The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-15
miscellaneous Matters.

Miscellaneous Matters.
Henry Willard the Northern Pacific
millionaire, ran away from his fathers
home in Germany..while aboy.and landed
at Castle Garden with no friends and
but little money.
Nebraska farmers who are not able to
be fooled into selling their corn at the
present price, 26 cents, are borrowing
monoy at 2 per cent. a month in order
to enable them to hold It until they can
get 20. Thus We see chat all the tinan-
ciering talent of the country is not cooped
up in Wall street.
The Providence Journal says that tb~
keeper of the lights at Point Judith re-
ports that at particular place between
the Point and Beaver Tail the paddle
strokes of a steamer become inaudib]e
for a moment ortwo swing the Impress
ion that the vessel has stopped, not
withstanding the fact that they are seen
to be revolving and had previously been
plainly heard at longer distance.
Probably in no other city in the coun'
try, unless it may be in New Orleans,
does the lottery flourish so luxuriantly
as in Washington, and its best patrons,
as class, are said to be the government
clerks. s'The heaviest individual buv-
ers," saws the Washington STAR" are
principally merchants, some of whom
buy largely every month. Names of
mechanics form no small portion of the
list, and the old pensioner often tries
his luck. In recent drawing. an in
mate of the Soldiers home held twelve
tickets"
Nothing in these degenerate days
seems safe from imitationS nGt even a
prize beauty. Parisians have for weeks
been admiring the Hungarian Venus
who won the prize IN last summers con-
test of beauty at Pesth, and she has been
gathering in the shekels at a famous
rate. But now 10! Herr Szekely, father
of the successful beauty at Pesth, writes
10 the papers to say that his daughter is,
and has been, modestly resting on her
laurels at home, with no idea of making
a public show Of herself. And it leaks
out that the counterfeit Hungarian is q
native and old habitue Of the Quarter
Latin.
The Chinese Recorder, an English
publication, gives an extract from the
running account kept with the gods by
one Li-Chung Tsung, which is unique in
the annals Of book keeping. On the
debit side are the entries: "For being at
variance with my brothers through lis
tening to my wiie's talk, 1000; for undu-
,itul treatment of my wile's parents, 100;
for smoking opium ten times, TO-" The
numbers indicate. of course, SO many
black marks. Per contra on the credit
side of the account is given: "For bury
ing poor friend at my expense, 1860;
for carefully nursing my sick mother, 80;
for making my wife join me in meritori-
Gus work, l00."
A town has been laid out on the pro.
posed line of the Nevada & Oregon rail-
road in Nevada, of which great things
are expected. 1t has been christened
Belfast. An adjacent lake has been
tapped to supply the town with water
two thousand shade trees have been
planted, hotel is being b., built t+ together
several families have already taken up
their residence in the new town: There
Is tract OF 4OU,UUU acres VI Valiey lanC
around Belfast which awaits occupation
but it must be irrigated, and this is be-
ing arranged for by the projectors of the
town.
Among the many amazing things tole
by Professor Langley about the sun il
that if bed Of coal of the size of tn,
state of Pennsylvania, and ten feet thick
were suddenly shovelled into the sun, j
would be used in keeping up thu
present energy of the sun for just one.
hundredth part ola second. Another G.
his illust STATIONS of the SUMS energy il
bis estimate that the rainfall on MaRhat
tan island for three months, loaded al
ice, would fill train extending from
Jersey City to San Francisco.