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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14

By direction Of the secretary Of war Orderly
Sergeant Martin Schocht, United States army,
will be relieved from duty at Fort Buford, Oak. +,
and proceed to Fort Pike Louisiana. Orderly
Sergeant Cooney upon being thus relieved will
proceed to Fort Buford, Oak, and report to
the commanding officer for assignment The
following named second lieutenants (receutly
promoted from non commissioned oficers) will
proceed from Fort Monroe, Va, to the respec-
tive companies to which they have been as
signed: Alfred s. Frost, Twenty fifth infantry,
Company F, Fort Smelling, Mimi Leon s Ran Ran
station within thirty days, over and above the
time necessary to reach them in the ordinary
course, it will be deemed compliance with
this order. The detail Of the following named
officer as acting Judge advocate for the depart
ment designated, to date from July S, 1884, is
announced: Capt John r. Myrick, Third ar
tillery, department Of Dakota
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Market Reports.

ST. PAuL-Wheat, No. hard, 9S@95c
No. l, SAC: No. 2 hard. SIC: No. ., 76c
Corn. No. Z. sic. No. 8. 46(D48c.
Oats, No. 2 mixed, Csc; No. 3 mixed, go;
No. white, &c. No 3. white, &c.
Barley. No. 2. Sc No. 3 extra, 49, No g.
4Oc.
Bsled Hay, Wild, $500; timothy s12o4
Eggs, 16@1619c.
MnwAuKEE-Wheat, No 2, 64o
Corn. No. T. SEC
Oats, No. 2, white, sc.
Bye No. l. 6315c.
Barley. No. 2, 55c. D, -<.
Mess Pork. $1,000 49, p. l.. ~,
Lard. $7aU :.
Butter, choice creamery, 17@1sc; fair to
good, l6@17c; best DAIRY, 14@15c
Eggs, 15<@l514c. -
s4@85sSc y, = o. o
p Corn. 55@56c. ~ -. =.
r Oats. 30@S018c - ~ - .g->rzs>z. ~.
Rye. 621c 80 ut - - - u ~
Barley. 64(166c ~ ~ - r. =. r. /: : a
Flax Seed. 1890 So -. ! sz (;
Pork, SIG OO@@17. 10 25gs#6 e. + -
Lard, 4715@3z0 Ri! Y. .. sss: !
Butter, egsa@sTy. 7a1s7l g; dairy. 14@l439io
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02x% A&I3x1sR TR1HA

1t was only tiny sesd,
Carelessly brushed aside; -
But it grew in time to q noxious weed
And spread it's poison wide.
It was only little leak,
So small you might hardly see; i .
But the rising waters found the break,
And wrecked the great levee.
1t was only single spark,
Dropped by passing train,
But the dead leaves caught, and swift and dark
Was it's work on wood and plain.
1t was only an unsound nail
That the workman used-ah me!
But the ship, that else had weathered the gale,
Went down in the deep, dark sea-
1t was only a thoughtless word,
Scarce meant to be unkind;
But it pierced as q dart to the heart that
heard,
And left its sting behind.
It may seem trifle at most,
The thing that we do or say;
And yet it may be that at fearful cost
We may wish it undone some day.
MRS. NJ. p. HANDY.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14
WHAT Is ASIATIC CHOLERA?

It's proper aud Improper Treatment, with
Hints to Its Prevention.
Or. John C. Peters, in the New York Herald
"What is the distinguishing feature of
Asiatic cholera, Doctor?"
It is this, I think, that the poison or
germs of cholera invaribly destroy the
epithelium or soft Skin lining the nue.
GUS membrane of the bowels, and lay
it bare as if it had been fayed. Hence
the redness and CONGESTION of the nue.
GUS membrane. From the red surface
the serum of watery portion of the
blood flows in large quantities, just as
it does from an ordinary blister on the
skin. Previous to 1866 there enormous
discharges we're attributed to weakness
and relaxation Of the bowels, and I was
the first to point out that they were due
to the destruction of the epthelium.
This is not a theory, but fact, amply
proved by post-mortem examinations,
and destroying the germs, and not alone
of restraining the discharges and sooth-
ing the raw mucous membrane.
"Here I may mention that much mis-
chef has been caused by popular
medicine largely composed Of red pep
per, ginger and brandy, and which,
though useful in cases of cholera morbus,
is among the most injurious that could
be selected in cases of real cholera.
The reason is that the GOODNESS of the
surface of the body, or what is Collapse,
is caused by the tremendous irritation
of the bowels, and that any further IT.
ritation naturally Increases the collapse.
Strange to say this medicine has been
largely used for the past years. No
skillful doctor, however, would dream
of recommending it. Henceforward the
scientific treatment of cholera will be
based on the use of rgemicides. o
these srlphate of iron, suggested by m
in 1866, gallo acid and all the dilute
mineral acids, especially the sulphuric,
are also astringents. The dilute sui
phuric acid, especially the aromatic
tincture, has attained the highest repu-
tation as a preventive and cure of Ash
attic cholera. Corrosive sublimate,
which would probably be used by scien
tifc physicians is not alone poisonous
but very dangerous, since it can only ba
used in minute form. One particle
would kill 10000 germs. Still it is the
most efficient germicide known at pres.
ent. Koch recommends picnic acid,
which is the .sam6as chemically pure,
carbolic acid. Chemically pure, mind,
for the chemically impure has signally
failed, since it has been proved that bac-
terra will live for q long time in strong
solutions Of it. Among the domestic
preventives, the best to- my mind are
common table salt and vinegar, used
separately and in fairly large quantities
as condiments of food. "A strong solu-
tion of chloride of soda, or table salt,
would be as effectual as chloride of zinc
or even chloride Of mercury, which is
the same as corrosive .snblimate. II
nurses and doctors washed their hands
regular in vinegar while attending
cholera patients, feel sure they will
escape the disease, :. /.
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as compared with A1 in the preceding week
and l66, IS and los respectively in the cor.
responding weeks of 1888 80 and 81. Canads
had rs. decrease Of 1.
At miles City the coronor's jury decided that
Austin; the Goat, was justified in killing Demp-
Assistant Postmaster Camp Of Boston, sum.
moned to Atlanta, Ga, to participate in the
trial Of Chief Postofice Inspector Myler,
charged with embezzlement while in charge OF
arrival on the same charge.
The Wyoming supreme court has ordered
prosecuting attorney Of Cheyenne county to
dle an accusation against Melville G. Brown
for assaling the integrity ofscertain judges OF
the court and for alleged unprofessional con.
duct Brown ls prominent lawyer, and for
merly United States attorney for Wyoming,
and appointee Of President Hayes.
Gen. Hatch, in company with Adjt Gen
Finley and the inspector general of tho interio1
department., visited the Payne camp at Rock
Falls, Indian territory, and, after reading the
presidents proclamation to hum and his as
sembled followers, directed them to leave the
territory. Payne refused and the soldiers
raided and destroyed the settlement and drove
the settlers away
During the exhibition of Buffalo Bills Wild
West show at Charter Oak Park, Conn, Maj.
Frank North of Nebraska, interpreter of the
Pawnee Indians, was, thrown from his horse
by the breaking Of his saddle girth. One horse
placed his fore foot on his side and back and
five or six ribs were broken. Maj. North is a.
comfortable as could be expected but his con.
dltlon is very serious.
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Record of Casualties,

The Grand Trunk railroad repair shops be-
yond the southwestern city limits of Chicago
were burned recently. Loss $4,000
Two Chinaman fought Tuesday night at
Portland. Ore, over a courtesau Both were
MORALLY shot. One, very desperate fellow
barricadcL his room and refused to surrender
to the police He Threatened 70 kill any officer
who approached The building was sur
rounded, the room flooded with water and the
wounded man drove out
Edward Lynch, boiler maker at the Michigan
Central railway shops at Jackson, Mich, while
underneath a locomotive repairing the boiler
was scadcd so that he will die. The locomo-
tive WIS carrying forty pounds at the
time and the plug blew out, Lynch receiving
the full blast of steam on his back and arms
Flesh fell out in flakes. He has wife and five
children
At Fan Claire, Wis, fire was discovered in
the rear of the old Dan White livery stable,
owned by NJ. j. Argard and exMayor Bailey
The flames spread rapidly, and it was with
difficulty that the horses and portion of the
carriages were rescued. Minck's wagon and
blacksmith shop OH the west and q large frame
warehouse owned by the Empire Lumber COM
pany were totally consumed; also the meat mar
kct and feed store Of NJ. Harvcr on the east, to-
gethcr with il frame barn in the rear The
total loss, based upon careful estimates made
by owners of the property, was $l1 ,15O, and
the total insurance $3.50
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Crops Of Dakota.

James Boynes, statistical agent of Dakota,
has prepared his report on crops, and sent il
to Washington. The following is a synopsis:
Wheat harvest in South Dakota is well under
way, and while farmers are straining the capac-
ity of selfbinders, they are yet unable to COM
plete work before past ripe grain wastes by
scattering. Wheat will be in shock in few
days. Stacking has already commenced. The
yield viii evidently z5 be better but not so great
will determine the exact status of the yield. In
North Oak ota harvest is just commencing in
some localities, while in others it will not be-
gin for week. Some fields will make IS
bushels per acre, but the most only Is to 49,
The only great danger is the ruthless pelting
of hailstones. Grant county reports the prev
alence of smut in soft wheat. Hand coun-
ty reports some bighted wheat The acreage
is placed at 1,60O,0 acres, and promises
about Is bushels to the acre, which is equiva-
lent to rs, Co., 900 bushels of better quality of
grain than last year.
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Rough on Payne's squatters.

A Dispatch says that Gen. Hatch moved his
headquarters from Caldwell, Kansas, Wednes-
day, his camp being twenty-five miles south
east on the Chickaskia river, where six COM
panios of the Ninth cavalry are concentrated.
Operations will probably continue until the
last intruder on the Indian country has been
expelled The impression prevails at Rock
Falls, a few miles below, that HONEYWELL will
be raided first, the printing press and belong
ings coniscated and the contents Of the noto-
rious drug store destroyed, and that Payne and
his ring leaders will be marched to Fort Smith
to answer numerous indictments in the fed
eral court. The valley settlement will prob
ably be cleared up next by detatchments of
troops striking simultaneously from numer-
GUS camps along the Cimarron and the
north fork of the Canadian river. All i'm
provements will be destroyed. The best infor-
nation attainable places the number Of the
boomers at 1000
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tThere is nothing in the reports this year
that has not been known a long time," re-
marked Gen. Newton, chief Of engineers, when
questioned about the reports of coast defense
'sThey show the utter defenseless condition of
our coast and the impossibility Of repulsing an
attack by the navy of any second or third
European power. The defenses Of Washing
ton form the most striking example though
national capital, the capitol building, and that
important institution called the treasury, pro-
tected by two dismantled, decaying and super
animated forts that are utterly useless. It is
certainly to be hoped that congress- will
realize the necessity for improving this state
Washington should BE- prper1y protected ''
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What there il in q Bottle.

What there il in q Bottle.
Sufficient to stop in five minutes the
smarting, singing pain of 100 burns or
scalds. It will stop the pain as soon as
applied.
Abundance to cure a score of colds and
the coughing that often leads the way to
Consumption. IT WILL POSITIVELY ease
q Cough in fifteen minutes.
More than enough to save a dozen
children Choking with GROUP. One
minute after the first dose the hardest
attack of Group will be relieved.
Plenty to relieve the oppression and
wheeling of the most severe case of
of Asthma. The direct cure of Asthma
by this medicine is proof that DR.. Thorn
as Eclectric Oil has no equel as an Asth-
ma cure.
In the above cases DIR. Thomas Eclec.
tric Oil can be relied upon. It has CIV
en- relief to thousands. Keep it in your
house. There is hardly week of the
year it will not be useful.
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Working the Soil.

Flowing and narrowing have long
been the two chief operations in Guilt
walton, and the general idea has been
that we plowed the land so it would
harrow easier, and that narrowing was
done to make the soil loose so we could
put the seed in. For general purposes
these reasons are sufficient as long as
they insure thoroughness in the work.
But we can easily apply well-known
principle that will help us understand
the Importance Of the work and aid us
in some cases to decide what to do and
when to do it. All substances decay
faster when exposed to air and moisture
therefore the more the soil is stirred and
pulverized the more plant-food will be
developed.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14
sC1NTuLAn0Ns OF SCIENCE
Cur1os1ttes and Discoveries in the worl
Of ProQres8.

Cur1os1ttes and Discoveries in the World
Of Progress.
It is said that the rate of the filtra-
tion of the water supplied by the vari
Gus water companies to London does not
in any case exceed $40 gallons per square
yard Of filter bed in twenty-four hours.
In a paper by Professors Ayrton and
Perry, read lately before the Physical
Society, London, there is a prediction
that before long gas engines will be en-
ployed in the propulsion of vessels.
Soap bubbles which will last very
long time for laboratory experiments
are generally made Of this solution:
Dissolve one gramme of dry Marseilles
soap 100 grammes of warm water; filter,
and to every 100 cubic centimeters of
the liquid add forty grammes of white
sugar.
To produce pure black upon wood the
following receipt is given: Pour four
quarts of boiling water upon one ounce
of powered extract of logwood, and
when the solution is effected add one
drachm of yellow chromate of potassium,
and stir the whole we'll. Repeat the
application of this mixture until the
wood is dark enough.
During the fractional distillation of
fuorine Mr.. W. R. Hodgkinson noticed
! the formation of an orange-red sub
stance, which he considered likely to be
an oxidation product It's isolation,
however, is extremely difficult, and it
decomposes when distilled in vacuum,
and is equally soluble with the hydro
carbons which accompany it.
Silveroid is the trade name given to
a new, close grained, brilliant white
alloy, regarding the composition Of
which little is known beyond the fact
that cadmium enters into it. It is in
tended to take the place of the brass,
bronze and gun metal classes of alloys,
and if all turns out to be true which is
spoken in its favor it will soon do so,
especially in the manufacture of arti-
cles which must be strong and capable
of taking a fine polish.
A contemporary believes that the
largest locomotives in this country are
those of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company-cylinder 10 inches diameter
by 80 inches stroke; 8 driving wheels,
81 inches diameter; weight in working
order, 123, 900 pounds; built at railroad
shops. There are now building at the
shops of the same company engines with
cylinder 81 inches diameter by 36 inches
stroke; 10 driving wheels, 81 inches
diameter; weight in working order,
LAG, 900 pounds.
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The rumor is again revived that Postmaste

The rumor is again revived that Postmaster
General Gresham will soon resign to accept the
judgeship of the Seventh judicial circuit First
Assistant Postmaster General Hatton is spoken
of as the successor of Greshem, and Chief
Clerk Walker the successor of Hatton. In the
absence of the president the rumor could not
be traced to an authentic source, although it
is generally believed that the judgeship has
been rendered to Mr.. Gresham and he only
hesitates about accepting the place because he
wishes to run as candidate for senator from
Indiana next winter in case the legislature Of
that state is Republican.
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1t is understood that Secretary Lincoln has
decided upon the promotion of the survivors Of
the Greedy party: Steward Biederdeck and
Private Carol will be made sergeants, and
Sergeants Brainard, Frederick and Long second
lieutenants. Lieut. Greedy, it is understood,
has refused to accept promotion to capitancy
except through the ordinary course. This &C.
ton on his part is highly appreciated BY those
officers whose promotion would have been de-
ferred two or three years had he accepted the
Office. He will be ordered to Washington
about November, and be occupied . year or 20
with his report a ~ ~ 49,
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'sHello!n we heard one man say to another,
the other day. 81 didn't know you at first.
why! you look ten years younger than you did
when saw you last" ''Ifeel ten years young
en-" was the reply. ''Yon know I used to be
under the weather all the time and gave up ex-
to be amy 9e 4 The Doctor tor said id
night sweats, cough, no appetite, and losthesh.
saw Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
advertised, and thought it would do no harm
if it did no good It has cured me- am q
new man because am well one."
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14

The emperor Of Germany, in conserving to
become patron OF the General Lutheran 60
cioty, writes: stBy means Of this society the
memory Of Martin Luther is kept alive The
emperor trusts thatnew blessings to Christian
hy will INCREASINGLY How from generation to
generston."
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14

The VoLTA1C BELT Co., of Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their celebrated ELECTRO VoLTA1C
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for thirty days, to men young or old afflicted
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"After Suffering Pour Years ~

have used the Papillon Skin Cure for my ul-
cerated sore leg 1t has entirely healed and is
free from pain. Ihave recommended it to sew
eral persons here, and they are trying it will
take great pleasure in recommending it, for can
safely do so. suffered with my leg four years,
and tried great number of remedies that gave
fully give you permission to write Testimonial
just to suit yourself.
Thanking you for such medicine, am,
Mrs. NJ LARUE
COyington Kv ADril s 1894
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14
Olden Time Political Animosities

Men complain of the partisanship
of our politics, and predict that it will
injure the national life. But as Ameri-
can politics have always been marked
by intense feeling, this view is little
more gloomy than the facts justify.
The political campaigns of our grand
fathers and our fathers were fully as
exciting and bitter as those of the pres
ent, yet the Republic still lives. Our
Presidential campaigns are disgraced by
fierce assaults upon the private charac-
ters of public men. But disgraceful as
they are,, they are equalled by
the calumnies which Wing and Demo
crat hurled at each other fifty years
ago, when Clay and jackson were RI
walls. An amusing story illustrates the
violent feelings which then swayed the
partisans of these political leaders.
In Daviess County, KY, at the time
when Henry Clay was leading the op-
position to Gen. Jackson, who was a
candidate for the Presidency, there
lived plain, industrious farmer. he
was an ardent politician, noted for his
hostility to Clay and his party.
But his interest in politics did not
make him Indifferent to his wife's hap
piness. While in town one day, he
thought he would surprise the good
woman by presenting her with new
set of dishes. He selected apretty pat
tern, and being in hurry, did not ex-
anime them closely, but had them
packed and placed in his wagon. His
wife was delighted with the gift, but no
slight examination satisfied her feminine
curiosity: In turning over a dish, she
discovered on the under side portrait
of Henry Clay. Every piece was thus
marked. Thinking to tease her hus-
band, she asked if he had looked closely
at the dishes.
NO." said he. Anything wrong
with them?"
"Oh no! But was little surprised
at your sudden change of politics."
"Change of politics! What do you
mean ?" shouted the husband, as excited
as if he had been charged with crime.
Picking up plate, he saw the por-
trait. As promptly as if he were pun
ishing a robber he gathered up the
dishes, and carrying them to the door,
broke them in fragments on the stone
steps. He purchased another set of
dishes in few days, but not until he
had ascertained that there was no po!it-
ical heresy painted on them. Youths
Companion.
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Hunts Kidney and Liver] Remedy lie no chit
or miss compound or old woman's mixture.
1t is prepared by scientific pharmacist, with
full knowledge of the powers and virtues of
each ingredient in the class of diseases which
it cures. 1t is purely vegetable and can not
harm the youngest child or the most feeble
invalid
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R1un 0raaR RpAAdAPR.

Mr. R. s. Withers Of Fairlawn Stock Farm,
Lexington, Ky, writes: ri have such confidence
in St. Jacobs Oil, the great pain-cure thatI use
it on everything; myself, my horses, my ne.
kinds Of aches and pains, believe in it's sover-
eighty as q cure"
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Railroad and River News.

The earnings Of Northwestern roads for the
month of July were as follows: Chicago Il
Northwestern, 81 ,Ni2.'OO decrease, $l9s,:}OO;
St Paul T. Omaha, s46l 800; increase sI66OO;
milwaukee, 4 st. Paul, sl,9I0,0c0 incense,
$l2O, 1]oNorthcrn Pacific, 81 O2G, 449; increase,
sl7G,225.
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A consistory will be held at the Vatican about
the middle Of September. The pope win de-
liver. an allocution and create several cardinals
who viii all be IialianA The pope viii also
nominate several bishopa s,:s 81.
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Don't Be Swmdled.

The only genuine German Hop Bitters and
White Wine of Tar Syrup are DR.. c. D. War
ner's, whose name appears on every bottle,
label and wrapper of the genuine.
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have known and watched the use of Swift's
specific GS.S s. for over fifty years, and never
have known or heard of its failure to cure any
case of Blood Poison when promptly taken
II. L. DENMARK Perry Ga
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have been using Swift's Specific Is. s. S.
and find it to be the best remedy of the kind l
have ever been able to get and I have tried
them ell. JOHN FISCHER, I'd U. S. Cavalry.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-08-14

What is the difference between persons
nose and Carboline the Great Petroleum Hair
Remover. Ans:-one is the center of the head
and the other is head scenter
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