River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1899-11-23
CURRENT TOPICS.

LIGHTNING killed 500 birds in County
Monaghan, Ireland.
The commander-in-chief of the Mo-
rocco army is Scotchman.
IL all Spain there are only 1880 chill
dren in the Sunday-schools.
Miss FLoRETTA VININo, of Hull,
Mass, owns nine newspapers.
UNITED STATES SUPREME CoURT JUS
TIcE SHlRAs is stenographer
An international congress of clerks
may be held at Paris next year.
Mosr of the patients in lunatic asy-
lums have brown or black eyes.
THE centenary of Count Won Moltke
will be celebrated October % 1900.
EXPLOSIVE bullets were first used in
India for hunting tigers and elephants
THERE are over $500 travelling libra
ries in the United States. Wisconsin
has 2l5.
Is Belgium a new fuel has been in
vented called .'vesuve," made of peat
and resin.
HALF the men you meet are carrying
the watches they gave their wives be-
fore marriage.
IT is said there is more champagne
drank in one year than the champagne
districts produce in seven.
The gifts of John d. Rockefeller to
the city of Cleveland now amount to
the surprising sum of 81, 900, 500.
ENGLISH and French scientists are
planning for an international scientific
congress at the Paris exposition.
MRS MARIA ALLEN, of Elyria, O.,
who is IS years OF age, is the oldest
member of the Woman's Relief corps.
NORWEGIAN statesmen are planning
system of national insurance to pro-
.ect people incapacitated to earn a liv-
ng.
ALCOHOL was first distilled by the
Arabians and when we talk about cof-
fee and alcohol we are using Arabic
words.
IT is said that syndicate of Ameri-
.an, English and German bankers have
arranged for loan of SIS, 0O0 900 to
Guatemala
ONE test for distinguishing diamonds
from glass and paste is to touch them
with the tongue. The diamond feels
much the colder
OWING to the feeling over the Boer
war English shops in the vineinity Of
the Grand opera house in Paris have
been boycotted by the French.
ABOUT 500 lives have been lost by
the earth shocks at Ardin, in Asia
Minor. Many towns have been com
pletely wiped out of existence.
A PECULIAR clock, of the time of
Charles l., was the lantern, or bird
cage style, which hung from the walls
high up, with its works exposed.
FRITZ ELoFF, enc of President Kru-
gers 80 grandchildren, bears the hon
orary title of lieutenant despite the
fact that he is only four years old
OVER So, 900, 600 have been expended
this year in connecting the main long
distance telephone lines with small
towns east of the Mississippi river
A GOOD English authority estimates
that ST. 900, 600, 600 foreign capital is
now operating in Russia in manufac-
turing, industrial, steamship and other
enterprises.
LIEUT. SAN DIEGO MAsEo, a son of
the Cuban leader, is on his way to fight
the Philippine rebels. La an interview
at Omaha he said he hoped some day
TO be president of Cuba
In some towns of Germany the tele-
phone is introduced by tobacconists as
an additional attraction to customers.
Any one who buys a cigar may, if he
desires, speak over the tobacconist's
instrument.
A NEW way to coal locomotives is be-
ing introduced by a prominent rail-
road All the engineer has to do is to
run his engine on trestle, touch
button and tenderful of coal drops
into his tender, which is weighed as it
drops in.
MISS ALICE SERBER, of New York,
the first woman granted the privilege
of practicing in the United States dis
trict court, is a Russian by birth, and
did not know English until her twelfth
year. She, however, speaks without
trace of accent.
THE cooperative stores in Allegheny
county, Pa, may be consolidated. The
idea is to purchased goods direct from
manufacturers and importers. The
Banksville cooperative association,
composed of coal miners, is at the
head of the movement.
II is estimated that there are ii, OOo,-
600 cows in the United States devoted
to butter making and that their aver
age yield is 1875 pounds of butter a
year or total of 1875, 000, 600 pounds,
or about is pounds for each one of the
population of the country.
COL BADESPowELL, the veteran
South African warrior. is an excellent
officer, a good sportsman, an inimita-
bic entertainer and bit of literary
swell to boot. lie went through the
two Matabele wars and gained expert.
ence, honor and--no wounds.
THERE are nearly 500 water-power
electric plants in the United States,
representing an investment of over
SEQ, oo0, 900; horsepower represented by
water wheel, 200, 600. There are Geo
miles of street railway operated with
water power electrically transmitted.