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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29

A WOMAN at Stockton, CAL, who had
a drunken husband, was waiting late at
night for, him to come home. The
lamp was in her bedroom and she was
in the parlor. Hearing noise outside,
as If man who was drunk was
trying to find the gate, she went out,
and sure enough drunken man was
there. She helped him into the parlor,
as she had been used to doing, and
placed him carefully on the lounge. AT.
ter hard struggle she got his coat and
vest of, and then pulled at the boots as
she thought they were,) but they would
not come of. At length she felt up
about the ankles and found that the man
had shoes on-something that her nus
band never wore. Striking light she
saw he was q stranger.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29

One of the cold style" of CONNER.
cial travellers was jack Hazard, of New
York. Jack was passionately fond OF
the "pasteboards," and would occasion.
ally even indulge in little game with
the bows in the basement of the store
when not upon the "road." One morn.
ing when thus engaged, the ':old man.
was heard approaching, and Jack
stuffed his last trick in his pocket
cbucked the rest of his pack into an
empty case, and the company broke up,
The cause of the intrusion was soon
explained by Jack receiving an order
to start for Philadelphia at once with
sample OF new line of goods. Jack
flung the samples into vaiise, put on
a clean paper collar, bought ten cigars
for quarter, and started at once. Ar.
rived In Philadelphia, his first call was
on an old Quaker house on Broad street.
Pulling himself together, Jack marched
in, and laying card before the senio,
partner, who was busily engaged at his
desk, said in his most sanctimonious
manner, "That is the party I have the
honor to represent" The old follower
# Penn looked carefully at the card
and then, fixing his steely blue ewes or
Jack, handed it back, saying: eff that
is the party thee represents, the will
find Philadelphia well stocked with his
goods" Jack cast one Mortified look al
the card. It was the ''little JOKER" or
which fellow clerk had strongly
sketched the head and horns of Hi
Satanic Majesty, and the bold salesman
for once discounted, beat hasty re-
treat to his hotel.-Boston Commercial
BalIktin. -.1
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29
PRINCE MURAT IN FLORIDA.
The American Mansion of q Son Of M.
pOleOn's Great General.
Cincinnati Gazette.

# Our party has been camping on his
torical ground for month past-the old
Murat place, q large plantation settled
by Prince Achille Murat, a son of Ma.
poleon's great general, who came to
this country after the downfall of Ma
poleon. The prince died about thirty
years ago, his wife surviving him about
sixteen years. After her death the
place passed into the hands of Mr..
Frank r .ppy, the present owner. There
are still on the place three old colored
men. former servants of the Murats.
One of them is 8S years old, another
over 81, and Uncle William Hughes,
aged 20. He was the princes body
servant, and crossed the ocean with him
six times. He talks French fuently.
and has many anecdotes to tell Of the
name, IN which his old master used
to entertain the rich planters of the vi
cinity. He says it was no unusual thing
for seve,4ty-fve to one hundred car
riages to be at the place at once. On
such occasionsthe grounds were always
brilliantly illuminated aud champagne
flowed from perpetual fountains. The
residence, which is very OH, was built
Of frame and still shows the handiwork
of skillful artisans. The house has
been unoccupied for several years left
for spiders to weave their webs and
hornets to build their nests in. The
style is old-all through the centre,
parlors on each side connected with
back rooms by. sliding doors. Our party
occupied the west side Of the house.
The parlor still contained several pieces
of what was once elegant damask furni-
ture, relics ofthe reign of the Murats.
The place has gone to rack very fast
for several years, but the yard still
shows evidence Of the taste displayed
by the owners in the arrangement of
the flower beds, etc. 1t was easy to see
the traces Of beds in shape of harps,
diamonds, and hearts. There were
still scattered ever the yard choice
plants and flowers, including several
varieties of roses now in bloom. There
are in front Of the house several fine
large shade trees. including magnolia,
live and red oak, and hickory, also
Grape myrtle and cape jessamine. The
house is situated on a knoll, about two
miles from and in full view of the
capital.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29
Gleanings.

There are $4,000 English women in
India.
Goldfish balls should have very little
Goldfish in them.
Nineteen centenarians died in New
York city in 1879.
Paris derives an immense revenue
from the sale of street privileges.
West Virginia has, out of 442,014
population, 81, 400 'illiterates."
In eighteen of the twenty-four coun-
ties of Arkansas there are no news
papers.
There are not so many Mohamme.
dams in Turkey as there are in the Eas
Indian dominions.
Nashville points to new buildings
worth nearly 100000 as evidence of
growth during the past year.
There is returned missionary at
Hartford, Conn.,, who saws wood at the
town farm for so cents day.
A number of Strasbourgh shopkeep-
ers have been fined 10 marks each for
placing French emblems on their
goods.
It is estimated that 1900 miles of
new railways will be built in 1880,
much of which will be laid with steel
rails.
The small islands of the West In
dies, known as the Leeward Islands,
are becoming a source of sugar supply
to this country.
A project is reported of railway to
be carried across Paris, partly under
ground and partly on the elevated prin-
ciple, connecting all the railway ter
mini.
The Denver Tribune and News issued
MANN 9th New Year numbers. The
size Of the Tribune was thirty.two pages,
or 1872 columns; the News twenty-eight
pages, or 1853 columns.
The Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Company has not met with any obsta-
Giles lately and has been pushing the
work forward. All the foundations
have been laid, but the company can
not get the iron columns as fast as it
would like.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29

The ladies of Paris are wearing some
queer furs. A ratskin dress is thus de-
scribed: I'm a costume of American
rat the skirt is made with considerable
number of skins, arranged so that the
back and stomach of the animal alter
nate, and describe dark and light stripes
or bands; the rat bodice is trimmed
with chinchilla, an ineroyable cape in
shinchilla over the rat jacket, rat to-
qua with hawks head at the side"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29
What Hung on q Single Wire.
N. Y, Herald.

On Sunday morning a large ami heav-
lily loaded steamship, making her way
through Point Channel, within the cor
porate limits of Boston, found her
course impeded by railway bridge, the
draw of which was not open. The pilot
pulled at handle that should have
rupg bell in the engine room and
stopped the ship. But the bell did not
ring; the steamer went on; she struck
the bridge, apparently at the draw, broke
the bolt which. locks the draw and
sprung the rails about foot and half
from their proper positions. Meanwhile
a passenger train was rapidly approa CHI
ing the bridge (which is said to have had
no one on it). When within a trains
length of the bridge the engineer, hap
pening to notice the displaced rails, re-
versed the action of the locomotive and
saved five Car loads of passengers from
death by stopping the train within tif-
teen feet of the bridge. This chapter
of accidents and horrible possibilities all
came of the breaking of bell wire on
the steamship. At the extra cost of a
dollar two or three wires might have ex-
tended from the engineers bell to the
handle in the pilots room, and many
bells aboard steamboats, and steamships
are so rugged, in order that the common
accident of a breaking wire may not
lead to disaster. When the owners OF
the steamer repair the damage caused
by the accident they will probably agree
with,us tlaatssntall econoni4s invoking
great risks are detestable.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29
JOHN ADAMS TO MISS POLLY.
How the Statesman Wrote Of War.
Events and Flattered the Ladies' in

1875.
FORTRESS MONROE, Va, Jan. 8.The
following letter, written by the elder
Adams, on the 9Th of July, 1776, just
after the Declaration of Independence
had been promulgated, may be ofiDter-
est to the readers of to-day. The origi-
nal is now in the possession of Mr.. Geo.
Snyder, a resident of Old Point, who
found it in q book he purchased at auc-
ton in Baltimore, some fifty wears ago,
and who vouches for its genuineness:
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 5, 1776.
Miss PoLLY:-Your favor of June Is,
I776, was handed to me by the last post.
hold myself much obliged for your at
tention to me at this distance from those
scenes in which, although I feel myself
deeply interested, yet can neither be
an actor nor spectator. You have given
me Notwithstanding all your modest
apologies), with great deal of elegance
and perspicuity, a minute and circum-
stantial narrative Of the whole expedi-
ton to the lower barbor against the
man-of-war. 1t is lawful, you know, to
hattcr the ladies little-at least if GUS
tom makes thing lawful-but without
awaiting myself in the least of this IL
cense, I can safely say that from your
letter and one from Miss Paine to her
brother, was enabled to torn a more
adequate idea of the whole transaction
than from all the other accounts of it,
both in the newspapers and private let
tiers which have come to my hands. In
times as turbulent as these, commend
me to the ladies as historiographers.
The gentlemen are too much engaged
in action; the ladies are cooler specta-
tors. There is lady at the foot OF
PENIS hill who obliges me from time
to time with cleverer public intelligence
than can get from a whole committee
of gentlemen. was little mortified
at the unluckv calm which retarded the
militia from Braintree, Weymouth and
bingham. I wish that they might have
had more than, half the glory of the en-
terprise; however, it satisfies me that
was not their fault, but the fault of the
wind they had not. I will enclose to
you declaration in which all America
is remarkably united. 1t completes
revolution which makes as great a fig
ure in the history of mankind as any
that have preceded it, provided always
that the ladies take care to record the
circumstances of it, for by the exper-
fence I have had of the other sex, they
are either, too lazy or too active to COM
memorate them. A continuance of
your correspondence, Miss Polly, would
much oblige me. Compliments to pa
pa and mamma and the whole family.
I begin now to aatter myself that you
are situated in the safest place on the
continent. Howe's army and fleet are
at Staten Island. butsthere is very nu-
merous army at New York and New
Jersey to oppose it. Like Noah's dove
without its innocence-they can find
no rest.
am, with much respect, esteem and
gratitude, your friend and humble SER
want >s' = '~.s., JOHN ADAMS. a..
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29
Attempted Assassination of Crowned
Heads.

An Italian paper thus tabulates the
attempted regicides Of 1873 and 1879:
:, have been two attacks on the
Emperor William, one against King
Humbert, one against King Alfonso
and two against the car. Sovereigns,"
It remarks, will soon reckon their
years Of rule by these outrages. the
car having experienced four and the
Emperor William five. Napoleon III.
had seven" $500.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29

Commodore Vanderbilt, railway
king ................ $75,oo0,ooo
William B. Astor, real estate lord.... 6O,OOO.OOO
Alexander T. Stewart, autocrat Of
dry goods ..:........ ............ $4,000, 600
R ees Go oeIet Observation-Disclosures. 100000
chant 49,. -. ...... -. 10000 900
Alexander Stuart sugar refiner.. 100000
William c. Rhinelander, real estate
lord. ..................... s,5oo.oco
James Brown, banker. 100000
CORTLAND Parker, retired wealth..... 100000
John W. Chandler. married Aster's
granddaughter. :.....::... 100000
cashier: :.:..:: ..........: .:....... 2,5oo,ooo
Colonel Van Buren,, real estate
lord. ..:... ............. 100000
David Leavitt, fnancier. ............ 100000
Benjamin Winthrop, retired. ......... 100000
Total. ....................o ssae, 100000
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-29
Fifteen Dead MilliOnaires.

The New York correspondent of the
Troy Times, gives the following list of
noted capitalists of New York, who died
the past year, with the amount of cash
they could not take with them:
, 1880-05-27
A Young Lady's Insanity.

A sad case Of insanity has come upon
Miss Susan Schenck, young and ac-
complished daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. c.
d. Schenck, living near White Mills,
Pa. 1t appears that young man in
one of the Southern States for the past
two years has been paying his attentions
to Miss Schenck, and was engaged to be
married at an early day. About three
months ago ne started from his Southern
home for the North with the intention of
fulfilling the engagement, when an acci-
dent occurred which resulted in his
death. The news of his death reached
the young lady's mother, who, knowing
the strong attachment her daughter en-:
tertained for him, resolved to withhold
the sad news from her daughter if posi-
BILE. To this end the mother Intercepted
the letter which conveyed the news Of
his death, and the daughter was left in
total ignorance of the truth. Time
passed by and the girl received no. tid-'
ings from her absent lover. Her only
solution to the mysterious silence was
that she had been deserted. 1t so
worked upon her mind that soon her
reason was dethroned, and she is now
raying maniac. ~
, 1880-05-27
Pleasant Passenger.

1t was red-haired, gritty-complex-
ioned man that got into Pawtucket
car while it was in waiting on the turn
out. With his long hair, capacious felt
hat and o beard like burning bush, he
resembled returned Californian, and
he probably was. There was an omir-
GUS silence when he took his seat, for
somehow or other there was about the
man an air of unusual and desperate
business. He confronted the man oppo-
site him and scrutinized him severely,
and then in tones like a young cateract
demanded ,'."
"Air't your name Archibald Cusk ?"
"That it is, Captain" replied the man
questioned, looking about him uneasily.
"I was sure ont" thundered the
stranger. taking canvas bag from one
pocket and a revolver from the other, and
placing one each side of him. "Eight
years ago I got into this car with in
fammatory rheumatism IN my right
root made croch-rest for il by lay
ing my cane crossways over my crutch.
You came crashing into the car
and kicked my foot without an
apology. While l was wincing in hot.
feared agony, you said, such little jog
might do me good; these little sudden
starts were very waking, and 1 looked
like man that wanted touching up and
waking up little Well, 1 must have
looked stale and haggard. 1 hadn't
slept an hour for four nights, and was
trimmed down to ninety pounds or less !;
but that kick did wake me up, and 1
have been woke up ever since. l
couldn't shoot We before [ went to the
gold diggings, because l was too sick
and too poor. I'm all fixed now, and
here's the ready rhino to settle for it
arter ] put lead pill into ye ; and now,
then, as it is me that has woke you up
this time, l guess I'll reach out for
old bull's-eye,bimmer and put YOU to
Sleep" a -rr.u ...m# -.
AS the stranger reached for his re-
volver the man he had marked for i'm
notation sprang to the car-door, leaped
to the sidewalk and shot down the
street. ... ~ .. .....
81 haint quite sartin," observed the
stranger, "that he is the chap that trod
on my foot, but | was sure that heihad
trod on some other feller's foot, and l
kinder thought I'd better fix him for a
starter till | struck nv man." "-
, 1880-05-27
Rothschild Defalcation.

A defalcation in the great banking
concern of the Rothschilds is such an
extraordinary occurrence that the Euro
pean papers devote much space to the
late affair in Vienna. 1t seems that the
Vienna branch of the house had long
had in its employ man named Straffer.
He entered its service in 1864 at the
age of 81, obtained numerous promo
tions by his zeal and fidelity, and in
1874 was given the important post Of
cashier in the stock and bond depart.
ment Of the bank. He was quiet, in
dustrious man, and was to all appear
anCes wholly devoted to his employers,
whose entire confidence he enjoyed.
Nothing in his way of living excited
suspicion. He was bachelor, and his
salary of $4,000 o year seemed ample
for his expenses. About a fortnight
since Straffer called upon the principal
attorney Of the Rothschilds and con-
fessed that for several years he had been
specializing on the Bourss with funds
obtained 10y hypothecating the securities
placed in his charge, and that he had
covered up his operations by false en-
tries in the books of the bark. A
series of heavy losses Fad made it i'm
psssible for him longer to conceal his
guilt, and he made clean breast Of the
whole affair. He was led to speculate
by the belief that he could safely lmi-
tate the operations of the bank, Of
which he had early knowledge. His
mistake was not taking into account the
fact that he knew only of the transac-
tions of one branch of the great firm
which has it's agencies in every money
center in the world, and that the Roths-
childs might choose to lose in Vienna
for the sake of winning in London or
Paris. Strafer's defalcatlon amounts to
$4,000; not enough to make much of
sensation in New York, perhaps, but
sufficient to cause considerable excite
ment in Vienna. .... ....
, 1880-05-27
Cave Dwellers.


The time has long passed since cavern
could be regarded with any feelings of
superstition. For a very slight ac-
quaintance with the science of geology
must make the most inveterate mystery
worshipper among us quickly cognizant
of the laws to which they owe their or
igin. But many of these caverns are
revealing to us histories which are far
more wonderful than fairy tales, We
allude to the so called bone caves, which
in this and other countries are furnish
ing biologists and the scientific world
generally with materials from which
they can in somewhat form q history of
prehistoric times. Ever since the dis
covery Of the remains of an exact spe-
cies Of rhinoceros in a cave at OrrestOn,
near Plymouth, have scientific men
turned their attention to caverns and
their contents, as to books from which
they could learn much OF the life which
prevailed upon the globein distant ages.
This discovery was quickly followed by
others. The celebrated Kirkdale cave
in Yorkshire-stumbled upon by acci-
dent-was cleared of the debris with
which it was choled up, and yielded re-
suits of high scientific value. Here
remains Of the elephant, mammoth and
other animals were recognized. Most
of these bore the marks of teeth, and
the occurrence of the bones of the hvena
in greater numbers than those of any
other animal, pointed to the inference
that this cave had formed the den of
successive races of these animals. This
hypothesis was strengthened by COM
parison of gnawed bones with those TAX
en- from hyenas in confinement at the
Geological Gardens, London, with
which they were found to correspond in
remarkable manner the question
how the remains of the larger animals
were dragged to these, their last resting
places, was readily accounted for by the
known habit which prevails among the
lower creation of seeking some secluded
spot at the approach of death. The
fact, too, of the remains of man having
been found has given rise to- no end Of
controversies, into which we have no
disposition to enter The gradual
growth of the stalasmite upon the floor
of the cave, founded upon calculations
of its increase within recent years, has
on one side been quoted as a kind Of
undertaking timekeeper by which to
gauge the period which has elapsed
since the deposit first began. When we
consider how this material is formed,
how the water, percolating through the
soil above, becomes charged with car
bonic dioxide which enables it to hold in
solution the lime, which it again gives
up in the form Of stalagmite, on expos
ure to the air; when we reflect how at.
mospheric change, rain fall, and hun
dred other influences must affect these
chemical changes we must acknowledge
THAT any calculations founded upon the
thickness OF calcerous deposition mast
necessarily be subject to error.-Cham.
ber's Journal. 'aa
, 1880-05-27

Somebody writes to the Woman's
journal protesting against hats that are
turned up'so as to look jaunty, and says
that he went to funeral the other day
and found his attention distracted from
the services by the jaunty millinery
worn by the ladies present. There is no
occasion too solemn to divert q mans
mind from staring at bonnets, is there ,
Boston Transcript -s .f...tr..
, 1880-05-27

How many homes are there in Port
land that appear to have a hidden
charm about them. The parlor looks
as cosy as freside, and most Of this is
due to Photographic art. Frank G.
Abel, the celebrated First street photo
grapher, can furnish pictures that will
make common room look like pal
ace.
, 1880-05-27

There is church quarrel at Blooms
burg, N. j., which has become SO gen.
eral and so bitter in society and the
lines are SO distinctly drawn that no
person will buy goods from the store
OF one who holds opposite views.
, 1880-05-27
A Sunday In Texas.


The following narrative, says the Lit
tie Rock Gazette, was told us confden
italy by q slanderer "vf>H "'S''
A Texas minister arose before large
audience, took his text and began preach
ing. A brisk firing of pistols began on
the outside Of the church. .-.....
"Brother Deacon" said the minister,
81 believe those fellows are casting in.
situations at me; in fact, L am very near
ly convinced" he continued, as big
piece Of plasteriug fell from the wall
close to his head. -
81 think, parson, that it refers to some
one else" replied the deacon. As
The minister raised tumbler of
water and was in the act of applying his
lips when the glass fell, shattered by a
shot.
"This is an inuendo no longer" said
the minister, wiping the water from his
vest, "This is what l term an unmis-
taxable thrust. The congregation will
please sing while | 60 out and investi-
gate this matter. Is there another
preacher in the housel'
"Yes," said man throwing down a
stick which he had been whiting, aris-
ing and pulling at the waist of his pants
like a man who had just straighted up
after setting out row of tobacco across
a broad field;
SCOT on an extral" 'zEatoE'
eyes" M
The whiting preacher handed over
large Remington pistol, which the in
suited preacher took, and drawing one
from his belt started out. After going
out there was an immediate improve
ment in the firing business. 1t was de-
cidly more life like, insomuch that the
deacons sat working their fingers. After
a while the minister returned, ard plac-
ing an ear and the nostril and half of
nose on the pulpit, remarked, "He
that hath ears to hear, let him behave
himself" The sermon then proceeded
without interruption.
, 1880-05-27

1t is proper, says the New Orleans
Picayune, to make few feline remarks
on the death of favorite catl
, 1880-05-27
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