The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-04-07
Things in General.

Things in General.
Gen. C. w. Hincks has been elected man
ager of the Milwaukee exposition.
The actual circulation Of the national
banks, after deducting the amount ct legal
tenders deposited to redeem circulation, is
$780,, S13, 52, while tina total amount of
bonds held to 'secue circulation is $347,-
033, GOO.
The silk industries of the United States
last wear gave employment to "a 40 opera
tives. Who were paid an aggregate of &c.
107, 1856 in wages. Census office returns
show that the total value OF finished silk
goods produced in this country during the
year was nearly $35. COG, eco, and the, CAPT
til invested $19, 0o0, GOO.
One Of the oldest churches on the A1aer-
loan continent is the Tu1nHccaoo church
near Tubae, Arizona. It WIS built by the
Franciscane in 1854 ard has consequently
reached the age of 327 years. Fifty-gix
wears ago. Indians murdered seven priests
within it's walls, and twenty five years. ago
several priests came from Rome and dug
from a aepu}chre or the right side Of the
alter $500 in coin and jewels.
The London Economist points out that
money has been for i've years past cheaper in
the London market than in any five years e1-
cept the I've which preceded the Cri1nean
war. Great Britain then missed its chance
to refund part Of it's debt, and has never
had alike opportunity since.
We can all appreciate the feelings Of Sid
new Smith in the following story: When
he called ON certain great parsonage be
was ushered into room which had mirrors
on all sides. Wherever he looked he saw
himself reflected and when. he came away
he said he had spent an hour IN the COM
pany Of ABOUT dozen OF the best-look'ng
clergy -men:of the Church OF England.
Ulm is.a well-known Catholic city ID
south Germany: AT the Protestant girls
| school of tie City, the other day. the female
teacher, called Menk, during the lesson
| suddenly commenced undressing herself
until she had even taken of her last thin
garment. Now she ordered her pupils to
follow suit, and when the poor girls heslta-
| ted doing IS che bid them she became fun
oue. and behaved SO as to frighten her po-
oils out of their wits. Happily assistance
came, and the unfortunate woman was TAX
! en- to the }unatic asylum, whore she re-
maine:, :. .,''::'. =:
| The foreign born population of the coun-
try has Increased only I 10. 600 in ten Years,
Notwithstanding double that number of
! foreigners have come into the country in
that time. The absolute increase of for
! eign-born in the country FROM decade to de-
| cade. has been steadily growing smaller for
several decades. This shows. that lmmi-
| grafton, moth understanding the immensely Of
Volume. is d secondary factor in the in
crease ct population, births being the chief
source Of off growth in numbers.
! A Bostonian, residing this winter at San
! Diea,o .Ca}ifornia. writes his opinion OF that
place is a sanitarium to the Boston Trans
crfpt: San Diego is destined to become the
(; sanitarium of the country Its climate is
! world renowned. Visitors who have tiled
/ Florida and South Carolina and Southern
Europe unanimously agree that they have
never experienced 20 even temperature
| combined with 70 invlgorahng an atnos-
phere. The observations Of the United Sig
nal Service from 1872 to 1880 show the winter
mean, 60 degrees; 'spring mean: :c6 degrees;
summer mean. II degrees; fall mean: 10
+; degrees; average rainfall, ten inches; aver
! age number Of rainy days in year, 81. No
other place in the world: SO far as known,
affords 50 inviting climate as does South
ern California in general. and as San Diego
in particular. -.
Emile lola has contributed an article to
the Paris Figaro on the Nihilists of Russia.
He ridicules the idea that Russia will become
Republican, an early date. Of the 70 ,00O,
600. inhabitants of the Great Empire, 60.
OOO, GOO, are; peasante, intensely ignorant
and deyotedly attached to the Car, whoR
thew cali Little Father" The revolution.
lists are confined to towns, and are power
less to create revolution. III. lola thinks
that if the Nihilists persevere in their wcrl
Of assassination, the infatuated peasant,
maS rise up in arms and create sad havo'
in the centres Of population.