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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
The Advantages OF Educating Wo-

The Advantages OF Educating Wo-
Had women not been been shut out
in ages past from her rightful share of
educational advantages, and Of oppor-
tunities for culture, she would have
made far greater progress toward that
millennium of which prophets dream
and poets sing. The great mistake of
the past has been to leave women be-
hind, to assume that somehow or other
she could catch on to the car of progress
and be in at the finish of the race: If
any allowances in the matter of educa-
ton are to be made they are in favor
of women. In youth it is the highest
ambition of every man to make himself
agreeable to the other sex. In age this
ambition does not entirely disappear. It
follows, therefore, that upon however
high plane woman may place her.
self, she will not long remain in solitude.
She will have hardly reached it before
she will find multitude of heads peer
ing over the edge, and by the time she
is seated throng of men will be at her
feet. Thus the improvement of both
sexes is secured by the advancement OF
one; and by the laws of hereditary de-
scent, the advancement Of future gener-
ations proportionally higher and of
easier attainment.-Our Homes.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
MINISTER'S ANDN1ERCHANTS.

deV. Henry "arO be0CQ0r8 kt0-
sponse to Toast at the New York
Chamber Of Commerce Dinner.
So then, gentlemen, this toast, min
listers and Merchants" is not 80 strange
acombination after all. You are the
merchants and am the minister, and
have preached to you and you have sat
still and heard the whole of it. A lie is
bad from top te bottom and beginning to
end, and so is cheating. except an um.
brellas and slate-pencils. laughter
There is little line drawn before you
come quite up to the dead line of actual
transgression. [Laughter.l When q
young man swears he will teach whole
system of doctrines faithfully, nobody
believes him, but he is excused because
everybody knows that he does not know
what he is saying, and Northumberland.
When q lawyer says in a bad case, ION
my soul believe my client to be an in
jured man," we know he is lying; he
knows it; the jury knows it, and SO it is no
lie at all. [Laughter.l Why, even when
engineers make one estimate, we paw up
another. [Great laughter.] There are
lies of courtesy, lies Of ignorance and
professional lies, lawyers lies, and theo-
logians' les-and they are good men
[laughterl-and the common vulgar lies,
calico lies Eaughter], broadcloth lies,
cotton lies, silk lies, and those most ver-
minous and multitudinous of all lies, the
lies of grocers. Roars oflaughter.] Gen.
tlemen, I have been. expected to say .
word or two on the subject of monopo-
lies. I wish there were a few men who
had a monopoly of lying, and that they
had it all to themselves. No, 90 back
to my first statement. The church and
the store have acommoEs vusiness before
them to lay the foundation of sound
morality. The minister and the mer-
chant have q like interest t--the minister
for the community, and the merchant
for his own sake. Gentlssnen, lying
ought to be put in the same category Of
ye.min.use 2, fine Doth comb. use 1t i
my benediction, gentlemen, / will leave.
.you to meditate on these imp oFtant top
ics. tApplause.l
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07

led Yesterday" The sergeant with In
creased solemnity, said: 81 only want
ed to let you know that I have opened
that grave and taken out the corpse" J"
There was loud expostulation then, for
this corpse, so-called, was the plantation
supply Of ham. =. sx....z
It is the Trotter estate this time. Part
of it is in the Bank of England, and part
of it is in Scotland, longing to be owned
by somebody. The individual who is
engaged in securing the property esti-
mates its value at e59O, ,OO0, 900 or s., $780,
O0U, 600. @
The number ofsavings banks in France
is 54l, which have besides 794 branches.
They comprise about 3,500,0o0 deposit
ors, of whom 2, 500, 900 possess sums be-.
low 5OOf., from $50, 900 from 500f, to 80Of.,
100000 from 80Uf to 100Ot., and 200, 1000
above lOO0f. The share of Paris in these
depositors is 500, ,450, of whom 12O, ,l6l are
workmen, SIS ,693 domestic servants, ::2l,-
III trade assistants, 1881 soldiers and
nors, and 5O7 benefit societies.
A parliamentary return shows that the
number of evictions throughout Ireland
during the first quarter of tho present
year affected 1913 families, composed Of
1859 persons; Isl families GIL persons)
were evicted in Ulster; 2lQ families (S72
persons) in Leinster; 1872 families 95l
persons) III Connaught; and 250 families
(1325 persons) in Munster. Of the total
number twenty-nine families Q33 per-
sons) were readm.tteu as tenants, and
324 families Q555 persons as care-takers.
The white Baptists of South Carolina
havel640 churches, and 1852 commuri-
cants, and the colored Baptists number
10000.
Three billion cigars. not including sto-
gies, cheroots and cigarettes, are manu-
tactured annually in the United States.
1t is said of Bright's disease:that when
the patient dies it is Bright's disease;
when the patient RECEIVERS it is not
Bright's disease.
The Egyptian police are partly nativ ve
partly European, about 1900 Arabs and
Turks and 500 Europeans.
The Alamo has been purchased by the
state of Texas, for $4,000. The city of
San Antonia will be kept in good condi-
ton, and use it as museum.
The number of persons killed by tor
nadoes IN this county in 1881 was 1877; in
1882, 3S9, and up to date this year the
number is estimated at250.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
Current Events.

The New York Mail and Express sly
ly remarks that ''divorces are not as
fashionable in high life as for the wife to
live in Europe and the husband III this
country"
Canadian statistics show that since
March 1 last 45l French Canadian famil-
les have left with their goods and chat
tells for the New England States over the
different railroad lines leading from
Montreal.
The New Haven doctors have recent
ly shown such partiality for lemon Juice
in prescriptions that the large drug stores
now buy lemons by the box. In one
prescription, weighing eight ounces. pre-
pared day or tive ago, there were six
ounces of lemon juice.
The hurricane of 1866 blew over hun.
dreds of thousands of cocoanut trees in
the Bahama Islands. Instead of dying,
they not only kept on growing in their
horizontal position, but sent up shoots
from the top. These shoots are now
from forty to fifty feet in height, and
yield an abundance Of fruit.
The advent of the pushing Yankee in"
to Mexico has wrought great change il
the state of Chihuahua and other Sec
tions. Land has more than doubled in
value. Tracts that year ago could be
bought for $500 are to-day held for
81 500. Wages have increased txo-fold.
Stone masons who six months ago wera
not in demand at 81 a day, now are
scarce at $225. Common laborers who
were easily obtainable at Is cents and in
the country at so cents, now readily get
81 to 81. .25 day. ~.
Here is another incident of Sherman's
March to the Sea, told by Gen. Force to
the Ohio veterans q few days ago: "One
day . sergeant went into, q country
house. The planter and his wife were
there. After little talk the sergeant,
with great solemnity asked. Has any
one died here lately" The planter.
quickly said: !" obody. TIE sergeant
grayely said 81 thought somebody had
died here The planter said No SIR. ).
His wife said Oh, yes; don't you re-
member that colored boy thst was bur-
led yesterday The planter added
S 4Ah yes; there wse q cQlosed boy bur.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
TIE CHICAGO MAIL.
An Original Postmaster Tells About
the Original Postoflce.

An Orgtnal Postmaster Tells About
the Original Postoflce.
From the Chicsgo Inter Ocean. r.
"Yes," said old Uncle John Bates
yesterday, .'the Chicago Postofice is q
big institution. but remember when
one man could manage the whole bus
mess and not be overworked either. In
1882 the postoffice was situated in an up
per room Of a log building which stood
on Lake street. The building was part
ly occupied by an Indian trader. and in
the other part, the smallest corner, was
the postoffice. Jonathan v. Bailey was
the postmaster and I was his deputy.
There was not much for either of us to
do, but while we kept the Office bought
When the Black Hawk war broke out jr
1885 Bailey's wife. who was delicate, be-
came SO frightened that he had to take
her away and was left in charge of the
Office. Bailey never returned, and as
deputy postmaster I kept the
Office for three years. At first there was
not more than pound and q half in
the whole collection of letters and
papers that came to the place, but be-
fore the end of my term it increased un-
til it weighed 100 pounds, A good part
Of the time kept the Office in candle
box. When any one called for letter
took down the boz and looked over
the whole collection. knew very well
whether there was any letters or not,
but liked to be accommodating to the
people and would let them see for them
selves that none of the letters in the box
belonged to them. A Frenchman came
once a week from Niles, Mich, and in a
pair of saddle bags thrown over his horse
carried all the mail that came to Chicago.
This was the Office for all the northern
counties in this state and about half of
Wisconsin, The people of Cook, Du-
Psgn. Will, McHenry and La Sale coun-
ties and all the Territory between here
and the Mississippi river came into Chi.
cago for their mail, They did not come
very often-once in two or three weeks,
and then one man would come in from
q country and inquire for all his neigh
bors. There were little settlements
scattered about, few families in place.
Up where Milwaukee now is there was
one man living, but at Green Bay there
was settlement and an Indian came
down for the mail. was paid off for
my services in having the honor of serv-
ing the government. Gen. jackson was
president and W. T.. Barry was post
master general. I remember both of
thenl-that is. In INV official relations"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
The Root or tho Matter,

The root Of the wild excesses Of FASH
ionable folly, deepening into actual
crime, is the view of women which men
generally adopt and which women gem
orally accept. It lies in the refusa to
recognize in women the same liberty of
shoice in the conduct of life which men
demand and maintain for themselves. It
lies in the distrust of those laws of ma
ture in regard to women which are i'm
plicitly trusted in regard to men to de-
eide for women what is becoming in
women. Men perpetually talk of the
sphere of women, as if women did not
know their own sphere quite as we'll as
men know theirs, and men argue about
the occupations and education of wom-
en-, as if women were not as competent
to choose for themselves as men for
themselves. But if men are to decide
what is truly womanly, and direct the
actions and studies of women, practical
ly denying them the freedom Of choice
which men will fight to the death to Sc
cure for themselves the consequences
are inevitable. Not more surely will he
that sows the wind reap the whirlwind,
than he who imposes upon society to-
day the medieval estimate of woman re-
produce medieval morals and manners
-Harper's Magazine.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
Killed Dy Uncleanness.

Mrs. Mary Wagner-Fisher calls atten-
ton seas onably to frequent fatal danger
which comes by way of water supply
poisoned by house-slops, or that tolera-
ted but inexcusable backyard abomina-
ton which need not be named. The re-
mark of physician who gave special at
tention to sanitary arrangements is
quoted to the effect that a we'll may
drain section of nearly half mile
around, and that consequently it is i'm
possible to b. over-cautious as to its To-
cation and care. Diphtheria and scar
let, typhus and typhoid or "flth" fevers,
resulting from lack of cleanliness, take
count less victims. Some of the cases
cited in the Rural New Yorker, are
"shocking"' one Of whole family
swept away and the discovery made toe,
late that IAN opening had been formed
between the drainage of the house and
the we'll, which had not been cleaned
out for many ayear." Another was that
of a husband and father:
"After his death it was found that the
cesspool which received the drainage
from the house was feeding the we'll
with its filth and the water would prob
ably have killed the whole family if the
members bad drank equally of it."
A notable instance rather out of the
usual order should be kept in mind in
these days of free application Of CON-
nlercial fertilizers, and OF poisons
against insects. 1t was that of IL favorite
son, ''just turned twenty-f.ur," who
died last summer after brief sickness:
IA heavy rain had followed the ap-
plication of manufactured fertilizer on a
field which sloped toward q spring from
which the fumily obtained water, and
the water washed from the field over
flowed the sp, ing and the ground about
it. The young man was a great water
drinker, and daily drank large drauyhts
from this spring. The poor father de-
plores his own ignorance or carelessness
in the matter, and his experience may
serve as warning to others who use
either fertilizers or Paris green on their
crops to look well to the water supply
for both themselves and their cattle and
poultry"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
To Country Bellies.

To Country Bellies.
Wells and sunshades cannot prevent the
summer sun from embrowning your COM
plexions; but Glenn's Sulphur Soap will
speedily restore if duly applied according to
directions. Nothing can be more natural
than the soft velvet texture it imparts to the
skin. Sold by druggists and fancy goods
dealers.
Hills Hair and Whisker Dye, black or
brown, fifty cents.
HIGH AUTHORITY.
Dr.. w. E. SCI tt, president of the College OF
Physicians, Montreal, writes: II have recon-
mended Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic as the
best preparation used for debility, indiges-
tion, dyspepsia, fever, ague and loss of sppe-
tite,. (Take no other.l OfDruggists gener-
ally.
FROM WILMER BR1NToN, M. D., BALTIMORE.
II have used Colden's Liquid Beef Tonic in
my practice, and have been much gratified
with the result. As tonic in all cases Of de-
bility, weakness, anemia chlorosis, etc, etc.
it cannot be surpassed" (Remember the
nane, Colden's-take no other.) Of drug
eistS
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
Sunshinv Husbanila.

We read SO much about the obligation
laid upon the wife to be a perpetual
sunbeam in the house that word to
husbands on the same topic may not be
amiss.
A cheerful. atmosphere is important to
happy home life. 1t is very hard for
children to be good, when they are ex-
posed to an incessant hail storm of fault
finding from their parents. It is very
difficult for wife to maintain a calm
and charming sweet demeanor when
her husband is critical, cynical, or sui
len, and takes all her tender efforts with
indifferent appreciation.
l know tuil we'll the air of polite
amazement or amiable incredulity, with
which men receive the statement of a
woman's opinion that, in the home part
nershlp, wife and not husband pulls the
laboring oar. Still it is true that, let q
mans business be ever 30 engrossing,
ever so wearisome, ever so laborious,
the mere fact that he goes to it in the
morning, and returns from it at night,
sets him above his wife in ease and COM
fort. From him the slavery of routine
has its intervals and its breaks. He gets
a breath of the world outside; he has
change of scene daily; ne sees people
and hears them tall, and his home is
distinctly his refuge and shelter.
Let a wife and mother loye her home
ard her children with the most abso-
lutte, unswerving devotion, and serve
them with the most unselfish fidelity,
there are, nevertheless, times when she
is very weary.
She knows, better than any one else.
the steps and the stitches, the same
things done over and over and the pet
tiness of the trials that come to tho nur-
sery and kitchen. They are so insight
fcant that she is ashamed to talk about
them, and fear she sometimes forgets
to tell her Savior how hard they press
her, and SO, bearing her cross all alone,
lis weight becomes crushing.
A sunshiny husband makes merry,
beautiful home, worth having, worth
working in and for. If the man is bree-
zy, CHEEKY considerate, and sympa-
thetic, his wife sings in her heart over her
puddings and her mending- basket,
counts the hours till he returns at night,
and renews her youth in the security
she feels of his appreciation and admir-
alton.
You may think 1t weak or childish if
you please, but it is the. admired wife.
the wife who hears words of praise and
receives smiles of commentator, who
is capable, discreet, and executive. l
have seen timid, meek, self-distrust-
ing little body fairly bloom into strong,
self-re;iant womanhood, under the tom
lc and the cordial companionship with
a husband who really went out of his
way to find occasions for showing her
how fully he trusted her judgment, and
how tenderlV he deferred to her ODiniOn
In home life there should be no jar,
no striving for place, no insisting on pre-
negatives, or division of interests. The
husband and wife are each the compile
ment of the other. And it is juet as
much his duty to be cheerful, as it is
hers to be patient; his right to bring Joy
into the door, as it is hers to sweep and
garnish the pleasant interior. A family
where the daily walk oftlie father makes
life festival is filled with something
like heavenly benediction.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
Inon,t RelteveIt.

Said q scabby dyspeptic to friend who had
Just told him that DR.. Guysott's Yellow Dock
and SarsapaIilla was . permanent cure for
dy dyspepsia-"'I don't believe IL, aud the crab
by dyspeptic continues to enjoy the horrible
comfort that his dyspepsia gives him. DR..
Gu, sott's remedy is permanent cure for dys-
pepsia. It strengthens the digestive organs
most wonderfully. s.i
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
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TRIOLETs.
WHAT HEsAIp.

WHAT HEsA1D.
This but q bon-bon kiss,
I dare to offer thee,
It cannot be a miss.
'Tis but a bon-bon kiss
And yet instead of this,
Perhaps-Ah no, I see
'Tis but q bon. bon kiss
I dare to offer thee.
WHAT SHE THOUGHT.
He's but a silly boy
To give q sugar kiss
Afraid he might annoyl
He's but a silly boy!
Perhaps he don't enjoy
Another kind than this2
He's but q silly boy
To give q sugar kiss.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
Boiling Ham,

1t is considered by some excellent
authorities in cooking to be a great i'm
provement on the ordinary manner of
boiling ham if it is soaked in cold water
over night. In the morning wipe it off.
If there are any rusty or dicolored spots
scrape them off. The bam should be
boiled very slowly. On this depends
the sweetness and fakiness of the lean
ham. Some whole cloves and a bou-
quet of herbs may be added to the boil
ing water with good effect. When the
ham is done, set the kettle off the fire,
and let the ham remain in the water un-
til it is cold. 1t will absorb a great deal
OF the juices that have boiled out. Then
lay it in a large dripping pan. and spread
a mixture, made after the following di-
rections, over the ham: Take half a
cupful of brown sugar, teaspoonful of
Drowned flour; moislen it with little
sweet cream, or if your conscience will
allow it, with port wine. Then set the
pan in the oven, and let the ham brown.
When cold, cut it in very thin slices.
and the flavor will be delicious.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
Consider Your Wlre's Feelings.

If your wife is sensitive, do not ignore
the fact. Refrain from jesting with her
on subject in which there is danger OF
woundin2 her feelings Remember that
she treasures every word you utter. Do
not speak of some virtues in another
mans wife to reminl your own of
fault. d. not reproach your wife with
personal defects, for, if she has sensibi-
ity you affiict wound difficult to heal.
Do not treat your wife with inattention
in company; it touches her pride, and
she will not respect you more or love
you better for it. DO not upbraid your
wife in the presence:.of third person;
the sense ofyour disregard for her feel
ings will prevent her eracknowledging her
fault. Do not entertain your wife by
prising the beauty and accomplish
ments of other women. If you would
have pleasant home and cheerful wife
pass your evenings under your own
roof. Do not be stern and silent in your
own house and remarkable for sociabili-
ty everywhere else. Take your sunshine
home with you.-Rural New Yorker.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
Stable Manure.

Professor Penhollow gives interesting
data showing that stable manure makes
a warmer soil. In the course of series
of observations at Honghton Farm of
the hourly and daily variations in the
temperature of the earth at different
points down to the depth Of seven feet,
and extending through May, TIE sum
mer months and September, the import
ant practical conclusion was established
that ordinary cultivation tends to make
soil temperature more uniform, while it
does not lessen the liability to chill dur
ing the night; but the stable manure.
doubtless through the heat furnished by
its decay: does diminish this danger,
keeping the soil warmer by from one
half to one degree than soil treated
with commercial fertilizers. This diff.
erence, though apparently small. s.
Justly regarded as sufficient to be SONG
times the saving Of crop, 8 ,s'''s. : -
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07
FIELD. AND FARM.
Agricultural Items. /

To raise good cabbage requires good
seed, good soil, plenty of manure, and :,
as most important, hoed every Monday
morning just before sunrise. .5E
If your wife or'daughter wants a flower
garden, aid and encourage them. Give
them good place and prepare the soil,
rich and mellow, for them. There is
purity and refinement in flowers.
1t is wonderful what one can do with
an acre of well-drained land if one sets
about it in earnest.
Cows are exceedingly fond of millet
and it is An excellent milk producing
fodder. It should be grown in light,
sandy soil, at least it is more thrifty on
such soil. By manuring it will produce
five tons to the acre after being cured.
The hay should be slightly moistened
and sprinkled with little corn before
being fed.-Dem.
Professor Henry says: II would urge
that our farmers feed more oats to
young stock, colts as we'll as calves.
There is no fool easily attainable that
will so we'll correct acidity of the stom-
ach and keep the system in good order.
10 those who wish to raise calves on
very little milk, would say, use oats
and oil meal freely, and by studying the
wants of the calves you will be able to
raise fine animals on small allowance
of milk.
Careful experiments recently madein
Germany. show that COWS MIXED three
times day, yield milk rich( in fat than
if milked but twice each day. It is also
reported that COWS MIXED three times q
day, gave five pounds of milk over COWS
MIXED but twice.
A correspondent of the Rural New
Yorker says of the Jersey 'boom:" IA
speculator who has large importation
on hand waiting to be sold in May next,
gives SIC. 900 fora bull to b1 other specu-
lator, andthe latter then gives $l2, 500 for
a bull calf seven weeks old. This is the
way the stock spectators Of another
kind ''bull' prices. and the methods of
both classes are so much alike that one
can scarcely tell t'other from which,"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07

& Professor Charles Avery, who was
professor of chemistry in Hamlin col
lege, Clinton, N. Y, for thirty five years
from 1884 to 1859, is dead, Ct the age Of
orr,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07

blood purifier in existence, and it at the same
time invigorates the liver. aids digestion, en-
riches the blood, and builds up and tones the
whole system. It's the best. The market is
flooded with base limitations. All genuine
bear the signature of J. P. Allen, st. Paul,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07

That great Dsrmotologis', DR.. G. w. Ben
son of Baltimore has prepared his favorlte
prescription for general use and now any
person, however poor, can get the benefit Of
his best treatment for skin diseases. II con-
sists OF both external and internal treatment.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-06-07

Mrs. Elizabeth Stone has given ~, 600
70 found u washingto @ ) homo tos vid:
0yj1. s. -. Z s ssS .5 {