The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-04-10
Personal dossip,

On one occasion during the war.
when Anna Dickinson had moved an
audience to alternate cheers and tears,
Wendell Phillips, who had spoken at
the same meeting said to her: Gamma,
I would give much to be sble to make
people cry as yot do. Why cannot 1
do it?' II suspect the reason is be-
cause you never cry yourself" was the
answer.
E. O. stanard, once Governor of Mis-
souri,, is visiting Washington. BE tells
a reporter that it is his belief wheat
never will be high in America again.
He thinks that the British producers in
Australia and India, with labor at twelve
cents day, will soon take the wind
from our sails with respect to that in
dustry.
DR.. Vassmayer, All English vegetarian
crank, has cometo grief. He advocates
the doctrine of living on a regimen re-
presenting penny farthing day, and
had the honesty to try it on himself.
He began toward the end of November,
and after the first week published an
account of the wonderful intellectual
clearness and sense of physical light
ness and elasticity produced. He is
now at deaths door, with three regular
M. DIS attending him.
Mrs. J, W. Mackay's jewel chest,
which she keeps in the vaults of Paris
banking house, contains the finest col
lection of precious stones outside of a.
royal treasury, that exists in Europe,
It is valued at something like 1,OOO,-
600. Foremost in the collection shows
, respondent the famous set of sapphlres
which attracted so much attention when
exhibited by the jeweler Boucheron at
the Partisan Universal Exhibition OF
1873. It is valued at $500, 900, and DOM
prises the diadem, bracelets, rings, ear
rings and necklace, with large PEN
| dant. The necklace is double, the up
per row being band of large, square
diamonds and sapphires, fitting the
throat closely, while the lower row,
wide arabesque of the same stones, sup
ports the pendant. This last is COM
posed of one enormous sapphire, peer
| less in color and in water, and set in
large diamonds. The stone is of the
size of a pigeons egg, cut transverselt,
perfect oval in shape, and is alone
valued at $50, 900.
Apropos of Gambetta's facility in
speaking on the inspiration of the mo-
ment the following anecdote is told
While journeying one day with young
| deputy from Paris to Versailles, 3e
said: "Do not speak to me. I have a
long and important speech to make,
which have not even had time to think
over" The silence, therefore, remained
| unbroken. When at last his friend
looked round he saw that Gambetta was
not deep in thought, but fast asleep,
nor did he wake until they reached Yer
| sailles. When reminded of the speech
he intended to prepare he only laughed
| and shrugged his shoulders. In the
| evening, however. he delivered speech
as splendid and finished as if he had
| paration.
'Count William Bismarck, the
Princes second son." says st. James'b
Gazette, twas, like his father, long
troubled with obesity. One happy day
literary friend introduced to him q
certain Doctor Schwenninger, a Baya
| rian, who claimed to have hit upon a
! regimen which was an infalible cure for
fairness. Count William placed himself
| unreservedlv in the hands Of the Herr
Doctor, and in few weeks had lcst<lis
superfuous bulk. Thereupon Doctor
Schwenninger was summond to the
Chancellor, whom he undertook to cure,
as he had cured his SOD. At the end of
seven OF eight weeks Prince Bismarck
weighed sixty pounds less, and he now
looks upon himself as cured. He sleeps
long and TRANQUILITY he is at his desk at
seven in tho morning; he takes long
walks which would fatigue a young
man; and, after ten years absence from
the saddle, he is now able to ride. All
this is prodigious; but what is Doctor
Schenninger's mysterious regimen