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St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN.

-Plums thrive best on soil which
is rich and naturally moist, but which
has also been well drained. Chicago
Tribune. 20
81 --Apple-ice is made of grated apples.
The correct proportions for waterloo
are one pound OF sugar to one quart of
water; to this may be added any fruit
to favor itgrated apples or canned
peaches, pears, atc. Some novelty low
ing cooks put IN some whole Malaga
grapes, AZ. /. Rst.
IL you FORGE as many a woman
has and Will--to put the tlayoring ex-
tract in your cake, it is not too late to
remedy the mater, if you think of it
while the cake is hot, for if you wet
your clean hand with the extract and
rub it over the top of the cake it viii
penetrate the Gale, and will give q very
delicate flavor. Loss may be gain if
you wish to flavor the cake with vanilla,
for less OF this extract will answer, and
vanilla is to great extent destroyed in
baking or boiling. Boston Post.
A farmer who has tested FIVE differ
ent varieties of peas, according to the
catalogue from which he made his se-
1ections last spring, now finds that there
is not the slightest difference in any of
them. In earlinsss, manner of growth,
height of plant, length Of pods, number
of peas in a pod Tin fact, in every par
ticular, the ALLEGED different varieties
proved to be one and the same. The
farmer thus victimized pertinently asks:
Have seedmenthe right to give new
and catching names to old varieties and
TO bewilder and mislead the public by
offering the same article under FIVE
different names? ''-N. u. Examiner.
1t usually happens that il every
garden there are some cabbages which
have not formed solid heads in the fall
BY planting these In "a trench, and Civ
ing then. proper covering. they viii
form good heads by spring. PloW a
trench By throwing out three or four
burrows like wide dead furrow; set
the unheaded cabbages in a close double.
row in this trench; insert an upright
stake at each end and at proper dis
fances between to hold rails or poles
for the peak Of the roof. Lean short
pieces of board against the poles, like
roof, and cover first with straw and
then with a few inches of earth. with
ventilation at each end. 1t is well to
partly close the holes in coolest weather.
-Degrost Past
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05
How to Tell d Cows Age.

To tell 4 COW s age by her horns, count
three for the tip down to the rings, and
one year each for the most prominent
rings, emitting the little ones. Some
cow jockeys file these rings s3own
smooth with the horn to make the COW
l Eook younger than she Is, and thus de-
.ceive the raw purchaser, but the prac-
4 iced hand can generally tell better
lusfter the fling iseione, as the rings are
fctured on the it2rn. The teeth are
so indicators age, but, like the
prns, there are coalitions under which
ley are misleading. Cows that are
Ia young BIT are AS BIZ nature us
aly produce abnormal groWths of
In. while those that live on sandy soil
a crop close wear their teeth down.
Tour own taste the best test is the
geral appearance Of the COW, espe-
Ecay the eve. In animals either well
ltA or young there is a freshness about
aE looks that proves them either
I spag in fact or young in labor, and so
III isas actual usefulness is concerned it
| iAmaterial which. .Ansertcan Dairy
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05
wisely Adopted by Dairymen.

The adoption by most Of the prominent
dairymen and farmers of the United States,
of the Improved Butter Color made by
Wells, Richardson & CO., Burlington, VT,
is proof Of their wisdom in business
point OF view. Nearly all winter butter is
colorsd in order to make it marketable, and
this color is the best, in regard to purity,
strength, permanenc e andperfection of tint.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05
The Meadows Of Maryland.

SPRINGFIELD, PRINCE GEoRGE's Co., MD.
Mr. Chas. G.. Addison, of the above place
states: ~ sprained my right knee, caus.
ing intense suffering, and the use of
crutches for several weeks. found no res
lief in other remedies and finally tried the
miracle of cure, st. Jacobs Oil. Ina short
time Icould bendmy knee-which had been
as stiff as an iron rod-laying aside my
crutches and was able towalk as well as
ever"
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05
a .meaaenger of EIeaItln.

Sent free to sufferers from nervous,
chronic and blood diseases, brain and heart
affections, nervous debility, exhaustion,
etc., who have failed to find relief. 1t tells
of wonderful cures effected by DR.. Scott's
Coca, Beef and Iron, with Phosphorus.
Sold by druggists; 81. Dr.. Scott, Kansas
City, No. Ask your druggist for pamphlet.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

DR.. P1ERcE's "Pleasant Purgative Pei
lets" are sugar-coated and inclosed in glass
bottles, their. virtues being thereby pre-
served unimpaired for any length of time,
in any climate. SO that they are always
pasteboard boxes. By druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

GEN. JOHN A. LOGAN has used Durang's
Rheumatic Remedy for rheumatism with
splendid results. 1t is taken internally
and cures at once the worst case. Ask your
druggist for it or send for free pamphlet to
r. Z. Helphenstine, Washington, D. @.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

I WAS TROUBLED with Chronic CatarTh
and gathering in my head, was very deaf
at times, had discharges from my ears, and
was unable to breathe through my nose.
Before the second bottle of Ely's Cream
Balm was exhausted was cured, and to.
day enjoy sound health. c. j. CoRBIN,
923 Chestnut ST., Field Manager, Philadel-
phia Pub. House, Pa.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

HAVE been using Swift's Specific Is. s.
81 and find it to be the best remedy OF the
kind that have ever been able to get, and
have tried them all.
JOHN fischer, Sd o. S. Cavalry.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

FUNCTIONAL arrangement of the female
system is quickly cured by the use of Dr.
r. v. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
It removes pain and restores health and
strength. BY all druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

Would be not to take DR.. r. Y. Pierce's
9 Golden Medical Discoyerya,s If you are
bilious, suffering from impure blood, or
fearing consumption (scrofulous disease of
the lungsls Sold by all druggists.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

A WOMAN can darn things without gete
ting excited, but just as soon as you hear
a man darning things you may know he is
out Of temper. Philadelphia Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

The THROAT. ~ ''Bropn's Bronchisg
zTocheso act directly on the organs of the
voice. They have an extraordinary effect
in all throat disorders. Sold only In boIes
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

HAVE known and watched the use of
Swift's Specific rs. s. S.) for over fifty
years, and never have known or heard of
its failure to cure any case of Blood Poison
when properly taken.
II. L. DENNARD, Perry, Ga.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

IT is noted as curious misprint in one
Of the great dailies the other day that q
doctor felt q mans "purse." Nothing
very queer about that Chicago Tribune.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

Ha1e's Honey of Hcrehound and Tar
Allay indications of consumption. Pixies
toothache drops cure in one minute.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

WE often hear of poem having weight;
but certainly great deal depends upon
its measure.--N 7. Independent.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

The editor of the Topeka CapitaE has
found out that 'sthe best thing to do when
you go shopping with the ladies is 10 take
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

AcHrLD that wakes with Group should
have dose of Piso's Cure.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

ERNEST REESE, of Hannibal, NO., says: $50
marian NerUtne cured me of sick headache .
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

THE Mormon question: dearest. viii
you join my aggregation p'-Boston Tran
script.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

If afflicted with Sore Eyes, use DIR. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it. 25c.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05
A Fatal MistaIxe

TIE older the dog the more cur-age he
has.-Bostofs Post.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

+ WHEN train of cars is telescoped it is
generally the result of collideoscope.-
LolpeU Courier.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

The gain on a flock of sheep may be
called a wether profit. Chicago Times.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

A VERY unsatisfactory sort Of bread
The roll of fancy. I. Hail.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

PMPLEs, pustules, and all skin disorders
are cured by using Samaritan NerVine.
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05
pofSon
FOR LADIES.

Mercury and potash have made more cripples than
war. pestllence anu famine comhineds
St. Landry democrat., 1884-01-05

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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
QCAL II ME- GARD OF N. P r R.

TRAINS GOING WEST.
No.l. Pacific Express, Daily l:3b p m.
No 3. No. River Express. Daily 1903 y. m.
dav. 4:23 p. m.
No, -, Freight Daily except Sunday, 1910 p.
TRAINS GOING EAST.
ko.a. Atlantic Express Daily $40 =. N.
No. 4 St. P. and MIMI, express daily 1904 .. m.
Ne. 6, Mail and Acco., Daily except
SUNDAY. ll12 4. m.
No. 30, Freight, Daily except Sunday. l2:1" pm.
Prsixhts Nos -, 20, 81. and 81 carry passengers.
STAGES leave every Friday morning at o'clock
for Long Prairie, connecting with the sauk Gen.
t1o Northern Railroad.
STAGES leave Wadena every Monday and
Thursday for Wrishtstown and Parkers Prai-
rie, connecting At Parkers Prairie with stages
for Alexandria.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11

A post Office has lately been estab.
lished at Lake Itaska. This will be
of inestimable value to the settlers
in that vicinity. Heretofore they
have had to go a great many miles
for their mail.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11

Hurry Of harvest being over, I
will again try to be a little more
punctual itemizing.
Farmers have been delayed in get
ting their grain stacked, owing to the
wet weather, but so far have not heard
ofany damaged grain.
Corn is out of any danger Of frost
and is good crop.
Fruit of all kinds was never 80
plenty as this year. Elder Wright's
fine young orchard is loaded down
with apples. He has already taken
one load to Wadcna, and found a
ready sale at good prices.
E. A. Perkins has organized his
threshing crew and will begin opera
tions to-day at Charley Terryll's.
Harry Wood, brother of Mrs.
Barber, from Houston county, has
settled here and has opened a Black
smith Shop at Wrightstown P. O.
where he will be found ready to do
any work in his line. Give him a
trial for he is No. workman.
School meeting passed off quietly
although some thought that the price
of wheat was so low that they could
not afford to vote very heavy taxes.
Tom Ward lost one OF his horses
last week which is quite heavy loss
to him, as it was a valuable horse.
Jason Newell and Steve O'Dan-
nells don't agree on politics.
Ed. Perkins and wife took a trip
to Wadena one day last week.
Mr.. Hosmer of South Woodside, in.
forms me that his bees has done fine-
" this summer. He has now 80
swarms.
Henry Bottermiller has bought a
farm in California, and will move
there as soon as he can dispose Of
his property here.
Latest news from Eagle Bend is
that there is a good prospect now
that the Sauk Centre g. Northern r.
p will ho huilt from fl,oro to Wo
dena this season, to connect with the
Wadena & Park Rapids r. R.
What has become of "Incog.'' Is
he looking for some of those long
headed oats yet? INVISIBLE.
Sept. 9th, 1884.
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New Orleans Exposit1on,

AS the time approaches for opening the doors of
tho Worlds Exposition at New Orleans encourag-
ing reports from various foreign and domestic
commissions indicate that the riches Of the great
fair have been by no means over estimated. The
scheme has grown 80 rapidly that it has been
found necessary to erect additional buildings from
time to time In order to accommodate the increas
Ing number Of exhibitors. Three and possibly
four of the buildings will be found to be larger
than any similar erecttons Of age Or country.
This fact gives the Exposition re-eminence
among worlds fairs that will be potentialin draw
ing strangers from far-away lands. Those who
have made up their minds to sec one worlds fair
have now the opportu nifty of seeing tho best ex
ample that has yet been devised In America or
Europe.
There can be no such thing As failure ROW.
With abundance of money in hand, and the lar
eest number of exhibits ever booked at an exposi-
ion, and thirty41ve States and fifteen foreign
countries participating, the management may
we'll fesl proud Of the success already achieved.
In addition to the products Of art, science and IN
dustry of the old werld, such as have made other
fairs renowne and attractive to remote dwellers
of the round globe, the New Orleans ic:eation has
unique features.
The Mexican garden of five &C res will contain
one hundred aud four varieties Of trees from
every part or the Republic. Many of the woods
have high commercial value, and yet, strange
to say, some of them are practically unknown in
the United States. The Mexican cedar, 1nahog-
any, Campeche 1ogwood, saffron and linaloe that
has perfume that never leaves it, are all trees OF
sreat value In commerce. The timber growth in
Mexico is practically unlimited, and there IL
boundless wealth in many uatouehsd fore sts
awaiting the hand Of enterprise and industry.
Should the Exposition succeed in making known
to the people Of the world the riches Of the North,
Central and South American forests, 1t will have
accomplished at its close highly important mis-
sion But what is said Of trees may be repeated in
different and more precise language of tropical
fruits that are to brought to the great Exposi.
ton The different varities of figs, grapes, otan-
sea nsngoes, bananas, pine-apples aud many
rare fruits will be shown growing; g;upen plants or
trees thus presenting rare spectacle to Northern
eyes. While the departments of forestry and
horticulture will be the largest yet seen. the
other features of the Exposition such as the cot
ton, sugar, mineral, machinery, government and
exhibits, will attract scarcely less at
tontion. &z s5s% Z: 2. Sz*s .s$s3
The actual results already Obtained are quite
sufficient for the management te base 4 prediction
upon, 10 the effect that the coming Worlds Indus
trial and Cotton cent,nniaI Is to be the largest
most complete, siactory Of the nineteenth
century. : !.
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Oriental.
VERNDALE, Aug. I, 1884,

VERNDALE, Aug. Z, 1884.
It is Sunday in the afternoon. The
sky is overcome with clouds. The
drizzling mists descend. The wind
bloweth where it listeth. The flow
ers are fast fading away, and the
numerous young man goeth out to
take his best girl riding notwith-
standing.
There was good crowd at the
rink last evening, and all went away
as q marriage hell.
Haven't had a fight in town for a
long time or longer. The lookup
has been vacant pretty much all the
time since the pugilistic tramps de-
molished the stove and smashed the
windows. There has been but few
cases of "booze'' lately, and they
have been so severe as to render the
victims homeless. The marshall is
getting to be terrible ugly man to
handle, and the next culprit may ex-
pect to get snatched bald-headed if
he comes within slugging distance.
Dr.Morell is going to get married,
so the papers say, and still the world
goes on.
Our principal taught one day of
school and was pronounced success.
He left for foreign parts the following
night, and is to US as though he were
not. We understand that several of
the young ladies who were mashed
exceeding fine on him are disconso-
latein the extreme.
Bert Rosbrook is in the land of the
Havkeye and . fair damscl hereabeuts
mourneth, and will not be reconciled.
Silas Walker is daddy to bounc-
ing baby girl. Will wonders never
cease? ii. u. .s o.
T. E. Parker says his new boy
jhurrahs TOR Bsn Butler night and day.
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Curious Facts About Silk-w orme

Curious Facts About Silk-worms.
A writer in Land and Water says
the ideas of the ancients upon the
subject of tho origin of silk were
rather vague. some supposing it to be
the entrails Of spider, which fatteu-
ed for years upon paste, at length
burst, bringing forth its silken treas.
ure; others that it was spun by a
hideous horned grub in hard nests OF
clay-ideas which were not dispelled
till the sixth century, when the first
silk-worm reached Constantinople, in
trod uced and cultivated, like many
other benefits, by the wandering
monks. From thence they were soon
imported into Italy, which for long
period remained the headquarters of
the European silk trade, until Henry
w. of France, seeing that mulberry
trees were as plentiful in his southern
provinces as in Italy, introduced silk
worm culture with great success.
Kirkby mentions the following inter.
esting extract from the Courier de
Lyons" 1910, as showing the extraor'
dinary quantity of silk there annually
consumed at that period: "Raw silk
annually consumed there, one million
of kilogrammes, equal to 2, ,205, ia lbs.
English, on which the waste in manu-.
featuring is per cent. AS four
cocoons produce one graine (grain) of
silk, four thousand millions of CO.
coons are annually consumed, making
the number of caterpillers reared Gn-
Guiding ihe average allowance for cat
erpillars dying, bad cocoons, and those
kept for eggs,) 4,2S2, 100000. The
length of the silk of one cocoon aver
ages 500 metres Q,526 feet English,
80 that the length of the total quanti-
ty of silk spun at Lyon, is 6,500,000,-
900, 900 Tor six and half trillions) of
English feet, equal to fourteen times
the mean radius of the moons orbit,
or 52,505 times the equatorial circum-
ference of the earth, or 100000 times
the circumference of the moon.'-
Prn;rie Farmer.
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Neighborhood News.

NORTHERN COMPTON,.
Stacking is finished.
Thrcshing is the order of the day.
There is little plowing being done
yet.
Mr.: Thomas Wilson is getting
better. He is able to be up and around.
At the school meeting last Satur-
day, James Robb was elected Clerk.
Corn is safe from the frost and is
= good crop. Some are already cut
ting their corn.
We have lost another of our school,
maams. Miss Fourt has gone to the
St. Cloud Normal School. Her
brother, Edgar, has left Mr.. Valen.
tines and is attending school at Wa.
dena. MoLL1E MAY.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11

There is a nice young lady come
t. stay at Mr.. Frogley's. Let the
good work 60 on.
Ed. Elston is back in the store
dealing out rations, ribbons, &c., as
Of old.
There will be a grand celebration
here Sept. 18th, by the c. c. Parker
Post. Everybody come. Big
speeches, big drinks, big dinner, big
dance, big everything. A rip roar
ing time is expected. Bean bake at
the N. P. Elevator. Lots of fun at
McNairs Hall, and general stampede
Of old war horses at Pettit's Rink,
and now don't you forget to remen.
Der it. Yours Disjointedly.
B. D. S.
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EASTERN WADxNA.

EASTERN WADxNA.
And still it rains.
Albert Lenerv;llc has a sick baby (.
Mrs. Serepta Welch is getting bet-
ter.
The "male men" are having time
trying to stack.
Mrs. Will Ross has been very sick
bat is recovering.
Mrs. Everts and children are up
visiting from Motley:
Our school meeting resulted in w
Ingalls, being elected Director.
Eldred Kenyon started for Floyd,
Iowa, to-day to be gone all winter.
Aldrich, Palmer & Co., started up
their threshing machine to-day,
(Tuesday.) ART1cHoKEs.
Sept. 9th, 1884.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11

While passing through Motley, last
week, we noticed the Shell City Steam
er, "I4otta Lee'' launched in the
Crow Wing at that place.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11

While passing through Motley, last
week, we noticed the Shell City Steam.
er, "Lotta Lee'' launched in the
Crow Wing at that place.
The Fargo Sunday Morning Broad
a.re came out last Sunday under the
exclusive manage ment of J. E. Hall,
Mr.. Small, the former manager, hay
ing retired.
A post Office has lately been estab.
lished at Lake Itaska. This will be
of inestimable value to the settlers
in that vicinity. Heretofore they
have had to go great many miles
for their mail.
Our correspondent from Wrights.
town, states that the fastest news from
Eagle Bend is that there is good pros
poets that the Sauk Centre Il North
.rn R. R., will be extended from that
place to Wadena this season, to con-
meet with the Wadena & Park Rapids
r. r. So mote it be.
If Ben Butler has no better idea of
the duties devolvlng upon president
than he has of those of farmer, it
would not take him more than six
months to create a financial crash in
the government. From what we saw
of Butler and from what we could
CLEAN from his speech at Minneapolis
last Friday, convinced us more than
ever that he was nothing more than a
sore head and a crank.
The election in Maine on Monday,
was glorious victory for the Repub-
lican party, and all surmises as TO her
being a doubtful State have now been
swept in to the Atlantic. She has
fully redeemed herself and will here.
after be known as \ solid Republican
State. The Republican plurality in
the State was no less than 1900.
Every Congressional District elected
a Republican by a rousing m ajority
The old saying is, cas- goes Maine. SO
goes the Union.''
The outlook for the election Of
James G. Blame, for President, is
brighter than ever since the election
lin Aaine- Maine being the home OF
Mr.. Blaine, and going Republican by
such an overwhelming majority. goes
to show that Mr.. Blaine has the full
| confidence, and will receive the hearty
support of that State, Notwithstanding
the blowing that has been done by
some Boston journalists. The Repub'
1licans have reaso n to rejoice, for as
time rolls on the prospects for q
Republican victory IN November be
comes more and more certain. There
is no doubt but that New y York ano
Indiana will so Republican by hand
some majorities, and if the elections
/ in those States were to be held now Il
] would be good thing, for it would
! have tendency to show other States
1how they dislike the policy OF tn tl1sl
democratic party, and the candidates
that have been named. s.=s..sS=
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Business Cards.
NADENA POST OFFICE.
OPEN FROM 7.3O A. N. TO $50 P. N.

Sundays from II m. to Up. m.
Nail closes, going East at II .. m. and $50 p. m
Mail closes. going West at .s:D p. NJ
Mall closes for Fergus Falls at IL: 4oa' M.
Nail closes for Parkers Prairie Mondays
and Thursdaysat ym a. m.
Mall closes for Eagle Bond Saturday at. 1880 q. m
Foreign and Domestic Money Orders and Postal
Notes can be obtained ut this Office.
GILES PEAKE. r. NJ.
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Then and Now.

Then and Now.
1cannot kill the past, somehow,
cannot shut the door
That hangs between what know now
And what knew before.
Adown the thoroughfare of life,
While youth was on her throne,
Inade my way through worldly strife
And never walked alone.
Iwalked with one, and one with mo
Through sunshine and through rain,
As though what was would always be-
What had been, be again.
And with an angel by my side,
In air, in form and tone,
Ihoped to reach life's eventide
And never walk alone.
Twas bright, but still try to throw
Around the past, a wall;
IT'S hard to make what was, as though,
It never was ut all.
The one used to love Is dead!
The rest shall not be known
Except that with a weary tread,
walk my way alone. L. E. H.