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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09
How Pope Leo Looks.
Rome letter to San Francisco Chronicle.

Rome letter to San Francisco Chronicle
Leo XIII. has aged very much during
the last two years. His figure has bent
under the load of his responsibilities.
But his face has lost nothing of it's ex-
pressive and mobile vivacity, and, al
though not handsome, it will never be
forgotten by any one who has seen it
even once. His transparent complexion
and emaciated features make him look
like one of the Christs that were paint
ed in the early days Of the church, and
of which few specimens still remain in
the catacombs. He is nervous man
one eminently impressionable. A mere
trife will often make him low-spirited
and quite as insignificant cause will
render him all right again. This is
the reason of the indecision and the
seeming contradiction in his policy. It
leads him to act suddenly-on the in
SEPARATION Of the moment, so to speak
and yet no one who has studied his face
can doubt his energy, or the unfailing
tenacity Of his will. That he is a man
of action and born to govern, he abund-
antly proved at Perouse, when he was
archbishop of that diocese.
When he was elected pope he was in
such bad health that everybody thought
his pontifcate would he very short
one, and some people say it was this
fact which induced certain members Of
the Sacred College to vote for him.
His health has never been better, since
he entered upon the life of the Vatican,
and all hopes which may have been
based on his feebleness must long since
have been set aside He is posted on
all the men and things of the day and
has manifested much tact in reconcling
the tradition and policy of the Holy
See with those of other governments of
the world. Since his accession there
has been a notable change in the Sa-
cred College. The foreign element is
now so strong that it almost counter
balances the Italian. So far hi, "crca-
tions" have given satisfaction. While
the creation of cardinals is q matter
which depends entirely on his own will,
there are certain archbishoprics the IN
bumbents of which he cannot we'll avoid
making cardinals.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09
The Minnesota Editors.

The nineteeth annual meeting of the Min
nesota Editors and Publishers association
will be held at St. Paul in the hall of house
OF representatives, July 90, at 10 O'Clock.
The programme arranged is as follows:
Reception exercises, responses and an
nual address by the president, B. B. Her.
bert OF Red Wing
Address-H 4. Hoard, Montevideo Lead
"Rights of Newspaper Publishers''-
w. Morse, Waseca Herald.
One hours recess for lunch.
Ethics OF Advertising w. McKins-
try, F;aribault Republican.
History of the Minnesota Editors and
Publishers MISUNDERSTANDING Todd,
Hastings Gazette.
Professional Standing and Ethics"-
John C. Wise, Mankato Review.
''The Subscription List"-E. w. Randall,
Morris Tribune.
Journalistic Impirics and Adventures"
Frank A. Day, Fairmont Sentinel.
minnesota Newspaper Statistics and BIZ
ography'-T. NJ. Newson of St. Paul
Short discussions on each OF the topics
will follow, after which there will be reports
OF committees, election OF officers and the
transaction Of other business. At 8 o. m.
on the 2Sth there will be q banquet at the
Hotel Ryan, rendered to the editors OF Mime
sofa by the Northwestern Newspaper Union
of St. Paul. Appropriate toasts will be re-
sponded to. Among the speakers will be J..
A. Leonard OF the Rochester Post and D.
Sinclair OF the Winona Republican. Anex-
cursion to Lake Minnetonka-witha steam
boat ride, and supper at the Hotel Lafay-
cite is arranged for the goth. The train
will leave the Union depot St. Paul, for the
lake at 8 a. m, and the editors will depart
for their homes in the evening after the day
at the lake. Editors throughout the state
are requested to send histories OF their pub
LEGATIONS to T. NJ. Newson, St. Paul. An
appropriate badge has been provided which
will be furnished to the members at $1.5O
each. Those wishing badge will address
c. L. Davis, Red Wing, at once. All who
expect to be present at the meeting are re.
quested to notify the president, B. B Her.
bert, Red Wing, without delay.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09
DR.. Mary Walkers Ideas.
From a Chicago Letter.

c1oLA d. OulCdSO AoCUeI.
lit is such a relief" said DR.. Mary
Walker, in referring to the subject of
dress reform for women, as she sat IN
the fremont House parlor recently, her
slight figure clothed in mems garments
which consisted of black trousers, a
black Prince Albert coat, tall white
collar, about which poorly fitted a
black necktie ornamented with large
gold slab pin. He feet were encased
in boots, while about her shoulders she
wore narrow black sash, the utility OF
which was not apparent. "a woman
dressed in mans attire does not attract
half the attention that is accorded to
one dressed in the height of fashion, I"
she continued. II have often been in
street cars, the occupants of which did
not knw me, and therefore did not gaze
on me any more than they would on any
man. A woman fashionably dressed
entered, and she was stared at by ev-
erybody. This dress reform is not only
for health-it is moral reform and
financial reform as we'll. "A man can
never appreciate how much of a wo-
mans thought and time is taken up in
selecting materials and deciding on
styles and other detail of fashionable
clothing. Then it costs losts of money.
All these trifles are done away with by
adopting the mans dress, and a woman
is allowed time to improve her mind
and consider more important affairs of
life.
"How disgusting to think of the silly
things that u man feels called upon to
say when in fashionably dressed wo-
mans presence. You never saw man
shower me with such stuff. Unusually
man comprehends that a woman who
is sufficiently strong minded to adopt the
dress reform is above such empty COM
pliments. I have had tops attempt to
indulge in such talk with me- I COM
pliment their personal appearance, ad-
mire their pretty feet or hands, and
finally they understand the drift and
leave, or change the conversation. I
pity fashionable women. They are
weak, physically and mentally. They
cannot stand up before their dressmak-
ers to have a garment measured and fit
ted without being exhausted as soon as
the ordeal is over. Tight lacing, weak
lungs and little vitality are the main
causes of such exhaustion. 1 like men
who know their places. All I ask of
them is to show me the same respect,
and no more, that they would another
man."
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09
Dinner: Costumes,

New York Evening Post: Elegant
simplicity will be one of the arbitrary
requirements of visiting and dinner
costumes even of the richest description
This summer LESS adjoining will be
seen, and more care and thought will be
devoted to the perfect fit and artistic
draping of these toilets. A very rich
and elegant model from Redfern is q
dinner dress OF golden brown Lyons
satin, the back portion Of the skirt ar
ranged in three full undraped breadths
Of the satin, trimmed only with sim
pie knife pleating ruffle, which edges
The entire skirt. In front long full
apron overdress, which reaches quite
to the foot of the skirt, IS laid in wide
pleats at the top, and at the sides simply
Joins the full drapings Of the back. Be:
low the fifth button on the bodice, q
vest Of silk, covered with solid and su:
perb embroidery IN shaded bronze
beads, is set in, and the very high mill
tary collar and the outside portions of
The sleeves are likewise adorned. - -
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09
Russia at the Gates.

From Charles Marvin's "The Russians at the
Gates of Herat"
Our British Generals and the Gener-
ais of Russia value Herat, not solely on
account of the city, but on account of
the resources of the district in which it
is situated-resourcesi in corn and beef,
which, if swept into any point of the
Herat district, not necessarily to Herat
itself, would feed an army Of at least
100000 men and sustain them during
the final advance upon India It is this
great campaign ground, and not exclu-
sively the town of Herat, that is the KEY
of India. If 4 line be drawn south of He
rat 100 miles to Frlrrah, a second west
seventy miles to Kusan, on the Persian
frontier, and third 120 miles north,
behind the points occupied by the Rus
slams, rough idea may be formed of a
district as fertile as England through
out, and possessing marvellous mineral
resources. This is the camping ground,
this is the place of arms, which Russia
wants in order that she may be always
able TO threaten India. There is no
such camping ground anywhere be-
tween the Caspian and Herat, and none
again between Herat and India.
Hence, not without reason have the
ablest Generals of England and Russia
designated the district the key of India.
The Russians are posted at the gates
of Herat; the English are posted on
the hills dominating the avenues to
Candahar. Between them lies the
Afghan barrier. That barrier, physi-
cally, is of such character that the
Russians could drive four in hand from
their own Cossack outposts to ours,
and during the $40 miles ride they
would pass only two towns Oh the road
Herat, with so, 600 and Candahar, with
10000 people. There are bad roads in
Afghanistan, but they do not lie be-
tween the Russians and the English.
There are fierce tribes, but they lie the
thinnest between the Cars soldiers
and the Queens. There are patriotic
Afghans, but the least sentimental and
the most amenable to European in
auence lie between the Cossack and the
Sikh. There are fearful mountains,
but they do not lie along the road I
mention. Horrible deserts exist, but in
this case the most fertile parts of A.
ghanistan mark the route. In one word,
there is no barrier at all between the
Russians and the English, except such
as we ourselves may try to create and
interpose to check the advance of the
Cossack.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09

posit.with the chief deputy IS If upon q car
load and $40 if upon boatload, which de-
post shall be returned if the appeal Is sus.
tanned. Twenty fifth-Calls attention to
the removal and penal sections OF the ware.
house act. Twenty -sixth-Prohibits the
habitual use OF liquor by employees OF the
department. Rules twenty-seven to thirty
one, inclusive, relate to the duties of ware.
house registrar The registrar is required
to keep minute records, and is authorized
to appoint assistants for each of the three
cities OF St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth.
subject to the approval of the commission.
ers, and whose salaries shall be fixed by the
commissioners.
THE WEIGHMAsTERs.
Thirty -Weighmasters and assistant
weighmasters each to give bond in the sum
OF IS 900. Thirty-three and thirty-four-
State weighmasters to keep books and rec
ords and to have similar supervision over
their departments as are accorded to chief
deputy inspectors, ETC., including the power
OF removal for gross violation of duty.
Thirty -five-Charges for weighing shall be
as follows: For each car load, 20 cents;
cents. Thirty -six-Provides for daily re-
ports by the state weighmasters to the
chief inspector, and thirty seven for month
ly reports of receipts, bills, etc. Thirty
eight-Authorizes weghmasters to collect
the fees which become due on account OF the
weighing OF grain or testing scales. Thirty
nine-Employes prohibited from asking
compensation from any person for services
rendered in the line of duty Forty
Applies the same provisions respecting ex-
ira duty on the part Of weighmasters and
their employees as apply tograin inspectors.
Fort y-one-Fixes hours OF duty OF weigh
masters. Forty -two-Assistant weighmas-
ters at elevators or at railroad scales. to in
spect and test said scales, and see that they
are kept in good order. Should any ques-
ton arise as to the correctness OF the scales
at any time they will then test them, the
expense OF said test to be borne by the ware
house proprietor or railroad corporation
in case the scales should be found to be in
correct, but not otherwise. Forty three
Assistant weighmasters to make daily and
minute reports in relation to the grain
weighed by them. Forty -four-An persons
employed in the weighmaster departments
to report in writing to the state weigh
master all attempts to defraud the state
system OF weighing, or influence the action
OF any weighmaster in the discharge OF his
duty; also all attempts of railroad men to
prevent them from having free access to
their scales, in the regular performance OF
their duties; and the state weighmaster shall
report all such cases to the commissioners.
Forty-tive and forty-six relate to the trans
fer OF books, etc.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09

The superiority OF Wells, Richardson {,
Co.'s improved Butter Color over all 9TH
ers made, is againdemonstratcd by it's rec
ord at the Autumnal Fairs. The test OF
practical use is what tells the story, and the
great value of the premiums given by the
Agricultural Fairs, lies in the fact, that the
judges in these cases are regular farmers who
know what their needs are and what will
supply them. Wells, Richardson &, Co.. 8
Improved Butter Color, which has taken
first premium at all fairs where exhibited is
put up in a vegetable oil so prepared that
it connot become rancid, a most import
ant property, the lack OF which is fatal to
so many of the Butter Colors offered for sale.
It does not color the butter~milk; it imparts
a bright natural color, which is unattained
by many others; and being the strongest is
the cheapest Color in the market.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09
A Practical Girl
From the Philadelphia Press.

FROM tno fullduelpula fToSs.
Helen Burdett's father was an Hi.
nois farmer, with good farm of per-
haps 200 acres, but. without any one to
share his labors or inherit his estate.
He accordingly brought up his daugh-
ter Helen very much as he would have
brought up boy. She was strong and
healthy, very Intelligent, and with a
decided taste for outdoor life, and she
very soon attained a reputation for
Judgment" and for knowledge second
to that of no farmer or stock raiser in
the vicinity. When she was eighteen
years old her father died, and it seemed
necessary that she should carry on the
place for at least year to come, task
to which she was fully equal. The
crops were accordingly planted under
her direction, and she went out to buy
steers, as her father usually went
at that season. She purchased
sixty five head of steers pastur-
ed them during the summer, and
sold them at the end of the season at a
clear profit of exactly 81 ,O66. She
knew every kind of land on the farm,
"every inch of the ground" as the say
ing is and just what should be done with
it. Every man in the vicinity under
stood that she was thoroughly intelli-
gent in her business, and that it would
be usless to try to overreach her. One
man, when questioned about her, re-
marked in the vernacular of the coun-
try. "There amt a man in the State
can size up herd of steers as close as
she can, and our droveyer says she
beats him at a bargain every time.
Yet Miss Helen Burdett is as modest
and lady-like as any girl in the United
States. The drover did not mean that
she cheat him down." or cheat him
out, " but simply that she understood
cattle and could tell their points" bet
ter than he could
When Helen was fourteen years old
her father gave her permission to go
and buy COW for herself. She went
forth alone and independent, bought
her COW, and came home leading it by
the rope.
Her COW proved to be an excellent in.
vcstment. II knew" said her father,
"that she could pick out q better one
than could myself, and I believe she
has done it,"
A picture of Miss Helen Burdett
stands before me, as I write. But she
is Helen Burdett no longer. A wealthy
young farmer from the far west came
to know and love her, and appreciated
her value. When she married, her
fathers house and farm were sold at
auction. She managed the sale and it
was completed most admirably. The
picture is taken in her wedding dress,
and the quiet, regular, thoughtful face
would indicate to the uninitiated a
student, possibly an artist or writer.
No one would suspect this elegantly at
tired and self-possessed young woman
of being q thorough farmer and an ex-
pert stockraiser. ''I tell you," said a
keen old man, who has watched her
progress from early girlhood, cts a
lucky man that gets Helen Burdett for
q wife. She'll double his property, in
plain dollars and cents, if he'll only
take her advice, inside of five years."
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09
A Fine Painting Rescued.
Washington Letter.

Washington Letter.
Just as you 60 into the office of the
assistant secretary ofthe treasury you
may see on the right wall fine por-
trait of George Washington in a gilt
frame. It is bust picture in oils, and
is wonderfully life-like and rich in it's
colors. It looks something like Stu
art, but it has a softer and not so
ford a. coloring. This picture was
resurrected within the last few weeks
by Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Coon from the dust room in the
basement, where it had been lying
for generations. The carpenter of the
treasury called Mr.. Coon's attention
to it, and said he intended to clean it
and reframe it and hang it up in his
shop. Mr.. Coon thought it might be
worth hanging somewhere else and had
it properly cleaned. When the dust
and dirt was removed, this beautiful
Washington appeared. No oneknows
who painted it, but it is undoubtedly
one of the first pictures among the
many art works OF the capitol.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09
Nearly Lost Saturday.
From the Aurora Blade.

From the Aurora Blade.
Saturday Ham Cherry arose in the
morning, tooka bath, put on his black
suit, and after breakfast occupied HIM
self reading sacred books. He told his
folks that as it was so far to church,
and as the off horse had CALLED his
shoulder ploughing, he guessed he
would not drive thither. Everything
was quiet and peaceable about, and
Ham was glad there was a day left for
man to rest and recuperate. But just
after dinner a neighbor came along
with a load Of hay. Ham stepped to
the door and called out:
GLOW :is this, John, that YOU are
working to-day? You should 60 to
meeting"
"Hain'tgot no time to 60 to meeting
on week days, " answered John. "Sun-
day is all the time I can spare for
church going,''
The man drove on. Cherry stood
and scratched his head meditatively a
few moments and then entered the
house. He told his wife to take pen
Gil and check of the days.
"Less see-Monday went to town.
Got that DOWN."
EYES,"
Tuesday I broke the colt. Wednes-
day l put up that fence down in the
lower field. Thursday I killed the pig.
Friday | licked the tramps Satur-
day. Confound it, what did I do
Saturday." In just ten minutes after
the conversation Ham Cherry was
holding up the whiff1etree with one
hand and driving his team down the
lane toward the field on sharp trot.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09

An old lady over 8Oyears of age, and
who was once great beauty, died re-
Gently in Paris, leaving after her diary
in which she endeavors to show up the
alleged vanity of women. From the
age of 20 to 80 she spent three hours a
day in her toilet, which foots up for
the period l year, 81 days and 9 hours
employed in dressing her hair, pow
dering her cheeks and painting her lips.
From SO to so the toilet labors
amounted to five hours a day, the ex.
ira hours being consecrated to theco
ering of the tracks of time, including
the obliteration of crows feet and 9TH
er necessary filling in and grading.
Time, 4 years and 40 days. After SO,
her efforts had to be redoubled. To
the last she resisted the effects of time.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09

Browns Valley is to have frst-class
FIGURING mill, giving 81 500 bonus.
The assessor OF Chaska reports the number
OF inhabitants OF that thriving village to be
1,725.
St. Cloud has about ], 800 citizens who
are native born Germans or are of German
parentage.
Three of the polled Angus bulls, donated
by j. J. Hill, have been received in Otter
Tail county.
Duluth's directory reveals a population
OF Is, 800. In 1860 there we're only seventy
one white people there.
From returns already received, it is esti.
mated that the population of Anoka coun.
ty will be about 10,5OO.
Noble Wells OF Huntly was drowned at
Fairmont by the capsizing of q pleasure
boat He was nineteen years ofage.
L. L. Tobiasson OF Pelican Lake has in
stituted q suit against one of his neighbors
for libel, laying his damages at $4,000.
William Nixon of Minneapolis jumped
from the suspension bridge into the river,
but was rescued unhurt. "He heard
voices"
The wedding of Hon. O. B. Gould of Wi.
mona and Miss Mary E. Couse OF Chicago
took place in the latter city, recently, in a
quietway.
Ole Anderson, while in an intoxicated
sleep on the track, was killed by the through
Northern Pacific freight two miles east Of
Moorhead.
Ten dollars conscience money has been
paid into the Blue Earth county treasury
by a lady who received assistance during
chopper times"
James Brady found the body of an old
German hanging to a tree with rope
around his neck, one and q half miles south
of LIE Sueur Center.
Gov. Hubbard says he had not considered
the question OF calling special session Of
the legislature, and would not until all the
census returns were in.
The territory now embraced by the vii
lage and township Of Lake Benton showed
population of $50 in 1880. In five years
a gain OF only 1876 has been made. -
At Clearwater, the stable connected with
the Morrison house was burned, with it's
contents, including eleven horses, harnesses
and buggies. Loss s., 900; no insurance:
The governor has appointed N. P. Clark
ass Minnesota delegate to the national
cattle and horse growers convention, which
assemblies at st. Louis on Nov.23 1886.
The Omaha road has commenced tho
erection OF a new del pot at Mankato on tho
old ground. The new depot will be 3Oxs0
feet and two stories high. They intend to
have the building completed in sixty days
Mrs. DR.. McKenna of Caledonia, Will,
trying to kill a rat in her cellar, found
several gold dollars. It is supposed the de.
faulting county treasurer, Williams, buried
the treasure there, as he once lived in tn
house.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09

By the will of the late Henry Sing
master of Stroudsburg, Pa, who died
recently at an advanced age, his estate,
which is estimated at between $780,
900 and 5000, 900, is to be sold after
the death of his wife and divided into
two equal shares. One share goes to
the Lutheran Theological Seminary Of
Philadelphia. and the other to the
Lutheran Theological Seminary at
Gettysburg.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09

Mgr. Capel has been q close observer
Of Spiritualistic teachings, he says, for
twenty years past and has assisted at
many private seances. He says Cathol-
icism forbids the evoking of spirits, be
they good or evil, but Catholics believe
in the guardianship of angels and the
antagonism of personal evil spirits.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09
The Home of Mr.. blaine.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-The son of Senator
Frye, OF Maine, who has been suffering from
a severe cold, which settled on his chest,
was cured by a few doses of Red Star Cough
Cure. He publicly endorses it as prompt,
pleasant and safe. DR.. Cox calls it the best
remedy. 1t contains no opiates or poisons.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-07-09

The man who takes his family into the
country for the summer should remember
that he will save his children a great deal
of pain and himself large amount OF mon
ey in doctors bills, if he is thoughtful
PAIN KILLER. The medicine is a standard
specific for all cases of cramps, collie, cholera
morbus, diarrhea, or dysentery.