The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
Facts and FancioS:

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sweetest washed with dew" is poetical
enough not to be Suggestive.
Facts and Fancics:
The clerk at the Albany IN. W peni-
tertiary in an interview, the other day,
said: All our life men are peculiarly
we'll behaved. They obey the rules, are
generally pleasant, and seem to want to
retain the good will of their keepers.
Still, give them a good chance to escape
and they will 60 like a fash-but they
would have to see their way clear be-
fore they would make an attempt; they
wouldn't take many chances. While, OF
course, we do not like to see men come
here for life, looking at it in a,sympa-
thetic point of view, yet if we had one
thousand just such men as these life men
are, looking at it from prison stand
point, we would have perfect para
disc.
They think a good deal of editors
down in Mississippi. There was an edi-
torial convention at Natchez, and the
local military turned out to escort the
scribes. A bridge gave way. precipitat-
ing the editors and warriors into the wa
tcI, ULc1CUy SAV1Als IA1c !Oiulc1 op1c1ulu
opportunities for fine writing and a gra-
tuitous bath.
The houses that are being built now in
Paris are not such as the coming gener-
alton will find "stufy," ''too small"
"old-tasl1ioned," and SO no criticisms
which with us are commonly passed
with us on the creations of tile last rs
years; they are houses intended to last
practically for all time. Built of solid
stone and iron throughout, with founda-
tons they resemble Roman work, on the
traditions Of which, by the way, they
are built by the sturdy southern work.
men. Commercially, also, these invest
nents prove successful, and household
property, SO far from beinga drug in the
market is at premium.
A remarkable collection Of surgical in
struments has been discovered at Pom
peii and removed to the Naples museum.
It evidently belonged to one practition-
er or establishment, and is as large an
equipment as the modern surgeon is
usually supplied with. One Of the most
interesting instruments is a long rod
with a metallic plate fixed at one end at
an angle Of 1856 deg. 1t was at first
thought to be a cautery for internal OPP
erations, but it's remarkable resemblance
to the modern laryngeal mirror suggests
the possibility that it was employed in a
similar manner in ancient times.
On the Goth of the present month
Queen Victoria will have reigned just
forty-fve years. The reigns of only
three other English sovereigns have
hers in length. They are that
of Henry Ill.,, which lasted IS years;
that of Edward ILL.,, which numbered
so, and that Of George ILL.,, which was
the longest of ALTO years. Victoria in
age has been surpassed by eleven sover-
eigrs since the Norman conquest. They
are Henry l., who lived to be 81 years;
Henry ILL.,, who died at G5; Edward l.,
g.; Edward ILL.,, IS; Elizabeth, So;
James H., IS; George l., 81; George H.,
II; George Ill, 49,; George w., 69, and
William w., II.
The New York legislature which re-
Gently adjourned did little to commend
itself to the good opinion Of the people
of the state. One act passed by it how
ever, is worthy of mention and COM
Under the law of that
state it was possible for landlords to ar
bitrarly evict tenents, and that they took
advantage of it is shown by the fact that
the evictions in New York last year ex-
ceeded those in all Ireland by over 49,
600. The new law compcls landlords to
give five days notice before turning out
any time except May l, which
is considered a general moving day,
when tenants are supposed to leave un-
less they have made new arrangements
for an extension of lease.
The new bell "Great Paul." for ST..
Paurs, London, is a monster. The weight
of the headstock alone is nearly three
tons, the clapper over four hundred
weight: the crown staple to which the
rapper is attached about as much more,
and the clapper bolt, by which the two
sections of the. clapper are fastened
through the headstock, not far from an
other two hundred weight. To these
straps and bolts by which the "cannons"
of the bell are fastened in the headstock,
and total weight of nearly four tons is
made up, in addition to the sixteen tons
fourteen hundred weight two quarters
nineteen pounds which Great Paul brings
to scale.
The Baking Powder War.
The Royal Baking Powder Company
is still making enemies among those
who arc manufacturing and selling i'm
pure articles for leavening purposes land
their name Is legion], and this fact shows
that it is continuing it's vigorous work in
the interests of the public. This COM
pany set out. some time ago to expose
the character, and so far as possible to
break up the sale Of adultcratcd baking
powders. Having found from an exam
ination of q number of specimens pro-
cured from grocers that they were gen
orally Of an inferior chracter, some de-
void of all lcavening properties and
many of them actually poisonous, it
brought the matter before the public,
denounced the makers by
name in the press and to
the authorities. The affair
was speedily taken up by physicians,
Boards of Health and Legislatures
throughout the country, chemists were
employed to make scientific tests of the
various powders in the market, and the
Government itself directed analyses to
be made before it would purchase the
supplies needed for army, navy and
Indian uses. The result more than justi-
fed the charges so boldly made by the
Royal Company. Not only were the ma
jority of baking powders in the market
found to be largely adulteratcd, but many
of them were ascertained to contain alum
and other poisonous ingredients to sucl,
an extent as to render them positively
unsafe for use in human food. The infor-
nation spread throughout the country
and created profound sensation. AS a
result many of these injurious mixtures
were driven out of the market,
and the sale of all OF
them seriously intertered with. No &C.
currence of recent date has been SO far
reaching as this in it's beneficial influence
upon the public health, and the bold
ness of the Royal Baking Powder Com
pany in the Inauguration of such war
fare, and their energy in it carrying for
ward with such important results, were
universally commented upon and appre.
ciated. In making the charges they did
not hesitate to enter into competi-
tionwith every other baking powder in
the country, and it is public satisfaction
that in all the tests and analyses made
the Royal Baking Powder was placed at
fine head of the list and declared by
Boards of Health and by the Govern
ment chemists, Drs. Mott and Love, to
be the superior of all others in strength,