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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17
The Golden Year.

We sleep and wake AID sleep, but all things
move;
The sun flies forward to his brother sum-
The dark earth follows wheeled in her ellipse,
And human things returning on themselves,
Move onward, leading up the golden year.
All, though the times when some new thought
can bud
Are but as poets seasons when they flower,
Yet seas that daily gain upon the shore
Have ebb and flow conditioning their march,
And slow and sure comes up the golden year.
When wealth no more shall rest in mounded
heaps,
But smit with freer flight shall slowly melt
In many streams to fatten lower lands,
And light shall spread and man be hker man
Through all the seasons of the golden year.
If all the world were falcons, what of that?
The wonder of the eagle were the less,
But he not less the eagle. Happy days
Roll onward leading up the golden year.
Fly, happy, happy sails, and bear the press;
Fly, happy with the mission of the cross
Knit land to land, and blowing heavenward
With silks, and fruits, and spices free of toll,
/ the markets of the golden year.
But " = old" All, when shall all mems
good
Be each mans rule ? and universal peace
Lie like shaft of light across the land,
And like lane of beams athwart the sea
Through all the circle of the golden year?
Alfred Tennyson.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17
For the Central Presbyterian.
" r. r. HIS Antidote.'

In his first article R. R. H." gave us
an excellent dlsquisition n controversy,
in which he set forth its design, its util-
ity, the spirit in which it should e con-
Quoted, and the benefits which it has be, n
the means of securing in contending for
the truth. He repudiated in spirited
and becoming language the conduct OF
the disputant who suffered himself to be
moved by the mere "gaudia certominis, -
affirming that such man deserves moth
ing but contempt and adherence But
must confess that my faith in that de-
claration is slightly shaken when I con-
slider the zest with which he prosecutes
this discussion, the evident pleasure it
affords him, the length of his last article
(three whole columns in the CentraO and
the way in which he continues to belabor
his opponent even after he supposes him
to have surrendered and abandoned"
his position. This may not be gnudla
certanjniS, but at the same time it does
not look much like odSum certaminiS.
"R. R. H." rejects my explanation Of
the sentence, "it man knew God abso-
lutely as he knows himself he could not
worship him., and insists that It's con-
struction is the right one and the only
one that grammar" and the laws OF
language" will admit The inference,
therefore, is that he knew better what |
meant than l did myself | explained
what | meant, innocently supposing that
| knew my own intentions better than my
readers could do, but, strange to say, he
rejects my Interpretation and insists that
| did not mean that but meant what he
supposed me to mean Truly he is a
wiser man than l took him to be, for he
knows a writer's meaning better than the
only are the bottom principles" Of all
sound reasoning violated, but reasoning
is superseded altogether. Let us then
take his construction, which he says
grammar and the laws of language de.
mand, and what does it mean 1t makes
me affirm that man knows or may know
himself absolutely 4" If man knew God
absolutely as he IMAM knows himself, -
q. c., as absolutely as he knows himself
Can it be possible that l conceived such
an absurdity as that2 Why, man does
not know anything absolutely, much less
| himself There is not boy in the Pres
byteriap Church / 5 years Of age who has
been to school six months who would not
instantly repudiate such nonsense. And
yet this is the construction which lie in
sists on putting ON the sente nee, and the
only one, he says, which grammar" and
the " laws of language" will admit. Well
might he take pity on my good sense
and rush to the rescued But / am afraid
it is too late. If that was my meaning
my good sense is hopelessly gone, if in
deed / ever had any. All the pity he
can bestow will not restore it, IF such
be the relief he offers his friends when
he sees they are in danger of losing their
good sense, if the only thing he can do
for them is to make them teach nonsense,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
How They Married i'm Boston.
Boston Saturday Evening Caste.

The statistics Of marriage, in this city
the past year are interesting. The num-
Der of marriages. registered during the
was 1881, an increase Of 26l over the
previous year. The most marriages &C.
Cured in November and ), the smallest
number in March. There were 1898
grooms who were married for. the first
time. Ofthis number. 345 married Wild
ows; and 3 married brides who had been
twice widowed. There were 583 grooms
who were married for the second time.
OF these 4l8 married spinsters, 100 were
united to widows, and 5 married brides
who had been twice widowed. OF the
Is grooms who had been twice widowed
% married spinsters, IA married widows,
and 4 =, we're, united to brides, who had
lost. two husbands. Of the 4 remaining
grooms who we're over 20 years of age,
2 married spinsters and two married
widows. OF the "a miner grooms, were
Is years of age, 26 we're 10 years, and 81
were 20 years old. Of the 62 miner
brides were Is years of age, .13 were
16 years, and As were IL years of age.
There were ia marriages, ofwhich both
grooms and brides were colored, % of
which the. grooms we're colored and the
brides white, and there was an instance
of the marriage Of az Indian to q ecolored
BRIDE = ~ i 1913 ~
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19

4 professor at Yale College maintains
chat the development of the tro;ting
horse is "a special product of the high
est civilization the world has yet SEEM"
and San Francisco paper appends
this remark: while the horse has
reached a high standard of civilization,
it hardly follows that the trotting horse
marks the highest stage of civilization.
ibis one fact, however, is pretty we'll
established, that he is making greater
speed, both as a runner and a trotter,
than ever before. Statuary, and in the
line of physical training we have not
yet reached the Greek standard, but
in horse flesh We are ahead. Our pub
lie galleries of art, and our public libra
ries are mesgre concerns. But the
world will take notice, that if we have
not developed the man to perfection,
the horse is a little ahead.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19

There will be a grand reunion at
Springfield, Mo-, on Adjust s, to contin-
ne three days. of the survivors OF
the battle of Wilson Creek where Gen.
Ryan was killed. Both union and con-
federate survivors will participate in the
affair and ample preparations have been
made to take good care of all who at
tend. Generals sigel, Schofeld, sturgis
and other union z officers and
a number of prominent confederates
will be present. The actual survivors
will be in camp during that time near
the city of Springfield, and about ten
miles from the battle scene. On the
first day the exercises will be of gem
eral character, the principal features
being the address of welcome by Gov.
Phelps. On the 9th there will be mill
tary drills and parades by the different
militia companies for prizes, horse traces,
balls in the evening, etc. Early in the
morning of the 10th, the, anniversary of
the battle, the survivors will march to
the old battlefield and occupy camps,
the Union soldiers on one side, the
ext onfederates on the other. Govern
or Crittendon will probably deliver the
address sofs welcome, and speeches will
be made by other distinguished person
ages; in addition, there will Be music,
singing, dress drills: and parades, etc.
Every effort has been made By the peo-,
pie Of southwestern Missouri to make
the affair = grand success, union ists and
sexsconfed crates ssvieing with each other.
:ingenerous contributio ions for the object.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19

Senator Edmunds of Vermont has
lately visited the glaciers on Mount Ia:
coma, Washington Territory and gives
an enthusiastic description of what he
saw, and is thoroughly convinced that
no resort in the United States will be so
much sought after as this when once
people come to know that what men
cross the Atlantic to see can be seen in
equal splendor, if not surpassed, at
home. Hesays: The ''emotions stirred
in ones breast completely defy all the
powers of language to express. When
we reached the foot of the glaciers, foot
sore and weary as we were, I could not
help pausing in breathless silence as we
reviewed this majestic mass of ice, i'm
bedded in the bosom of this gigantic
monarch among the Alps. 1 have been
through the Swiss mountains, and I am
compelled to own that, incredible as the
assertion may appear, there is absolutely
no comparison between the finest effects
that are exhibited there and what is seen
in approaching this grand isolated
mountain. I would be willing to go 500
miles again to see that scene. This con-
tinent..is yet in ignorance of the exist
ence of what will be one of the grand
est show-places. aswell as a sanitarium."
Upon the completion of the Northern
Pacific, near at hand, there will be an
immense influx oftouriste from: our own
and other countries, to witness what so
delighted Mr.. Edmunds. 3 - 81
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
RAILROAD RUMBLLNGS.

SIX directors, of the Rutland Railroad
company announce that ex-Treasurer
Ravens cash account il short $SSs, 600. The
total deficit can only be determined by
thorough investigation. There has been a
large overissue of stock, at one time 1892
shares, but the actual overissue apparently
outstanding now is 1891 shares. Alta ch-
ment has been placed upon the property OF
Ravens, which, with his bond, may save
the road ultimate loss.
A meeting ofthe general managers of the
Northwestern, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Rock
Island & Pacific and Northern Pacific roads
is so be held in Chicago, at an early date,
for the purpose oil comforting together in
regard to arrangements for through traffic
to the Pacific coast from connecting lines
with the Northern Pacific. j.
According to the Railroad Gazette the
five months of the current year, to the end
of May, show a total of 72O railroad ac-
ciden 8, 1873 killed and 713 injured; a
monthly average of IA accidents, 81 killed
and 143 injured. The month of May was
considerably below the average for the year.
Over :, 500 miles of new railways counting
main line only, and excluding s,diags. and
other tracks, have been laid durinesthe past
six months, although the weather during
only small portion of this time has been
favorable to outdoor work id most of the
states.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
Terrific Hail storm in Iowa.

Clinton, Iowa, Special:-One Of the m ost
terrific hail storms on record swept over q
portion of Clinton e. Scott counties, along
the valley Of the Wasipincon river, at s!
o'clock tn ursday evening and laid bare
scores of farms, leveling crops to the
gound and doing untold damage. The high
wind which accompanies the hail blew
down hundreds; Of trees in Pinnos Grove
near Princeton. The storm came from the.
northwest and was i.lst heard of in this
oounry near Toronto. It crossed the Chi
cago & Northwestern railway at Ground
Mound. on path three miles wide, pro-
ceeding thence southeasterly to the Missis-
sippi river. In some cases, whole fields of
corn were laid fat and WORTHLESS; small
grains nearly ready for harvest were wa oily.
destroyed. No estimate can be given Of
the damage which is universal Some or
the hailstones that fell were MS lsrge as eggs.
Cutters along railways we're full of them
next morning. II :s 5s s ss s..
Waterloo Special: Northeast aud east Of
here great damage was done to growing
crops: From farnla1s interviewed recently
your correspondent has reports 81 282 acres
of corn and 3z6 acres 81 oats which. were
entirely destroyed and tits es.imatedt that
over Loco ac.l1 .oi. those cereals In Black
$Hawk county are so bad in Irsd thu
thsy III hardly ply sfor hafyss tins. Thas
FORM intended q Jegup and lndspsndsnce
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19

The national debt has been reduced
during the fiscal year ending the goth
of June about $125, OO0, 600. This IL &D,-
100000 short of last years reduction,
but much larger than that of any other
year in our history. We have expend.
ed the past year about $265, 0OO, 900, in
Guiding the interest on the public debt.
This interest is now less than one dollar
per year for each person in the country,
whereas at the close of the war it was
A.26. Next year we shall pay at the
rate of ninety cents apiece for interest
on the public debt. The total OF the in
terest bearing debt is now 81 1876, OOO, 600
and Of the non-interest bearing debt
S525, ooo, COS. and THERE is $500, OOO,O 600 of
cash in the Treasury, leaving the net
debt little over 81, 500, Ooo, 600, or less
than $50 Yer head of the population.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19

The law abolishing the stamp tax on
matches, bank checks, perfumery, pro-
prietary medicines, playing cards, etc.,
went into effect July l, and those art
icles are now free. The only internal
taxes now remaining are those upon
liquor and tobacco. and the latter we're
reduced one'half by the last Congress.
The rates are now as follows; On dis
titled spirits, rum, whisky, gin and
brandy, 80 cents = gallon; on malt
liquors, ale, lager and porter, 95 IL
cents a barrel; on tobacco, cents a
pound, and on cigars three dollars a
thousand. Dealers also pay what is
called special tax, which is $40 a
year for tobacco. and SIS year for liquor.
The consumption of these articles in
crease steadily and rapidly, and the
revenue from them amounts to enor-
NOUS sums,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
A Half Years Disasters.

New York Herald: Nearly 5000 persons,
according to Herald history-and this re-
slime does not include the hundreds of un-
fortunate events wherein the loss of life
was less than three-were sacrificed in the
first six months of 1883 to accidents and
calamitous occurrences of one kind and an.
other. It has been thus far year Of al
most unparalleled cruelty. Accidents have
occurred by floods, by FIRE, by lightning,
by explosions, by panic by ]andslides, BY
snowslides. by storms at sea and storms on
shore-dire happenings of every description
some in our midst and some ir every part
of the world. Only we'll defined happenings
will be found in the list, and it must be
lett for the reader to picture the destruction
of and estimate the lives lost by the long,
continued floods in the valleys Of the Rhine
and Danube, and the Mississippi, the Ohio,
and other Western rivers in our own coun-
try. Tne first half of the year has been
prolific in such foods. 1t has been prolific,
too, in tomatoes, in cyclones, and other of
nature agencies for destruction, FROM which
the aggregate loss of life can scarcely be es.
timated.
When classified according to the noct tbs
in which they were reported, the deaths are
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19

cot1ntable weather on the earth. The
precipitation of rain over the north
temperate zone has already become !
matter of:great concern; and there ale
no immediate prospects of diminution.
The water has been pumped into. the
air by the SUMS increased. heat. and, it
must descend. If this state of things
should continue for two or three years
more, the most disastrous consequences
must follow. : In the natural course of
events it is expected that the solar dis
turbai1ce will soon subside. But there
is no telling what may happen in our
whirl through space.-Rochester Demo-
crat, =.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
Gov. Crosby Criticises West Point.

Gov. Crosby Criticises West Point.
Chicago Special: Gov. Crosby arrived here
to-day from West Point. Regarding the re-
suit of the inspection he said: Everything
pertaining to the managem ent of the school
was found in a very satisfactory condition.
There is one matter, however, that think
should be changed. It seems to me that
the requirements for admission are not.
what they should be to give applicants from
all sections of the untry the same chance.
The examination is too har for candidates.
from the territories. where the educational
advantages are so limited. A boy appoint
ed from Massachusetts, can pass without
difficulty an examination that one from
Montana would be greatly troubled with
while the latter may develop into better
soldier than the other. To remedy this dis
elimination would admit all to years
training in a preparatory department., which
would cost the government very little more
and give the examiners an opportunity to
arrive at a correct estimate of the merlls in
each case, and then instead of one I would
have two appointed from each congressioA-
al district; but made no report enbedying
these views because was in a minority"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
What is the Matter With the Sun.

A group Of sun spots that was just
making its appearance on the :23d had
reached the SUMS center, and had
spread over vast area, while. a new
group of immense proportions had made
its appearance on the east. This group
consists Of two very large spots connect
ed by chain Of smaller ones. The re.
zion is torn in every direction. About
the two great storm eenters there is EVIL
:dence of a whirling motion. The tongues
of white fame which surround the dark
chasms of the spots are bent in the de
rection Of the cyclonic motion. The area
of disturbances is now; greater than at any
time since the sun spot period began.
There has been constant increase, in
the violence and extent of the solar
storms during the past year. The tre-.
mendous outbreak Of last November is
fairly adwarfed by the present convul-
sions Unless the sun is undergoing some
permanent change it would seem that
the storms must soon reach q climax AID
subside. But 20 long @ they continue.
sWesmay expect violent Storms and unac-,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19

Gen. Crook says the Indians conquer
ed in 1873 were very successful farmers,
and delivered wood, hay, etc., to the
Quartermsster's Department at half the
price demanded by the contractors.
The contractors then had them sent on
the reservations, where they could not
rival the contractors at their own bust
ness. White spectators and rascally
agents are accountable for great deal
of Indian trouble.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19

Consul General Hans Mattson of Cal
cutta, who has lately returned to his
home in Minneapolis TOR visit states
that gre at efforts are being made to de-
velop the cultivation of wheat in the
northern parts of British India with a
view to bringing the product into advan-
tageous competition with wheat from
this country. The wheat produ ction of
British India the last year was. 240, OOO,.
600 bushels, of which 81 ,l35, 4s1 bushels
were exported to England and France.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
The Wisconsin Ravfshers.

Wahpeton, OAK, Special: Sheriff Bower
and District Attorney Monahan of Lafayette
county, Wisconsin, arrived on the 10th with
acquisitions for John T.. Martin aud Michael
Mcmahon, the two young men charged
with having committed rape near Darling
ton, and started fer Wisconsin with their
prison ers. Mr.. Monahan said that the VIC
tim of the young brutes is Isabella Poison,
about eighteen years old, the daughter of q
respectable Norwegian farner; that she was
terribly OUTRAGED, her collar bone being
broken and her whole body showing marks
aloud since. Mcmahon is said to be hard
case, and wac arrested last January for
stealing turkeys from the father of the un-
fortunate girl. Mcmahon is nineteen and
Martin eighteen years old.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
Notable Murder Trial in Flo

Notable Murder Trial In Florida.
At Orlando, Fla, the trial of Archibald
B. Newton for killing Samuel Mcmillan
near Sanford in October last closed with +
verdict Of guilty. Mcmillan hadthe reputa-
ton Of being . nisar and was supposed to
have kept = larRe sum sof money always
about him. Nswton who il an East Indilll
by birth, lived near Mcl MILAN and was
poor. MCMILLAN disappeared on Sept. 30
slast and shortly after wards Newton md his
;wi;e seemed to 10 aush Of money. On Oct.
II MeMillan's sheadIeA body was found ia.
5tystal lake. Around The Waigt Nns i rope
which - It'd g q pot 81 nails Ths rope
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
A Gay Deceiver Nabbed.

A special from Fond dn Lac, Wis, says:
Joseph Hoehn, charged with the seduction
of Miss Emma Stroebel, whose parents live
in Calumet, was on the 18th inst. arrested
by the sheriff of this county at Niagara
Falls, N. Y. Hoehn visited relatives in
Calumet last fall, became acquainted with
accomplished his designs and skipped.
Both parties are highly Connected here, and
Hoehn's family are among the wealthy Ger
mans of this CITY. The sheriff is expected
to arrive here with his prisoner on Saturday
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19
Wheat in Northern Dakota has been
.sept back by the lack of rain and fears
are entertained in some localities of a
short cr0D

It is said that Lord Wolseley's militia
ny picnic and the suffering which it
brought to the millions was the cause of
cholera in Egypt. The people in many
places were brought to the verge of
starvation and subsisted on putrid fish.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19

The Suez Canal was long regarded as
"a hazardous enterprise, 30 Tar as profits
are concerned. But the situation has
changed and a second canal has been
found necessary for the business, which
will be- completed in 1888 by the aid
Enp1onH
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-07-19

The political campaigning this year is
lacking in vigor and interest. There lisa
good deal more anxiety about the farm
er's crops than the fate Of politicians.
When the first are gathered there will
be plenty of time to look after the lat
ter