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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
The Successful Man.

When the successful man was boy, and
lived in manufacturing village of New
Hampshire, widows son, the greatest lux
ury he knew was to eat apples, so he told
us the other day when We fell into conver-
sation about old times.
YES" said he, when I was ten years
old, I used to think that if ever I was rich
enough to have as many apples as want
ed, all the year round, I should be perfect
ly happy. And nowl"
He went oh to say that he had one Of the
found anywhere in Massachusetts, which
produced last year ninety-four barrels Of
apples of the best varieties yet produced.
Bnt he did not eat two apples per annup.
He could not; for while he wes making his
fortune he worked so hard, ind confined
himself Sc closely, as to contract chronic
weakness OF digestion. With all the la1ur-
les at his command, he WAS obliged to live
principally on oatmeal and milk.
Later in his youth his ambition scared
above apples. He was begin
ming to get little more money than
he absolutely needed, and was
able occasionally to indulge in q ride. He
then thought that 1.-The ever owned horse
fast enough to pass everything on the road,
and take no mans dust, he should be the
proudest and happiest Of men.
swell" he continued, II have q horse
that I think is the fastest in the county.
but I never dive him. I gave him to nv
son last summer. and for my own use
keep an old plug that joys along six miles
an hour, without troubling myself about
him"
At this point our poor successful man
YEARLY took out his watch to see how time
was getting on and we observed that the
watch was peculiar pattern rarely seen in
this country.
"This watch, said he, lis another case in
point. One of my young ambitions was to
possess as good watch as mortal man could
make. have one. Igave 5000 in gold for
it at q time when gold was more expensive
article than it is now. But knocking about
the world In sleeping cars and Mediterra-
mean steamboats, was always q little anx-
ious about my watch, and, besides, the pos-
session ct so costly ON article by traveller
is temptation to robbers. One day in
Paris noticed this curious little watch
marked twenty five francs. A SIS watch
was novelty. and rbought it. deposited
my $500 timekeeper with my banker, and
! it has been there ever since in an iron safe.
find this little watch keeps time as we'll
tor all tie ordinary purposes Of life, as the
other, and have carried it ever SINCE"
The successful man said these things with
what We may call good humored despair.
He made no complaint, but at the age when
he ought to be at the full tide Of cheerful
activity, he appeared to have exhausted
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
WAITING.

As little children in tiarkened hall
Az Christmas tide await the opening door,
Eager to tread the fairy haunted floor
Around the tree with goodly gifts for all;
and in the dark unto each other call
irving to guess thoir happiness before
Or knowing elders eagerly implore
10 tell what fortune bright to them will fall;
30 wait We in Times dim and narrow room.
al Ane with strange fancies or auothers thought,
n1riy 10 divine, before the curtain rise,
1he Wonderous scene. Yet soon shall 1y the
gloom,
And We shall soc what patient ages sought
Ihe Giyers long planned gift OF Parslis..
C. H OruDdall
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

''Hellot Old Sport! What is the matter with
your" "Oh, am all broke up; Ihave got a
pain in my back and side" ''Your liver and
kidneys are affected, the next thing You know
you will have Brighis disease of the kidneys.
Go to the drug store and get yourself few Dot
ties of DR.. Hailjday's Blood Purifier" SIS il
any accounty:' ''You betl It is the BOSS Of
the Buslness"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
Free Bouquets for congressman:
Washington letter in the Cincinnati CONNER

The Botanical garden has q curious his
tory. 1t has grown up with very little help
from the law. When the Wilkes exploring
expedition returned to tho United States
about forty years ago it brought back from
the South Pacific certain rare specimens Of
flora of those regions and congress appro-
priated $1,000 to have them properly cared
for, and as report Of the expedition was to
be published under the direction of the
committee on library the care of the botan-
ic specimens was placed under its super
vision. OF course the thing grew; till
now tho Botanic ga,den is an "institution"
which costs about SIS, 900 year and upon
which. first and last, nearly 100000 oe
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
How to Test Flour.

The following rules to test good flour are
given by an old dealer: First, look at it's
color. II it is white, with q slightly yellow
or straw-colored tint, it is good sign. II
1t is very white, with blush cast or with
small black specks in it the -four is not
good. Second. examine it's adhesiveness.
Wet and knead little between the fingers:
if it works dry and elastic, itis good: If it
works soft and sticky, it is poor. Flour
made from spring wheat is often stioky.
Third, throw little lump Of dry -four
againsta dry, smooth, perpendiculsr sur
face; il it adheres in lump, the Aour has
ifeln It; Il it falls like POWDER, its bad.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
ssMad0 New Again.ss

MRS. WI. d. RYoKMAN, st. GATHERINGS.
Ont, says: r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y,
have used your 'Favorite Prescription,
Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant
Purgative Pellets, for the last three months
and find myself-(w hat shall I say)-'made
,ssp again are the only words that express
it. I was reduced to skeleton, could not
walk across the floor without fainting, could
keep nothing in the shape Of food on my
stomach. Myself and friends had given up
all hope, my immediate death sesmed GER
tain. I now live Ito the surprise Of every
body and am able to do my own work."
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

ED1NBURa, Ills, Dec IS, 1881.
We recommend Piso's Cure to all our custom
ers, and, in fact warrant every bottle; and are
glad to say it gives entite Gatiefection. We
think it the best cough remedy in the uafket.
BROWNBACK.-BROs.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
A Sure Cure for Piles.

n 0uE0 VUIt IUT IIIeSe
Do you know what it is to suffer with the
piles2 If you do you know what is one OF
the worst torrents of the human frame.
The most perfect cure ever known is Kid
ney- Wort. 1t cures constipation, and then
its tonic action restores health to the dis
eased bowels and prevents recurrence OF
disease. Try it without delay. The dry
and the liquid are both sold by druggists
GInhp
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
I'm Thirty f)avss TrInl

The voltaic Belt Co., Marshall. Mich, will
send their Electric Voltaic Belts and other
Electric appliances on trial for thirty days to
any person afflicted with Nervous Debility, Lost
Vitality, sid KINDRED troubles, guaranteeing
complete restoration OF vig6r ard manhood.
Address as above without delay.
P. S-No risk is incurred, as thirty days
trial il allowed.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

New. quick, complete cure days, urinary az
fection5; eraarling, frequent or difficult urina-
ton: kidney Gseassd. 81. druggists Prepaid
by express. 1925. E. g. Wells, Jersey City,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

public money has been expended. Tia
garden appears to be useful only az . thing
Of beauty" and in that respect mainly fot
the purpose Of furnishing free flowers b
official society.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
Elegance at Home.

Inever saw garment too fine for man
or maid; there never was chair too good
for cobbler or cooper, or king to sit in
it; never house too fine to shelter the
human head. These elements about us,
the glorious sky, the imperial sun, are not
too good for the human race. Elegance fits
man. But do We not value these tools for
the housekeeping little more than they
are worth, and sometimes mortgage house
for the mahogany Wa would bring into it2
had rather eat my dinner off the head Of
a barrel. or dress after the fashion of John
the Baptist in the wilderness, or sit on q
block all my lie, than consume all myself
before got to home, and take SO much
pains with the outside when tho inside was
as hollow as an amply nut. Beauty is q
great thing, but beauty Of garment, house
and furniture are tawdry ornaments com.
pared with domestic love. All the elegance
in the world will not mako home, and
would give more foi 3 spoonful Of real.
hearty love than for whole shiplohds of
furniture. and all the gorgeousness that all
the upholsterers in the world could
gather.-Dr. Holmes.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

.u A Sure Cure for Fits
VIII! be seht By mail to any address. post; paid,
Greene, Indian Doctor, sl6 Pine st.; st.
Louis. NO.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
"BnchuOAiba'

Ne+er let sold rim. Take it in time All
that is necessary i'd to PROCURE bottle of ''5el-
lers' Cough Syrup, and be CURED
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

Mrs: Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 Western ave-
able repu tation for the surprising cures which
daily result from the use Of her Vegetable Com
pound in all female Diseases send for her
Iiau1nhlata
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

Oscar Wilde resembles Theodore Tilton
in his best days, which were also his worst
days, rilton, however, had look Of bigger
manliness-even in the softest period Of
his career.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

Sore eyes, tettsr, salt rhsum. etc.. are cured
By CDR. Lindsey's Blood Searcher." Sold by
all druggists. Never fails
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

For dyspepsia, liver complsint and general
debility, Aliens "Iron Tonic BiNers" are with
ont rival They are q powerful tonic and act
upon the system like magic We can say
nothing that will equal the universal favor With
which they ara received-Omaha Herald,
Sept 8, 1880.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
Warranted.

K B. BEkRDsLE1, Druggist, OF Odessa. No..
III have handled eiso's Oura for years, and
am never afraid to recommend IT,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
cCEDC and Plants Immense stock. Catalogue
OUEOO freA. L SAI,ZER. La Crosse. Wis.

n AIRY FARM-5O0 acres. near st. Paul, for rent or
- sale for term of years on favorable terms. 80
grade cows, creamery buildings, 200 acres under
pillow, frst-class improvements; will increase stoGk
and retain half interest if desired. Address E. w.
Grosyenor, Hastings, MINI.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
Skinny Mel

Skinny Men.
Wells Health Remover. absolute cure for
nervous debility, dyspepsia, mental or physical
decline ST.. at druggists Prepaid by Ex-
press 81. as, 6 for So. f. 8. Wells, Jersey
City, N. J.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

The present attraction in West Hoboken
is ghost that chases factory girls, and for
whose capture reward Of $50 has been
vain!y offered.
For Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Depression Of
Spirits and General Debility, in their various
forms, also as presentation against fever and
ague, and other intermittent fevers, the ''Ferro
Phosphorated Elixir of Oalisaya," made by
Oaswell. Hazard l. Co: OF New York, and sold
by all druggists, is the bast tonic; and for
patients recovering from fever or other sick
ness, it has no equal
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
Don't Die In the HOuae.

Ask druggists for ''Rough on Rats" It clears
out rats, mice, bed4bugs, reaches, vermin, flies
ants, insects, ltc. per boz.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
Rejoicing.

How many homes are rejoicing to day, where
some one Of their members have been saved
from consumption by the use OF White Wine Of
Tar Syrup. Price Soc
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

Fourth, squeeze some Of the -four In your
hand; If 1t retains the shape given by the
pressure, that. too, 10 good sign. It is
safe to buy -four that we'll stand all these
tests, and they are simple.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
HOUSE AND FARM.
A Few Farm Notes.

The Mark Lane Express Nondon) re-
marks upon the fact that there is not sin.
gle garner in tue United States House of
Representatives.
commissioner Lie Duo lays il down
AZ rule that persistent cultivation Of q
staple crop will bring the sheriff into any
county that relies on it. General farming
aud rotation Of crops is what he recon-
mends.
One Of the best and safest remedies for
worms in pigs or horses is turpentine. The
dose is two ounces for q horse and from
one dram to half an ounce for pig, &C.
cording to it's size. The medicine Is best
given in inseed-oil. using about eight times
the quantity Of the turpentine. For worms
in the lower intestines the oil and turpen.
tine may be given as an injection. It
should be repeated for three days, at inter-
vals of one week, for three or four weeks.
Professor Law, of Cornell University,
says the London Mark Lane Erpress find
ing the cream on his milk ropy, ex-
amined it with a microscope, and found
it infested with living organisms. On in
vestigation, he found that the herd from
which his supply came drank the water of q
stagnant pool located in muddy swale.
The same was detected by q microscope ex-
animation of the blood Of the COWS.
In hulling corn the outer husk only is
removed, and this contains the least nutri-
tious part Of the grain. The process Of
hulling is as rollows; A lye is made of
caustic potash or ime-either will do
strong enough to float the corn; tho corn is
STEPPED in this for twelve hours, when the
husk is found to be swollen and loosened;
the lye is then poured off and clear water
icv IN :<,k ~: =
stick violently, and the husks are loosened
from the grain and tloated off. A lye of
common wood ashes it sometimes used. but
only very small quantity of this will be re-
quired. otherwise, if made too strong, the
grain itself will be softened.
Whom the eyes become very painful in
the disease known as pink eye" it would
be we'll to apply cold water in which few
drops of wine or opium are mixed. This
may be injected into the eye and cloth
kept wetted with the liquid may be hung
over the eye. The horse should be kept in
the dark, as the light is very painful to tile
very ta:der and int1amed nerves and men,
branes. -Four drains OF bromide of potas.
SUM may be given to the horse with bene-
fit when the eyes are very painful, and the
dose may be repeated in few hours, if
found advisable, to relieve the nervous IT,
ritatlOn.
New York Tribune: There is lamenta-
ton in England over the fact that, de-
presaed by foreign competition, the native
1aeesemakers have allowed the quality. of
their products to deteriorate. Fancy con.
iinental cheese of delicate quality and
favor are now found in every English ho-
tel and on thousands Of private tables
where only short time ago they were un-
known. Meanwhile Americans are paying
round prices for imported cheeses which
were made in this country, sent abroad and
returned with the English stamp. Verify
humanity likes to be cheated.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets" are
perfect preventives of constipation. In
closed in glass bottles, always fresh. By all
druggists.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

Morphio- mania is the new name physi-
clans give to new vice due to the use OF
the hypodermic syringe. In England as
we'll as in this country The habit counts its
victims by tens of thousands-and mostly
women
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

Miss Julia Jackson. the only child of the
rebel General Stonewal jackson, is re-
ported to be engaged to Mr.. Frank Baker,
wealthy young Baltimoreon.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

The two ENJOYS from the United States,
W. H. Trescott and Walker Blame, on the
day Of their arrival in Chilli, were greeted
bV an oarthuuake,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
voI0a Of the PAOnle.

b. Y. PIRROR. N. O., Buffalo, N. T.:
had serious disease Of the lungs, and
was for time confined to my bed and un-
der the care Of physician. His prescrip-
taking your Golden Medical Discovery"
and it cured me. Yours Respectfully,
JUDITH BURNETT. Hillside. Mich.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
Re Sensible.

You have allowed your bowels to become
habitually costive, your liver has become
torpid, the same thing ails your kidneys,
and you are just usedup. Now be sensible
get q package Of kidney Wort. take it faith
fully and soon you will forget you've got
any such organs, for you WILDE we'll man.
Albany Argus.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

The cost of maintaining the public
schools in this country last year was about
SIS, 100000 about $4,000, 900 of which
went for the nav of~teachers.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
The IdleDess OF Girls.

The great mistake that many Of our girls
are making, and their mothers are either
encouraging or allowing them to make, is
that Of spending their time out Of school
in idleness or in frivolous amusement, do
ing no work to speak Of, and learning moth
ing of the practical duties and serious cares
of life. It is not only in the weather.
families that girls are growing up indolent
and unpraeti ed in household work; in
deed, I think more attention is paid to the
industrial training of girls in the weather.
families than in the families Of mechanics
and people of moderate circumstances
where the mothers are compelled to work
hard all the while. "Wi.hin the last week. "
says one Of my corresponding, Il have
heard two mothers, worthy women in most
respects, say, the first, that her daughter
never did any sweeping" Why, if she
wants to say to her companions, never
.wept room in my life, and takes CON-
fort in it, let her say it; and yet the mother
is sorrowing over the shortcomings of that
she would not let her daughter do
anything IN the Kitchen. Poor, deluded
woman! She did it herself instead. The
that are thus formed are not the greatest
evils resulting from this bad practice; the
selfshness that it fosters is the worst thing
about it. How devoid Of conscience, how
lacking in true sense Of tenderness, or
even Of justice, girl must be who will thus
consent to devote all her time out of
school to pleasuring, while her mother is
bearing all the heavy burdens Of the
household And the foolish way in which
mothers themselves sometimes talk about
this. even in the presence Of their chill
dren. is mischievous in the extreme. ooh,
Hattie il so absorbed with her books, or her
crayons, or her embroidery. that she takes
no interest in the household matters and I
do not like to call upon her," As if the
daughter belonged to superior order Of
beings and must not soil her hands or rufle
her temper with necessary housework.
The mother is the drudge; the daughter is a
fine lady for whom she tolls. No mother
who suffers such state Of things can pre-
serve the respect of her daughter--and
the respect of her daughter no mother
can afford to lose. The result Of this is to
form in the minds Of many gifted girls not
only 4 distaste for labor, but q con-
tempt for it and purpose to avoid it
as long as they can live by some means
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

In another column will be found the adver-
tisement of Aliens Lung Bllsam. We do not
often speak Of any proprietary medicine, but
from what we have seen and heard of this
Suffering WITH and th:oa 10 or G lung s dse % 0s
take It and he c11red
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

Sir Edward Thornton has sent 800 from
st. Petersburg for the Garfield memorial
hospital fund,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

% cont;
oS as cent 81, %
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
SONGS, One Cent Each

ls1 Kiss Ne; Kiss Your Darling.
leg A Flower from Mothers Grave.
1sA Tho Old Log Cabin on the HILL
100 Coming Thro' the Rye,
I31 Must We, Then, Meet as Strcagers
1873 The Kiss Behind the Door
1so I'll Remember You, Love, IN NY
14s Ton May Look, but Mustn't Touch.
100 There's Always Seat In the Par.
lor for You.
l52 I've no Mother Now, I'm Weeping
l5s Nassa's in de Cold, Gold Ground.
$50 Say q Kind Word When You Can.
l65 I Cannot Sing the Old Songs.
lG6 lorah O'Ncal.
1e7 Waiting, Ny Darling, for Thee.
100 Jennie the Flower OF Kildare.
40 I'm Lonely Since Ny Mother Died
Ia Tcnting on the Old Camp Ground.
l5s Don't You Go, Tommy, Don't Go.
1870 Willie. We have Missed You.
lsa Over the Hills to the Poor House.
ls5 Don't be Angry With Ne, Darling.
19l Filtration OF the Fan.
leA Why did She Leave Him ! (other.
1o6 Thou Hast Learned to Love An.
2o3 There's None Like Q Mother.
900 You We're False. but I'll Forgive.
200 WHISPER Softly, Mothers Dying. Z
eli Will You Love Ne, When I'm Old.
go Annie Laurie.
gee Sherman's March to the Sea.
IA Come. Birdie, Come.
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the driver that who had engaged seat
on the outside was so ill would not be
able TO 90 with them for several days. J.
was stealthily watching proceedings from
the upper window, and, whom the heavy
vehicle numbered of. it took with it the
two men who were following me for the
purpose of robbery My belieflwas that
they would leave the stage at some point on
the road and wait until it brought me- along,
when the ROBBERY would take place. There
were quite number of passengers and
had meditated taking several Of them into
my confidence. but as they were strangers,
perhaps it was we'll that refrained.
An hour later sauntered down Austin
avenue and came upon an open wagon, in
which q farmer was climbing, rs if about to
start homeward. As he gathered lines in
har I asked him where he lived.
AT New Braunfels- long ways from
here, he answered in decided German
accent, while he politely paused to see
whether I had any more questions to
ask.
New Baunfels is German settlement
somewhat more than half the distance TO
San Antonio. and was generally reached by
the stage about the middle of the after
noon.
Are you about to go home?"
He replied that he was.
"Ill give you ton dollars to allow me to
ride with you"
He sturdily refused to accept anything,
but said was welcome, though there
would be little enjoyment in the trip, as
his wagon was without springs and he ex-
pected to drive quite rapidly. This suited
me, however, and took my seat beside
him. He had some more business after I
had placed my valise inside and We were
drove over the high bridge which spans the
Colorado and struck off through tho rich
lands of southwestern Texas.
Ibecame convinced from tho style Of