The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-16
General Mention.

In 1872 9 bright cloud was observed
at midnight to cover q mountain in the
island Of Java; it emitted globes Of fire
so luminous that the night became as
clear as day. Its effects were astonish-
ing. Everything was destroyed for sew
en- leagues round. Houses were de-
molished, plantations were buried in
the earth, and 8,O4O people lost their
lives, besides 1900 head of cattle.
Choate, Webster, Prentiss, Writ
polished their sentences till they almost
glistened like marble. Not a word
could be exchanged without doing vic.
lence to the meaning. They studied
the matter of their subjects we'll and
then gave particu. ar attention to the
form of expression.
A piece of lime which boy carried in
his pocket was the cause OF his death
from blood poisoning. It is the first
instance on record of q boys pants pock-
ct going back on him. To think that
brass wire, rusty old knife blades, de-
cayed fruit, cobbler's wax, fish hooks,
putty, mice, hedgehogs, can be carried
with impunity, yet there's all this fuss
about little bit of lime that looked as
innocent as piece Of chalk.
At recent wedding the Princess of
Wales wore dress of white satin, fit
ting her exquisite figure like a glove
The skirt had three founces, each
edged. with coffee olored lace. Over
the bodice was short zouave jacket of
coffee-colored lace. Her bonnet was
white straw trimmed with the same
material. AT one side was bunch of
pink carnations, and fastening the
strings bunch of dark. red flowers.
She carried white parasol with a gold
handle. The three princesses were
dressed in plain white frocks.
In Garden City, L. l., they have a
new and very happy way of drawing the
social line. The rents are all fixed by
| the Stewart managers, so each person
knows what rent his neighbors pay, and
| they divide into as many circles as there
are different rates. Thus the 81 ,0O(
house men won't associate with the
$500 house men, and the 1900 house
men won't associate with the ST. Coz
house men and SO on. One man there
paws So, 500 annual rent and. of course
he won't associate with anybody.
A cruel magazine editor returned thu
manuscript of poem to lady in New
Orleans. She says: ~ do not really be
lieve they ever unfolded fit to look a
because, while rewriting it, IAN evelast
fell upon the paper, and, instead o
brushing it off, concluded to leave i
there Just to see whether they would
read the piece. Well, sure enough
when opened the paper, there was my
eyelash all undisturbed! Now you know
| if these three half sheet had been fin
gered the little .eyelash would neve.
have come back"
European statisticians are gradual.
reducing their estimates of the popula
ton of China. It used to be put at owe
400, 100000 Benin and Wagner reduc
their estimate fer China and Corea iron
434, 500, 600 to 379, SOL, 900. Peterson re
duces his estimate by 1000, 900, maxim
the present total $50, 600 900. DR.. Hap
per, missionary, believes this can safel.
be reduced another SO, 900 900. Mr.. Hip
pisley, Acting Commissioner of Customs
thinks 250,000, 900 more correct tha
$50, OO0,0 900. The losses by the Taepin
and Mohammedan rebellions, and b
the famine and pestilence which swep
! CI0 pIOt1uCcS VI SulIA, OlldlGullSt 0dAO
Shensi and Houn, are variously estims
ted at from 81 900 900 to 81 100000.
Many cases of typhoid fever; scarls
tina and diptheria have been traced b.
British medical men to contaminated
milk, and the source of disease was s
marked that five years ago the Priv
Council issued an order imposing upo
county justices the duty of inspectin
and regulating the sanitary arrange
ments of diaries, milk shops and COW
houses. The order not having bee
properly attended to, and recent Out
breaks of fever having demonstrate
the necessity of more stringent actor
an act has just been passed by paris
ment which provides for the registrs
ton by the local authority of all person
carrying on the trade of cow-keeper
dairymen or milk sellers; for securiu
| the cleanliness of milk shops and mil
vessels; for advising precaution againl
Infection or contamination; for inspet
ton of the cattle in diaries and COY
| sheds: and for authorizing the local au
thority to make the necessary reguls
tons. This is very sensible Legislation
and might be copied in this countr
with good results.