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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

hsvs known aud watched the use OF
5wift's Specific e. s. S. for over fifty years,
md never have known or heard of its fail.
urs to cure any case OF Blood Poison when
properly taken. n. L. Dennard, rerry, Ga.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

The NortLAmerlcan Seneca Indians, made
such frequent use of p troleum that for many
years it was only known as Seseca Oil. No
t is known as Carboline, the Wonderful Hair
Remover.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

have been sufferer for years with ca
tarrah. ard under ply sician's treatment
for over year. Z VS. Cream Balm gave me
immediate relief. believe am entirely
cured.-G. 8. Davis, First National Bank,
Elizabeth, M.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

l have bee1 using Sw1ft's Specific Is. s. 81
and find it t. be the best remedy OF the kind
that have ever been able to get, and
have tried them all. John fischer. 3rd. Q.
3. Cavalry.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

II have been afflicted with an affection
II the Throat from childhood, caused by
1iphtheria, and have used various remedies.
ou: have never found anything to equal
Browns BRONCHIAL TRoCuEs-Rev. G. NJ. F.
Hampton, Pike5on, KY. Sold only IN boxes.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

The necessity Tor
prompt and efficient
household remel1es
Is :. daily growing
more imperative,
and of these Hostel
ter's Stomach Bit.crs
is the chief in merit
and the most popu-
lar. lrregularity Of
the stomach and
bowels, 1naiarial f.
vers,liverconplaint.
debility. rheumatism
and minor ailments.
are thoroughly con.
quered by this in
comparable family
restorative and med
icira! SAFEGUARD, and
it is justly rega ,ded
as the purest aud
mostcompreheDsiye
remedy of its class.
For sac by Drug
g;sts, and Dealers
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
Educational influences at the.
sE FARM

# Professor w. H. Brewer, celebrates
the educational influence Of the farm,
which have largely formed the charac-
ster of American institutions. OF the
ftWenty-one presidents, fifteen wer
farmers Or sons Of farmers, and tive
lived IL, on newly cleared land and these
sf;ue we're the most pro minent among ALI
who 8 have occupied the executive chair.
80 81 others In impor tant public posi-
lions .ol our past. The countf atfords
certain facilities for naak ring strong pr e.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
Free tOa all MinisCrrs.


I will send two bottles of Warmers White
Wine of Tar free OF all costs to any minis er
who will send US an order from his store
keeper for two DR. zen bottles of the same.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
At the village election in Zumbrota IL
ceEse was voted.

Of the remedies before the public for Nervous
Debility and weakness of Nerve Generatve System,
promptly and permanently restores all lost vgor; it
never fails. 81 pkg, for So. At druggists, by
mail from J. H. Alien, 315 First avenue, New York.
snirts and Genesa bitS in ter yasions fopm .:
also preventive against Fever and Ague. and
other M Eey,rs the
l. Co., New York, and sold by all Druggists. is the
best tonic; and for patients recovering from Fever
or other si"knAss- it has equal.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

CROUCH on Rats, cloars out Rats. Mice. 15c.
Trough on Coughs Troches. 15c; LIQUID; 5Oc
Wells May Apple LIVER Pills. lDc..
Rough on Toothache" Instant relief. 15c.
"Rougll on Corns. for Corns, Warts. Bunions. 15c
Wells He 18th Remover cures Dyspepsia, Impotence
The "ROurh on" Tooth Powder. elegant, 15c,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

Show this to your friends, for diphtheria,
coughs, colds or catarrh, DR.. Halliday's
81 BOD Purifier is an immediate cure. Sold
by all druggists.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
Diseased Lungs

Are greatly on the increase IN this coun.
ry:. It is estimated that 100, 600 die yearly
With Consumption! Mary fall victims
through their own 1mprudence. A better
.emedy than Alle-'s Lung Balssm for ef-
Getting a perfect cure cannot be found.
Physicians are recommending It.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

During hs - I sndilI !. October IS.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

Consumption in any stage may be cured
by Fiso's Cure Is cents bottle. So. i.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
Tbs VAN to Kick

The Tabor opera house got = $4,000
scQrching
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17
DRY TETTER.

For years was afflicted with Dry letter Of the
most obstinate type. Was treated by many of the
best physcians took quantities of mercury. potash
and arsenic, which, instead of curing the letter,
crippled me up with mineral poison and rheuma-
!ism. The letter continued to grow worse, and the
itching almost made me crazy. III this condition
Was Induced to take Swift's Specific, and the re-
suit Was as astonishing it was gratifying. In
'ew months the Tetter was entirely well, the Mer-
oufial Poisoning ally out of my system. and was
well man-and DUE only 20 S~ift's Specific. All
like sufferers should take it.
JAMES DUNNING, Louisville, Ky.
Our treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free to applicants
Drawer 3, Atant Ia, Ga.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

Jennie. "We know the streets of Rifle
town we'll enough not to miss our way,
and I am sure the money is all gone by
| this time." +
Gust enough left to pay the carriage
hire" laughed Uncle John. Jump in,
girls, let's wind up our outing royalty"
The servant had already loaded in
their bundles, the driver had difficulty
in holding the impatient horses, and
Jennie and Sue and Uncle John were
finally in the carriage, and away they
went with dash. = -, ~.
Finally the carriage stopped before a
liant gaslights, and the door was opened
by the obsequious footman. 81.
why, Uncle, the driver has made a
mistake. This is not home," said Jen-
ME, looking out. @s~=,-
"Not home? said Uncle John getting
out on to the sidewalk. eyes, this is
home or, hit is not we will walk the rest
| ofthe way" # s
home? Why, this was the Locusts, the
| erandest mansion in Rihetown. Many
| q time had she looked admiringly at its
broad velvet lawns, it's masses OF bloom
ing flowers, its rare and beautiful trees,
its winding walks, its statues, its lows Of
greenhouses and graperies. Uncle John
was getting facetious. The girls got out,
the footman touched his hat, mounted
by the side Of the driver, who, without
waiting for his fee, drove away.
"Come, girls, let us 60 up and look q
the mansion, Perhaps, after all, It is thu
little brown cottage made over. by tht
i wish Of some modern Aladdin, sale
i Uucle John. ~
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-01-17

Dr.. Meredith, Dentist,
It Cnoin'ti, was thought
70 b in tho last stages
Of Ceusumpden, and
was induced BY his
friends to try Aliens
Lung Balssm after The
formula was shown him.
We have his letter that
net onee cured his cough
and that he was able 70
resume his practice.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31
Natural and Acquired Fertility.

A soil which is naturally fertile is
much more valuable to the farmer than
one which is fertile only by the help of
manure. The natural fertility of the
soil, comparatively speaking, is a per-
manent quality, and can only be in
jured by the continuance of an exhaust
i've system of cropping for long time.
Acquired fertility is quite a different
matter; it is due to the accumulation
of manurial ingredients in the soil, which
may be reduced or entirely withdrawn
by cropping in short time.
Continued cropping without manur-
ing results in reduction of the stock
of available fertility in every soil A
soil, however, which is soon exhausted
for one sort of crop may still contain
an abundant food supply for crop of
another kind. Hence the wisdom of a
rotation of crops which long defers the
period of exhaustion.
The more available substances are,
of course, the first to become exhausted;
poor soil will wear out sooner than a
rich one; a shallow one becomes ex-
hausted sooner than a deep one, and a
light soil sooner than a stiff one.
All soils have more or less store OF
plant food in dormant condition ca
pable Of gradual development As
cropping removes available plant-food
from the soil it is replaced more or less
rapidly by the agencies of the weather,
the action of earth worms, etc. The
processes of natural soil-renovation is
greatly accelerated by artificial means,
such as tillage, drainage and the appli-
cation of manures. With a judicious
system of rotation of crops and fertil-
izing, the active fertility in the soil may
be made to reproduce itself year after
year, instead of becoming exhausted,
as is too often the case, after q long PEI
riod Of mismanagement.
Mr.. Lawes, of Rothamsted, England,
gives to the public the results of an ex-
pertinent extending through twelve
years. The two crops grown eaehyear
were wheat. The soils were similar
and in the same field, the management
the same in so far as culture was con-
cerDed, and the seed used the same
The only difference was that in one
case nature had been unassisted by ma
nure, and in the other the soil each
year received the fertilizers which were
found to be most suitable to the crop.
The result of the latter treatment was q
return of three times the weight of grain
and four times the weight of straw, for
an expenditure of manure which left a
profit of 100 per cent. on its cost. t.-N
Y VOY.yd
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The missionaries of India insist that
Christianity the native garb is not suffi-
cient for her clothing.
The largest observatory dome in
the world is now being made in Cleve-
land for the University OF Virginia. It,
viii weigh ten tons and measure forty
five feet four inches at the base.
Cleveland Leader.
A ''soap bubble" competition is
the latest method of raising money at
church fairs. Ten cents is the entrance
fee, and the person making the most
bubbles in five minutes gets the prize.
Chicago Tribune.
Chicago has novelty in the way
of Gospel ship, called the Glad Tid-
ings. 1t is in command of Captain
Burby, his wife, son and two daugh-
ters 1t makes trips through the North
ern lakes, and religious services are
conducted by the family Chicago
NeWS
The General Missionary Committee
of the Methodist Episcopal Church re-
Gently held its annual session in New
York City The treasurer acknowl-
edged receipts for the year ending Oc-
tober 81 amounting to 1851 ,469.90 an
increase over the preceding year of
S59, ,813.89. The successive increase of
their receipts year after year shows the
increase of the true missionary spirit
in the church. For the last four years
the receipts have been S2, 1926, 10. "a,
the net increase year by year amount
ing to a total of $199, ,610.60.-M 7.
Times.
"A little boy went lately to school
for the first time, and on his return ad-
mitted that he had enjoyed himself, but
declared vehemently that he should not
90 again. He seemed full of real Ter
ror, and his mother judiciously waived
the question until the soothing and CON-
fidential hour of bedtime, when she
extracted the explanation. It came
out that the teacher had informed him
that he proposed to ''put an idea into
his head the next morning. The word
''idea" was one he had never before
heard. and he probably fancied it to be
some new and formidable kind of edge
tool--as indeed it is.-Detroit Post.
The following information about
our colleges is given in the
New York I1sIepeadent: Harvard
College was named after John Harvard.
who, in 1858, left to the college G779
and O. library of over 800 books; Viii
/ liams College was named after Colonel
Ephraim Williams, a soldier of the old
French War; Dartmouth College was
named after Lord Dartmouth, who SUBJ
seribed a large amount and was Presi-
dent of the first Board of Trustees;
Brown University received its name
from Nicholas Brown, who was q grad
uate of the college, went into business,
became very wealthy and endowed the
college very largely; Bowdoin College
was named after Governor Bowdoin, of
Maine; Yale College was named after
Elihu Yale, who made very liberal do.
nations to the college.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A Burlington boy sent for fifty,
cent watch and received a sun-dial.
He has named it Faith" because faith
without works is dead. Burlington
HaaCkeye.
Mother Ito a five-year-old, who has
sat very still for five minutes) )-''What
are you thinking of, George P"
Georgie-''O! bout old times, / dess.--
Chicago Tribune.
Mrs French heard a terrible pound
ing on the stove-pipe the other day, and
called to her husband to know what was
the matter. I'm only getting out my
winter SCOT" he replied, gravely. ).
-"Overcoats are worn long" re-
marks fashionable oracle. Then edi-
tors are in the style, for they can wear
the same overcoat as long as four years,
and sometimes longer.-O3 city Der
rick.
An editor Of a paper in Pennsyl-
vania town has resigned his position
and gone to peddling fish. He can now
blow his own horn without having to
ask leave of anybody.-BarIingt Free
Press.
When a wild Western editor .ad-
vises the girls not to chew gum, but to-
have little gumshun about them, the
art of punning reaches a point where it
becomes useful as well as ornamental.
Buffalo E1press. ~
An ornithologist has discovered
that to have an appetite proportional to
| that of a robin. q man would have to de-
your daily string of sausages sixty
seven feet long and nine inches in dia-
eter. Make "bob-o'-link'' of himself,
In fact.-Boston Courier.
John Burroughs calls Herbert
Spencer ''the intellectual clearing
house, of the nineteenth century. 1t
is beautiful idea. By another evoiu-
ton, he might be called the mind .
produce exchange, or the bench-show
of thought. Il Chicago Inter Ocean.
The man who was observed on
State Street this morning with three
cent stamp on his left ear. endeavoring
to climb into letter-bOx and clamor-
ing for them to flesh on their posh-
offices Gosh he wash so drunk he
couldn't go to them, is believed to hold
the theory that the Office should seek
4 the man and not the man the Office
Chicago Tribune. H p
1T will be pretty hard to convincs
some persons that the world is growing
better when they are informed that th'
dolls brought out this year sing: 'Wai
till the Clouds Roll by, Jennie"
Western mob OF masked men are now
on their way East, looking for the in
-, ,S 4las, Joll fFbox, ara NJ RI roo
son with him before he fnvents q dol
that will cry for paregoric at midnight
-.Norristoe07s Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31
Don't Lend Your Cigar.

The Pittsburgh Dispatch says that a
man of letters was smoking and chat
ting with a physician on a Hudson
River ferryboat when a stranger stepped
up and asked for a light. ''Let me
give you match, replied the man Of
letters, adding, after his petitioner had
withdrawn: II don't know how you
feel about it, doctor, but for my part
very much dislike to put the end of my
cigar backinto my mouth after it has
been fingered by Tom, Dick and Harry.
I always carry matches with me, and
make it a point to offer one of them in
stead" "And quite right you are, =
said the doctor. II believe that some
of the worst diseases can be conveyed
by one man to another through the con-
tact of his fingers with a borrowed
cigar. l personally know of case
where varioloid was transmitted by
means of a two-dollar bill, and / firmly
believe that varioloid and things much
worse can pass from a mans fingers
into a cigar and thence into the smoker
of it.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31
Woman at a Horse Show.

'The women. bless their little
hearts," said Mr.. Drew, of the Van
Ness House ''the women can be just
as sharp in trade as the men. One
winter went up to Richford to buy a
horse. Ifound it all right, but at the
time l was making trade with the
man who owned it his wife kept raising
an awful fuss about selling it at the
figure offered. If the horse was sold, she
said, how would the poor children get to
school, she would like to know; they
wouldn't have the horse to carry them,
and il. was too far to walk. Finally,
however, we made a trade, and
hitched the horse into the sleigh, but
the horse wouldn't start I touched
him with the whip, but he merely turned
around and fixed sad, inquiring gaze
upon me. [ touched him again with
the same result. Then hit him lit
tie harder, and what do you think he
did? He jumped several feet into the
air. I thought | was going upin bal
loon. And when he struck che ground
he started off at a regular Maud S. gait
The fact was, you see, that horse had
never been hitched single before in his
life. And there was that woman taking
on so about selling him because the
children would have to walk to school!
o. she was sharp one. ."-BawIingtora
(Vt.) Free Press.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31
s'Peesness Vhas Shaky..

A few days ago clothing dealer in
one of the cities up the lake shore
opened the door for customer who
laid bundle on the counter and began:
1.-TWO months ago / bought this 'ere
suit of clothes of you. 1
"Oxactly, my frendt, und it doan'
fit"
Il bought it to bury my brother in
Perhaps you remember the circum-
stancePh
"Oxactly-mit der greatest pleasure.
Vhell, did you dig him oop ind take off
der clothesP"
mo sir! Ny brother lay in trance
for four days and then came to life and
is now perfectly well"
t'Vot shame to act like dot. Und
so he doan' vhant der clothes?"
''No; they are too small for him.
Being as henever wore them we thought
you might take the suit back and return
the money"
"Dot vhas impossible, my frendt. "
"Why?"
..Vhell, dot vhas not only against all
der rules of commerce, but such prac-
tice would bust'a peesness all oop."
II paid you fifteen dollars; can't you
give me twelve?n
"Ompossible."
''Say ten."
''My frendt, you doan' know how dis
clothing peesness vhas. You bought
dot suit eight weeks agoP"
II did, =
"Vhell, right away after dot dere
vhas an awful decline in wool Next
comes some big failures in Rochester
und New York. On top of dot Isell
oudt to my brudder. Den my brudder
assigns. to my wife. Den cotton goes
down und my wife assigns to me.
Shust now der clothing market vhas
shaky, und only an hour ago gif my
brudder shattel mortgage to secure
loan of $780,"
''Say eight dollars for the suit"
"I couldn't do it. If you like to
| leaf it und take a four-dollar ofercoat
| | shut my eyes so dot I doan' see you
take it away und haf to tell my brudder
dot we doan make enough profit to pay
our gas bills"
s'Iill never do that--neverr'
"Vhell, dot vhas for you to say. If
your brudder vhas man he dies when
| his time comes und not make all dis
confusion. | doan' keep sthore for
men to go into frances und come to
life. Good-by! | like to oblige, but
peesness vhas too shaky. Detroit Free
Press.
A man of extraordinary honesty
turned up in the Central depot at Fon-
da, N. Y, recently. He approached
Mr.. Fonda, the ticket agent, with the
statement that his name was John
Nicholson, of Gray, Herkimer County,
and added that short time ago he.had
travelled on the cars from Hudson tc
Fonda without paying fare. He now
wanted to square up with the company
and asked: What is the cost of 8
ticket?" Mr.. Fonda replied: lone dol
lar and fifty-four cents, which wa:
promptly paid. d.-Bufdlo Express.
"A professional female heggar whC
has travelled over the State with chile
and monkey has settled in SanAntonio
Texas, with Sc, 900 in cash and will q
into business. Boston Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31
AN HUMBLE CONFESSION.

Who is that little woman there,
with laughing eyes and dark brown hair,
And physiognomy so fair!
My wife.
who's not as meek as she appears,
And doesn't believe One-half she hears,
And toward me entertains no fears?
Ny consort.
Who wakes me up on every morning,
About the time the day is dawning,
Nv protestations calmly scorningI
My spouse.
who marks my clothes with India ink,
And darns my stockings quick as wink,
While | sit by and smoke and think?
Ny frau.
who asks me every day for money,
with countenance demure and funny,
And calls me pretty boy" and "honey?"
My little woman.
Who runs this house both night and day,
And over all eXerts her sway;
Who's boss o. this shanty, anyway?
My better half!
Aaron Flcdger.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31

Governor Ireland, of Texas, has
issued a proclamation offering a stand
ing reward of $500 for the apprehen-
sion and conviction of train wreckers,
or any persons aiding and abbetting in
this atroeious crime in that State.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31

"A San Antonio (Tex.) man stole
some graVe-stones for building pur-
poses Chicago Her0ld.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31

The Harvard University services
on Sunday are now held in the evening,
and ministers of different denomina-
tons preach. The daily morning
prayers are limited to twelve minutes
for the whole service. Boston Post.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-31

"A professional female heggar who
has travelled over the State with child
and monkey has settled in San.Antonio,
Texas, with 5000 in cash and will go
into business. Boston Post.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-09
OBITUARY NOTES.

Henry Erben, who died at his house, No. $40
Second-ave. Wednesday was a welknOwn organ
builder He built 734 large organs among them being
those in Trinity Church, st. Stephens, St AIMS and
Christ Church. He born IN this city in 1799 and be-
gan building organs in 1924 He Alderman from the
Sixth Ward in 1896 and member OF the Society OF
Mechanics and ITadesmcl His two children Captain
Henry Erben, in command OF the Pensacola Of the
Pacific Squadron; and the wife OF f. Winston president
OF the Mutual Lie Insurance Company His funeral will
be held This afternoon in Trinity huroh.
Mrs. r. A. Paterson, for many years tho vice
president Of Blnghamton College for Ladies and one OF
the founders OF the American Bible College for Young
Women, died at New-Rochele ". Y. yesterday In
early life she well known musical circles and num-
bered aEaong her pupils the Logan sisters and the vile OF
Edwin Booth. she also started III her career Madame
Albani.
The Rev Dr.. James Wash lngton Wood. who died in
Allentown. Penn, last Sunday, born In Orange
County. New-Nork about seventy years ago. he was
fOrtyfye years distinguished Presbyterian pastor. lie
travelled considerably IA the East, and made journey
some years ago UP the Me Valley 70 the great Ndoian
temple.