The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-10-07
IN A NUT SHELL.


how to read him.
Life is pendulum swinging between
a smile and tear.
Professor Tyndall has spent the sum-
mer ram bling on the Alps.
Candidate William H. English lives
in the house Henry Ward Beecher
built when an Indianapolis pastor
Col. Bob Ingersoll says that in this
country clothes fit better than in any
other country in the world.
| No one can read the Bible care
fully without becoming convinced that
it was not written by a woman suffra-
gist.
A gentleman prominently identi-
fed with large number of corpora
tions-The President of the Fat Mems
Club.
Peru went to war with feathers fly
ing and bands playing, and her money
is now worth 2 cents on the dollar.
It is said in Washington that each
of the parties will put million dollars
into the Indiana campaign.
| Mr.. ALEXANDER BROGDES, NJ. p for
Wednesday, in Stafordshire, who has
held the seat as a liberal since 1868, has
arrived, with his wife and daughter, for
a brief holiday.
There is one comfort about being an
American clerk at $40 a week; it is that,
if you chose to marry, Queen Victoria
and Glandstone will not endeavor to
hinder you.
! At a recent swell wedding in San
Francisco, local papers announced that
the brightest bullion and railroad So
ciety were present. Who says we
havn't an aristocracy?
Nine. Theirs, carrying a large tri-
colored bouquet, and accompanied by
Il number of friends, has just attended
mass celebrated for the repose Of her
late husband.
| Edmund Yates had chat with Soth-
ern at Brighton and found that the
actor had gained in weight, but needed
to live regularly, forego excitement
and enjoy rest.
One reason why Smith Brown thinks
the coming winter will be a very severe
one is because the oak trees have not
been so full of acorns for many years as
they are now.
| A youth of nine years, arrested in
France lately for putting stones on the
railroad, ex planned that he did it 'for
fun to see what would happen
An Iowa man who got hurt by a fall
refused to take brandy to stimulate
him, and the doctor sat down on bun
die of wheat and saw him die.
It is said that President Hayes means
to take a trip around the world, next
year, after his term has expired.
The dear little Spanish princess,
when she grows up, will bea prominent
member of that class of girls who wish
they had been born boys.
MARSHAL BAz!AINE has written to the
Gaulois from Madrid, declaring that he
has not been i'll during his sojourn in
Spain. The dispatches have had him
dead four or five times.
Miss Jcssica (Jessie) Landseer died
on the 10Th ultimo, at Folkestone, Eng
land. This lady was a painter and an
engraver, and the etcher of some Of
the works of her brother, Sir Edwin.
The marriage of Miss Florence Til
} ton and DR.. Pelton, of Louisiana, was
solemnized in London, recently, at St.
, Pancras' church. The bridegroom is
young but well-known New Orleans
physician. Mr.. Tilton consented to the
nuptials.
The first regular tramp Of which we
have any authentic record was named
Satan, who replied to the question,
''Whence CONTEST thou" 'From going
to and fro in the earth, and from walk
ing up and down in it,"
One of the most remarkable opera
tons in dentistry ever recorded was
performed at Portsmouth, n. H., re-
Gently. A boy who had been out for
a drive was descending from the car
riage, when the horse gave a vigorous
whisk of his tail, twisted the end of
hair around one of the boys front
teeth, and pulled it out so quickly that
the lad had hardly time to feel the
less.
Lord Beaconsfeld, when he was the
Disreli of only % years, was a remark
able looking young fellow. He had a
pale, almost delicate face, jet-black
hair clustered in curls on q marble
brow, beneath which flashed strangely
brilliant black eyes. His figure was
slender and blithe, and he wore dress
coat of black velvet, white kid gloves.
with draperies of black silk fringe fall
ing from the wrists over his hands
and a waistcoat respondent with gold
lace.
! ARCHBISHOP GIBBONS gives pleasant
picture Of the Pope as he saw him dur
ing his recent visit in Rome. "He
welcomed me heartily" says the Arch
bishop, land made me feel at home.
He is about 20 years of age, tall and
erect, Of a very thin figure. His face is