River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-11-18
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Our railroads employ So, 900 men.

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THE Csymans in the West Indies ex-
port nothing but turtles
Iowa pack peddlers have organized
20 fight the law which fixes their liz
eense At SIS.
A NATIONAL convention of stock
growers has been called for Denver,
Col. Janury 25 10 81.
TIKI stork has been quite regular in
its visits at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Cleveland--ls9I, 1898, 1895. 1897.
A COMPLETE electric blowing plant
has been installed on an estate in
France, in the department of the Tsrn.
GKEAr BRITAIN has $50 GOO miles of
roads, which cost EeO. 600 coo, and 6 600
miles of streets, which cost 900 O00. 600.
THE supreme court Of Arkansas has
decided that a husband is liable for
The debts of a wife contracted before
marriage
THE queen of England reigns over one
continent. 100 pcninsulas, SEQ promon-
tories. 1.OO0 lakes. 1900 rivers and 10
900 islands
IT is said that $1,000 persons will
directly and indirectly draw pay from
the frat city administration of Greater
New York
BICYcLEs of American manufacture
[ Are found everywhere IN Germany and
an effort is being made to increase tho
! tariff So as TO protect the German man
I fActurer.
TIE most remarkable knife in the
world Is that in the curiosity room of
a firm OF cutters in Sheffield II has
/ 1890 blades. and ten blades are added
every ten years
TIE archbishop OF Canterbury, though
q realous teetotaler, always allows his
delicate guests glass OF wine. He
breaches each year over 100 sermons in
favor OF temperance.
THERK IS a tribe in Central Africa
among whom speakers N public de-
/ bates are required 70 stand on ono leg
while speaking. and to speak only "a
f long as they can SO stand.
TKR msteorite which Lieut. Peary
/ has brought home with him from Cape
/ York was found in ISIS by Sir John
/ Ross. and has been known TO Arctic
explorers for many years.
1t WILL surprise soInn people to know
that during the busiest time on the At
lantic cable. between 10 and IL o'clock
in the forenoon, an average OF 900 mes
sages pass each way every day.
ANY human being who will have
the presence Of mind 90 clasp the
hands behind the back and turn the
f face toward the zenith. may foat az
case and in perfect safety in tolcrsbly
/ still water.
IN the good old times when oil was
used in lighthouses a {. 900 candle-power
lamp was considered immense. The
latest electric lighthouse built in
France tHeve. At Havrcl will have the
po- er of 9, 500. 600 candles.
THE cxar Of Russia and the king OF
Siam are old friends. They met in
Darmstadt n few days ago, where tho
car has been staying on a brief visit.
the king having reached the neigh6or-
ing resort of Baden Baden.
MANY OF the BARRIERS of Ohio are agi-
tating the passage of bill at the COM
ing session of the legislature compell-
ing BARRIERS to serve an apprenticeship
OF two years The bill is designed to
close up cheap barber shops.
Tue king of Siam has an income OF
about 81, 600. 600 a year. His royal pail
ace is populated 10y about ;, 200 people,
and Is a little city in itself The orna-
mental grounds comprise - acres. and
are surrounded by wall l. feet high.
THE munching of peanuts is not con-
fined to the gods of the gallery. Judge
Reid, of the Atlantic City court, has re-
Gently found il necessary To issue an
order prohibiting attorneys from eat
ing the nuts while the court is in ses-
sion
THE modern automatic machine for
dfstri butiug scent is absolutely identi-
cal with an apparatus used by the
priests Of Egypt for distributing the
sacred water at the doors of the tenn
pies. snd described by Hero more than
g. 900 years ago.
An anti-convict labor bill. advocated
by the Chicago federation of labor, pro-
vides that eOnvicts shall be employed
only IN manufacturing articles for
ktate institutions and is for the put-
pose of stopping the manufacturing of
boots and shoes in the penitentiary.
CABLE termites are very destructive
insects. The French cable at Tonkin,
few months after 10 was lad. began
to show signs OF decay. ON "xamining
the cavities in the old cable, Prof Bou-
vier. of the Paris academy Of science,
discovered that they had Oeen made by
new termitc.
The largest waves a'e seen off Cape
Horn, rising to 90 fe I in height and
765 feet long from crest to crest Waves
ia the North Atlantic have been OBJ
served TO rise a. f ct in height. In the
German ocean their he ght does not
exceed 1871 feet md in the MediteI RAJ
mean I+x feet
Oos PAU. KIUGRR has just received
at Pretoria froil England state coach
with silver sPead eagles dotted all
over the panel: and roof, a gorgeous
hsmmercloth, 'os'-ot arms emb!azoned
on the doors a I'd back and other feat
ures of % splen dor commonly unknown
among the 70 RS
Reflection Is key that unlociss the treas.
ures OF the meIlory.-I;am's Horn.
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