River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-11-08
Passing Events.

Passing Events.
Canadian geologist who has just re-
turned to Winnipeg from four mon his
exploring tour in the Valley of the Sas-
katchewan and other parts of the Brit
ish Northwest Territories, claims to have
discovered proofs of the existance of in
exhaustible coal fields, varying from lig-
mite on the plain to bituminous near
the mountains and anthracite in the
Rockies themselves.
Next to the fur trade, fishing is Alas.
ka's most important industry, both in
regard to the amount of capital invested
and the number of pc rsons employed.
At certain seasons OF the year the Alas
kan waters fairly swarm with fish, and
30 rayenous are these that they will
readily bite naked hook. The supply
is practically inexhaushble, and fine
large fish are bought by the canneries
from tie Indians at $3.50 per 100.
The salmon are not as large as those OF
the Columbia river, but the great diff
ference in price much more than makes
I'D the difference in size.
A scheme for the establishment of an
observatory on the British coast for the
study of marine animals and plants in
relation to fish and fisheries is proposed
by Sir john Lubbock and other scientists,
1t is thought that the profits arising from
he Fisheries exhibition in London
.ould furnish the 100000 required for
The enterprise. The utility OF such in
stitutions has been recognized by the
Italian, French and Austrian govern
ments, who have established them on
their coasts.
A writer in Lippincott's SAYS, with
emphasis: 1.-THE economy of French
cooking is something to open American
eyes. Not drop of the water in which
vegetables are boiled ever drains away
wasted, but with a cash of milk and a
little pork fat or butter is made a good
soup-vehicle by neans of which to cou-
sumo dry bread" When our cooking
schools teach this art ofeeonomy in util-
ization of material. they will even be
even more useful than at present.
A recent wedding in Michigan caused
great excitement. The names of the
parties were Hantz, end the bridegroom
was nineteen years old and the bride a
widow, fair, fat, and forty" 1t appears
that the young man was keeping COM
pany with his cousin, blooming girl,
and that she was all ready to get mar
ried, when they had flare up" aud
for spite the boy caught on to the widow,
who is his aunt by marriage, and we'd
ded her. The parting words OF the mar
ried bride to the disappointed girl
were: Never mind, you are young and
will have lots OF fellows. "A necdotes OF
Widows.
The newest story from the mines in
New Mexico is from Socorro, where
they tell of a miner whose Bible fell
over a precipice while he was doing
He descended into the canon to recover
tie book, and found it lying open on q
piece of rich quartz that had been dis
lodged by the fall His eye fell on the
seventh chapter of st. Matthew. The
miner read, ASK, and it shall be given
unto YOU; seek, and you shall find He
searched and speedily found lodge
over two feet IN width that assays-so
the story goes-S225 a ton. The story
teller adds that that part of the country
has since been oyerrun by prospectorS
with Bibles in their hands.
Last year 46, 600 persons we're arrest.
ed in Paris. and only 5000 women were
included in this sum total. The list Of
professions and occupations is very mis-
cellaneous. Among the arrested were
5000 ocksmiths, and the police had tc
take charge of 6G0 cabmen. The night
men form q heavy item in this bill, l,lUC
of them having been under arrest II
1882. The figure % speakes well fol
the general good conduct of the various
officials employed in the postollice. Ii
the higher walks of life 81 stock bro kerr
and "a men of letters, (thi
term including journalists are noted as
having been in trouble. In the toia
number of prisoners charged with crl!u'
or misdemeanCr there were 1921 for
eigners. To this figure Belgium contrib
uted $50, Italy 759, Germany SO, SwItz
erland 575, England 1876. The contingen
from the little state of LuXemburI
reached the high figure of 275.
The bird population of Wisconsin i
estimated at sixty-six per square mil
or 1886 900 for the state Each bird i
assumed to eat fifty insects day, or 6,
900 for the summer Hence all the bird
will consume 81 1874 100000 insects {
year. Add to this amount the Worl
which these birds do in their southern
homes and we have low estimate o.
the influence they exert over insect life
Multiply these figures by forty-eIGht
for the states and territories, and we
arrive az the conclusion not only that
or bird population is pretty large, but
also that, without it, our bug population
would soon be SO large that it would eat
us up.