River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-12-16

SO white that the animal can hardly be
seen as il runs over the snow.
L. :. MINISTER ANGEL. has renewed
his demand for indemnity from the
Turkish government for the pillage OF
American missions in Armenia.
SErTDUs WINNER. the composer Of
the popular song. Listen 10 the Mock
ing Bird, written in 1879, celebrated
his golden wedding the 18th Of Novem-
Der
A TEXAN aged IS years is cutting
teeth, after having been toothless for
80 years, Octogcnarian dentition is
becoming quite fad in Grand Old
Texas.
\ COMMISSIONER of the Spanish gov
ernment reports that there are 40 900
concentrates In the province Of Pinar
del Rio 600 of whom are orphans.
All are in want
GOV. FEEGAII., IN his m, sage to the
Virginia general assembly. recon-
mendcd legislation imposing penalties
upon counties ana officials fer permit
ting mob violence.
Miss MINNIE POWER, of Lockport. y.
Y, is eight feet in height lacking one
inch. She is the taliest woman in the
United States. She is handsome in spite
of her abnormal proportions.
As TIE supply of ivory is becoming
short, billiard balls of east steel are
being used in Sweden. BY making
them hollow the weight is made to
correspond with that of ivory balls.
TIRE Athens Archaeological society is
about to undertake the restoration and
strengthening % the Parthenon. Mar
BILE from rentelicos will be furnished
free for this by the company working
the quarries
IL the state OF Nuevo Leon, Mex,
the government has ordered that the
pupils in al the official schools shall
be taught To write and perform all
manual tasks as well with the left
hand as with the right
SEAECHIIGHrs are now used to illu-
inmate the grounds OF the Jersey State
prison TO prevent the escape OF prison
ers 1t is reported to have been effect
i've in preventing the escape of prison
ers in several instances.
AIrHoUGH the brain is perpetually
active the. whole Of it is never active
at one time The two hemisphereS or
halves do not operate simultaneously,
but alternate in action-now * is the
one halt, then the other.
A MARRIAGE with several unusual
features recently occurred AZ paducah,
Ky The groom was a Presbyterian,
tie bride an EpiseOpalian and the mar
rage occurred in a Methodist church,
a Baptist minister officiating.
CHIEF ARTHUR and other representa-
tives OF unions OF railroad employees
are in Washington. They want con
gress to appoint national labor com
mission, and will insist that a compul-
sorry arbitration law be passed.
GIRLS and women employed in Japan
cotton factories earn on an average
five cents per day The mills are OPP
Grated day and night and On sundays,
cScept on two Sundays per month,
when the machinery must be cleaned.
IT is said that some OF the Nenetians
those who have never been 10 the
nainland-have never seen a horse in
all their lives \ Snowman once
brought one to fair and called it a
monster, and the factory hands paid a
shilling each to see the marvel
PRIVATE adyices received by insur-
anee men ia New York state that the
pecuniary loss III the recent fire in
London was not nearly as great rs was
D. first reported. ] he first reports
placed the loss at about SO. O00, 900.
The agents of British insurance com
panics are now advised that il will not
exceed s., 600, 600, while the liabilities
of the insurance companies viii not
amount to more than half that sum
and are widely distributed.
An invention designed to show when
are lamps need trimming. without
opening the lamp for examination,
consists of pins SO arranged that their
shadows viii indicate the consumption
of the carbons by the points at which
the shadows are thrown on the other
globe .
A SACRAMENTO man happened 10 eN-
anime the gizzards Of brace Of mai
lard ducks. which ne bought a few days
ago. and found in them gold nuggets
to the value of s.. 80 each. As the ducks
cost him only 40 cents. he cleared s2.60
By the operation. The general impress
sion is that the ducks must have picked
up the GOLD ii the far north
THE "augry tree" grows in Nevada
eastern California ana Arizona. When
in the least disturbed this highly sen
sitive tree shows its anger by Ruling
up its leaves and emitting a disagree
able odor.
BARON VoS HoIIESBEN. the new
German ambassador to this country. IS
criss- crossed from breast TO crown with
scars inflicted in ducIs. 81 Of whien he
has fought There g. saying IN Ger
many that while the baron IS some
times marked by scar, his opponents
arc often marked by a gravestonc.
Besides his record as principal he has
appeared As second in 80 affairs.
A TRArr broke long-kept vow
against work at Niddletown, Ct. and
nov. saws his fat. is deserved. He
started to cut gras, at house for
meal. He had not been a. work over
10 minutes before the neigh borhood
was alarmed by frightful cries. The
tramp had moved into n hornets nest
~ incandescent electric light for
life buovs has been devised bv a Com
piegne inventor When the buoy
touches the water an India rubber
BLADDER moves a level which establish
cs the circuit and lights the lamp au-
tomatically- The power Is furnished
10y an accumulator which acts for
eight hours.
THr natural habit of human beings
appears 70 DC the use of the teeth on
the left side of the mouth for masti-
eating the food. During q heightened
period Of observation. only one person
out Of IS was found 20 use both sides of
his mouth for chewing and masticating
his food.