River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1874-04-07
Foreign Notes.

urges that the French ship Orenoque
should be withdrawn from Civita Vec-
CHA, MS being no longer necessary for
the safety of the Pope.
THERE is great deal of distress in
the German capital The casual poor
who sought relief in the Berlin work
houses last month amounted to 1884
men and 739 women.
The annual international football
match between England and Scotland
came off recently at Remington Oval,
in the presence of some 4, 000spectators.
The match was won by the English
men.
THE Gaulois states that the Emperor
of Russia has authorized Prince Ro-
mansky, Due DE Leuchtenberg, cousin
of the Emperor Napoleon, to go TO
Chiselhurst ON March ID, to tender his
homage to the Prince Imperial.
A CORRESPONDENT of the Times points
out that of the sixty-one members of
Parliament who supported MIR. Malls
disestablishmentm motion last year, twen-
| ty-eight, including Mr.. Mall himself.
have no seat in the new House of Com
mons.
AFTER two hours debating, the Cam
bridge University Union has passed a
motion, by 81 votes to 81, condemning
the policy pursued by the Prussian
Government toward it's Roman Catholic
subjects as inconsistent with the prin-
ciples of religious equality.
Ir is stated in Oxford circles that
Lord Sansbury has undertaken to draw
up a scheme of University reform. The
task requires a combination of scientific
attachments with unhinching courage;
and both these qualities the marquis
possesses in no ordinary degree. 1t
could not be in better hands.
LII is stated that the number of mem
bers returned TO the Parliament in Eng
land who have voted or declaredin favor
Of woman's suffrage is 217 the gain by
the removal of opponents is 102. The
hostile maiorityis consequently reduced
from 107 to 5. The list of thoeo who
have voted for the bill includes Mr..
Disrueli and several membeTsof the new
Cabinet.
An urn containing large number OF
Roman coins has been found nearNlilan,
by some workmen who were engaged IN
LAYING the foundation of house at
Tore del Tort. The greater number
of the coins are of silver, and belong to
the time of Gallienus "a. ID. 60-26S.)
Some bear the effigy of Salonia, the
wife of Gallienus, who was murdered,
together with him, at Milan in 268,
during an insurTection of the Imperial
Guard.
QUEEN VICTORIA is credited with an
amusing witticism. Some one at the
court had spoken disparagingly (ot
course) of the hostile criticisms pro-
nounced by Sir Charles Dixie on the
civil list. alt is strange" the Queen
is said TO have replied, ''for | remem-
Der having him as boy on my knee
and stroking his hair 81 suppose"
added her Majesty, after moments
pause, 81 must have stroked it the
wrong way.
THE Bishop of Oxford has just open
ed the new chapel for Reading School,
the foundation-stone of which was laid
last year 10y Mr.. Walters, NJ. r., chief
proprietor of the Times. 1t has been
erected by subscription, at a cost of
about E3, 900, and will accommodate be-
tween 800 and 400 pupils. The school
has already risen 10 80 boys. A new
and larger school-house in course of
erection for the head master, will be
completed in September. aN
THE Abbey Of st. Blaise, in the Black
Forest, has been destroyed by fire. The
Abbey Church, which resembled st.
| Peetr's at Rome in many points, and
was remarkable for the fine ceiling of
the chancel, the marble high altar, and
the grand columns OF the nave, was de-
signed by Blondel. Some pieces of
tapestry preserved in the sacristy were
the han liwork of Marie Antoinette and
Maria Theresa. Nothing has been saved
but the bells and the shrine of tn
founder.
THE London Times has completed
careful review of the census Of 1871 OF
the British Empire. There are 81 per-
sons 10 a square mile in the Empire;
260 in the United Kingdom POI IN In
dia. and |. Al in the colonies. II should
be observed, however, thatinsome parts
Of India the density of population more
than equals that of England. The Queen
rules over Lot, tbssbfh hUNhn li'i HtVIlt
dwell in A, ll2, 65i houses; the area of
the lands they inhabit is not less than
7,7G9, 40 square miles.
EACH ant in an ant hill knows his
companions. Mr.. Darwin several
times carried ants from one hill 10 an
other, inhabited apparently by tens of
thousands of ants but the strangers
we're invariably detected and killed.
Thinking there might be family odor
by which they were recognized, he put
some ants from very large nest into a
bottle strongly perfumed with assai@-
tida, and restored them after twenty
four hours AZ first they were threat
ened by their companions, but soon
recognized and allowed 10 pass.
Mn. CoLLlSGwooD SMITH, the Treas
urer ofthe Society Of Painters in Water
colors, writes that among the treasures
destroyed at the Pantechnion was the
entire series Of sketches, stndies, and
drawings Of Mr.. II. Britten Willis, the
well known animal pointer. These
a =. s.l,tattts lsu trst,