The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-11-22
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General Lafayotte's remains lie neg
Elected md almost fsrgottsn in the old
asPi:pus Cemetery, son The outskirts OF
Paris. Very fey touristsever ask to be
shown there, anaawhen they do make
the request refuse to 90 on being told
that they would be compelled to drive
through narrow, crooked streets, en-
tirely deserted save for the few solemn
ana eloomy-Iooking converts which line
the way.
The wedding ring given by Martin
Luther to his bride is still in existence,
and has been lately placed on exhi.
bition in Frankfort on-the- Main. It
bears, a representation of Christ upon
the cross and the Instruments of the
Passion, and in it is set a small ruby.
The inscription is "Dr. Martin Luther;
Catherine Bora June 49, 1925"
= Colonel Samuel Shock, Of Columbia,
Pa, has reached his eighty:seventh
year. He attributes his long life to his
careful diet. Before breakiasting, he
always drinks cup of water just as warm
al be can swallow it. As to his diet, he
says: 81 have entirely quit the use OF
tea and coffee, do not use them at all; !
use quart of milk daily, dividing it into
three equal parts enc tor each meal: !
eat but little meat, only using it At
one meal per day, and l. tina that a.
ways feel better if 1 eat very ::moder
ately." -: S.
Mr.. Edmund Clarence stedman has
been annouced lately bv ill-founded re-
ports to the effect that he has abandoned
his banking business, and will hence
forth devote hlmae1f excl usively to lit
erary pursuits. '.This.is just now calcu-
to correspondent Of the Chicago Inter
Ocean. 81 have in fact, abandoned
writing to 20 into business, because
could not make living for myself and
family by mere brainwork."
Chicago News: One otElla Wheeler's
Poems of Passion" begins: "She touch
| 50 my cheek, and quiver-I tremb'e
with exquisite pain; she signs like an
| overcharged river, my blood PUSHES o n
| through my veins; she smiles-and Ia
mad-t;ger fashion, as she tiger foAdle5
her own, clasp her with tierceness end
passion, and kiss her with sh I'D Yer
| and groan." Ella may call this po> y
| of passion, but here we call it drunk
| and disorderly.
| The. romantic experience Of the hat
| maker ct Bethel, c.. who wrote her
| name on the band of a hat, and finally
married the New Orleans man into
whose hands it fell, has had an unex-
| pected sequel. OF course the other
GIRLS in the hat shop did the same thi lg,
| and now western firm has refused a
consignment OF has, sent on their order
| because 80 many of them have young
women's names written inside the band.
Trees are scarce in the Orkneys, and
single specimen adorns the principal
street of Kirkwall. When Mr.. Glad.
stone recently visited the place, his en-
| tertainers at first intended to make a
| Joke at the expense of the 'sgraud old
Teller" by placing upon the solitary yes
| t.ge of arboreal beauty sign, Wood
man., spare this tree" but finally deci-
ded to serve the humor Of the occasion
by conducting him carefully along the
opposite side of the street. and explain
ing to him that as this was the only tree
in the town, they wanted to keep it out
of harms way.
Some people are unlucKy. A White
county (GaJ man, while attem pting to
cross the river in batteau the other
day was capsHed and: thrown into the
water Trying to reach the boat his
foot caught in snag and@was sprained
and at tile same time he lost a $40 watch
his hat, shoe and the boat. He finally
| reached the, shore, and ssswas hpbbl:ug
| across a field whena feroeious bull! start
ed TOR him: Reaching q tree, he climbed
| it lively enough to escape the bull
| bnt also. lively enough to get into hor.
nets INST. The hornets objected, and
he eprang to another limb, VIII CHI broke
letting him fab to the. ground, fracturing
his wrist With the broken branch he
| kept the bull at. bay, and finally es-
| capped.
One of Prof. Nordenkjo'd's compan.
ions, Dr.. Lathorst, tells how sultry it is
in the Arctic regions. At Waigatz
Island they walked about in their shirt
sleeves on the Slopes. covered witt
plants and shrubs, with butterflies and
bees swarming around. Bathing was
enjoyed and mosquitoes were plenty.