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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24

A Rich Mineral Belt.

One of the most peculiar sections
the south is probably the mineral b
of West Alabama, which stretches di;
onally across the country above
thirty first degree of north latitude.
extends from Garlandsville, in E
Mississippi, to some distance east of
Alabama river, where its mineral e
dences sink below an extensive pine f
est and again come to the surface
East Alabama. This belt is probal
not more than ten miles in width a
contains {some of the most import;
minerals used in agriculture and t
arts. That portion of this. sect
which has some Of the strongest e
dences Of the existence of petroleum
lies in West Alabama, and embra.
parts of the counties of Washingts
Clarke, Choctaw and Marengo. It
about evenly divided by the :Tombigl
river, a stream navigable at all sease
of the year by steamboatslor other era
In extent it will embrace probably s
square miles, or 5000 acres, and. C
tains great diversity of soils, miner
and forest growth. Z. -.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24


The inexorable and oppressive. lbur-
den of the military systems of Europe
is shown in strong light by statistics
published in Germany It is shown in
the figures that IA, 7O2 men were SEN
fenced during the past year for at'
tempting;toeenigrate tor the purpose
sJf avoiding required military service:
Cases against 14,17s more, offenders in
this particular line are still pending.
But worse still the number of other
men from whom reservice is due. and
who during the year past refused both
to report for duty and to furnish b the
required excuses>for the failure to ,en-
roll themselves, amounted to the extra
ordinary number of 1O3,251 The i'm
perial government attributes the
trouble to the negligence of the officers
whose duty it is to attend to the enroll
ment of the inhabitants.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24
KislinRbury's Presentiment.

Jay Stone, one of the off eials of the war de-
partrnent, relates gshis ctti9us incident of
Lieut. Kislingbury, who was second in COM
mand of the dreely relief expedition. On the
day of his departure he called at the depart
ment to bid his friends farewell at Washington
81 never expect o'returns again, ? he said to
Stone, as he pressed:his hand 1t parting: I!
''Nonsense," said Stone, 'tyou are young,
active and vigorous; why should you not re-
turn?"
Kislingbury shook bis held negatively, and
moodily answered that the feeling had taken
possession of him several days before, and he
could not throw it off. Stone urged Kislmg-
bury to withdraw in favor of some moro am
bilious man, scores of whom were ready to
volunteer. This, however, he refused to do
He said he was not at all afraid to go; that un-
der no circumstances would he decline; but at
the same time he felt that he would not live out
the term of their voluntery exile His PRESENT.
ment was literally fulfilled
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24

A correspondent writes to the Toron-
10 Globe that $50 great has been the So
cial distinction granted to members of
the legal fraternity, so many and SO
splendid haye heen the prizes reserved
for those learned in the law, that great
,numbersuttely regardlesa in many cases
of their want of fitness have rushed into
the study of the law, needless Of the
already overcrowded state of the pro-
fession." It is believed however, that
"when it becomes generally understood
that multitudes of lawyers are continu-
ally on the verge Of starvation (many
having to depend on the hard earnings
Of their parents or on the generosity of
rich fathers in law those destitute of
the qualifications necessary to forensic
success will pause before entering the
legal profession without sthe mental
powers, the logical acumen, or the NOR
: al stability and integrity which are in
dispensab6 to permanentpucc at the
bar" O., - - ~,~+. -;
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24
Casualties of the Week.

The Stores of Stein l. Fisher suit manufac.
turers, B. Gardner, elastics, and Welles, Gold
smith Il Plant, ladies' cloaks, in New York
were burned Loss $50, 600.
. In Toronto the stables Of Thomos Hall, Par
Lament street, were burned. The roof fell ir
and buried several firemen Thomas Gilbert
was killed and others seriously wounded.
A fire at Billings, Mont, burned some Of the
principal business houses, as follows: J.H
Fenske, Babcock 4 Miles, Pendleton, s. s. Err
win, Rockwell & Terry, John Hanson, N. G..
Mains, E. G. Culver, ". J. Allison, Mckee
Bros; J. Ryan, J, Zimmerman, J. Sprague.
Total loss on buildings $S4, ,000
A man named George Wicks, with his wife
and daughter aged five. residing in Dunkirk,
N. Y, started to- go &onfE Erie tojhia~home in q
skiff On the 18th inst Since that time nothing
been running, and it is thought all three were
drowned Wieks was sin good circumstanc
and prominentan political circles. The Chau-
tauqua county shores of Lake Erie are beinos
searched for traces of the missing people,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24

During the month of June there were
reported to the press: in the United
States and Canada no less than 1877
fires, where the loss ranged from SIC, 900
upward, the aggregate loss being about
$5,sOO,OO0. Allowing the reasonable
estimate of 81 200 900 for the number
less smaller fires. and for such in remote
parts of the countryas reached the $1o,-
900 limit, but failed to be reported, and
the total loss for June foots up $7 ,O0O,-
: 900. Adding the figures for the pre-
vious five months, and for the first half
of the year shows total of 1 1893 Sc
rious fires, with loss of $53, $780, 900.
This is far above the total for the cor
responding period of 1883, when but
937 fires we're recorded, with loss of
-, ,OQo, ,o0o,. The country cannot afford
| TO let fires go on increasing at this al
srming rate,, for9it must be understood
that large amount Of these fires are
the result Of either carelessness or in
cendiarism.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24

A New York operator thinks he has
discovered the secret of the enormous
shrjnkage Of stocks. "The great secret
ssof this neven-ending shrihkage Or val.
~ues, neutrality-suspicious., (which has
now probably gone beyond the point
where stocks begin to be really good
investments, is want of confidence in
the official reports of railroad COM
panies and the, s~orn .statemshts. q
\ Taillead officers. With New York Can,
trail selling at 964, and paying eight per
cent. dividends, It is evident that the
public does not believe the reports is
sued by Vanderbilt as to the condition
of the road; if they did thu stock would
go up to $50 tomorrow. It is probable
ssh1this popular View has had good
deal to do with the depreciation of cer-
tain classes of stocks.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24
: MINNESOTA NEES igEES. !.
MuuEssorrAzDIso1xA1 11ou1siSi1

m101 66O9A 0OxxU1e4A4 8RUO @SAg0 .
y u q u . 6.
Prosrasnms ofshs 1ksstinx and 1xoursion
for the Yeap1ss4-A Tsw Days Of Great
Enjoyment.
This years meeting Of the Minnesota Editor
ial association promises to be especially pleas
ant, and the excursion addendum more than
usually enjoyable The meeting will be held
embling at the ST. Paul union depot at Esp
H., and going thence to White Bear. After as
sembling in the Mahtomedi amphitheater
they will be addresses by the presi-
dent and others, and from 2 to 8
p. m. has been assigned to ex-Gov: G. <. Davis
sure treat From $3.50 to p, m., routine busi-
ness will be transacted including reports by
committees: Executive committee ready print
and advertising on incorporation, on location
and purchase Of summer resort, editorial
badge, Minnesota newspaper statistics, history
and biography, neurology, legislation, finance,
membership, excursion, printing and publish
ing resolutions, on professional standing and
ethics, discussions and election of officers, and
transaction of other business Supper will
then be served, and later m excursion given on
the Dispatch
THE REGULAR TRIP.
The programme of the. regular trip is as
follows:
Wednesday, July 80, start via st. Paul l. Du-
luth railroad for excursion to Lake Superior,
taking in the Dalles of the St Croix river and
the Dalles of the St Louis river. Pass the
night at Duluth.
Thursday, July 31.-By one of the Buffalo
through line lake steamers to bayfield,, Wis
Arrive at Bayfield, at $780, spend the afternoon
among the trout streams and in viewing the
scenery.
Friday, Aug. Coast along the lake shore,
visit thesApostle Islands and other points, and
view tue new cities of Washburn and Ashland
Saturday, Aug. 2.-Return to St. Paul, pass
ing Long lake, Spooner, Shell lake, Hudson
and intermediate points, through the pictur-
esque portions of Wisconsin, arrive in St Paul
in time to take the evening trains to the differ
ent parts af the state.
Only editors and publishers and their fami-
lies are invited or allowed to partake of the
benefits of free transportation secured
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24
THE MAN WITHOUT a FAC
A French Soldier With q Renarka|
Wound.

There is TO be seen at Landrecies,
the department of the north, says t
London Globe, an invalid artillery s,
dier who was wounded III the late Ere
co-German war, when he was horriI
mutilated by the bursting of 2 Prussi
shell. The mans face was litera
blown off, including both cyeS, the
being left behind some scanty remna1
of the osseous and muscular system
The skull, which is we'll covered WI
hair, was left intact, so that the M
had most hideous and ghastly
pearance. This Disagreement has be
completely concealed by a mask, whi
was made for him under the direction
principal medical officer of Val de Graz
in Paris, whittier he had been tral
ferred from the field ambulance. T
mask was constructed by surgeon dc
tlst named Delalain. IT, includes
false palate and complete set of ia
teeth; and it is so perfect that the fu1
tions of respiration and mas
cation, which were necessarily and ii
perfectly performed, are almost co;
pletely restored to their normal con-
tion, and the voice, which was ratl
husky, has resumed its natural tol
The man speaks distinctly, the sense
smell, which had entirely disappears
has returned, and he can even play t
flute. He wears two false eyes, siml-
to fill up the cavities of the orbits, I
the parts representing the eyes in t
mask are closed. In fact, the mask
so well adapted to what remains of t
real face as to be considered one of t
finest specimens Of the prothetic
that could be devised.
The man himself, whose name
Moreau, and who is in perfect health,
looked upon as living curiosity, a
travellers go good deal out Of th
way to see him. His face, or rather J
mask, is, of course, without any expr,
sion, but his special senses, particul;
ly that of touch, are extremely dev
oped, and he goes by the soubriquet
s'L' Homme la Tete de Cire.'' =
wears the military cross of honor, a
delights to talk about what he has &C
through during the war. To add
his meagrc pension, he sells a pampb
containing a full description of
wounds and of the apparatus that |
been so skillfully devised as to reno
him at least presentable to his fello
creatures.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24
appealing on the record Of the land Office il

appeStag on The record Of theland Office, is
Jamss stevenson 81 the United States esolos.s q
ieal surrey bsass 4e following testifsany d
Having had my attention called to statements
in the Congressional Record of recent date,
indirectly charging you with fraudulently ats'
tempting to deprive the Zuni Indians of New
Mexico Of their lands, beg leave to say that
am familiar with the facts and circumstances
from a thorough investigation of the subject,
made at the request Of the corresponding sec
retary of the interior, and take pleasure in
stating that the allegations thus made, are
grossly unjust to you as well as Mai. Tucker
and his associates and wholly without founda-
ton
The last letter of the series is from Secretary
Teller to Gen. Logan In it he saws:
There is not the slightest evidence that any
wrong was intended or done by the parties to
the entries, or any law violated The land
made, and as such was open to entry by the
public. The gentlemen who made entries
were qualified to enter such lands and had a
perfect right to do so, and they neither vio-
lated the law nor the rights Of any parties
whatever in so doing asked the executive
order extending. the reservation without un-
derstanding all the facts at the time It gives
me pleasure to make this statement in view
of allegations to the contrary which have
| been made.
AOtAN GOES ON.
l. When Maj. Tucker and his associates were
| attacked through newspapers, said Logan,
| and charged with interfering with the rights
! of Indians and doing a great wrong, de-
Tended them in q letter through the public
| press and otherwise as having violated no
| law and as having committed no fraud on
Indians or any one else. In that defense
| asbei tho question: eff soldier
like Capt. Lawton could not locate a
homestead or pre-emption, or whatever
the location was within the distance no had
! to the Indian reservation, tell me how many
miles soldier should have to go away from
a reservation in order to comply with the
law" This I did in their behalf. I now
stand by what did then. II, this be crime
or fraud, my enemies can make the most of
it These men are all honorable men. Capt
Lawton was gallant soldier from Indiana
He served all through the war with great
credit to himself and honor to his country.
Maj. Tucker is my son-in-law. He is gentle
man and man who would not wrong any one
| I presume the wrong in me is that Maj. Tucker
is part of my family, and although he is inno-
cent of any wrong in the premises, baseless
| excuse was made to assail me through him. If
their object was to draw me into his defense
they have succeeded, and when any one thinks
I have not manhood enough to defend openly
my relative or friend when wrongfully assailed,
| he mistakes me. This, sir, is full answer 10
this false, unprovoked and malicious slander,
| which place on record, where all may have
| access to it If desired
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24
~ zSsxT sEYgrs
Foreign Eashes!s / / : "a :

The pope has confirmed Father Sch ultz of
Philadelphia as pro rector of North American
college, Rome.
Mr.. Pipes premier Of Nqvas scotia. shes re-
signed W. s. Fielding v was e called Oh to form
q government Both were liberals
Anarchists in prison at Vienna made COM
plete confession, admitting they were impioat=
ed in many murders and robberies the past few
months. They say they were first induced to
commit crime by reading in 1888 sheet called
the Rebel, in which secret anarchist committee
appealed for funds.
Despite the strenuous efforts of the German
authorities to suppress thefacts, it is evident
that there is d very substantial basis for the
general belief that u desperate effort Was made
. murder tho emperor and other personages at
the Inauguration of the Germania monument III
the Niederwald last September:
At the ball recently given in Paris by Minis
ter Morton, Mrs. Mackay outshone all French.
or American millionaires by the display that
she made of diamonds and precious stones.
She wore the famous setof sapphires. which at
tracted so much attention at the Paris exhibition
in 1878. 1t is valued at $500, 600.
The French minister at Tien Tseng has de-
mapded; the withdrawal of Chinese treops FROM
[s4hs arontiers of Tonquin, and the payment Of
the 'fdemnity y.askea~ ~bys France. This demand
was delivered to Tsung Ii Yamen, who rejected
compliance with the terms she,ofered expires
July IS. War is apparently inevitable.
A sensation has been caused in Dublin by
the arrest of Quaker named Pelton, who is a
married man, fifty years old, and the father Of
large family, and who is alleged to have ac-
cumulated fortune by letting houses at enor-
nous rents for various felonious practices.
Warrants have been issued for several other
arrests on similar charges Pillar, who was
implicated with Cornwall was remanded for;
trial ::
committee of the house of commons has
agreed to recommend a loan to the Indian gov
ernment of Ella, 100000 for the purpose of
making extensions of it's railway system.
This grant is based upon the report of the
famine commissioners of 1879 which stated it
would be necessary to build $40 miles of rail-
TsGs Tnais 10 prevent recurrence OF '""'n' IN
A plot to blow up the palace at Warsaw dur
ing the czar's stop has been discovered, and
justice of the peace named Barbovsky is sus-
pected of completely and has been arrested. A
quantity of arms and dynamite belonging to
the conspiraters haye also been found Fire
arms, bombs, daggers and printing press.
were found in the residence Of Barbov-
sky. The dynamite was brought by Russian
having in his possessian letters to Russial Off
cials.
The celebrity chosen by Mr.. Labouchere for
dissection in the current number of Truth is
Dwight l. Moody, the American evangelist
Mr.. Moody's career is briefly sketched from
the time when he was clerk in a Chicago fur
niture store to the present moment The arti-
Gle is on the whole laudatory, and in summing
up Mr. Moody 'snauali6es and attsinmants, the
writer finds thathe haA Displayed 4 prodigiouss
sense almost a1isunting 70 genius: T ::
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24
Washington 1xpressions on the Glove
1and-Hendricks Ticket.

Washington, Special Telegram, July H.
Senator Morgan was in the room Of the senate
military committee with Senator Logan.
Logan listened to Morgan's comments, occa-
sionally throwing in word, but when asked
for his opinion on the ticket, declined to say
anything. When Morgan was discussing the
Democratic platform, Logan remarked:
"Oh, it suits you because it means free
trade"
"Well, it means free trade" replied Morgan
ticket is as week as the Democratic platform.
The thinking democrats and consistent advo-
Gates of democratic principles may vote for
Cleveland, but there is nothing about him to
attract the masses, the workingmen and the
foreign element, or to enlist the sympathies of
could be expected to successfully confront
Blaine and Logan in New York or anywhere q
contrast of men and records will have an i'm
portant influence.
a majority but little less than that by which he
carried it: The platform he regards as on alb
sOlute and ridiculous straddle on the tariff
plank, on which the free traders, the tariff re-
formers and protectionists can all find bid for
their vote, and none the assurance of protection
or help
Postmaster General Gresham says he thinks
the republican chances for carrying New York
are greatly increased by the, nomination OF
Cleveland.
If helly DOlts, ne says, bla1ne can
carry New York easily, but we can carry it
anyhow presume some Of the Independents
will vote for Cleveland, but there is no GER
tainty about that They have two tickets be-
fore them now, and between this and the elec-
ton they will have time to consider the mat
ter"
GLOW about Indiana?"
'The republicans can carry the state 1
don't think there is any doubt about Indiana
going republican:
tDo you think the Independent movement
in Massachusetts renders that state doubtful
II do not know. can't speak for Massa-
chusetts."
A reporter expressed surprise that Repre-
sentative and Senator-elect Blackburn had not
gone to Chicago.
Of my work"
tsDon't you like the ticket?"
II intend to support it with all the energy
and ability have got, was the evasive reply
1t was plain enough that Mr.. Blackburn was
who would have stirred Democratic enthusi-
asm from Maine to California and sshave gone
over the course like thoroughbred" He was
severe upon the anti Thurman men of the Ohio
delegation for having so obstinately refused to
vote for Thurman.
Secretary Teller said:
I Ikon't know as yet what effect Cleveland's
nomination will have on the Democratic voters,
or what strength the opposition that is said to
exist against him will develop. The Demo-
Gratis have the faculty of patching up their
family quarrels, and that adds another ele-
ment of uncertainty. It is certain that the
Democrats divided cannot carry New York.
Hendricks nomination will have great infu-
ence in Indiana
Senator Sabin said that he did not think
the nomination OF Cleveland as strong as
the Democrats could have made. In his opin-
ion Bayard would have had better chance Of
success. The Republican candidate would,
however, have been elected, no matter whom
the Democrats had nominated
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24

The death of Paul Morphy, the fa-
nous chess player, will. recall a cele-
brity, which was once widespread, but
had sunk into pitying oblivion for
mental indrmity. At the time when
the young man appeared unheralded at
chess congress in New York, and as
tuni shed sthepublic with his marvellous
feats IS memory ard special skill, which
wsresa erwafd fepeated in Europe I'd
the discontinue Of the champion Of The
game, he was regarded as a great man,
and his exceptional skill taken as a proof
ofantenectual strength. !. wiser, judg-
ment, however, was soon compelled to
place i with the sabnormal :. develop
ments Of mathematical prodigies and
,.slightning calculators; !" who are often
hardly up TO the average standard Of
mental powersin other directions. and
this was farther confirmed by thol in
sanity o. imbecility, which overlook
him.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24
There is reason to believe that ha-

There is reason to believe that be-
lore long the days of Broadway New
York as the most famous promenade in
che world, are numbered: Hitherto
any attempt to get railroad track on
that street has been defeated, but the
Tribune asserts that now the requisite
assent Of enough property has been OBJ
tain ed and road propelled by cable is
likely TO be in operation within a brief
period,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24

! There Il : pgwa g yerys:interesins Y: and
useful forestry exhibition at Edinburgh,
Scotland, embracing the most complete
variety which has ever been attainable
in this department of human riches.
It is interesting + to ! note> that
in the British Islss, where
wood is scarcely necessity for fuel,
that public attention is enlisted in be-
half of preserving forests and growing
trees that are useful and almost indis-
ppensable for;other purposes. :
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1884-07-24

Tried by the test of increased real es-
tate valuations the growth Of New York
city in the last three years has been
sbmethiug remarkable. The assessed
value of this class of property in 1881
was 1916, 735, 1919, and the increase in
nine years had been $14O, ,O43, ,219. Ac-
cording to the assessment rolls recently
completed, real estate values this year
have advanced to 81, ,119, 761 ,597, an in
crease in only three years of $143, ,O26,-