The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-01-26
Excerpts.

An Indiana girl swallowed forty
six shirt buttons in all attempt to
commit suicide. The man who mar
ries her will know where to find his
shirt buttons.
The general assembly of Virginia
has appointed = committee to con-
slider the ACCESSIBILITY of abandoning
Richmond temporarily, on account
of the presence of smallpox.
A preacher in Louisville has been
ruined by poker. Foor man! he prob
ably spent too much time preaching.
A man must devote himself to the
game alone to play it well.
"What is tho meaning Of Il back
biter!' asked a gentleman at q Sum
day school examination. This was a
puzzler. It went down the class until
it came to simple urchin, who said,
"Perhaps it's flea"
The Illinois supreme court, in a
case against the board of education
Of Quincy, decides that colored child
rem have the right to attend the pub.
lie school and receive the benefit of
the school fund the same as white
children.
\ Christian army has been formed
in Chicago like the salvation Amy of
England, with general in command.
Captains for exherters, ''knee-drills"
instead of prayer meetings, s'skir-
mishes' in saloons, and ''battles'' in
a public hall.
Ex.Judgs McKensie, a leading law
yer of Hampton, Iowa, the man uho
sent Gen. Sherman's signal during
the war, ';Hold the fort, we are CON-
ing immortalized in verse, died at
his home yesterday morning after
lingering illness of consumption.
The colleges share considerably in
the prosperous times. The Wesleyan
University endowment fund, now
100000, promises speedily tie reach a
round 81, 100000, as all but SIS, 600 is
promised of the 100000 which was
to be raised to secure Mr.. Seney's last
promise Of 100000 if an equal
amount is secured.
When quiet cannot be secured, and
baby is worried out snd can't go to
sleep, and nobody knows what is the
matter, a soft napkin or fine towel
wet in warmish water and folded over
the top of it's head, eyes and ears,
will often act as charm, and it will
drop off into a refreshing sloep in 4
few minutes.
1t has just been discovered that
there is a reservoir Of ready made gas
underlying Kansas City. St. Louis
had better tunnel for it at once.
Heretofore it has Teen about an even
race, but with this advantage in favor
of Kansas City, st. Louis might as
we'll throw up the sponge, and move
the bridge.
Chalmers has the audacity to be
going around Washington and saying
he expects to be allowed to keep his
stolen seat in congress. A Democrat
whose case is so bad that even the
Democratic press refuses to defend it
would be showing ordinary prudence
to seclude himself carefully from the
public gaze.
A remarkable use is being made of
potatoes. The clean peeled tuber is
macerated in a solution of sulphuric
acid. The result is dried between
sheets of blotting paper and then
pressed. OF this all manner of small
articles are made, from combs to col
lars, and even billiard balls, for which
the hard, brilliant white material is
well fitted.
The Methodist church at Eagle
Bridge, n. Y, is divided on the ques-
ton of accepting as gift the money
raised by a ball. The pastor has de-
clined to accept the donation, but
some of the members argue that, as
the church did not promote or coun-
tenance the ball, there would be 10
improperly in taking the proceeds.
A poor mechanic from Canada was
paid $50 dollar bill by mistake for
ST bill by storekeeper at CRANKY,
Mass. He FASTENED home, resolved
to keep the money; but within a week
he returned, gave up all except what
he had spent for car fares, and prom
ised to pay up the remainder as soon
as he could. His experience with his
conscience, he said, had been unpleas.
ant.
NJ. I. n, San Antonio. "Please an
swer through your correspondents
column and tell me how long men
lived in the early ages of The world
We do not know exactly, but suppose
that long men lived in the early ages
with their parents until they grew up.
Then probably they started ranch
of their own, or married some girl
with money who wanted a husband
she could look up to.-Tsras Sifiugs.
According to German economist
the income Of the world is $780,
00O, 900; debt, $10,928, 100000; taxes,
50, 0O2, 900, 600; capital, 1886, 6l2, 100000.
Sweden has the smallest debt, or $780,
900, 900; France the largest, or S., 04O.-
100000. The United States has the
largest income, and England the most
capital Italy is the heaviest taxed,
paying IS per cent. of its income for
taxes to the average Is per cent, of
other nations.