The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-11-01
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The German Emperor astcnishes ev-
.rybody by his vitality. He is nearly
sighty.seven years old, thirteen years
older than his great ancestor, "Oid
Fritz" when that monarch broke down,
and his life has been one Of great activ-
ity.
Governor Crosby of Montana, says
that enc day, when the presidential
party were crossing drygulch in North
ern Wyoming, they saw written in chars
coal over the door of a vacant cabin the
following. ''Only nine miles to water
and twenty miles from wood. No grub
in the house. God bless our home" -
Mr.. W. D. Howells, while visiting Bal.
dmore lately, was met by reporter
who interpreted his views regarding
English and American literature as fol-
lows: I'm many respects we excel the
English in periodical literature. Our il
The short stories, which are features of
our monthly publications, have few
counterParts in England. I think that
English customs and English DISPOSE
ton tend more strongly to the pub
llcatlon of books than of magazines"
How some men do magnify their vo-s.
cations. A correspondent of a Vermont
paper who has been sending that paper
weekly patch of items about who has
had his barn shingled and who has gone
visiting has severed his connection"
as they call it, with the paper, or had it
severed for him, and writes thrilling
valedictory, half a column long, which
ends as follows: "Kindred spirits are
thrown together for pleasure and labor,
the tide licks our ieet, and, with the
web of life all unwoven, the delicate
silken threads are snapped assunder.
We exchange fiarewells and pass out on
the tide. Readers of the Vermont
Tribune, we have sailed our heaven
bound crafts few days together. We
are in sound of the breakers! Give me
your hand-farewell!'
Chief Justice Beglie, Of British Colum-
bia, recently said to jury which had
failed to find murderer guilty: ION
your conscience will rest the stigma of
returning such disgraceful verdict, and
one at variance With the evidence on
which you have sworn to find the guilt
VI 1uAoCcUCo VI WIG plA5OAoI. MAuy
repetitions of such conduct as yours will
make trial by jury horrible farce, and
the city of Victe ria, which you inhabit,
a nest of immo ral.ty and crime, encour-
aged by the immunity from the law
which criminals will receive from the
announcement of such a verdict as yours.
Go; have nothing more to say to you."
To the prisoner, who committed the
murder with sand-bag, he then said:
"You are discharged; go and sand bag
some of these jurymen; they deserve
it."
There are some very curious laws in
Saxony regarding servants, girls more
especially. The mistress is obliged by
law to allow the servant one pound of
butter and one of coffee per month, OF
the equivalent in money. If the girl
furnishes her own bedding she secures
l 1-2 cents per night for so doing. Sew
enty cents month is allowed for her
washing, and she receives five per cent.
upon all purchases she makes. She is
required to give one months notice be-
fore leaving her place. The law also re-
Quires that each servant keep book for
recommendations, in which, upon her
leaving her place, her mistress is COM
PEELED to state the cause and the girls
character.
The question of what bec comes of pins
has often been mooted but never an
swered. Yet it is certainly peculiar
that an article of everyday use which is
manufactured in numerous quantities
should disappear in equal proportion.
It is estimated that no less than SO, O,OOO,-
900 pins are daily manufactured in Eng
land and Dublin, and that out of this
number 81, 100000 are produced in Bir.
mingham alone, thus leaving 13, ,OO0, 900
for the production of Dublin, Stroud and
London. The weight of wire, both iron
and brass, consumed for this purpose
is 1,2751-2 tons every year.
Chicago divorces have been universal
ly considered easy of attainment t, but it
appe ars that in Switzerland, among the
lower classes, custom prevails that
throws Chicago into the shade. There
young people marry with the distinct
understanding that if they do not like
each other they will separate. If, at
the end of the year, they shall mutually
declare before court that they do not
wish to remain married any longer, be-
cause of imcompatibility of tempera.
ment, they get q divorce. Hymen's
chains are loosely worn in Switzerland