River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-09-20
Miscellaneous Paracraphs.


Is said to be the largest ever known in
that state, Notwithstanding the fact that
many trees were damaged by the Feb
ruary frosts. The lime crop, on the
contrary, is much smaller than usual.
Show-printing this season is more
elaborate and flasher than ever before.
The prevailing idea seems to be that the
success of our actors and actresses this
year is going to depend altogether up
on the amount of red and yellow paint
splashed on to the bill-boards and scat
tered through the barber shops.
Ii Hung Chang, viceroy of China, has,
at the instance of the United States min
lster. granted permission for a steamer
to run on the upper Pel-Ho river, be-
tween rientsin and Tong Cho. The con-
cessiOns regarded asimp0rtanS. Hitler.
to all attempts on the part of a foreign
cruiser to approach Pekin. the habitation
of the emperor, have been strongly OPP
posed.
An old lady who had purchased a new
bonnet received it on Saturday. Not
long after she was missed, and her abb
sence was 50 protracted that her family
became alarmed about her, and institut-
ed search. After looking the premises
all over, her daughter found her in her
chamber, sitting quietly with her new
bonnet on. The daughter exclaimed:
"Why mother, what are you doing here?"
$50 along down." the old lady replied;
am only getting used to this thing, 80
that shall not be thinking about it all
the time in church to morrow"
A feature of the exposition at Amster-
dam is a complete Japanese village.
which is reproduced with much fidelity
and detail There are huts of the ma
lives, inhabitants and cattle, and a ma
live orchestra furnishes Japanese music
for Japanese dances.
The house of Mrs. John w. Bigelow,
at Newport, is furnished With Venetian
portico which looks out on the bay,
afording one OF the best pictures in that
city. Mrs Bgelow asked her friend,
Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, to say somthing
abou this piazza Omthing to be re-
membered." Mrs. Howe knitted her
fine brows and pursed up her nervous
mouth. Every one waited for the orac-
ular utterance of the author of the Bat
tie Hymn of the Republic" at is
bully piazza" was the unpoetic answer.
Plans have been completed for the
new silver vault to be built under the
cash room of the treasury department.
1t will hold about 23,000,000 standard
dollars.
A dog of the shepherd breed, owned
by Aaron Hutchinson, of Mansfield,
Conn, not only possesses the usual &C
complishments common to the educated
CANNES, such as shaking hands, awaiting
the sigual three to snap the piece of
bread, speaking, etc, but he also sings.
"Sit up, hold out your paw and sing"
SAYS his mistress, and Pedro will pose in
a most knowing attitude, and to mus
zeal accompaniment will join his voice,
varying his song as the tune is high or
low, fast or slow, and stop wher the i'll
strument ceases.
A very curious thing about deaf mutes
is the rapidity with which they learn
the meaning and use of slang words and
phrases. The ordinary street language
of the day seems to be every bit as fam
liar to them as it is to the people whose
organs of hearing are not impaired, and
and they will say, in their own way,
''you oct your boots" or lyon bet your
sweet lfe!" with as much case and grace
as if they had it at their tongues end all
their lives. One of the afflicted young
men, when asked for an explanation of
this remarkable fact, said the deaf mutes
got their knowledge of slang from the
newspapers; that they were great read
ers of the papers, and snapped up new
phrase or word just the moment it made
its appearance. They not only use slang
in writing, but in their sign-language.
Among other things brought to this
country by President Soto, of Honduras,
is a silver cup made before the appear
ence of the Spaniards in Central Amer
lea. There is an opal in a rough state,
five inches high, valued at $1,000, and
other stones ofthe same species, smaller,
and cut in various forms. One of the
cases is filled with coffee, none Ofwhich,
it is said, finds its way to the United
States, the French and English purchas
ing it at twenty five cents per pound.
In one case is an exhibit of fibre OBJ
tanned from a species of pineapple,
which, as it is tough, fine, and takes
DIVES with success, is used as filling in
silks. It has been woven into Goth,
which has every appearance of silk,
and has been manufactured into
delicate lace. Several samples of the
grass from which Panama hats are made
are exhibited, as also are ipecac leaves
and roots, jalap, ginger roots, allsplce
berries and other spices.
One of the attractions of the recent
performance in the Chinese theater in
san Francisco for the benefit of the
knights Templar was Il stage fight be
tween two warriors, whose method OF
attack was was to jump up IN the air,
strike the adversary in the chest with
the bottom of both feet, and then fall
full length on the stage, striking on thelc
backs with terrific force. 1t was a style
of tumbling evidently new to most oFthe
spectators, who applauded vigorously.
Another style of gymnastics was much
admired. The performer would stand
on a chair which was the apex OF n pyr-
amid of table and chairs, turn somer-
sauit in the air, and land on another
chair similarly elevated, with his legs
crossed under him like a tailor. This
feat was done repeatedly by two per-
formers dressed in n bewildering multi
tude of baggy trousers, skirts, jackets,
and cloaks. With the ordinary dress of
an athlete the feat is calculated to break
both legs of tho performe, but dressed
as they were it was an astonishing exhi-
bition.
The remarkable tides and the terrible
aud deadly storm which have visited
the north Atlantic within week approx
innate too nearly to the time OF the awful
volcanic disturbances in Java not to
arouse the feeling that these dreadful
outbreaks which have been felt over two
thirds of the earth, If not throughout It,
have common origin. The earthqu Ike
wave is known to have been felt at San
Francisco, and it is certainly curious
coincidence that at nearly the same time
there should be such a tidal wave in the
Atlantic as that which has done so much
damage at Atlantic City and elsewhere
Oh the New jersey coast, and that there
should be so great q storm-cyclonic in
its character-as that which has cost the
lives Of so or more fishermen on the
Grand Banks, and at the time of year
usually free from such violence. 1t
wonld be over bold to attribute these
disturbances to common cause.
Miss Chamberlain, OF Cleveland, who
is figuring in London as beauty is de-
scribed by Eliza Westhersby, who hap
pened to meet her in a gathering of the
Prince of Wales's set, Us about as pretty
as ten per cent. of all American girls.
She had rather captivating way about
her, "oddly combining a spi rituelie,
Marguerite air with the peculiar dash
and confidence common in Yankee girls.
1t was evening, and the light was cleo
tric, so that every bit of artificiality was
| made clear by the glare. Her face was
painted like wax-work. The red OF her
cheeks stood out like daubS Her fea-