River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-11-01
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The German Emperor astc nishes ev-
srybody by his vitality. He is nearly
sighty-seyen years old, thirteen years
| older than his great ancestor, "Oid
| Fritz" when that monarch broke down,
and his life has been one of great actiy-
| ty.
Governor Crosby of Montana, says
that enc day, when the presidential
party were crossing drygulch in North
ern Wyoming, they saw written in char.
coal over the door of vacant cabin the
| following. "0nly nine miles to water
and twenty miles from wood. No grub
in the house. God bless our home"
Mr.. w. D. Howells, while visiting Bal
timore lately, was met by reporter
who interpreted his views regarding
English and American literature as fol-
| lows: "In many respects we excel the
English in periodical literature. Our il
Illustrations are of a much finer quality.
The short stories, which are features of
our monthly publications, have few
counterparts in England. | think that
| English customs and English disposi-
| ton tend more strongly to The pub
| LEGATION of books than of magazines"
How some men do magnify their vo-
cations A correspondent of a Vermont
paper who has been sending that paper
weekly patch of items about who has
| had his barn shingled and who has gone
| a visiting has severed his connection"
as they cali it, with the paper, or had it
severed for him, and writes thrilling
valedictory, half column long, which
ends as follows: kindred spirits are
thrown together for pleasure and labor,
the tide licks our feet, and, with the
web of life all unwoven, the delicate
silken threads are snapped assunder.
| We exchange farewells and pass out on
the tide. Readers of the Vermont
| Tribune, we have sailed our heaven
bound crafts a few days together. We
are in sound of the breakers! Give me
your hand-farewell"
Chief Justice Beglie, of British Column
bia, recently said to jury which had
failed to find a murderer guilty: ION
your conscience will rest the stigma of
returning such disgraceful verdict, and
one at variance With the evidence on
which you have sworn to find the guilt
or innocence of the prisoner. Many
repetitions of such conduct as yours will
| make trial by Jury horrible farce, and
the city of VictC ria, which you inhabit,
a nest of immortality and crime, encour-
aged by the immunity from the law
which criminals will receive from the
announcement of such verdict as yours.
| Go; have nothing more to say to you"
| To the prisoner, who committed the
murder with sand-bag, he then said
"You are discharged; go and sand bag
some of these jurymen; they deserve
| it."
There are some very curious laws in
Saxony regarding servants, girls more
especially The mistress is obliged by
law to allow the servant one pound of
butter and one of coffee per month, or
the equivalent in money. If the girl
furnishes her own bedding she secures
lip cents per night for SO doing. Sew
eaty cents month is allowed for her
| washing, and she receives five per cent.
| upon all purchases she makes. She Is
required to give one months notice be-
fore leaving her place. The law also re-
ouires that each servant keep book for
| recommendations in which, upon her
leaving her place, her mistress is COM
| PEELED to state the cause and the girls
character.
The question OF what becomes of pins
has often been mooted but never an
swered. Yet it is certainly peculiar
that an article of everyday use which is
manufactured in numerous quantities
should disappear in equal proportion.
1t is estimated that no less than 50,000,-
600 pins are daily manufactured in Eng
land and Dublin, and that out of this
number 81 100000 are produced in Biz.
mingham alone, thus leaving $4,000, 00C
for the production of Dublin, Stroud and
London. The weight OF wire, both iron
and brass, consumed for this purpose
is ,2751-2 tons every year.
Chicago divorces have been universal
" considered easy of attainment t, but ii
appe ars that in Switzerland, among the
lower classes, custom prevails that
throws Chicago into the shade. There
young people marry with the distinct
understanding that if they do not like
each other they will separate. If, at
the end of the year, they shall mutually
declare before court that they do not
wish to remain married any longer, be-
cause of imcompatibility of tempera-
ment, they get divorce. Hymen's
chains are loosely worn in Switzerland