The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
Facts and FancieS.

| Inc eminent DOtanlSt, DE CandOlle,
gave the age Of an elm at 1886 years.
The ages of2some palms have been set
down at from 600 to 700 years, that of
an olive free at 700 years, that of palm
tree at 100, ola cedar at $50 of an oak
at 800, of a yew at 1850, of taxodi-
UNI at 4, 900, and of baobab tree at
5, OOO.--Boston Herald.
+ Pensions to the number of 322, 756
and to the amount of $56, 9O8,597 were
! paid by Our government during the last
year. Of the 927, 1922 claims filed since
1861, 545, 100 have been allowed, the to-
tai amount disbursed during that period
being $678, 346, 1884.
General Eaton, Commissioner of
Educataion for the United States of
America, reports 900 young women
in collegiate and scientific study; $4,000
of these are in 227 colleges exclusively
for women; 152 of these institutions are
authorized to confer degrees" SO that
nearly three-fourths of all the young
women seeking what is usually called
higher education have colleges ex.
clusively for their own use.
Indianapolis journal: When both
parents have eyes of the same color 88
per cent. of the children follow their
parents in this feature, and of the -
per cent. born with eyes other than the
parental color part must be attribut.
ed to intermittent heredity. More fe-
males than males have black or brown
eyes in the proportion of 40 to As. With
different colored eyes in the two parents,
So per cent. of the children follow the
fathers in being dark. eyed. and 60 per
cent follow their mother in being
dark-eyed.
"No man can feel supremely certain
as to any desired event unless he bets
on it. One may have hope, belief,
or an opinion, but unless he bets he can
have no certainty" This dictum of
Lord Bacon has been severely criticised,
but it is evidently widely accepted,
especially OH the eve of an election.
Mrs. james K. Polk, who is now 81
years ofage, recently speakingof the time
when she was lady at the White House,
said that she enjoyed that period of her
life, and looked back upon it after 40
years with pleasure. She is fond Of re-
calling Incidents of Mr.. Folks admins
tration and is proud OF his career. She
says she regards the annexation of Texas
and the results following the Mex
lean war, that is: the requirement of
the CALIFORNIA;, New Mexico and all
those territories so rich in mineral ore,
as some Of the most important events
in the history Of this country. In fact.
she thought Mr.. Folks administration
was second to none, and she would
not even except the results obtained by
Mr.. Jefferson. She says history is now
proving the advantages gained by these
accessions, all due to Mr.. Folks adj
ministration.
Mr.. Boomers investments in horse
flesh have been pretty large. He paid
$40, 900 for Joe Elliot, $3.50 for Ed
win Forrest, SIS, 900 for Lady Stewart,
500, 900 for Edward Everett, and the
same for Startle, $4,000 for Pocohon-
tas and the same sum for Dexter; $780,
600 for Rarus and now $4,000 for
Maud S.
Among the various exhibitions pro-
Jected IN London for the dissemination
of knowledge is one decidedly new and
novel in idea, which is set for May, 1886. |
1t is designed to represent American
life in all it's phases for the benefit of
such Englishmen as have never been
able to cross the ocean to see for them
selves. Among the things particularly
prominent will be natural and manu-
factured products; physical features;
conyeniences of households; labor say
ing machines, etc. Such an exhibition
will not only be very attractive to the
English and other Europeans. but will
doubtless attract many from the United
States.
After year of comparative quiet it
is said that the Russian Nihilists have
thoroughly recognized, and claims
now to be III a favorable position for
carrying on a revolution. Nobody OBJ
jects to a revolution in Russia, or in any
other despotic country. It is the meth
obs Of the Revolutionists that are OBJ
jectionable and have hitherto proved
abortiye.