River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-02-14
Things in General.

Or. L. III. Washington says that when
pneumonia attacks the steady, square
drinEer. one who carries regularly his
pint to quart OF whisky daily, the treat
ment comes exclusively under the do
main of the undertaken, as the first case
Of discovery has yet to be reported.
Victoria is Queen of England, William
I. is Emperor of Germany, Francis Jo-
seph of Austria. Alexander III. is Czss
of Russia, Alphonso XII. Is King of
Spain, Humbert /. of Italy, Oscar III. of
Sweden and Norway. Louis J. OF Portn-
gal, Leopold ii. of Belgium, William III.
Of the Netherlands. George |. ofGreece.
Abdul Hamid is Sultan of Turkey and
NJ. Grevy President of France. S'Yit-
zerland contains twenty-five cantons,
over which is one President elected ev-
cry year. We do not find the name Of
present incumbent.
The Journal OF science says: There
are at least twenty -seven pauper lunatic
| asylums in England in which the use of
beer as an article OF diet has been dis-
continued. In no instance does it APP
pear that this apparently important
change has led to inconvenience or other
unsatisfactory results. On the contrary,
many of the superintendent in whose
asylums the modification has been made,
and through them many of the patients,
testify cordially to the benefits arising
| from the change. The question is not
one of teetotaiism, or even primarily OF
financial order, had but one OF pure
expediency and good management.
In early times New England was ter.
ribly plagued with phantom ships and
such things. A vessel, all sails set, was
seen off New Haven by the people OF
| that place. Yet careful examination
| showed that there was and could have
been no vessel near the locality where
it appeared. The circumstance made a
profound impression; the deeper be-
cause no one could tell just. what 1t
meant, and everyone was sure that some
thing astounding was coming.
The largest living animal is the ror-
quail whale, 1O2 feet in length; the
| smallest, the amoeboid forms. Whales
and elephants live to the greatest age,
| 1870 years; May flies the shortest, only q
| few hours. The most intelligent of the
lower animals, ahead even OF the Aus
tralian bushmen and others, are the
ants.
| One of the stations of the weather
service of Great Britain is at Ben Novis.
| A lady and gentleman recently assembled
the mountain with great difficulty. Aft
er fours' climbing they reached the top.
but no trace of the observatory could be
seen. Knowing they were at the right
spot, they began shouting. and were an
swered by the rising OF man out OF 9
| hole at their feet, who conducted them
into snug station completely buried in
| the snow.
The two highest salaried Governors oil
the States are those of New York and
Pennsylvania, who receive $40, 900 a veal
each. Next come California, Neveda
and Illinois at SC, 900 each. The Govern
ors of Colorado, Indiana, Kentucky
Missouri, New Jersey, Virginia and Wis
consin are paid So, 900 each. Poor, deal
| Ohio allows only $1,000, but as every
man in the state is available for the
Presidency except a few unfortuna te
| gentlemen from Ireland and Germany
A curious method of sinking shaft il
quicksand and in any situation where
running water proves an obstruction tc
the ordinary method of procedure ha:
been invented by Herr Poetsch. The
boreholes are filed with pipes contain
ing freezing mixture so that the wei
grouns is frozen hard and can be dealt
with like dry soil.
A lady traveller describes the govern
ment cigar factory at Seville, Spain
Three thousand workwomen are packed
| in a room as thick as sardines in box
many of them with babies not month
old. Dogs lie around, scratching feas
on piles of leaves and stems. But the
Spanish cigar is delightful after mea
consider, if it isn't overclean.