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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15

The xnaoting Clause Stricken Out In the
~ House by a MaiOritv of -Four.

The xnaoting Clause Stricken Out In the
r. - House BY q Majority Of Eour.
In the house, on Tuesday, after strong
speeches .from Mr.. Randall, Mr. Blackburn,
Mi Kasson and others MI: Converse; pushing
to the 'front.' moved to strike out the enacting
clause. This was signal for volly of Kisses
and groans from the Democratic side, this
demonstration being met by rounds Of applause
from the Republican side. The scene in the
chamber wass one Of intense excitement and
confusion to which the. galleries rendered no
little aid by loud tokens of approval Teilers
being ordered, Messrs. Converse aud Morrison
were appointed by the chair. Before taking
his place, Morrison called to the clerk of the
house, who was standing by the speaker
desk, and exclaimed 'sClark, see that no
id scountfrel who tis paired goesabetween
the tellers'' Clark promising to see that fair
ground should be had Morrison took his sta
ton, giving Conversea very cool shakeFof the
hand as he stood opposite that gentleman. Then
the voting began, and the tel1ers' announced
the affirmative vote to be 155. The first man
to pass through in the negative was Reagan of
Texas, who had" been brought in an invalid
applauded by his friends and received many
congratulations upon his apparent recovery
from his late severe illness The negative
vote was announced as Isl, and then George
D. Wise (Va) voted in the affirmative, making
the vote stand 159 to'155.
HC Only htptDilt'hu6 WIZ FOVtu Will OIIC
Democrats against striking out the
cnactng clause of the bill, wero Messrs.
Strait, Nelson, Wakefield and White of Mime
sofa. On being asked to. explain their votes
these gentlemen all say that they voted to take
up, the bill up to consider it, and having done
so, they could not consistently vote to eject it
after three weeks time wasted in discussion.
In addition, they say they favor a revision of
the tariff and would have voted for tho Nor
rison bill if properly amended.
The Democrats who voted with the Repub]i-
cans in favor of striking out the enactng clause
were: Messrs, Budd Glasscock Charles A.
Summer, and Tully, of California; Eaton of
Connecticut; Fincrty Of Illinois; Converse,
Eoran, Gcddos, Jordan. LeFevre, hurry, David
R. Paige, Seney A. J. Warner and
Wilkins, of Ohio; Boyle, Con
molly, Curtis, Duncan, Elliott Ermen-
trout, Hopkins, Mutchler, Patten, Post Ran
dali and Storm ofPennsylvania; Arnot, Hutch
ms, Muller, Sprigs+, Van Alstyne and Wenn-
pie Of New York; Finday Of Maryland; George
D. Wise of Virginia; Farrell, Fielder and Nc
Adoo Of New Jersey; Snyder Of West Virginia
and HINT of Louisiana-3l
II is supposed that this will end tariff legis-
lation for this session and ensure an early
adjournment.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
A Sadly Abused Title.

The title professor" has been Sc
much used by those SO incompetent that
it has come in America, to mean almost
nothing. A man who cannot tell wheth-
err: The Bold McIntyres" is a symphony
Or an oratoria styles himself musical
"Prof." A man who can turn somer.
sault successfully three times out of five
sadvertises himself as an acrobatic "Prof
The barber who can cut off one llai1
while he pulls out two is a tonsoria]
"Prof., and there are culinarysand pre-
stidigatory, 'Prof.," chiropodal "Prof. u
-''Prof." anything you want, till the
man who has rightly obtained and real
ly merits the title feels cheap when he
is addressed as professor" and yearns
for plain mister.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
RPITAPHD,


How sleep the brave who sink to rest
NV all their country's wishes best
lhey sleep DOT in their regimentals,
fuch things being here not deemed essentials. !"
"Here lies one Box within another,,' =
The one Of wood :
Was very good;
We cannot say so much for fothers .
"John Macpherson
Was remarkable person,
He stood six feet two
Without his shoe,
And he was slew
At Waterloo"
% lies the body Of Mary Sexton,
pleased many man, but never vexed one
ke the woman who lies under the next
Tone
"Here lies John Hill, man of skill,
His age was FIVE times ten,
He ne'er did good, nor ever would
Had he lived as long again"
''Hcre lies DR.. Trolope,
Who made these stones roll up;
He took a dose of jalop,
And God took his soul up"
"ror Martha Smell, she's gone away,
She would if she could, but she could not stay
She'd two bad legs and baddish cough,
But her legs it was that carried her Of"
Here lies l.
Killed by sky
y Rocket in my eye"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15

connf11dzsfo6s st ms 1sdsS 8ssns.n,1russsz
Stata of RlQrida. With o,znx 100 Y.ixaa

connffds,tffofn 81 1s6sS Sf--mssBSxsssF-
State Of FLORIDA, with over 100 Lives.
tQaebec Special: The painfpk anspapss thet,
prevailed here all day with regard to the sur
.vivors Of the disaster to the Inflated steamer
Stateof Florida, was relieved by thesariivaf Of
the Donaldson steamer Ktiana, from Glasgow to.
Montreal with coal and a general cargo, which
was autographed the 9TH as on her way to Quebec
WITH twenty t.; fou at r.; the saved party l
Bird rocks, observed 4 ship: exhibiting two
bright lights, and thinking he wished, to comr.
municate,; ebore down upon him and took of
twenty 40nr; passengers and the crew rescued
steamship City Of Rome passed them While On
board the ship Lonisa, and answered ;theirsig..
nails, but did not stop. Following is the official
report of third officer of the State Of Flor
ida: ..':f;s! t"tss II sf :;.-r, J.
LEI. Left n, NV York on the 18Th Of Apr, With
eral cargo Al went well until the nightof the.
18th. At II 80 came in collision with the bark
Pomona Of Chatham, N b., Capt. Helburn =
Both ships went down almost immediately, and
out of the steamers passengers and crew only
forty four including tho stewardess; managed
to escape in boats, and ; out of the banks
crew of fifteen only the captain and two Sea-
men saved The next. morning the bark
was observed bottom up. The survivors, after
being thirty-tve hours in boats without food or
water, were rescued by the Norwegian bark
Theresa, of Christiana, from that bort, bound
for Quebec. on the I'D twenty four of them
were transferred on the ship Louisa, of and
from Cardiff for Quebec, where they remainetl
tin May 5, when they were taken on board the
Titiana for Quebec. It is believed that 1875 lives
were lost. - - 81 !, :. =
Members of the rescued party on board the
Titiana presented a pitiable appearance, 80
sudden was the calamity, that,many of them, in
their hunks at the time had to hurry on deck
and into the boats in their nightclothes.~ Most
of them had but very copfuseikidea OF what
really took place. AIT could distinctly remem-
Der, however, the crash and rush for the deck.
The survivors also remember with shudder the
dash for the boats as the ship went down amid
the shreks and lamentations of the passen-
gers Those on duty at the time .re1nembef.
seeing red light flash for an instant, followed!
by crash, after which nothing but confusion
followed, the steamer beginning to sink and
hurried preparation being made to launch the
boats. The bark went down instantly The
frightened passengers rushed on deck in their
scribable. Women went into hyster:
les and men refused to move. The women
especially objected to- being doomed vessel
Some WHO could have been saved absolute
ly refused to bulge an inch. Those who Chung
to the bottom of this capsized boat all night
suffered terribly from icy cold water, though
the sea was calm. Nevertheless they did not
lose heart Outof167 souls only ~ were saved,
if the other 80 were not also picked up The
bark also went down with ~ souls - e. =
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
Hawthorne's Suppressed Stories.
In1ian Hawthorne in the Nav Century

'-'~" VIVA 49, 49, -~>O~~
~-sHrhe witches always had special in
terest or fascination for my father, as
might be inferred from the character
and tone ofthe illusions to them in Els
published writings: But it is perhaps pot
Generally knowhs fhst he sWf6te a nun
ber of tales Aavina witches for thsii
subject matter that were said BY the one
or~two PERSONS who saw. them TO-. be
more powerful as conceptions of weird
: and fantastic horror ethan, anything is
the printed, volumes of short -storiess
But these tales never 'ernergeds from the
manuscript state and were ffnMfy
burned by their author; bsseeailse is ny
mother told me he had explaineds ID
her, he felt that they were not true.
That is, I suppose, they, embodied no
moral truth; they were mere imagina-
tive narratives, founded on history and
tradition, and had not the spiritual bal;
ance andyproportion of what Hawthorne
would deem work .ofEart.:s - ast7 -
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
. Chances of Geuerals.

= Sheridan was always in the front Of
the fight, yet never received a scratch.
Joe Hooker never sought shelter, yet
was never more hanuscratched. Kill
patrick and Custer went through tho
war with only u slight wound, although
invariably in the heaviest of the lcaden
showers. Skebelef, who many a time
went at it with his. own good sword, and
in his white coat and on. his white
charger, headed every charge with a
.recklessness that men call madness, had
as complete an immunity as if he car
ried the charmed life that his soldiers
ascribed, and was wounded only in the
quiet trenches by a chance bullet fired
into the air mile away. Wellington
was but once hit; the bullet that carried
away his boot-heel scarce gave him a
confusion. Grant was never struck no
more was Napoleon. Bazaine was a man
to- whom fortune was not stingy in the
matter Of wounds ~
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
For the Aid OF Gen. Grant.

$ Washington Special, Senator Edmunds loft
the chair of the vice president Wednesday to
offer bill to place Gen. Grant Oh the retired
list OF the army, and in brief speech alluded
indirectly to his financial failure, which was
announced in the papers He said he hoped
the committee on military affairs would hasten
the passage Of the bill. Such a measure has
,beerI repeatedly introduced in congress, but
has invariably failed Souther,l;d hmocrats, es-
Hecially ex-confederates, are kindly disposed
toward Grant, and little opposition is anticipat-
ed beyond that of democrats ,of the Holman
typo in the house, and VOORHEES, type in the
senate. While it is we'll known that Grant has
4 comfortable fortune left, there is generous
feeling that his services deserve the providing
.ofhhm against the ups and downs OF. CONNER?
'citti business.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
Anecdote: of Agassix.

- :. 4 Hartford { gentleman who WAS in
company with tie late Professor Agyas-
sizson board. the vessel rendered him by
the government for thepurpose Of mak-
ing coral and sponge INVESTIGATIONS .oa.
the Florida coast, says that when this
,s6ip reached Florida, Mr.. Agassiiz Was
paced in. the cutter and roWed toward
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
!. , = - :
Irish Colonization.

"a meeting of the stockholders of the Irish
Catholic C!olonization society was held in Chi
cago, Wednesday, Among others present were
Bishop Ireland of Minnesota, s, M Smyth,
agent in Nepraska, and c. j.. Kreaney, agent in
Minnesota. Bishops Ireland Trepert@ tq the
Meeting that the question Of cering for in,mi.
grants would doubtless rexel~ethe ateention Of
the coming convention of Aneriesa bishaps, to
eheld at Baltimore, and the meeting the1lsgo-
tedto cooperate with the council in any action
outgoing directors were re- elected The treas
urer reported that there is now in his hands a
cash balance of $8,079, which, added to all
other assets, makes Q grand total of 1929, 776.
sKdividend of s per cent. on the stock was, de-
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
The Grand Lodge A.. o. u: W.


The grand Lodge of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen convened at Workmen hall
;st'Paul, scn Tuesday; tie 9th. There were
$50 present, representing" 81 different lodges:
The 'jnrfsdiction, of thu. grand lodge comprises
Minnesota,, Dakota and Manitoba. OF the rep
>resentatiyes,' eight were from Dakota, one
from Manitoba and, the balance from
the The business Of the aay
presented by the grand medical director, grand
master workman, grand recorder, grand re-
ceiver and Representative from the supreme
lodge. There were at the last meeting of this
twenty have died There has been $40, 900 in
surance paid during the year The expense of
collecting and disbursing this money 81, 600,
and the expense for the year to each member,
,s15. psI:.
An appropriation was made for a deputy to
visit lodges in the Jurisdiction for the: purpose
of increasing the membership No special eff
fort will be made the ensuing year to increase
the number oftlodgss, il being considered ad-
visable 70 concentrate AT Efforts to increase the
membership iii the established ones, It was
deeidedsthat under the constitution members
into this, FROM another jurisdictions.
Grand lodges of other Jurisdictions have de-
scided this point! adversely. The grand repre-
tsentatives to the supreme lodge were instructed
to urge a graded assessment according to age
An effort was made to make graded initiatory
fee, ranging from SO to $685. according to age,
but this failedS The apitaton tax for the ex-
pellses of the grand lodge was fixed for the GU
suing year at 81 for each member. The ex-
penaes Of this session WAS $911. .a-
Following is the list of grand officers elected
for the ensuing year: - :! .
T Grand Master Workman, D. E. Vance of Wi
mona grand foreman E. H. Stevens, st. Paul;
grand overseer, A. ]. Blesser of Milbank, Oak !;
grand recorder, William Cheney, Minneapolis;
grand receiver, J. J. McCardy of St Paul; grand
guide, H: J. Birch Of Wadena; grand Waterman,
j. Gddings Of Anoka grand trustee, j. To,,n
Of Minneapolis; past master workman, G. H.
Roberts of Rochester; representatives to SUI
preme lodge, g. H. Roberts of Rochester, A. l.
Levi of Minneapolis J. NJ. .Nye Of Wells; medi-
cal director, Talbot Jones of St Paul; finance
committee, D. Ramaly, Monroe Sheire, G: W,
Thayer, Lake City; Judiciary committee L. Van
Slyke of Hastings, A. H. Taisey of Donl1ely, F.
f.. Wilda of st. Paul.
The lodge adjourned to meet again at the
same place on the first Tuesday in May, 1885,
at 10 O'clock a. M
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15

believe Swifts Specific has saved my life
Ihad virtually lost use of the upper part Of
my body and my arms from the poisonous ef
fects of a large cancer on my neck from which
have suffered for 20 years. SIS. S. has ro
ieved me Of all soreness, and the poison is be-
ing forced out of my system. will soon bt
we'll w. E. Robson DavisborO, Ga.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15

Baron Won Eisendecker, who has, represented
the German government at this capital for a
little over year, received a dispatch from bis
home Office informing HIM. of his transfer to
Baden and Of the appointment of Mr. Won Al
yensleben, now minister at the Hague to sue
coed him.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
One anecdote,. told bv the writerswhe

One anecdote,. told by the writer who
has just sketched Berlin society,
whether literally: true 8 only y aieat il
Yention,s has, met with great success.
It hits atwhat used to b, called il Ger:
many q French fashion. : An English
pGssionary, SO the story goes, was inyis
ted to alarge dinner party by - German
Professor, and Depqty Out of regard
to his cloth" the host, after the ladies'
had Withdrawn from the table, apollo
gized to tie missionary for tReif;s per-
haps, too deeqlletees style sof dress.
ooh, pray don't mention J" replied Tire
n,ssiolts 81. s. 1fy , Tor 1o Years hhsen8
the savagsssof a traoa. land am quite sooa
customed to such sights =. ! e g ! =, =.
-ae $ g = Fsassss.sssss7 ssrs ~
s<sassx xasS xsas 81 600 al s+.s
4 s$ Sf@s.Ssss Il ssTnfssf GEF 81 J.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Mr.. N. J. Shepherd is. satisfied that
4 man could raise a good pig each year
On what it costs to keep. 2 useless dog.
Remember that IS bushels Of corn.
grown on an acre is cheaper than 100
bushels on two acers. L. > - q
Do not work the boys to hard They
have been going*to, school and must get
hardened by Degrees = ,- >,,.,
An Indiana Farmer correspondent
"curedthe worst case of self milking
COW" by inserting in her hosea ring Of
1.-TWO and half or three inch diameter. {"
Plant ana SOW what you can raise the
best on your farm and let the neighbors
y say and do what they please. Do not
be afraid to make new departure on
your own Judgment. Better trust your
own: then your neighbors.
Rhubarb This plant, being among
the first to furnish material for pies and,
sauce, should be among the first in the
spring to receive our attention. If we'll
prepared last autumn as it should have
been, by liberal cover of manure,
there will be but little to do this spring
but to fork in the manure and remove
the old stalks. -
No tree is equal to the Russian Null
berry for a wind-break, yet it makes "a
very rapid and, at the same time, low,
busby growth, that makes complete
barrier against the wind. The Gray
Willow also grows fast on low, rich,
moist land, and is good wind break.
An Indiana Farmer correspondent
"leaves weeds far in the-rear" by soak
ing Asparagus Seed in tepid water
twenty four hours, then putting it in a
bag of thin muslin, burying in moist
earth, and when sprouted planting in
the bed prepared for it.
Vitality OF Seeds.
| The farmer or gardner should run no
risk in seeds in preparing for crop.
Reliable seed stores never sell at ran
dom, nor will they sell seeds after they
have lost their vitality by age. Such
stores frequently have large surplus of
seeds left over, some of which are just as
good at two, three, Or oven ten years
of age as when fresh. But there are ma
<iority of seeds though they may make a
limited and feeble growth, have not the
strength and vigor to produce strong
shoots or crops, SO we say, don't buy
old seeds. And a large portion of those
placed at stores and groceries to be
sold on commission are Of the lots saved
over from last year, or
who sells without testing his seeds after
the winter is passed Prof. Beal, of the
Michigan Agricultural college, tried the
seeds sold at country stores on commits
sion, obtaining lots fromsvarious places
He found that from twenty two to forty
five per cent of the seeds grewwith the
best of planting and careful attention so
that thereafter the college bought no
more garden seeds which, are sold on
commission. Lately we have heard
men claiming that they had seed corn
three years old just as goodsas it was
two years ago. It is true seed corn two
years old will grow if it had extra care,
but not as certainly nor near as vigorous
as the first spring after it is gathered.
And we would discourage the planting
Of two years old seed, if any good seed
could be had for. three or four, dollars
Der bnshel,--DeS MOineS Register
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
A Shrewd Move.

Mlnks-Yes my boy, I am going to
Salt Lake City to live.
Finks-but you don't expect to be-
come Mormon, do you?
Certainly not; but don't tell
Mrs. Minks I said so.~..ls You see have a
special object in settling where man
can have as many. wives as he wants,
though of course Y, Il, T VII y never haye but
1 .Finks.-A special objject?' sT3E - !
.Minks- Yes; T never @canSg get Mrs..
Minks to keep my buttons sewed; .on,s
but think there will be no trouble
about that after we settle in, Salt Lake
City. ,8a& ,ssstafst,z <t,s = isEs&4H ~: sit.
B Finks-why not? .
Mink when the buttons sare off Z
viii just gently hint 70, Mrs. N1inks that
she needs more help, and they will go
on in a
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15

The house committee on military affairs
agreed to report resolution authorizing the
committee to investigate the management Of
such national soldiers homes. as it may deem
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15

AFTER USING a large number of preparations
for Cahrrh, / have become satisfied that Of
them all Elys Cream Balm gives me the most
||re1iefff can ono who msy'
.rSFB. Lewis, Principal Graded School, Gin
ston wis dEasy to use. Price 50 cents.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15

The Decorator and Furnislher makes
very sensible protest against pil the use
Of very hard drying varnish for hard
wood floors. Such fine hard finish
"must and will scratch up With the nails
in boots, every mark being permanent
at least it; stays until the floor us
again .Yarnished, which those who baye
chad experience know to be quite a job.
Therefore the finish must be something
that is soft without being / sticky, so
hat whatever marks occur on, Gnthe a
Of cloth something, in fact, that
will work like the r.oM7fasioned
,beeswax, without IS the. excess
sive work necessary to apply and polish
IL, and yet be free from the stick iness
attending the USE of that articl 4 y There
is wax finish which is said to answer
these conditions. With ! new. floor
x
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15
How to Be A Good Wife.

Marriage with a worthy man IS WOE
mans privilege, and helsbest and highest
Development, mental and physical, can
be attained in this state:s Men and woz
men were made for each other, and .
very old, but nevertheless true tru-
ism, is, that a. happy marriage :. is the
very garden Of Eden.~e An unhappy
marriage is the reverse, and the greatest
Of all calamaties that can. befall purey
affectionate, and noble woman. Faith
in God, and a strong resolve to do
every duty, can alone keep such a one
from absolute despair. !. Miss "Braddon"
says, "a good women who does not love
her, husband makes the ~-be#
wife" If this is~s~s true, it is
because she is controlled by duty,
Instead of the changing caprices of effec-
ton. "Troublein the flesh" will come to
every married couple: Why not ex-
pect it.? The most wretohed married
people have ever known, were always
quite willing, and even eager, to see their
children settled for life in marriage,
knowing that they would find shelter
'eand protection thereby, if not in the af-
lection at least by the law, which COM
pels the husband to support the wife
q support perhaps meagre enough and
grudgingly bestowed. Look around on
all your friends, married or single, and
ask yourselves tire question, which is
the preferable lot? If you are strong
enough to fight alone the battle of life,
to earn ypnr own il,lgatI ana butter, you
are just jim the oond iion.t to gain there;
Spect atsleast Of husband, and having
q hearty genuine respect, admiration
and love are not far distant. The truth
isydear girls, too many enter this holy
condition hoping to find Id it only, ease,
adulatidn' and pleasure; Such per-
sons will find the reverse of what they
seek. Reads .Tennyson's princes"
Had nothe the atnue conception Of hap
piness ID this bonhtionas
A man must bgBad, indeed, That can
treat with Gsreepe etsaawoman who re-
spects herself! AS a.r41e, a. good w vi ::
man will make j good lfonne Eve know
exceptionsg to this. However, But Il.
you have 1nadesqp yotir o. in1S tos low
the bent q yourso wills anIl paye &
way fors yourselves, you may do well
but to those Who Intend, to ehterss the
married state, shout do good opportu-
nifty come to them, 7 havG only to say,
see to it tlfat you individually under
stand what is required Of you as q wife.
Be willing to, NAL eTconcession at any
time if u the; wrong, and. above all
things, don't find fault withs your hl1s-
band before Others. rsaA,s,s r. -"
"a tSy flr4s
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-15

: Capt H. N. Adams, assistant superintendent
of the government canal works at Louisville,
was instantly killed onWednesday, the 9TH.