River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-09-11

uiuCult!es anu mysteries II art.
KoslUTH is said to have declared, re-
garding Prime Jerome Napoleon, that
he never met with any man who had ;,
rapid PERCEPTION of the bearing Of thing,
political, or who came TO sensible de
cision so quickly, as the Prince Kos
suth also believes that the Prince would
gladly be Emperor if only he could bt
elected 70 e imperial throne by unlver
sal suffrage; but he is not the man to
begin an agitation; he is wanting in the
necessary courage" Kossuth declares.
concerning himself, that he has never
written his "mcmoirs' and has no inten-
ton Of producing any such book.
THE watcn which General Washington
had made in London for Widow Martha
Curtis, aud presented to her just before
their marriage, has been added TO the col
lection cfrelics at Washington headquar
tiers in Newburg. Mrs. Washington wore
tie watch several years, then gave It to
a iavorte nelcc, who in turn gave it 10
her son. This gentleman, a Virgins
planter, found himself 50 poor at the eud
81 the civil war that he was obliged To-
sell the eirioom. The case of the watch
is ofgoId inlaid with white enamal Over
each figure on the dial, beginning with
u, is a letter, all together forming the
name Martha Curtis
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MADAME GREyY. the Wife of the French
President, travels in the simplest manner
She takes great pains to pass unperceived
notwithstanding the trouble taken to d,
her a rather ost.ntatious homage. Sh,
has just arrived with her daughter Al
Faux Bonnes where the manager of the
hotel, ate serving her with bottle Of
his choicest wine, was astonished to hear
her say that she was accustomed to
frugal life, and did not require to drink
at Eaux-Bonnes richer wines than in Paris
Tie honors which have fallen to her loi
do not seem to have effected her IN the
least Many carpers think that France
ought TO be represented with elegance
and that her genius is opposed to such
simplicity.
LORD BEAcoNsFIELD is described as re-
markablv careful in his dress, although
ne no longer appears in embroidered
walstcoats, festoops of gold chain, silk
lined coats and light trousers. He goes
now to the House of Commons mornings
quietly dressed IN frock coat, black
neCktIe and pair OF bronze-colored
trousers. But when he takes his walks
abroad, he dons wonderful light over
coat, with trousers 2 shade darker. q blue
necktie, and when the east wind blows.
white silk handkerchief loosely tea
around the throat. In strange contrast
10 the white silk are the sunken. wrinkled
checks, and the dead, unmoved express
sion. His face shows his age; but trom
a back view, that cc-.nir gly-cut Overcoat
would seem TO surround q man Of forty
NEW observations nave been mad b,
Mr. Drjean lie Frnrogue on the behavior
Of pendulum free 10 move IN any direC-
ton snd SET swinging with great am
plitude He finds that the plane of os-
cilauon tends rapidly to take a particu-
lar direction, which in his opinion is
simply the horizontal projection of the
trajectory Of the eaath; that Is to say OF
the resultant of the two great movements
Of translation to which the earth Is sub
ject, toward tie constellation Of Hercules
and round tie sun. The direction of the
pendulum changes in course of the dav
by reason of the diurnal, though the ira
jeetoly does not sensibly vary in direc-
tion in course Of the day. II. Cornu,
while not agreeing with the author as TO
the cause of the movements observed.
commends the phenomena to the study Of
physicists.