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Humorous.

A new commentator declares that the
reason "the boy stood on the burning
deck" was becauselt was too hot to sit
down.
The small boy never wishes he was
twins except when two different Sunday
school Christmas trees are being held
the same evening. ~. 49,
'.You have not given me my change"
said the gentleman to the saloon-keeper.
Il gave you a S. bill, you know
"Shange, shange ?" was the astonished
reply. swat you mean? Wasn't you q
candidate, don'd it.
II say, old fel, you haven't 5.franc
piece about you that you don't know
what to do with, have your" There's
one" 'Thanks-but, hello, I ga v, YOU
know, it's bad !" "You asked me for
one l didn't know what to do with
Boston Courier.
It is asid that Victor Hugo kisses tic
aides at meeting and parting. That's
all right at parting, but kissing them at
meeting IS a new dodg &c in the way of
getting up religious revival Brooklyn
Register.
A man who quit keeping a diary, be-
cause he could never find anything to
write in it, was the next day run over
by cart, beaten out of So on a dog
trade, blackguarded by fshwife and
drawn on a jury. He will resume the
diary. :,
This is leap year, and the Cedar
Rapids (Iowa) Times exorts young la
dies to assert their rights and claim
their privileges early and often. "When
the boys call, tell them if they mean
business you are ready to take their fu-
ture happiness into consideration, but
if they don't you've other fish to fry,
and you cannot afford to waste gas and
fuel for the sake Of simply being
spooney.
CHOW, Johnny, you've had.a merry
Christmas, and you must be good till
next Christmas to pay for it." "Oh, yes,
of course be good; I don't b'lieve you
can hire me to be good for year, for a
tin horse and a story~book just like what
Bill Jones was going to trade me for
three marbles. Not much" -New Ho-
zen Register.
"Gentlemen," said Yankee auction
eer, with true pathos, ''if my father and
my mother stood where you stand, and
did not buy this stewpan-this elegant
stewpan going at one dollar should
feel it my bounden duty as son to tell
them both that they were false to their
country and false to themselves"
Brothers and sisters.-(Scene, skating
pond. Grown-up sister livery pretty
"Oh, Charley, if you must 60 away,
can't you introduce me to one of your
schoo]fellows, to look after me till you
come back?" Charley-"Oh, no! 1t
wouldn't do !! It would be so rough on
q fellow to flag him out like that
Punch
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-22

the second week of November in 1878
all these people received q call to pay
$500 on account Of every &1OO Of stock
they held in the bank. The amount
thus called up was 94,OOO,OOO, and at
the date Of the report little less than
half Of it had been realized. The second
call was made in April last, and
amounted to o demand of G2,25O for
every e1OO of stock. By the time this
was sent out the number of contribu-
tors had seriously diminished. Litiga.
ton Lad resulted in the removal of sew
eral names from the list; others had
been entirely ruined by the first call,
and the second call was, consequently.
sent to only l ,518 persons. It's nominal
amount was nearly 9S,Q00,0OO, but it
had only realized at the date OF the re-.
port little more than e., 25O,OOO. The
list seems not to haye undergone much
diminution by the dishonest course of
running away. There are only half
dozen whose addresses have not been
discovered and there are eighteen
who since the stoppage have
left their places of abode and have not
been traced. The first call was paid in
full by 442 of the shareholders and 70
bodies OF trustees; even the second call
found 85 persons and q bodies of trus-
tees able to discharge it, and there are
still 66 who are expected to pay it in
full eventually. A large number seem
to have made their peace with the
liquidators by giving up the whole of
their property at once. OF these 598
did not possess property enough to
enable them to meet the first call. They
paid about 80 per cent. of it, and had
then to ask for discharge, Some paid
the whole value of their estates by the
help of friends, and were then left in
undisturbed enjoyment of them. Others
made complete surrender of all they
possessed to the liquidAtors. The first
call resulted in fo1ty-eight bankruptcies
in addition to these settlements; and
there still remain about forty cases in
which it is expected the full amount
will yet be paid. The second call seems
scarcely to have been 50 crushing as
the first. The poorest had been weeded
out. There were, however, 240 contrib
utors who could only pay half mil
lion out of three millions and q quarter
demanded from them, and were then
ruined. The bankruptcies under that
call were only five. Under each call,
however, there remain considerable
number of cases which have not yet
been dealt with. and the whole mount
of the ruin spread among these 1000
people has not been fully accomplished,
even at the end of the first year of the
liquidation. The failure of the Glasgow
Bank has therefore resulted in the en-
tire ruin Of more than thousand per
sons. It is impossible for even the live
Hest imagination to depict the vast az
gregate of misery thus caused.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-22
little wifel"

"Josie-httle wifel"
A moment Of utter silence followed,
and then Josie said 5.. u
There IS a gentleman and lady in the
Frank. Will you see them?"
And Fred, appearing in compliance
with this request, found his nncle vigor-
ously tanning Maud Chester with q
newspaper, to bring her out of faint
ing fit. -
Before he could frame question, his
uncle said quickly. F..
"Get SEINE water" -.
He obeyed. Then when Maud's blue
eyes opened with q bewildered stare,
the old gentleman continued
"We we're. sent here to see your do
mestic fecility, and we seem to be mis-
informt H."
"My domestic fecility," cried Fred.
''Read that" said his uncle, handing
the anonymous note. And Fred COM
piled. ...
"Hun,ph! yes" he eaid. $50 you
came 10 see Mrs. Fred Holt. Well, that
lady has made me q happy man." and
his eyes flashed merrily upon Maud.
"But will introduce you to my cou-
SINS wife, Mrs. Frank Holt"
"Maud," he continued, with gentle
gravity, .'since you have come here, it
will be an act of Christian charity to re-
main, for" and his voice sank very low,
tive are afraid the poor little woman
will re widow before morning"
"Poor fellow!" said James Rutherford,
"What is the trouble?"
"Over work. He thought he could
increase his small salary by toiling over
fine engravings in the evening, and he
broke down. meyer knew of his
marriage till last week, when he wrote
me a painful note, begging me to care
for his wife, ii he died. I came here at
once, and was fortunate enough to win
poor little Josie's sisterly confidence and
affection. Maud, if the great trouble
we feat comes
II will be her true sister, Fred!' inter.
rupted Maud.
Here was deep silence of several
minutes. Then Josie, very pale still,
cr;pt softly into the room.
''He is asleep" she whispered. "The
doctor said if he slept he would i've"
And wnen she broke into hysterical
weeping, Maud held her close in loving
arms, whispering that she must let her
stay and comfort her, for Fred's sake.
Nearly II o'clock came, and still Har-
vey Foster waited, half-frozen, in the
dark courtway, to see the discomforture
OF his rival. Then his patience was re-
warded by seeing Fred and his uncle
come out of No. %, arm-in.arm, evi-
IDENTIFY the best of friends, and enter
Miss Chester's carriage and drive
away.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-22
How CellulOil is Made.

l. DR.. w. Fl. VAIL tells in The Journal
Of Industry what celluloid is and how it
is made. Briefly defined, celluloid, he
says, lie a species of solidiied collodion,
produced by dissolving gun. cotton (pyr-
oxylin) in camphor with the aid of heat
and pressure. The gun-cotton is ground
in water to q line Pulp in a machine
similar to that used in grinding paper
pulp. The pulp is then subjected to
powerful pressure in a perforated ves-
sci to extract the bulk of the moisture,
but still leaving it slightly moist for the
next operation. This consists in thor
oughly incorporating finely commin-
uted gum camphor with the moist gun
cotton pulp. The proportions en-
ployed are said to be one part by weight
of camphor to two parts by weight OF
the pulp. With this mixture any color
ing matters now required can now be
incorporated. The next, stem is to sub
ject the mass to powerful pressure in
order to expel from it the remaining
traces of moisture and incidentally to
effect also the more intimate contact of
the camphor. with the pulp. Tie dried
and compressed mass is next placed in
mould open at the top, into which fits
a solid plunger. A heavy hydraulic
pressure is then brought to bear upon
the plunger, and at the same time the
mixture is heated by means of steam
jacket surrounding the vessel to q tenn
perature of about three hundred de.
grees Farenheit. When the mass is
taken out OF the press it hardens and
acquires the extraordinary toughness
and elasticity which are the distinguish
ing characteristics of this remarkable
product. Celluloid is very largely used
as q substitute for ivory, which is imita~
ted with great success. Tortoise shell,
malachite, mother-of-pearl, coral and
other costly and elegant materials are
also SO successfully initiated that an ex-
pert can hardly detect the original from
the copy. Celluloid is also used as a
substitute for porcelain in the manufac-
ture Of dolls, which will stand a good
deal Of rough usage without breaking.
Quite recently, too, it has been COM
bined with linen, and used for shirt
bOsOms, cuffs, and collars. .M... =,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-22
THE GLASGOW BANK.
Report of the Liquidators of the City OF
Glasgow Bank-The Misery Caused
by the Process Of Paying Creditors.
From the London Daily News. December Is.

j
by the Process Of Paying Creditors.
From the London Daily News, December IS.
The report of the liquidators of the
City of Glasgow Bank carries good
deal further one of the most painful
stories ever told in modern times. As q
mere business statement, and apart from
the glimpses it gives of a widespread
social ruin, the report may be regarded
as singularly satisfactory. The bank
closed on the second of October, 1878,
and its unfortunate shareholders re-
solved on a voluntary liquidation twen-
ty days afterward. They already saw
ruin before them, and this report tells
how wide and hopeless it has been.
When the bank failed its debts to de-
positors and others amounted to 912.-
854, $50. The assets were not known.
During the first year of the liquidation
the sum of &4.856, 666 has been realized
from these assets, and 94,452,3 1866 has
been collected from the. unfortunate
shareholders. OF this G9, OOO, 900 odd a
little more than 100000 has been ex-
pended in the costs of liquidation, and
the rest, with the exception of y bal
'ance of &150,000, has been paid to the
creditors. The preferable and secured
creditors have received over 41,5OO,OGO.
and three dividends, making together
ID shillings and pence on the pound,
have been paid to the unsecured credit
ors, absorbing rather more than
e., POO, 600. The remaining debts amount.
in round numbers to 93, $40, 600, and the
assets, with the sum still to be recov-
cred from the shareholders whose means
are not utterly exhausted, amount to
about e4,3O8, 600 leaving q balance of
G468,OOO to meet the interest payable
on claims and the further cost of liquid
alton. These figures are regarded by
the liquidators as leaving no doubt that
the creditors of the bank will eventually
be paid in full. They promise that
further payment shall speedily be
made which will bring up the total Of
the dividends to Is shillings on the
pound; hut the 5 shillings may be post
poned for q considerable period, as the
further process of liquidation, which
consists first of the disposal Of assets
very difficult to realize. and second, of
the further squeezing Of q fast dimin.
lshlng list of contributors not yet absO-
lutely ruined, will necessarily be te-
.dious process. HI
The terrible story of the recovery Of
this 4,OO0, 600 from the shareholders
Of the bank is full Of suggestions Of
suffering and ruin. The list of the
persons liable to contribute consisted
Of ,819 separate individuals. There
were only 1,093 sharehol ders in their
own,rigs t, and there were 1872 bodies of
trustees which comprised 484 Individual
names. There were lO8 persons who had
been brought il by olding took belong
ing to their wives, ond thirty-four share
holders q bodies Of sharehold ers. III
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-22
TI7TLE TATTLE..

Fair Nathalie at evening tide 81 "
Walked out with her own true love, ~
The thick green grass beneath their feet, x
And the thick green trees above: N.Y. =
Then Zuska said. my own sweetheart,
Give me one kiss before we part
The listening grasses heard and saw,
And could not the secret keep s.,
The dear sweet secret! Every blade
Whispered the tale to the sheep
The silly sheep who were so glad
They straightway told the shepherd lad.
The shepherd told a traveller
(For he loved fair Nathalie);
The traveller told sailor boy,
One night on the lonely sea;
The sailor to his rowing ship,
Too quickly let the secret slip,
For the ship to the salt sea waves
That ever run to and fro,
Said, "When the inland rivers come
To mix with the oceans flow,
Ask after Nathalie, pretty one,
And ifthe handsome Zuska Won.
so at the last that river heard
That flowed by Nathalie's cot.
And the maids mother one fine day
Went there with her water pot,
And heard The tale. and told the maid,
And many an angry word was said.
Nathalie blamed the river much,
And the river blamed the sea-
The sea said, with an angry roar.
"The ship is to blame, not me- 49,
The ship, tossed wildly to and fro,
Creaked out, The or,told me sou
The sailor said. "The traveller
Is the one that should be blamed.''
The traveller said, 1.-The shepherd boy
Should never the tale have namod;
surely thought. SO far away.
No harm can come from what say
The shepherd blamed the tattling sheep,
The sheep cried, "Oh! and alas!
SO much Of grief aud quarreling comes
Because Of that tell.tale grass.
What on earth did it see amiss
In little Nathalie's parting kiss?''
-"Servi0n FOIE-LOre," in H0rDer
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-22

Dunno the year ending December 81,
1873, the eleven distilling ablishments
Let Peoria used no e, 1888, 918 bushels Of
grain md pr duced Is, 082, 900. gallons
of spirits. VS.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-22

"a physiognomist says that large ears
denote generosity, which is probably
the reason that mule is so extravagant
with iits hind legs.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-01-22

UcSu W6cp1uk V0ly 16COuV1ys
"Does Mrs. Holt live here ?" the old
gentleman asked. -. rs
That is my name, sir" ...,:
"Can see your husband r. 4
The soft eyes, full Of deep trouble,
were lifted inquiringly to his face.
us it on business, sir" -.
Very important business" was the
rather dry response.
= Because the doctor said today he
must not have any mental excitement.
He is SO very mucn worse to-day; II
am afraid he is dyingw Andsobs broke
out again. H.
"Dying!" ,#y@.
a Dying!" An accident p ~.sz
No, sir; it is fever from over-work."
Fevcr-over;.work." :.
Josie Josie!o l. 2yg a 4
If ever Fred Holt spoke, he spoke
then from an inner room, and the little
wife seeming to forget her strange Wis
itors, answered, quickly
I'm coming, Fred" ..zz
! She went at once to the room from
which the voice came, and again the
two, listening intently, heard Freds
husky voice. IS
bring the last cordial. Josie. Ten
dropsl i am sure he knew me; hut he
| is faint" .T 81
q moment later, the same CHEEKY
voice spoke again. ~ o. ,,.1=
Drink this, old fellow. See! seel
here is Josie! Don't you know Josies'',.
Then another voice oh!so very faint!
DS
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-09-17
Day for Van Horn.

Col. Harry Day of Audraln, said
he hoped ever man in the convention
would have the best interests of the
party at heart. He thought Van Horn 8
nomination the strongest that could
be made. They would gladly enlist
under bis banner They would drive
back the rebel hordes under the ban
ner OF Van Horn a. they had done
before.-St. Louis Republican.
Harry Day always wants every
body to go for the ''best interests OF
the party" and for men who fought
for their country in '61 and '62. He
never will learn that the war is over
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-09-17
List of the. Stockholders of the AutIra;n
County Fair Association

List OF the St8c ckHOIueTS of the AuIraiu
County Fair Association
Edward Rlnes, treasurer, shares :;
R. W Tureman, president, , shares
John N. Menefee, ? !; Joe Mcdonald,
jr., |; f. d. Graham, l; C. w. Ba-
ker, ?: Lewis Hord, 2; VIM. Pol
lock, l; I. NJ. Gill & Bro, 2; J. F.
Llewellyn, 2; J. B. Bodkin, 2; VIM.
NJ. Sims, 2; W. W. Harper, 2; j.
Med. Trimble, 2; John A Guth-
lie, ?; VIM. f. Reed. 2; Lewis
Phillip, 2; George kabrich, 1 John
?. Clark & Son, L Richard Gentry,
2; VIM. Harper, 2; Wallace and
Mckinney. 2; L. NJ. Lakeland &
Bro, 2; DR.. John II. Howard. of
Fulton, l; d. E. Shea, :: NJ. Blum,
/; r. Galloway, /; W. Z. West, jr..
J. NJ Daniel, l =; W. X. c. Potts,
/; r. R. Buckner, Galloway county,
/; R. NJ. White, l T W. Harrison,
/; Jacob RuIotf, James Robinson
/; John J. Steele. secretary, ;R. E.
Lawder, l DIR. j. H. Crawford, l
H. Glascock, l; B. f. Dobyrs, 1
H. Jacobson, 2; r. c. Graham, 2;
]. R. Baker, /; Jos. Bolts, /; DIR.
Pinkney, French, | R. L. Freeman
l;P. w. Harding, l; W. II. Davis,
/; Z. S. Underwood, 2; r. Cron
well, /: Cicero Threlkeld, /; H.
Shafer, /; VIM. III. Coons, /
Buckley & Moore. E; ID, NJ. Hill, l
VIM. Ellcr, Gala way county, l; r
NJ. Price, / NJ. v. Ford, /; W. D.
Harrison, / !; w. IR. Carter, l; Jas
Lupe, l: c. W Lewis, /; j. T
Johnson, / j. W. Beatty, /; D.
H. Mcintyre, 1 J. A. Glandon, 1
E. Boyd, Clinton City, Mo-, /; s
Z. Kendall, l.; Jos. Boyd, 1, Jas
NJ. Harrison, / !; G. S. Maddox,
J. B. Harrison, L; Elmer Cunning
ham, /; c. B. Crews, / Thos. Able
/; Lilis F. Smith, F.; Caleb Berry
/; Eubank & Hingo, /; Graham &
Allison, l; r. Coatsworth, l :; I. B
Buckner, ; Ricketts, & Emmons, l
r. & S. Dyer, 4; G. +. Clark, /.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-09-17
Notice,

The directors stand is for the di-
reetors and persons invited on the
inside by them. Committees, news
paper reporters and even the directors
are crowded out by outside parties.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-09-17

All of our Jewish business mel
closed their stores Tuesday to OBJ
serve religious worship.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-09-17

a0I Fastest tTOtting horse, mare or geld
ing. ; best i'll >. free for ALL mile
meats - ,----.---: .--.-. .-.-.-.S 200 90
First prZe $40, second $50 third s2o.)
2l2 Fastest running horse. mare or geld
ing. mile dash -...--.--. -.--.....--S IS 90
First prize SIS. second ST.. 10 third $50
aQ3 Rest gentlemanS roadster. used as
such. .-.------.t ---.. .---.-.-S y 90
first prize SIS. second $40.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-09-17
TO-DAY'S PROGRAMME,

Ring Programme Friday---Fourth Day
HOGS
Sweepstakes
, 1880-06-24
What Becomes Of Fijian Widows

There is no uniformity of custom in
FIJI, so that no description Of what is
by any one tribe can be taken as appli.
cable to all the others. The strangling
Of widows, however, that they might be
buried with their dead husbands, seems
to have been everywhere practiced.
The widows brother performs the oper-
alton, and is thenceforward treated with
marked respect by TIE brother-in4law's
kinsfolk, who present him with piece
Of land, over which the strangling cord
is hung up. Should lie, however, fail to
strangle his sister, he is despised. When
woman is about to be strangled, she is
made TO kneel down, and the cord "a
strip Of native cloth) is put round her
neck. She in then told 10 expel breath
as long as possible, and when she can
endure no Longer 10 stretch out her
hand as a signal, vhereupon the cord is
tightened, and soon all is over. IL il
believed that IL This direction 10 fol
lowed insensibiliiy ensaes immediately
on the Tightening of the cord, whereas
is inhalation has taken place there is an
interval Of suE riag
, 1880-06-24
Power Of q Sweet Voice.

There is no power of love 80 hard to
get and keep us kind voice. A kind
hand is deaf and dumb. 1t may be
rough in flesh and blood, yet do the
work of soft heart, and do it with a
soft touch. But there is no one thing
that love so much needs as sweet voice
to tell what it means and feels ; and it
is hard to get and keep it in the right
tone. One must start in youth, and be
on the watch night and day, at work
and play, TO get and keep voice that
shall speak at all times the thoughts of
Kind heart. But this is the time when
q sharp voice is most apt TO be got.
You often hear boys and girls say words
at play with o quick, sharp tone, ms if it
were the snap Of whip. When one OF
them acts vexed you will hear voice
that sounds as if it we're made up of
snarl, awhine and bark. Such voice
often speaks worse than the heart feels.
1t shows more ill.will in the tone than
in the words 1t is often in mirth that
one gers a voice or a tone that is sharp,
and sticks to him through life, and stirs
up ill.will and grief, and falls like drop
of gall on the sweet joys at home. Such
as these get a sharp home voice for use,
and keep their best voice for those they
meet elsewhere, just as they would save
their best cakes and pies for guests, and
all their sour food for their own board.
l would say to Ill boys and girls TUse
your guest voice at home. Watch it
day by day, as a pearl of great price, for
it vi i'll be worth more to you in days to
come than the best pearl hid in the sea.
A kind voice is joy Ikea lark's song
to a hearth and home. 1t is to the
heart what light is to the eye. " is a
light that sings as we'll as shines. Train
it to sweet tones now, and it will keep
in tune through life r5 Mi
, 1880-06-24
and she read his determination in h S

and she read his determination in h s
eyeS
"Wbat a fool | vas - she muttorlt,
but made one more effort.
"l.auri and Lester won't thank YOU
any for iutcrrupting them"
No answer, as ne strobe on and en-
tered the drawing room through one o;
the open French windows Laura sat
ther- with hcr mother. She had been
crying. No one else was in the room.
He laId the WILL upon her lap
ii find, he sad hurIiedly, and in a
shaking voice, that my grandfather lei,
his money to you. There is the will
that has been missing so long | hope,
Laura, that you will he a great deal
happier with Mr.. Lester than you would
have been with me. But he will never
love you any better than | do
Laura was white and speechless with
bewilderment,
Laura detests Robert Lester" cried
Mrs Work, taking in the situation at
once. ''She never cared for any one
but you, Lewis yanwirt, and You ought
TO know il"
ooh, my darling p calculated Lewis,
wildly extending his arms, ''is this
true T.
In another instant Laura was sobbing
upon his shoulder.
Pauline went quietly to her own
room and spen. the night in packing.
When she announced her approaching de-
parture the next morning no one OBJ
jected.
Lewis Vanwirt looked somewhat en-
barrassed when Laura told him Of the
promise she had made his grandfather
on the night he died.
II don't think am in any danger of
being n gambler" he said, shut l am
willing to pledge myself never to play
again" F. u.1 ...'
Which he did, and kept his word. %