River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-03-24
General Items.

| HE SANDS OF woman LIE run on
all the quicker when her waist is shap
ed like an hour-glass.
THERE is nothing that will change a
man so much as a great grief, unless it
is shaving off his moustache.
WHEN our ancestors wanted o hot
rum punch, they said so without evasion
they did not call it kettled rum"
DIR. SCHMIDT of the University of
Athens has just completed map of the
moon, on which he has been at work for
thirty-four years.
How UNeANNY Scotland is Her
court of sessions has just decided that
women have no right TO receive instruc-
tons in her universities.
A SOUTH CAROLINA legislator has in
troduced "a bill to REFUGE the bounding
dept of the Staff"
WRAPPERS are made of figured French
cambria and percales, and trimmed with
plain bias folds or Spanish hounces.
GLOVES, rs they go up in price, in
crease in buttons. Dame fashion tells
us that five, six and eight buttons are
worn.
EVERYTHING has its compensation. In
consequence of the financially hard
winter hundreds of marriages through
out the country have been postponed.
HoT alum water is recent sugges-
ton as an insecticide. 1t will destroy
red and black ants, cockroaches, spi-
ders, chintz bugs, and all crawling
pests.
In Germany great complaints are be-
ing made as to the constant emigration
which drains the country of its most
valuable hands, and leaves behind So
cialists and agitators.
Mr.. HOWARD PAUL is meeting with
extraordinary success i'll his present
! provincial tour in England The re-
! ceipts at performance given in Glas-
, gov last month were over 50 600
. MoEARcHs are not all useless pieces
} of ornamentation. King Oscar of Swe-
den is the inventor of fire escape APP
paratus. 1t was lately tried is Stock
holm and proved valuable invention.
The duchess of Geneva" the ia
nous $4,000 COW whose sale caused
such an excitement some months ago,
died at the farm of the Hon. Samuel
Campbell, at New York Mills, recently.
ALDERMAN MUTUALLY of the st. Louis
Council refers with gratitude TO the
fact that he has been member of the
body two years, and has escaped with
out getting black eye.
A GOLDEN eagle was recently cap
tured near Chetowa, Kansas. The
lucky captor was Immediately offered
ten dollars in bank notes for it which
he naturally refused, MS he felt entitled
to q premium on it.
The old style of combing the hair
over the ears is revived among the Ia
dies What blessing this will be to
those who have homely "organs of
hearing, and what a sacrifice to those
who haventl
The journalists will have their fun,
as witness the following from Cincin-
matt paper: "a favorite amusement at
Laramie is slashing off strangers ears.
One blow is sufficient for all except
Louisville ears
AN Aberdeen philosopher has extract
ed the following reply from an advanc-
ed free school lad TO the query, Glow
is the earth divided ?" "By earth
quakes, sir.
The ball recently given by Marshal
Mcmahon at the Elysee, in Paris, rival
ed the luxurious displays of the Second
Empire. About 5000 persons were
present, and the cost is roughly estima-
ted at $4,000.
ATToRNEY-G GENERAL SoHALCH, of ia
maica, has died of yellow fever w. A.
q. Young has been appointed Admins
TRAITOR of the Government, and j. g.
McGlashan Acting Colonial Secretary.
STEAMSHIP captains say there is alto
gether too much similarity in the style
of night signals used by the passenger
steamers ON the Atlantic. Oftentimes
the colors of the rockets and Roman
candles used are affected by the weather,
and thus confusion is created, and some
times a steamer is incorrectly spoken.
con General Sherman J" exclaimed
lady recently, Il do love TO meet you
anywhere, because you always talk.
| "Well, madam" replied the general,
! 81 can afford to talk, because / have
proved can fight. Now, n soldier has
no rightto talk unless he can fight, too. :"
A COUPLE of blacksmiths, formerly
in partnership in Leon, Iowa, have
curious lawsuit One sues the other
for labor performed and money paid
out, and the other presents a counter
claim for twelve months checker-play-
ing INDUCED in by the plaintiff when he
should have been ut work.
An Englishman writes to one OF the
scientific journals stating that he has
discovered q new cure for rheumatic
govt. He had suffered tortures from
that disease for several years, but by
insulating his bed by means of glass
stands and sockets under each foot he
began 10 improve Immediately.
A LITTLE girl ran out TO meet her
father, rs he was ON his way home 10
dinner yesterday, exclaiming: "Pa, l
declare somebody has broken kitty all
10 pieces" An examination disclosed
the fact that fourteen little Thomasses
and pussies had been added to the fe-