River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-06-01
SQUIBS.

| Miss Gladstone, daughter of the En-
glish Premier, will probably be elected
principal of the flourishing Ladies' Col
lege at Cambridge, England.
] The four survivors of the Jeanette
Arctic expedition who are now on their
way to New York from England will
be given a public reception by the
American Geographical society.
The late Mrs. Martha M. Hale, OF
Boston, left the public library of War
rem, Mass, S. 900 in cash, and an ele-
CANT estate, providing the name of the
library should be changed to Hale Pub
lie Library.
at is strange" remarks an exchange,
show much better picture photog-
rapher can take to hang in a showcase
than he can take for customer"
A rniddle-sized boy, writing COM
position on Extremes" remarked that
I'VE should endeavor to avoide ex-
tremes, especially those of wasps and
bees.
A Priest once asked condemned
criminal in a Parish jail: "What kind
of conscience have your" 'It's as
good as new, replied the prisoner; 'for
/ have never used it.
Beautiful thoughts are the dearest
of the mind" So they are, but the
beautiful thought that you can never
get the $25 you loaned is constant re-
minder of the desert in your pocket.
Perverse: "Women are so con.
trary," said Blobbs: II thought when
l got married my wife would darn my
socks and let me alone; instead of that
she lets my socks alone and darns
me-"
There is, after ali, only one real bone
of contention in the world, and that is
the jaw-bone.
It's the easiest thing in the world to
make 8 parrot become bluebird.
Take his food away from him.
A wit being asked, on the failure of
bank, "Were you notupset?" replied:
'No, only lost my balance"
]. Rufino Barrios, president of Guat-
amala, will shortly visit this country.
Senior Barrios has been president of
Guatemala for nine years, and keeps a
firm hand on the reins of government.
He is said to be worth $4,000, 900.
Mrs. Langtry gave two performances
of ''She Stops to Conquer" at the
Standard Theater, in London, few
days since. The theater was SO crowd
ed that the musicians had to give up
their seats in the orchestra, and play
from the stage.
Gen. E. S. Bragg, of Wisconsin, men,
Der of congress, sends word to the COM
mittee appointed to secure on orator
for the forthcoming reunion of the
Army OF the Potomac, at Detroit, that
he accepts the invitation rendered him
and will deliver the address.
Walter A. Foss of Lowell, Mass, is
to start from Milford, n. H., on trip
to Chicago and return by bicycle.
Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass"
hes been banned for obscenity by At
torney General Marston, of Mass, and
Osgood & Co. have suspended its pub
LEGATION.
A correspondent wants to know
where the expression "Let up" comes
from. We believe it comes from the
fellow who isn't on top in the fight.
Ex-Governor William Sprague, of
Rhode Island, the other day voluntari-
ly gave permission to trustee for his
estranged wife, Mrs. Kate Shase
SErague, to visit Canonchet and pack
up the latter's magnificent wardrobe,
to be transferred to Edgewood, near
Washington, and the goods have
already been sent from Narragansett
Pier.
Capt. Paul Boypton, the swimer, has
made the passage of the falls of James
river, at Richmond, Va. The feat OF
shooting the rapids" was made with
out injury, and was witnessed by some
ten thousand people. The distance
travelled was about half a mile, the fall
being about twenty-five feet.