River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-11-06
Personal Gossip.

Inc WALKERS ana runners Oh Iu6 pres
ent age are p1gmies by the side of the
professional runners of the days before
railroads and telegraphs. Even fifty
years since we find that Ernest Meuser
was famed for his swift locomotion. He
once ran from Paris to Moscow, o dis
tauce of l, 760 miles, in thirteen days
and eighteen hours. In 1886 he ran from
Calcutta to Constantinople, 5,615 miles,
in fifty-nine days. He always outstrip-
ped mounted couriers. Invariably ht
took direct route, climbing noun
tains, swimming rivers and running
through forests. His food was o small
quantity or biscuit and raspberry strip
He dled in 1853, while running through
Upper Egypt:
The English ladies who accompany
the British scientists in this country APP
pear to better advantage than the men
Their chief physical characteristic j:
their fine, healthy glow of color, betok-
ening good health and outdoor life.
They are, with few exceptions, taller
and larger than American women ordi-
narily, and have more vigorous lool
and carriage. IF their faces show less
delicacy of expression and fewer refine,
ments of feature, and if their voices are
noticeably of greater volume, then
erect figures, strong coloring and Wig.
orous gait are compromising advantages
Their voices are seldom low and must
cal, and, although not pitched high
are loud and strong They are goot
walkers, taking pace i'll the streets
which would leave their American sis
tiers, at least those who are city-bred
far in the rear.
Those who have seen the ex-Empresl
Eugene within the past few weeks say
that she is rapidly breaking down, ani
predict that she will not much Longer
survive her husband and son, whose
memory she mourns constantly. She
was persuaded few weeks ago to leave
her home at Marlborough, England
and try the effect of secluded summer
residence in Switzerland. The change
however, has not resulted in any benefit
to her health, and she is now undis
guisedly decrepit, broken old woman
Some traces of her famous beauty still
remain, but there is no vestige of hel
former vigor and spirit. She is bent
withered and querulous, and when she
undertakes to walk, totters along pain
fully with the help of stick.
On Sunday, the Goth of next month,
Sir Moses Montetiore, the great He
brew philanthropist, will be one hun.
dred years old, and active preparations
are being made almost everywhere tc
celebrate the day properly. The coun-
Gil of the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations has issued circular to
the rabbls of the congregations belong
ing to the union, requesting them to
hold q special service on that Sunday
for the purpose of celebrating Sir Mos
es's birthday, and to make collections
for fund to endow a professorship
thus combining the name with the on
ly Hebrew collegiate institution IL
America. The purpose of this college
is to train young men for the ministry.
A curious experiment has lately beer
made at Acqui, Italy, by the proprietor
of some baths there. This gentleman
has at his disposal an inexhaustible
supply of hot water from a natural
spring, the temperature being 16T
degrees Fahrenheit. The surplus mo-
required for the baths has been divert.
ed so as to flow through pipes to a gar
den on the outskirts of the town. Here
the warm liquid flows beneath a mum
Der of forcing frames containing melons
tomatoes, asparagus, and other garden
produce. The result is that supply
Of these dellcacies is ready for market
at very early period of the year
when, therefore, they fetch high prices