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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-02-12

property in such shape that he could handle
the most money at moments notice. He left
SIS, 600 of ready cash and s145, coo of other
property, His will gives his six children $780,
GOO and his wife $4,000
The next annual encampment Of the Minne-
sofa G. A. r. will be held at Fairbault-not
Excelsior Some time during the coming sum-
nler there will be reunion of all e1-soldlera
and sailors of the late war, under the auspices
Of tho G. A R., department of Minnesota.
Ten million white fish eggs have just been
placed in Lake Superior at Duluth by the state
fish commission. Besides these eggs, 10000
600 young fish will be sent there just as soon
as they are hatched probably in fe " days,
and they will also be placed in the Lake.
H. II. Timme, an old resident of St Paul,
died at his residence In past years he had
been member of the board of public works,
county commissioner and filled other impor-
tant positions. He was engaged in active bus
mess pursuits 1ost of his life and was very
worthy citizee-
A 6rss mortgage deed to the American Loan
and Trust company of New York was filed with
the secretary of state by the Chicago, Freeport
& St Paul Railroad company, conveying to the
first named corporation all the stock asd prop
erty of the latter company, for the sum Of &c.
100000, in 10000 81, GOO bonds.
Martin Sorsnson has been arrested at Du.
luth, for shooting at Cokato, Wright county, Al
fred Tracy, farmers SON Tracy is expected
to die.
The Washington county agricultural society
el I'd the following officers: President Hon.
E.. w. Durant; vice president j. B. Taft; Sec
rotary, Newton McKusick; treasurer, John Nc
earthly; executive committee, n. Campbell,
Marine; A. K Doe, saltwater; James Middle
ton, W. Rutherford, Grant township; T. Dick,
Alton Ed Judkins, Oneka; J. W. Wheeler,
Saltwater; W. Fowler, Newport; A Wier,
Oakdale.
Col William p Carlin, Fourth infantry, has
been ordered to repair at once to Warrington,
by direction Of the secretary Of war.
1.-THE public sympathy is with Mary Milan, who
is on trial at Hastings for shooting her seducer,
John O'Shau ghnessy.
AS an incident of. Levy's failure at Austin,
it is said considerable excitement was caused
nv the disdoyerv of about 80, 900 of Mr.. Levy's
stock in q snow bank six miles west of Austin.
Sheriff Mollison turned these over to the re-
ceiyer. It is rum ored that others could be
found 1t is now stated that Mr. tevys as.
to he solvent The larger part of the claims
are as vet not due, but Mr.: Levy had some.
trouble with one of his New York creditors and
got frightened.
The trial of Levi Trossler TOR assaulhns
Ole Iverson with deadly weapon in Farloauh
county. Oct, 6 last, was concluded at BUG
Earth CITY. the jury returning q. Verolcs q
guilty after N absence Of thlrty minutes.
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From the La Crosse Chronicle: White Beaver
will remove to St Paul on the LIST Of May next
''Doctor Frank" Is endeared himself to oul
citizens by his social qualities as well as by his
professional skill, and La Crosse will sincerely
regret his loss. No man has done more to ad-
vertise this city during tho past few years than
BE- St Paul gains what we lose-a thorough
physician and surgeon, . kindly, energetic,
honorable man, one of the warmest Of personal
friends, and an enemy to be avoided.
II is said upon the authority of one of the
counsel for Gen. Swain that the findings of tho
court in his case are in substance as follows:
As to the first charge, that Of conduct unbe-
coming an officer and gentleman not guilty.
On the second charge Of conduct predjudicia
to good order and diciplne in failing to report
to the secretary of war his kn. wledge of the
alleged duplication of Col Morsow's pay &C.
counts, guilty, with the recommendation that
Gen. Swain be temporarily suspended on half
pay: No information is as yet obtainable al
the war department IS to the findings Of the
court 49,. X. ~.
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Mr., Drake accepted the amendment, and
Mr.. Reese moved to make it the special order
for Friday at II o'clock. The bill was made
the special order for Tuesday at IL o'clock
A large number Of bills, mostly local were
introduced:
Another bill for the protection of the dairy in
terests was presented in the house yesterday.
It provides penalties against the sale Of adul-
terated milk, and for the manufacture OF butter
ucts except under certain conditions, the bill
being pretty close approxmation to the New
York law on the same subject; The blu differs
chiefly from the others which have been pre-
sented in appropriating $4,000 to make the law
operative and providing for the appointment OF
q commissioner at 81 500 per year and expenses,
charged with the duty of enforcing the law.
Mr.. Stordock brought in another bill for tho
location of third hospital for the insane his bill
authorizing the appointment OF commission OF
five by the governor to locate me asylum at
some point north of the south line OF Stearns
county, after certain conditions have been COM
piled wit, by the towns which may be apple
cants for the asylum.
duced Yesterday. One of these, fathered by
Mr.. Griffin, cuts off the power to sue the county
for damages for road openings MIR. Carson'a
bill makes legal roads which have been opened
the documentary evidence Of which is lost, and
makes it an offense to close ROADS OF thls cnar-
acter.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Changing the boundaries of school districts In
Polk county
To authorize the Red Wing and Trenton Tran:
Wing.
To authorize the county commissioners OF
doodhue county to cause certain tracts OF lana
to be surveyed and certain town plats to be
fled.
Authorizing st. Paul and Ramsey county to
issue $500, 900 for court house
4, APpropr1ating money for the maintenance OF
tne mississippi river commission.
relating to publication Of town ordinances,
etc.
Making it the duty Of the county coroner to
make ana hle the testimony taken in all cases.
Amending Sec 283, chap &c, General Statutes
1873, relating to civil action, relating to the
recording Of assignments,
Amending the Statutes of 1879 relating to
satisfaction Of judgments
their creditors N S~~<'
Amending sec. 20. chap. 81, Statutes 1873, re-
ht1ng 70 administrations and guardians
:. he11t1ng to the time Of opening judgments
heretofore entered. -
70 reanlate employment bureaus and OMEGA
- Aang 10 ohaFtsx " The village q Taop1
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had no idea my head was so much larger than
yours ooh, yes, was the answer, "yoave
big head, and If you only had brains enough
to fill it you'd have fine one." The ex-
hibiter never accidentally snapped hats any
more.
Acurrent item in the papers says "Emer-
which Schopenhauer has laid down for phi
losophers, and, like Shelley, he wore very
small hat" He very probably would, with a
small head to put it on. The exceptions to
the old chronological rule Of the superiority Of
large heads, "other things being equal, that
is, comparative development of the same or
gans, have been found so numerous, and the
whole chronological system so cumbrous and
artificial that it has lost much of the popular
confidence it held in the last generation.
Most readers of middle age can remember
when the technology Of the assumed science
was in common use, and character was of
tener described by the Organs" of phre-
nology than by an accurate analysis and state
ment of its elements. A mans Language"
reverence" "self. esteem, responsiveness"
"combativeness" was adduced to illustrate or
elucidate his character by men who by no
means gave full faith to the theory of phre-
nology The physical demarcation of
ko1
sort of substantially that made them
easier to handle than they were in their inn
material condition, and this is probably the
reason that the doctrines made so great head
way in popular acceptance. We should say
that thirty years or so ago most intelligent
people believed to some extent, some few
fully, in phrenology. And its terms were &C.
copied and diffused in general use, as largely,
at least, as those of Evolution" are now The
change to the present Indifference and deca-
dency Of the science has come slowly, almost
imperceptibly, but it is very marked between
the conditions now and in the last generation.
The first chronological teaching that
amounted to anything in this region was in
1910 or al, or thereabouts Dr. Sims, man
of good education generally and professionally,
came here from the East, where he had been
lecturing on his favorite topic for some years,
and delivered course of lectures a dollar or
so for the course, with six months subscrip-
ton Of the "Phrenologist, weekly paper
published by him at Anderson, thrown in.
He talked WELL understood his subject we'll,
examined heads at every lecture, and sub
mitted his system to all the tests that popular
shrewdness could devise, and made converts
of large part of the village. For the most
he spoke in the lecture-room of the Gold Sem
mary" which was Henry Ward Beechers first
church.
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Is there to be nothing left to which we may
pin our faith9 William Tell has gone, Nero
never owned fiddle, George Washington could
tell lie; but the tears shed over the vanishing
of these once cherished decisions were as moth
ing compared to the horror of discovering that
the Declaration of independence was not signed
on the 4th of July. 1t is true that hints have
been made from time to time that such was the
case, but these have been scornfully rejected as
emanations from the pen and brain of some ire
sponsible, illposted and malicious person. bent
destroying the peace and happiness of a great
people Now, however, the statement Is made
by Boston scholar and book-worm, said to
be above suspicion of harboring base motives.
He has moused among old archives and records,
and claims to have the documents to prove be-
yond doubt that while the great declaration
was agreed to and published on the 4th. it was
not signed until Aug. Q, and then only by part Of
the delegates. Other signers struggled and af-
fixed their names ct various times between that
date and Nov. 4. To think of the foods of elo-
quence wasted, the oceans of lemonade imbbed
in vain. OF. it is now too late to change
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Trihuta to Washington.

The following tribute to Washington, by Gem
eral w. FL. Harrison, also occupant of the presi-
Dental chair found in scrap book in central
Indiana, year two ago. 1t may have been
published in other places, but have never seen
it, and hence give it to the general public:
Hard, hard, indeed, was the contest for free
dom, and the struggle for independence. The
golden sun of liberty had nearly set in the
gloom OF an eternal night, ere its radiant beams
illumined western horizon. Had not the
tutelar saint Of Columbia lowered around tho
American camp and presided over her destinies
freedom must have met with an untlmely grave.
Never can we sufficiently admire the wisdom OF
those statesmen, and the skill and bravery Of
those unconquerable veterans who, by their I'M
wearied exertions in the Cabinet and in the
field, achieved for us the glorious Revolution
Never can we duly appreciate the merits Of
Washington who, with but handful of I'M
disciplined yeomanry, triumphed over royal
army, and Frustrated the lion of England at the
feet of the American eagle. His name so terri
bic to his foes, so welcome to his friends--shall
live forever upon the brightest page of the his
torian. and be remembered with tho warmest
emotions of gratitude and pleasure by those
whom he contributed to make happy, and by all
mankind, when kings, and princes, and mobiles
shall for ages have sunk into their nerited OBJ
livion. Unlike them, he needs not the assist
ance of the sculptor or the architect to perpetu-
ate his memory; he needs no princely dome, no
monumental pile, no stately pyramid, whose
towering height shall pierce tho stormy clouds,
and rear its lofty head TO heaven to tell posterity
his fame. His deeds, his worthy deeds alone,
have rendered him immortal When oblivion
shall have swept away thrones, kingdoms and
principalities, when human greatness. and
grandeur and glory shall have moldered into
dnst. eternity itself shall catch the glowing
theme, and dwell with increasing rapture on his
name" j. FRAIsE RICHARD.
LoGANsPoRT, Ind, Feb. g.
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RELIGIOUS FITS.

The singular religious disorder-we hardly
know what else to call (which has just had
it's run in Blackford county, as fantastic as it
is, can be fairly matched by one early in this
century, that broke out in Kentucky settle
ment called ''Cane Ridge" In the Blackford
county phenomena the most marked feature
was a cataleptic or trance condition, in which
the subject sees glorious visions, and enjoys
ecstatic pleasures. 1t came like an electric
stroke, and left the person in the unchanging
attitude in which it was received. There
seemed to be no need of religious predisposi-
ton to render one liable to the infection, for
some of those most affected are said to have
gone to the meetings in a spirit of jest
event to scott, and remained to pray" In
these particulars it is quite closely identified
with the older phenomenon. The main phys
ical feature of that was a violent tremor,
shaking sometimes as strongly as if an ague
fit were at work, but by no means confined to
the pious or the sincere penitents. Visitors
who went simply from curiosity were often af-
fected as severely as the most devout, and
more than one man who went in solely in
bravado, defying the infection, on bet that
he could not be disturbed in that way found
his hands quivering and his legs giving way,
while he was laughing at the queer scene of
the crowd of shouting and shaking revivalists
From "Cane Ridge" the infection spread over
a considerable portion of the State, and, we
believe, was manifested in Indiana, along the
Ohio and in Ohio in the same region. Out Of
it, or greatly aided by it at the outset, came
the New Light" faith and denomination,
which, up to 1880 or thereabouts, formed
quite prominent element of the religious
forces of the West. A large part of it was alb
sorbed by the then recent growth Of the
Christian or "Campbellite" denomination
or Disciples" as they usually called them
selves at first. Though little known now, the
"Cane Ridge" revival was great event in its
dav
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THE ROLLER AMUSEMENT.
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The desultory Eight being made against
roller Kinks will never succeed Let preachers
and others inveigh against them as they may,
the silly people on wheels will keep merrily
Swimming along. 1t is not our purpose to
defend roller skating as an intellectual or even
physically harmless amusement. But COM
paratively, it is quite harmless, and the boys
would much better be there than in saloons or
other places of doubtful repute For girls it
is vastly better than the ballroom, the Kinks,
| as rule, closing at very seasonable
hour, while the dance goes on until the
hours when most honest men and women are
in bed and sound asleep. That this form of
amusement is popular needs no argument
That roller-skating is physically harmful has
yet to be established. The experience in this
city thus far has been that those in control of
| the Kinks have conducted them with due re-
gard to the proprieties, and taking society by
and large, it would seem that little, if any,
harm has been done those who have patron
lied this form of amusement. OF course
harm can come from the abuse of the
chances offered young people who may use
the rink excuse as mask for escapades;
but exactly the same opportunities would at
tend any form of evening amusement. The
early hour at which the Kinks close is strong
argument in their favor over the ballroom
1t may be said, by way of diversion just
here, that America is alone in holding
dances until unseemly and dangerous hours
In many other countries they close
at midnight at latest. It can also
be said for roller skating that it
is vastly less severe on the physical body and
is even more graceful than dancing. Being
in the house and under the control Of men
anxious to deserve patronage, it has none of
the dangers attendant upon ice-skating, and
very few of the risks attached to the ball, the
managers of which are not always response
BILE, because, generally they have little or no
monetary investment at stake. 1t is a bad
idea to cry down every form of amuse
ment indiscriminately, lest young peo-
pie, weary of arbitrary restraint.
break away into evils that so persistently
beset and tempt them. The dangers of the
rink are the dangers that Turk everywhere.
The young lady attended by an escort who is
honorable is perfectly safe. If he be not so,
- H. g. - l. lo.
parents house. Managers of Kinks should con-
tinue to exercise the greatest care in exclud-
ing improper characters and parents should
be as careful of their children at Kinks as they
would be and ought to be of them anywhere.
Let us have some form of popular amusement
that is not tabooed, and from which young
folks are not shut out, only to find vent for
their spirits in other and no better ways.
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HEADS AND THEIR FILLING.
An old adage says:
Little head, little wit;
Big head, not bit"

'Little head Gtte witt
Big head, not a bit"
When phrenology first went over the land
conquering old time notions and conservative
theories, its geography of bumps was as
definite as the maps of the coast survey Each
faculty and quality had its own little swelling
laid off in Spherical rectangles or triangles,
but, in whatever shape, with an outline as
fixed as the boundaries of city square. The
locations and Dimensions of these being set
tied four qualifying elements, yea five, came
in to modify the crude judgment formed of
the first two. Four of these were the four
grades of temperament, sanguine bilious,
nervous and Emphatic. The fifth was the
size Of the head The general quality of any
intellectual or moral development was affected
for better or worse by the temperament and
the measure of the hat. However happy the
combination and size of the bumps might be,
Emphatic temperament would impair their
power. A nervous, or nervous sanguine tenn
permanent would enhance it. So, too, good
combination on a big head was bigger Of prom
Use than the same arrangement on a little
head, though good combination on little
head was more promising and desirable than
an inferior one on big head. Thus it came
about that the people of forty to forty-fve
years ago put good deal more faith in the
capabilities of big head than little one, in
| spite of the assurance of the adage. Many a
man rejected the notions of Combe, and Gall,
and Spurzheim openly, or professed to doubt
or even deride them, who secretly believed,
| and did not always manage artfully enough to
| conceal this belief. A fellow wearing a very
large hat would manage somehow to get hold
of another MANS and with comical simula-
ton of unconsciousnesS put it on to ''show
off," sfOh, it's too small for me, was sufi-
head had contrived the exchange to exhibit it.
SELF
Sometimes the self-important Snowman in
these little personal exhibitions would get a
backset as confusing as that given Horace
Greeley by Jim Nye. when the former SAT
down, uncosciously, in Jims hat, and mashed
it out of an appearance Of headwear or chance
of usefulness Ruefully pointing at it, Jim
broke out tearfully and little wrathfully,
"fou might have known that it wouldn't
fit" Our Hoosier bead shower or hat ap-
preciater had, accidentally. of course, put
on the hat Of an acquaintance in the office OF
q friend as they were going away. It was toe
! small. fWhy, this is your aat,' said he; a
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Severe Rulings in Pension Cases.

washington 6peCIAI.
Members of Congress who who have many
pension cases before the Pension Office make
complaint that the new Commissioner, Mr..
Clarke, is too severe in his rulings, and that
some of his decisions decidedly hostile to the
soldiers interest Not few cases decided
adversely by the Commissioner have been APP
pealed to the Secretary of the Interior. and he
has reversed the decisions. Members who mako
the complaint cannot understand why Mr. Clarke
should ignore rulings made over and over again
by his predecessors.
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terial wealth, and can add to The general COM
fort; men who can make two dallars from one,
than in men who can scan Latin or Greek
poetry. The whole educational system
needs shaking up, and much of it might be
torn down and rebuilt, or not rebuilt, as may
seem test.
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Not MFR. Conant.

New YORK. Feb. Word was received TO.
day at the Office Of Harpers Weekly that the
man in Athens, Ga, who is supposed so be the
missing MIR. Conaat, turned out to be Mr. Nos.
trand, who Is in the employ Of Harper Bros.
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THANK heaven for Sunday. No bills can be
introduced on this day.
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''SwEET little maid with the mild blue eye,
Why art thou dancing so much and so hight"
Saucily nodding her shapely head,
u. Roaring Patten has kissed me-" she said.
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GOVERNOR PATTIsoN, of Pennsylvania, denies
that he is to enter Cleveand's Cabinet or the
Methodist ministry. Governor Pattison, in
these TWO particulars strikingly resembles
several other distinguished men.