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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-14
MONEY. WITHOUT OWNERS.

Singular Incidents that Como to the
Notice Of tho dieter Omcials
Warrington Letter in the Cleveland Herald.
:. While I was; in the s.Dead-L Letter. De-
partment the other day one Of the
clerks engaged in opening letters at q
table near by-called to the gentleman
who was entertaining me. He went to
him and Immediately beckoned for me 10
follow. 49, - e. :z. E.. y 20. 3 $
Nov, what can be done in this case?,'
he says. "Here Is letter, this instant
opened, and you see what 1t contains?"
. There it, q clean, new twenty dollar
bill, neatly folded and wrapped in a
piece Of perfectly blank brown paper
not 70 mark of pen or pencil to show
from whom 1t was sent The 1etter had
been advertised as unclaimed and was
dead, and the. examination Of itscon-
tents made it more completely dead
than before. zss
IS I'VE have nothing but the postmark
and even that ii almost bliterated, but
our expert viii take hold sof il and do
the best he canwith 4. Tkere1sa pretty
slim chance In this care. ] guess Uncle
Sam Will get the money This reminds
mo of sonnet ling Sd my own experience.
EAs-few yesgs go, whom waS opening
lett found one Just ike this ex-
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ssCOld Tea'' At Washington.

''Cold Tea'' At Washington.
From the New York Commercial Advertiser
In the course of debate in the
Senate at Washington yesterday on the
joint rule which prohibits the sale OF
"spirituous or malt liquor" within the
Capitol building Senator Frye OF Maine,
made something of sensation by
"giving away" the "cold tea" dodge
in the restaurants. "Why, Mr.. Presi-
dent" he Indignantly exclaimed" l
have seen a restaurant of one of these
houses become low miserable grog.
gerry. I have seen man with his
trousers in his boots and a blouse
on standing up at counter
in one of these restaurants, drinking
low, mean whisky out of cup, out of a
crockery cup-and any man, a member
Of Congress, clerk or man from the
town, can order his liquor and have it
brought to him, provided he calls
tea The Senate was startled. So
likewise was the House, as soon as the
intelligence reached it. So, too, the
correspondents who hurried to the
telegraph instruments and proceeded
to convulse the country with it. Everv-
body was taken aback. Not at the fact
itself that "mean whisky in crockery
cup" was sold in tho Capitol restaurants
everybody knew that before but
at tho publication of it in this
broad and general way. There are
doubtless several million persons in this
country who have called for cold tea in
the Capitol and have been served with
mean whisky in crockery cup. There
may have been here and" there an occa.
sional Presbyterian deacon who, when
he called for cold tea actually expected
tea. Even these have submitted with
cheerful resignation to their fate, and
smacked their lips over it, not wlcked1y,
but wonderingly. -
And everybody who has taken his
ncold tea" ia this way has chuckled over
it as one of the neatest and cunningesi
devices by which parched and thirsty
soul clandestinely refreshed itself.
No man = ever DIR ank
this mean whiskey out If . crockery cup
without inyoluntarilys wjnking into the.
saucer at the thought of what sly dog
he was to s:get on to the racket" Whis'
|ky, We are told, as asfule does not taste
so nice out of Z crockery cup some Of
tho reports make Mr.. Frye say q Cheap
crockery cup, ., which Is worse las out
of q glass; and mean whisky out Of 9
cheap crockery cup must be bad indeed,
But the human mind Is strangely cOnsti.
tuted. Most. citizens would enjoy that
kind of whisky il that way simply be-
cause they have 8 snesking notion thai
thoy are doing something uncommonly
sly. Senator Frye has demol.i
shed neat little fiction which Ameri.
can citizens have enioyed these many
years. From this time forth the man
who calls for ''cold teaD in the Capitol
restaurants will b known g drinking
mean whisky cnt 81 cheap crockery.
It Is bad enonah 90 drink whisky any.
way, worse Is drink nesn HhiSky still
worse 10 drink il ont .of .crp: ~ ont.
raga Ia drink Sc ont 81 ) crockery emp.
nd outsof cheap crock cup 4 onxf
so sspopsid . crime. We suspect.
lhOush, tat ons ofs the mos PROLIFIC
SOURCES at supply llor tho C0ng 1ional
GTkaNnrN IN fAsss n sssssN = 80
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Punch denies that there have been

1
Punch denies that there have beer
any strange sunsets, asserting that in the
British empire the sun never sets.
| John W. Garrett, of Baltimore, has
sent his check for 81 900 as Christmas
Gift to the "Poor Association" of thai
city.
Adjutant. General Elliot of Illinois is
collecting the pattle flags of that state
and will put them in glass case which
will cost $4,000
When pneumonia gets hold OF the
hard drinker it never lets 60 until it has
him dead sure.
The recently elected mayor of Boston
was 3 tealnster less than thirty years
ago, it is stated.
The United States is land that flows
with milk and honey. It has 15,0OO,CO(
COWS and sWarmS with bees.
The Boston Herald says that while
money is "circulating necessity" it is
a greater necessity when it doesn't cir.
culate.
No man who was not lawyer or s
soldier ever became President of the
United States.
Statistics show that there are at pres.
ent almost a million people in Great
Britain who receive charitable relief
The Paul Mall Gazette says, Gamer
lean girls have deserved reputation fo1
general courage above all their sisters
elsewhere"
Russia, with the calmness of an old
angler, says she caught 100000 tons o.
fish last year.
Maj. William Myers, one of the pio-
neers of Dubuque, is dead.
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A leading lithogaapher OF New YORK
says enough money has been spent the
past eight years by insurance men, pat
ent medicine dealers, theatrical men
and merchants in the ithopraphic and
chrome line to more than twice pay the
national debt. It is estimated $500
would not pay for the calendars giver
away by the insurance companies thii
year, many Of which cost 40 high % *:
cents q piece ct Who'll esale.
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Work Bags.

Very convenient workings for art
needle-workers are of ecru pongee a
yard square, hemmed on the edges, and
lined with either fine white cambria or
white pongee. If the latter is used, have
the lining exa fly the same size a. the
Sgtd n work SPRAYS st Elk
ings around in circle inside the square,
and run in ribbon strings, so that the
bag may be drawn up or lie fat on the
lap with pleasure. If desired, pockets
for silk, needle book, ETC., can be stitched
on the lining before it is sewed in. ~
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The cigar and tobacco world says:
"The encroachments which smoking
have made within the last few years are
many and we'll defined. The smoker
has the right to smoke in the palace car,
the sleeping car, the common car, the
horse car; be can smoke on the ferry
boat, and on the steamer deck, fore, aft
and midships; he smokes in hotel CORR
doris, in all public buildings; in fact, near
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Drying Fern Leaves for Windows,

Drying Fern Leaves for Windows.
When the fern leaves are required for
windows, it is necessary to give them
an artificial tint of green as nearly like
their natural tint as you can make it,
because exposure to strong light destroys
coloring matter not being supplied to
the flower or frond after it has been
gathered. What there is in the plant
must be "stored" in it by burning the
end of the stalk before it is laid in blot
ting paper to dry. The ferns for fire.
screen would not be exposed to strong
sunlight. The different tints required
are mixed, and the frond is either laid
fiat on a paper or table, and one coat
given by means of large yet fine paint
Frush, or else they are dipped into the
mixture. When it has dried on the
frond, they must be laid between papers
to fatten and re.dry.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-14

The ship canal between the Baltic Sea
and the German Ocean will, it is esti-
mated, save a journey Of six hundred
miles for vessel making trip between
either of those waters, as the circum-
navigation of tae peninsula of Jutland
will be unnecessary. In all, the pro.
posed canal will be only some fifty miles
OR about half that of the Suez Canal
extending from Gluckstadt to kall.
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Medical Gleanings.

A girl having died of diphtheria, her
earrings were cleansed in an ordinary
way and given to her little sister, who
had been purposely kept from contact
with the patient during her sickness. In
few days the latter was taken with
diphtheria which began IN the pune.
tured holes of the ear.
In another case, the child had re-
manned in good health while other mem.
bers of the family were sick with diph-
IBERIA. But the child had a slight
wound, over which scab had formed.
The scab by some accident was brushed
from the wound, the raw surfaces i'm.
!, bided the poison, and the child died O.
the disease.
The rate of mortality among convict
is fifteen per thousand in Maine, Massa.
chusetts and Connecticut, twenty-five il
Vermont, and twenty-six in New Hamp-
shire. In Western Pennsylvania it il
six; in Eastern, fourteen. In New Yorh
it is seven at Sing Sing, twelve at Auburn,
and twenty at Clinton. In Wisconsin il
is three; in Mississippi, seventy-seyen
At the North the difference does not
seem due to difference in management.
OF course there is a cause, and it should
be discovered.
A death from "soothing syrup" hav-
ing lately occurred in Brooklyn, the
coroner's jury recommended a law for
bidding the sale of such medicines, I'M
less as prescribed by physician. We
have no doubt that hundreds of deaths
have been caused by these medicines.
Most of them not so speedily as in this
case, so that the cause was not 80 appar-
ent. These syrups consist mainly of
laudanum-the last drug that should be
administered blindly to an infant.
A yearly examination Of the eyes of
two hundred and fifty-four students,
from the beginning to the end of their
college course, showed that ninety cases
OF short-sightedness grew to one hun
dred and twenty during this period and
that nearly two-thirds of the cases in.
creased in degree. The facts showed,
contrary to previous belief, that the de-
feet may originate in one up at least to
the age of twenty. More than one-half
of all graduates in this country as well
as in Europe are short.sighted.-
Youths Companion.
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Household Hints,

It is not good plan to have the white
lawn and cambria dresses "done up" as
the phrase is, to lay away for the winter,
for the expectation that they will look
fresh and be ready for immediate wear
in the spring will be disappointed. OF
course, they should not be. put away
dirty, but the starching and ironing
may be well left till spring; only COM
mon calicoes should be starched anG
ironed befor packing away.
Handsome bed-linen is receiving con-
siderable attention. Sheets, pillow cases
and shams are hemstitched and en-
broidered. For some a simple hem
neatly done with drawn work is enough.
Others are more elaborate, having
squares and diamond shaped blocks ap-
pliqued with hemstitching and the edges
finished with ruff1es hemstitched or cut
in points.
Starch which will not slick in white
patches on your dark cambria dress is
made thus: Take the very best fine
starch you can get, mix in the proper
ton of two tablespoonfuls to as little az
will make smooth paste, and to this
add pint of clear coffee; let it boil for
ton minutes. SUR IL with sperm can
die. strain it through piece Of muslin,
and 1t is ready for use, and will be found
very satisfactory. -
How To KEEP FLowERs.-As general
thing flowers will droop and fade in a
day and night; yet there are kinds. like
the camelias and eupatoriums which
can be kept longer if the water is
changed morning and night, and few
drops of camphor spirits added to it.
But if the faded flowers are put into a
dish Of scalding bot water deep enough
to cover one-third of their stems, by the
time the water has cooled the flowers
will have become fresh and erect. Then
cut off the ends of the stems, and pit
them into cool water with small bit of
saltpeter in it. Flowers will keep longer
in dishes of wet sand than in vases of
water.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-14
EyS!ta ESS M EH

Who reluctantly pay forty to fifty dollars for suit
OF clothes cordially invited to ask their dealer
to see one Of tho "Box Suits They rival the finest
custom work, and sold at about half tho pr.ce.
They perfect fitting and the cloth and all ma
tcris that enter into their construction Of the
finest. We make all grades and sizes for men and
boys and all of clothing is devoid Of that ready
made appearance that marks most goods
TUCKER CALDER co.. UTICA n Y.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-14

Young Men, Middle Aged Men aEd All
Men who suffer from early indiscretions will
find Aliens Brain Food the most powerful
invigorant eyer introduced; once restored by
it there is no relapse. Try it; it never fails.
81 for s5-At d1uggists OF % BY vail nail from
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-14

cidiry, should neither gum nor dry the hair,
and should be O! such nature that the
hair bulbs would receive strength. Carbo-
line is the only one that seems to fill the
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-14

ho1ia.zn 0ri Eya Qnoa;Go hne

I believe Swift's Specific has saved my life.
[ had virtually lost use of the upper part of
my body and my arms from the poisonous
effects of large cancer on my neck, from
which had suffered for 20 years. s. s. 8. has
relieved rae of all soreness, and the poison
is being forced out of my system. will soon
be well. w. R. Robson, Davisboro, Ga.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-14
NV Wife and ChiIdren

BeV. L. A. Dunlap, of Noun Vernon, Mo-,
says: My children vera afflicted with q
| cough resulting from measles, my wife with
cough that had prevented her from sleep.
ing, more or less, for years, and your White
Wine of Tar Syrup has cured them all.
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4 Pleasure to Recommend It.

I We take pleasure in recommending DR..
wsrnsr's White Wine of Tar Syrup to any
public speaker that may be troubled with
throat or lung disease.
= -. Rev. M. L. Booher,
: ~ Pastor Preshyteli ian Church, Reading,
8 g. Rev. J.. T. .Iddings, Albion, Mich.
zS<.-< - Rev. ". L. Lockwood, Ann Ar
ii Dor, Mich. .'..,s~t
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'fu1T1]l'@ HAIR EYE.

They who WORK
early and late the
year round need, oc.
cast on lily, the
healtllfui stimulus
impaired by a whole.
some tonic like Hos
letters Stomach Bit
ters. 10 all, its pu-
rity and emciencyas
o remedy and pre-
rentiIe Of disease
commend it. 1t
{ h ecks iucipient
rheumatism and Ina
lalial symptoms. re-
lieves constipation,
dyspepsia and bill.
iOusnesS, arrests pre-
mature decay Of the
physical energies,
lnitigatas the infrm-
lilies of age and hast
ems convuleScence.
For sale by all
Druggists and Deal
erS generally.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-14

Wells May Apple Niver) Pills. 1Oc.
Trough OH Toothache, instant relief. 15c
The Rough on" Tooth Powder. elegant. 15c
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fully darned, may be worn o. an under
waist,
80 - i-p.f
Breeding for Butter.

Mr.. G. w. Farlee says: The shadow
Of an out-cross is constantly lowering
over the mind of inexperienced breed
or, and the blood of some of the best
COWS has been th;nned and dissipated
by unwarranted fears Of inbreeding. If
I was to commence breeding in small
way with view to establishing future
herd of fixed butter characteristics, I
would select two good COWS of a superior
strain and bull Of another equally good
family, and interbreed them for next 10
years, breeding father to daughter, son
to mother and and half-brother to half
sister. As the result Of my breeding of
shorthorns experiences I have fear of
interviewing full brothers with full
sisters unless it were to produce an i'm
pressive bull, or heifer to cross with
some other excellent family. My fears
may be groundless. As the result
of this system, I should expect at the
expiration of 10 years to have a herd of
cows that would average Is to SO per
cent. larger butter yields than the origi-
nal foundation stock"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-02-14

Mensmans Pepton'zed Reef Tonic, the only
preparation Of beef containing its entire nutritious
ting and ife-sustaining properties; invaluable for
Indigestion, Dyspepsia. nervous prostration. and
conditions whether the result of exhaustion
prostraton, overwork or acute disease particularly
Hn ~ Pronr;etaryS Eatp Vork aoid H.
Druggists.
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When and What Will the End Be?

When and What Will the End Be?
Under this head the New England
Farmer has to say of the high prices for
Jersey cattle:
A good many persons are wondering
what will be the end of the excitement
in prices of Jersey cattle, for to claim
that there is no excitement among
buyers when they are anxious to pay
1900 or 5000 for single animal would
be claiming what no one believes. An
observant reader in New York state
who was present at recent auction sale
of Jerseys in New York city, writes US,
"that unless the price of that kind of
stock keeps up number Of years some
body will get stuck. I saw q yearling
heifer, Jennie Pogis, sold for So 900, and
Daisy Pogis for So, 400. I have not the
courage to try my luck in Jerseys
at these prices, though if they
would keep up for the next 10 years it
would do to buy few calves at a moder-
ate price, such as we're sold at from $3.50
to $l65, looking to be worth about 5000,
though hardly that"
But if s., 900 seems high price to pay
AV1 a SaAAuoI1 Wu6t oA11l1 W0 shy "
the statement which is just published on
good authority that one of the farmers
who is anxious TO secure some good
Jersey COWS has recently visited Mr..
Fullers herd in Hamilton, Ont, and Of
fered $4,000 for Mary Ann of St. LAM
berts? And what shall we say of the re-
fusal of such an offer? That two unwise
men met? The same mail that brings
the news of this great offer and refusal
also brings the sad story of the death by
milk fever of one of the noted butter
cows, Valhalla $500, q COW that had
made 81 pounds of butter in II days and
was expected to beat her own record
next summer. Mr.. Farlee, the owner,
in reporting his loss to the Breeders
Gazette says: This seems to be the fate,
earlier or later, of great mixers and but
ter makers"
Men who have $4,000 to offer or re-
fuse for any single animals, and who can
afford to take all the risks of carrying
such property, may perhaps we'll spend
their money in that way. It will bene-
fit somebody. probably. But farmers
who don't make their money easily, or
who have to borrow money for such
speculation, had better stand back, keep
cool, and look on. The public good calls
for no sacrifice from such men.
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No Safer Remedy can be had for coughs
and colds, or any trouble of the throat. than
browns Bronchial Troches." Price Is cts
Sold only in boxes.
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The passenger rates on some railroad

The passenger rates on some railroads
in this country are undoubtedly exhor.
bitant in some cases, but the average
rate for all the lines-$2,33 for one hun.
dred miles is much less than tt Q aver.
age for similar travelling accommodation
in Europe. where first-class fare ranges
from s., "a in Norway and Belgium to 81
in Roumania. In Great Britain 1t is s..
IL to S.; in France 1888; in Germany
and Switzerland $3.1 or more; in Italy
$ 50; in Greece 1882, and in Turkey
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"See What Cuticura Does for Mel
TNFANTILE and Birth Humors, Milk Crust,
l. Scaled Head, Eczemas, and every form of
Itching, scaly,- Pimpy Scrofulous and inherited
Diseases of the Blood, Skin and Scalp, with Loss of
Hair, cured by the CUT1CURA REMEDIES. absolutely
pure and safe. Cuticura the great Skin Cure, 90
cts; Cutcura Soap, an exquisite Skin Beautifer
and only Medicinal Baby Soap, 20 cts, and Cutcura
Resolvent, the new Blood Purifier, 81, are sold by
druggists Potter Drug and J., Chemical Co., Boston
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= Cures Liver and Kidney Diseases and Pu
: Is, rifles the Blood.

An invaluable article: An; article like
Elv's Cream Balm had long been desired,
and now that it is within the reach Of suf-
fsrers from Catarrh, Hay Fever and Cold in
head, there is every reason to believe they
Win make the most oft. DR.. w. E. Buck
man, w. E. Hamman, druggist and other
,Esstonians have given it trial, and all re-
commend it in the highest TERMS Easton
(Pa Daily Argus. price 50 G.
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In Sweden there is doctor assigned
to every thirty-two miles of railway.
Trough on Rats '" clears out Rats, Mice. 15c
Mother Swans Worm Syrup, tasteless. Csc.
Trough on Coughs" Troches. 15c: liQnid Soc
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Piso's cure for consumption does not d.
up cough; it removes the cause.

"Buchll-paiba" Great Kidney and Urinary Cure. 81
Wells Health Remover cures Dyspepsia, Impotence
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Of course the peach, pear, and apple
buds are all killed again.
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Eli Perkins lectured last week to Oska'
loosa, Grinnell and Tabor colleges.
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PERSONAL My address is Wharton, Ont.
was cured of Hereditary Scrofula by Bur-
dock Blood Bitters. Shall be pleased to cor
respond with any person affected with any
scrofulous trouble, and tell them how was
cured. REV. J. Stout,
Wharton, Ont.
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PERSON AL-Will the young, the old, the
rich and the poor, who are troubled With
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Indigestien,
Dyspepsia, Foul Breath and all diseases of
the Liver, Stomach and Kidneys try Bur-
dock Blood Bitters, which is guaranteed to
cure or money refunded.
FOSTER, M1LBURN & Co.,
~ ss:::- Buffalo, N. Y.
I =
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Hay for Breeding Swine.

Mr.. A. B. Cohen of Minnesota in de.
scribing hog house in the Breeders
Gazette incidentally mentions the use OF
hay for feed. He has tub OF 40 BUSH
els capacity and steam generator.
The horse power is connected by belt
with a straw cutter in the upper story
which is used to cut hay very fine,
which hay. after being cut, is mixed in
the scalding tub with meal, mill stuff
and roots, the whole mass being steamed
together. This hay is second growth or
aftermath which is better than the first
crop for this purpose. I mix it about
equal bulk with other food, and after
being steamed the hogs eat it with great
relish and thrive nicely. Ensi age is al
so good food for store or breeding hogs,
helping to keep them healthy and in
good condition for the production of
their young.