Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11
Things in General.


Hastings, Neb., with population
Of 5000, hasonly s97 pupils enrolled
in the public schools.
Fresno county, CAL, is exactly the
size of the State of Massachusetts, and
is 500 square miles larger than the
State Of New Jersey.
According to the census of 1880
there were at that time seventy-fve
women lawyers, 1875 women clergy
men, and 2,432 women doctors. OF
the women lawyers, eleven were over
sixty years of age; of the clergymen,
twenty five were over sixty, and of the
doctors there We're 1854 past that age.
John Boyle O'Reilly says: "Women
are better than men because they are
spiritual, while men are intellectual.
The spirit follows what is true, gentle
and good; the intellect follows only
what is pleasant, successful, dominant
ing, strong. If women could rule, civ
ilization would be g. poemn
A custom Of the days gone by still
obtains in the District of Columbia
courts. According to an old Mary
land law, the foreman of each Jury is
presented with q pound of tobacco
on rendering the verdict in each case.
AS this is far in excess of the demand
for the weed, the cash equivalent of ST
is substituted. The tobacco fund
amounts to considerable sum dur
Ing term OF court, and is usually
devoted to the purchase OF {. cane for
the foreman, bouquets for the Judge,
and minor comforts for the jurors.
.Vassar college girls have new freak.
They fall in love with each other, send
delicate little missives, baskets of
grapes and bouquets of choice flowers
to the objects of their: affection, and
act In all respects just as we presume
they hope one of the now Objectionable
sex will act towards them some day.
! The iris seem to like it, but the Pough-
keepsle boys are real mad over this
peculiar turn of affairs, for the young
ladies now pass them scornfully by
without deigning even 50 much as a
smile or sly glance. ~
ct A trader in Australia describes a
curious bird found in the jungles OF
that country. 1t is called the balla-
dor or dancer, from it's jumping action.
Two OF them were seen together and
carefully studied. As soon as one
bird alighted the other jumped up, the
time being like clock work in it's regu-
larity, and each in turn uttering a note
sounding like "to-le-do,' utter1ng the
syllable .'tto" as he crouched to spring,
f'le" while in the air, and "do'' as he
aighted--a regular song and dance
performance. The Sydney Ornitholog-
ical society has offered large sum for
a pair OF them. Y.
The Queen of Great Britain and
Ireland rules over 31O,OOO,OoO of
people IAN increase in fifteen years OF
So, 600, OOO, occupyinggan area of al.
most 40, 00O, 600, square miles. The
trade carried by these 80, 100000
amounts to SIS, 100000, 900 a year.
Their flag floats over three-fifths Of
all the shipping on the seas. London,
their capital city, has with it's sub
Illus dE PVpuititi1lls vi i've ana one
quarter fninions!S No civilized empire
| has existed at all comparable TO The
British empire, either in ancient or in
| modern times. 81.
A murder lately occurred in q we'll
known restaurant in San Francisco.
A French woman who presides over.
the cash department narrated the
circumstances to customer with
great olubilitY and feeling, and ended
| up, her voice tfanlbiing With emo tion, ]
with the following remark: Eyes, it
was very dreadful. The house was
full and eyerybody ran oat, and lob,
dearl Is thinl MA lost more than
twenty dinners by it, F s "A sS
"a half-gallon jug, says the Atlanta
Constitution, if intrusted TO one ofthe
boys Of The neighbo rho God 81 Pickens,
win be returned filed with corn whis-
key at; costSof thirty DENTS. AS the.
Government is tilted to ajax Of for.
fty.fye cents on that quantity OF Ii
qupr, the sConstitu tion fears that the
ruling price the Dickens market in
dictates d looseness il regard to the
legal requirements q the case. b