River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-07-17
Items of interest,".

WO iItll6 DpYS WHO Hdu DeeH kept III
the house on account Of rain were stand
ing by the window, mournfully gazing
at the dreary outlook, when the younges
suddenly said, 30, mamma, won't you
as bod to please shut off the water?''
The fair Queen Kate, y ife of Henry V
of England, received from Charles, hei
father, IA missal which afterwards became
the property Of the three succeeding Hen
rvs. 1t has just been sold in Paris fol
$4,000.
There is short but pathetic an.
nouncement in the English papers. Ten.
nysons sister-in-law, the widow of his
brother G aries Tennyson Turner, has
followed her husband to the grave after
an interval of very few weeks.
Mr. Alvan CLARK, Of Cambridge, the
leader of the telescope makers of the
world, is no seventy-six years old, and
still full of energy and skill. For forty
years Mr.. Clark was "A portrait painter
and earned $4,000 by his art before he
began his telescope experiments.
The memorial to Bayard Taylor
medallion of the poet in gray marble
which the graduating class Of Cornell has
just presented to the University, has been
received with fitting ceremony. Under
neat the medallion is the inscription
Lecturer on German Literature" with
the dates Of his birth and death.
The Rev Samuel s. Harris, the new
Episcopal Bishop OF Michigan, ~as, fol
several years, successful lawyer IN this
city. TO enter the church had been an
early impulse, and at last he yielded tc
it, and began his theological studies un
dei Bishop Potter. He has been for foul
years the rector of the largest and wealth
lest congregation in Chicago. He is the
son OF a wealthy Alabama planter, and il
thirty-eight years old.
SIR David Dundas, who, after Disraeli
Lord Beaconsfield's father, was the great
est bibiopole no has lived in these lat
ter days, says that the three works, save
of course, the Bible, which have gone
through greatest number of editions
were ''de lmatatione Christi" commonly
attributed to ST, Thomas Kempis, "Th'
Pilgrim's Progress Of John Bunyan, anC
"Uncle Toms Cabin" by Mrs. Beeche
Stowe.
The German Emperor is in good spirits
and is 1ransacting public business in spite
or his accident of two wee ago. This
nc ident was said to have been caused by
his foot suddenly slipping on the pol
ished floor of his study. He fell heavily
to the ground, and SC injured his right
knee that blood Immediately began to
flow. He is to apt to forget his wele hi
Of years, and cannot be induced to trans
Ter permanently even the least part of his
sovereign responsibilities to his son.
The story of Regnault's celebrated pic
ture of Saome is an interesting one. 1t
as first simply an untitled head painted
from a Roman model. One day Fortuny
entered Regnault's studio when he was
painting, and stood smoking and looking
first at the picture and then at the model
Then silently he walked across the room,
took down from the wall great brass
dish and Turkish dagger, put them in
the models lap, arranged the drapery,
and said: piece your canvas, paint her
that way and call her Salome." Reg
nauIt followed the great Spaniards adj
vice, and Salome made a success.
Mr. Edwin Booth is quoted as writing
thus to the prosecuting attorney at Chi
cago: II trust that our friend Gray may
become gray indeed--yea, positively
hoary -headed-in kind but careful con-
finement. or if earlier released, that his
exit may be from this earthly stage of his
dramatic exploit to that celestial scene
ere idiots cease from shooting and
actors are at rest If he be ever again at
liberty my own life / shall not value
worth a rush. But | hope his Elgin
guardians Will not be deceived by his
seeming harmlessness.
A pretty little domestic scene is de-
scribed in the local columns of The Ute
Herald. One of the matrons of Rome
has talent for wax works. Her husband
boosted that he could invariably tell at a
glance that her work was artificial. She
his partiality for "boiled
dinner and determined to make one in
wax. The vegetables and meat were
made and set before him at dinner; and
with keen relish he struck out for the
platter before him Lol twas a false din
ner. He frankly acknowledged that he
was duped and with admirable docility
handed his pocket-book to has wife.
A youth, oven though he be a titled
ruler, finds it hard to resist good clothes,
and especially regimentals. When
Prince Alexander, newly of Bulgaria,
called upon the Emperor at Berlin, he
naturally wore'the uniform of his ram -
second lieutenant in the Prussian Army.
1t was, of course, unreasonable that a
mere second lieutenant should be cor
daily received by an emperor, SO that
notentate dubbed the young man MAJ
DR., on the spot The Prince had
guessed what the Emperor might do, and
had majors uniform ready
1t his hotel He dashed out of the pal
ace and to tire otel, changed MS lleuten-
ants for his majors uniform, and dashed
1ut again, to finish his round of state
md official calls.
A burial service IN an Episcopal church
n Portland on Monday afternoon, as
by one of the mourners.
WHY don you make the sign of tire
ross 2" he demanded fercely. 81 am
he corpse's brother and | object" The
remark caused great excitement, but the
rector paid no heed to the critic and
sith the service as If nothing
lad happened.
A wag brought horse driven by a.
7oung man to stop in the street by the
word whoa and said to the driver:
sThat's-a fine horse Won have there y