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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-07-03
Health In wea tn!

DIR. 4. c. VESTS NERVE AND BRAIN
TREATMENT: specific for Hysteria, Dir
illness. Commissions, Nervous Headache,
Mental Depression, Loss OF Memory,
SpermatOrrh@a, Impotency, Involuntary
EmmissiOns, Premature Old Age, caused
by Over-exertion, self-abuse, or Over-in-
diligence, which leads to misery, decay,
and DEATH. One box will cure recent
cases. Each box contains one months
treatment. One dollar box or six boxes
for five dollars; sent by mail and prepaid
on receipt of price. We guarantee six
boxes to cure any case. With each order
received by us for six boxes, accompanied
by five dollars, we will send the purchas-
or our written guarantee to return the
money il the treatment does not effect
cure. Guarantees issued only when
the treatment is ordered direct from u.s..
Address: JOHN C. WEST & CO., Sole
Pr0prietors, 181 & 1873 Madison st. Chica-
go, Ill. Sold by all>druggists.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-07-03
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS,
His IncOnstancy as Told by Congress.
man Bayne.

man Bayne.
WASHINGTON, Juno 23-"GeOrge Will
liam Curtis" said Congressman Bayne
to day, dramatically stated at the
Chicago convention that he entered the
convention q free man and a republican (:
by the grace of GOd he would 90 ont of
1t rs such. He was mistaken. He is not
now Republican. think can prove
that he Is not free man. When the
motion was out to make Blaine's nomi-
nation unanimous, Mr.. Curtis made no
objection. In the recess that followed
between the afternoon and evening SEES
sion of the convention conference of
30 delegates representing every faction
was held. for the purpose of selecting a
man for second place ON the ticket. Cur
tbs was present. Speeches were made
for Logan, Gresham and Lincoln. CARTS
was asked to state his preference. He
refused. then suggested that we take
an informal ballot to get the sense of
the conference. Curtis objected to this,
saying he should feel bound by such a
vote. He did not care to be placed in
such a POSITION. 1t was explained to
him that the vote would not be cOnsid-
cred binding, and was purely informal
in every respect. Curtis, however, de-
elared that he should 30 regard it, and If
vote was insisted on he should with
draw.frOm the conference. He did finally
withdraw. A vote was taken in his alb
sence. Curtis attended the evening
session, however, and participated in its
proceedings. He made no objection to
the nomination of Logan. How can
you explain the fine distinction this
man draws, who is too honorable to re-
main in an informal conference that
really binds nobody. for fear he will be
bound by its action, and man who
participates in formal convention
whose action is regarded bv all honor.
able men to be- binding, and then bolts
the ticket before he is scarcely outside
the convention hall? The charitable
explanation is that person is not a free
man. 1 know of my own personal
Knowledge that Curtis did not know
what position he should take until he
heard from Harpers Weekly. The de-
cisiOn of his employers decided him.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-07-03
SONGS NEVER SUNG.


"How does that verse run? Something like
this, isn't is?
There are who touch the magic string.
And noisy fame is proud to win them;
Alas! for hose who never sing,
But die with all their music in them.
'sYes, that's beautiful, pathetic and true"
said your representative. 1.-THE poet aludes to
people who are somehow suppressed, and never
get their full allowance Of Joy and air. Which
reminds me of letter shown me the other day
by HISCOX Il Co., of New York, signed by Mr..
E. G. Williams, of Chapman, Snyder & Co.,
Pa, a prominent business man Of that place.
He writes:
81 have suffered with asthma for over forty
years, and had terrible attack in December
and January, 1882. l hardly know what
prompted me to take PARKER's Tonic. / did
80, and the first day took four doses. Tho
effect astonished me. That night slept as IL
nothing was the matter with me, and have
ever since. have had colds since, but no
asthma. Ny breathing is now as perfect as If
had never known that disease. Ii you know
of any one who has the asthma tell him in my
name that PARKER's TONIC will cure it-even
after forty years" There was man who es-
capped the fate OF those whom the poet laments.
This preparation, which has heretofore been
known as PARKER'S GINGER TONIC, will here
after be advertised and sold under the name OF
PAKER's Tonic. Inasmuch as ginger isreally
an unimportant ingredient and unprincipled
by substituting inferior preparations under the
name Of ginger, we drop the misleading word.
There is no change, however, in the prepare
ton itself, and all bottles remaining in the
hands Of dealers, wrapped under the name OF
PA KE'S GINGE Tonic contain the genuine
medicine il the facsimile signature OF HIsCox
Co. is at the bottom Of the outside wrapper.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-07-03
A Startling Discovery.

Mr.. VIM. Johnson Of Huron, OAK,
writes that his wife had been troubled
with acute Bronchitis for many years,
and that all remedies tried gave no per-
manent relief until he procured bottle
of DR.. Kings new discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs, and Colds, which had
q magical effect, and produced a psrma.
nent cure. 1t is guaranteed to cure all
Diseases of the Throat. Lungs, or BrOn-
chial Tubes.
Trial bottles free at l. S. Coeper's Drug
store. Large size $1O0. 5
An Edruors Tribute.
Theron P. KeatOr, Editor of Ft. Wayne
Ind, Gazette" writes: "FOr the past five
years have always used DR.. Kings New
Discovery, for coughs of the most severe
character, as well as those of a milder
type. 1t mover fails to effect a speedy
cure. My friends to whom have recon-
mended it speak of it in the same high
terms. Having been cured by it Of every
cough have had for five years, cOnsid-
or it the only reliable and sure cure for
Coughs, Colds ETC." Call at l. S. Cooper's
Drug Store and get Free Trial Bottle.
Large Size $l.0O.
Never Give Up.
II you are suffering with low or de-
tressed spirits, loss Of appetite, general
pebilIty, disOrdered blood. weak cOnsti-
tuition, headache, or bilious nature, by
all means procure bottle of Electric
Bitters. You will be surprised to see
the rapid improvement that will follow;
you will be inspired with new life;
strength and activity will return; pain
and misery will cease, and hencefOrth
you will rejoice in the praise of Electric
Bitters. Sold at fifty cents bottle by
Kenburg g. Cooper.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1884-07-03
ia KxAN

NAeoyA,srto GEOGRAPHY OF ms ooufs-
Try W.T. suu Nv ssAnis,no TINS MAP THAT rrx
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-07
A Welsh Wedding.

An old-time Welsh wedding cere-
mony is thus described: "On the even
ing before the marriage, at the sound
of music, which warns the neighbcrhood
Of the approach Of the bridegroom, the
bride and her attendants are shut up in
a room and the house doors locked;
after clamoring for admittance for some
time one of the bridesmaids is instruct
ed to raise the window and assist the
bridegroom to enter; this done, the
house is thrown open to the visitors,
and feasting and merriment are kept
up to late hour.
'"The following day, after the we'd
ding ceremony is over, feast is spread
at the home Of the bride for all the
guests, and plate is sent around the
table for offerings to start the young
people in housekeeping"
This style is limited to the lsboring
classes. In higher circles the wedding
is private and after the ceremony the
bride goes to her fathers home for q
few weeks, and there receives visits
from her friends, who, however, never
go empty handed When the bride is
ready to 60 to her own home the couple
are attended by their friends on horse
back, each one carrying his pres nts to
the bride, while wagons follow the pro-
cession laden with heavy articles of fur
niture and other household goods.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-07
A Curiosity of Medical Life.

Troy Times: An English paper
gives some Of the curiosities of medical
life. 1t is the duty of one doctor to
take lunch every day at a great castle
belonging to noble lord. The house
hold is immense, and there is just the
chance that there may be some case of
indisposition demanding attention. He
gets some or the best company and best
lunches in England, and duly charges
guinea for each attendance. There is
wealthy man near great city who can
not bear to be left for the night. There
is physician Of great ability who
drives out Of town nightly to- sleep at
his residence; he is consequently de-
barred evening society, and if he goes
ont to dinner he has to leave his friends
before wine. He has to charge his pa
tient 81 900 year. One young doc
tor has a standing engagement Of !e4O0
a year to look after the health of an old
lady. She had to- be inspected three
times q day, was strong as . horse, and
SO selfish and perverse that he had
great trouble with her.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-07
Care of the Hands.

Every lady of refinement desires to
have soft, white hands To secure
these is something of problem to the
thrifty housekeeper who is proud of
doing her own work and dong it we'll.
It should be remembered that perfect
cleanliness is the first step toward
beauty in the hands OF anything else.
Every lady should Immediately wasl,
her hands thoroughly after doing any
piece of work that soils them. Dirt
should never he allowed to dry upon
the skin Or get rubbed into it's surface
A bowl CT wheat bran, or corn meal
should stand beside the soap dish in the
kitchen sink. A small quantity thor
oughly rubbed over the hands while
wet helps to whiten and soften them.
Rubber gloves are also an excellent
protection while washing dishes and
doing similar work. Concerning the
farther identifying of the hands Frances
Stevens has the following to say in the
Domestic Monthly:
The time to form the hand" we are
told, is in youth. Any mother may
give her daughter tapering fingers if
she chooses to take the trouble; if she
insists that there shall be daily pinch
ing of the finger tips, slight of course,
while the flesh is soft and yielding, and
nightly wearing of steel thimbles.
The latter is rather heroic treatment,
and possibly to save us from this bar
barous torture, have been introduced
in this country all the artistic devices of
the Partisan manicure, in the manage
ment, development, and cultivation of
the fingers and nails. Americans should
not allow the French t., excel them in
in any artindicative Of cleanliness, taste,
OF refinement; and for what reason,
then, should the finger nails not receive
as much attention as the teeth.
If you are obliged to have your hands
in water a great deal and they feel un-
comfortable after it, rub them all over
with oil. A very little salad oil, or even
a little lard with a drop Of perfume in
it, will relieve your discomfort.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-07
THE HOME CIRCLE And FARM,
For the Cook.

PIcKLED GRAPES. Fill a jar with al
ternate layers Of small punches OF grapes
and sugar (the sugar should be simply
sprinkled over the grapes, and till up
with cider vinegar, not too strong. Ca
tawbas are best for this pickle. +. -
EXCELLENT Corn STARCH CAKE
Three cups of sugar, one of butter, one
of milk, three of -four, one of corn-
starch, whites Of II eggs beaten stiff,
two teaspoonfuls Of baking powder.
| Beat sugar and butter to cream, dis
! solve the starch in the milk, add then
| the -four and whites. The powder
should be sifted with the -four. Bake
| in moderate oven.
BREAD FRrrrERs stale bread
| in good, rich butternilk, mash all up
I smooth, then add little salt, and flour
enough to make good batter, quite
| stiff lastly add two teaspoonfuls Of soda
dissolved in hot water. Fry as for COM
mon fritters.
To Cook ANY FRESH FISH Split,
season with salt and little cayenne,
heat the gridiron, butter the bars, and
lay the fish on it flesh down, and broil
over bright fire. When cooked, place
on a hot platter; mix together tea
spoonful of minced parsley. the Juice Of
half lemon, piece of butter the size
Of an egg. Spread this over the fish,
put in the oven long enough to allow
the butter to penetrate the fish.
SWEET POTATOES. Boil until almost
tender, and remove skins. Make a bat
ter with little milk, and beaten egg
thlckened with -four and seasoned with
pepper and salt, Gut the potatoes int
rather thick slices, dip in this batter,
and brown on both sides in hot beef
drippings. Nice with roast meat.
JELLY CAKE.--One large cup Of flour,
three eggs, one-half cup Of milk, one
cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of soda,
two teaspoonfuls of cream Of tartar
pinch of salt. Bake in long tin,
spread the top of one-half the cake with
jelly, and put the other half On top.
Illls Is quickly maze and very good.
SLICED TOMATOES AND ONION PICKLES.
Slice one peck of green tomatoes and
eight large onions; sterw over them q
coffee cup of salt, mix and let stand
overnight. Next morning drain and
put over the fire in preserving kettle,
with quart of vinegar and two Of
water. When at boiling heat, simmer
half an hour; drain, and cover with the
following hot preparation: Take four
quarts of vinegar. add to it two pounds
Of white sugar, half pound of white
mustard seed, two tablespoonfuls each
of ground cloves, cinnamon, allspice
and mustard. This mixture should
boil Is minutes before pouring over the
pickle.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-07
Recognizing O. Good Cow.

like thrifty cals, with a good
sized head, which is narrow and long,
broad in the muzzle and between the
eyes, and narrow between the horns. I
do not care if the limbs are "strong," as
they say in Jersey, and perhaps coarse,
but they must be straight; and
the tail may be even quite coarse
at its setting-tllis Indicates constitu-
ton. Then from the withers to the hips
there should be g straight upward
slope, so marked that if you see the
front half of the calf, you will think she
is small one, while if you see only the
hind quarter and loin, you will think
her very large In fact, in point OF
symmetry, the front and hind quarters
ought not to match, and the latter
should be by far the larger I prefer
long bodied, open ribbed, hat-sided,
deep-hodied calves. The skin should
be loose and flexible all over the body,
SO that one can grasp q
handful almost anywhere. The
coat nust either be long and silky, a
little rough perhaps, but not harsh, or
it should be soft and furry. With all
this, you should find the teats of good
size, well spread, and all the skin about
them, before and behind that which
will cover the udder-loo 9, soft, and
elastic, showing as The Scotch say,
PLENTY of leather" Such calf will
make good mixer if she is bred at a
, year to fifteen months old, and after
her first calf goes farrow (but not long
| dry, for year, or nearly that time, to
give her chance to grow. I say moth
ing about the escrtcheon, because dc
| not know very much about it, and do not
| believe in half that is said and written
about it. Still I must say would pre-
fer good broad, wellwinged escutch-
| con, of the Flanderine type, for If the
escutcheon shows anything, il indicates
staying power, which is perhaps the
greatest merit, COW can have. Many
a twelve or fourteen quart COW will beat
a twenty quart ono in the long run, es-
pecially in her butter record, the true
test of cows value.-Corr. American
Agriculturist.
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Agricultural Items.

"A writer III the American AgrlcUltUr-
list makes the following estimate of the
cost of starting sheep ranch in the
Northwest: One thousand sheep, at
s.. s. 600; twenty pure merino rams,
$500; expenses. first year, for two herd
ers and other help, $1,000; horses,
wagon, ETC., $500; reserve fund, $500.
The probable income and increase is g.
500 pounds Of wool, 800; and 700
lambs.
Solomon Bartlett, of Sunapee, n.
H., has q COW, half Devon and half
Durham, that dropped a calf four
months aud twenty days ago. The calf
never sucked, and it now weighs $50
pounds. Mr.. Bartlett has made from
the COW during this time 1873 pounds Of
butter about one pound per day, be-
sides bringing up the calf to it's present
weight. It is q heifer calf, and hand
some as q picture.
Mr.. J. S. Macomber in poultry notes
to The Western Rural, says after test
ing them mary years he finds Plymouth
Rocks preferable to any other breed for
general purposes; thinks it a disadvant-
age to keep feed constantly before
fowls; ''give what they will eat up
clean and no more; and reports very
unfavorable results from acting upon
the ofteu suggested idea of setting hens
on sod nests and moistening the eggs
for Matching.
Go through the corn-feld and take
the first steps towards insuring the
best seed. Select plants that do not
sucker; the lowest growing, earliest
maturing. Select those which bear the
ears lowest. Tie about such plants
long strips of old calico, or something
of the kind just as conspicuous. The
corn is cut and shocked. When husked
all the ears upon marked stalks should
be thrown together, and the best ears
only retained for seed.
Lettuce, says the Lancet, is neg
lected vegetable, although it consti-
tutes prominent ingredient in every
good salad. At one time the lettuce
was supposed to possess sopor1fic prop
| critics, but of late years 1t has, perhaps
too hastily, been disestablished as q
drug in the repertory of the therapeut-
list. Some are now strongly insisting
that lettuce should be used more gener-
ally as food, and suggesting that the
leaves ought to be boiled, after which
| treatment they are said to be as palat-
able as spinach. If this be the fact it
is worth knowing, as spinach is necessa-
| rilv excluded from the diet of the OK
aluric patient, and it is precisely in this
| class Of cases the soothing properties
of the lettuce, if it have any, would be
valuable.
At the American Cranberry Growers
| Annual Convention at Lakewood, N. j.,
on August 26, the Statistician stated
that reports from all the cranberry
growing sections indicate an aggregate
| crop Of $50 900 bushels, against nearly
4OO, 900 bushels in 1888. The shortage
is due to thefrosts on May 1890, which
severely injured the crop in New Jersey,
New England and Wisconsin. 1t APP
| pears that in New York and Philadel-
phia crates holding 2S quarts bring as
! much money as the standard crate Of 81
quarts. A recent law in Massachusetts,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-11-07
A. Chapter on the Newly Married.

After the honeymoon is over, in which
each lives in the seventh heaven of bliss,
and is blind to all outward surroundings,
there comes a day when the mere matter
of-fact duties begin, and they settle down
to the realities of life. The habits, the
manners, and the tempers are things
that neither knows anything about in
the other, and that which was concealed
in an engagement for months is quickly
revealed in the close relationship of mar
ried life. Some little habit that thu,
bachelor or maiden has formed rasps to
rawness the nerves of the other, and the
determination on either side TO break
the other of the fault only chafes
and frets both without attaining the
object He thinks that home life
should fill every thought. She
thinks little society and gayety
would be preferable. He is tired when
he comes home at night-tired of seeing
people, tired of talking to them; he has
been III whirl all day She has moped
by herself throught the same long hours
in the Glove Of cottage" that seemed
50 poetical to talk about, or has spent a
dreary time, solitary and alone, through
cheerless winter day in her room at
their boarding house, and is only kept
from downright rebellion by the thought
that when Charley comes home they
will 90 to the theater or to see una. y
Then there is disappointment on both
sides. She thinks he is "real mean
because he does not endorse her plans,
and lie thinks she is downright silly to
wish to leave such a cosy freside, and
such comfortable little home place for
any other spot on earth. ..-s" =...
She has always found her i wills
and 1T won ts"' the law and the gospel,
and ten chances to one Charley yields
to her imperial nighness, and is eve,
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Thonghtfuluesss

1t was delightful to hear some one
say, not long ago, that she did not think
she had any right to spend two hours at
a time with s. friend, without special
invitation, since it could not fail to be
| an Interruption and it was pleasant 10
think that one person SO respected the
rights of others. Picture some one.
who has assured himself that he is not
likely to find amusement under his own
roof, setting forth in search of d more
agreeable place to spend the evening.
He hunts from door to door; finding
that one family has honestly paid its
money and gone to play, another is
dining out, the third enjoying its Ill
vited guest, while at the fourth he is
met at sight with the information that
the ladies are engaged. Perhaps al
the fifth he gains an admittance. One
person rises hurriedly from the sofa,
another puts down her book with a
sigh, another comes reluctantly from a
desk, where some notes must be writ
ten at some time during that even
ing, and the stricken group resigns
itself to the demands Of friend
ship and society The master of the
house returns presently to his ayocation
with q brave excuse, It may be s
o'clock when the guest comes; it may be
9, and he may be kind hearted and
unob]ectionable; he may even be profit
able and entertaining; but he stays till
after 10; everybody thinks that he never
means to go. and inwardly regrets his
presence. For half an hour he could
have felt sure Of welcome; in that time
he c. :tainly could have said aud done
all t 1T was worth doing, and have been
asked to stay longer, or to come again
soon, when he took his leave, There is
no greater compliment and tribute to
ones integrity than to be fairly entreat-
ed to sit down for ten minutes longer.
OF course we treat each other civillv in
an evening visit, but it is a great deal
better to come away too soon than to
stay TOO late. In busy, cverworked,
and overturned city life especially,
nothing is SO precious as a quiet even
ing to ones self, or even part of one.
We all wish---or ought to wish--to
make life pleasant to ourselves and
other people, and are ready to be gem
erous even with our time; but TO one
likes to be plundered and defrauded.
It is the underlying principle of our
neighbours action aud conduct toward
us which makes us thankful or resent
full when he or she comes to visit U.s.
Household Words
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Remarkable Yield.

New York correspondent Country Gentleman.
I beg to call your attention to what I
consider the most wonderful perfor-
nance known, which Ihad the pleasure
Of witnessing at the fine stock yard of
DR.. W. A. Conover, Hackettstown, N.
j., the home of the Sir Charles and
Mary Lowndes family, Having occasion
to visit the farm June 81, the Doctor
showed me heifer called Countess
Lowndes 26,874, sired by Babylon
4, 1923, dam Fanny Sd 1927; she was
dropped March 2, 1882, and dropped
her first calf "a heifer) the first
part OF June, 1884. She is solid in
color, not large, but of perfect form;
her adder is grand. He showed me
also the result of three DAYS churning,
the last Of which I saw churned and
weighed myself. The result of the
three days was seven and one-half
pounds of worked unsalted butter. The
heifer was fed on grass only. I also
Witnessed the milking of the heifer June
81, and weighed her milk, which turned
the scale at nineteen pounds; after
which her udder was in perfect condi-
tion, as soft and fine as kid glove.
The above test was made during some
of the hottest days of the season
Dune Is to 20) with the thermometer
in the nineties. Does not this top all
tests yet made of so young an animal?