River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-08-17
CURRENT TOPICS.

hioHulht Is piaceG at y. OOO,
IT cost Prof. Dewar IS, 600 to produce
his first ounce of liquid air.
Tors of WORKOUT boots or shoes
make excellent iron holders.
ONION water applied with sof, brush
will keep flies off gilt frames
The new stables of the emperor of
Germany are 10 cost about So, 000, 900.
lNGERsoLL had 500, 600 insurance on
his life. Besides this, he was not rich.
TIE Washington electrical workers
have struck for So day and eight
hours.
hERoD is the name of the Judge
who sits in the police court in Cha.
mute, Kan.
FRENCH market gardeners cultivate
the dandelion and sell large quantities
at good prices.
IT is said that some of the sheer
farms in Australia are as large as the
whole of England.
A MAN walking day and night with
outresting would take 42s days to jour.
ney around the world.
BIsHoP ToRREGLANNI head of the
Roman Catholic diocese of Armidale,
Australia, weighs s65 pounds.
THE gold output of Australia for the
present year is estimated at 100000
in excess of the output for 1895.
A SUCCESSFUL exhibition of the works
of Rodin, the famous French sculptor,
has just been closed in Brussels.
A NEW woman's club is to be start
ed in London to which no one un-
der six feet in height viii be admit
ted.
b. b. JONES. of Roland Lake, Nd,
sent to the Baltimore Sun cluster
of white blacSberries grown on his
place.
THE Lutheran church in Iceland
numbers about seventy-two thousand
baptized members, which is about the
total population.
IN proportion to population the lit
tie republic of Switzerland can boast
of having larger army than any other
nation in the world.
ADM. ScHLEY believes in war. He
says: at is necessary once in a while
to have good, stand-up fight. 1t
clears the moral atmosphere.
SLATE pencils are made in Tennessee
from slate dust and other ingredients
compressed by hydraulic means. One
concern made % 600, 900 in year.
THERE has been a considerable in
crease in the wages of iron molders all
over the United States. In general
the increase has reached 10 per cent.
OPPOSITION to the reciprocity treaty
with the United States has become so
violent in France that the French gov
eminent is solicitous about the result
Il. w. COLLINS, of Denver, has pre-
scented to the Colorado Historical So
ciety the original deed of Brigham
Young's mill, the first erected in Utah.
EVERY inhabitant of the Austrian
village of Storbeck a chess playes.
The children are taught to play chess
just as they are taught to read and
write.
THE people of Cleveland are sub
scribing to fund for the family of
Blaz Petric. laborer, who lost his life
while saving a woman from death in
front of locomotive.
ONE sensible man in Winterport, Me-,
who has wanted city water put in his
house, but felt that his income was
hardly equal to it, this year concluded
to drop the use of tobacco, after 80
years use of the weed, and put in the
water.
THE sword of Sir William Wallace is
in the Wallace tower, stone structure
in Stirling, two miles from the castle
1t is two-edged sword of massive pro-
portions and great weight and it is
said four strong men are required to
WELD it.
THE cost of launching a battle ship
runs away with something like $40, 600
The great Leviathan requires some
five tons of tallow and over ton of
oil and soft soap to persuade her to
leave her cradle and glide peacefully
into the water.
BOHEMIAN geese, which are driven
long distances TO market, ar. shod be-
fore starting on the journey by being
sent repeatedly over patches of tar
mixed with sand. This forms hard
crust on the feet, enabling the geese
to travel over great distances.
A SINGLE foundry in New Jersey. it
is said, casts annually %, 900 bells for
the drncfS anu a. out ,, wv LOT ScHOOlss
churches, engine houses, etc. 1t is
estimated by foundryman that at
least so, 900 are sold every year in the
country to tillers of the soil and breed
ers.
AT Schweinfurt, Bavaria, is one of
the largest of the worlds manufac-
tories for bicycle ball bearings. The
two factories there, belonging TO one
firm, turn out annually 2.000 600 gross
of these little steel balls, and employ
500 men, working for day of ten
hours duration.
A DEVICE that viii be appreciated by
both mother and infants during hot
weather is fan under the hood or
shade of the perambulator The fan
is worked ly mo i've power created by
the turning of the wheels the current
of air serving 70 keep the baby cool
and to keep the flies away.
AN apparatus has been devised for
automatically photographing people
as they enter shops and other places.
AS you enter you step upon a plate
which operates this new camera, the
film is exposed and your picture is Sc
cured. Where and when necessary ..
fash light is also caused by stepping
on the plate.