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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
A NearView of Mexico.

Howard A. Easton, of Philadelphia,
who has just returned from business
trip into Mexico, says of that country:
ut is diamond in the rough, with
good deal of rough. Mexico is coun-
try of immense resources, agricultural
and mineral, and when Yankee enter
prise is able to gain the mastery over
the ignorance and prejudices of the
people, it will be very valuable neigh
Dor. Four. railroads now cross the
Mexican frontier, a large portion of
which, however, is wild and uninhabited.
But in the course of time towns will
spring up and prosperity will reign: !
found a number of Americans in Mex
leo. Something that ought to Be known
is the condition of our consuls They
are mostly Frenchmen and Germans,
many of whom cannot speak the Eng
lish language, and they are not partic-
ularly friendly to our tradesmen. You
see, the Germans and French have con-
trolled that trade for $50 years, and
have intermarried with the natives.
They buy enough American goods to
say they: have them in stock, but rec
ommend something else all the time.
They do all they can all the time against
our trade. I tested them time and
again. L cannot say, however, but that
American merchants are more or less
to blame IEhave known q firm to send
half-inch lumber and bill it inch, and
sell boiler through Mexican agent
and then. tell him he must look to The
man it was sold to for his commission
sFhe Mexicans will not tolerate swin+
ding, not at any, rate when. they; are
the swindled parties. $500 - r. - =, a
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
!. Manitoba 1.inA ;n1a1ator -


TO meet various complaints, General Man
ager Marvel, Of the Manitoba line, has issued
. circular, from which the following extracts
are made:
That agents and others may understand the
terms upon which elevator companies are
leased space for their buildings upon the sta
ton grounds of the railroad company, an ex-
tract from our lease is given: 4 ''That
they (the elevator company will operate said
elevator or grain warehouse, and perform the
business for which, the same is intended and
designed, at fair and reasonable rates, with all
persons requiring the services Of said elevator
or grain warehouse, without discrimination or
preference, in favor of any person or corpora
ton whatsoever, in prompt and efficient man
ner, and so that the interests of the party of
the first part and Of all persons doing business
through or with said elevator or grain ware
house shall be justly and fully subserved, and
that they will comply with all provisions Of the
and operation of elevators and warehouses
therein. x
Agents are notified that where it is practica-
bic to do so, elevator companies are required
Fifst-To receive wheat from the farmers at
the usual elevator charges of ~ cents per
whenever required and it is practicable to do
80, and ship It to St. Paul, Minneapolis or Du-
luth, guaranteeing the weight of such special
shipments in the market to which it is forward
ed.
Second-Store wheat for farmers in special
bins and preserve it's identity, when it is stored
in lots sufficient to fill one or more bins. when
such storage can be supplied, and still contin-
tie taking wheat from farmers as it may be Of
fered.
Third-Where differences :. arise between
buyer and seller as to price or grade. the ele-
vator company will consign it to any market
will bring, less the usual charges.
Outside buyers who may have tickets calling
for wheat in the elevators should have the
same shipping facilities as the elevator COM
pany.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
A Slate.
From Cassell's Science for All,

From Cassell's Science for All.
Not all the vaious purposes for which
it is used slate owes it's adaptability to
the fact that it is capable of being split
into thin layers or plates. So con-
spicuous, in fact, is this feature in slate
that the term "slate" is in common lang
uage applied to all rocks which can be
split into layers so thin that they can
be used in roofing house In reality,
however, many Of the materials used
in roofing houses are not states at all in
the scientific acceptation of the term. In
many parts of the country thin flags or
stones" are habitually used instead
of slate; and though these look like
thick states their true nature is really
very different. In all these cases the
the fat surfaces of the slab are the sur
faces of the successive layers of mud or
sand out of which the rock was origi-
nallY composed. As such layers are al
ways comparatively thick Estates" of
this kind are much heavier. than true
slate, and thus compel builders to have
resource to high pitched roofs and
heavy timbering. Moreover, they do not
stand the weather so we'll as true states,
and are thus in the long run more ex-
pensive than the material whose name
and function they have usurped. True
slate then is special and peculiar ma
terial, which not only splits into thin
LAYERS. but possesses various distinpuish-
ing characters, which enable us to sepa-
rate it from other rocks which at first
sight appear to resemble it. In order
TO understand these characters we
should provide ourselves with small
piece of Welsh or Scottish roofing slate
and small fragment of ordinary "shale"
such as every native of a coal district
knows so we'll. Two such pieces of
rock placed side by side are very like
one another. Both probably are some
tint of gray, blue or black; both split
easily into thin layers; and what is more
important, both show themselves to be
nothing more than hardened mud, since
both, if pounded down in. water, give
rise to clayey ooze. These are strik-
ing and weighty points of resemblance,
but they are accompanied by: less con-
,picuous though fundamental points Of
iissimilarity, which make the difference
between "shalc" and "slate" and which
we must briefly enumerate and oonsid-
-,
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w1nn1peggers Bound for the Nile,

Winnipeg, Man., Specialized. Kennedy
yesterday received cablegram from Lord
Wolseley, asking him to procure birch bark
canoe for him similar to the one he used during
the Red River expedition. Lord Wolseley
wants boat for his own use during the
trip up the Nile. Col. Kennedy at once sent
for Superintendent Mccall, of the Indian de-
partment and purchased canoe from him,
which Mr.. Mccall recommended as the best
procurable. It is six-fathom one, and will
carry easily six mon and baggage. 1t will
be here tomorrow, to be ready to 60 with the
expedition, which leaves on Saturday for the
East. Fifty three men in all are going. Col
Kennedy goes as far as Montreal, and as he
has been offered position on Lord Wolseley' g
staff, will doubtless go to Egypt. The men
will be divided into three classes. One-third
of them will be from the St. Peters Indian re-
serve, and are experienced voyageurs. The
remainder are men who have spent years as
raftsmen, together with sprinkiing of young
men who have had considerable experience
canoeing and roughing it in surveys.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
Emneror Williams reeb1enesa.

A grand review of German troops took place
at Pottsdam Tuesday, in celebration of the
fourteenth anniversary of the surrender of
the French at Sedan. Emperor William ap-
peared on horseback to review the troops, but
was overcome with fatigue when tho parade
was about half concluded He struggled to
maintain an erect position, but it was evident
to the officers of his staff that he was in great
distress. At their solicitation he consented to
Aismount and to enter an open carriage, from
which he viewed the rest of the evolutions
The incident made a great impression upon
aged emperor was really ill, and that even he
realized that the final breaking up of his
strength, which has so long been feared, is now
inevitable and is close at hand. The exercises
ended dismally amid undisguised evidences of
emotion on the part of both soldiers and spec
tators. The festivities that were to have been
given in the evening in honor of the emperor's
visit have been indefinitely postponed.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
Extravagance in Living,

In Harper's Magazine such crimes as
those of Ferdinand Ward, while they
spring often from depravity, are oftener
the result of mere weakness of charac-
ter. Thackeray in many of his minor
sketches constantly draws the portrait
of the man and woman whose means
are not equal to the style of living which
they desire; and they desire it not for it.
self, but only because others have it.
They are not strong and steady enough
to be content with that which they can
command and afford, and the means to
secure the other must somehow be OBJ
tanned. Thackeray puts the fact in the
simplest and most amusing form. The
young couple must give a dinner, and in
stead of the joint of lamb and the glass of
beer which is the only repast to which
they have the moral right to invite a
friend-if, indeed, the beer may be NOR
ally permitted-they must needs pre-.
pare feast which they can not honor
ably afford, and for the sole reason that
other people who can afford it give such
feasts.
It is this doing a. little more, or a
great deal more, than the doer can
honestly afford, which leads to the
swindles of Wall street. Living in
house too expensive for his means, main
tanning it accordingly, dressing as his
richer neighbors dress, doing in all
things as they dot is this weak COM
pliance which is hidden in the fine
houses, and drives to the park in the
fine equipages, which presently ends in
Ludlow Street Jail and hopeless dis
grace. Yet it is the poorest kind OF
competition, because the little imitato1
might sec even with his dull eyes that
there must always be few persons who
can edo the thin g" better than all the
rest, and without feeling it. The bull
frog may swell until he bursts, but he
scan not rival the OK. = - - ~"
This is the t6ndency which all sensi:
BILE people-and great many other
wise sensible people are swept away by
thought quietly to resist. The power
of Individual example is immense, but
it is often underestimated by the indi-
vidual. my vote is of no consequence,
but, since you wish it, I will vote," said
a man to his neighbor, and the right
candidate was elected by majority of
one. The family which in the midst of
saturnalia of luxury and extravaganza
refuse to take part in it, and holds to
simple, moderate, temperate way, is
diminishing the supply of Ferdinand
Wards and Wall street panics.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
Rough on the Lords.

Chamberlain, member Of the British cab
met, at the recent popular demonstration in
Birmingham reviewed the past of the house Of
lords in this spirited fashion:
The house of lords courts investigation into
its past history. Investigation it should have
1cheers and a voice ''They won't stand much" y
and speaking of it, SO far as regards the ma
jority which dictates it's policy, for I admit
that there is minority of able, distinguished
and patriotic men in that assembly. Hear,
hearl But speaking of what the majority
have made it. I say it is stronghold, and al
ways has been, of Tory prejudice and Tory OBJ
struction. Hear, hear.] During the last hun
dred years it has never contributed one iota to
popular liberties or popular freedom. Hear,
hear] It has never done anything to advance
the common veal, and during that time it has
protected every abuse and sheltered every
privilege. Hear, hear] It has denied justice
and delayed reform. Hear hear:] Tits irrespon-
sible without independence, obstinate without
courage slaughter and cheers]-arbitrary-
without judgment, and arrogant without
knowledge land now it hasdeliberate-
~ challenged the verdict Of the people. In con-
tempt of the house of commons, and in defiance
of the popular opinion which it represents, this
mechanical majority of Tory caucus laugh
ter and cheers] stands between two millions
of the people and the possession Of their polit-
ical rights. [Shame.]
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11

better man has MON you Nay God bless you
both! + have. in my possession . package OF
letters I think you would like returned. b
kind enough TO state what addrsss, and just
when they had best be sent So large parcel
may excite comment if sent to you ut Mrs.
Metcalf's. I will send or leave them, carefully
sealed, atany place you designate. And now,
again, God bless you, and goodbye!
Richard Westbrook.
Twenty-four hours later he received = tiny
note addressed dy Lisle's hand. His heart
grew faint as he broke the seal
How could he endure to read the formal
words he knew it must contain, after the warm
sweetness and tenderness of her former letters !
How could he go through the task of scaling
and returning those precious missiyes to their
author, who might have been his wife if he
had not been fool and knave!
lie drew out the tinted sheet. from it's sheath
and read:
R1cHARD-If you can return the heart which
has been yours since the hour we met, then re-
turn the letters ALSO Otherwise, keep both.
Isle
He covered his face with his hands
''Thank God! Thank God!" he almos,
sobbed.
When he went abroad a few months later,
Esle went with him-his wife, =.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
A Change Of Step.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

hOcneStor DemOcrat ana CnrOHcle.
=; Military men are much interested in
the recent, changes of tactics which
have recently been prescribed for the
United States army, and especially in
General Order No. 81, which effects
the length of the step and cadence for
marching. The new length of step
from heel to heel will be 80 inches,
with a cadence of go steps per minute
for common time, and 100 steps for
quick time, with natural swing of the
arms. The length Of the short and
back steps will. be Is inches. OF the
double step, IS inches; cadence, 1870
steps per minute. The chief changes
announced in this order are the permit
ting of the swing of the arms and in
creased, rapidity of the pace of the
marching and the length Of the step. IT
will be seen that the prescribed space
for quick time covers 100 yards pei
minute. The change from the previ-
ously rigid state of the arms in; march
ing to q swinging motion is q radical
modification, : ss,. s.ss.s .s5.s, *.ss..
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
Story of the Demented Editor.

Not moro than 3. dozen people in Chicago
ever knew Wilbur F. Storey intimately. No
wonder he lost his mind. He did enough to
kill dozen men. Foryears he was the editor
in-chief, man aging editor and night editor of
the Times. He never had any words of ap;;
nothing. One day when the Times had about
dozen, big ''scoops'' on it's contemporaries,
the editor summoned the heads of departments
to his room and said is was ''simply damn a.
BILE" that the paper had been cleft" on the even
ing proceedings of grange convention some
impatiently, IF we can't do better than that
I'll buy farm
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
Humorous Scraps.

II understand" said q cow-county
politician, walking into the Office of the
local paper the other day, revolver in
hand, II understand that you called
me liar in your paper this morning %
$50 did, my dear sir" said the ditor,
calmly; "but I only said you we're a
campaign liar" ooh! is that all ?" said
the Modified intruder, and, after ten
dering the molder of public opinion his
fnecut, he walked peacefully out. =.
The girl with soft gray< eyes sand
ripping brown hair, who walked all
over your poor futtering heart at the
charity ball, has just finished a crazy
quilt containiug1 ,064 pieces of neck:
ties and hat Innings, put together with
81 800 stitches. And her poor old faith
er fastens on his suspenders with long
nail, piece of Irvine, a sharp stick and
one regularly ordained button. This,
also, is vanity.
A man in Pennsylvania, while out in
the woods the other day, was attacked
by seven large polecats. He must have
felt like presidential candidate at the
height Of the campaign.
Mother, is it right for a person to
make person believe what he dosn't
believer" mo, son." "Well, then,
why do you try to make me believe it's
right when any one rings the door bell
to go and peep out the window and see
who it is, and if it's SIGH and SIGH 6 one
tell her you're not IMP" "Well, that's
different thing" ooh, yes, you al
ways say that's different thing When
you get beat. "-Kentucky State Jour-
nal.
When Fenelon was almoner to Louis
XIV, his majesty was astonished to find
one Sunday, instead Of a numerous con-
gregation, only himself and the priest.
"What is the reason of this ?" asked the
king II caused it to be given out,
sire," replied Fenelon, "that your ma
jesty did not attend chapel to-day, that
you might know who came to worship
God, and who to fatter the king"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
Destructive Fdrc at DUBUQUE.

A destructive fire occurred at Dubuque on
Wednesday afternoon. The fire caught in the
lumber of the Dubuque Lumber Company on
Lumber island The lumber thereon was owned
by M H. Moore and Charley Robinson of this
city. Robinson's loss is estimated at SIS, 600;
fully insured in several companies in Chicago.
Moore's loss will be about $50, 600, with an in
surance of 5000 or $1,000; companies not
known. The Dubuque bridge cost 5000; in
sured for s. 900 in the Springfield Insurance
company of Massachusetts; Dubuque Lumber
company, SIS, 600; insured for 81, 600 with the
Niagara Insurance company of New York. No
insurance on shingles, the loss of which will
be $4,000. The loss on tramways is $S,OOO;
insured for $780, The entire loss is estima-
ted from $l25,000 to $4,000. Robinson
leased the Dubuque Lumber company q mill on
the LIST of January last The mill started up
in June and since that time it has been worked
day and night to it's fullest capacity.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
. Personal Gossip,

Professor J. Bruce Halstead, of
Princeton College, is going to the Uni
versity of Texas, where he has been
offered the Senior Professorship of
Mathematics, with salary of 81, 900 a
year.
The Rajah Mansour from the Straits
settlements, who was recently presented
to the Prince of Wales, expressed him
self thus concerning the heir apparent
of the British crown: "He is nice
chap, stands straight up, and bows and
smiles"
Labouchere, in London Truth, says
Queen Victoria has made a new will.
She has plenty of money to give away.
Prince Albert, her husband, left at
least 100000. A miser named Mel
son bequeathed to her majesty So, $780,
900, and all her life.she has been saving
tho greater part of her annual income.
The leader of the reported insurrec-
tion in Mexico, Marcia Iglesias. is the
old rival of General Diaz, who, on the
retirement of Lerdo de Tejado in 1876,
took up arms as his successor. He was
defeated by Diaz early in 1877. This
victory of Dlaz led to his election as
president in February, 1877, and his
party has been in power ever since,
A dispatch from Berlin states that
Able Franz Liszt, the famous pianist,
has become blind at Bayreuth. It Is
stated that the cause of his blindness is
smoking and brandy. It is said he
consumes daily frightful quantity OF
liquor, and often falls asleep in the
theater. He has broken off with the
Princess Wischtenstein, who has be-
come a devotee. Able Liszt will retire
to Weimar and end his days there.
= Mrs. Wilbur Fisk. widow of Rev.
Wilbur Fisk, who was the first Presi-
dent Of Wesleyan University, died re-
Gently in Middletown, Ct. She was SO
years and 10 months old, and her death
was due to old age. Her husband died
in 1889. The property which she has
occupied so many years now reverts to
Wesleyan University; she had the privi
lege of occupying it as long as she
lived.
Count Munster, German Ambassador
to England, will soon publish an elab-
crate manual on cookery.
Social circles of the Russian capital
are exercised over the dismissal from
the military service of popular young
noble. He did not resign under ques-
tionable circumstances, but was actual
ly discharged, and his name has been
stricken from the list of aides de- camp.
Nothing positive is known, although
the prevalent opinion is that the young
mans harsh sentence is due to his con-
firmed habit of gambling. Our national
authorities might follow the example OF
the Muscovites
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
Walking from New York - Dakota.

Clinton, Wis, Herald: Clinton had quite a
curiosity yesterday, it being nothing less than
York city last May and had since walked thus
far, being on their way to Dakota. Thei1
household goods they had loaded in a two
wheeled cart, which they had drawn the en-
tire distance, and which needed repairing at
this point The man thought that this far
revolver to protect himself. The children's
ages were nine, seven and four years. The
youngest had been drawn in the cart portion
of the time, but the balance of them had walk
ed every step of the Way
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11

When Napoleon talked of invading Italy one
of his officers said: "But, sire, remember the
Alps" To an ordinary man these would have
seemed simply insurmountable, but Napoleon
responded eagerly: tThere shall be no Alps.
SO the famous Simplon pass was made Dis
ease like mountain stands in the way of fame,
aGolden Medical Discovery" might be healed
and so the mountain would disappear: It is
specific for all blood, chronic lung and liver dis
eases, such as consumption (which is scrofula
Of the lungs,) pimples, blotches, eruptions, tn
mors, swellings, fever sores and kindred COM
plants.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11
sNUFFED AND SWALLOWED.
Garg1ed or App1ied-Never Used without
Relief.

Gargled or App1ied-Never Used without
Relief.
Mrs. E. T. Sykes, so Chestnut street. Spring.
field Ohio, suffering" she says, t'perfect tor
ture with pain and soreness through back and
chest" and her husband troubled with dry,
hoarse cough (both cured by this Oily make
particular mention OF its sssoothing and healing
effects"
Charles Reed, 354 Jackson street, Milwaukee,
Wis, who was in the explosion at the Grand
Opera House in that city, January IS, 1888,
speaks of it as Ga very reliable and a very safe
medicine" He sustained painful injuries in
this accident With the use of the Oil he was
able to get out in few days.
Rev. E. F. Crane, Dunkirk, N Y, speaks in
glowing terms of DR.: Thomas Eclectic Oil as
a remedy for catarrh and says, senotwithstand-
ing the delicate nature of the mucuous men,
brane of tina nasal organs the Oil can be snuffed
up with perfect impunity."
There is no doubt abo ut it's absolute safety
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-11

James H. Fisher of Southfeld Mich, or
Belfontiane, and Prosper Humbert, sheep
breeders, we'll known East and West, were
killed at Milwaukee while crossing the Chicago
g. Northwestern railroad tracks near this CITY,
A double rig in which they rode was struck by
a train and demolished, Fisher and Humbert
being crushed beneath the car wheels.
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