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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
EXTRAORDINARY BUILDING,
"A Dwelling House 8 Feet Wide, 90
ss Feet Deep, and 4 Stories High.

"A Dwelling House 8 Feet Wide, 80
Feet Deep, ana 4 Stories High.
N. Y. Evening Post.
The narrowest house in this city may
be seen at the, northwest corner of Lex
ington avenue and Eighty-second street.
When Lexington avenue was cut through
some years ago, strip Of land five feet
wide and one hundred feet deep was all
that was left of a certain lot belonging to
a person who did not own the next lot
on the street. The strip, while of little
value by itself, would be valuable to
person owning the adjoining lot on
Eighty-second street, because it would
not only enable him to build a house
five feet wider, but would give him win
dowR all along the side of his house on
Lexington avenue. The two owners,
however, conld not agree as to terms,
and house. was erected on the lot adj
joining the narrow strip. The owner OF
the latter had nothing to do but to aban-
don his lot, or build house five feet
wide upon it. The. latter course was
perhaps adopted because such house
would shut up all the side windows Of
the neighboring building, and consider
ably reduce It's Value.
The new building, which has been
finished for some months, is therefore 5
feet wide, 100 feet deep, and 4 stories
high. 1t is divided into two houses,
each 30 feet long. and the ent rance
there is no room for door at either end
of the building. The law allowsa build
ing at the corner of a street to have
projecting bay windows along the side
md taking advantage of this circum-
stance, the architect has managed to
plan house which, while peculiar in
inside appearance. and probably very
uncomfortable to live in, may find ten
ants. Without these bay-windows or
square projections running from the
foundations to the roof it would not
have been possible to build a house at
all, for no room would have been wider
than three feet. Each house has therefore
two bay windows, in one of which are
the stairs and in the other one room
about eight feet wide by fifteen feet
between the stair-well and the room is
about three feet wide. Each house con-
tains kitchen eight by fifteen feet and
four rooms, each of the same size, but
on different floors. There are also in
geniously placed closets at each end of
the building and under the stairs. Both
houses are unoccupied. One is offered
for rent at $500 year.
If the object of these extraordinary
houses Was simply to shut out the light
from his neighbor's building, he would
probably have accomplished the same
end at much less expense 10y adopting
Mr.. George Kemp's device Of sheet-iror
shields. Mr.. Kemp did not wish the &C.
cupants of the building in the rear of his
house at No. 72O Fifth avenue to over
look his premises, and so he built an
iron scaffolding in his back yard and
placed iron shields against the obnoxi-
Gus openings. shutting out air and light
as completely as a brick wall would have
done. This arrangement has been for
years the source of no little comment
from the neighbors and passers-by.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
A Brave Captain Who Said saw
and 'tAsSuah.'

II got badly left in forming hasty
opinion of the lad de- dab captain of an
English iron :lad," said Capt. Ormiston.
of the British steamer Effective. "Dur-
ing the recent war in Egypt took out
supplies to Alexandria, and after dis
charging received orders to 60 to Ber-
wickport for charter. l knew nothing
of the place, and finally concluded toap-
ply to the captain to the iron-clad In
vincible, that lay close alongside of us,
as a last chance. 1pulled up to the gang
way and made my way up to the bridge,
where I found little light-haired man
trotttng up and down. His hat was cock
ed rouy ishly on the side of his head; he
wore long whiskers, and all eye
glass dangled from gold chain about
his neck. AS I approached he halted
suddenly. whirled about on one foot,
screwed his eye-giass into his eye and,
in u sweet little piping voice, said:
E'My deah fellah, what can aw do faw
your He cut such a figure that I was
tempted to laugh in his face, but, con-
trolling myself, stated my errand.
Immediately tie little man had all the
quarternasters running to find his sub
officers, and in a jitfy they returned and,
IAiClA CaPSS tdGy DCSnlt w 4C~
port that Mr.. A. was ashore on liberty,
Mr.. B. had gone to Cairo, and that Mr..
c.. was away in the first cutter-and so
on. He then tn rned to me and rubbing
his hands, said: "My deall iellah, Ber-
wickport is a very fine place, aw assuah
you; you will find no trouble in get
ing in: aw was there once me-
SELF Thinks I, what an ass this man
is, and touching my lat I was about to
60, when a.big, bluff, sailor-looking Of
ficer appeared and informed the captain
that there was no chart of the British
north coast aboard the ship. Thanking
the captain for his trouble, went over
the side and pulled aboard my own ship.
ono doubt you would have agreed
with me that the captain was no sailor
and a fool beside; but you would have
been mistaken and perplexed as ] was.
The next night the Invincible went
out to sea, with man in the chains
heaving the lead. Of sudden the
breast-strap parted and away went the
man overheard. The same little cap
tain was on the bridge. Instantly the
foppish airs were gone and the true
sailor appeared. Pulling the bells he
oilskins and|all on, went over board to res
quartermaster jumped overheard to as
sist their commander. Instantly all was
in an uproar. All hands were on deck.
All the boats were lowered and the
four men in a few minutes were safe on
board the Invincible. The leadsman
was entangled III the line and would GER
tainly have drowned but for the prompt
assistance of the captain. In addition,
this,was the fourth man that same officer
had rescued from drowning. His crew
sworc by him. He was a peer of the
realm, and a better officer does not walk
gen isas n, S caRt always sp tell the
by the cut of bis jib."-Philadelphia
Times.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
. TIMBER CULTURE.


WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, JAM 10
The following is the text of Mr.. Straits bill.
Section That the first section of said act be,
and the same 1s, amended. to read as follows:
That the act entitled An act to amend the act
Der on the Western prairies," approved March
l3, 1874, be and the same is hereby amended to
read as follows, That any person who is the
Of twenty-one years, and ts q, citizen Of the
United States, or who shall have filed
his. declaration CT intention. to become
az is by the MANIPULATION Laws
years five acres Of ti&ber any legal subdivision
Of eighty acres, fractional subdivision Of less
piration Of said eight years, on making proof Of
such fact by not less than two; credible Witness
es. and full compliance with the further condi-
patent for such tract; provided, further
that no more than one-quarter of any section
shall be granted, and that no person shall make
more than one entry under the provisions of this
see 2. That the third section be and the same
is amended to read as follows: That If at any
time after the filing of said affidavit or prior to
the issuing of the patent for said land the claim
antshall fail to comply with the requirements
Of this act and his. timber culture entry shall
have been Cancelled by reason Of such failure or
then and indhat event, such land shall be sub,
ject to entry by any other person having the
qualifications enumerated in the first sect lon Of
this act, but no part Of the land
covered by, the retinquished or Cancelled
entry shall be entered or taken by any subse-
quent applicant save under the provisions Of
this act only, except upon. the order OF the COM
missioner of the general And office, made upon
proof satisfactory to him that the same is not
adapted to the growth OF timber, and no such
order shall be made until the land included in
such order shall have remained for three years,
preceding the making thereof va
can't, unappropriated public lands, subject to
have been entered under thes propositions of this
act during the meantime, and provided further,
that the. register and receiver Of any local land
office receiving any reltnaui shments under any
Of the public nd1awa Shall be entitled to a fee
of 81 to be paid by the person making such re-
such fee not to be reported.
Sec. 8. There shall be added to said act, OF
which this act is anaendatory, the following
sections Sec. 8. No person shall be entitled
to make more than one entry under the provis-
ions Of this act except upon the order of the COM
of the general land Offices, and in cases
only where it shall be made to appear to his sat-
isfactiOn that the entry-man was not legally
entitled to make the first entry by reason of q
prior appropriation of the land or public policy;
and justice to the claimant that he should
be relieved from the disability arising from his
having once exercised his rights under this act,
In which case his right to make new entry
shall be declared .t*FTEs $50
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
Anew. View Of .Tennyson.

Anew View OF .TennysOn.
From the Philadelphia CsI'.s
6 Mamma" said fashionable New
York young lady to. her mother, "The
papers are making a great fuss over a
Mr.. Tennyson, of England"
Yes" responded the mother, she
has been raised to the dear. delightful
peerage."
- He has been made q baron, I see,"
said the daughter. *
3 Yes, and his wife will be a baroness,
i suppose" reflected the old lady.
How exquiaitely beautiful It must be to
be. 4 baroness" 5s
What has he been a. doing Of to be a
.baron?" asked the cultured young lady.
has ho been adding of?' re-
heated the mother. Why he is the
sole survivor Of the noble six hundred
who made the IA NOUS charge at Bala-
,klava.',' !,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
Miscellaneous News Items.

Miscellaneous News Items.
The ice carnival begins in Montreal Feb
4, for which the most active preparations
walls are already twenty feet high, and
the building will be twice the size of that
last year, it will be an object of great inter-
having opened on the 9Th. A feature
of the festivities will he trotting races on
ice, and some of the fleetest horses on the
continent are promised for the exhibition.
A year ago the Chicago city counsel
placed rental of $4,000 per year on the
site occupied by the Exposition build
ing, where the National Republican con-
vention was held four years ago. All efforts
mayor has notified the Exposition COM
pany to vacate the premises. It was in this
building that it was expected to hold the
National convention.
A Milwaukee dispatch says: The spiritual
retreat for men, being conducted by Bishop
Ireland of st. Paul, at st. Johns Cathedral
during the present week, attracted another
large attendance this evening. Bishop Ire
land urged all Catholics to insist upon bet
ter legislation to remedy the evil of divorce,
etc., and then to see that such laws are en-
forced,
Mr.. Bosh, a Jew, and Miss Percell, a
Catholic. were married by a Justice Of the
peace at Hamburg, Ga, her priest and his
rabbi having both refused to perform the
aud q week later ran off until the girls
father should cool down and acquiesce.
The affairs of Gen. Longs1reet, United
States marshal of Georgia, are in very I'M.
satisfactory condition, owing to his inapti-
tude in the management of business details.
Mackey paid Monte Christo price for
six gallons of ffsy-nine year old whisky, Of
which he sent two gallons to President Ar
thur and a like amount to Bob Ineersoll.
{. The sale of Plymouth church pews
amounted to $22, OIL premiums, falling eff
of S., S27 from last year. n. B. Clst1in
paid the highest premium, 1915.
The Cardinal McCloskey golden Jubilee
fund. with which to erect marble pulpit
in st. Patricb's cathedral, New York,
amounts to $4,000.
George Rothmuller, editor of the New
York Figaro, has been sued for 100000
libel by Gustawe Amberg of the Thalia the
ater. -.
A. B. Anderson, jeweler, Milwaukee, has
made an assignment to Conrad Carlson.
Liabilities SCI, 0oO, and assets SIS, 600.
The deaths in Chicago for the year just
ended were II, 555, cholera infantum lead
ing with ISL.
E. w. Coleman &; Co.. andJ. NJ. Fuller s.
Co., New York grain men, hang out the
failure flag.
Portland, Greg, claims rs, 336 population.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

Sergeant Mason, unable to resist the
glittering offer of a Snowman, has at last
displayed the stuff he is made OF and
placed himself on exhibition az one of
the "curiosities" in a cheap-museum.
He was much more edifying spectacle
when confined in the penitentiary. It
is to be hoped the sentimental persons
who subscribed to the fund for: 'Betty
and the Baby' feel satisfied now. The
money seems to have been mainly spent
by Betty in adjoining herself with gor-
geous raiment, while Mason turns his
notoriety into merchandise. It is a
cheap;john affair altogether, but very
touching to class Of people who are al
ways looking for something to excite
their sensibilities.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
Minnesota State Prison Fire.
The Sash, Door and Blind Shop Of
the North western Car Company,
Burned at saltwater.

The Sash, Door and Blind Shop Of
the North western Car Company,
Burned at saltwater.
At about 10 o'clock Thursday night the
9TH FIRE YVES discovered inside the prison
wall in the sash door and blind shop. and
almost instantly swept through the whole
building, embracing pattern, hard wood and
wagon shops and boiler room. The flames
then swept over the engine, blacksmith and
cooper shops and all were consumed
and total loss. By strenuous efforts of the
fire de:altment the building containing q
large amount of valuable mouldipGs and
manufactured lumber was saved; also the
ironclad building containing patterns of all
castings. The cellrooms were not injured,
The other buildings within were saved
the machine, paint and boiler shops end
foundry. The fire was under control at
1880. The cause of the fire is unknown.
The state loss on buildings and Northwest
ern Manufacturing g. Car company on
stock are all covered by insurance. The
building burned was owned by the state
The FIRE caught in the wood working shops
of the penitentiary lying west Of the engine
and boiler room cooper shop, black
smith shop an d bolt room, and
ot1AtcU ala tAo SA0AtES AOO"s
The portions des troyed are the new shops
erected in 1882. The inspectors for the
State have insurance on the shops aad all
buildings to the amount of $4,000. When
the fire burst out and showed it's magnitude
the warden and his assistants chained the
convicts together in, gangs and called out
the State militia, who responded under
Capt. Merry, fifty strong. The convicts
were very docile and no stampede occurred.
TSere was no occasion Tor removing the
convicts from the building, and nothing
was done save to take the. men out of the
els sad aasips .. them, !, Warden sae
cool and managed the men excellently.
The Northwestern: Manufacturing & Car
company owned some OF the machinery
and the stock on hand. Their loss will foot
up between $125,00O and $4,000. about
half covered by insurance. The total loss
by the fire on everything is estimated at
about $50, 600; insurance; $50. 600 to $780,
OOo. =,
The contract for the office work of tho
First National bank of st. Paul was in the
hands of the Northwestern company and
the loss on this alone will be 81 900.
The Insurance ofthe state on the psrt,on
burned is about s12 900. The loss by the
state on the portion OF the penite ntiary
burned will foot up about $75, coo.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

pany. Nj. IRgatls Of Kansas thought Il
would % better to Request the action than
to .'lirect'' IL. This brought out Van Wick
ia his strongest style. He declared that the
supreme .Oonrt OF the United States had dis.
G ,vered that only the constitution and the
desire Of 8 land grant railroad wa the in
evitable and Irresistible law Of the country.
He proposed TO questiO the right Of the
roads to supreme authority.
for the Immediate appropriation OF SO, 600
for the improvement Of the Mississippi
river. Adjourned till the 18th.
J Friday, January311. ii
SENATE. --Mr. Van, Wyck, from the com.
mitteer on improvements of the Mississippi
river, submitted = Joint resolution appro.
priating 81, COO Goo to continu the improve
ments begun by the Mississippi river i'm
provement commission. After debate it was
amended to give it in the form of bill,
which passed. 80 .S@. H.. -,.-
. Bills were introduced for postal savings
banks and 9 medical university at Washing
ton under the auspices OF the government.
Senator CplloM;~ Illinois, made his
maiden speech. speaking in support of his
bill reorgasjzing the legislative power Of
Utab. He vigorously sssalled Mormonism.
MIR. Culiom argued that while the Ed.
munds commission bill had done some
good, it was entirely Inadequate and a
to be eradicated. If the Mormon, question
is not soon settled, he. predicted that war
would result. .,..:s
Senator Brown, on the other hand, op-
posed the measures, and declared that it
and all recent legislationSof congress regard
ing Utah affairs was unconstitutional. Con-
gress had no right to destroy territorial gov
eminent, and to concede the power would
be an exceedingly dangerous precedent,
true Medium to deal with the Mormon
question. If the millions sent every year
for the conversion OF polygamists in far off
India aud China were pplied to Utah, the
result would soon be apparent.
Senator Carl and tclosed the discussion fer
the day by comparing the Edmunds bill TO
the prescription of corn plaster for case
of consumption,' but pointed out that the
supreme court has laid down the doctrine
that people cannot shelter themselves from
the consequences Of crime bypleading the re.
the new rules were adopted.
Combinations:
Consuls-Frank II. Mason, Marseilles;
Robert J. Stephens, Palermo; George Gift
ford, Basic; Bolivar J, Pfidger, Piedras
Negras.
Samuel w. Ferguson, of Mississippi.a
member of the Mississippi river commits
sion, vice James B. Eads, resigned.
Registers of Land O6ices-Nathaniel
Clark, Reed City, Mich; William 81.
Brown, Larned. Kan; Harwell p. Myton,
Garden City, Kan; Alonzo l.. Patcher,
Oberlin, Kan.
Andrew J. Harrington, receiver of public
moneys, Garden City, Kan.
Adjourned till Monday.
HoUsE.-Not il session.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

There are thousands of bills now be-
fore congress and thousands more to
come. Members do not expect to pass
ten nor even five per cent. of them, and
freely admit that nearly all are ''for
bunbombe-" lie. just to delude conf
ding constituents with the idea that
their member" is wide awake to their
interests and has an enviable position
upon the floor Of the bouse-when in
reality he does not amount to but very
little in such an assemblage.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
THE 'sDUDE.o
"A Study of His Development.


Dude is said to be originally London
mus. c-hall term, but it has been trans
planted here, and its constant use shows
that it is, for some reason, we'll fitted to
Ftake permanent place in the vocabu-
larry Of fashion. Many of our readers
may not know what dude is, and some
Of them, perhaps, do not suspect his ex-
istence. The illusions to him in the
press are of that sort which seems to inn
ply contempt-as in the case ofthe story
bearing evident marks CT "rep ortoriap
invention, of a dude pursued un Fifth
Avenue by a cat-and yet are, atlthe
same time, obscure. We shall, there
fore. to guard against all misconceptions
and suspicion of unfairness, describe
what we understand a dude to be. A
dude. then, is young man, not over
twenty-five, who may be seen on Fifth
Avenue between the hours of three
and six, and may be recognized
by the following distinguishing marks
and signs. He is dressed in clothes
which are not calculated to attract much
attention, because they are fashionable
only to the close observer that the
the dude reveals itself. His trousers are
very tight; his shirt-collar, which must
be clerical in its cut, encircles his neck
SO as to suggest that sudden movement
of the head in any direction will cause
pain; he wears tall black hat, pointed
shoes, and q cane, mot stick which
should, we believe, properly have sill
yer handle, is carried by him under his
right arm, projecting forward at an acute
angle, somewhat in the manner that
sword is carried by general at review,
but with civilian mildness that never
suggests q military origin for the custom.
When the dude takes of his hat, or
when he is seen in the evening at the
theatre, it appears that he parts his hair.
in the middle and s.bangs' it. There is
believed to be = difference of opinion
among dudes % 10 whether they ought.
70 wear white CATERS New York Ma
ton.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

Whoever builds house should build
it for winter. The summer will take
care of itself. A warm winter house is
the most comfortable forsummer.. Many
persons wished during the cold snap
that they had spent little time and
money in thinking up holes and provid-
ing double windows. The time to do
this business is in the summer. It can
not be done to advantage while winter
ia raging.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

Judge Biddle Of Philadelphia has en-
tered q non.suit In the case Of a candi-
date for Office who wanted damages
for alleged defamatory remarks. Judge
Biddle ruled that the plaintiff in
Offering himself as candidate invited
scrutiny, and the matter referred to was
privileged and not libellous in the eye Of
the law. - -