined.
The forest sons l feel with bite un-
kind.
And yet in vain l eat; l throw 1t all
behind
Answer: A saw.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

chatelaine of one of the noblest houses
of Great Britain. The widespread use
of C0nsuella was apparent immediate
~ throughout the country.
The pearl is Consuella's talismanic
gem and is said to preserve her charm
and bring her friends and admirers
Monday is her lucky day, and z her
lucky number.
20. by wheeler syndicate.)
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

To counterfeit the pilotless airplane.
an aerial torpedo has been invented.
1t is claimed that the torpedo can be
made to pursue and destroy the pilot
less airplane through wireless control.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
Big Legal Fees

Among the large legal fees on rec
ord are those reported to have been
paid Samuel Untermyer for his serv-
ices in the merger of the Boston Con-
solidated and Utah Copper companies,
$4,000; to William Nelson Cromwell
for recognizing Decker, Howell &
Company, 100000; to counsel in the
reorganization of the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas railroad, S750,OOO, and that
Zen Stanchfield & Levy and Elihu
Root of 100000 for settling the Mar
shall Field estate. Max D. Steuer is
credited with getting $1,000 day
every time he goes to court.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

'Now, Willie, give me sentence
containing the word chagrin."
Jaw. why don't chagrin once In
while?'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16

A new type of farm tractor has
been invented for blowing at night.
A single automobile headlight at the
front supplies sufficient illumination
for the driver.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-07-16
What's in a Name?"
BY MILDRED MARSHALL

Facts about your name; its history:
nifcance; your lucky day, lucky level
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MY FAVORITE
STORIES
By IRWIN s. COBB
Nothing Doing in the Fish Line

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