River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-09-14
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

ONLY two women are left to draw
pen ions on account of the revolu-
tionary war. There were three of
them until few days ago, the widows
of continental soldiers. but their num-
Der was decreased by the death of Mrs
Nancy Jones. of Jonesboro, Tenn. She
was 95 years old.
A MINNESOTA man captured king
fisher when it was young, made pet
of it, and trained the bird to capture
fish and lay them at its masters feet.
In summer the bird is taken TO the
river where fish are known TO abound,
and set at liberty. 1t poises high in
the air, and suddenly dropping, grasps
its victim and promptly delivers the
fish to its master.
RUSSIAN women are said to be re.
marka bly, frank about their ages. Sew
eral years ago one of them misrepre-
scented her age in court and she was
promptly sent to Siberia. 1t is said
the courts of France are absolutely I'M
able to get correct statements of the
number of years the fair daughters of
that land have been upon earth.
THE king of the Belgians travels as
Count Rivenstein, invariably putting
up at his hotel in Paris with far less
hustle than that which the arrival OF
an ordinary foreign count would entail.
THE smallest man who ever lived was
the dwarf Bebe, born in France in
1740. He was just 90 inches high and
eight pounds in weight when full
grown.
THE Rev. Ii. r. Haweis is said 10 be
the greatest clerical traveller of the CEN
fury. Between 1885, when he was APP
pointed Lowell lecturer at Boston and
university preacher at Cornell and Har-
ward, and 1895, he covered no fewer
than 100. 900 miles outside of Europe.
DWIGHT L. MOODY, the evangelist,
prides himself on the fact that there is
not one expert shorthand reporter out
of so who can make a verbatim report
of his sermons.
RICHARD MANSFIELD started in life
in London as a painter. He had poor
luck, however, and often used to spend
his meal hours outside of restaurant
windows instead of behind them.
ONE of Uncle Sans Alaskan islands
can boast of the largest stamp mill in
the world. 1t has $40 stamps and
brushes quartz enough daily to give
SIS, $40 in gold, which the other mills in
the plant increase to $4,000.
SOME authorities hold TO the idea
that child's disposition is largely
governed BY it's diet, citing the gen
tleuess of the rice eating races against
the quarreling meat eating children
in proof.
Italy is the home of postage stamp
counterfeiters, and the work is so
cleverly done that European collectors
are kept in constant state of appre-
hension for fear that they will be
swindled.
AMONG the rarest of precious stones
the green garnet is probably the most
valuable. This gem is of superb, rich
shade, far more brilliant than that Of
the emerald.
BY means of valuable toughening
process recently discovered glass may
be nodded into lengths and used as
railway sleepers. 1t is therefore pos
sible o lave a complete glass railway
DIR. KATE PERRY CAIN, Of Covington,
Ky. is called 1.-THE turnpike queen"
She owns and operates the Covington
and independence turnpike. which is
one of the busiest highways in Ken
lucky.
GEORGE B. LOVING, of Texas the pro-
moter OF the proposed Consolidated
Cattle Co. holds options over 600, 600
head Of cattle and 25 Ooo 900 acres of
land.
JoHS d ROCKEFELLER recently de-
clared that many men missed their
chance of making a fortune by think
ing two much about their neignbors'
wealth.
THE bee of Mexico does not improve
each shining hour" AS there is very
little cold weather there, no necessity
exists for laying in winter stores Of
honey, and the bee is therefore as lazy
as a cockroaeh.
Mrs GEORGE QUIST. of North Arson,
Me. as fox which she keeps about
the house unconhned 1t is as playful
as dog and apparently enjoys its
domestic life.