River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1900-06-07

The annual production of jute fab
RIGS in Germany now amounts to SILL
100000 in value.
New Orleans has an ice war, and ice
is sold at eight cents a hundred
pounds at the factory.
Joseph Quong, a Chinese laundry
man, is a candidate for seat in the
city council of Toledo, o.
For some years the Nova Scotia
government had expended about $685.
600 yearly upon agriculture.
Queen Victoria never removes from
her hand the three rings connected
with her courtship and marriage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Schofield, of
New Canaan, CT, have been married
sixty years-the record for the state.
Russia's war debt has been wiped
out. In eight years the remaining
total, 100000 rubles, has been paid
OFF.
Nine important British steamship
companies earned in 1899 net profit
of S4,960,OOO, against $4.743,0oO in
1898.
Henry James, the novelist, has
turned mountain climber and will try
his prowess this summer in the Swiss
Alps.
TarantuIas are being raised in Aus
tralia for their webs, which are being
used in making threads for war bal
looms.
A new substitute for celluloid re-
semblng horn in appearance is now
manufactured under the name of
mariod.
Since pigs were introduced into the
New Hebrides the natives, it is said
have come to regard human food as
second best.
A Russian count and a French
prince are among the prisoners cap
tured by the British and now enjoy
ing the sea air of St. Helena.
Charles A. Towne, nominated for
the vice presidency by the populists
at Sioux City. is AZ years old-two
wears older than Mr.. Bryan. He was
born in Michigan, and all his fore
fathers on both sides were repub-
licans.
During the cars recent visit to
Moscow his sanction was obtained
to the project for the erection of
church in commemoration of the lib
Grafton of the serfs nearly forty
years ago. Only half the money has
as vet been collected.
From Manila to Australia is like
going down river, for one is out of
sight of land only two days" The
voyage lasts twenty-one days, but the
course is through the South Sea
islands, which accounts for its resem-
blance to river nagigation.
The French authorities controlling
the athletic events to be held in con-
nection with Paris exposition have
announced that, as concession to
Americas desire to eliminate Sunday
games, the sports which were sched-
uled 90 begin Sunday, July Is, will
instead commence Saturday, July IA,
the great French national holiday.
and will continue on the following
Tuesday and Thursday. The finals,
in which Americans are entered will
be put ahead, and the games will con-
clude on Saturday, if possible.
Two persons named William McKin-
ley are on Uncle Sans payroll. One
draws a salary of 81. JOG a month as
president, and the other 500 month
ms engineer in the Louisville custom
house. There are forty-eight Bryans
and three of them were christened
William. There used to be two Grover
Clevelands in the public service, but
there is only one now. He is assistant
farmer at the TT. Peck Indian agency,
and receives salary of $3.50 a month.
Adm. Sampson is much annoyed by
requests for autographs. Though
these are not as numerous as they
were Just after the war, they still
average some fifty week:
The vail of Damascus is reported to
have discovered the remains of a IL
brarv which escaped humiliation at
the hands of Tamerlane when Damas-
Gus was destroyed by him in 1401.
Abdurrhman Kahn, the ameer of
Afghanistan, who is now trying to
get more money by playing the Rus
SLAMS off against the English, is al
ready receiving from the latter peo-
pie ST ,00O, 900 a year.
The Japanese tea merchants are
contemplating establishing tea houses
after the japanese style in the large
cities of the United States.
Ten million dollars annually is ex-
pended in London for umbrellas. The
people there are accustomed to carry
them whether il is raining or not,
and in all sorts of weather.
Cigarette smoking is not to be all
lowed on the exposition grounds in
Paris. Violators of an order forbid
ding this sort of fumigation, recently
issued by the Partisan chief of police,
will be arrested and subjected to
heavy fines.
A German naturalist has collected
evidence that monkeys, dogs, cats,
birds and other animals recognize
themselves or other animals in mir
rors and pictures.
Electric dogcarts are being built in
England which carry four passengers
and run fifty miles with one charge.
II has three speeds-three, six and
twelve miles an hour.
Alfred Vanderbilt is more of an
athlete than most of his family. He
is splendid horseman, god polo
PLAYER. is as skillful at golf as he
used TO be at tennis, and is a first
rate hand at hockey.
Respected Her Confidence.
Poetess-The poem | sent you, Mr.. Ed
itor, contains the deepest secrets Of my
soul
Editor-I know it, madam; and no one
shall ever find them out through me