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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19
SHORTENING.
A Practice Which is Universally PreJu"
dicial to Health.

A Practice Which Is Universally PreJu'
dicial to Health.
The custom of many families of add
ing various kinds of shortening, as but
ter, suet, lard, etc., is uniformly unfav-
orable to the health, particularly when
lard, the most Objectionable of all, is
used. 1t never adds to the true nour-
ishment, but always interferes with di-
gestion. Practically, the idea is to di-
minish the amount of chewing, and to
swallow with the greatest despatch. By
this means, the bread is not properly
mixed with the gastric juice, of course
impairing the digestion. This is more
harmful in eating bread than it would
be in the use of fish, meats, eggs, ETC.,
since an important Office of the saliva
is to chemically change the starch into
grape sugar, an important step in its
digestion, which, if omitted, must re.
dnce the supply of the saliva and prob
ably of the gastric juice, certainly rem
dering the digestion imperfect. We, as
nation, do not more than half chew
our food, as compared with Europeans,
and by them are called "nation of
dyspeptics," and with some propriety.
Wholesome bread cannot be made by
shortening it with lard.
DR.. Pereira- excellent authority
says: "The action of heat on butter or
lard renders the compound highly in
furious to the dyspeptic, who should,
therefore, most carefully avoid its use. -
He quotes DR.. Paris as saying: "All
pastry-from this cause-is an abomina-
ton. verify believe that one half, al
least, of the cases of digestion which
occur, after dinner parties, may be
traced TO this cause"
DR.. Beaumont, whose opportunities
for observing the digestive process have
never been equaled, states. that "oil is
slowly and with great difficulty acted
on by the gastric juice" This oil floats
on the surface of the mass of the
stomach in the form of an oily pellicle
becoming highly rancid, in some cases
producing many of the forms of stom.
ach pains, such as heartburn-so called
nausea, "wind" and vomiting, the
worst effects being connected with the
formation of oil-acids.
Another author says: FIXED oil Of
fat is more difficult of digestion, anC
more obnoxious to the stomach thar
any other alimentary principle. Indeed
in some more or less obvious and con
cealed form, / believe it will be founC
the offending ingredient in nineteenth
of the dishes which disturb weak stom
achs."
1t follows that if these oils uniforml,
disturb weak stomachs of every kind
their use by the strong cannot but re
duce that power, at some future time
Golden Rule.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19

itself some fifteen miles in length by
about ten miles in breadth. The de-
scent to It is precipitous on the north
and west sides only, the eastern and
southeastern end sloping gradually up
in succession of undulations. The
level of this lake is apparently lower
than that of the other; l made it out to
be some 800 feet above sea level. The
salt in this lake is not so smooth as in
the other, and did not look so pure.
1t is dug out in flakes or strata, gener-
ally of some four inches in thickness, is
loaded into bags, and carried off on
camels for sale without further prepare
ton. London Ne1CS.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A luxury is a thing you dont't want
until you see somebody else with it.
The wealth of our language is
shown by the fact that chang it W" and
"chalk it down" mean precisely the
same thing. Philadelphia Call
Teacher-What is an engineer? Boy
No. IA man who works on an engine.
Teacher-What is a pioneer? Boy No.
2-The man that works the piano.-Chi-
cGgO Times
| never had notion that all there
was IN this world was made expressly
for me. On the contrary, | have had to
hump myself to get share and then
keep it Chicago Ledger.
Jones has just returned from a va
cation trip to the South Shore. When
asked if he saw any Duxbury clans, he
said he did not, but he had seen dogs
bury bones. Boston Transcript
In order to explain in a clear and
simple manner the necessity of regulat-
ing our conduct by some fixed standard,
a school master asked pupil what he
ought to do with his watch if it went
sometimes too fast and sometimes too
slow. "Sell it," was the immediate re-
spouse. Golden Days.
-"Have you heard the news, Pat?"
said a Jester to an Irishman. "An'
that's that, sorP" "The devil is dead. "
"Take that, sor. It's all have by me,
or might do betther," said Pat, hand
ing him penny. whats that for?"
II niver sind an orphant away Imply
handed, sor. "-ChjcagO L'dgr.
-"What do you call those animals
that live partly on land and partly in
water?" asked New York teacher OF
the new boy "Bathers," replied the
little boy, who had been to Coney Island
on several occasions. "You are getting
to be bright Perhaps you can give me
the name of some of the migratory
birds" Bank cashiers. "-7erdS SJt
ings.
-"Did your story win the prize?'
mo, but it came near winning it. L
failed only in one stipulation. "AnC
what was that?" "Itwas to have mad,
the editors hair stand on end" "Oh,
see. 1t wasn't exciting enough" Eyes
it was" Then why didn't it make thu
EDITORS hair stand on endP" "He hadn'
any. He was bald-headed. "-Phil0det
phid call.
"Pa," said Johnny Caution, ed 20,
remember that poem about "A Chieftail
to the Highlands Bound, telling tn
sculler to hump hisself because he,
come the Charlie Ross act on some oil
duffer and stole his gal?" your de
scription is very inelegant John, but
recall the verses you speak Of" "WelI
I'll 90 you one that the girls name wa
Juliet" "Why?" "Cause the felle
with her said he'd put up dross if tn
ferryboat man would Romeo tn
water "-EGchange.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19
LAKE OF SALT.
AN Interesting Description of the Muir.
ghab Valley-The Salt Lakes of
Yar-Oilan,

At the meeting of the Royal Geo
graphical Society recently Sir Peter
Lumsden read paper on the countries
and tribes he has recently visited west of
Afghanistan. He gave an interesting
description of the geography of the
Murghab Valley and the customs of its
people, and quoted singular account
of the NamakSar or salt lakes of Var
Oilan, visited and described as follows,
by Captain Yate:
Yar-oilan means the sunken ground"
and no word can better describe the gen
eral appearance of the valley of these
lakes. The total length of the valley
from the Kangruali road on the west to
the Band-i-Dozan, which bounds it on
the east, is about thirty miles, and its
greatest breadth about eleven miles,
divided into two parts by connecting
ridge which runs across from north 20
south, with an average hight of about
1890 feet, but has a narrow, which rises
some 400 feet above the general average.
10 luO WeSJ vi llllS IluBt llGS llb lake
from which the Tekke Turcomans from
Nerve get their salt The valley of this
lake is some six miles square, and is
surrounded on all sides by a steep,
almost precipitous descent, i'm.
passable for baggage animals
so far as | am aware, except by the
Nerve road in the northeast corner. The
level of the lake made to be about
1.4S0 feet above the sea level, which
gives it descent of some 400 feet from
the level of the connecting ridge ard O
some $50 feet below the general plateau
above. Tho lake itself lies in the centr,
of the basin above described, and tn,
supply of salt in IL is apparently unlim
tied. The bed of the lake is one solil
mass Of hard salt, perfectly level, ant
covered by only an inch or two of water
To ride over it was like riding over ic
or cement The bottom was covere,
with slight sediment, but when tina
was scraped away the pure white sal
shoue out below. How deep this deposi
may be it is impossible to say, for N
one has yet got to the bottom Of it. T
the east of the dividing ridge is the sec
ond lake, from which the Saryks Q
Penideh take their salt. The Valley i
which this lake is situated is much tn
larger OF the two. The valley proper
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19
Bees In India.

The Englishman, of Calcutta, states
that the experiment made by Mr.. j.
c. Douglas, who has imported hive
of Italian bees, has been crowned with
complete success. The bees appear to
thrive admirably at Calcutta, and have
yielded during the present season
eighty pounds of splendid honey. This
is considered to be proof that lucra-
crative industry may be established in
India, and new dainty placed at the
disposal of teeming millions of its land
cultivators. We fear that this ex-
ultation is premature. The experiment
of establishing bees in countries of per-
petual summer has been tried before
now, and has failed signally. Tor a
time the bees work diligently, and lay
up rich stores of honey for their winter
food. But so soon as the bee discovers
that there is no winter, and that from
years end to years end the flowers of
fer him a daily supply of nectar, he
ceases to store up honey, ] deed, did
the bee do otherwise, he would forfeit
much of his title to our respect as an In,
dustrious and thrifty creature. Did he
labor as he does, ccaselessly and earn
estly, for no other purpose than to store
up honey for which he can never have
any use, he would show himself to b,
but an idiOtic kind of insect, and in NJ
way superior in moral status to the hu
man miser. -LOndOn Standard.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19

Gold is found in all parts of the
world 1t is said to be everywhere.
Professor Foote recently made a state
ment to the effect that there is more gold
in the clay under the city of Philadel-
phia than would equal the entire valu-
alton of the city. In 1912 men made
sixty cents day washing the sands neal
Chester, on the Delaware River, where
William Penn first anded.-Phllddel-
phia Press.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19

A good wig of white hair, says an
American tonsorial artist, costs about
$40, but land this is IA secret of the trade
and can only be told in whispers) the
material of which these wigs are made
is clipped from the festive goat, and
never from the human head. A pecu-
liar soft, silky kind of snowy-white hair
originates on the Angora rabbit. A per-
fectly white and abundant wig OF white
human hair would cost 81, 900 at least.
Chicago Times.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19

Many devices have been put in use
by actors and lecturers to keep from
smiling, but the simplest and most eff
fective is to put small wooden button
in the mouth. and bite down on it every
time the impulse to laugh makes itself
manifest. Some grit their teeth OF
cringe their toes, and a famous minstrel
for a long time resorted to the scheme
of sticking a pin in his thigh.--BaLtimore
Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19

The Bulletin, of Pittsburgh, notes
that, since natural gas has come to be
largely used as fuel in that CITY, the at
mosphere has become clearer than it has
been at any time for three-quarters of a
century, 1.-THE sharp outline of the river
hills showing themselves in new aud at
tractive clearness
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19

"A three-year-old boy at Louisville
promises to be gray-headed before he
reaches his teens. The child has at
tracted much attention from the
neighbors, who say they never saw any.
thing of the kind before. Physicians
say that, even in families where turning
gray during youth is hereditary, they
have not known of case where the
popularity was exhibited in one so
young. The boy is a healthy and lively
little fellow, and his patriarchal appear
ance does not seem to annoy him in the
least. Louisville Couier-Jottynal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19

Women neverappeared on the stage
among the ancients. Their parts were
represented by men until as late as
1862. when Charles II. first encouraged
their public appearance. " T. Herald.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-09-19

More than 100000 Germans have
immigrated to this country during the
last sixty years. Of this number l,OOO,-
600 have immigratee during the last
decade.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11
NcTRHERN COMPTON.


Crops never looked better at this
time of the yeaE: g
The frost of Sunday night has set
the corn back. Some of it is perhaps
killed: =. "' !'.
Mrs. White, of Vining, arrived here
Saturday night on visit ito her
parents, Mr.: and Mrs: 0: H. Barrett
Miss Fourte, who: graduated at the
St. cloud Normal School May 9th,
is teaching school in the johnson
district. =.
The assessor, w. A. Farr, has been
around. He is also taking the census
which brings out the curious fact that
school-ma'ams are younger than they
were two years ago.
Mr.. Thos. Wilson has put a nice
veranda on the east and south of his
house: 1t imrro%:;et;s tie looks of the
house greatly. 1t is finished with
the exception of the mantraps and
balustrade. Mr.. Geo. Stewart is do
| ing the work. ~. MoLL1E MAY.
June 10th, 1885.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11

One of the stbonanza' farmers on
the Minnesota side Of the Red Rivrr
Valley says that 1naiAn 'labor'in tse
harvest fields is much preferable -
Scandina Uian labort The Scandinaf
Eians need to be looked after careful +
by an overseer or they will sLirk III, |
slight their work, especially in sho: i
ing coin, wft:icE needs to be carci#''y
done, but the Indians from the Wlll.:
Earth Reservattod, wEeri cnce: f''ty
are shown how to do. a thing, will -
it carefully and'E,itha:lly. Althong /
rathar slow, without any '1atcl,i'i. ::
they seem to have something OF 'tte
mechanical initiative. a5alty cf t':e
Chinaman; when you have given y"''r
[ndian.an object lesson in setting ",'
a shock of wheat you can go aw ~
with the certainty that he will set up
every other shock just that way
Northwest, -~- - --~- ->'
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11
Notice ofI'M6rtsaee : + Sale by
Advertisements,

Default having been made in the eenditions ofa
certain Mortgage Deed, duly executed and deliv-
cred by Charles H Boett cher as Mortgagor, to
a ased the 18th a
the Register Of Deeds inand for the county Of Va
dena, state q Mlanesota, on the 9th dey of Janu-
aEy, A. D: 1882 at o'clock p M in Book ':B2 q
debt secured thereby having been duly assigned,
sold, transferred and delivered to one, William
Bohmer by said John Kramer for valuable con-
which assignment was, on the 18th day of Febru,
ary, A. D: 1882 at 2 o'clock p m, duly recorded
in the office of the Register Of Deeds in and for
80 and said William BONNER having 'a}ad eestate,
the undersigned Joseph KrokeF and H. J. Has
kamq, were on the 9Th day of February A. D. 1855,
e1S aoa offfSSsTX of ePPeantWsa Wa
ceased. by the Prpbate Court Of Stes1ns county,
State ofMlnnesota. That upon sai id Mortgage and
ce6t Ss red .na there
notice the suntcef four hundred and two dollars;
and no action or proceedings has been institute d.
at lay or in equity to recover the @e9tsecured by
power Of sale Contained in said Ma*gage! aid i Of
the statute in such case made and provided: The
Mortgaged premises therein dessTjbed, which sale
will be ma de ct the front door of the Office of the
Clerk OF the District Court IN an fof safd eo&nty
Minnesota, cn Saturday the S7th dsy of June, s' A.
D. 1885, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon: to satisfy
the amount which shall thea bedaec 1n the said
Mortgage and the costs of SALE together with the
SUM Of twenty five dollars Atterneys fees as stip
ulated in said Mortgage as 4ttertlsys fees in case
of foreclosure thereof. The p7emises described in
said Mortgage and to be soldtas aforesaid are the
following described tracts; :piec or parcels of
real estate lying and being situated in the county
Of Wadena, State of Minnesota, to-wit:. The west
twenty -fivei (25) in TOWNSHIP pnumbered enc hun
dred and thirty-fye Qs5, north Of fRange number
ed thirty-fve, $3.50 West .uf the 5th Principal
cording to the United States Government survey
thereof. joseph KRoKER.
Executors + the will Of Viii:
D. w. BRUCKART, is:n BONNER, deceased.
Attorney. i.
+. :. c. M.;K1NGsLKl,
Sheriff Of wadena ceunty.Minn.
Dated May 18th, 1885,: ~-s' 2.st.
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POPLAR, GRovE.

=: j. POPLAR, grove ~, +
The plum trees are beginning to
drop their beautiful blossoms. ;.
A. Williams and Ole satEeff cpent
a couple Of days in Wadena this
week. i, So ;: -; > ~.''
Mrs.'9osepH t9ewett is visiting with
Eh6r parents Mr.. and Mrs. Fuller near
Wadena -: J.. s:i;s''1,t
Mrs. Thos: Fields is visiting at
EWadena this week with her sister
Mrs. A. j. Adams. -: T. -: -.
+ Strawberries wil1>soon be the order
of The day and We: have prospects of a
very large crop this season.. IL y
|: Mr. G: Counts ,eaughta large pike
in the Red Eye measuring about four
fleet in tsngth. :: How:is: that fol-! fsl
|. JAS. Roberts is digging q we'll this
week. He dug about: four feet and
found the ground frozen solid. :4,::!;
/ l:Qaite}a: little excitenent is s!ereattd
now:a-days aboat': the new road that
is'to pass throi1gh this vicinity from
kWaden* I'd the Shell Prairies:;:> W.
hope that it willno Re cnly talk but
reality = !: i !. i J. J.
f rMr. Ne1se:' Peterson, ;of .verndale
arhved here z few days ago in searcl
of some land; he experts to take {.
faaarter section, TE;s ie- TIE r,sct
For farmers ss>;here is something herE
fbesides sahds
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11
Miscellaneous. i


Speaking of consumption is sail
an Oregon tian :<wEoih + met ::latv:1,
'did you ever know a bald-heati /
man to have it3''.. 1 could hot ~
call SUCH IN instances '''t"Ne;tt'er' e''I
l." said the Oregon mad, t'and El'eve''
heard of bald-heade1 man having
the disease, People ;'&,6 die 'cI 'co"7:
SUMPTION att have heavy heads {
9hair.'t Klistener to the conyersa1''~'
remarked1that this ought to be: wild, +
known, as it. would be very consol!''y
to men who: part their hair with i
towel .-Northacest.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11
EASTERN WADENA.


Tramps are around again. '::;
Our Sunday School grows ia inter
est. Hope you will all turn III mex,
Sunday. :, ., -
Every other woman we meet is
holding her jaw (sometbing remark
able for a female-eh? p on account Of
toothache -: .
Don't know what the'men will do to
keep them out of mischief now, the
garden truck has all froze .up. We
think we will put in one hill each OF
beans and squash: end then if there
comes another cold wave we wont feel
quite so b(ae; as we did Monday
morning. We are afraid our straw
berry .short- cake will '@come" out the
little end, of:the horn'' this season.
Messrs Preston: Welchs Clark. and
Palmer have gore to Sand Lake fish
ing Expect they will come home
laden down with the Anny tribe the
last of the week.st~, = :: o.
Understand Mrs. SIS :Welch is
tgoing to move into Verndale some
day this week. (; ,. :.>~ - go
We wonderful the folks don't know
what the: law is regarding sending
their lchildten to school,: What we
would Like to: know: is, who is to be
fined for their mon -attendance,' the
Director of the district or the parents
Tor guardians of the children! IS
+ : y! ~ '':' ARr1cuoKEs.
/ June 10, 1885.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11
SUNNI OnS

SUNNI OnS.
sFATE ccGE38 OF
Horace NJ Dibble' Dit Plaintiff: sunn,maeaais, in
Eliza J. Dibble, Defendant ) for Divorce
The State of Minnesota, to the above named de-
fendant, Eliza J. Dibble:
You are hereby summoned and required to an
sWer the complaint of the Plaintiff in the above
entitled action, which said complaint is now on
t1ct Court in the said County W of Wadena, and % to
serve COPE. Of your answer to said Complaint on
the subscriber, at his ohse in the vt14age ST Wa
dena, in the County of Wadcna. Minnesota, with
in thirty (3O) days after the service of this sum
mons upon you, exclusive of the day of such ser
vice. and If you fail to answer the said Complaint
within the time aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this
action will apply to the Court for the relief de-.
manded therein. r. w. THoRP,
Plaintiffs Attorney,
Dated April 10th, A. D. 1886. J-7t.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11
Neighborho6d News:
.'.,0Ax 9AA11tx.

: =: +..,oA4 49zz1n1x. Il
are quite iseaJsi- >:
"sW IL Joslin has q ttnclot ofhlSod.
edpigs. ..,.- 80 W: :s*::$::': ::
c.. 5. Joalin EssS TIE built a1,ew kitchen
to his house. e: >.:.:
Jack Frost came along last Sunday
night and cut the farmers corn in
good shape. = ~s.t
WE. Costin is making considerable
improvements hiis spring in the way
Of fencing, building, painting, etc.
JOE.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11
ALessOn in Dialogue Form

Two men stood near letter 'boN
in Broadway, says ttee.>New .Yosh
Times, dispptia'g &bout 80 eeolc't
letter which one OF them beh1 Il: his
hand. j The letter had been posted at
an Office in Virginia., and a ..carrier
had deliteted'' il; to an uptown adj
dress I'M the 'neantirae the person
to whom ths:letter was addressed had
left the city. The original address
had been erasedS Sand one in 4 distant
town had been written below. ~ ."''
"You will have to- put tanotherstaEr
on it," said tie stoute* qf the two
men to the ore who held the fetter.' !;
''That's possible, but riy wife told
me- only needed to- drop it into a
box She ought to know about such
things, because she remails lots Of
letters, that come to the house,. =.
Why didh't she look after this one
then?" :. J, t::r :: ;. T.
Beca,ise she wanted it sent from
downtown so that it would go out
quicker a.; i :: e:i -. =. )
DO 3oi: Eicai to- say shat this
IIetter would be: detained at my off,
fee Tor pcstage?,'. :, :. y :"..: >,
, Well; perhaps they tou1d'sehd it
and charge the extra postage;at the
.other end of;the li,e;| Acu had Better
;see the station agent aboutit. !. "':c'
"Thcre," said the stout: rt1an, after
the carrier had: walked'tvay, &you:
see now how much your vile knew
about it," - - :: 80:
."Come on to the station and if she
is wrong I will pay for TWO oig&ss. -
they went to Station Il and the
Eletter was shewa to the agent there
:'That's all right,' was his curt CON-
:menk r::' :, ~: i: !
| "Eutacarrier jnst told the it would
Eneed another stamp because it is CO.
ing out of city again. - =:
."The law used to doctEat Hay,;" The,
agent sid, "bu6'it has besn changed:
Eend every carrier ought to know it,
Now, a. letter can be re1nailed AS,
often as necessary within the United
Estates to o~set.tt to- the owner without:
extra postage. The only limit is the
number of changes that. can be fnade-
in addresses on the face of the envel-
ope. -Kte,seapolis Tribune, -.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11
.Awondcrful Discoverv;,

Consumptives and all, who. suffer
from any affection of the Throat and.
Lungs, can fHd . Certain cure in Dr.;
Kings New Discovery for ,Consnmp-'
tion. Thousands OF :permanent cures
verify the truth Of Tits etatement. No,
medicine can show such a record of
wonderful cures;.. ThousanH Of ONCE.
hopeless, suferers now gratefully pro-
claim they owe their ii Yes to this New
DiscoYefy. It will cost you nothing
to giYs i a trial, EEea HfsA Bottles.
at .:ktnos; & 'Renedics's Drug Store.
Large size, $1.0o. RI
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-06-11
VERY Relearkable Recx x+efy.

Mr.. Geo: V: willing; Of Manchester,e}
almost helpless for fve yeats,: SO help
less.thst she could PCT turn oyer in
Rsd Edctl}e s9f Bfs1: S: ussd s + txs s. s %
proxed, that she IS able:n now to do her
own work. ~: :: ::
,:E!ectric Filters viii DC a:5ffla5 IS,
claimed for tFenc. IIursG f ttzastI,
n.pnia:s attest tl,e; l., great cufa.ti w
OnIS fifty cents a bdttle s.
k-mos & Beneiict's. III. r..