River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-06-28
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A TREATY Of international traffic by rail
has been signed between Chill and the Ar
yentine Republic.
UNDER Germany's new army bill there
will be million of soldiers on guard against
Russia and an equal number against France.
The Russians are said to be busy training
hawks and falcons to catch the pigeons
trained by Germans as carriers OF messages
N times of war.
The Chinese Emperor at late date was
being initiated into the myteries of poker
oy three Chinese noblemen who have stud
ed cards and other things in this country.
UNDER the laws Of Russia, If subject re-
fuses TO believe that kissing a iingerbonc Of
some dead saint will bring him grace, he
can be punished the same as If he set
house on fire.
WAR taxes are enormously oppressive in
France, Germany and Russia, and the great
armies are every year becoming greater.
The last act of Emperor William was TO sign
and army bill which added 100000 men TO
the German soldierly, SO now the Father
land has force of 2, 250, 900 soldiers.
II Siam, for stealing or killing an ele-
plant buffalo or bullock. the punishment
is death. HOUSEKEEPING is also punished
with death. A person detected in smoking
opium Is imprisoned for three years. The
men of tho lower orders Of people arc slaves
and must DO enrolled TO some master.
THE best market on the Continent Of Eu.
rope is said TO DO at Berlin. Fish are sold
from watts and are kept alive. There is every
variety Of game and domestic fowl to be had
within a thousand miles, and steers, veal,
calves, lambs and other animals are dressed
complete, their heads and tails beng
r,o1a nd lar int bafr
A RUSSIAN General has created great
sensation in Europe by furnishing an elab-
crate scheme for the construction of a rail-.
way through Siberia TO the Pic:sc Ocean.
1t IL intended to go b. the shortest posi-
bic cut from the Urais 10 the Pacific Ocean.
The total cost Of the road is estim ated at
500, 900, 900, which.it is believed, can be read
ly raised ia Russia itself.
EUROPEAN capitalists propose to build a
railroad from Bagdad TO Constantinople
The dis TANGO is 400 miles, and it is est
mated that the cost of the road would be
e15,00l,000 II tho project is carried out the
distaI ce between Europe and India will be
shortened nine or ten days, and it will also
give route Of commerce independent OF
the 81 ez canal
THElE is in Asia 90O,OO0,0OO Buddhist
womeI not one of whom has any hope Of
immortality, except, perchance after trans
migration through many animals, theft
spirits may enter some boy infant. This is
tho highest hope Buddhist woman has II
is in part by reason Of holding out to them
the possibility of reaching Heaven as well
as men that Christianity wherever taught
finds ready acceptance among Buddhist
women.
IL Birmingham, Eng, is a Shakespeare
library Of over eight thousand volumes in
all languages into which the plays have
been translated. There are complete edi
tons In Polish, Russian, Hungarian ano
Spanish; but in Greek, Portuguese, Finnish
Croatian, Tristan, Roumanian, Welsh
Flemish, Ukraine and Wall1chan there
are only separate plays. or German edi
tions and selections there are no fewer thar
62l volumes, and the other shakespeare
literature in German numbers | ,3S5 volumes
France has only one-fourth of the number o.
editions and separate publications.