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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10
"Grant'S Cadets

"Another case in point, said an old
West Pointer, <ls that of Sergeant
Griffith of the old Twenty-second Iowa.
In the assault on Vicksburg it will be
remembered that part of theTwenty-
second Iowa Regiment crossed the
ditch and parapet OF a rebel outwork.
In the hand=to-hand fight that follow
ed every man except one was shot
down. This one man was Griffith, and
he went down with the others, stunned
but not seriously hurt. On his re-
covery he found q rebel lieutenant and
sixteen men lying in the outwork still
unwounded, but exposed to the fire
from both Confederates and Unionists.
"Griffith rose and asked the rebels to
follow him out of the place. They
signified their willingness to obey, and
calling to the troops outside to cease
firing Griffith took his prisoners over
the parapet under q storm of rebel
shot. AS soon as he heard of this ex-
plolt Grant promoted Griffith to a first
liautenancy and afterward sent him to
the Military Academy at West Point,
where he was known as Grants cadet.
He graduated In 1867 the fifth in his
class. and I happen to know that
Grant never lost sight of him, and in
every mention of that battle of Vicks-
burg written by Grant, Griffith receives
as many lines asdo someof thegeneral
officers"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10
Rich Actors and Actresses,

Little Lolita is declared to be the
richest womaA @n the stage. heard
her fort ss1e put day or two ago at
81 900, 900. This is, of course, ev-
travagant. She is, however, worth
all of $25O,OOO, and dare say, some
where near 100000. In her earlier
years ON the stage Lolita experienced
no end Of trouble keeping her money.
Somehow or other it all went. But
as time wore on Lotta contracted.
business habits. until she IS nowas ca
pahl4 y business person as anybody
She has money invested in about every
way-stocks, bonds, real estate, and
l know not what. = She Is now38 years
old: believe, but she is full of anima-
tion and always wonderfully happy
little body. She succeeded on the
stage because she could not help it.
It Is perfectly natural for her to cut
the capers that she does, for she cuts
them off the stage as we'll as o,>
The richest man on the stage is
doubtless Joe Murphy He is wortha
cold $5OO,OQ0, if he is worth dollar.
He was poor Irish boy, and started
as q variety singer and dancer. His
one ambition has been to make mon
ey, rather than famo as 8 distfn-
guished artist, He has stuck to
Irish dramas, and he has always
played to- big-paying business, while
other shows have languished and
died on all sides. He has sung
"Qnly a handful OF Earth from My
Dead Mothers Grave" until it wrings
tears from even him-tears of agony.
The song, however, touches the hearts
OF his audience every time without fail.
The women boo-hoo and the men de-
mand a repetition. Players who are
satisfied with modest positions in the
profession like to go with Murphy.
He expects them to do all that their
contracts call for. but he treats them
faily and pays them fairly. Nobody
begrudges Murphy his prosperity, fox
the reason that he is known every
where as a square and upright man.
The poorest person in the profession
aggregates in the total nine-tenths OF
the whole, Lillian Russell is, perhaps,
as badly off as any of the conspicuous
ones. She has received a great deal
Of money, but never has kept any OF
it, and it is said she has debts without
end. Fanny Davenport, hear, has
invested some money in one oi the
dramatic papers. She has accumulated
q fortune, and a very substantial one,
too. Sheis probably worth $4,000
to $1O0s s0Q0:=brooklyn Union.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10

There are now in India, completed
or in progress, $4,000 miles OF rail-
way. As the first railway was only
opened in 1853 the progress OF the
system by which the whole peninsula
Will soon be gridironed will be seen to
be remarkable. The interest to Amer
ica in these works is that they are en-
abling that dcnsely populated country
to lay down wheat in London and Liv.
crpool at prices which, III the Ian
g,,ugc of trade, soon promise "to defy
rOmDctitiOn."
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10

1t is again reported that Emperor
Alexander OF Russia is about to pro-
mulgute constitution for the people
embracing parliamentary rights. This
is a concession that may or may not
amount to much. The divine right
fraud is neverfor moment forgotten.
An emperor giving people q consti-
tuition looks like j.,gglery. When the
Deople are allowed to assemble and
form a constitutionfor their own gov.
ernment, rs in this country, there will
be q substantial advance towards
wholesome progress.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10
Death of u Noted Clergyman.

Rev. DR.. Stephen H. Tying died at his
home at Irvington, N. Y, OF extreme old
age. Dr.. ryng has not been actively con-
nected with his church far several years,
and has lived in tui It retiremsnt at his
home near Sunnyside. Rev. DR.. Tying
was born in Newburyport, Mass, in
1900, and graduated from Harvard col
lege in 1917. He entered a mercantile
house as a clerk, but soon began the study
of theology, andi n 1928 he became rector
Of ST: Anne's parish, Prince Georges coun-
ty, Md. In 1899 hewas called to St. Paups
church in Philadelphia. His forcible man
ner Of pfEeeae ching, MEaaqqe him a favorjite at
onee: -Four years 4ater he vas made rectott
OF tho Church oi EpiiPhl2:aeRy Phl2:aeRy in that city. Fl
1845, he went to Nov Tofk IS RECTOR Of St:
Georges church, and remained it's reetor
until 1878, when he resigned. He was the
author of numerous works.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10
LADY OPERATORS.
Prediction that They will Soon Handle
the Key to the Exclusion of the Men.

Prediction that They will Soon Handle
the Key to the Exclusion of the Men.
The telegraphic profession will, we
predict, says the current number of
the Telegraphers' Advocate, in the
course OF few years, be composed of
female members entirely. In every
large office in the United States, the
proportion OF male and female em-
ployes is undergoing slow but posi-
tive change. Ten years ago the ratio
was about 80 males to one female
operator; five years ago the ratio was
reduced to about 1 5 males to l female,
while to-day it is less than 6 to1. At
this same rate of growth, in thefuture,
but ten years will be required to bal
nnce the scales. Fifteen years from to-
day will find the efemale members in the
majority, and twenty years henceit will
be dltflculttOr male operators to pro-
cure work at the key, at any price. The
days of male operators are numbered
The talk that lady operators are physi-
cally unequal to the task of working
heavy circuits, incompetent to receive
press, ETC., is mere bosh. They can be,
and arerapidly being educated to meet;
the requirements of the profession
They are reliable, which at once gives
them an advantage over the male
members. The Western Unions
heaviest circuits in the main office for
years have been handled by women.
Gradually the handful of women con-
fined to a few city wires in a remote
corner OF the great operating room has
grown to an army, spreading its use
fulness to every section and de-
partment OF the. company. Five
years ago 90 women were employed at
1913, today there are over PTS. In the
city OF New York, the Western Union
torce, five years ago, consisted of about
$50 men and 100 women; today, not
withstanding the natural increase of
business, it stands about 6O0men and
$50 women. While the force has been
increased to the extent of 100 operat-
ors, the male portion thereof has de-
creased to the extent of about $50.
These figures also apply to other Sec
t1ons to a greater or less degree. For
instance, the heavy New York circuits
in Albany are now in the hands of
women, who receive $50 and $40 a
month less than the men whose PLACES
ehey SO recently filled. OF course the
saving ta the Western Union company
is sufficient recompense for any incon-
venience to which they may be sub
Jected, while they porsistently dwell
upon the reliability of the women as
compared With the men as a areason for
making the changes.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10
Interesting Civil seryies Complication.

The commissioner Of pensions has trans
mitteq to the secrettairy 81 the in9terior tfe2
following eomm1.nicaHoP From the chief Of
the mail division Of that bureau;
Sept. 4. 1e95.-Gen. J. e. Black, Co,nm,<-
sioner-Sir: l have to report that this Of
flee is to-day in receipt OF 100 letters to
its employees, postmarked Philadelphia,
Sept. 3. I herewith submit a sample.
Three letters are enclosed, of which the fol-
% iIesd Gaaff eFy RepubEcan National Com
7nittee, st: Cloud Hotel, ParloE c, Phila-
dslphla, Set; $Sc4&iF!na2' s4 ]$ #R9mAg Y
early subseription to The state e9miqn1}ifftse ri
and as liberal as you can afford to make
it. If the Republicans OF Pennsylvania
win a decisive victory this year it will
change of the tariff by the incoming
congress and pave the way for the over
thr0w oi tho Democratic state and ma
t,uh, push the sa;E 81 it, eemmittee with
the utmost yigor till eiection az; Please
send your subscription as carly as possib1e
by check or money order, or call at head
quarters Yours very truly,
iSigned.] THOMAS Y. COOPER, Chairman.
rs j. Fr4nk Miller, Pension Office, Depart
mentt of the InteriioE: Washington, D: G.
A numOer o. EiIIlldF COuIufuIllCetClOls
were FeeeiYed ~ emp} p}oyes of the}and }an otiicc.
Acting zee:rettafy Jenks has n!5initted tire
circulars to the civil service s9mmjission fer g!
such action as they may deem proper: II
is maintained by officers OF the lntoriop de-
partment that the Pennsylvania state
committee have committed breach Of
section IL OF the civil service oct, which
xs;asde:
st n9 peEson IS shall, in any build lid
'as eisl ofuMsF duties s By M aus "' aHssr or e em-
ploye OF the United States menti1a6lf in
this act, or any navy yard, fort or arsen'
nal, solicit in any manner whatever, or re-
ceive contributions of money or any other
thing g. value for any political purpose
whafevSr.':
Section: II expressly terbids such solicta-
tion by any persons in fhe tertite Of the
United States in any place, and # is PROB
able than an examination viii be made 10
ascertain whether any members OF the COM
mittee fall within the scope OF this section.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10
The great bridge across the Firth of

The great bridge across the Firth of
Forth, Scotland, has now been in
course of construction for two years
and half, and the most difficult
part Of the undertaking has been &C:
complished, that of building the piers.
These are Of granite, and extend as
much as 48 feet eloW the bed Of the
river and 80 feet below high water:
They will be carried up 100 feet higher
before the bridge is completed. Allbut
one Of these are either completed or
are making good progress. The bridge
when completed five years hence, ac-
cording to- the esti,nate,) will be over
g mile and a half long (8, ,o91 feet) and
it's two main spans will be LILO feet
high water Will be $50 feet. The esti-
mated cost Of the bridge Is $s,OOO,-
900. Two thousand men are employ
ed In it's construction.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10
Important Clover Huller Law Suit,

The Newark Machine Company, OF Column
bus, Ohio, have just entered suit in the
United States Courts against Gaar, Scott e.
Co., OF Richmond, Indiana, for the use OF
certain patents on the Glover Hu!1er manu-
factured by the latter which the Newark
Machipe Company, claim to be infringement
on their patents on the Victor Clover HUI
Ter manufactured by them. This is an i'm
portant suit for, if it is gained by the New
ark Machine Company, they can pursue all
the clover ilullers built by Gaar, Scott g.
Co., and can collect damages from any one
using them.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10
The King " .1;s Dudes Squeezed.

It has been a matter OF talk about the
cllbs of New York for sbnie ti,iie that E.
Berry Wall, who is well known among his
aasociates and TO 'Ffhe general public as the
hE St s SRHd S 4as Sd RfsR sRt r&asAy %a
few dHys, when % eheek 9f h's IS tor $2S Xas al
of his affairs was revealed. He has beeq in
comparative seelusion for the past month
at Saratoga and Ills horses have been
transferred to the Preakncss stable. His
tather died, leaving him about $500, 900,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10

Florida has q new constitution, to
be submitted to the people next year,
It is i'll elaborate production, and is
criticised on the ground of it's volum'
inous character being in the nature of
q code, in some RESULTS. Among it's
provisions is one forbidding "all mar
riages between white person and a
negro, or between {, white person and
person OF negro descent to the fourth
generation inclusive. Mechanics and
laborers' laws are provided for. A
limitation is placed upon the legisla-
ture's power to issue bonds. Under
the existing constitution the legisla-
ture has power to ISSUE bonds for the
erection OF state buildings and for the
support of state institutions; under
Inc new constitution the legislature
shall have power ITO provide for issu-
ing state bonds only for the purpose
of repelling invasion or sAppressing
insurrection, or for the purpose of fes
deeming or refunding bonds already
issued at q iower rate of interest. -
Nor is the credit of the state to be
pledged or loaned to any individual
or corporation. Railroads AFo for
b,dden to grant passes to members 81
the legislature. Corporations are
further aimed at in the section hat
|'the legislature is invested with fula
power to pass laws for the correction
of abuses. and to prevent unjust dis
elimination ard excessive charges by
persons and corporations engaged as
commcn carriers in transporting per-
sons and property, or peforsaalagoth-
er services or. q public nature; and
shall provide 4or inforcing such laws
by adequate penalties or forfeitures. ="
Ample provisions are ma4e' for the ed.
ucation ofboth blacks and whites, IN
separate schools - !: q .:.. .s... .
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10

which he has succeeded in dissipating at the
rate of one hundred thousand dollars IL year
since he c;tmc into possession. He was
most famous for his wearing apparel, to
which he gave the greatest attention.
1t contained at least one suit for every day
in the year, and at least 500 pairs OF
trousers.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10
Personal GOSSIP

Theodore Thomas and his wife are tray
cling in France
Editor Metlill, Of the chicago Tribune, is
travelling in Oregon with his family.
Gov. Hoadly opened the Ohio campaign
at Hamilton in q speech occupying two
hours.
Rev Richard A. Byrne, for several years
pastor OF the Catholic church at Lawler,
Iowa, dies at Dubuque.
Bob Haylor, the heroic engineer of the
indianapolis, Bloomington g. Western &C:
viidcnt, dies from his ini44res.
Arehibnld Forbes, the English war CORE:
spondent, will soon be married to a daugh:
ter OF Quartermaster General Meigs.
Artists in wax are working up q wax fig:
hf 2 museum go the h}andsomest general ip
the ARMY.
Mrs. Russell Stevens. sister OF the countess
6f nu fferin, diqd at SCI, while on her way
from Canada TO England: The body HAS
been left ut Londonderry,
Charles Roberts, of "Orion," has just
been appointed professor Of English litera=
ture in Kings college, Windsor, Nova
Scotia. A young writer, Mr.. Roberts al.
ready reaps fruitage from his literary la.
bora:"
Mr., 6swald Ottendorfer, editor OF the
New York Staats-Zeitung, has presented
his native city of Zwittau, in Austria, with
the sum OF 200, 600 florins, to be devoted
to the erection Of a hospital and orphan
asylum.
Commodore Kittson is without doubt the
most unlucky turfman in the country. His
luck this ssason has simply been horrible.
He started out 18th -four OF the fast horses
in the world at their respective styles OF
going, and now all four are in the sta bles,
laid up for repairs.
Thomas Knight, . bo,'qe maker OF Balti-
more, expects to soon draw the interest on
$56,0OO or sec. 900 well invested in New
York city, with promises Of sharing in an
estate valued at over 81, 100000 in Balti-
more: inherited from his uncle, Columbus
Knight, who died at sea eight years ago.
Capt. Howgatc, the long absent signal Of
fcer, HAS again been heard from, after all
that has been said about his movements in
the United States, in Canada and in South
AMERICA sinre hb Departure It is now
claimed that the missing captain has
spent most of his time with relatives in
England.
Mrs. Scoville, the sister Of Guiteau, the
murderer Of President Garfield, is located
in Des Nloines, where she is engaged in the
dressmaking business. She is said to have
sought refuge from the public notoriety
gained by her brothers act and her own
more recent domestic troubles by changing
her name to Scofeld.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10

Criminal Calender.

Charles Thiele il arrested at Wausau,
Wis, on the charge OF wife murde.
Lee Sellers was ]ynched at Knoxville,
Tenn, for numbering Edgar Names.
A Miles City jury has acquitted Col.
Cochran of perjury in the Tillson case.
Sullivan, the slugger, had big drunk on
his return to Boston, was thrown from u
carriage and severely injured.
. The jury in the Henderson murder case,
at Brookings, Dak., brought in a verdict OF
maiislaughter in the second degree.
Jerome Q'Connor, the promising son of
Jere' o 'Conhor, the Oldest politician in Mil
waukce, sticided in front of his fathers
house. using his revolver. ' i
H. Bersa yer, aged seventy, who fatally
shot the boy Michael Smith Tor stealing
apples. was taken from the Englewood police
station to the Thirty-fifth street station,
Chicago, and narrowly escaped lynching en-
route 1lt the hands of Smiths friends. The
crowd finally grew SO large that Bersayer
was taken to the county jail under heavy
patrol ,-c..-s.f
A young man named Winney, living with
his step ther, George Daniels, three miles
north OF Cedar Rapids. shot Daniels with n
and killed him: He then game to the city
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10

This is q month with an "r" in it,
and oysters are abundant on the
coast, and soon will be, in every Sec
ton of the country. Theseason opens
bright for the oystermcn and their
patrons.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10
-- =
Casually Record.

Damage was done about Berlin, Wis.,,
where it is reported that two-thirds OF the
cranberry crop was destroyed by frost.
The estimated loss to growers is $40, O,OOO
At Cleveland, O., block on Ontario
street, occupied by R. Cohen, milliner r..
Cohen & Co., cloak dealers, and the Star
Boot and Shoe company, was damaged
$42, 600 by fire.
The New York Daily Commercial Bulletin
of Sept. estimates the fire losses in the
United States and Canada during August at
$5,5OO,OOO. This is a decided improvement
upon former records, the average aggregate
of fire losses in August for ten years past
.heinp 81 600 600
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1885-09-10

tHu+4u ttstt t}H1HfEt ttttiiEEt tei1i!:: M 20
600 which he had recently collected fpr> his
employers.
r. L. Jones, late postmaster at Lake
Providence, L*., was received in Chester,
ILL.,, prison, under five years sentence from
the United States courtin Shreveport. His
crime was the robbery of the mail carrier
between his office and the river. lie has
had two trials. On his first one he got u
life sentence.
George Curry, a we'll known resident OF
Redbank, N. j., shot at his sweetheart,
Susie Westcott, and then placed the pistol
to his head and instantly killed himself.
Miss Weseott'was not hurt. jealousy
The new system of Immediate delivery in
the postal Service will 60 into effect Oct. l,
in the following Northwestern towns:
a5owaG;;RgEN!agta3&; &f CedaF Rapids! clinEttHGR, tH
Moines, Dubuque, Fort Madison, Iowa
catine, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa, Sioux City.
Wisconsin-Appleton, Beloit, Eau Claire,
Fond du Lac, Green Bay, Janesville, Ken
osha, La Crosse, Madison, Manitowoc,
Milwaukee, Neenah, Oco2to, Oshkosh,
Portage, Racine, Sheboygan, Stevens Point,
Watertown, Wausau. Minnesota-Fa1i-
bault, Mankato, Minneapolis, Red Wing,
Rochester, st. Paul. Saltwater and
Winona.
TIE London press is unanimous in stat
ing that Miss Mary Andersdn's Rosa1ind,
which was presented at Stratforq on:Avoh,
is the best performance OF all the charac-
ters which she has yet assumed. The Tel
egraph says that it reveals Miss Anderson
in new phase. Instead of coldness there
is warmth: For classic repose is substi-
tuted vivacity bordering on restlessness.
many parts With only one style; appealihg
more to the eye than to the heart. Rosa
lind tends itself to her manner. Shelooked
more charming than ever in the role
CovSnt GaFdeH theateF is soon 10 pc de-
nolished: Thee site is 1requifEsd for the en-
largement Of the market.-It IL believed
that Her M4aajesty's thea4ter viii be eRRYert-
Cd into postoftee, ss% ss:sS...sz
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1885-07-18

Budding fruit trees, shrubs and rose
bushes, which can be done from this
time until the first of August, is one of
those pleasant and profitable kinds of
work that every farmers son and
daughter should be taught. BY the
judicious budding of seedlings, grown
under walls and in odd corners, boy
can stock his homestead with choice
fruit, while girl can adorn the gardens
with the rarest roses in the neighbor-
hood. 1t is light, pleasant work, the
results of which are soon apparent, all
that is required is sharp budding knife
with thin, fiat, ivory haft, and strips
of bass wood from a garden mat, to be
purchased at any seed store, soaked in
water to make it pliable and tough.
The writers on budding enumerate
twenty-three ways of performing the
operation, but the one in most general
use in this country is the T. budding,
which is thus performed. Fix on a
smooth part on the side of the stock,
rather from than toward the sun, and
of height depending, as in grating,
whether dwarf, whole or standard trees
are desired then, with the budding
knife, make a horizontal cut across the
rind, quite through to the firm wood
from the middle of this transverse cut
make a slit downward, perpendicularly,
an inch or more long, going also quite
through to the wood. This done, pro-
ceed with all expedition to take off
bud !; hold the cutting or scion in one
hand, with the thickest end outward.
and with the knife in the other hand,
enter it about half an inch or more be-
low the bud, cutting near half way in
to the wood of the shoots, continuing
it with one clean, slanting cut, about
half an inch or more above the bud, so
deep as to take off part of the wood
along with it, the whole about an inch
and half long then directly, with the
thumb and finger or point of the knife,
slip off the woody part remaining to
the bud, which done, observe whether
the eye or germ of the bud remains
perfect; if not, and little hole appears
in that part, it is improper, or, as gard
eners express it, the bud has lost its
root and another must be prepared.
This done, placing the back part of the
bud, or shield, between your lips, ex-
peditiously, with the fiat half of the
knife, separate the bark of the stock on
each side of the perpendicular cut clear
to the wood, for the admission of the
bud, which directly slip down, close
between the wood and bark, to the
bottom ofthe slit. The next operation
is to cut off the top part of the shield
and to protrude granulated matter be-
tween it and the wood, so as to effect
living union. The parts are now to be
Immediately bound round with liga-
ment of freshly soaked and pliable bass,
beginning little below the bottom of
the perpendicular slit, proceeding up
ward, closely round every part, except
just over the eye of the bud, and con-
tinue it a little above the horizontal cut,
not too tight, but sufficient to keep the
whole tight, and exclude the air, sun
and wet.