River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1879-10-02

case OF & new textbook.
THE most important exodus movement
just now is the emigration of English
farm RS and mechanics to the United |
States. There is plenty of room for
skilled labor in this country; it is the I'M
skilled labor which in times of depression
becomes a drug in the market. From
present indications, however, there will
soon be plenty of work for all men of all
classes.
SOME English engineers have project
ed gigantic tunnel under the Gibralter
strait, from Spain to Africa The length
of the tunnel would be nine miles, and
its deepest point about lhree.quarters of
mile under the surface of water. 1t
seems that the engineers undertook to
realize the dream of an Englishman who
wanted to so by land not only to France
but even to Africa Hence the projects
Of two tunnels, one under the English
channel, the other under the Glbraltcr
strait.
THE Chinese in California may now
learn that, should they find living unde
the new Constitution disagreeable, they
VIII find a welcome in the French colo
MES in Asia and Polynesia. The French
governor Of Saigon has written to the
governor OF New Caledonia to the follow
ing effect: "The Chinese have been and
are of great service TO US. They are alb
stemious, strong, intelligent and labori-
Gus. We find them, as a rule, good work
men and mechanics, while as traders they
are active and skillful."
INDIAN boys and girls are being gath
cred at some of the western agencies for
thenew school to be opened next month
at Carlisle, Pa In few instances the
chiefs have refused to let children go, but
enough will doubtless he obtained toI
make out the complement of the school.
Six have been taken from Sisseton, four
will come from Standing rock, eight from
Cheyenne, four from Crow Creek, and
four from Brule The others of the
school will come from among the tribes
in the Indian Territory.
IT is proposed that the Governors of the
thirteen original States shall meet at In
dependence Hall in Philadelphia, Oct 49,
and / Q next to arrange plan for cele-
brating the centennial Of the surrender
OF Yorktown. The surrender took place
Oct 10, 1871, so that there IS time to pre-
pare for its commemoration in a fitting
manner. There should be some attempt
to enlist fully the sympathies of the peo-
pie and governments of the new States,
who have an equal Inheritance and inter-
est in Yorktown with those OF the thir-
teen original States.
A DEAF and dumb girl in Dorsey coun
ty, Ark, has recently begun to talk
in her sleep. There had been family
PRAYERS for the restoration of her speech.
At midnight her mother heard her dar
ling's voice. Arousing the old gentleman
she entered the apartment where the child
lay. The deaf and dumb girl remarked
casually, Everything seems very won
derful" Then turning suddenly in her
bed, she added, Eyes, the old-time orch
ards are always in bloom" The aftec
tionate parents simultaneously embraced
the maiden She awoke with start.
But she could neither hear nor speak.
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AMONG the chemicals of American
manufacture which have superseded for
eign articles may be mentioned tartaIic
acid, the importation of which last year
reached only tS3 pounds, against 100000
not long ago. OF citric acid 27,01SI
pounds was imported against a previous
annual importation of 100000 The
lime juice from which the acid is made
is still imported, on account of the small
growth of lines and lemons in the United
States. If Southern agriculturists gave
attention to these fruits a new industry,
in extracting the Juice, could be develop
ed. Last wear but 3,462 pounds Of borax
was imported, owing to the working of
new borax mines Formerly from 600,-
600 to 100000 pounds was annually
received. OF creaM tartar none was re
ceived in 1873 from abroad. About six
years ago the receipts were 100000
pounds annually.
GEoRGr WASHINGTON last visit toVal-
lev Forge. When he was about to retire to
private life, at the end Of his second Pres
idential term, was described by an old
farmer, once a Revolutionary soldier, to
his son. who made a record Of that de
scription The farmer was ploughing in
a field near the old encampment ground,
when man OF dignifed appearance,
dressed in plain black suit, and follow
ed bv colored servant rode up the road
and dismounted near. He approached and
cordially took the farmers hand, making
inquiries about certain families in the
neighborhood, about the surrounding
farms, their productions and the system
of cultivation. He put the answers IN a
note book and told the farmer that he had
been in the army and at the camp, and as
he expected to leave the city IN a few
months. with the prospect of never re-
turning, he had taken this journey to
visit the place tsat had been the scene of
50 much suffering and distress, and see
how far the inhabitants had recovered
from its effects. And adding that his
name was George Washington, he declared
that to see the people happy, the farms
praspering, aud to meet with his old com
panions, now peaeeably engaged IN the
most useful OF all occupations, afforded
him m re satisfaction than all the hom-
age that could be paid 70 his person Or
station.