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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
The. Great Floods in Texas.

A special from Fort Concllo, Tex, says
that the region along the Concho river visit
ed by the great floods two weeks ago has
been thoroughly searched and fifty three
white bodies recovered and recognized, and
that larger number than that, mostly
Mexican herders, names unknown, were al
so recovered. The loss at the town of San
Angles and Concho foot up $4,000.
The loss of stock and property in the sur
rounding country will aggregate as much
more. Cash relief Subscriptions for; suffer
ers, mostly from stockme4, reach SIC, 900.
All that section is devoid of railroad facili-
ties, the nearest point being over 100 miles
distant, and was some days before the extent
Of the calamity in the broad and sparsely
settled region was known.
Additional adyices received on the 9Th
from Texas say that heavy rains have fallen
throug hout the northern and northwestern
parts of the state and reaching south as far
as San Antonia. At the latter place recent
~ there fell four and ee-quarters inches
of water.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
1osenHTr: Z !. 4YENel1sH HERO.
What r. the Extreme Limit ofHuman n

~ hat - the Extreme Limit OfHulnan
- : Life? NJ A
Popular Science Monthly.
Can man reach and pass the age of 100
years? is a question concerning which
psychologists have different opinions
Button was the first one in France to
raise the question of the extreme limit
OF human life. In his opinion man, be-
coming adult at l6, ought to live six
times that age, or to 96 years. Haying
been called uporto account tor the phe-
nomenal ages attributed JOY the Bible to
the patriarchs, he risked the following
as an, explanation:xs Before the food,
N,e earth was less SOLID, Jess comp e
thanit iss now. The law IF gravitatio1I
bad acted for onlysIlittle time & the pros
ductiOns of the globe had less consist
ency, and the body Of man, being more
susceptible of extension Being able to
grow for longer time, it should, in.con-
sequence, live for a longer time than
now" .ns aunna ~
The German Heuslerr has ssuggested
on the same point thatsthe ancients did
not divide time as wea do. Previoussto
the age of Abraham, the year, among
some people Of the East, was only three
months, or season; So that they had a
year of spring, one of summer, one of
fall and one Of the winter The year
was extended so as to consist of eight
months after Abraham and of twelve
months after Joseph. Voltaire rejected
the longevity assigned to the patriarclls
of the Bible, but accepted without ques-
ton the stories Of the great ages attain
ed by some men tn India, where, he
says, ''it is not rare to see old men Of
12O years." The eminent French
psychologists, Flourens, fixing the
complete development of man at 20
years, teaches that he should live
five times rs long as it takes him to be-
come al adult. According to this author,
the moment Of Il completed develop
mcnt may be recognized by the fact Of
the. junction Of the bones with their apo
p9ses .. Ths Ks unon and kss M hlk. Place IN
not live beyond twenty-five years; with
the OK at four years, and it does not live
teen months, and that animal rarely
lives oyer ten years. When it is effect
ed at twenty years, be only exception!
ally lives beyond 100 years. The same
Psychologist admits, however, that hu-
man life may be exceptionally prolonged
under certain conditions of comfort, So
briefly, freedom from care, regularity of
habits, and observance of the rules of
hygiene, and he terminates his interest
ing study of the last point e De la long
vite hunlaine') with the aphorism,
"Man kills himself rather than dies"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
Oscar Wilde Brought to Bay.

Oscar. Wilde, with all his affectation, is
a model ofpropriety compared with the
/ women Ne met at sSarate4, if he tells
the truth about them. We quote: "In
Saratoga last week stopped at the States
and Congress Hall---tWo of the best ho-
tells, which one would be patronized by
cultured people, While talking with
Judge Brady therea great crowd came
aronud us, mostly women, and finding it
a bore to be thus stared at l moved on
into the Office There. they came flock
ing in after us. went to the billiard
room, but found no refuge there. The
women rushed there-ladies in silks and
grapes and laces, with diamonds in their
ears, bringing their daughters with
them. 30 lbalk,y the pursuit utterly, 1
fled to: the barrpoln. VILE you believe
ME that they came &there-in ten min
utes fifty to 100 of them-flling up the
place almost? It seemed ito me most
painful and dreadful thing-the bold
faces staring and half audible comment,
1T. see medlnuch worse than the conduct
of abandoned women. Why didn't I
say, ttWhat'A you have, ladies?' Oh, it
wouldn't Have done any good, and all
the country would have said that had
insulted the ladies al; Saratoga. 1--WE sup
pose, however, that the subjects of his
revelation will now denounce him as un-
gentlemanly in telling of their absurd
dOlngS. - -.-sT .-sk
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

The military female in Washington is
described at length in the Capitol-not
physically but iufluentially. Her
achievements are said to consist partly
in getting her rank and pay advanced as
rapidly RS possible by the promotion of
tler husband, or his retirement with one
grade in advance, as the case may be,
and partly in defeating the endeavors of
AL her rivals to accomplish the same
for themselves.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
First Minnesota District

The Democratic Congressional convention
1or the First Minnesota district met pursu-
ant to call at the court house at Winona
on the 9th, and organized by electing D. l..
Guell of Houston, chairman, and A. H.
snow OF Winona secretary. Judge Thomas
wilson of Winona was unanimously nomi-
hated by rising vote. Judge Wilson was
called for and made a speech concluding
thus: II cannot accept your nomination. T
am comparatively poor man and the Gnt;os
OF lii profession demand that I should
decline your nomination." J.R. Jone, Of
Gilmore moved that they vote for judge
Wilson and elect him to congress. Carried
by rising vote. Judge Wilson again de-
chned, when motion to adjourn was m ,de
and carried "~ s'->A~
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
Another Starving Woman,


A curious case of woman starving slow
ly is exciting comment in St. Louis. The
case is that of Miss Phillina Frengell, living
in North st. Louis. For the past three
months she has not taken bit of solid food,
and has not been able to retain liquids
She has been treated by several physical S;
among them Drs. Erhart and Baugher, who
have introduced food into the stomach with
tube, but it was Immediately elected.
Miss Frengell is tall, lank girl, with black
hair, shrunken eyes and very yellow COM
plexion. She is young and thin, but not
nearly so emaciated as would be expected:
DR.. Bower thinks it the most remarkable
case on record. She has been under his
charge for forty days and he is positive that
she has taken no nourshment. He thinks
there is a:probability of structure of the plo
ric end of the stomach or that it may be a tu-
NOR. He says the girl cannot possibly live,
although she is not confined to her bed, but
helps in light household duties.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
Highway Robbery in Minnesota.

Last Tuesday night about II o'clock as
as Loren Searls, an employe of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad, at North
field, was returning home, and when near
home, two highwaymen jumpe d from a corn
dealt him blow on the head which render
ed him unconscious. They also struck him
several blows in the face with brass knuckles,
breaking his nose and cutting frightful
cash over the left eye They then relieved
him Of what money he had, some $50. He
had received the money from the pay car,
The robbers undoubtedly knew him to have
this money. No clue as yet has been OBJ
tanned to the villains.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
Congressional Nominations.

Edward F. Skinner, Rep, First Florida
district.
John J. O'NeilI DEM, Eighth Missouri.
John T. Rich, Rep, Seventh Michigan
(renoninateO.
J. A. Scranton, Rep, Twelfth Pcnnsylva-
MIA
Il. X. Valentine Rep, Third Nebraska
(renominated).
f. p Barnum, DEM, Fifth Minnesota
w. c. Oates, DEM, Third Alabama IRE
nolninated). . !
David r. Paige, Denl: Twentieth Ohio. :
Johnathan W. Wallace, DEM, Eighteenth
Ohio.
Judge Weaver, Rep, First Nebraska.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
Holders of Bank Stock.

"a correspondent of the. New York
Tribune calls attention to what he states
as fact that comparatively few rich
men are large holders of bank stock, and
the great ma jority of them do not hold
any at all, preferring other Investments.
For instance, the New York bank of
Commerce has 1899 shareh olders. The
capital is s., ,00Q, 900, and the average to
each Shsreholders$2, ,73ssa No fewer than
53l hold ten shares or under. More
than one-Quarter of the stock is held by
.778 women, and "estates" hold l54
shares. The bank of the New York
National Banking association has a
capital of s., 1000. Of this SOL 500 is
owned by 247 women "trustees" and
charitable associations own majority
Of tho stock,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
AUSPICIOUS OPENING
And Great Success Of q New Dry
Goods House,

And Great Success of a New Dry
Goods House.
Large wholesale houses usually obtain
! prominenceby years ofpatient industry, and
10 not art off fully auippod with expert
clerks, surplus cash and eager customers, up
on large business career. Public confidence
and popular favor are the growth of time.
The exceptions to this law are phenominal
and always attract attention by their novel;
ty An instance of this kind Is furnished bv
the unexampled success ofthe new dry goods
firm of Burke, Walker {, Co.: occupying the
tive-story block, 100 by 166 feet, 23O to 2SG
January, under exceptionally favorable aus
pices, their trade has more than doubled
their expectations, and is increasing beyond
all precedent.
MIR. Burke, for the last twenty-five years,
has occupied leading position in the
wholesale trade of Chicago, is favorably
known to- the business men Of the West and,
by previous training and business experience
is specially well fitted for this enterprise
Mr.. Walker, for the last five years, was the
business manager of the great Dry Goods
house of A. T. Stewart & Co., in Chicago, and
was trained to the business and familiarized
with the details of a vast dry goods trade in
the New York house. He has added to his
knowledge of the dry goods trade in the East
thorough acquaintance with the condition
and wants of this trade in the West.
As the firm of A. 4. Stewart & Co., was re-
tiri Z from business, they secured the services
Of q large corps of their clerks and statesmen,
SO that the house thus organized knew the
standing and had the good will of wester mer-
chants at the start. Importing largely, they
have been singularly fortunate in their for
eign connections in selecting one ofthe most
competent, experienced and trustworthy ex-
perts in foreign goods at the head of their Eu-
rOrean house. Such a combination of favor
able conditions rarely unites in the persons of
so competent men to inaugurate their en-
trance upon a great mercantile enterprise as
attended the introduction of fthisnew house to
the dry goods trade of Chicago. Both the &C.
tive partners are in the prime and vigor OF
manhood, and good representatives Of the
class ofmerchants who have given character,
wealth and fame to Chicago.
With ample capital, abounding industry
and enterprise, courteous and affable man.
ners adapted to make and retain friends, and
a resolnte purpose to win success by deserv.
ing it, and with the hearty good will of
contemporaries, this house has taken a very
prominent part in the dry goods trade of the
west. 1t the union of active, experienced
members of old, and eminently successful
houses in new firm, to conduct business
which they thoroughly understand in field
in which they are we'll and favorably known.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
Attorney General Brewster's On

~ASe">A MY OOAOA"t A]AC"SCOHS OA
slaught Upon the Star Routcrs.
In his address to the jury on the Star
Route cases on Wednesday, Attorney Gen
eral Brewster, speaking of Dorsey and 9TH
ers said: How had these men come togeth-
er from ali parts of the country? Was it
from divine impulse. No. Their object
was conceived in corruption and executed
in the same wicked spirit. Their object
was to plunder. Referring to the statement
made by Boone that the books of the
concern were kept on the graveyard
principle: He said that that was synony-
among the dead men. It was etter
that the defendants should hide themselves
in the penitentiary than to face the odium
which is to follow them through life In
ancient Assyria it was the, custom VIII, q
man and woman were detected in adultery
to kill the woman and chain her dead and
fostering body to the man, and he went
about saying; "0h, wretched man that l
am! who will deliver me from the body of
this DEATH" Acquit these men and the
fostering body of their atrocious crime COM
nlitted against the whole community would
hang around their necks, and they would
cry out: "Oh, wretched man that I ami
Who will deliver me from the body of this
death?" The jury might give Steven w.
Dorsey certificate that the chargeswe not
true, but he knew that the body Of that death
would hang round him while life lasted.
The jury had been told that verdict of
guilty would bring sorrow and tears and des-
olation and wretchedness to honored people. y
The jury had heard Ingersoll to-day, with
impressiveness which drew tears to the
eyes of many, depict the horrors and ter
ro!s which hung round these people; and
while this was going on, whenever there was
q ribald remark or ajoke Brady sal. laugh
!. he could sit and laugh at ribaldry and Jokes
He had the hide Of rhinocerous. When
Ingersoll burst forth in his great peroration
Miner put his hands to his face and Vale
too, and oh, how they blubbered:
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

In the close calculation that are now
made as to the disposable surplus OF
'rea 'st'Hs, we may take into account
our enlarged capacity for home con-
sumption. Our largely increased pop
ulatlon will consume some portions of it.
We have to feed this year eight hun
dred thousand forei sners, mainly adults,
VINO were on the other side of the ocean
last year, and have not yet become prod
ucers to any great extent. The grain
raising capacity of the United States is
50 enormous that the task of feeding q
mllllon of newcomers presents no feat
ure of hardship, and is simply to be
taken into account in estimating home
consumption.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
From .FO7'eiQ9a LANDS.

Arecent speech of Gen Drentelen. governor
of Kieff, Russia, which..accused Jews of SLAM
der in asserting that the authorities convived
at anti-Semitic disorders and advised them
to give the country little of the inordinate
love they lavish on money, has caused
much sensation. Gen. rDeneteln points
out that many of the Jews had been Obliged
to return from America and were starving
in Palestine, but that they were better off i6n
Russia than anywhere if they only knew it.
Victor Lesseps to-day presented a report
to the council of the suez Canal company on
negotiations with the English authorities
for the pres rvation of the neutrality of the
canal: He said Gen. Wolseley had informed
him that the English government accepted
me responsibility for the damage and deyas-
tation Of the canal,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

The crop .s''essers have finally settled
IoWn t. the belief that the wheat crop
OF the United States this year will amount
to ;'"d, ,4oo,oNo bushels. 1t is amusing to
note the aNactitude Of the fellows who
make up estimates, in advance of thresh-
my, on the acreage merely.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

Herbert Spencer the great English
Philosopher, is in i'll health and has hid
himself i'll the Adrirondacks to avoid at
tending the meeting Of American Phil
osophers at Montreal and Saratoga He
probably realizes that philosophy with
out good health is bat little better than
muunSlinc,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
The Chicago Mayor in Dublin.

AAAO OAANNl5O NA"y VI HI DuUAAh
The late mayor of Dublin gave an enter
tainment Wednesday evening in hon
or of Mayor Harrison of Chicago. The af-
fair assumed strong political character. A
toast to the qneen was cordially received by
al of the company who refused to drink:
The lord mayor, in proposing the health of
Mayor Harrison said that the entertainment
was intended as significant compliment to
to the people of America and as personal
compliment to the mayor of Chicago. The
health of Mayor Harrison was then eathusi-
astically drunk. In response to toast
Mayor Harrison said the Irish in Chicago
had learned TO love not only liberty itself,
but the very name of liberty. Hence when
the news came that Ireland was struggling
for freedom there was but one feeling in
Chicago, namely, hope that Ireland would
be- free. At the conclusion of Mayor Harri-
sons speech the assembly rose and cheered
him.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

Public officers in Washington actually
work only eleven months IN the year.
The uniform practice in the Government
is to grant to employees with annual sal
aries months absence with pay. That
IS. for onctwelfth of the millions paid
III salaries no service is rendered.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

Sixty-hve thousand immigrants reach.
rd the United States in July, of whom
one quarter were fl"m Germany, and
ont-ninth from Canada, England sent
t"tntv-pcr cent. more than Ireland. and
and those from Sweden also exceeded
those from ireland.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

Fine weather prevailed during the
great fairs at Rochester and Minneapo-
hs-whlch will probably reassure the
manager that Notwithstanding the dismal
experiences oflast year, the first week in
SepteMberis quite as likely to be fair as
any other period that could be named. It
was originally selected after a careful ex
animation Of the thermometrical rec
ords of d series of years. If the
county fairs this fall shall be equally
fortunate as regards weather, everybody
interested will have cause for co,grat,l-
latlon, for if there is anything that will
drown all cheerfulness as we'll as practi-
cal results, it is a rainy fair.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

bospd Own to.plp.ar 81 Iii I district eoprt in
William Lewis asEsureties. When thatime
for lIial came Stockton had taken, legbail
andhis bOndsmen were eldliable. He will
be tried at the next term of the Anoka district
court.
Eugene Clemonts and his wife OF
Spencer Brook, and Joseph Nokes and wife
and family of Princeton, contemplate re-
moving to Utah some time this fall, to Join
the church of Latter Day Saints.
Near Pine City, Goodwin was watching a
deer lick on Cross Lake. just after dark he
supposed he saw deer at the lick and fired
his piece, a gun loaded with buck shot. at
it. Immediately upon discharging his gun
he gdiscoverod" that sshe' had shot a man,
Mlliaul Ca1ppbe(l, who Eat the time was
Passing around the lick looking after re-
Hector which he had lett there sometime
previously. One slug just grazed his cheek
and another penetrated his body.
Growth OfSt Paul.
The new city directory of st. Paul makes
out all increaseeof lS, 900 III the last year and
the whole population q, S35 The ratio Of
increase innames during the past few years
is of special interest: In 1878 the increase
was 900; in 1870, 3,467, in 1880, 2,737; in
1881, $3.50; and in 1882, 6,948.
As compared with the business of
last year, the wholesale trade shows an in
crease Of from 4S TO 50 per cent, reaching
grand total of between 8O, 600, 900 and S75-
100000, and giving employment to 1000
persons: The figures for last year were to-
tai trade of $51, ,232, CAT, giving employment
to 5000 persons. Manufacturing interests
show corresponding growth with an in
crease of over 81, 900, 600 in manufactured
products, reaching grand total of SIC, ,OOo,-
600 and giving employment to 10000 peo-
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

The speech of Attorney General
Brewster at the trial of the Star route
thieves convinced everybody that he
had no sympathy with them on their Of
fences, or was indifferent as to the re-
suit Of the trial,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

ntll recently cotton seed was con-
sldered worthless, and was thrown away
Now there are seventy-two cotton-seed
oil mills in the South. They worked up
100000 tons of seed last year and pro-
auced 100000 gallons of oil, worth S3,-
100000. One-sixteenth of the seed was
worked. 1t is estimated that 9S, 900, 600
gollons could have been made, worth
3O,0OO,O0O. 1t is by utilizing such things
and engaging i'll manufacturing that a
country becomes rich.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

New York merchants who have been
interviewed by the New York Times
unite in predicting large fall trade in
all lines, with every prospect of an in
crease over last year. The chief advance
III the immediate demand and in pros
pectivc orders is from the South and
Southwest, Texas in particular, where a
big and early cotton crop is stimulating
trade, while the large food crop of the
South IS making an appreciable differ
encc IT its ready money.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14
Congressional Nominations.

OOHSr6S51OHdI NOm1nHCIOnS. .
1ssac M. Chase, Rep, Eighth Pennsylvania
district.
Ex-Congressman Biery, Rep, Tenth Penn
sylvania.
George P. Finley, DEM, Seventh Georgia.
J. S. Hart, DEM, Tenth Kentucky vice
Phillips, declined).
A. A. Gran, Dem, Twenty-frst Ohio
Rice w. Pearce, DEM, Ninth Tennessee.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

The annual wheat crop of Minnesota
is glorifed in the four quarters Of the
globe while the hay crop stays Quietly at
home and is seldom even Thought of by
the outside world. Yet its value this
year is reckoned at nearly $4,000, 600.
The crop is:estimated at'1 soc, 900 tons of
wild hay, and 200, 900 tons of cultivated =.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-09-14

The keely motor, at Philadelphia,
about which 50 much has been said dur
ing the last three years is likely to be a
success after all. lie has been COM
PEELED to make a partial disclosure of his
secret, and practical men agree that he
has something that is likely to partially
SevoIutjonize motive power, The only
trouble is, that the power is so great
that it cannot be readily controlled and
utilized. 1t has taken many years to
utilize electricity, and possibly it may
take as many to tame the kcclv motor.