Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-25
Current Topics.

EIlectieut, New DIRK, New Jersey, III ary-
/ land. Ohio, Iowa Kentucky and Miss
lssippi.
Tho retire ment from the bench Of NE
United States Circuit Court off men like
Judge Dillon and Judge NJ &c rary means
that il the Government wants to have
first. class men in hose places it must
pay them at least q fifth or sixth as
much as they can command for their
services as private counsel
Texas com prises 22s organized conn
ties and territory enough to- form Loo
more without violating the constitution,
{ which fixes the minimum at thirty square,
miles. Theve Is Que country 4D0 miles
in length. A gentie man who has spent
several years in the state says that the.
III, 597 $40 acres are susceptible of a
high state of cultivation. SIS
Gen. Roseerans, Chairman Of the
House Military committee, is in favor OF
arming the militie5 With the most APP
proved breech-l loading arms. He re-
CARDS this as especially i'm portant in
Washington, where the militia are, in
his language. "a military posse conf
tatus," and guard an immense amount
OF government property.
The president Of the London Statis-
tical Society has shown that Gin the last
hundred years the population of the
United States has multiplied itself six
/ doubled itself in each quarter Of a cen
another hundred years will bring our
population to 100000 900. History has
no parallel for such wonderful growt
" Three weeks ago young woman, aged
about %, was arr .ssed in County Liner
lex, ireland on a charge Of numbering
her own mother. Investigations showed
that the two women lived together, and
that some quarrel arose between them,
which resulted in the accused Selling a
Ratchet and chipping off her mothers
arm. As no assistance was available
during the night the injured woman
bled to death. az.
Here is another Of the North Carolina
stories, this being told by the franklin
ton Weekly: "About 2 o'clock on
Christmas morning." it says, "a colored
man named Bob Terry, passing by a
we'll III the old livery stable lot, fell in.
The we'll is about 10 feet deep. Bob
found by actual measurement that the
water reached bis shoulders. He Gays
that he slept very well, but was rather
cold when he laWoke. He remained
there quietly until morning, after two or
three buckets of water had been drawn
from the well, afraid to say 81 ything t.
the one drawing lest he should be killed
by the bucket being turned loose"
On New Years Day, in Japan, there
is great emulation among the merchants
of sound credit to make the first sale of
goods. According to law, all Japanese
merchants are required to settle their
accounts and pay their debts by the 3lst
Of December. and are rot allowed to
buy or sell goods until they have done
SO. Ifgoods are sold on the first Of jan
uary, the merchandise is piled conspic-
uousiy on drays drawn by coolies. The
merchant receives the congratulations Of
his friends, and together they follow the
goods to their destination.
A. comparison showing the relative ex-
tent,to which various nations are adj
dicted to the use Of tobacco gives the
proportion as folio VS.: For England,
France and Russia, S; for Italy, s; for
Cuba, II; for Austria, a.; for Germany
and North America, Is; for Belgium, "a,
and for Holland, 49,. Mexico, however,
even s1rpasses Holland, for there every
one s smoker. The school children
who have done best in their studio are
rewarded by being allowed to smoke a
cigar as they stand or sit at their lessons.
The schoolmaster himself is seldom
without q cigar in his mouth. In the
law courts all persons enjoy their tobacco
freely, and even the accused IN a Grim
inal trial is not denied the indul.
gence. 81: {
A New York correspondent of the Bos-
on Gazette discusses at some length the
question, Does literature pay? "1t does
and it dosen't', this letter.writer says,
t'There have been exceptional cases in
which it has, but they are Of yesterday
rather than of to-day. If one could
write two or three successful novels a
year, q handsom remuneration would
result; but that IS impossible, inasmuch
as 9 man would have all he could do to
produce one George William Curtis
left book writing for journalism, r. II.
Stoddard, thorough man of letters,
has to do other work to support HIM
self; E. G. Stedman took to brokerage
long ago; George w. Cable has taken
to occurring, Bret Hartes finds employ-
ment as one Of our consuls abroad ;
Charles Dudly Warner would be out at
elbows if he had to depend on his
writings; while Richard Grant White is
about the only writer who gets decent
living from his literary Efforts
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