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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Physician Murdered in Montana.

Dr. H. B. Barley of Radersburg, Mont, was
murdered Monday, tho 2lst, at Indians Creek,
near Townsend He went from his homo to do
some work ON a mining ditch in which ho was
interested, and not returning, search was made
and his body found in the ditch on which he
was at work. He had evidently been shot by
found on his body Barley was an old-ti,ner,
and was constantly i'll trouble with some one.
1t is said his ti;ations have cost Jefferson
county over fifty thousand dollars. No clue to
the assassin. Barley was u distinguished
surgeon III the confederate army, and brother
Of G. G. Barklcy, editor of the Chillicothe mo }
Constitution
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
p, 81, % ! !, prominent On cnioaxo.r.

ASSaAeeAVseS
Hon IsaacN. Arnold died very quietly and
easily at | so clock last Thursday at his home
in Chicago, after an illness of nearly six weeks
The immediate cause of Mr.. sArnold's illness
was over exertion of his mental and physical
powers, which 80 aggravated certain kidney
troubles as to bring him to his death bed. He
leaves four daughters, two of whom are mar
RED and living in Chicago. Isaac Newton
Arnold was born in Hartwick, Otsego county,
n: y, Nov. ~, 1915. His parents-Dr. George
W and Sophia M. Arnold-were natives of
Rhode Island, whence they emigrated to New
York about 1900 He received common school
sau;ation, and entered the law Office of
Richard Cooper, in Cooperstown,N Y, and WAS
admitted to Che bar in 1885. Mr.. Arnol Id came
10 Chicago in 1885, having only a. few hundred
dollars and some law books. He opened on
office, and few months afterward formed a.
partnership with the late Mahlon D. Ogden.
The next year, Chicago having been iucorpor-
Ated, Mr.. Ogden was elected mayor and Mr.
Arnold city clerk In 1872 Mr. Arnold began
to take an active part in political affairs. No
name was more conspicuous in the annals of
Chicago than that of Isaac Newton Arnold, who
achieved distinction as an able lawyer, an up
right politcian,a patriotic statesman. and faith
full historian,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Verv Favorable British Budret.

The budget WAS presented to the house of
commons Wednesday. 1t was the smallest rec
orded, and was received with cheers from the
Liberals. The document WAS presented and
explained by tho 1T Hon. HUGH G. Childers,
chancellor of the cXchequer, and the OCCASION
being his first public appearance in the house
for some time, he was accorded an ovation. He
said:
The revenue for 1883, amounted to EST 23O5,-
1S4, and expenditures to $Stj, MN, 600. The beer
duty alone exceeded the estimate by E30O, GOO,
whilst the spirit duty fell off. The income tax
produced G453, 600 beyond the estimate. The
national debt up to the present time is reduced
by E72, $50, 600 [Cheersl tits now lower than
since 1911 while the interest is lower than
since 1905. [Cheers] The national debt was
reduced during 1888 by &, 800, 900. The esti-
mated expenditure for the current fiscal year
is ES5 954, 600 the previous year.
Mr.. Childers stated that the finances of the
country were in such satisfactory condition
that the government felt able to recommend
some general decrease in the present taxation
and believing it to be wise to give the relief
where it would be most widely felt, proposed
to reduce the present duty on tobacco from
four ponccpcr pound, which would prove an
enormous saving to the people. This state
ment made the Liberals fairly wild with en-
thusiasm
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Personal Paragraphs.

One of the causes of Mr.: Sargent's
unpopularity at Berlin is said to have
been his difficulty in addressing state
officials by their full titles, as etiquette
sternly requires. When he received a
call one day from the accountant Of the
bureau where the state nebts are paid,
and read upon his card the title of a
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,
the poor man lost his equanimity al
together.
Rev. Phillips Brooks: while making a
call upon one of the ladies Of his church
the other day, was made the recipient
of doubtful compliment, The ladys
little son stood by her side for some
time, very attentive and very quiet. At
last he broke out "NIr. Brooks, Ishould
think Mr.. Barnum would want you"
REALTY" laughed Mr.. Brooks, land
swhy?" Because I'think you'd make
such lovely giant"
Those who have ever had the good
fortune to hear Mr.. ALI w. Burnett, the
elocuticnist, recite the poem Bring
den on the Rhine" will never forget
either HIM or the poem. He often
brought tears to "eyes unused to
weep" And now the sad news comes
from Cincinnati that Mr.: Burnett died
suddenly at Cincinnati of APP
.oplexy, at 60 years of age. He was a
sgreat-hearted gentleman, fine scholar,
and full of genuine wit and .humor.
When Charles Dickens was in Ameri
ca for the first time he dined at tn
house of: one OF. the Harper brothers,
the well-known publishers. A little
Harper came, to the table. Dickens
placed him on his knee, and said You
are very fine boy; you areaa very fine
:;boy, indeed; you are the son Of the
greatest pirate on, earth. >" - : :
/: Matthew Arno1d's lecture. Of, Ralph
Waldo Emerson, which disturbed the
people Of Boston, has been delivered at
the Royal institution Of London since
his return, and has provoked hostile
criticism there. The London Vanity
Fair says: "The lecture wass.reeled off
in q yawning, lazy, INDECENT fashion. It
was only interesting because, from some
kind Of critical impotence MI. Arnold
had had the bad taste to deliver ii at
Boston TO those who reverence the meme
sory Of the gentle New England philo-
asopher- poet. The lecture brought the
sage Of Oxford into nything but. good
srepute. y Where not dill the lecture was
q tissue Of captio1,s conteml1t rather
Than analytia eritidsms
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Doing House My Way.

Anna s. McMahan In The Current.
| During the. difficult and areluous period
"breaking in" new girl, most women
say: do thus and do SO, because this is
my way" when the back is turned, in
stantlv the maid does it another and
probably a poorer way, because it is her
way. But if my way were shown to be
he'best one and for what reasons, and
it were seen that the lady herself found it
no less fitting and beautiful to practice
the best way in the work Of the kitchen
than in her other affairs, then the work
seems no longer mental but digniied.
Though tedious at first it pays because
of the principle involved. For the
same reason it is great advantage to
make friendly visits to the kitchen, list
en- to experiences, discuss methods, be-
cause this shows respect for the work
and is as far as possible from that ga
miliarity which breeds contempt" which
comes from mere chat There are hun
dreds of little ways in which mistress
with tact and a genuine respect for the
work and the worker. can make this felt
and as an incentive to good work it is
beyond calculation.
Then, the average mistress is often
guilty of ignoring the sensiblities of
her hand maiden. Grant all that may
be said Of the ignorance, dizziness, in
difference, Incidence, extravaganza, re-
beliousness, and recklessness of the
present body of domestic workers, still
these difficulties are not met in the right
way and spirit It is not in the right
way when children are allowed to make
sport of the bltlnders, when lady COR
reefs them in the presence OF guests or
others, nor when she "nags" continually,
nor when she holds up the virtues of
some predecessor, nor when she re-
proves every wrong and failure but fails
to praise generously the successes OF
approximations thereto.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Iowa b Minnesota Northern,

Articles of incorporation of the Iowa & Min
nesota Northern Railway company have flied
with the secretary of state. 1t is proposed to
construct and operate IL line of road from a
point on the southern boundary Of the state of
Minnesota in the county of Jackson, to tho
northern boundary OF the state, and also to
build branches and extensions The principal
place of business is to bc ST: Paul. The cor
poration is to continue for fifty wears from,
May, 1894. The amount of capitol stock is
placed at $2,5W, 600, which IS also the limit of
liability. The incorporators and first board of
directors are: William Crooks, George w.
Cross, Andrew De Graft and James B. Hubbel
of st. Paul; Hamilton Browne of Des Moincs,
Iowa; Harry A. Foster Of Angus. Iowa; Philip
Vdcd into 5000 SHARES aV of 500 oac i.''A 10
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01

A number of rifle cartridges have been found
at the Four Courts Dublin. Officers of the
courts and jurors have received threatening
letters. A notice has been found in Phoenix
park, near the spot where Lord Frederick Cav
endish and Under Secretary Burke were assas-
mated, declaring that the lnvincibles are i'm
pregnable. The notices were in mourning
paper to which the cartridges were attached,
tied with green ribbon The notices were dis
tributed along the road from Beggar's Bush to
Phoenix park Some were found on the q,lays,
others in letter boxes of newspaper Offices
The words, eve will have revenge" were writ
ten in red ink. In one corner was black and
white cross.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Big Failure in New York.

john H. Deane of New York City has filed an
assignment giving preferences amounting to
about half million dollars. Among the pre-
ferred creditors arc the Fourth National bank,
49,, 500; Hanover National bank, $4,000: Uni
versity of Rochester, s:}5, 600; American Baptist
Home Mission Society, s., geo; and Baptist
Union for Ministerial Education, $500. The
assignment shows that there are mortgages and
property held by the assignors to the amount
of $500, 900 to secure payments of debts, and as
general security Thereof. Mr. Dcane is a law
yer having an office at 120 Broadway His liza
blities, it is said will probably amount to 81, >
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Cultivate the S1uflower,

How to cultivate the s,lnfower is told
by Il writer. in the Rural Home: as fol-
flows: The Mammoth Russian is the
largest, .bestsand most productive varie-
ty, and should be planted the same as
corn, leaving one stalk in the hill You
can begin planting early in the spring,
and continue until the last of June, but
the earlier they are planted the larger
they will grow. I raised heads last
year from twelve to twenty two inches
in diameter. They averaged one quart
of seed to the head. 1t will yield more
grain per acre than corn, and of more
value. The average yield is sixty to
one hundred bushels per acre. From a
half acre l raised eight wagon loads of
heads that / gathered in the fall, be-
sides what I fed I began to feed my
August; it is the best producing
food known for poultry. They eat
it greedily, fatten we'll on it, increase in
eggs. It is fully recommended by
poJltry-breeders who have tried it as
al excellent and cheap food for fowls.
It keeps them healthy, prevents chicken
cholera, and should be fed to laying hens
three times q week. For show birds
on exhibition, q short diet Of sunhower-
seed gives.their feathers an extra glossy
coat. During cold weather the seed
serves the same purpose as oil in lamps,
and furnishes fuel to keep up the ami
NAL heat. I feed one gallon to 40 hens,
per week, all the season. It will grow
on almost any soil where fruits and
grain will not grow; along side Of fences
or any place where the soil is not so
easily cultivated. Iplanted a low piece
of ground last year that was hard and
lumpy. In the fall the ground was mel
low as a garden, as the large leaves
absorb the moisture from the soil and
leave it valuable for other crops.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01

54ave loft the room the hostess will give
the signal for the ladies to withdraw.
The ladies will carelessly throw their
napkins on the table at the left Of tho
plate, or on the seat of the chair, : as it,
the custom in English circles. The gems
;tlemen rise and remain standing at their
chairs until the last lady has quilted the
room. The gentleman seated nearest
the door or quickest of movement will
open the door and close: it after them.
The after dinner wine is claret ofsuper-
ior qaulity and not dinner claret. The
ladies' take: coffee in the drawing room,
and the gentlemen are served ofterward
at table.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
A Dakota, Mail Sneak.

Huron, Oak, Special: A young man named
H. II. Smith of Wisconsin was arrested at
Huron, Oak, Thursday, the oath, by Deputy
United States Marshal Pay on charge of pro-
curing mail matter from the postoffice in that
to his own use. Some months since he got let
ters belonging to other parties in which were
drafts and postal orders. The drafts were
cashed by one Of the city banks. Tnepostof-
flee paid the money orders He returned to
Wisconsin whore he spent the greater part of
the winter, returning a day OF two since He
was taken before United States Commissioner
Taylor, pleaded guilty to the charge, and was
taken over to Yankton to answer before the
United States court
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Varied Agricultural Notes.

Farm implements, when occasionally
brushed over with crude petroleum,
will last longer and be protected from
changes of weather when exposed.
Tree-worship among the ancients had
q most important influence on the pres
ervation of forests in circumscribed
places Beautiful groves, which would
| otherwise have been sacrificed on the
altar of immediate utility, were pre-
served by the religious respect for trees
milwaukee, Sentinel
|: AThere lis J no use, in cleaning your
poultry houses unless you burn your
old nests: They. will harbor~ more of
the various kinds Of poultry parasites
than you can ever exterminate with a
whitewash brush.
It is all important to give early chicks
some flesh cut very finely, suchas beef,
bacon Or mutton Nothing seems so
delicious to them as these occasional
| meals, which they swallow with great
avidity. r a..
An enemy of the grape-in the form
of gfape-sced grub-has been discov-
cred. The eggs are deposited by a
| small: black fly upon Sthe skin Of the
grape, and the young grubs work their
way into the immature seeds soon after
Matching. The infested fruit usually
| sfriyels in midsummer, The Vest rem
edy for the pest Isl tosgather and burn
the affected grapes. vs j !. 8
Professor J. ". Sanborn, of the Mis-
souri, College Farm at Columbia, has
been glancing at the agricultural sta
tistics of that state, and finds that the
wheat yield has gradually run down in
| twenty years from IA to III bushels
per acre, and the corn crop from 3O.8
to 26.6. These significant figures en-
phasize the unmistakable necessity of
refreshing the soil, whose fairness the
pioneers have ,sbeen extorting without
compensation.
I Mr.. N. J.rShepherd says that farm
Eers should always be careful to use only
Egood seed for potatoes. With every
thing favorable you may sometime S
raise o. good crop fronlspopr seed, but
lsthis is only the case when The general
crop has been plentiful and the prices
low, while, by using only the best Of
sseed, giving itgood soil to grow in, and
good clean cultivation, You are reason
Asably sure of a good crop when others
"fail, and asg there's then received 9
h hh{b price the ' result j. T not Pt96ts
The following expressions against
shoeinS horses afe report ed by The
Kansas Farmer as having been made ut
8 meeting in WORTHWHILE, of that state;
professor B. F. Nihart said that the
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01

Amos Chambers, BENJAMIN De Wolfe, Edwin
". Doyle and John Hadley, boys from fifteen
to eighteen, masked themselves Saturday night
at portland, Me-, and, armed with revolvers,
ordered, James Doherty,. the. night yatchman
to hold up his hands while they. searched his
pockets They then left town. = One was ar
rested in Hal1owell, two in Augusta, and the
. fourth III Portland, he having returned home
The same gang "a day before tied one of their
number to the railroad track in fun, just as =
train was coming. "A man near BY saw the
train and released him. - .,f{:'S Z. .
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01

The collections of internal revenue for the
first nine months of the fiscal year ending
June 50, 1884, were as follows: Spirits, $55
49,, 1913; an increase of $2,1l2 $40 over cores
pending period Of last year; tobacco 81, 81,
535; decrease $13, 7555, 1913: fermented liquors,
$685. $50: increase, $S05,773; banks and
bankers, 1882: decrease, 81, TAI ,554; miscel-
lancous sources, $40, 9o4: decrease, $G,0O6, $50
Aggregate receipts, sS7, 454, OS4, which is $40,
sos 2253 less than the collections of the last fs-
cal year.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Gen. CAROLS Sensational Divorce Case.

A lively sensatio1has been caused in Wash
inGton in social circles by the announcement
that Mrs. Helen Marshall Carroll had entered
suit for divorce from her husband, Samuel
Sprigg Carroll. Mrs. Carroll was married to
Mr.. Carroll tSt. Louis in 1856 In the army
the promotion of Carroll WAS rapid. After tho
war he settled in Washington, and was a few
years ago retired with the rank and pay of a
major general He built him a fine home and
lived in according style, with luxurious tastes.
In the bill filed by q. B. Corkhill recently the
petition says that she has positive proof that
her husband has frequently had aflulterolls
commerce with the keeper and also an inmate
of q house of ill-fame. Gen. Carroll is well
known in military circles throughout the whole
country. Mrs Carroll is related to some of the
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Roots For Stock.

The majority of western farmers have
yet to learn that roots, such as carrots,
parsnips, beets and turnips can. be raised
much cheaper than corn and oats, andwill
yield a larger crop per acre, and will
furnish a large amount of excellent stock
feed at the lowest price. Corn, oats
and hay are the principal dependence
of the western farmers, and they make
the best OF stock feed, whether fed alone
or in connection with other material,
but they are also high priced when COM
pared with roots.
do not think misstate the facts
when I say fifty bushels of either corn or
oats is considered a very fine crop, in
fact, L believe taking one year with an
other the ma oritN~of crops will fall I'M
der rather than go over this, while in
the same soil and with the same cultiva-
ton three or four times this amount can
be raised Of roots, and with artichokes
or tylrnips five or six times the number
of bushels can be raised and with even
less cultivation. 49,
I1lC CIOuO1C VI puOVtlI$o away IA0y DC
something over the expense Of shocking
and eribbing corn, but in the increased
number of bushels that can be raised
per acre will doubly, pay for this, but
the larger number Of bushels that can
be raised per acre is not the only adj
vantage. Every farmer knows that too
much corn is unhealthy; Stock, to keep
in thesbest thriving condition, require a
change, and roots furnish this at a very
low expense. In fact, Eastern farmers
find it more profitable to feed largely Of
roots, saving their corn as a. change Or
supplemental feed and to finish off their
stock for market. For growing stock
roots are much better and much cheap
CT than corn or oats, and by feeding
largely of them tile cost of the stock at
maturity is much less than # fed upon
corn alone, besides giving thriftier and
healthier stock and giving the farmers
more corn to spare to finish off hogs for
market. ; -
Try small plat this Year.: Keep an
account of the cost of raising and the
value as feed, and in this way determine
i for yourself if it is~not more profitable
to raise roots for stock feed. ~'e, 1857
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01
Sailing a Minnesota Mine.

The city of Duluth has been considerably ex-
cited over the practices Of company known as
the Oneota Gold and Silver Mining company.
Last it was given out that Albert E. Sears and
Edward LiShtheart Of Duluth had discovered
what was claimed to DO an exceedingly rich
gold and silver mine iii ravinc about one mile
back Of the village Of Oneota. They pretended
to keep the discovery a secret until they OBJ
tanned possession of the land on which the vein
cropped out hut more or less of the affair
was published in the local papers during
the winter. This spring a company was
formed uu.ler the above name by Sears, Light
heart and James Malloch, and articles Of in
corporation were filed on the I'D Of April
Since that time they have done all they could
to attract public attention to the mine and Gre
ate excitement by frequent reports of rich as
says and improvements made and specimens
of rocks from the mine have been freely OK
hibited around the city. 1t is said considerable
of the stock Of the company was unloaded at
So per share. T. H, Hubert, mining engi-
neer and assasyist, got hold of some specimens
had been sailed with gold shavings
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01

/ !, Thirty two years ago Thomas Newsome wen
the affections of pretty Mrs. Englemsn Of Phila-
delphia Engleman disappeared and Newsome
married his wife. Monday the skeleton OF
Englemsn was found ON, the place, and ident-
fed bY his teeth. Newsome and Mrs. Engle-
man have been dead several. yeals. IS b. Z. IS &.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01

Oscar Wilde doesn't charge his audi
ences the fancy prices which heextorted
during his visit to this country. Twen-
ty-tiyesesnts wiHsnow gain admission to
his 4ettdres, While fifty cents VIII Sc
cure the best esssyed seats ~ the house.
Luke Phipp charssd VII sd ptipg s wife
on ferry boat on the 18th 81 August 1Szt, was
found E1ilH sHgMhur murder, s& 6SNdvfsAs
Ont and sentehcea to sbe hanged On The 1911
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-01

Jesse Gum killed his father, Willis, at Mon
roc, Ga. The father was widower, and he
and his son courted the same young lady The
son married her two weeks ago. The father
sent him word to be on the guard, as he was
coming to kill him. A child saw the
father enter the sons house, and told the son,
who fired on his father as the latter was taking
aim