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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
The Sham and the Real.

Every good thing has it's host of imitators;
every genuine article its counterfeits. Bad
manners and wicked habits have theirs also;
but he who shsms the bad never boasts oft
while they who ape the virtues of the good or
simulate the genuine never hesitate to place
the counterfeit before the public in their most
they always choose . pronounced type or
popular subject to copy from; and when they
claim to be as good as "So.a1d-So." or to sell
IN article equal to ''So-and-So," the public
may depend upon it that Mr.. $50. and-So''
and his article are always of the best kind.
Thus the sham il always proving the genuine
m crit ofthe thingit copies.
A firm of enterprising gentlemen produce
and popularize an article of household use,
such sthe Royal Baking Powder, whose con-
venience, usefulness and real merit make tor
hundred imitators rise on every hand, and as
they hold out their sham articles to the pub
Lie, yelp in chorus, "Buy this: it. Just as good
q Royal, and much cheaper!" The Royal
Baking Powder Is the standard the world
over, and its imitators in their cry that theirs
is ''as good - Royal" areall tne time empha-
sizing this fact. In their laborious attempts
toshowby analysis and otherwise that the
SNOWFALL" brand has Is much raising power
':asthe Royal" or that tho Resurrection
powder is q wholesome ''as Royal" or that
the ''Earthvuake'' brand is las pure rs the
Royal. q we'll Is by their contoTtive twist
ings of chemical certificates and labored eI-
forts to obtain recognition from the govern
ment chemists and prominent scientists who
have certified thesup e1iority of Royal overall
others, they oil admit the ''tRoyal" to be the
acmeof perfection, which it is their highest
ambition to initiate. But the difference be-.
tween the real and these limitations, which
copy only it, general appearance, IL q wide
mond. The shans Ill pay homage to the
s.Roval."
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
Pleading For His Papa.

The pleadings of little boy not more
than years old, who struggled and
kicked to free himself from the brawny
arms of a policeman, made last nights
late pedestrians on Chestnut street, near
Fifth, stop and wonder what offense
such a child could possibly commit. A
few PAGES ahead walked another officer,
having in charge lazy-looking man,
with his head bandaged in huge cloth,
who belongs to that type met with after
dark on any of the populous thorough
fares. At the Central Station the officers
told the sergeant in charge that the man
and his child were found begging and
they thought for the child's sake the two
should be held until investigation could
discover whether the little fellow
was properly cared for or not. The
man began to beg in the familiar way for
his liberty and making very slight i'm
preston on the sergeant, when the little
fellow, who could restrain his feelings
no longer, spoke up in a straightforward
fashion that surprised the group of off,
GERS:
pa 90. I promise YOU we won't get
caught again. Please let him CO."
"Does he treat you well?" asked one
of the officers.
ooh, yes, sir; he's good papa, he il
better thin anybody's papa here, l
know"
."Have you mother?'
eyes sir, but she don't tive at home.
Please, sir, let papa 90"
"Don't you like her?"
"No, sir: because papa doesn't like
her. declare you won't never see me
again if you'll let papa 20. he said, with
emphasis as he put tiny hand in an
old, patched mitten on the big police
mans arm.
"Can your father support you without
begg,ng?" inquired the sergeant:
ooh, yes sir; papa generally has
money. See that nice new hat on bis
head? made him buv that for himself,
did. He's splendid papa; deed he
is. Won't you let him 60?
The earnestness OF the child won its
way to the sympathies of the sergeant
and he ordered their release. The little
fellows face lit up with delight. He
pulled off one of the torn mittens from a
chu oby little fist, spat in the palm "for
luck;" and extending the blackened
digits like a thankful man, he sa d:
There, Mister Policeman; Shake
hands," The officer hid the little hand
in big muscular one. you're the
right kind of man, you are, and I say
God bless you. God bless you all."-
PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

Necessary to choice, "a.
The only notable change was the return
of Senator Billion, who has voted for d.
Wis and Kindred, to Window and the change
has been so faithful, to Davis.
In the evening Mr.. WINDOWS friends
held q caucu at which it was resolved to
continue the contest indefinitely.
On Wednesday JAM, "a, there were three
ballots, all resulting about the same as be-
fore, and Window standing 81. The changes
in the first ballot form the last one, of Tues
day were Cullen, Wilson to Davis; McKusick,
Cole. The other changes-and all were
recognized as putting into play guerilla tao
tics-were Belle. Dunnell to Davis; Cullen,
Davis to Wilson; Demueles, Wilson to Kin
dred; John Peterson, Cole to Start; Carson,
Dunnell to Start and McNamara, Hubbard
to Wilson.
On Thursday 25th, one ballot was taken as
follows: Window, so; Wilson, 80; Cole, 16;
Dunnell, 10; Hubbard, 9; Kindred, 6; Davis,
4; Start, 4; Farmer, 8; Wakefield, 2; Berry,
Strait, Gilman, 1; Waite, l; Castle, 1. Total,
49,
The principal changes were Crosby, Hub
bard to Dunnell; Dilley. Wilson to Cole;
McNamara, Hubbard to Wilson; Chisholm,
Waite to Wilson; White, Cole to Wilson;
and Frank, Davis to Wilson.
In the evening Al anti Window members
held caucus and resolved to stand out to
the last.
On Friday, Is, one ballot was taken result
ing as follows: Window, 40; Wilson, "a;
Cole, 16; Dunnell, 10; Hubbard, 8; Kindred.
6; Davis, S; Start, 4; Farmer, 3; Strait, 2;
Wakefield, 2; Berry, l; Castle, i; Donnelly,
1: Gilman, Total, 143. Necessary to a
choice, 72.
The legislature adjournedto Tuesday 3Oth,
when it is expe, ted there will be breakup
and an election soon thereafter.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

The great railroad event this year will
be the completion of the Northern Pa
cific between Lake Superior and Puget
Sound. The mileage now completed be
tween these two great bodies of water is
l, 4S5 miles. The line on the east is con-
structed from Superior to Bozeman, a
distance of ], 049 miles. On the west the
track is completed to point near the
mouth of the M;ssoula River, leaving
hardly more than three hundred miles
of road to be constructed TO fill this gap
betweenLake Superior and Puget Sound.
In this estimate no note is made of sew
eral branches and side divisions. Prac-
tically the Northern Pacific railroad does
not begin nor end on Lake Superior.
That was convenient point made in the
organization of the original company.
The branch on the western end from
Wallula to Portland, Oregon is 210
miles long.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

The course of the American press to
wards Mrs. Langtry must be condemned
by every one who has read a 1.-THE Of
what has appeared about her since she
reached our shores. Admitting that she
is mediocre actress, that she lacks dis
cretion, is woefully imprud ent, or even
criminal-which is not directly charged
the attacks upon her trench closely
upon coarse brutality. She is woman
ryirg to earn an honest living in an ar
duors profession, and to better the for
tunes of her husband, and if all base
suspicious were true, she is no worse
than score of artists who have received
the plaudits of the press and people.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

Crimes and casualties are very numer-
Gus this cold weather, and the details
are unpleasant reading. Crime is always
with us, but there are periods like the
present when it seems to be an epidem-
ic. Many of the casualties are incident
to the season. During two-thirds of the
month of January about 800 persons have
been burned to death, so killed by explo-
sions, 1000 drowned by the European
floods, and from 300 to 400 lost on
wrecked ocean ships. The property loss
has also been enormous, and there have
never been as many failures in this coun-
try in the same length of time.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
Mr.. Washburn and the White Earth
Reservation.

Reservation.
Washington Special: The fact that Mr..
Washburn's consolidation bill is just now
creating some controversy, Mr.. WASN'T Urn
was asked for IN explanation of his present
apathy with reference to its passage. He
said that his bill when introduced provided
for the removal ofthe various bands If Chip
was we'll adapted for agricultural purposes,
and the sale vf the vacated reservations at
the apprised value fthe lands the proceeds
to 60 toward assisting the Indians to get
started in their new pursuits. It provided,
of course, for treaty with the Indians be-
fore their removal. The White Earth res
ervation was ample in extent to
give each Indian an allotment eof 100
acres and have 5000 acres unoccupied.
But the department and the committee on
Indian affairs recommended that the thir-
teen townships outside of the White Earth
reservation Withdrawn and added to it by
executive order OF March 10, 1879 should
also be included in the proposed consolida-
ton. This would prevent the restoration
of 100000 acres of excellent pine lands to
the public domain. As he favors the OPEN
ing of this land to the public he could not,
of course, favor the passage Of the commit
tees bill, The claim of the Red Lake In
dams that their lands are going to be taken
from them of course amounts to nothing,
as if the bill had become law they could
not be removed against their will. The
Lend which 1t was proposed to throw open
was coded by them long ago, and they now
have NO claim to it.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
Oscar Wilde on America.

The resident London correspondent of
the Philadelphia Times sends spicy inter-
view with Oscar Wilde on the day of his
arrival in London. The apostle of sestheti-
cism says:
The average American is narrow minded
and ignorant; magnificent liar, resembling
the English in all their bad points. but
none of their good ones; having no respect,
and utterly wanting in veneration.
american newspapers" said Oscar,
"were full of news. written with mini
mum amount of brains and in good English
but put together without regard to truth or
decency. They (the newspaperg were
stamped With incompetency. There was no
art in America. Even the pictures of the
magazines and periodicals were but elemen-
tarY. In the States there was foundation
for an excellent school of literature, but at
present it was too clanish." In reply to the
query, ':Are you going back to America
ever?" Oscar replied, ''Not 1, indeed"
From other sources the correspondent learn
ed that Oscar had told the following story
in regard to his escapade just before sailing:
A man calling himself A. Drexel called
on me and wanted me to see picture by
Millette He enticed me into confidence
game, cleaned me out of nearly 81 600, and
then drew me out. also got into trouble
by espousing the cause of Mrs. Langtry too
warmly, and made enemies by trying to
bring her into dinner party, the managers
of which wrote me that the dinner would be
postponed on that account.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
RECORD OF CASUALTIES.

RECORD OF CASUALTIES.
At Winooski, VT, car ran off the track,
collding with another car loaded with ker-
osene oil, which exploded setting fire to a
large wooden storehouse close to the track.
The storehous. was consumed, together
with its contents, which consisted of wool
and mill supplies of all kinds, belonging to
Burlington wooden companies. Loss $125,
600; insurance SIS, 900. 1t is now said that
the loss will reach $500, 900. The Vermont
Central had ten loaded freight cars burne d.
The cause of the fire was hot boxes on the
wrecked kerosene oil car.
At Atlanta, Ga, building containing a
Masonic hall and the stores of w. A. Pipe
and Proctor, drygoods, was burned with
stock. The adjoining store of Roberts &
Sanders was destroyed with part of the
stock. Loss SIS, 600; insured.
At Elkhart, Ind, an iron band manu-
featuring establishment burned. One hun
dred men are out of employment. Loss, $780,
600; insurance, $4,000.
The shoe factory of Marin Clapp &
French and three residences at Tapleyville,
Mass, burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance,
5000.
The total loss by the Omaha fire foots up
$135, 1000.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
Senate, Friday, January 26.


Bills were introduced: To provide for
laying out of cartways in pine timber; to al
low railways to increase capital stock by
vote of majority of stockholders; to regulate
the licensing of sale of liquor; to constitute
a state board to examine teachers; to regulate
the practice of medicine in Minnesota; and
to legalize the organization of the county of
Cook.
The special committee on rules reported
in favor of making rules Of twenty-seeond
session those of this one; adopted. House
bills: Allowing Stevens county to issue
bonds; amending the act for appointment
of board of control for Ramsey county aims.
house; repeating the act incorporating the
village Of Buffalo. Wright county; and SEN
ate bill reducing rate of in
terest on sale Of public lands,
and amen ding the constitution so as to re-
strict the granting OF aid to railways, were
tor Truax's game bill was amended, and
recommended to pass, and If it should 60
through the house (Which seems unlikely
the time for shooting chickens would he
fixed on from the 18th of August to the 18th
of October.
Senator Steeners0n's bill provides that the
counties of Kittson, Marshall, Polk, Clay,
Beltrami and Becker, of the Eleventh Judi
cial district and Wiikin, from the Seventh,
he taken therefrom and constituted irto q
new judicial district to be known as the
Thirteenth.
The bill further provides that on the next
general election after its passage Judge for
such district be voted for and chosen by the
legal voters of the counties named.
Senate adjourned to Tuesday, 30th inst.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

The Fina ncial Chronicle of New York
takes hopeful view of the business out
look. 1t says evident encouragement is
found in the fact that the business sus-
pensions, which are usual at this season,
are still proving to be far less than
feared, and apparently no more serious
than they have been in previous years.
Besides this, our foreign trade continues
extremely favorable, and although ex-
change has, for several reasons, been
more active, it is evident that we are
now, and are likely for some months, to
Re selling more than we are spending,
which is always encouraging, because a
recuperative process.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

In the Connecticut legislature recently
q bill has been introduced prohibiting
the issue of railroad free passes to men,
beers of the legislature, state officers or
judges of the courts. To compensate for
the loss OF these perquisites, the bill
authorizes the state controller to make
annual contracts with the railroads for
the transportation of these officers when
travelling on official business. Any Off
cial accepting pass is made liable to a
fine of $500, and any company issuing q
pass to such official to fine of 81 900 for
each violation.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

Russell Sage, a noted New York mil
ionaire, :generally of bearish proclivities,
now predicts period of great prosper
ity, particularly at the west, which, he
says, will advance in the next ten years
far beyond the expectations of even
those who have expected large growth.
Mr.. Sage's prediction does not seem un-
reasonable or extravaganza, but its literal
fulfilment depends upon the crops and
other things at present hidden from
view.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
House, Thursday, January 20.
Bills introduced: Amending statutes re-

AAVs$o0S ASSs~s oSStS0S VosssStS0 ~~s
Bills introduced: Amending stat utes re-
lating to election of county commissioners
in Goodhue county; amending statutes re-
lating to e1purging obnoxious weeds; max
ing rape upon a child under ten years of age
punishable by death; amending statutes re-
lating to official trust; amending statutes re-
lating to tax sales; relating to the organiza-
ton of fire insurance companies; limiting
the time in which actions may be COM
menced to open real estate judgments;
legalizing the foreclosure of mort
cages in certain cases relating to the OPEN
ing of judgments in certain cases; to de.
termine the effect and application of GER
acts efecting judgments and nunbar of
incorporation bills.
House bills passed: permitting the fling
of chattel mortgages in villages; requiring q
schedule of times of holding courts to be
placed in publication of the laws; repeating
Charter IA, relating to judgments of the
United St ates courts.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

The expectation of live stock upon q
large scale from this country to England
has been successfully carried on during
the last half year. The fact is of great
importance to American stock raisers
and to British consumers. Vessels are
SO arranged that very large number
can be carried across the ocean during
the summer season without material loss
If woioht
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
House, Wednesday, January "a.

House, Wednesday, January "a.
A large number of petitions were received
for the enactment ola. prohibjtory liquor
constitutional amendment; for the regula-
ton of grain inspection and the taxation of
railroad lands.
The attorney general reported adverse to
the claim of L. K. Stannard and others fol.
land fees.
Bills were introduced: Providing for the
carrying out of an agreement of the state
Tor services in the collection of land sale
per centage; making five months school
necessary in every district; relating to the
rights and liabilities of leases and owners
legalizing the record of certain
certificates; providing for the drainage of
grassy and shallow lands; amending the
village incorporation act; declaring the for
fixture of the state Of SWAMP lands; for the
organization of state militia, and several
amendments to interpretations.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
senate, thursday, january 20.

senate, thursday, v".sss0ry 20.
Bills were introduced: Providing for is
suing duplicates for mutilated state or coun-
ty bonds and warrants; amending the stat
utes referring to actions of ejectment; to
provide for board of railway commission
ers and better regulation ofrates: for the
consolidation Of adjoining counties; for ad-
mission to practice of attorneys to all courts
on certificate and examination; to encour-
age timber culture, amending the present
law; for the proper registration of marriage
certificates.
Senator O'Brien's bill to punish careless
handling of baggage was passed, as was q
resolution for printing copies of the COVER
nor's message in foreign tongues.
The anti-bonus bill for q constitutional
amendment was recommended for passage
in committee of the whole.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

Woman suffrage is taking it's regular
turn in the state legislatures-like dog
and wolf bil's-but does not seem to be
making material progress. The principal
cause is owing to the Indifference of the
woman herself
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
A Sand Storm.

The travellers fears OF being STONED
by sand'drift were soon realized. AZ
ter leaving Sumner, which is s14 miles
from San Francisco, the train moved
cautiously for ten miles through the
shifting waste, and then stopped with a
crash: The alarmed passengers hardly
dared to face the driving storm to learn
the cause of the unpleasant halt. The
few intrepid persons who ventured into
the binding simeon found that their ex-
press train bad run into freight train
which had stopped in an impossible
eand-drift. The slow rate at which the
express was moving enabled the engi-
a serious accident, and the collision was
only sufficient to cast the locomotive
from the track. The passenger cars re-
NAMED on the rails. It was then 10
O'Clock, SO slowly had the express pro-
ceeded through the binding storm after
leaving sumner. The darkness of the
night had only increased, and nothing
was visible except within the focus of the
trains lights. For five weary hours the
passengers were compelled to wait on
the detached train while relief was being
obtained from Sumner. Assistance haye
ing arrived, the track was cleared of
sand sufficiently to enable q relief engine
to pull the express back to Sumna-
A Su ccessful Englishman.
Having regard to his antecedants, the,
Right Hon. W. H. Smith is perhaps the
most successful English public man of to-
day. His father kept small news stand
in an obscure and disreputable street.
but rose in the world by establishing
newspaper booth at railroad station.
which was the beginning of business
now worth $3.50, 900 a year. The son &C.
Quired a good common school educa-
ton and assisted his father in the bust
ness. After rising almost to control the
newspaper-selling business in London
and making himself useful in parochial
and local matters he stood for Parlia-
ment in Westminster and was defeated.
But on second trial he was successful,
He soon made himself prominent in the
House az man of business, and Dis
raeli made him financial Secretary of
the Treasury and afterward head Of the
Admiralty. He retains his place In
the news agency and il . popular
member Of society in London and Buck
shire, where he owns . fine country.
seat. -
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The wrestling match between Muldoon
and Bauer for $500 side, at Masonic hall,
st. Louis, attracted the largest audience ever
at like performance in that city. Null
doom won the contest getting the first and
third falls in fine style. Time, II MIN,
min., 4 min. During the evening a tele-
Englishman, now in New York, challeng-
ing the winner for . match for $500 . side.
If the winner should be Bauer he offers $500
to $500. Muldo0n said he would accept the
challen % if Bibby would meet him.
A flock of stock growers in Montana, own
ing 10000 head of cattle. have arranged
with q St. Paul concern to become their
agents for the sale of Montana dressed beef,
in competition with Chicago. The cattle
are to be slaughtered at Miles City. When
the weather becomes mild enough to insure
quick transportation test shipment Of
dressed beet will be made for st. Paul, and
if 1t proves to be satisfactory permanent
business in this line will be established.
The board -.on steamboat supervising in
spectors passed q rule requiring officers
and permanent crews Of western river
steamers to be disciplined in the use of
fire apparatus, and to be assigned proper
stations upon alarm being given. Sept. Sd
is the time fxed for amending the pilot
rules. The board will adjourn sine die on
Wednesday, the Sd inst.
Capt. William Conner, of NewlYork has
sold to Commodore Kittson of Minnesota for
his Pennsylvsnia farm the chestnut mare
Gildella, six years old, by Bonnie Scotland,
dam, Waits BY lexington; her dam. Schot.
tische. BY Albion. This mare 10 q high bred
stock animal and the price is close to g, 900.
After . deadlock ofhfteen days the terri
lorial council ct Helena, Montana, elected
Stuart (dem.) as president. The Legislature
elected . democratic speaker. A bill has
been introduced calling for State censtitu-
tional convention.
Fire Marshal Sexton of st. Louis wore
out . valuable driving whip on . profess
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

The Minnesota legislature is engaged
in canvassing the questions of q better
organization of the military forces. The
main point at issue is the amount of.mon-
ey to be appropriated for the purpose by
the state.