The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-05-26
Things In General,

Speaking of d recent review 1T Vienna, a
correspondent says: "Those who can re-
member the Austrian troops Of old-the
long service men in their traditional white
tunics, moving like machines-wonld
scarcely have recognized their representa-
tives in these youths of from twenty one
to twenty-five years of age, in their dark
blue tunics, moving with free elastic step,
without touching one another, and yet
keeping the line moro steadily, perhaps, if
less imposing and less snowy to the eye."
The numbers of persons which the largest
churches in the world can contain: St. Peters
Church, Rome, holds $4,000 people; st.
Paul's, London, IS, 900; st. Sophia's, Con-
stantinople. $4,000; the Florence Cathedral,
81 800; st. Petronius. Bologna, "a 900; st.
Paul's, ONE, $4,000; st. John Lateap,
$500; Notre Dame, Paris, 90, 900; the Pisa
Cathedral, u GOO; st. Stephens, Vienna,
12,400; st. Dominico's Bologna, 1900; St.
Peters, Bologna, 11,5O0; the Cathedral of
Vienna, 1900: st.. Mark, Venice,
1000; the Milan Cathedral, 7,OOO;i Spur
geon's Tabernacle, 900.
The land owners of England are getting
into state of perple1ity about the steady
depreciation in the value of their property.
One case may serve as an example, of many
which are said to show the go4eral average
of depreciation throughout the south and
west of England. Alarm of $50 acres, near
Hastings, in Sussex, was bought in 1870
for Eli 200. in 1873 it was sold for 50, 500,
and in 1880 it again WAS sold for e8, 1000,
this being considered fancy price and one
which could not have been obtained but
that the wealthy purchaser wanted the land
TO round off his own larger possessions.
This shows falling of of 81 per cent. in
10 years.
study. has ascertained the following facts
about the Bible: The Bible contains 1885,
489 letters, 773, 692, words, 31,173 verses,
1,189 chapters; and G6 books. The word
Lord occurs 1856 times, the word and 49,
III. The word reverend Is found in Psalm
cxi. -. The middle verse is Psalm cxviii
8. All the letters of the alphabet, except
the letter j are found in Ezra vii. !: 81. The
longest verse is Esther viii. -, and the
shortest st. John ri. IS. ..>-..
Local option prevails in: North Carolina,
and it happenstha two adjoining counties,
divided only by q narrow river, differ rad
ically in their views of the temperance
question. But there are some inveterate
tipplers in the prohibition county, and to
evade the law they resort to this arrange
ment: A rope with a travelling basket is
stretched across the stream. When a man
on the prohibition side wants drink he
goes down to the bank and sounds conch
horn kept there for the purpose, thus at
tracing the attention of some one on the
other side, who asks him what he will
have. The order comes back. for the de-
sired drink; which is generally for plain
whisky and,a. little jig: sIhis is put in "a
basket on the other side and rapidly trans
ferred to the prohibition side before the
ice in it has time to melt xt~;~I, :,
The disparity of the sse3ea ih chrnc6e4 ii
placed by Zion's Herald at two to one in
favor Of the women. aud tho same paper al.
so makes the following startling statement
IF We we're to take the churches righ
through the country, we should probably
find that not more than one tenth 81 theil
members are men in the prime Of life The
other nine-tenths are women, men wht
have passed their meridian, and youth,
who have not reached their maturity. It i,
also TO- be observed that in almost ever,
; community the msjority of the energetic