The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-03-06
Things in General,

The Temple Of Diana, at Ephesus,
one of the seven wonders Of the world,
was 425 feet long and 200 feet wide.
The roof was supported by 127 columns
60 feet high, which had been placed
there by as many kings1-0f these, Sc were
carved in the most beautiful manner,
one of which was the work The famous
Scopas. The doors and pauelings were
made of cypress wood and the roof of
cedar. This celebrated building was
not totally completed till 900 years after
its foundation. Ctesphon was it's prin-
cipal architect. The riches that were
in the temple were immense. It was
burnt on the night that Alexander the
Great was born, by Eratostratus; his
object in doing it was to transmit his
name to posterity by an action so I'M
common; but it rose from it's ruins with
greater splendor and magniticence.
A romantic marriage took place re-
Gently at Antioch, Ohio. Ayoung ma
courted young lady se,-n years. They
were engaged to be married and he had
asked her parents for her. He took a
motion not to get married but to go away
to college. He told his brother, seven
years older than himself, that he would
give mp his girl to him, if he would fur
nish him money enough to school him
two years. He consented to this pro-
viding he wonld make it all right with
the girl. The girl agreed, if she could
not get him, rather than to miss getting
one Of the family, she would take the
old bachelor. The young man got his
money and started for college. He was
gone but few weeks till his brother
and the girl were married.
A Louisiana state convict, who had
escaped from his confinement and sue
ceeded in getting a good start of his
pursuers, became perplexed as to how
he would rid himself of his prison garb.
He finally walked boldly into a Negroes
house and informed the owner that he
was circus performer disabled by rheu-
matism, and offered to swap clothing
for any old suit of ordinary clothes.
The bargain was closed, and the crimi-
nal continued his flight in safety.
An Illinois person has discovered that
bread should be buttered on the under
instead of the upper side. He is rea-
soning Illinois person, and he has ar
rived at his grand discovery by pro-
cess of reasoning. It is a we'll ascer-
tanned physiological fact that the ability
to taste resides chiefly in the tongue,
and exists to a very small extent in the
roof of the mouth. Butter is added to
bread because butter is pleasing to the
taste. When, however, we spread but
ter on the top of bread, thereby bring
ing it into contact with the roof of the
mouth, we virtually waste it, for we do
not taste it until it accidentally comes
in contact with the tongue. Now, if
bread were buttered on the under side
the butter would be brought into imme-
date contact with the tongue, and we
should thus get the whole benefit of it.
This train of reasoning is delightfully."-
clear and entirely convincing.
Bob Burdette loves babies, and from
the following it seems that babies take
kindly to him in the cars; *'And the
babies! Little bundles Of feecy white
cloaks, blue cloaks, warm crimson
cloaks, indescribable bundles of shawls
and wraps and hoods and swans down,
shapeless and motionless until the car
starts; the door is shut with bang like
Mississippi shotgun, and the unwrap-
ping process begins and baby crawls
out of his chrysalis, fluffy tuft of crinkled
hair, fat, dimpled fist; then plump
face, rosy with the kisses Of Jack Frost;
pair of big, round, wondering eyes,
and dancing head that goes swinging
around on that little crease that passes
for baby's neck, while the baby takes
in the whole car and begins at once to
make friends with the ugljest and BASH
fullest man he can sec, and buries the
poor fellow under mountains of confu-
sion by calling him Papa"
The Earl of Aylesford, at one time
the greatest spendthrift in Europe and
the intimate friend of the Prince of
Wales, is living near Big Springs, Tex,
on a 81, 900 acre farm. His brother, the
the Hon. Daniel Finch, is with him.
A correspondent says that some time ago
the Earl was divorced from his wife,
banished from society and limited to
5000 a year, so he buried himself in
Texas. They spend their time riding,
hunting and having fun with the cow
boys, with whom they are very popular.
The cowboys call the Earl ''the Judge"
and his brother "the KIDD.
The late Stephen Williams, of Rox-
bury, left SIC, 900 to the Hampton, Va,
Normal School, $4,000 to the Home
for Little Wanderers in Boston, SIS 900
to the Home for Aged Men and IS 1000
to the Home for Aged Women, besides
other charitable requests.
It costs the people of Great Britain
SITE, 1000 a year to man the three royal
yachts, though they are in service q few
weeks in the year only. The playthings
originally cost 81 600, 900. ~. 81
H Ohio has coal in thirty Of thirty-eight
counties, and put out 8, 22O, 229 tons ii
lS83~-a gain Of, ,000, 900 tons.