River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-11-22
Current Topics.

1t is estimated that during the last for
ty years 2, 250, 900 houses have been erect
ed in Great Britain, and they are worth
double the amount of the national debt.
The rate of building now is about SSO.OO0
per wear. Forty years ago the rate was
10000 per year.
One Of the most aristocratic orders OF
the country is established at Baltimore
and is called the Aryan Order. 1t reach
es far back and aims to perpetuate
"kride of birth" All the members
nust he descended from colonial tami-
lies At least and must be DISTINGUISHED
nv coats of arms or some badges Of hon
or. Yet with all its pretensIons TINS or
der is a failure. Its members are few
and unimportant.
People in Calcutta, India, have been
noticing some curious phenomena in the
appearance Of the sky. On Sunday, Sept.
6, two shocks of earthquake were fol-
lnwad by lurid red light in the sky
which lasted Tor 1our lsV.,re ~ more, and
for four days afterward changes were
noticed in the color of the sun. One
morning it appears unusually white, an
other morning green, then blue and at
last accounts it has changed TO blush
green.
A CHASTITY story comes from Bohemia.
A man at Uscheno who was apparently
dead had just been lowered into the
grave, when the mourners were horri-
| fed to see the coffin lid begin to move
| and the linen shroud gradually appear,
until the corpse at last sat up. The man
said that throughout his illness ne had
heard all that had been said. lie was
| aware that they thought hlm dead, but
was unable to make any sign. lie was
| taken home, and there Is now every
| prospect of his recovery.
Mr.. G. Whittier wrote to Francis b.
Gummere, who WAS chosen in his stead
to read poem at the seni-centennal
| celebration of Haverford college; 81
hope thee will say a good, clear, strong
word for Quakerism. That central doe
| trine of ours, the Divine imminence and
universal light. viii yet be found the
stronghold Of Chrstendom, the sure,
safe place from superstition on one
| hand and scientific doubt on the other.
| think Haverford has in great meas
ure kept the good old way, Long may
it live and prosper"
Friends of Asbury University, lndi-
ana, were able to raise only $4,000 IN
| der Mr. w. c. De Pauw's agreement to
| give $500 900 if they would raj e $4,000,
| and 50 Mr.. De PAW agreed 10 give IN
the same proportion, or ? Tor each one
raised. Thus the college is TO have
| fund of $500, 900, with which the new
| buildings are to be erected. Mr.. DE
| PAW promises also to carry out the
other provision of his original intention,
| to beQueath 40 per cent. OF his estate to
| the university, which in the future Is to
/ . TfnAp thn Vnl-
uation this Will add about II ,OOO,0eO to
| the end .wment tund.
Susan II. Anthony recently visited in
England the former home Of Harriet
Martineau, which now is occupied by
| Quaker family. 81 chatted with these
Friends" she says. I'm the drawing
room where Emerson, Garrison, Char
| lotte BrOnte aud many OF the othergreat
| souls of earth had come to honor liar
| ret Martneau IL the days gone by. L
sat at the table in her Ii jrary whore she
| had penned so many noble thoughts,
| looked into the chamber whore she had
| slept, suffered and died, and cut at the
| beautiful landscape she enjoyed IN those
| last sad DAYS. In the kitchen the same
range. dresser, table and chairs stand
| there as she left them, and her iavorlte
| black and yellow spotted cat, now six
teen years old, still Keeps faithful watch
on the threshold"
81 have something -particular--to say
to you. Miss Edith" said Elmer de
Garcelone, as he drew himself where he
could watcn the freight play in her face.
"Well, I've been eXpecting--some-
tbinp-ot the kind, !" replied Edith, and
she tried to stare a live coal ont of coun-
tenance. There's a Change-come
over nay prospecte---Im no longer the
wealthy Elmer dc Garcelone who paid
You court Mt Saratoga the past season"
Don't mention it, know all. have
determined that | shall still be true to
YOU" Heavens! hut that's just what l
don't want you to be. I've hXed up
match with Ethel de Bullion, worth
million and half, aud just dropped in
to tell you about it," Breach ofpIomlse
! suit now ou.--iI 'rtford Post.