The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-11-03
Things In General.

GlendlVe, Montana; now there are 800.
The Northern Pacific Railroad was opened
to that point in July. In the new ceme-
terry there are nine graves, including five
Of men killed in fights and two of female
0utcasts who committed suicide.
A Methodist Episcopal preacher in
Pueblo, COL, adopted the original expedi-
ent, a few Sundays ago, of having the choir
sing the morning hymn from the steps in
ton.
It is said that the existing deficiencies in
the household goods At the White House
were caused by thelexpenditure of $4,000 Of
the last years appropriation under the
Of dinner china, modelled, painted, eHd
gilded in bad taste. The makers also had
the privilege of duplicating the set twenty.
five times minus the national coast Of arms.
An Iowa father has spent the best part
of year, 800 in money, and made four
trips to Washington to secure bis son o
$500 clerkshiP in one Of the department..
The boy must be an unbearable nuisance
around homo.
Ono of the curious results of the late
presidents death was the number of other
deaths directly ascribed to it. One prom
inent western banker dropped dead on hear.
ing OF it; the shock gave man in Massa-
chusetts stroke of apoplexy, from which
he iB not expected to recover, and wealthy
grain dealer from Altamont, Illinois, became
dementod, and committed suicide. It dots
not appear that any of these persons were
intimately connected with Mr.. Garfield by
social or political ties.
Much interest is felt in the success of tho
new steamship, City of Rome. which sails
to New York October 13. With the usual
heated bearings to spoil the test of the trial
the vessel made Is 3-4 miles per hour. The
Inmaus have lavished an enormous amount
on this vessel, and all concerned in steam
navigation are watching the experiment.
with interest. She is built to carry 1890
cabin and steerage passengers. Tho en-
&ines Of the steamer can be brought to q
dead stop in two seconds BY turning sin
gle lever, and from going full speed ahead
they can be reversed to full speed astern in
the incredible space Of five seconds.
The way the money Of people goes is il
sale Of government buildings at Camp How
ard, Idaho. They cost about SIG, 200, &C.
cording to Pacific coast newspaper. and
were sold for SOS. This price does not
seem to have been fixed by collusion, as
the same authority says that ''the man who
bought cannot realize, unless he establishes
military camp or uses them for firewood."
The government is generally sure to pay q
great deal for what it builds, and to get
very little for what it sells.
The Brahmin, says DR.. Scudder, has
intellectually no superior. No man can
mingle much with them and not have his
wits sharpened. They are the learned men
Of tho country. The 6anscrit. queen of
languages" is their native tongue, and its
vast literature has been their grand field of
mental training. The Brahmin is almost
white, wonderfully neat. begins every day
in the water tank, eats no animal food, be-
leving that ifhe does he shall pass through
as many transmigrations after death az there
are hairs on the animal Of which he eats.
Physically, these people are Of splendid
form. majestic heads, and carry themselves
grandly.
According to The London World, the
first cause of the animosities between reQi.
ments has always been difficult to trace: but
ton after generation Of recruits. There
are two distinguished corps in her majesty's
service whose men never lose an opportunity
ofpummeling each other when an opportu-
nifty offers itself, and the only reason which
can be assigned for this is tradition that
some officers Of the one had been insulted
BY an officer Of the other at the siege Of
Quebec. 4s.* = e'y7:z
The French Republic has not abolished
titles Of nobility, but the. government
during the last two years has given them as
little official recognition as possible. They
have been eliminated from the army and
navy lists, and the term @Monseigneurn VT
not omcially applied to bishops. The Keer.
Or Of the Seals, too, no longer Sanction ed
rsnmission of titles through heiresses, as it
used often 70 be done Of old. Now.
however, the Journal Official describes ali
the Cabinet Ministers % ''Their Exoellen.
ci g. title which has been dropped since
1870, and the inference is drawn that q
more conservative and less Of an iconoclas-
te policy is to be pursued.