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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
The Albany Whist Club.
From the New York Mail and Express.

From the New York Mail and Express
The Whist Club Of Albany is an institu.
ton OF model order and propriety. It is 9
years old, and is presided over by General
Rathbone. who this year succeeded Judge
Parker, who was for two years president Of
the club. A lady member acts as secretar:
and treasurer, and keeps an account of ali
the games played. It commences its meet.
ings at o'clock, closes them at 10, and Nc
game can be commenced after the clock
strikes 10. Each member wears badge
and has to be present ten mintea
before the hour. There are fines for alb
sence, an initiation fee of 81 at the en-.
trance, and purse for the best player at the
end of the season. Every one who cannot
be present has to report the fact by 10 q. m.
on the day and at tho place of meeting,
which is always at one Of the family homes
CT the members of the club, in time to find
q substitute for the vacant place. The
entertainment which follows the games for.
bid an extravaganza, and all betting at the
tables, so that none are kept away by the
excess or foliles of the table or at play.
Whist clubs like this are, oxam.
pies of reasonable and inteli-
gent pleasure, but We fear there
are not very many of them in the country.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
Fash hiOnable TOUrnamenrs.

Tournaments are still fashionable in
Baltimore, Howard, and Carroll coun-
ties, Maryland. There was one that was
brilliant in Woodstock, Howard county,
on Saturday last. It was under the au-
spices Of the Woodstock College. Early
in the morning red sashed marshals and
decorated knights rode at high speed up
and down the streets, and multitudes
began to arrive in the trains from the
nearby towns. Later in the day a pro-
cession moved to an elevated plateau
half mile out of town, WHARF q flag was
flying. Three arcs, from which the
rings were suspended, stood about thirty
feet apart and were painted red, white
and blue. About three hundred vehicles
were ranged in parallel rows facing each
other, and the intervening space was
the til,ing ground: In the carriages
were young ladies dressed in white and
Mother nubbards. The knights were
tastefuliy dressed in black and " hite cor
duroy, and most of them wore red sashes.
Some hadsfancy rosettes, and some wore
no decoration. The riding was begun al
noon. DR.. Keene of Ellicott City deliv-
cred the charge. 1t; is for Woman's
smiles," he said, in conclusion. that
you are here. Sir Knights. Spur, ,then the
painting sides of your steeds,. and re-
member that your bravest will crown
the fairest." The course was one hun,
dred yards, the rings were an inch and
Quarter in diameter, and the time TO
be made inside of nine seconds. The
rest Of the afternoon was spent in dane
ing, ~ 4 :.zs s+.z..s
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
WaternelOns,

Concerning the selection of water
melons for eating, the Baltimore Ameri-
can offers the following information.
Some Of the varities mentioned may not
be found in our western markets:
"What is called the ire-rind melon is
said to be the best. It is round, light
geeen melon, pith very thin rind, and
the buyeris less apt to be fooled upon
this variety than on any other, as it is
nearly always red to the rind. The
GYPSY. melon is the long, yellow, green
striped article, generally has thick
rind, and can not always be depended
upon. The Georgia melon is something
similar in style, but a much better fruit;
melon, and great favorite with the
western trade. The Cuban green is an
other choice variety, being luscious
round, striped melon.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
How the Brooklyn Bridge Gables
Were Made.

We're Made.
After the towers had 0een built and
the anchorage made ready then came
the strangest work of all. To make the
cables and put them over the towers
would be difficult matter; very likely
It could not be done at all. So the ca
one sma all wire at time. The cables
are not chains with links, nor are they
twisted like ropes. They are bundles Of
straight wires laid side by side, and
bound tightly together by wires wound
tightly around the outside. AT the
Brooklyn anchorage was placed pow
erful team-engine, and on the top of the
anchorage were placed two largewheels
and with the aid Of proper machinery
the engine caused these wheels to turn
backward or forward. From each
wheel was stretched steal rope to the
ton of the Brooklyn tower, over the
river, over the other tower, and down
to the New York anchorage. Here it
passed over another wheel, and then.
stretched all the way back again. The
ends were fastened together, making an
endless rope, and when the engine
moved the rope travelled to and fro over
the river. For this reason they were
Callcu Lu0 GIdVcl6I6. 1ucIo W01O,
besides these travellers, two more ropes
placed side by side. On these were laid
short pieces of oak, thus making foot
bridge on which the workmen could
cross the river. There were also other
ropes for supporting platforms, on which
the workmen stood as the weaving went
on. On each traveller was hung an iron
wheel, and as the traveller moved, the
wheel went with it. It took only ten
minutss to send two wires over the river
in this way. The men on the foot bridge
and on the platforms suspended from
the other ropes guldel the two wires
into place, and thus the cables were
woven, little by little, Gwo slender steel
wires each time, and carefully laid in
place, till 5,434 wires were bound to-
gether in a huge cable, fifteen and three
quarter inches in diameter. The
work was fairly started by the 18th of
June, 1877, and the last wire was laid
Oct. 5, 1873. There are four cables,
each 3, 578 IL feet long; and, if all the
wires in the four cables were placed in
line, they would reach over fourteen
thousand miles. The work was long and
dangerous. Sometimes the wire would
break and fall into the water, and an
hour or more would be spent inh aul-
ing it up and starting once more. The
men on the foot-bridge or on the era
dies, high in the air, watched every
wire as it was laid into place. To start
and stop the engine, men stood on the
top of the towers and waved signal flags
to the engineer. Such mass of wires
would not very easily keep in place, and
as the work went on, q number of wires
were bound to gether into little bundles,
or ropes, and at the end of all were
bound together into one smooth, round
bundle, or cable.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
Secret Of Raising Turkeys.

One of the most successful breeders
remarks Oh this point: One great secret
of raisin, turkeys is to take care, and
take care all summer; and even then
you cannot raise them, for sometimes
they will not lay or they will not hatch.
or something will befall them. Some
times we raise turkeys without much
care, when the season is specially favor
able, but generally the measure of care
is the measure of success. A boy ten or
twelve years old, with little direction
from his father, can easily take care OF
two hundred turkeys, and he cannot
earn SO much money on the farm in any
other way. It is an old maxim that if
thing is worth doing it is worth dong
we'll: Some may think thus constant
care is tco much trouble 10 raise tur-
keys. This is free country, and you
can omit any part, or the whole,
Of these suggestions. If YOU
know a better course. by
all means pursue it. This painstaking
has made turkey raising about as sure as
any other branch of farm industry. I
have usually kept from eight to ten tur-
keys as breeders, and have raised from
Dinety-nine to one hundred in a sum-
mer. In 1850 sold my turkeys for
twenty-seven conts pound, amounting
to $2S0,40. In 1859 sold for twenty-five
to tWenty-seven cents pound; gross
amount of sales, $3S6.14. That year l
kept an account of expenses, and calcu.
lated the net profit at $2l5.5S. In ls7OI
sold for twenty-five cents a pound;
amount of sales, $3ll.32. In 1871 I sold
for eighteen cents pound; gross amount
of sales, $2SG.24. l would rather raise
turkeys and sell at fifteen cents than to
raise pork and sell at ten cents pound.
Perhaps in f,ttening pork you can save
the manure better, but the turkey drop
pings, if gathered and saved every week
and kept dry are worth half as much as
guano, and are certainly worth cent
pound.
The turkey crop is steadily increasing
in value, not more by the increased
number of farmers who make this
speciality in their ponltry raising thar
by the increased attention and skill of
those who have long been in the busi-
ness. Care in selecting stock for breed
ing brings ample rewards. The prospect
was never better than now for the ex-
tension of the business among the farm
ers who have good range and good
markets. The average size of turkeys in
the districts where the business is made
specially is steadily increasing and we
look for still further improvements.
Lancaster Farmer
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
Tomato Plants From Cuttings.

Have any of cur friends eyer tried to
raise tomato plants from cuttings; and
if SO, with what results? Last fall we
rooted slip from a tomato vine which
had escaped the first frost of the season.
and at the same time We planted some
seeds. The cutting is now quite large
plant, branched out and in full blossom.
promising fruit, whilst the seedlings are
still small without signs of either branch
or blossom. From this experiment we
conclude that, while all the numberless
attempts during the last decade to pro.
duce earlier bearing varieties of as good
qualities as some of our best popular
sorts possess, have proved to be failures.
or nearly 50, we may still look in anoth-
er direction for attaining the end 80
eagerly sought. Every florist knows
that even small cuttings of house plants
come to bloom just as if they were not
severed from the parent plant and put
on their own resources. Every branch
or sucker of the tomato vine produces
blossoms with the tendency to bear fruit.
Is it not reasonable to expect that when
turning such branch into an individual
plant this natural tendency is preserved
the same as it is in the case of the GER
anium slip? The problem of pushing
the fruiting season of this wholesome
vegetable week or two ahead, can. we
have no doubt, be solved by the use of
cuttings instead of seedlings. s.-Midland
Farmer.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

An itnerant preacher, who was hold
ing forth to a congregation on the east
ern shore of Maryland, composed most
of oyster dredgers, used the expression:
"If your right arm offend thee, pluck it
out; if your eye offend thee, cut it off,"
An old oysterman who occupied front
seat on hearing the above expression,
remarked in stage whisper that was
heard all over the church: "Do you
think we've got eyes like crab?"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
5olyear&

was one of the pecaies odashoned Doctors that they
patients they prescribing them They said
would do patients good to and would only
flying foolish curiosity In order keep patients from knowing they
would write the in most patients could
Them that
weak strong, dyspepdc
digest WE'LL Or he troublesome liver which he
70 RIGHTS
all This the Of iron in hs World IN
with gentle efficient It strength builds
eneebled syst blood
debaty Il and dueR
has s.z.sSs - I55s
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
PersOnal-Men ONLY.

fefsOna1-Hen OnIV.
=. The Voltaic Belt Co., Marshall, Mich, will send
Electric Appliances on Iial fer thirty days to mon
young or old)who are af1ictedwith nervous debility,
lost vitality and kindred troubles. guaranteeing
speedy and complete restoration of health and
manly vigor. Address as above. N. B.-No risk
is incurred, as thirty days trial is allowed.
Of the many remedies before the public for Nerv-
ous Debility and weakness of Nerve Generative Sys-
tenn, there is none equal to Aliens Brain Food, which
promptly and permanently restores all lost vigor it
never fails. 81 pkg, for $5. At druggists. by
mail, from j. Il Allen, 81 lst Ave, N. Y.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

Mensman's Peptcn zed Eecf Tonic, the only
preparation of beef containing its entire nutritious
properties: 1t contains blood-making, cegenera-
ting and ife~sustaining properties; invaluable for
lnthgestlon, Dyspepsia, nervous prostration, and
all forms of general debility; also, in all enfeebcd
conditions whether the result of exhaustion nervous
prosration overwork. acute disease, particularly
II resulting from pulmonary complaints CAsWELL,
: Drnpyisfs -. - - -"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
Good Men.

Plato says good men should not accept
presents from wick men, but this does not
refer to Aliens Iron Tonic Bitters, which
wise men know cures all chronic disorders of
the stomach, promotes digestion and invigo-
the SIGNATURE of J. P. Allen. st. Paul. MINI.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

of an egg, and when melted stir in a ia.
blespoonlul Of flour and when slightly
Drowned add three.fourths cup rich
sweet milk, stir con family till it boils:
let it boil one minute, then add salt and
pepper to suit the taste, then stir in the
onions; THIS makes delicious sauce to
eat with roast fowls.-- =. :.
A delicious pie is made by stoning and
chopping one heaping cup of raisins
mixing with them the juice and rind of
lemon, the yelks of two eggs. Bake
with bottom crust only, and make a
meringue of the whites Of the eggs. Yon
may put one whole egg in the pie, and
make it with an upper crust.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

Every man talks the lingo of his trade.
When plumber wants to stop his ad.
vertisement he says, ''Shut it off," and
the reporter who goes to write up
funeral asks, ''Has the last form gone
dOwn?S ;ys aez4lE
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
Gems of Thea Int.

1t is the energy of the Will that is the
soul of the intellect; wherever it is there
is life; where it is not all is dullness,
despondency, and desolation.
True courage is cool and calm. The
bravest of men have the least of bru-
tai bull aRd ia the very
time Of sl f1Iii / 11I ~ Y l
n|.;s'' sssi
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

SHitt's Specific Is. s. s has cured me of a
long standing Case of Eczema, wlich has re.
sisted all sorts of treatment. REV. w. J.
ROBINSON n. Ga. Conferenence.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

I have been very much benefited by one SO
cent bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. When I
began using it my Catarrh was so bad had
headache most the whole time and dis
charged a large amount of filthy matter.
That has almost entirely disappeared and I
have not had headache since to amount to
anything. Please send me two more bottles.
John II. Summers, Stepney, Conn.
Davy Crockett's youngest daughter, Mrs.
Matilda Field, lives in Gibson county,
Tenn, sixty-t%o years old.
WELLs' rough ON CoRNs."-15c. Ask for it.
Complete, permanent cure. Corns. warts, bunions
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

Sure cure for rheumatism.-Cure guaran.
teed in all cases. Use Perry Davis Vegetable
Pain Killer according'to directions, and it will
cure ninety-one cases out of every hundred.
Try it, it surely will not hurt you.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

brain and muscles, is Browns Iron Bitters.
The Americun Express Company
Transfers money by telegraph between any
of its 4, OCO agencies in New England, Middle
and Western States making delivery of same
at local address when requested.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

One dozen small bottles of Swif.'s Specific
Is. s. 81 cured roe sound and we'll of bad
scrofulous affection which had baf1ed all
treatment, including Hot Springs. j. a.
RA1FF Denver Col
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

|ss 7. camp fire and old settlers
J q b plaoe Albert Lea the 11th
q month. Gen. Baker will
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

On the night of the 10th valuable pair
of mares were stolen rom the stable Of Ms.
Thompson, in the town of Eureka, Dakota
county.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

HUNrsv1LIE, ALA.-Dr. J. T. Ridley, says:
browns Iron Bitters is good appetizer and
merits attention from sufferers"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

Wise's Axle Grease never gums.
Don't waste money useless medicines: write
for pamphlet certain cure Of all diseases, by
new method. HOME HEALTH CO., Minneap-
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

ick's shoulder, she said: .'Take me,
dear Frederick. I yield myself to you,
overcome by your love and unselfish de-
votion--actually brought to nand by
Your falcon. - ~.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

The Chicago county ravisher, Blumgren,
was taken ts Still water ara lodged in the
cnl;nlv iail tor safe keaping.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

The habit Of running over boots or shoes
corrected with Lyons Patent Heel Stiheners.
Werecommend Wise's Axle Grease.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

MARION, MAss-Dr. N. s. Ruggles. says: II
recommend Browns Iron Bitters as q valued
tenic tor enriching the blood and removing
all dyspeptic symptoms. 1t does not hurt the
teeth -
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

trough ON RArs-Clears out rats, mice, flies,
reaches, bed-bugs, ants, vermn chipnaunks. l5c.
The white grub worm that is destroying
the timothy sod is working extensively nesr
Austin and is doing much damage.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

A vessel bearing four Locomotives from
the United States for the South American
railway has been lost.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
HUN rs
RE MEDY
THE B EST
KIDNEY AND LIVER MEDICINE.

"I had suffered twenty years with severe dis
ease of the kidneys before using Hunts Rem
edv two days was relieved, and am now we'll"
JOSHUA TUTH1LL.
on ons s sds: s was s terribly adiicted with rSea
matism from 1869 to 1881 Was cured by h H%1t's
MY doctor pronoun ced my case Bright's Dis.
eight hours. then took Hunts Remedy, and
Having suffered twenty years with kidney
disease, and employed various physicians with
Ssmsd ssgg sTEViS thf7 ENE
~ have been greatly benefited by the use Of
and urinary organs there is nothing sunerioI'
ALBERT Holt, Esq, paymaster Boston &
Albany Railroad, writes " have used Hunts
Remedy, and my experience with it has been
such that can cheerfully say that am satisfied
81 was unable 70 rise from bed from an at
tack Of kidney disease. The doctors could not
relieve me: I was finally completely cured by
FRANK R, DICKSON.
81 have suffered extremely with kidney dis
ease after using Hunts Remedy two days,I
WV GEO. F. CLARK.
One trial will convince you. For sale by an
Druggists. Send for Pamphlet to
HUME'S REMEDY CO., Providence, RI
Prices, IS cents and $l.25.
7THE OLDEST MEDICINE IN THE WORLD. Is
l. probably Dr.. ISAAC THOMPSON'S CELEBRATED
EYE WATER. This article is a carefully prepared
phys:cian's prescription and has been in constant
use for nearly q century, and notw thstanding tho
many other preparations that have been introduced
into the market the sale Of this article is constantly
never fi. We pasticuariY invite the setanon
physicians to its merits.
. JOHN L. THOMPSON. SONS & CO...
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

The grain stacks and sta BILE of G. Genrer,
near Monticello, were burned by children,
recently who played with matches.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
"A Great Problem
TAKE ALL TIE
Kidney & Liver
49, " Medicines,
Bl 90 .
-. I PURIFIERS,
RHEUMATIC
~.... Remedies,
Dyspepsia
-. And Indigestion Cures,
Ague, Fever,
F :. And Bilious Specifics,
Brain & Nerve
Force Revivers,
nroo+ ooI+h
Restorers,
IN SHORT, TAKE ALL THE BEST quail
ties of all those, AMI the best qualities of all
the best Medicines of the World aud you will
find that HGP BITTERS have the best cura-


1GS6COI0 0IS,
IN SHORT, TAKE ALL THE BEST quail
ties of all those, AMI the best qualities of all
the best Medicines of the World aud you Will
find that H<;P BITTERS have the best cura-
tive qualities and powers of all concentrated
III them, and that they will cure when any or
all ofthese, singly or combined. fail. thor
ough trial will give positive proof Of this.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
'HN L. THOMPSON, SONS & Co..
tEHnX N "

COX M Invested in Certificate in the Union
apCC.OO Trust Company will bring you $4,000
within year. Send for references Agents wanted.
Home Office. 81 Monroe street. Grand Rapids, Mich.
i his Company paid 700 members $4,000 in divi-
dends last year.
CS TO $50 per day st homo. Samples worth 96 froA
Cc Address sTMsoN Co., Portland. Maine.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

SKINNY MEN-"Wells Health kenewer'' restores
health and yigor cures dyspepsia. impotence. 81.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

i QaV0 maze Small COllecClOQ OF Wild
western things during the past seven
years, and have put them together, hop
ing some day when get feeble to travel
with the aggregation and erect a large
monument of kopecks for my executors,
administrators, ana assigns forever,
Last fall desired to add to my rare COL
lection a large hornets nest. I had an
embalmed tarantula and her porcelain
lined nest and l desired to add to these
I procured one of the large size after
cold weather and hung it In the cabin
by string. forgot about it until this
spring. When warm weather came
something reminded me of it. I think
it was hornet. He logged my memory
in some way and called my attention to
it. Memory is not located where I
thought it was. 1t seemed as though
wherever he touched me he awakened
q memory-a warm memory, with red
place all around it.
Then some hornets came and began
to rake up old personalities. I remem-
ber that one of them lit on my upper
lip. He thought it was rosebud.
When he went away it looked like a
gladiola bulb. wrapped wet sheet
around it to take out the warmth and
reduce the swelling so that could go
through the folding doors and tell my
wife abont it. Hornets lit all over me
and walked around on my person. l
did not dare to scrape them of because
they are so sensitive. You have to be
very guarded in your conduct toward a
hornet. ..,..,.o. 49,. &
remember once while I was watching
the busy little hornet gathering honey
and June bugs from the bosom Of q rose,
years ago, I stirred him up with club,
more as practical joke than anything
else, and be came and lit in my sunny
hair-that was when I wore my own
hair-and he walked around through
my cleaning tresses quite while, max
ing tracks as Mrge as q watermelon all
over my head. IL he hadn't run. out of
tracks my head would have looked like
. load ofsummerl squ2shes. remember
I had to thump my head against the
smoke house in order to smash him,
and had TO- comb him out afterward
with q fine comb and wear q waste
paper bashst two oweaks fora hat. Much
has been said Of the hornet, but he has
an,odd, quaint way, after al, that iss
forever new. 81 u s5:
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

"BuCHU-PA1BA.-Quick, complete cure. all annoy
;np Kidney and Urinary Diseases. ST..
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27

Aimee has lost her plumpness, and is as
thin as a shad
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1883-09-27
TUFTS HAIR DYE.

GRAY HAIR OR WHISPERS Cnanged IN
stantly to q GLOSSY BLACK by q single ap'
plication of this DYE. Sold by Drugg1sta,
ONCE, "A Murray Street, New York:
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