River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-03-15
Current Notes

The social troubles and domestic scan
dals of the London aristocracy are so
great this year that London thinks of
calling itself the Chicago of Europe.
The new temperance law in Arkansas
provides that if majority of the adult
citizens of both sexes petition TO that
effect, the sale of liquor within three
miles of any church or school house may
be prohibited for two years.
A few years ago associations known as
Bands of Mercy were Tormed in Eng
land, the object of which was to incul :
They have achieved great success, es-
| pecially in teaching children to show
kindness to The dumb creation. The
| Earl of Shaitesbury is at the head of the
| organization. More recently, organlza-
| tons of the same character have been
| fDfued in this country, especially in
| Massachusetts, and some of the most
prominent men in that state are interest
| ed in the movement. The Rev. Thomas
Timmins, who has been identified
with the movement in England, has
come to this country, where he will re-
| main to labor in the cause.
Morocco has contracted with the Paris
Mint for coins of various denominations,
representing total value of about So
| ONO, 00p. On one side of the coin will be
| stampe d verse from the Koran, and
| on the other side the date according to
| the IIegira. The Paris Mint frequently
| accepts contracts ofthis sort from abroad
| 1t is also under contract at the present
time to supply 100000 coins OF 5 and
| ~ liptas q cents and cents TO the Hell
| Ienic Government within the next three
| years, There are % presses in the mint,
| and they are said to be capable OF manu-
featuring 593, 900 coins per day.
81 have heard of men gently bred
and well educated" says the editor OF
London Truth, "who mix in the world
with refined and graceful women, hay
ing strange liking for the pursuit of
| hanging about stage doors. They tell me
that they CALAMITY escort jeweled beau
ties to neaiIbroughams that they rush for
ward to give their arms to dainty Great
ures clad in Russian sables, that diamond
| rings sparkle in the gasight, and that
| the hall doors of Park Lane and May
fair, after ball in the season, are moth
Ing to the stage doors of our fashionable
| theatres" .
A"lightning train, is to be introduces
es on the LIST of May on the railroad be-
tween Vienna and Paris 1t is to be run
twice week, and will make the distance
in twenty-seven hours. The train will
stop only at few Of the most important
stations. If this experiment proves sue
| eessful, similar train viii be started to
make the trip between Paris and Con-
stantinople. For this distance eighty
tour hours are to be allowed.
Through the American minister at
Bangkok, Mr. Frank Vincent, Jr., the
traveller and author, has just received
from his majesty the king of Siam a
| medal ofhonor, with accompanying clasp
and ribbon, and a diploma appointing
him knight of the royal order of Buspa
! Mala. His majesty has recently read
THE Land of the White Elephant"
and is thus pleased to show his
appreciation of its author. The medal
is an inch and half in diameter, of a
beautiful da. k-yellow gold, deliberately
chased and embossed, and engraved
with i sigma and inscriptions peculiar to
the order. 1T is one of the four Siamese
decoratious'which the king wears at all
great ceremonies of the state. The di-
ploma, surmounted by the royal arms,
is engrossed ON thin parchment in black
red and GOLD.
Bishop Charles Wordsworth, of the
Scottish Episcopal church, has just pub
lished an edition of Sltakespere's histor-
icaI plays in wi ich he has made strange
liz presumptiCus emendations. The ir-
regularity of the great poets verse Of
lends him, and he has altered, trans
posed and inserted words with the
most extraordinary effect. His changes
ION the score Of deEeaey" are still more
wonderful, partaking of the nature of
that modestv which led heroine OF his
tory to incase the legs of her piano ID
hilled pantalets.
Eighty thousand buffaloes were killed
last winter; this winter, owing To the rapid
extinction of the animal, the number
killed is comparatively small