River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1901-01-24
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unusual building boom.
There are G2 miles of tunnels in
the fortified rock of Gibraltar.
The notes of the Bank of England
cost exactly enc half penny each.
The chance Of two finger prints be-
ing alike is not one in G4,O000O0,OO0.
A horse eats nine times its weight
in food in a year, a sheep six times.
The profit on England's postal sery-
ice amounts to about $20,OO0,000 a
year
There viii be an extensive display
of women's manufacturers az the
Pan-American exposition.
cold can be beaten POO times thin
ner than printing paper. One ounce
will cover 1f6 square feet,
The solar orb would appear blue
to anybody who would view it outside
OF this planets atmosphere.
Sir William Muir, at the age of 81,
is about to leave his position at the
head Of the Edinburg university.
In 1863 there were 10,3l4 juvenile
offenders ia England. Now there are
1850 only in various reformatories.
Sheets, blankets, pillows and cover
lets. or couuterpanes, were frequent
subjects of bequest in the middle
ages.
Microscopic observation proves that
the skin of the human body is per-
foratcd with 900 holes to the square
inch.
4 sign of politeness in Tibet on
meeting a person is to hold up the
cIaspcd hand and stick out the
tongue.
The constant labor OF four persons
for an entire year is required to pro-
duce a cashmere shawl of the best
quality.
The director of the mint states that
there are Sl6,62s,325 of five-cent pieces
and So,0j2,S92 of one-cent pieces out
standing,
The United States senate has pass
ed resolution prohibiting the export
Of intoxicating liquors TO unciyilized
countries.
During the siege Of Ladysmith 1000
horses Of the cavalry brigade were
converted into soup or sausage in a
single month
Quail are destroying the crops of
the Colorado farmers and have been
declared a nuisance by various town
and county boards.
10 seven counties in Southern Mis-
souri, rich fields of minerals have been
found and there is great activity
there at this time.
70 widen a business street, the
round tower in Copenhagen feet
in heights to be bodily moved a
distance OF so yards
\ pneumatic rocking chair has Just
been patented. The air cushions at
tached to the rockers are very similar
10 ordinary cycle tires.
The king Of Sweden never touches
gun. The king of Belgium has shot
only once in his life, and the sultan of
Turkey can not bear to see gun.
Among the notabies who viii at
tend the inauguration ceremonies
in Washington next March will be
Earl Mimic, governor general of Can
ada.
John Benjamin Parsons, head of
the Philadelphia Union Traction Co,
has risen from .five-dolar-a-wcek"
job to a post that pays him 100000
year.
fora, the Japanese wife of Sir Ed
win Arnold, has become one of the
most popular hostesses ia London
She speaks English with only slight
accent
More steel is used in the manufac-
turc of pens than ina all the sword
and gun factories in the old. \
tom of steel produces about 10000
gross of pens.
SIR Wilfrid Laurier. the Canadian
premier. is noted for the unstinted
manner in which he dispcnscs private
charity, lie has been known to 20
out on cold nights to carry food to
some poor person in whom he took
MI interest.
The mail steamer Arundel Castle
reported on her arrival at Cape Town
that when in latitude 1914 ~. longi.
tudc i522 W, she passed a Heating
island measuring about 40 feet by 20
feet The branches Of the trees were
10 feet high
President David Starr Jordan. OF
Leland Stanford, ir,. university. says
he believes that. since the higher
education has become SO widespread
the future of this country lies more
with the universities than with any
other power.
Insurance for bathcrs is the newest
enterprise in the insurance line. PEN
ny-in-the-slot machines viii be erect
Ell in popular bathing places. Before
You enter the water you drop in your
copper, and out pops twtnty-four
hours life insurance policy
The kaiser is great believer il.
luek, ard was once seen walking
through the streets OF Berlin carry.
ing n huge hprSpShoa II, ~. h,,,I