The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-03-24
Facts and FancfeS.

A few days ago the New Orleans Picay-
une came out with gold heading. It was
doubtless intended as compliment to the
Boston military, but significantly sugges-
tive Of Saffron Johnny.
A little anecdote Of Mr.. Carlyle describes
him as looking at Holman Hunts picture
Christ in the Temple" He admired the
faces of the doctors of the law, but added:
II dislike all pictures of Christ; you will
find that men never thought of painting
Christ till they had begun to lose the i'm
preston Of Him in their hearts"
DR.. Morgan Dix has been interviewed on
the subject of eternal punishment by q
New York reporter and is represented as
saying that the cardinal doctrine of Univer-
salism not only is tolerated in the pulpits
of the Episcopal churches, but that such
freedom is in harmony with the rules of
that church.
Official documents recently issued in Co.
penhagen show the number of suicides in
Denmark, during the ten years 1862 70, to
have been ITO, or 3.709 males and 1861
females. OF these, it appears, fifty eight
individuals were less than fifteen years of
age; 2O8 between Is and 20; $40 between 20
and 30; 617 between 80 and 40; 1, 1873 between
SO and 60; S1S between so and 70; and 4O5
above 70. As to the mode of death, STA
persons hanged themselves, 754 drowned
themselves, and the next largest number
resorted to firearms.
The statistics of the magnitude of the
value of imports into China in 1879 was
$l14, $50, 900, of which $51 ,0O0, 900, ornear-
ly one-half, was contributed by opium
alone, the increase in quantity over the pre-
vious year being nearly 800, 900 pounds.
The value of opium imported exceeded the
value of tea exported by SIS, 200, 900 and the
value of silk exported by $10,000,000.
When DR.. Franklin visited Paris, as AM
why it was that vessel OF water weighed
no more after live fish was put into it than
before. Franklin replied: Before we try
to account for such remarkable phenome-
non, let us see if it is actually fact" A
vessel of water was procured, carefully
weighed q live fish was at hand, and also
carefully weighed; the fish was then put in
to the vessel CT water. The vessel of
water, upon being weighed, was found to
have increased in weight just the weight of
the fish.
George Eliot's will disposes of a personal
estate Of somewhat less than $500. 600. She
bequeathes $25, 900 to Emily Clark, SIS, 900
to Vivian Byam Lewes and an annuity of
5000 for life to her housekeeper, Mary
Bowling. There is to be set aside 1852 500
in the name of her executor, Charles Lee
Lewes, and her husband, as trustees, the
income to be paid to Mrs. Eliza Lewes, the
widow of Herbert Arthur Lewes, for life or
during her widowhood, and on her death or
second marriage one half is to go to Mrs.
Lewes' son, George Henry Lewes, and the
other to her daughter, Marian Lewes. The
residue of the property is given to Charles
Lee Lewes absolutely.
The credit of German officers is so good
that there is not = tradesman who would
refuse to trust subaltern even if he knew
him to be poor. The reason is that Ger
man officer cannot disgrace himself in any
way land unpaid debts are held disgrace
fuD without losing his commission; more
over, the esprit de corps among officers is
so high that defaulter's comrades would
not hesitate to pay his debts for
him after he had been cashiered soon
or than the regimental name should be
furnished. Not long since an officer died
in. debt, wherepon his regiment got up a
subscription and discharged all his ebliga-
tions.
The late senator Carpenter was native
of Moretown, VT, and the old people tell
many stories Of him. He was much op-
posed to manual labor when 10y, and it
is said that his father once left home, tell
ing the future senator to hoe a certain
patch of potatoes and giving him two
shillings with which to get some one to
help him. The boy took the money. and
buying a bottle of rum with one of the
s. -llings offered it to an Irishman if he
would do the job. To insure the faithful
fulflment of the contract the youthful con-
tractor would station himself at one end of
a row and give the Irishman drink as he
got around to him. Paddy worked like a
hero, the task was soon done and Carpen-
ter was shillingin pocket without having
done stroke of work himself.
A San Francisco paper has unpleasant
information about the health of Rev DR.. L.
Stone, pastor of the First Congregational
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