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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-12

the latter part of June, but these late
rains and cool days are beginning tc
make the effects of the drouth dis.
appear, and it the favorabls weather
continues, we may expect pretty
fair crop. Grain is short for the
season, and is just beginning to head
out, and I have heard good many
farmers express their belief. that
there will not be more than a half or
two thirds of a crop harvested under
the most favorable conditions.
have noticed several fields of barley
that is good, well headed, and looked
as though it whuld be up to the
average crop. Corn, potatoes and
garden truck in general look first
rate. :,
Our District school closed, the 9Th
inst. Mr.. Cutler gave good satis-
faction. Number ofscholars enrolled
IS.
A large crowd spent the 4th here
and listened to an excellent Grafton
by Elder Woodruff; good music and
a splendid dinner, and in the after.
noon, base ball and the trotting race
between DR.. Tyler's mare and AL.
Hazen's bay mare. They trotted four
half mile heats, and were given an
even score. The half mile pony race
was easily won by DR.. Tyler's black
pony, ridden by Mrs. Thomas.
The evening was devoted to boating,
fireworks and the Bowery ball, which
was participated in by large num-
Der Of young people, and some older
ones too.
And we should mention, as an
other event of the day, the marriage
of Miss Hettie, daughter of Elder
Reeves, to Mr.. j. Donelson, of
Spring Valley, MINI. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Wells,
Of Alexandria. They received a
number of nice presents, and the
congratulations of a host of friends.
F.
July 9, 1883.
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Fourth OF July in Lake Park.
July 8, 1883.

Fourth Of July in Lake Park.
The one hundred and seventh an
niversary of our national holiday
was celebrated in the village of Lake
Park in a most interesting and be-
coming manner, and our town is te
be congratulated on the success witt
which the programme was carried
out:
The exercises were as follow.
At 10 O'Clock a. M, a procession
was formed at the bowery, headed
by the marshal of the day, M. A.
Scheldrup, the popular druggist OF
that town, who performed the duties
of his Office in a highly creditable
and satisfactory manner:
Next in order WAS the Cefnet
Band Of St. Olaf: Iowa, wpo dis
coursed excellent music at Intervals
during the entire day. as we'll as for
the pleasure seekers who took part
in the evenings dance.
Then came platform wagon upon
which were seated the little girls OF
Lake Park school, all tastefully ar
ranged, in white dresses, blue sashes,
end caps bearing the names of the
several states of our glorious union
Following this was wagon occu-
pied by the speakers of the day,
which in it's turn was followed by a
long procession of towns people and
visitors.
After parading through the prin-
cipal streets of the village, the pro-
cession halted at the bowery, where
they were entertained by music and
literary exercises as follows:
Music. Reading of the declaration
of independence, by Prof. G.. l..
Jones, Principal of Lake Park school.
Music. An able speech on the SUBJ
ject OF the day. by the Hon, E. w.
Thorp, of Wadena. The speech was
highly interesting, and was frequent
ly Interrupted by hearty applause.
Muaic. A speech in the Skandina-
Wan language, by Editor Miller, of
Fargo, D. T. Music. A vote OF
thanks was then accorded the speak
ers of the day, after which the crowd
dispersed, to partake of the enjoya-
BILE refreshments provided by the
several Lake Park hotels.
The entertainments were closed by
a brilliant display of fireworks in the
evening, followed by grand dance
at the bowery.
We think great credit is due the
committees by whom the programme
and amusements OF the day were pre-
pared and so successfully carried
out. Corr REsPoNDENr.
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Wanted.

Wanted.
Fifty teams to draw lumber from
the Wadena Lumber Co.'S. mill, in
Paddock, to New York Mills. Dis
tance IL miles; So per 1000 feet, Sur
faced lumber, $3.50 dimension. Ap-
ply at once at the Wadena Lumber
Co.'S. Office, New York Mills, or to
the subscriber in Paddock.
w. H. GCSHA.
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LOCAL TINE CARD OF N. P. R. R.

TRAINS GOING WEST.
No. !. Mail, daily except Sunday Pm
Mes. Express, 4:U q. m.
No. y. Freight, I" " l2:4O p. m.
TRAINS GOING EAST.
M . Mail. daily except Sunday, 1O:45 q. m.
NJ 4 Express. HISS p. m.
NJ 81 I" 12:40 p. m.
Freights Nos. "a, q, 81 and 32 carry passengers.
stages leave every Friday morning at O'Clock
for Long Prairie, connecting with the sauk Gen.
ire Northern Railroad.
STAGES leave Wadena every Monday and
Thursday for Wrightstown and Parkers Prai-
rie, connecting at Parkers Prairie with stages
:: for Alexandria.
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Business Cards.
WADINA POST OFFICE.

OPEN FROM 7:3O A. NJ. TO $3.50 P. NJ.
Mail closes, going East at 1045 and 545 pm.
Mail closes, going West at..............3:Ocp pm.
Mail closes fot Parkers Prairie Mondays
and Thursdays at......................9.O0 800 am.
Mail closes for Inman and Deer Creek at $50
Mail cleses for Long Prairie Friday at. 200
Moner Orders can be obtained upon post
ofaees in all parts of the United States.
GILES PEAKE, P. NJ.
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Letter List.

-" Letter List
List OF, ,Lettcrs sen,1f fnip Postodace =,
Wadsna.s Minn., July 18th, 1883.
Amos Campeton, Frank Essilstine,
Heinrich Fette, Richard Fairchild 2,
H. Nj. Johnson, P. T. Johns, Louis
Jardot, Robert D. Logan Edwin
Morgan 2, II, J. ~Moller, Geter Robin
son. Anna M. Smades.
In calling for these letters please say "Adycr-
tised." GILES PEAKE, P. NJ.
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Additional
For Sale.

For Sale
Fifty cords Of dry wood. Enquire
of G. Northfoss. -.
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For Sale.
One second hand Mccormick self
binder, warranted to d good work.
Enquire at Barron's Grocery.
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LATER

Farmers were somewhat disconr-
aged during the dry aud hot weather:
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This house making
lone the Rail
The proprietor give comfort
guests. Terus Reasonable ..ss:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-01-19

Stoves may be kept looking nice
for sometime by rubbing them thor
oughly with a newspaper every morn
ing.
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Religious Department.
THE HEAVENLY WORLD ) !.

Oh. where is that Heaven Of glory.
That beautiful home Of the bleet.
Where hearts. that are sad with iife's story.
Find peace, and the sweetness of rest?
Do stars that smile on us at oven
Will that be the precious home given
When we ntheir blessedness share?
We look on the sky's perfect azure.
And long with great long ny to know -
Just where 1t will be our Lords pleasure
Our freed, happy spirits shall go.
Sometimes there comes DER us shrinking
At thought Of the changing of place. -
OF breaking the bonds that are linking
Our souls to this narrow earth space.
If. only, we knew where the spirit
Would dwell when the body doth sleepl
What place in the vastness Inherit
Where God His beloved viii keepl
The babe that is peacefully sleeping
The sleep that no waking can know
In Heaven has gained, and is keeping.
The knowledge we pant for below.
Oh, poor. troubled heart that is frettinv
To know what has not been revealed.
Have faith that our Lord, not forgetting.
Keeps part OF the future concealed.
But, surely, enough has been told thee
To give TO the soul perfect peace.
For Christs arms of love will Unfold thee,
AND sorrow forever shall cease.
No tears will there darken thy vision;
The parting of friends will he DER;
While all. in that region eIysian.
Shall dwell with the God they adore.
IN. Y. Observer.
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How window Glass is Made.

10 the uninitiated. sitting by the win
dow, tapping the pane idly as you look
through it,-it would seem almost an i'm
possibility to saw that the window glass
was blown, and vet it is all simple
enough when we have seen the process.
Having seen bottles, ETC., blown. INV
steps naturally took the direction of the
largest of the window-glass factories,
and having obtained permission from
the superintendent, we were soon in
what Is known as the L.sfurnaee room. {"
where the main work of glass -making,
including the blowing process, is done,
1t is a novel sight. and one shall not
forget soon. The lurid light of the
7any glowing furnaces, the Quietly but
quickly moving forms of the workmen
gliding around in and among the shad-
ows, made q sight that would REQUIRE
only a weak imagination to seem ali but
demoniaeaL am hardly well enouoh
acquainted with the,art to describe the
process minutely.. and should anv ..bos,
blower happen to see this article he
Will pleasetp crit else me lightly.
10 continue. First he it known that
the glass OF commerce is composed prin-
Q pally of white sand, though arsenic.
lime soda ash OF some kind and some
minor chemicals in small qua ntities are
essential. The first step is to free the
sand from all impurities. This is done
by washing it in huge watts. After be-
ing washed and the compounds com.
pleted. consisting of the various articles
already mentioned. the mixture is mt
INTO huge crucible called 1.-THE pot. y
lou have all seen those little burned
clay crucibles jewelers.. use. Well, thi:
IS quite similar. only it is as large as :
nogshead: This huge pot is lifted by .
device quite similar to hook and lad.
der truck. except that it has long iror
arms. The whole device being or
wheels. tbs rolled into the furnace room
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Against Anxiety.

1t is distrust of God which lies at the
root of unlawful anxiety. A feeble APP
prehension of God, as the agent who
overrules everything. and determines
those causes which lie outside OF our
reach. and those events which escape
our foresight-that it is which shades
the soul with vague uncertainty. and
fills with canseless alarms the darkness
who counts for so much in the contin-
gencies of life, be one whose attitude
to us may be wholly trusted. or the sus-
picion that we may ha e really as much
10 dread as to h pc for from HIS super
intendency- that it is which cannot but
unsettle mans steadtast outlook into
the coming days, and toss his spirit to
and fro in the restle sness of distrac-
ton. Because we are ''of little faith, 4"
therefore are we not content to plan
and work, and having planned and
wrought, to sit and wait; but must
| fidget ourselves about that which may
be, until patience gnaws US like worm.
and our imagination, picturing disaster
in the dark, burns us like fire. Why
is it that popular proverbs attest how
much worse are fancied ills than real
ones, and how the evils which we most
dread never overtake us, but just be-
cause this distr1stful human heart OF
ours is so prone to prophecy, and so
lively to exaggerate misfortune. Like
soothing. cooling breath from Sc
rener wo Id, there comes down upon
the feve ish, self-tormenting spi its of
men this word of one who was the
messenger OF Him whom VIC distrust:
BE not anxious about your life; be not
anxious about tomorrow. Req. j.
Os1Cdld Dukes.
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Gems OF Thought.

There is no religion without wor.
ship. and there is no worship without
the Sabbath. -Mont0lenabert.
Sometimes God gamers the dews
of life. holding the tiny precious drops
in reserve to form some sudden shower
of mercy, which shall save from utter
barrenness the parched. arid soil in its
season of burning need.-Ellen OliUer.
No nan ever lifted up his fellow,
ever taught sad heart to hope or in.
fused the power of new purpose into
broken sp rit, but that he grew in
stature and e perienced. in compensa.
ton for any loss suffered, the Joy that
makes the soul forever glld. W. X.
Davis.
Love, not vindictive justice, love in
the sense of choice and purpose to pro.
mote, as far as possible, the well-beng
of all creatures. is the essence and prin-
ciple of the Divine moral nature, of
which all other attributes of God are
the outcome, as the branches are of the
tree. g. N. Weber.
The great hindrance to Chris
tian progress is unchristian Chris
tianity-Christian doctrine without a
Chri> tian practice The chief priests,
scribes and elders were religious after
an irrelioiou kind. They mumbled The
right ords. but they did not live the right
life or develop the right spirit. 1t was
religion gone sour-the wine of piety
turned into the vinegar of resentment.
Joseph Parker.
Justin Martyr tells us that he was
led from philosophy to religion by the
godly lives of the early Christians. And
when the native converts of Madagascar
on presenting themselves for baptism
were asked: ..What first led you to
think of becoming ChristiansP Was it
some sermon or address, or the reading
of Gods word?" the answer usually
was: 1t was the changed conduct of
tnosc who had become Christians
Some months ago we printed a
memorial from Swiss workmen who
asked for the restoration of Sunday as a
rest day. The grounds were: The aboli-
ton of the day in the interests OF
amusement had SO revnlut onizei pub
lie sentiment that employers expected
workmen TO labor on SUNDAY with no
more protest than If it were Monday or
Saturday. Yet, wages for the seven
days are as when the labor was on six
| days--N. w Christian AdUocdte.
During the. last years of his life
Thurlow Weed took great interest in
the controversies over the supposed
conflict between science and religion.
Shortly be- ore his final illness he left
this record of the result of his medita-
tons upon the subject of future life: 81
cannot believe. and cannot be brought
to believe, that the purpose Of our crea-
ton is fulfilled by our short existence
here. To me the existence of another
world is a necessary supplement of this.
to adjust its inequalities and Undue it
with moral significance"
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The Useless Young Man.

This is bad season for the young
man who lives on his father. In fact,
it may be said that when the SHOWS
come and the north wind blows the
young mans occupation vanishes. Like
the bear and the ground hog, the young
man hibernates until the coming of
spring. There is one vital point of diff
ference, however, between the bear and
the young man. The bear lives during
the winter off the riches he has labored
through the summer to store inside his
shaggy fur, while the young man, who
tolls not through the summer, subsists
on the results of his fathers brains and
industry. Yet Solomon. in all the glory
OF past age, was not arrayed like one
of these young men. If he had been.
his reputation for wisdom would have
taken wings and scared away. 1t may
be argued that if the young man is not
very useful he does not cost very much
to keep. Usually he may be found seek
ing sustenance at the end of a cane, al
though the most expert cooks have nev-
er found that soup made from the knob
of cane can rank with soup made from
beef or green turtle. However, the
young mans stomach, like his whole
organization, is SO delicate that beef
soup would bring ON severe attack of
indigestion. Cane soup, therefore, is
more to his fancy and is much easier to
obtain.
The use of the young man just now is
not quite clear. During the summer he
was needed by the hotel man to keep up
| appearances at the resorts He didn' t
| give his father much trouble In the sum-
mer months, because the hotels and the
mammas, with unattractive bat mar
riageable daughters, took care of him;
but now that cold weather has driven
him into the streets, and the sharp
winds whistle about his bamboo legs
like tornado through the rigging of a
ship, he becomes burden to his parents
and a source of positive anxiety to phi
lanthropists. Occasionally he creeps
out from his winter hiding place and
moves up and down the streets. closely
watched by the police lest he should
make indecent remarks to some poor
but respectable shop girl. So
THESE are unfayorable days for the
young man. The weather is too cool
for walking the streets. the theaters and
the dancing academies do not need him,
the escort bureau is q failure, and am
bilious mammals are paying more. at
tcntion to young men who know how to
earn a decent living. During the winter
he is of no apparent use, and his un-
fortunate father puts up margins on
him, like bad investment, hoping for a
boom in that branch of stock. Whether
that win ever come is mystery of the
future What becomes of the young
man in after life is . mystery as we'll
Two or three years after his first ap-
pearance he loses his identity and
merges into the great throng that is
always hurrying into the distance with
out thought or aim. On that dim hori-
zon of life he vanishes and is forgotten
Philadelphia Times.
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PACTs AND FIGURES.

y THE, consumption of thread of the
best grades In the United States Is 21,-
O00.000 spools per annum.
t-England paid about S17, 900. 600 for
convincing Arab Bey that he ought
not 70 rebel against his own govern
The whole number of letters mailed
in this country during the year 1880
was 1858, 252, $40, or an average of 81
to each man, woman and child in the
country.
"A Joint stock company has been or
gained at Columbia, Mo-, for 80, 600
acre cattle ranch in Texas, the lands
being located near railroads and about
= 100 miles west OF Dallas. The compa-
ny have S15O.00O. and will fence the
entire tract ttr
I'm 1881 1S, go persons were killed
by snakes in India. and 2, 757 by wild
animals; As, COZ head OF cattle were de-
stroyed by snakes and wild animate
during the same year; 254. 1858 snakes
and 1924 wild animals were destroyed,
and RS. 102, $40. discussed by the gov.
eminent in rewards for their destruc-
ton.
Mr.. Henry M. Smith. of Worcester,
Mass. who has given much attention to
the subject, finds the fences now in the
United States amount to 100000 Of
miles. or enough to encircle the world.
oceans and land. 240 times. and have
u costthe snug little sum Of Sl,900.0O0,-
600, and that the annual expense for
new fence in the country has been over
$50, 900, 600. In new countries the cost
- of the fences Is often greater than that
of the buildings in which the people
and their animals find shelter. Boston
Post.
According to the existing Russian
law apostasy from the State religion
entails severer penalties than theft or
murder. A Russian subject who aban-
dons the orthodox faith for any other
whatever is deprived of his children,
his estate is handed over TO guardians
appointed by the state. and he himself
is liable to prosecution by the Holy
Synod until he abiures. The GOloS re-
marks that this severity defeats its own
object, and advises that this antiquated
legislation should be abolished in favor
of full religious tolerance and liberty
of conscience, after the example OF
Western Europe.
In order to know how many people
die every year one has only to examine
the statistics of the worlds population.
Asia has 800. 900. 900 inhabitants; Eu-
rope, 305, 900, 600; Africa, 2O4, 900. 600;
America, $4,000. 600; Oceanica, 5,OO0.-
600. These are low estimates. which
give total of 1.4O0. O00. 000 Allowing
to the inhabitants of the earth an aver.
age life Of thirty-nine years, it is found
that every year 80, 1885, 900 people die
--- $3.50 deaths per hour. sixty-three deaths
each minute, or more than one per
second. Thus every second "a leaf
falls from-the vast tree of life, to be
forthwith replaced by q new one."-
Chicago Herald.
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f-ftf 80
Then and Now In Fiji.

Gordon Cumming writes of the ISL
ands In the South. Sees: .4.1e 49,
Think of the sick buried alive; the
array of widows who were deliberate
ly strangled on the death of any great
man; the living victims who were
buried beside every post of a chief 8
new house. and must needs stand clasp
ing it. while the earth was gradually
heaped over their devoted heads; or
those who were bound hand and foot,
and laid on the ground to act as rollers,
when a chief launched a new canoe,
and thus doomed to death of excru-
ciating agony: q time when there was
not the slightest security for life or
property. and no man knew how quick
ly his own hour of doom might come;
when whole villages were depopulated
simply to supply their neighbors with
fresh meat
Just think of ali this, and of the
change that has been wrought, andthen
just imagine white men who can sheer
at missionary work in the way they do,
Now you may pass from isle to isle,
| certain everywhere to find the same cor.
dial reception by kindly men and WON.
en-. Every village on the eighty in.
habited isles has built for ITSELF tidy
church, and good house for its teacher
or native minister, for whom the vii
lage also provides food and clothing.
Can you realize that there are nine hun
dred Wesleyan churches in FIJI, at ev-
cry one of which the frequent services
are crowded by devout congregations;
that the schools are wei attended; and
that the first sound which greets your
ear at dawn and the last at night. is
that of hymn-singing and most fervent
worship, rising from each d-rAli3s al
the hour of family prayerP"
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rebel. the sinner. and place him ON
the highway to success, for it is the
threshold to life eternal. IN w. Chris
tiGn ADVOCATE. ass 1s
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DEEP w AFTER
The --latest Project AT Calves
ton
-HAlv..tnn Now. of Yest.rlavl

Galveston News, Of iest,rlayD
For years past the PROPOSE ion to build
into the GultH a r'eans OF rrHching dep
water ln- received more Hr |, IS attention.
The pr jet Is therefore not new, but a
re' abilit ton OF old ideas. y News re.
y r;rr saw MIR 5 'ulig,on yesterday and
u-kri him about the enterprise. Sid hc:
1T ls not yef fully orgauilei, aud 1t is
hardly soon enough to talk about il "
"llOw me YOU going To RAISE the $1,000.
OOO?"
is received before GU ask leading ques-
tlOn-'
"Nil it cost that amount OF money to
build the pipr,?'
# have The estimates of the man who
built he piers at Mauh t'an beach. HI,
ligura- are, believe, Sio7 900 mic. an /
h. will take hai OF that amount In stock.
Bat OF that can speak more fully later
on"
How many ships will one Of the pro.
posed piers ace mmodute"
about fifteen or twenty, | shoul /
roughly estimate
"Ihcu, IN rider to be Of service to the
commerce Of he port, you will have to
build several piers, won't youy'
"Oh, that Is what IL proposed to be
done ultimately
"lhrn the question comes back, how
are you going to get the money!
1--WE eNpe. t to issue stock, of course.
But until the organization Of the CONF
pnuy is completed no definite plan can
be ammo need
The reporter saw Mr., Herman and
one or two other m NIB rs of the com
pany, who stated, like Mr.. Seeligsou,
thtt unu tn organization was per
fected nothing an huritHtive could b
given ont; but all alluded to the stock
subscription system, aud united in say
ing that tue movement was in no sense
hostile to the government Improvement
work now IN progress.