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 ct the national
banks. ate deducting the amount Ct legal
tenders deposited to redeem circulation, is
1907 .Sl3. 5A, while the total amount of
bonds held to secure circulation is $751;
Q33, 600.
The silk Industries of the United States
last year gave employment to "a 40 opera
tives. Who were paid 90 aggregate OF 49,,
LOT 1885 in wages. Census office returns
show that the total value OF finished silk
goods produced in this country during the
year was nearly 1856 .oOo: GOO, and the CAPT
til invested $40, 000, Geo.
One Of the olaes: churches on the .Arley-
loan continent is the Tu1naccae,o cEDrch
near TUbae, Arizona. 1t 'F:e built by the
Franciecane i'll 1864 ard las consequently
reached the age Of 1921 Years. Fifty-six
Years ago. Indians murdered seven priests
within it's walls. and twenty five years ago
several priests carce from Rome and dug
from aepn,chre or the right Size ef the
alter $50 coo i'm coin and jewels
The Lrndon Ec<>pcraist points oct that
money has been for i've years past cheaper in
the London market than in any i've years ex-
cert tie five which preceded the Cri1ne4n
war Gre%: Britia1 then missed it's chance
to refund a part OF its debt. and has never
had alike opportunity since.
We can all appzec iate the feelings Of Sid
ney Smith in the following story: When
he called on certain great parsonage be
WIS ushered into a room which had mirrors
on ill sides Wherever lie looked he saw
himself reflected and when he came away
he said he had spent an hour in the corr
pany of abou: dozen Of the hest-lookirg
cle1 r- men of the Church Of England.
Tim is-a well-known Catholic city in
south Germany. 1t the Protestant girls
school of tic city, the other DAY. the female
! teacher, called Menk, during the lesson
suddenly commenced undressing herself
until she had even taken off her last tEin
garment. Now she ordered her pupils &c
follow suit, and when the poor grls hesita-
ted doing S. she bid them she became fur
ous. and behaved SO as to Tighten Ter pu-
pills out Of their wits. Happily assistance
came, and tie unfortunate woman xiss tax
en- to the }unAtic asylum. whore khe re-
mains. ...,
/ The foreign born population, of the coun-
try has Increased only l. ITO: Ms0 IL ten ves-r,
Notwithstanding double that number of
foreigner. have come into the country in
that time The absolute increase Of tor-
=, eign~born in the country from: decade to de-
| cade has been steadily growing smaller for
j several decades. This shows that im,ni-
| grafton, notwithstanding the immensely Of
! volume. is secondary factor in the in
crease Of population. births icing the chief
| source of our growth in Numbers
A Boktonian, residing this winter at San
! Diego. California. writes his opinion Of that
! place ;ts sanitsriurn 10 the kostcn 1T0ns-
; c5fpt: San Diego is destined to become the
! sanitagium of the country. Its clE,:.te is
world renowned. Visitors who have TIED
] Florida and South Carolina and Southern
Europe unanimously agree thar they have
! never experienced so even Temperature
combined with 70 invigcrating All atmcs-
phere. The observations Of the United Sig
! ual Service from 1872 10 1850 show the winter
| mean, GO degrees: spring mean. C6 degrees:
! summer mean: ~ degrees; fall near: Is
: degrees: average rainfall, ten inches; aver
! age Number Of rainy days IN year, II. No
! other place in tie world 80 far as EncwI,
! affords 50 inviting a climate rs does South
! ern California in general: and as San Diego
| in particular.
! Emile Cola has contributed an article to
the Paris Figaro on the Nihilists of Russia.
| Heridicules the idea that Russia will become
a Republic Ut On early date. OF the 70 tNo,
600. Inhabitants of the Great Empire, GO.
GOO, GOO. are peasants, intensely ignorant
aud devotedly attached to the Czar, whoR1
they call Little Father" Tie revolution
lists arc confined to towns, and are power
less to create revolution. NJ. lola thinks
Stat il the Nihilists pezsevere in their work
Of assassination. the Infatuated pessantzy
,uay rise up in arms and create sad havoc
in the centres Of population.