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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

Ar no wear since the war has fruit been
SO scarce and so poor as it has the
nresent season.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

"Chinese BARRIERS shave without lather."
This reminds us that our old schoolmaster
used to lather without shaving. One is said
70 be % painful an operation as the other.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

THE great alarm of the British govern
ment over Fenian torpedoes is pronounced
without adequate cause.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

LORD LoRNE, after giving the Winnipeg
gers a taste of his quality, departed for the
far west and will not reach Winnipeg on
his return until the 18th of September.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

A gentleman who knows General Grants
daughter, Mrs. Sartoris, in England saws
that her marriage, though criticised in this
country, has turned out first-rate match.
Her husband has a respectable income of
probably 60 900 a year, and with home
many years in his family he lives upon his
income easily and has plenty of time for
pleasure, for hunting, fishing and boating.
and likes England and her mode of life.
The redeeming thing in all these marriages.
even where money was the basis Of the
match, is the mutual youth of the con-
tracing parties. They grow to fit each
other, especially if they are fruitful. of
children; but it is very hard for people
mism atched in years to adapt themselves
to each other fully any more than pair Of
shoes two sizes can ever make agreeable
locomotion on the wearer.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

The first secretary of the United States
senate was Samuel Alyne Otis, Of Mas "a
chusetts, who ser ed from 1871 to 1916,
Charles Cults of New Hampshire, served
from 1916 to 1925. Walter Lowrie, Of
Pennsylvania, served from 1926 to 1886,
when Ashbury Dickens, of North Carolina,
was elected July Is, 1861, succeeded by
George G. Gorham. of California, and he
by Colonel Burch Of Tennessee, who re-
Gently died.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

Henry Poot, proprietor Of the Pioneer house.
ut Spencer, Wis, was killed in that village bv
runaway team. His wife was seriously injur d
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

In drinking wine, when you get to the
bottom Of the glass do not throw your head
back and draw in your breath ike the ex-
haust Of bath-tub in order to get the last
drop, as it engenders feeling Of the most
depressing melancholy among the guests.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18
Scientific Scentilati0ns.

There is greater proportion of red and
yellow rays and less of blue and violet in
ordinary daylight than in the direct light
of the sun.
It is not safe to use zinc or galvanized
iron articles in which to preserve fruit, as
the zinc yields readily to fruit acids.
1t ia difficult for yellow brass articles to
retain the color, but thin varnish of
shellac or coat Of callodion will preserve
the color. without giving the appearance of
being vanished.
No regular hard porcelain is made in
England. At Chelsea, very beautiful ware
is made of soft porcelain produced from
kaolin. phosphate of lime and calcined
silex. This ware is largely imported into
China.
A Vienna chemist has invented wonder
full and powerful medicine that will stupefy
person instantaneously. He has also in
vented the antidote, and has offered both
to the police for them to use in overpower
ing very desperate men.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

The skolers tell Me you spell tissick
with phi. Sich teachin' As this don't Goe
and mus be imejutly stopped" wrote an
Arkansas school director 70 one Of the
teachers in his district.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

The president is able to sign such docu-
nments al REQUIRE his signature.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

vessel that was not little Impressive when
one thought of the crowd of living beings
that filed her. Now and again the water
gurgled alongside, or the rudder family
Jared, or a timber groaned; but the last
sounds were barely audible, whilst aloft the
canvas was as quiet as churchyard.
On sudden cock crowed out in the
fog.
The noise, as fancied, came from the
starboard quarter, but Shelvocke bent his
ears toward the starboard bow. Every man
on deck had heard the crow. and half
suppressed litter ran along. It was funny
enough to hear the birds voice sounding
from the sea, amid the dense fog, but the
humor was made somewhat grim by the
possibility that an enemy was close to us.
The moment Shelvock heard the cock,
he whispered to me to see ali clear and to
have the men stationed; but they we're
strictly ordered not to speak above their
bare feet. This was one of the strangest
and certainly one of the most exciting ex-
periences had encountered since I had
been to sea. Here we were all at quarters,
and lying breathless, SO to speak, in an
impervious fog that hung in dense vapor-
masses all around us, in close company with
ship that was not only utterly invisible,
but whose very neighborhood could not be
guessed, nor her nationality and character
imagined.
Shelvocke stood grouping along the fog
with his eyes. I went softly from one
side Of the deck to the other, frequently
imagining saw dark outline looming
amid the vaporous folds. Presently We
heard sound like that of coil of rope
flung upon deck, and the rattle of shot or a
chain. @- s..... T.
where does it come from, Mr.. Madison,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-08-18

bearing OF Ills prize ana IL was ceTCaln, IRON
the result of our broadsides, that the vessel
had not drifted half her own length from
the spot in which we had sighted her.
We remained waiting for some time-l,
for one, expecting every moment to hear
pistol-shots and the clash of cutlasses, as
thought it extremely probable that the
excuse to get his boats out and tow away
from the place in which we had nailed him,
when, to our great relief, we heard q shout
from Tapping.
"Hallo!" answered Shelvocke.
Its all right. sir. She's splendid hip.
We've got the Frenchmen under matches,
and liberated the prisoners.
"What's the name of the vessel?"
"The Hanover, bound from London to
Jamaica. She was captured this morning
at three o'clock by French privateer, and
has prize crew Of fifteen men, who were
taking her to Havre. There are forty Of
her crew and the master aboard"
"Is she much damaged?"
"Her foretop- mast is in halves, sir, and
the royal masthead rests on the forecast]e.
Her lower standing rigging is good deal
cut up, but can't see anything above her
tops. She has three men killed and one
slightly wounded"
Very we'll, Mr.. Tapping. While this fog
holds, shall fire musket from time to
time, which you will please answer. Let
the liberated men turn to, and reft as we'll
as they can"
AS soon as the sun reached the meridian,
the fog began to thin down in the west.
One could see it breaking up into masses
like the clouds around the brow of a
mountain, glimpses of the sky shining
amid the intervals, and the sparkling OF
the open waters; while, astsrn of US. 1t
was as thick as cream, and the ship invisl-
bic. We were all of us anxious for sight
Of the recapture, a,,d every eye was turned
aft as the vapor Trimmed down upon the
ship. revealing first her hull and next he,
courses, until presently her main-royal yaro
oozed out, then the WHOLE of her lay OK.
pesed; and fine eat ship she looked, ~
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12
An Old servant.

A few days ago an old man in the en-
ploy of the Washington city p0stOffice
handed his resignation to the postmaster
and walked out of the Office. leaving a
desk at which he had worked cOntinu-
Ously for more than fifty-fOur years. Mr..
Lambert Tree, who thus severed his con-
nection with the pOstOfice department,
entered its service as clerk on the 9Th
day of December, 1924. He was then in
the Office of the Postmaster General, but
in few years afterward was transferred
to the city pOstOffice, where he has re-
NAMED ever since. He has filled almost
every position there, and until few
months before the time of his resignas
tiOn had charge of the registery and
money order division. There was but a
few houses in Washington when he en-
tered the government service, and the
mail system of the country was very
slim affair indeed. There were only
four clerks aud no letter carriers then in
an office which now has 45 carriers and
over 140 employees. When Montgomery
Blair was Postmaster General the letter
carrier system was inaugurated, and Mr..
Tree says that great difficulty was met
with in introducing it in Washignt0n.
the merchants as general thing pre-
ferrlng to pay the old tax of two cents
on each letter, as they were afraid the
carriers would not De careful about de-
llverlng the letters to the proper person.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

THE House of Representatives, Friday
of last week, passed the bill providing
for the sale of certain Indian lands i'm
Kansas with an amendment fixing the
price at So per acre. Several bills were
reported from committees and placed n
the private calendar. The pension bill
was discussed in Committee of Whole
and laid aside for favorable recommend
alton. The bill for the relief of the wild
ow of Capt. Hugh N. Page, formerly of
Navy, came up. Mr.. GoOde, of Virginia,
stated that he had received letter from
the lady peremptOrily withdrawing1the
petition. In commenting upon the de-
bate in this measure. he endeavOred to
make light Of the Republican fear of es-
tablishing precedent for southern war
claims. The sOutherners, he said, went
into the war with their eyes open, with
full knowledge of all the consequences
of failure. They had staked every
thing they had possessed and lost, and
were prepared manfully to accept it as
the fate of war. Mr.. Conger suggested
that If Mr.. GOOde correctly expressed the
sentiment Of the southern people, it
would be in order for their. representa-
tives to go to the rooms of the Commit
tee on War Claims and cart away the
thousands of claims filed there awaiting
the action of the House. The bill was
finally laid on the table.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

The wonderful success which has at
tended the introduction of DR.. Whites
DandeliOn Alternative, is doubtless due
to the fact that it an honest medicine,
and will perform all that is claimed for
it, and DIR. White must certainly have
great confidence in his medicine, for he
authorizes all druggists to sell it under a
positive guarantee, such as is given on
no other medicine in the market. 1t is a
specific for billiOusness, liver complaint,
fever and ague, dyspepsia, kidney dis
ease, rheumatism, and constipation of
the bowels, and as blood purifier and
renovator, it is positively unequaled.
Pint bottles only one dollar. For sale by
O. B. Weed.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

JOSEPH BURGER, member of the Min
nesOta Legislature, is a curiosity. He
enlisted in the Second Minnesota Regi-
ment of volunteers when only IA years
old. He was shot seven times, losing
his left arm and most of his right hand.
and is one of the seventeen in the United
States who holds gold medal for BRAY
cry, and was discharged as captain at
the age of IS years. When % years of
age he was elected to the Missouri Legis-
lature, and served five years in the House
and Senate of that state, besides one
term as Sergeant-at-Arms of the Missouri
House. He was postmaster at Burger,
Mo-, town named after him, and now
at the age of 80 is sent, after a ripe ex-
perience, to the Minnesota House. No
man in the living world has such an ex-
perience. He was born in Austria, and
draws pension of $500 year.-Inter
9roan;
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12
A Notable Cure.

d. W. Bartine NJ D., d. D., of East
Orange, N. j., certifies that he has been
suffering from Bright's Disease, or Al
buminuria, with drOpsy, pains about the
kidneys, deranged digestion, dryness of
skin, ETC., when he commenced using the
Safe Kidney and liver Cure. He says:
81 took about six tablespOOnfuls every
day for one week, when l found all my
symptoms decidedly improved, and at
the end of two weeks it was difficult to
detect any trace of albumen. 6nOv3m
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

THE subcommittee of the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs have reported
a substitute for the Grape resolution. 1t
reaffirms the Monroe doctrine, and says
that should canal be constructed across
the Isthmus Of Panama, this government
will insist that it shall not be under the
control Of any European power, that it
shall be free to the commerce of the
world upon equal terms, and that no
discrimination shall ever be made
against the United States in peace or
war. 1t is believed that this resolution
or one which lodges the question as eff
fectually, will be reported to the House
by the full committee.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12


THE Democrats are anxious just now
about David Davis. One of the senators
remarked the other day that he had in
variably voted with the Republicans
lately on all party questions, and should
not be surprised to see him come out
fatty and 60 with the administration
after the 4th of March. He had been
heard to say of late, it was reported, that
he was ashamed Of the Democratic par
ty as managed by Tilden, Barnum and
Hewitt; that no respectable gentleman
couldiaffOrd to identify himself in pub
lie life with men who tried to carry
national elections by bribery and for
gerry.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

ARepublican State convention, to nominate
one Justice of the Supreme Court for eight years
in place Of Isaac Marston, and two Regents Of
the State University for eight years each In place
of Andrew Clinic and Edward G. Walker, viii
be held at the OPERA HOUSE in the city Of
LANSING on WEDNESDAY, FEB. g. 1881.
In accordance with resolution adopted at
Grand Rapids, May 10, 1876, every county will
be entitled to one delegate for each 500 of the
total vote cast for Governor at the last proceed
ing state election Gin. 1880, and one additional
delegate for every fraction Of 800 votes, but
each organized county win be entitled to at
least one delegate, ~ ~
Under resolution of 1853 no delegate Will
be entitled to seat who does not reside In the
county he proposes to represent
In accordance with resolution adopted at
Detroit June q, 1880. the secretary Of each
county convention is requested to forward to
the secretary Of the state central committee, by
the earliest mail after the delegates to the state
convention are chosen, certified list Of such
delegates as are entitled to sit in the state con-
vention. Thla
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

The Understanding public debt of
tne United States, on the 31st day of
January, was 81, 675, 265 400. reduction
OF sW6'S6 1874 since August 81, 1865.
Infs shows that the average annual re-
duction, during the past 1871 years has
been $45, $685. 600.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

SENATOR HILL, of Georgia, speaking
the other day of letter he had just re-
ceived from cOlOred Republican about
the writer's appointment as postmaster
at Athens, Ga, said: 81 would 60 on his
bonds for $4,000, and so would almost
any other white man who knows him.
He was my body servant when was a
COnferate Senator, and attended to all
my private affairs. He used to write for
me at my dictation, and did many of the
things which private secretary would
do. He carried $4,000 of my money
when the Federal guns could be heard
in Ri chmOnd.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

The Presidents of the United States
who never were members of the Senate
were Washington. John Adams, Jeffer-
son. Madison, Polk. Taylor, Fillmore, Lin
coin, Grant and Hayes. The others had
been senators previous to their election
to the presidential Office; but none of
them were so at the the time of their
election.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

The public debt has been reduced
$685. 100000 during President Hayes ad.
ministrati0n.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

SINCE 1873. only one person appointed
ty the President as Associate Justice of
the Supreme court has been rejected by
the Senate. That one was Hon. Ebepe-
zer X. Hoar, appointed by President
Grant in 1872. 1t looks now as if Stan
ley Matthews might prove to be the Sec
0nd exception.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

Or the public debt which must be paid
within the next six months there is but
$71O55O outstanding.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

The refunding bill as reported to the
Senate makes the bonds redeemable in
five and payable in twenty years, and
increases the rate of interest to 81 per
cent. The Carlisle amendment, provid-
ing that only the new bonds shall be re-
ceivable as security for national bank
circulation, is stricken out. The allow
ance for expense Of issuing and placing
the bonds is increased from a to of
one per cent.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

THE postal bill. as reported to the Sem
ate, increases the amount appropriated
by the House by $250,O00.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12
H. p. BALDWIN, Chairman.
Judicial Convention.

A Republican Judicial convention win be
held at Petoskey on Wednesday, March 2 1881
at O'Clock P. M, to nominate candidate for
Circuit Judge Of the 18th Judicial Circuit and
to transact such other business as may come
before the convention.
The several counties embraced in said cir
cult will be entitled to delegates as follows,
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

THE balance of trade In favor Of the
United States for the calendar year 1880
was e192,846.4O7.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

THE $25 license tax imposed by the
United States netted $61, IA from Michi-
gan retailers during the fiscal year 1880.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

THE Scientific American estimates that
more than $35,OOO,OOO was brought into
the United States last year by foreign
immigrants.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

The internal revenue receipts from
Michigan during the fiscal year 1880
were 1851, 757.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12
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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

j. G. Mccoy, of the United States Gen.
sus Department. has just returned from
New Mexico, and reports that new and
malignant disease has broken out among
a large part of the cattle on the plains.
hundreds of them dying daily. The
name of the disease is unknown, and as
yet no remedy has been discovered. By
request he has delivered an address be-
fore the members of the Kansas Legisla-
ture, and strongly urges that some ac-
ton be taken to prevent the spread of
the disease nOrthward, as domestic cat
tie have been poisoned by grazing over
the trail of infected herds.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

THERE is a proposition now to drain
Lake Okeechobee, in Florida. The pro-
ject is said to be feasible, and will re-
suit in rich sugar lands in extent twice
the size of the state of New Jersey.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

THE per cent. bonds due in 1907 are
selling at 113hs, which does not indicate
either stringency in the money market
or an increased value of money.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12
The Cincinnati Weekly Times

The banner Weekly of the West, an
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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

THE Chicago Inter Ocean says the last
three months of 80 and the first three of
81 will be long noted as season Of
great harvests. The first crop gathered
was the Democratic party; the second.
millions of tons Of ice; the third crop,
equally promising, are the disappointed
Cabinet statesmen. In view of the Inn
mense demand for the cooling board"
the ice is in the nature of a positive
blessing.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

CONGRESSMAN MCKINLEY, Republl-
can member from Ohio and friend of
Stanley Matthews, reports list of six of
the members of the Senate Judiciary
committee who oppose the latters con-
firmatiOn, which includes Messrs. Thur
man, Bayard, Edmunds, Carpenter. Da-
Wis, Conklin. Messrs. Garland. McDOn-
aid, and Lamar compose the balance Of
the committee.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

THE examiner in the Patent Office in
Washington, who has charge of the de-
partment of electrical inventions, be-
lieves that within the next ten years
telegraph companies will supply the
heat, light, and motive power for the Of
fees along their lines by electricity.
This is broad assertion, but the events
the last decade seem to justify it.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

1T is reported that Gen. Hancock has
accepted an invitation to attend the in-
augural ceremonies of Gen. Garfield.
This is as it should be. Douglass did the
same for Lincoln. And as an officer Of
the army, and distinguished Union sol
der, Gen. Hancock was entitled to the
compliment, which he does graceful
thing by accepting.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-02-12

DURING the six months ending Deem
Der 81, 1880, 1883 immigrants arrived
from foreign countries at Baltimore,
Boston, Detroit, Port Huron, New Bed
ford. New Orleans, New York, EastpOrt,
Philadelphia and San Francisco. Of
these arrivals 1882 were from the
Dominion of Canada, 1904 from Ger
many, 32,547 from England and Wales
25,52S from Ireland, 1874 from Scotland,
1866 from China and 59,912 from all
other countries. The immigration move
ment is evidently assuming very large
proportions.