The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-08
CONVERSATIONS.

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COndensations.
The lumber interests of the South
have become of sufficient importance to
demand expression in periodical. A
twenty-four PACED paper, entitled the
American Lumberman, is now published
weekly at New Orleans in order to fur
nlsh information and entertainment to
lumbermen.
Frankfort-on-the-Main is probably the
richest city of its size in the world. AL.
though there are good many poor peo-
pie in the town, the citizens, as whole,
are far better off than the inhabitants of
any other city, while if the wealth were
equally divided every person would have
over $1,000 apiece. There are 100
FrankforteIs worth from 100000 to
81 400, 600 each, and 25G worth ESQ, 0O0
and upward.
According to report, the Mexicans
must be among the politest people on
the globe. Even the robbers are gentle
men, and when they are obliged to rob,
really put one under obligation for their
attention. An instance is given of a
pretty speech made by Mexican Beau
Brlsnmel in appropriating a pair of ear
rings: Possessing such eyes, sonora,
whit need have you of these dull
stoles?"
Commissioner of Pensions Dudley is
now busy preparing list Of all ension-
ers, and the nature of their disabilities.
twill be sent to Congress before adjourn
ment, and doubtless ordered printed. It
will make three large octave volumes.
Some idea of the active work being
done by Mormon missionaries may
be cleaned from. the fact that
one of their papers, in itslast issue, pub
who were seeking converts as tar West
as Nevada, as far South as Alabama and
as far North as Oregon.
South Carolina has twenty-seven cot
ton mills, with a capital of 81 ,547 600,
4,120 looms and lS0,721 spindles, EN-
ploying 1892 hands aud paying $728, 900
in wages. Inl880 there were only eigh-
teen mills in the state, with total capt.
tai of 81, 29460O, 1888 looms and 95.928
spindles. Nine new mills have just been
chartered.
"Now, girls" said the teacher, II
want you to read up about George Wash
ingtoh, who was the father of his coun-
try, and on his birthday 1 shall question
you regarding him, and also about his
wife. suppose you know who was the
A little head popped up in the rear
seats and the teacher resumed, "Well,
my dear, you may name the mother of
your country" "Lydia Pinkham -
shouted the ive-year-old in a shrill
voice. The teacher went home won.
dering whether life was worth living.
Has not a theater-goer the right to
hiss? On a recent Sunday night Mr..
Isaac Feiber, who had been quiet spec
tator of play at the Academy Of Music
in New Orleans, ventured a modest his :
at the very bad singing of a song, when
the manager advanced to the footlights
and demanded that the offender sho uld
be expelled from the house. Thereup.
on Mr.. Feiber was seized by the ushers
and hurried to the calaboose. Such an
outrage is indefensible, and the courts
will doubtless render Mr.. Feiber Justice.
It is surprising that the well-established
right of spectator to express disappro-
baton should be challenged at this day,
much less met by personal assault, as
in this case.
A breach of promise suit, with dam
ages laid at $1,000, has been begun in
Brooklyn against man whose wages
are only $50 a month and who says he is
quite willing to marry the girl when he
can take proper care of her. Inanother
suit Jewess is the plaintiff. Her fami-
ly were willing she should marry the
defendant only on condition that he
would renounce Christianity. He re-
fused the conditions, and thereupon the
suit was instituted, although the parties
are quite willing and ready to marry at
any moment.
It is curious to note, in view of the
now universal prevalence of the tobacco
habit, that during the reign of Louis
Philippe smoking in the Tuileries gar
dens was strictly prohibited, while in
Munich, in 1888 thoughtless individual
who happened to light a cigar in the
immediate vicini y of the royal palace
was promptly hustled off to prison.
This state of things remained the same
in both countries until the revolution of
1848. In England, as in the United
States, nearly every other man uses to-
bacco; but thirty or forty years ago 9
man who appeared on the streets OF
London with pipe or cigar in his
mouth was accounted a 'snOb."