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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
Flow He Dealt With the Ehulr.

Rev. DR.. w. w. Newell, in his book
IN revivals, recently published, tells us
how he once dealt with troublesome
choir. He says: Many years ago 1 was
pastor ola church where there was
large, efficient choir. But they were
sadly frivolous. They were frequent
whispers, merriment and note writing.
They gave me much thought and anx-
iety. YVES sometimes tempted of the
devil to reprove them openly. They de-
served it. But said: This will repel
them. My desire is to win them first to
myself and then to Christi" and 80
studied the case and looked to God fol
Wisdom. And here came in my rule to
treat with special attention those per:
sons by whom was annoyed. 1 called
upon each one of them. Without al
fusion to their trifing spoke to them
of my love of music, and of my con-
nection with an academic and collegiate
choir. l spoke to them of my high ap-
probation of their singing, and of our
Obligation to them on this account. I
soon after arranged a series of evening
prayer meetings in the chapel. l then
called upon the choir again, invited
them to our meetings, and requested
them to sit together in forward seat
and to conduct the singing, A large
number of persons soon after united with
our church. Among them was every
member of that troublesome choir. And
without ever suspecting my annoyance,
they we're for many, many years my
help and my Joy. 49,.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
Sweet Corn,

five plant Early Naragansett and
Minnesota sweet corn about May 10, we
shall have cooking ears about July 20.
There is little choice between the two.
Both grow about four feet high, one ear,
eight to twelve rows, to stalk. Moore's
Early Concord is, perhaps the best to fol-
low the above, being more prolific, the
ear being GENERALLY 12-rowed and six
inches long: Triumph planted as above
MAY 10Y, will be ready for use about
August 10th. This grows about five feet
high, one ear Q2t O IA rows to stalk.
The ears are long and from eight to ten
The Tuscarora grows about six feet
high, generally 1.-TWO ears to stalk
rows, often widely separated. The kerr
mel is pure white and, though tender, is
not as sweet as some.
Next HicOX comes into use. The ears
are generally from to l2-rowed, long
and tapering, often two to stalk. Plan
ted May IL, this variety would follow
the Tuscarora or Triumph from two to
four days. It grows six feet high. Nam
moth. would follow August Is. The
stalks grow seven feet high. The ears
Zone to stalk generally are from IL to
lS.rowed. The Black Sugar or Mexican
grows six feet high, often with six ears
to stalk, and would succeed the Mann
moth by two or three days. There is
no richer or sweeter cora than this.
Stowelps Evergreen grows six feet high
and bears heavy, shapely ears, IA to 60
rowed. Planted May 10~ it would be
ready for use August 20. Egyptian or
Washington Market natures at the same
time as Stowells. The stalks grow sew
en- feet high, often bearing two ears of
about ID rows. They are short, stubby
and we'll filed out. The above, all PLAN
ted May 10, would give complete sue
cesslon up to September 12.-Rural New
Yorker.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
SLab4linG a Boston Dude.

From the Boston Journal.
+ y pFOminent member of the band OF
ilded youfh which this city is so just
~ proud = ia . high state of excitement,
gand with difRculty held back by friends
from making ! personal assault upon his
jaNeler, Who, he conceives has been
"putting up d Job" on him. The facts,
as gained during his lucid intervals, are
these: He is much addicted to attend
ing the dramatic performances which
occur in the city, his speciality being in
steadily observing the female chorus in
comic opera, and the sylphes Of the
corps de ballet in their ingenious gyra-
tions. It struck him that it would be
good notion to wear a scarf pin SUCCESS
tive of love for the lyric stage, and &C
cording " interviewed his jeweler upon
this mo nnentous subject. The artificer
i'm precious metals Was prompt to meet
the demands of the occasion, and in
due time PRESENTED his customer with q
neat do IA. consisting of bar of music
sdelicate ashioned in gold, with the
treble 6l1kajl black enamel, and two
sn0te lrnonds, reposing between the
third and fourth lines from the bottom.
10 kslAt1e4OEe WlAOS0 Oily huOWl0uS0 VI
5of inHgigl As it suggested the accom-
panyit incide mt Of female singers, high
ilyAppn6y this work ofart, purchased it,
stuck III il scarf and went down to
1tl1e ms tter the performance he
5dMp new possession to the
fred it much. At last he
leloN4 ae prettiest and brightest
90 IL Immediately exclaimed,
S. and appropriated "Do
3yoqi Ssinquired the delighted
Iyeqt enly, do, and those
ID notes; they fit you so
- hat makes dodo, you
lSse tnious and how very
Etsue eNsripped away amid the
1ouH laughter of oil the assembly. And,
although the jeweler swears by the
-goMen calf that he is quite innocent in
thd matter, he has thus far failed to
make his customer believe it.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
A NOVEL OPERATION.
The Heroic Attempt to Save the Life
ofGeneral j. L.. Chamberlain.

The Heroic Attempt to Save the Life
OF General j. L.. Chamberlain.
The recent operation which is expect
ed to save the life of General Joshua L.
Chamberlain, president of Bowdo in Col
lege, was one of the most novel and dar-
ing in the history Of surgery. For some
months General chamberlain has been
suffering from serious complications re-
sulting from a wound received during
the war, when ball passed through his
body from hip to hip. A difficult oper-
alton at the hands of DR.. Joseph H.
Warren, President Llncoln's physician,
saved his life at that time, but recent
abscess in the abdominal cavity was fol-
lowed by sloughing away of about two
inches of the urethal canal. Natural
healing wvs impossible, and it
was decided to attempt the un-
precedented feat of building up
the missing section with trans
planted flesh. DR.. Warren, with two as
sistants performed the operation in Bso:
ton on Thursday afternoon. The pro-
cess lasted two hours, during which
time the patient remained under the in
f1uence of anesthetics. The abdomen
was laid open ard slowly, bit by bit the
living flesh was cut from the vital parts
and sewed into place in the shape of the
missing organ. Inflammation was guar
ded against by constant stream of anti
septic spray upon the internal organs,
and finally after many careful stitches
had been taken in the internal construc-
ton, the outward opening was closed,
and the operation was successfully COM
pleted. The patient rallied better than
was expected, and on Friday he slept
considerably, and the fever has not been
as severe as was feared would result. It
is expected that the mechanical union
of transplanted tissue will become vital
lied, and if no mishap occurs all danger
will be passed in week or ten days.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
Feed for Horses.

A pair of old horses which cannot
keep in good condition on oats, as they
swallow them whole, have wintered in
excellent condition on corn. They were
fed corn in the ear so long as it lasted,
and now they are doing equally as we'll
on it shelled. They are given two quarts
at a feeding, getting six quarts day
with straw. One Of them more than a
quarter of a century old, looks fine and
does his share of work. He masticates
the corn and none of it is wasted in his
excrement, which would not be the
case with oats. Meal is the best for old
horses, but like to save the trouble,
and the miller's toll if it can be done
without loss. When the spring work
begins the most economical and the best
feed for this team will be to cut their
hay and mix meal with it. Rye meal is
the cheapest and they will be fed on it
mixed with little ground oats and oat-
meal. An old horse which had the
heaves badly was fed one spring moth
ing but oats soaked and swelled in wa
ter, He kept fat and did great deal of
hard work. Three pecks day was all
he required. There was no trouble on
account of the horse. If he had been al
lowed to eat hay he could not have
worked at all.-Rural New Yorker.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
How Steward Crump D1sobeyed
the Doctors.
Washington Dispatch to the Cincinnati

Washington Dispatch to the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
Mr.. Crump, the steward at the White
House during General Garfeld's Adj
ministration, and one of his most faith
full nurses, is now keepinga dining-room
in the old Club House building, on New
York-ave., in this city. He tells many
interesting "reminiscences of President
Garfeld's last illness, one of which is of
the day when the president first asked
him for a glass of cold water.
Crump relates that the physicians had
forbidden him water, but the poor man
begged so hard and SO pitiful like that l
bad frequently to leave the room to keep
from violating the doctors orders.
When he found that pleading would not
serve his ends, then he assumed an
authoritative tone, and I instantly be
came deaf Then he tried persuasion
and cabling; but I wouldn't weaken,
until he suddenly called me to him in a
low voice and with tears in his eyes,
said: "Crump,. would you refuse dying
man q drink of water?"
mo. Mr.. President" I answered,
"but you are not dying"
:But, Crump," he added 1eebly, ''if
you do not give it to me, I will die"
and he closed his eyes l couldn't
stand that, and couldn't disobey the
doctors. But somehow or another I
just set glass of spring water on the
table by bis head, and went to the win
dow; and, hang me, when I returned If
that glass wasn't empty, and the presi-
dent wanted to know, with asmile, what
I meant by tantalizing him by putting q
glass with no water in it within his
reach, and he so thirsty. However, he
never asked for any more that day, and
I am certain that ii he did drink that
water it did him no harm.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
The Wrong Sister,

At a recent dinner party there were
two sisters present, one a widow who
had lust emerged from her weeds, the
other not long married whose husband
had lately gone to India for short term.
A young lawyer present was deputed to
take the voting lady in to dinner. I'm
fortunately he was t1nder the impress.
sion that his partner was the married
lady whose husband had just arrived
in India. The conversation between
them com menced by the lsdy remark
ing how warm it was for the season Of
the year eyes, it is quite warm" re;
piled the lawyer. Then a happy thought
with cheerful smile, ''but not:as hot as
the place to which your husband has
gone" The look with which the lady
answered this lively sally, will haunt that
unhappy man till his death.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
Flower Garden,

III ling up of the beds and the
ean the walks and borders Of the
1efden lksuld be attended to as early in
- 1asas is practicable and all her.
eso ennials, such as lychnis, &C
IL hs1spurs, foxgloves, phloxes,
sleoAie1 elytras, ETC., should be we'll
& lS1ed I'd the soil loosened around
5 ther1, md III the clumps are quite large
lheis viii be much increased by
13he nm into several pieces and
B linQ sf1 So BOIL to the roots. These per-
B r. dl1ce the earliest flowers in
q syo - After the crocuses, tulips
have passed away they
( e Hover and success ion Of
: obtained from April to
4 lille they are all of the
baceous plants, as Lark
q p and Harebells, if left un-5
disturbed for years become poor and
Impoverished S therefore lift them, di-
vide them. keep the vigorous outside
brow away the dry, half de-9
lily living inside part Of the
ia plant in freshly-dug and
pnnd Some. kinds, as Irises,
and Stonecrop, spread 50
the surface Of the ground,
Z Eould 3be dug in within
ed, IL lifted reduced and
freshly dug soil they will
= than IL left untouched.
rienta1 Poppies and othersI
Il underground shootg and
inaecolslingly. The fIoet
snch plants a. Eank iast
III them md ~ them,
lNn6r 1oVGl sss:
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
THE AMERICAN ABROAD.
Sensible Advice of Lucy Hooper to
Intending Tourists.

Sensible Advice of Lucy Hooper to
Intending Tourists.
Paris Cor. OF the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Il the American traveller were to sail
Tor Europepnthe 18th of April and re-
tnrn the latter part Of August, he would
lind his summer trip far more enjoyable
than by the usual process of starting in
June and going home in October. He
would reach London before the arrival
of the great crowds Of the season. He
would see Paris in the very height ofhe
brightest and sgayest season, when shops
and picture galleries, parks and thea
tree. oil vie with, each other in attrac-
tiveness. And on his homeward voy-
age be would escape the terrible gales
Of the fierce tempests of
winter. AZ it is, he does not reach
Europe till the lovclincss ola continent
til spring y at an end, and he fingers
TIL he getaa foretste Of the grey skies
And continuous rains of an average
European Klnter.
would 4lso advise my country women
who propose coming abroad to steer
clear of either of the two extremities
into Whit q American ladies are apt to
fall, wfie they come to Europe, in re-
epect Of baggage. They are apt to bring
either too much or too little. Some pro-
vide themselves with g full summer
wardrobe, comprising light muslin aud
guaze dresses, fanciful hounced under
skirts, etc. Others leave behind them
every handsome article Of dress that
they may happen to possess, with the
intent 10 purchase whatever they may
need in Paris. Both styles of action are
unwise. A watering-place wardrobe is
totally useless in the ground Of travel
ing and sightseeing that goes to make
uo summer tour in Europe. On the
other hand, it is never we'll to
buy new dresses when one
first arrives, merely to have
their freshness destroyed by being worn
TO the opera or to some informal enter
tainment, to be- crushed into a steamer
trunk to be carried hither and thither,
being worn at the most some three OF
four tinles ] would recommend to
every hldy that purp poses coming abroad
to mAke q careful Selection from her last
yeAr's Wafdr0be, and bring the things
over that she wishes 10 wear out. A
handso me walking dress is necessary: it
shoukI he Of dark subdued coiors. Also
4 rich denf -loiiette, black silk or satin
or silk Ranxe, trimmed with lace or Jet,
and having tN0 Waists, one cut square,
with half loRHorla sleeves and made
2high throat, will be found extreme
" useful. have known American la
dies on their travels to be a good deal
hainpered by tho lack of just such
u1ee6.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
Young Men.

Many of our young men are suffering from
Q mental exhaustion, which renders them UNI
ft for business or study. Injurious habits
that weaken their constitution are chung to
with pertinacity that is appalling. Young
man, stopl let health and perfect manhood be
at least one Of your chief aims in life nyou
already begin to suffer from disturbing
dreams, ETC., make haste to strengthen the
weak portions Of your body by using that
strengthener of every part of the body, DR..
Guysott's Yellow Dock and Sarssparil1s. II
viii quickly restore your health and keep you
from falling into the rspacious clutches of
some advertising quack doctor. Be wise in
time 60 < IS = r. 3
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
l Have sinned ana / Have suf.ered

n t Va
have sinned and Have Suffered.
The first line of the following is the refrain
OF an uDwritten poem recited to q friend bv
John Howard Payne (author of .sHome
Sweet Home ~ just before his death in Tu-
nisl z5. = @.5:..- ~
have sinned and ] have suffered''-
Yet the world will never know
How tried to do my duty ..-..-
=. In the long, the long ago. ..- ~. p,
have sinned and have sufferedr-
Human nature is so weak;
ct my tongue cannot be tempted ..
10 disclose, betay or speak. A.-.
Il have sinned and have suffered"-
Who has not through blood and boneR
lfthere be mortal living,
y Let him brayely cast the stone.
II have sinned and 1 have suffered"-
Just the same as other men,
But my heart cannot be CONQUERED.
Nor the soul that burns within,
II have sinned and have suffered"-
Mourntul memories come to me:
Yet beyond the clouds CT sorrow
Riffs Of sunshine I can see.
II have sinned and have suffered' as
He can sink and He can save
All the human hearts that wander
To the clouds and silent grave. 80
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
Some OF Miss Parloa's Dishes in Her
Brooklyn Cooking School.

Some OF Miss Parloa's Dishes in Her
Brooklyn Cooking School.
AN1cE BEEF SrEw.-''S tews," said Par
loa, care very wholesome dishes, and
while they are generally liked are very
economical. Although it is not down in
the bill of fare for to-day, I will make
you beef stew, as promised some time
ago. I tindithe gentlemen are very fond
of this stew" continued Miss Pavloa, as
she proceeded to cut the fat from q
chunk of meat.
A sharp little matron, who seemed to
regard the reporter, the only male pres
ent, as an intruder, glanced at him and
snapped out viciouslv: They're fond Of
ANYTHING. to eat"
The rule for this beefstewis as follows:
Two pounds of beet (the round, flank, or
any cheap part; if there is bone in it
two and half pounds will be required),
one onion, two slices of carrot, two of
turnips. two potatoes, three tablespoon
fuls of flour, salt, pepper and generous
quart of water. Cut all the fat from the
meat and put in etew-pan; fry gently
time cut the meat in small pieces, and
season we'll with salt and pepper, and
then sprinkle over it two tablespoonful
of -four. Cut the vegetables in very
small pieces and put in the pot with the
fat. Fry them five minutes, stirring
well to prevent burning. Now put in
the meat, and move it about in the pot
until it begins to brown, then add the
quart of boiling water. Cover, let it boil
UP once, skim and set back where it
will just bubble for two and half hours.
Add the potatoes, cut in thin slices, and
one tablespoonful OF flour, which mix
smooth with half a cupful Of cold water,
pouring one-third of the water on the
-four at first, and R1ding the rest when
perfectly smooth. Taste and seeaif the
stew is seasoned enough, and if it is not,
sdd more salt and pepper. Let the stew
come to boil again, and cook ten min
uits; then add the dumplinps. Cover
tightly and boil rapidly ten minutes Ion
ger.
Mutton, lamb or veal can be cooked
in this manner. Wien veal is used, fry
but two slices of pork, and there will
not be much fat on the meat. Lamb and
mutton must have some of the fat put
aside, as there is so much on these meats
that they are otherwise very gross.
The dumplings are made in this way;
One pint Of -four. measured before sift-
ing; halfa teaapoonful Of coda. tea
spoonful Of cream of tartar. one ofsu9ar.
half Steaspoonfulo Of salt. Mix al thor
ou9hD, and run through ee1Re. Wet.
with small cupfdl Of milk EpThk kle q
little dOur on the board III 81 the
dough which shoul1 have been kifred
into smooth hall itl1 q spo0n@ On 1t
roll @ the thick Of half a 81 cut
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
FARM ERS' C0IU MN,
Farmers Paragraphs.

Cream il how largely sold BY farmer
to factories, l13 cubic inches are taken
for a pound Of butter, and the inanufac,
ttrer Is allowed five cents tor working it
DIP. .
A correspondent of the Toronto Globe
says he::cured egg eating hens BY laying
in the nests and about the floor of the
poultry-ho eggs emptied of their
contents through half inch hole at the
end and filed with paste Of strong mus.
tard. kept in with bit of paper stuck
over the opening. Gone application" Of.
fected an entire reform.
/ Iron and steel may be marked in the
following manner: Cover the part with
wax. first dipping it in sulphuric acid to
cleanse it, then mark in the wax with
steel point the design that is to be bitten
in: raise a wall of WAX around it and
pour pure hydrochloric acid into it.
Leave the acid until it has corroded the
marks deeply for the purpose de-
sired.
There is an import duty upon all
woods from foreign countries. The pres
emit rates and until July are: For
merino wool. such as that from France,
of value of 80 cents and less a pound,
10 cents pound and II per cent. on the
value additional: over 81 cents pound,
II cents pound and 10 per- cent. aid va
iorem: ON. the other woods the rates are
about the same.
To prevent gapes in young chickens,
keep them out of the wet; but when the
disease appears, put little camphor in
their drinking water, and also give q
minute piece of the camphor gum as a
pill. If these do not cure them, you
must remove the worm from the wind
pipe with feather or loop of hair. Lice
on chickens may be destroyed by dust
Ing their feathers with flowers of sui
phur; but the best preventative is to
dust the nest oil, the hen, when sitting,
with sulphur: We always put 9 table,
spoonful of si1lphurin the nest when the
eggs are given to the hen, and have
never had young chickens troubled with
lice.
When a horse eats it's bedding it is
suffering from a depraved appetite due
generally to indigestion, and the indiges-
ton produces cough. This may be con-
silered as the state of the Case when
cough is associated with depraved ap-
petite and at the same time the horse
appears rough and out of condition. The
treatment should be to give a pint of
inseed-oil and repeat it the second day
afterward. To feed moist feed for
time. with bran mash, and to avoid
oyerfeeding. TO use sawdust for bed
ding and no litter at all; and to give d
teaspoonful of ginger, two teaspoonfuls
6f salt, and one OF powdered gentiati
root once a day in the feed for month.
Salt should be given in a moderate
quantity--half an ounce daily-and may
prevent this trouble,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-05-10
Our Country and Other Countries.
Snmeh0dv has taken the trOnh1e IN


Somebody has taken the trouble to
collect the following figures, which will
prove interesting as an exhibit of the
growth and condition of the United
States as compared with other leading
nations of the earth: .y
ACCOUNTED States, dating from the
Declaration of Independence, 100 years;
United Kingdom, dating from William
the ConQueror, 800; France, dating from
Charlemagne, l, 100; Russia, dating from
Peter the Great, $780,; Austria, dating
from Charlemagne, ,lU.
Population States, 80, 15O, 600;
Great Britain, "a sos 600; France, 81, lG6,-
90; Germany, "a, 1867 900; Russia, So
4OO, 600; Austria, SO, 175, 600.
Wealth United States, SIS 200, 900 600;
Great Britain, $45, O00, 600, 600; France,
$4,000, O00, 000;; Germany, sci, OOO, OOO,-
600; Russia, SIS, 0o0, 0oo, 900; Austria, Sl4,-
100000, 900. q.
Debt-United States, $500, 600 600;
Great Britain, 300, 600. 900; France,
81, OOO, DOC, goo; Germany, $50, OOO, COO:
Russia 81 .OO0, O00, 900; Austria, s., OOO, OO0,-
600. 81. 5.35,#
Expense-United States. $257, 600 900;
Great Britain. SALE. 00O, 600: France.
$3.50, oOO, oo o0; &c Germany, $500 goo;
600. s S.
Production United States: Apricul-
ture, $500, COO, COO: manufacture. S..
OOO, COZ, 900. Great Britain: Agriculture
81, 200, COO, 600; manufactures, 81, 600, OOO.-
900. France: Agriculture, 5000. Co.,
600; manufactures, s., SOC, 600 900. Ger
many: Agriculture, 81 800, o00, COO: man
st1facfurAa 81. 10O O1(1 nm Rnaaia OF.