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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
Easily Swallowed,

"That was sad case that, that of the lit
tie boy out at Gernanto wn, who died from
swallowing an iron iackstone," said an old
physician of Camden. as he folded his copy
of last nights News and walked up to the
bar. "But he didn't receive proper treat
ment. he didn't I could have saved the
chi]d's lie. Do children often swallow
sucn articles? should say they old. Any
average boy, healthy or sickly, from two
to five years old, can swallow anything
from red cent up to trade dollar. [
have relieved as m=ny babies from the ef-
tects of swallowing nickles as have fugers
ard toes. The cents are easily got rid Of,
but trade dollars won't pass-not even for
caster. oil-but believe our friends here
take them for drinks. You haven't got
one? Well, guess we won't drink. Bit to
resume. Talk about an ostrich's stomach.
1 don't believe the digestive capacity of a
2.year-eld child is or ever will be under
stood by the profession of which I am
proud to be member. Way, had under
he hadn't begun to toddle-Whose regular
diet was ashes and cinders washed down
with soap suds and blulng water. His
mother was washerwoman. The stran-
gest part of it was that he grew fat ON this
food and seemed to prefer 1t to his
mothers fmilk. People will swallow al
most anything. Why, there's case in the
books of an old maid seamstress who swal-
lowed paper of pins aud dozen or so Of
needles day for 81 years, and got to be
regular blood amt flesh pincushion without
suffering any i'll effects. You have seen tho
fellow that Swallows swords at the circus
side shows, and in India the fakirs swallow
big snakes which have previously swal-
lowed Young live pigs. L. this country
some fellows swallow 40 or so big slugs OF
whisky every day without hurting anybody
bnt the confiding saloon keepers and the
people who lend them quarter. Why,
you have been swallowing all gave you.
bnt it is more than believe your readers
will do. There's limit to human endur-
ance."-Philadelph News.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.

RECORD OF CASUALTIES.
Miss Louise n. Van Alien, daughter of
William K. Van Allen, whose old home was
at Bergen Heights, N. j., was victim o
the earthquakes at Casamicciola. Both
legs were broken below the knee and one
foot nearly cut of. The very weak condi-
tien in which she was found prevented am
putatioD. and alter nearly ten days OF ter
rible suffering, she expired on the 7th ult.
Her body is being embalmed, to be sent
home tor burial by the side of her mother
IN the old family burying ground at Bergen.
John Grabner, a laborer at work on the
Omaha railroad near Saltwater Junction,
dropped dead on the morning of The 5tb. OF
what proved by post mortem to be fatty de-
generation of the heart. He has brother
in st. Paul.
Twenty towns in the Naugatuck valley,
Conn.,, report frost disastrous to crops,
espe :ially tobacco and buckwheat. IL
S5uthbury thirty acres Of tobacco were de-.
stroved. Corn, grapes and melons also suf.
iered.
W. C. Jones, the young man whom Grace
Courtland whipped in Milwaukee for Sc
ducing her daughter, has been cowhided
again-tais time in Sheboygan Falls, for
seducing married woman.
John Harrington was killed by lightning
in bis catip in Holmes Gulch, some four
miles east of Helena, Mont.
The Manitoba railroad bridge at Mime
apolis was badly damaged by FIRE on the 4th
inst. Loss, $4,000
A fire in Chicago stock yards burned IS
cattle and damaged buildings in the sum of
SIS. 900.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

pretty thing to offer man; it's just
ness Of strings that nobody can chew"
And to chate me still further, he said in
asort of jocular way: 'You ought to
hire a boy to chew that fish for your
customers" I got an idea from that,
and before night had a grinding ma
chine, and next morning [ put out q
sign, CONDENSED Goldfish" Everybody
wondered what that was, and most OF
them bought some to try. 1t took like
fire and in less than month I was clear
ing $50 day on that alone and had a
dozen instead of one boy to do the chew
ing for my customers. It is q big bus
mess now. I am shipping it all over
this country aud am about to close ar
rangements for supplying the English
market through New York k house. 1t
that succeeds I can retire in five years
with fortuue. My friend is keeping
books for me and says he is the inventor
of cheWed Goldfish"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
ChaR of the Exchanges.

A certain little Pharisee who was;
praying for his big brother, had a good,
deal of human nature in him, even if he:
was only six years old: he prayed -
Lord, bless brother Bill, and make him
Us good boy as l ami!
It was Detroit girl who married at
Is so as to have her golden wedding
when 1t would do her some good.
Old Mrs. Darnley is pattern OF
household economy. She SAYS she has
made a pair of socks to last fifteen years
by only knitting new feet to them every
winter, and new legs every other WIN
ter.
An original poem was recently sent to
Boston paper, 'There are no Tears In
Heaven" By very natural mistake
the printer made it t'There are no Beans
in Heaven" The following Sunday all
the Boston preachers alluded to it and
declared soothingly that there was no.
authority in the Bible for the statement.
Speak gently especially to the big:
man with the round head, and square
neck, and two big fists like ancient stone
hammers. Speak gently to him. You
may touch some long hidden chord Of
sympathy in his hardened breast that
may cause him to pass you by uncrushed.
But the little white. faced man on crutch-
es-oh, you may sass him all the way
round the block.-Burlington Hawkeye.
Why Hobson objected-"Hobsoa."
said Muggins, "they tell me you've tax.
en- your boy away from the graded
school. What's that for?" ''Cause,"
said Hobson, ''the master amt fit to
teach i'm" "Oh," said Muggins, "I'ye
heard he's very good master" well"
replied Hobson, apolegetically, "all I
know is he wanted to teach my poy to
spell taters with "p."
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
Another Audience Desired For
the Man Who Lectures to His
Wife,

VIICs
It is, of course, made by law part of q
wife's duty as such to listen patiently
and if possible intelligently, to the eve
ming complaints Of her husband, wheth-
er directed against herself or the neigh.
bors, or society at large. 1t is probably
also her duty, if her husband happeus to
to be an "economist' or q "closet think
er," to listen without interruption or
cross examination to any scheme for the
improvement or reorganization of the
world that he may like to discant upon
when the day is over and the family as
sembled for the evening meal. It is a
duty in the performance of'which wives
play noble and self-sacrifcing part in
life, and We have no doubt that one rea-
son why the social revolution has been
so long postponed is that so many of
those who would otherwise have Joined
in it have, by venting their wrath against
society upon their wives, or at least by
pouring their wrongs into their wives
ears, been so calmed and quieted, that
they have lost over and over again all
desire for ''new DEAL" No one who
has t fought much about marriage can
have failed to notice that this is one of
its most beneficial social effects. But
then marriage only supplies domestic
audience, and a restricted one at that.
An audience consisting of a wife may be
sympathetic, butsympathy cannot make
up for lack ofpublicity ty-the crying need
of anybody with grievance. Besides
this, bachelors-a growing, il not an iu-
fuential class-have not even IS do
mestic resource, while cases are not in
frequent where wives fail to do their
duty, and while keeping themselves
within the law, make it very unpleasant
for husbands who undertake to enter
tam them with a tea-table account of
their wrongs, or of the means which
they would take TO put down "monopo-
ly." Bad wives have even been known
to feign fatigue and yawn on such occa-
sions.. and in the slang of the day sug-
gested that they were entitled to a 'trest''
instead of listening with respectful sym.
pathy, as they ougbt.-New York Eve
ming Post.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
Tragedy of q Wrongcd Father.
On an island to the north, in a little

IraSeuy Oh u "rOnScu FaCHer
On an island to the north, in little
Indian village that showed no sign of
the presence of whites, I found an old
gray-haired man who in all respects
save that his skin was not SO dark a.
were the faces around him, seemed ar
Ind all. The old man told me that he
was the son of a white man who lived or
the island and became very rich by
cheating the Indians out of their furs
"He traded in SKINS" said the old man
with savage twinkle in his eyes, "bu
he skinned the Injins!" His fathers
name was John Raster and his mother
vas the young daughter of an Ojibway
chief. Her father knew nothing of bis
daughters shame until her child was
born, when he dragged her into
the presence of her betray-
er, stabbed her, and as size lay dying,
throttled the father of her child and
:ast him, rs he supposed dead, into the
pool of blood at her side. Then. he took
the child and with his family left the
island forever. MY blood relations live
IN riches in city Tar away, but the dy-
ing curse of the heartbroke ch eff will
yet overt Ike them and they shall suffer
for the sins OF their fatherl' rl'-Mackinac
correspondence Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

-Four days from St. Paul to Portland.
Oregon, the eastern and western termi-
nus of the Northern Pacific railroad, is
now the schedule time, and it may be
spent n palace sleepers and luxurious
dining cars, amidst enhancing scenery
and with the minimum of fatigue or in
convenience. The Pacific coast will now
be favorite winter resort for the peo-
s. pie Of what has heretofore been known
as the northwest.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

The Quotations OF the last several
weeks have tended to make verybody
more cautious, and this renders money
somewhat tighter than formerly, bu
there is plenty to be had at low rates on
good security. The buyers for fall trade
are getting lower prices than they ex-
pected, and lower than the jobberssan-
ticipated. Still, there is no general
pressure upon the market that forces
goods off at loss to either manufacture
ers or jobbers. There are crcakers, of
course, who, disappointed in schemes
of ofexpected profits, cry out that pam
ic is coming; but they simply magnify
personal losses into general disaster.
While everything in trade seems to be
about at the bottom there is really moth
ing to create apprehension. Low prices
benefit the great mass of consumers anu
80 long as there is a margin of prof
it left for the sellers, danger is not very
near.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

TIE >merRntile agencies, pretty fair
authority, report the autumn trade as
generally favorable. Business through
out the country has been we'll main
tanned, the bank exchanges indicating
considerable increase over the corre-
spending week of last year, and there
are certainly indications of increased ac.
tivity at many leading centers. The
condition of the money market seems
favorable and the year is certainly like
ly to be one of vast production.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

The spectacle of the president of the
Uuited States walking about the halls
and piazzas Of Hotel Lafayette, at Lake
Minnetonka, and heartily greeting
friends and acquaintances, and cordially
shaking hands with al those presented
to bim-was astonishing to Wizards for.
eign guests. Rulers in the old country
"don't do such things, you know"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

DR.. George v. Bunson, of Germany,
one of Mr.. Wizards invited guests, made
an observation in little speech that is
worth recording, because it came from
such a respectable source. After briefly
alluding to the many wonderful things
which he and his German colleagues
had seen in this country, he said that
they were "notprepared for what struck
us most of all, and what we shall fail to
descrlbe-a characteristic of the whole
American people calm, subdued, self
conscious manner, the gentleness in
every class in the community, which is
the most astonishing characteristic of
the American people. When YOU look
upon that you must come to the con-
clusion that this nation has arrived at q
self-restraint that gives national charac-
ter. This characteristic explains much
of the past, and gives promise of achieve-
ments in the future greater than any
heretofore" This IL high praise Of the
American character, and not wholly
1lndeserved, though DR.. Bunson may
yet meet many loud, staggering and
boastful people.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

ber that on the morning Of the darkest
DAYS of the war met Charles sumner
on the avenue, and stopping him, said:
.sSenator, is there any news this morn
ing?" ''None, I:believe, he gravely res
sponded, except that am little Det-
ter this morning" had forgotten tnat
he was NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Phil
adelphia Record. z.ssE
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

The details of the dread performances
of earthquakes an1 volcanoes on the
Island Of Java are most appalling. Here
was scene spread over tract whose
coast line is seven hundred miles, that
re-enacted some of the throes of old
Mother Earth in earlier geologic ages,
the only chronicles Of ullich are writ
ten in the rock. A period of some i'm
portance in the earth's history is evil
deutly being accomplished just now-to
put these tremendous commissions in
the Indian Archipelago with the yawn-
ing and sinking Of the earth in the is
land of 1schia. and other ominous signs
in the Italian thin spots of the crust.
Awful as was the destruction Of human
life at Ischia, it was but a 1.-THE of that
which has doubtless taken place in Java.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

The total number OF immigrants land
ing at the port of New York for the
eight months ended Aug. 81, was 1884,.
s66. This was a decrease of IS, ,572 from
the number landed during the CORE.
spending period last year. Each month
of the year, with one exception, showing
falling off in the number, compared
with last year. The Total immigration
last year was moro than 450, 900. 1t il
not probeble that the total number this
year will exceed $4,000, but this mum
Der is far in excess of the average mum
Der during the last ten years.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

The September Century makes this
prediction for New York: That before
another century passes its population
will surpass that of London, and that il
will be the uurivaled center of finance
and commerce, of luxury and fashion
of art and literature-the heart and
brain, in word-ofthe civilized world
This seems to be conclusive, but what
will become Of London in all this time:
Will the New Zealander be "sittiny or
London bridge viewing the ruins of St
Paups,'' or will London be in process o.
decadence, instead of unexampled ad.
Vancement, as at the present time.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

The number of steerage passengers
landed at Castle Garden for August was
26,311; for the same month last year,
8,165; for the seven months of the pre-
cent year, 2S4,946, for the same time
last year, 343, ,518-a decrease of 58,572.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

There was heavy frost in many parts
of New England on the Sd inst, doing
considerable damage in some localities.
In these localities the drouth has been
quite serious and with the late drouth
and the early frost the agricultural out
look is not over cheerful.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
Two Men of Unbounded Egotism.
We wore fa1kinu nj tho aoofisn, of foroat

Two Men of fUnbOunded EgOtism.
We were talking OF the egotism ofgreat
men, and an ex-senator said: "a lady
of my acquaintance once wrote Roscoe
Conkling note when he was in the
senate with me, asking permission 70
bring her little girl to see him., He re-
piled in a courteous note, naming the
hour at which he would receive her. AT
the hour named the lady and the child
stood before him. MARY" said the
mother to her child, s'this is the great
Senator Conkling,. Yes, little Mary, =
said Lord Roscoe, with a Jovian smile
meant to be encouraging, but remem-
ber, = solemnly lifting his foretinger,
sssthat there is a greater than Senator
sConkling. We laughed, and then 9
regular army colonel said: 81 remem-
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
pITH OF THE NEWS,
EVENTS IN WASHINGTON.

GV 1v Il - 1Av W Aoa AX " 4 O4vs
David p. Dunahan has been appointed
postmaster Of Van Vert, Ohio, vice, Har-
rison II. Updegraff, suspended for mis-
man agement. James D. Stair has been
transferred from Peoria, ILL.,, to fill the
vacancy caused by the removal of Chief
CLERK Van Vert of the omaha office railway
D. d. Parker on the 3rd inst, rendered his
resignation to take effect Oct. l.. His sue.
cessor will be Inspector AloIzo o. Sharp OF
Tennessee.
1t is thought at the inteinal revenue bu-
reau that claims for rebate of taxes on to
bacco, snpff and cigars growing out Of the
recent internal revenue act have iDear.y all
been presented and will aggregate about
venue from tobacco, snuff and cigars is now
computed at SAG 100000.
Folger refuses Malone the use, in the
present campaign, of good darkey striker
who holds government position.
There are renewed rumors that the star
route jurors were bribed and startling dis
closures are promised.
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS.
The general ticket department. of the
Northern Pacific issued circular recently,
supplementary to one issued July 20, re-
questing connecting lines to prepare al
issue of tickets to points reached by the
Northern Pacific: Oregon railway & Naviga.
ly announces the completion of the North
ern Pacific, and the fact that on Tuesday
next solid through trains will run between
St. Paul and Portland. Tie Pacific express
will leave st. Paul daily at p. M, and
will be composed If baggage, mail and ex-
press cars, first and second class coaches,
dining cars aud Pullman sleepers. The
time TO be consumed in the trip will he
four days. Emigrant passengers will be
carried on through enierant train, leav-
ing St. Paul at 5:45 p: M, running through
to Portland in seven days.
3 The news comes from ~; ;;;;v;auxss that suit
has been begun by the Milwaukee road
against the Omaha, involving some 2oO, 900
acres of valuable pine land in Douglass coun.
ty, Wis, besides other properties and fran
chises. The matter grows out of an arrange
ment made last year between the two roads
land grant to the Chicago, Superior & Pa
cifc Air line.
The earnings OF the st. Paul & Duluth
for the fourth week in August were $44, Ill.,
70, against $34, 856. OF for the same week of
1882, a" increase of So, 2S5.69; for the month
of August the esrnings we're $139, ,4496S,
against $1c4, ,568 10 for 1852, an increase of
$34, ,881.58.
Little Chief, a Chyenne Indian, sent un-
ique appeal to the secretary of the interior
for new suit ofclothes. Hesays: II don't
ca'e for grub, but do like to dress in
style. I want the best white hat you can
purchase in the market"
General Ticket Agent Barnes, of the North
ern Pacific has receiveda a handsome dia-
mond stud from the members of the West
ern Associated Press. whom he recently
piloted through the Yellowstone wonder
land.
Charles s. Fee recently assumed the duties
of his new position, the assistant superin-
I tendent of passenger traffic of the Northern
Pacific.
The Northern Pacific is now shipping to
Portland.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
Sfa+a Medical Examining Board,

sEcRErARY's OFFICE, SALTWATER, Mimi,
Sept 5, 1S83.-In accordance with Section 2
of can act to regulate the practice of
medicine in the State OF Minnesota," "
approved March 6, 1883, notice is hereby
given that a meeting of the beard
appointed by said act will be held at the CAPT,
tol1 in st Paul beginning OH the 11th day Of
October, 1883, at 10 o'clock a. NJ. for exami-
naGn Of applicants for and cGoss sn fes to S
examine the dulv verified diplomas of the
graduates Of slegally chartered medical insti-
tuitious in good Standing" practicing in Mime
sofa.
[''Apy person shall be regarded as practicin1g
medicine within the meaning of this act who
shall profess publicly to be physician and to
prscribe for the sick, or who shall athx to his
name the letters NJ. Dissection 1O.] Applica-
tions for certificates and examinations, and di
plomas for verifcatlon, may be sent by mall or
by express prepaid. to the secretary as below,
or presented at said meeting
P II. MILLARD, NJ. D..
Secretary State Medical Examining Board,
Saltwater, MINI.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

A writer on India claims that all that
is needed to place India ahead of Amer.
lea as the cereal granaly of Europe is
the reduction of rates of freight on the
railroads of that country to correspond
to our rates of freight from the west to
the eastern states and the seaboard. The
grain rates on the Indian railroads are
three times as high as those on our lines,
and this is one reason why the United
States rather than India de6es COMPETE
tion in the grain markets of Europe. The
wheat crop of India already approaches
that of the Unified States in magnitude.
amounting to 32O, O,OOO, 900 bushels annual
ly, or about three-quarters of our own.
That country could undoubtedly expand
the crop 100000, 900 bushels or the sup
ply of Europe, if there was demand
for it at attractive prices. The Ameri-
can prairies have the lead of few years
in time and in centuries <in intellig gence
and probably will not be beaten in the
race, though earnest efforts are being
made in Bombay to induce the Indian
railways to make reduction on cereals.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13

The population of Java is $4,000, GOO,
so that the loss Of $4,000 by volcanic
eruptions and earthquakes has not de-
populated the country to any great ex.
tent, however frightful the catastrophe
reallv WAS.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
The Denver & Rio Grande Pr
gramme.

The Denver & Rio Grande financial pro-
gramme has been arranged. The road neef =
from So, ,0eO. GOO 10 s5.0O0,000 Immediately
to put it in fine condition. It is proposed to
make Lew consolidated blanket mort
gage of at least 10000, 900, absorbing all
previous issues amounting to S26, 900. 600,
the remaining $4,000, 900, to be used for inn
mediate necessities of the company. The
question of the presidency will remain un-
determined until the settlement of the finau-
cial plan. Recent movements ofstock have
been due to . knowledge of the plan BY in.
part es in interest to 1ncre Sc the mortgage,
making it at least SIC, 600. .0Oe, and provide
for all future requirements OF the company.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
New England Drought and Fires.

New England Drought and Fires.
Boston specia]:-The seve4e drought from
which New England is now suffering has
not only ruined the ripening crops and
spoiled the fall feed on which every farmer
depends, but it has dried up the brooks and
wells, and scorched the forest until every
meadow and grove is tinder-box ready to
spring into blaze on the first contact o
fire. Forest fires have been burning for
sever ! weeks in some of the outlying
towns, near this city, spreading by degrees
and new fires springing up from time to
time. They have extended until Boston is
nearly surrounded by Gordon of flames.
From the south shore, stretching around to
the west and reaching eastward until met
by Massachusetts bay, there is not q town
within fifty miles of Boston that has not
had one or more 6res which are beyond
control. It is impossible to estimate the
real and entailed loss from these causes
but it will p1 otably reach 81, 100000.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-13
CheWed Goldfish.

Chicago Herald.
"Would you like to buy some con-
densed codhsh?' - 80 '.>-',
'.What is condensed codfisb?"
The man opened q box and showed a
preparation which he said was simply
ground Goldfish. .s.
''What put it in your head to grind II
in this manner7'' s=.S
''Well, I wasin the fish business, bare
" making enough to keep body and sonl
together, when q friend came in and
achaffed mo for not going into some oth-
er business. He picked up 3 big Goldfish
5 cornfully and said:: s Now. that's {