The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-04-24
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General Items.

l. sHnfy irving says Indianapolis Is moi
at present a congenial home for the high
forms Of art. The press is far. aheadof
the people, who s.sprefer to paySl0
cents tosee a fat woman aside shows
t1paying 80 ID see Nellie yand shimselts
NJ Irving seems willing t6pass Sind ian,
apolis bYhereafter, without stopping to
dispute about tastes.
Therel isss current notion that the
proportion of unhappy marriages is
greater among authors and people Of
literary pursuitsthe among other class
es, tits as gronndless as the opinion
that. brain workers are short lived
Abundant statistics prove the reverse.
The statistics show that ther are in the
United States physicians and surgeons
of au!classes, schools and qualifications,
abot 60, 1000; and, estimating our popula-
ton at 100000 there is one to every
900. ~ =
The Providence Journal says that of
threevarieties ofloudness- that of dress,
laughter and talk-the first is the most
pardonable, since we have only to close
our eyes and we are not offended by it.
"sWe belieye," it says, shat psycholo-
gists are agreed that the ha-ha laugh
indicates cultured mind, the he-he
laugh a shallow mind, and ho-ho-ho o
laugh gross mind.
The Women's Medical College OF
Philadelphia graduated twenty-si Of its
students last week. This college main
tains very high standard Of work, and
those who enter there must be very
thorough if, they succeed :, in going
through and winning diploma: One OF
those who won the prize in this class
was from far off Burmah.: :: =
In two places in India, Ahmednugger
in 1882 and Siroor in 1888, an extraor-
binary mortality among cats prevailed
simultaneously with cholera among hum
man beings. The diseases which car
ried off the cats presented the same symp-
toms in both places, death resulting
from swelling of the throat and
asphyxia. During the first three weeks
of July, 1882, about $50. cats died at
Ahmednugger and 300 died last June at
Siroor. Tabitha Abroad.
So-called neuralgia pencils are now
being offered by a number Of German
pharmacists, especially in Berlin. They
are said to consist essentially of mix
ture of menthol, thymol ande ucalyptol,
fused and cast in small comic pellets,
which are fitted in a suitable handle.
The forehead and temples are touched
with the pencil. A slight impression
of burning is at first produced, which
soon gives way to pleasant, cool sen.
sation.-New York Medical Record.
A Californian planted eucalyptu
tree in his yard ten years ago. For sew
en- years he noticed no improvement
nor growth. At the end Of that time.
however, the tree shot up rapidly. Re-
Gently, while cleaning his we'll, he
found the bottom matted with eucalyp-
tus roots, which had forced their way
through the brick walls of the we'll 50
as to get at the water. The we'll was
tifty-fve feet distant from the spot
where the tree stood above the ground.
The colored people of Memphis and
vicinity have heard that the Lime Kiln
Club is donating the sum of 800 to
each and every colored person DESTROYS
of immigrating to Liberia. There are
102 of us here who propose to start for
that country early in May. Please for
ward $4,000 by express at Q. G..
Quiggs, NJ. D., D. D. S. "If dar' am
any SIGH movement on fut in dis club !
hain't heard of it," replied the presi-
dent. "Indeed, reckoned it was purity
ginnerally understood dat we would
sooner pay premium to our people to
remain at home. Liberia may be good
locality for Guild gem'len who wants
to go to bed out doahs ten months in de
var, change shirts cherry six months, an
support his family on roots, but he will
have to git dar' independent of any ack-
shun of dis club. Detroit Free Press.