River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1897-11-25

annexation of Hawaii will be one of
the interesting questions before the
United States senate shortly.
TREES which grow on the northern
side of a hill are much more durable
when converted into furniture than
those which grow on the southern
side.
THE tallest of trees are to be found
in the state forest of Victoria, Aus
tralia. They belong to the eucalyptus
family. and range from 500 to 500 feet
in height.
THE fact that several large insurance
companies propose TO base future esti-
mates upon 81 per cent. rate of inter
est instead of means that the rate OF
interest is falling.
MEADOW LAWN farm. near Nation,
H., has been purchased by Chief Ar
thur and will be converted into q
round-house for disabled engineers
and their dependents
CEcu. RHODES is said to be steadily
pursuing scheme for the defeat OF
Paul Kruger for reelection as presi-
dent of the Transvaal at the election
/ two months hence.
! On Prince Bismarck eightieth birth
| day a sum of 9, 900, 900 marks was collect
ed for statue of the Founder of the
| German Unity" TO be set up in front
of the new Reichstag building.
THE profits of Monte Carlos gam
bling tables for the year ending Octo-
Der 81 were million dollars below
I those of the previous year. The sui
did Il fln.ax tar rod
THE Milwaukee Scntiue! publishes
I statistics showing that Wisconsin
stands third among the states in the
manufacture of paper and pulp, being
| outclsssed only by Maine and New
| York
! OF the 976. Ola pensioners on the gov
ernment rolls only 1850 receive as
much as $50 month. Altoge Their this
number draw about 81 600. 900 a year,
against total pension expenditure Of
nearly STAG, 900, 600.
IT is said that letters dropped in the
post Office of Paris are delivered In
Berlin in an hour and half, and some
| times within 81 minutes. The distance
between the cities is $50 miles. and let
! ters are sent by means OF pneumatic
tubes.
1t has been calculated that in the
case OF man six feet high il takes one
twentieth. of a second for a message
TO travel along his nerves from the
brain to the feet, so tho theory arises
that the sorter man is the sharper ne
1 should be.
| LADY HENRY SOMERSET has given the
town OF Reigate. Eng, sufficient land
| for the erection OF ten almshOuses.
! This gift is in connection with the
sche me for the erection of almshouses
at Reigate in commemoration OF the
diamond jubilee.
THE possibilities of electricity seem
almost endless. Experiments at the
Massachusetts, experiment station show
that the growth and maturity OF vege-
tables fruits and flowers can be great
ly stimulated by il and the percentage
of sugar in sugar beetS increased fully
rs per cent.
A RECENT fad of Herr krupp. the Ger
man ironmaSter. is said TO have been
the use OF iron as . material for his
visiting cards. The plate was rolled
as thin as the most dainty cardboard.
THE tree that grew from walnut
planted by Mr. and Mrs. Jarrett
Haynes, pioneers of Paducah, Ky,
has been cut down and sawed into
boards, with which collins for the old
couple are to be made.
DIR. FELIX GARCIA, 292s Grsvers. St.
Louis, is attending a most extraordi-
nary patient. The man, whose name
is Samuel Coulter, is slowly ossifying.
Coulter is IS wears old and unmarried,
and was born near Santa Fe. \. NJ.
HANSEN, the engineer of the excur-
sion train that was wrecked near Co
penhagen last summer. having been
held responsible for the disaster. has
been sentenced to four months i'm
crowns. or ST.. O26.50.
THE Parisians are credited with hsv-
ing found out how TO make false eye
lashes They draw a fine needle
threaded with dark hair through the
skin of the cyelid, forming long loops.
and after the process is overt is said
to be a painless one-a splendid dark
fringe walls the wearers eyes
THoUGH interested in the mineral
most delighted the king of Siam in his
visit to the South kensington museum
the other day were the remains of the
giant mammals and reptiles of earlier
eras OF the esrths history-the IN am
moth the igusnodon, the ichthyossu-
rus. etc
To ASSIST in putting inner tubes into
pneumatic tires a wooden sectional
hoop Is provided with groove in its
outer surface in which me tube is held
by rope to prevent its slipping, as
the hoop is forced around the tire. the
rope being then loosened SO the hoop
can be withdrawn from the tube.
LIVE bees are sometimes shipped on
ice, so as too keep them dormant dur
ing the journey. This is particularly
the case with humble bees. which have
been taken TO New Zealand where they
are useful in fertilizing the red clover
which has been introduced into the
colony.
A WOMAN arrested for keeping dog
without license in London pleaded
extreme poverty. and the magistrate
allowed her IA days to raise the money.
The newspapers spoke of the case, and
within week the clerk of the court
received sl54 from British dog fanciers
for her relief
Cruel Man.