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Little Falls transcript., 1879-05-15
AssociatiOniwi Animals, ,

Talking with a@little city boy recently,
he expressed q strong desire to be a farm
CT, and to- live on a farm. = Curious to
know " hat he saw 50 enticing in his view
Of d farm life, lie was pressed to explain.
and then said "it must be SO nice to be-
amongt the horses and cows Children
of larger growth, if they stopped to
analyze4 their own 9, feelings, Might5perhaps
find their tastes had q, similar origin.
Gilbert 'Hamerton has been looking into
the thing, and says. 'sThe study Of ami
lnals inclines men to a steady Cheerful.
! ness 2All naturalists arc cheerful, men,
unless there is something peculiarly sad
or painful in the individual lot and even
then study Of natural history has, in
many instances, been known to supply an
interest which enabled the sufferer to bear
his aff1ictiOn more easily The caon1tem-
platiOn Of animal9life may act at once
asa stimulant9 and an; ,-anodyne. The
abounding vitality Of animals commrni-
Gates a strong stimulus to those energies
which we have in common. with them,
whilst on the other, hand their absolute
incapacity for sharing our higher intel
lectual vitality has a tendency to make
us happily forget it Z in their presence.
Your: dog will run and jump with you as
much as you like, but it is OF no use to
talk to him about your business anxieties
or your literary ambition I believe that
most Of the attractiveness of what is call,
ed sport is to be found iii the happiness
Of association with the lower animals.
Take away the animals from. hunt; sup
pose that there were neither horses nor
dogs, nor stag, fox, nor wild boar, nor
any other animal whatever, but that the
men rode on velocipedes after machine
going by electricty-who does not atonce
feel that the deep charm Of the chase
would be gone:.'' .. ...r
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A Silver Anniversary.

Yesterday afternoon, the 10th inst, the
Mason & Hamlin Organ Company cele-
bratcd by dinner at Young's Hotel the
twenty-6fth anniversary Of the COM
meneement- of their business, which by
it's own. merits has grown to large pro-:
portions. AT. the start the capacity of
their works was two or three melodeons
per week, the best Of which sold for
about one hundred dollars each; their
present capacity is over two hundred
cabinet organs per week, and they are
most of the time behind orders, while
their best productions now command
five hundred dollars each, and in excep-
tional cases several times this amount.
In numbering their. instruments they
have reached 100000, having actually
made and sold nearly that number.
Organs of their make have obtained an
extraordinary reputation all over the
world, and are sold in every civilized
country where the tariff is not so high as
to be prohibitory. Musicians recognize
in them distinguishing excellence in
quality of tone, the result, in large meas
ure perhaps, Of peculiar skill in voicixg
reeds, an art which originated with this
company. But in every respect it has
always been a principle with them to
make in each detail the best instruments
possible and sell them as low as pos
sible. The ssillful carrying out..of this
policy has resulted in this great success.
Boston Journal r.
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DEACON. ADAMS, ADMONIsHEs HIS SON.

= DEACONsADAMSA ADMONiShES HIS SON.
what's 5uE tns% das snss e; T aiyg ysF pocket Jake
WhatY Apples! After al my good advice,
You've been a, a.stealin' apples ag'in on the
Astea!la SaSo'if Haias told u tis ste.
And stea1in' s;,,ht apples on Sunday is blamed
But you win keep stealin' 'em time and time
Sweet apples, too, I'll .ventvr'l the sickliest
such condemned foolish wckedness3 beats pa
tiehce all to smash;
"0'ians m e,!hs az It happen-not for fifty cents
10 steal sweet apples, Sundays, aint no ways
If you dodge thecholera morbus you'll live to
he knave; ~
And bring my wig and nat'ral hair in sorrow
You'd make q, purity deacon, wouldn't you
Why, look at me!
Did get to be q deacon by petty larcenys
No! Stcain' is too risky for genuine piety,, 9t>i
We needn't allns toll the truth, to spiie a
trade that's brewin',. ,....:.. = :: -
For II You don't take strangers in, in trade,
why. they take you in;
But steaiin' apples Sundays the roa to moral
don't see, Jacob, where you, got your streak
Of thieyery;
1t aims the Adams style----the Adamses was
Jest like me
And your mothers side, the Browns were
famed for honesty. =
hope, really hope that yon wont steal ag'in
my lad,
For if You should get kctchcd at it 'twohld
make me very sad. ras-'yt
Hem! ot,-.--hant You got a good sweet AN.
pie for your dad?
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The Young Merchants

Two country lads came at an early hour
to market town, and arranging their lit
tie stands: sat down to wait for customers.
One was furnished with fruits and veg
etables of the boys own cultivation, and
the others supplied with Holsters and fish.
The market. hours passed along, and each
little merchant saw with pleasure his
stores steadily decreasing, and an equiv
:alent in silver shining in his little money
cup. The last melon lay on Harry's stand,
when gentleman came by, and placing
his hand upon it said:
"What a fine large melon! What do
you ask for it my boy?'
The melon is the last I have, sir; and
thOugh.it looks very fair, there is an un-
sound spot in it," said the boy, turning it
over. g:
$50 there is," said the man; II think /
will not take it. But, he added, looking
into the boys fine open countenance, lis
it very business-ike to point out the de-
fects of your fruit to the customers?'
"It is better than being dishonest" said
the boy modestly.
"You are right, little fellow; always re-
member that principle, and you will find
favor with God and man also. I shall re-.
member your little stand in the future
care these Holsters fresh?"he continued,
tuning to Ben Williams.
eyes, sir, fresh this morning;I caught
them myself" was the reply, and apur
chase being made, the gentleman went
away:
"Harry, what fool you were to show
the gentleman that spot in the melon.
Now you can take it home for your pains,
or throw it away. How much wiser is he
about those Holsters I caught yesterday?
Sold them for the same price l did the
fresh ones. He would never have looked
at the melon until he had gone, away
"Ben, I would not tell a lie, or act one
either, for twice I have earned this morning
Besides, shall be better off in the. end
for have gained customer, and you have
lost one"
A man who by lying and cheating,
drives away one customer day, while in
little while have very few left, and they
will soon find him out and leave him.
Little Christian.
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The Bride and Her 7DOWry.

A clergyman was sent for to visit a girl
who was seriously i'll. The illness proved
fatal, and the mother was left bereaved of
her child as we'll as husband. A few days
after the child's funeral the widow called
and requested to see the Clergyman. She
put into his hand small packet, which
she beggedoheswould give to some society
which was sending the Gospel to the
heather world. He opened the parcel,
and to his amazement counted out twenty
dollars He at once demonstrated with
the widow; told her that, gaining her
prearcious living as a laundress, she surely
ought not to give so large sum. With
firmncss she urged him 70 take it, and
then said, "How came to have this large
sum is just this When my child was
born thought, She'll live to get married
some Of these days. and thought would
put by a little sum to be 4 store for her
then, and began that day with sixpence.
You know what happened, last week.
Well, I thought, The Heavenly Bride
groom has come, and he has called her
home to. His bride; and, as He has taken
the bride, it is only right that He should
have the dOWrv.'" ="
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Fashions Fantasies.

With all the qualities of beautiful COL
ored materials for dresses, nothing can
equal the beauty and daintlness of hand
some black silk. This year the silks are
so perfect infnish, so soft and uncrulnp-
ly, as never before With the siliimnitable
drapcry of Worth & Heutenaar, and the
trimmings of beautiful jet, prssementerie
or old gold beading, these dresses are alb
solutely perfect for rlcn carriage costumes.
The fanciftf gnantles and mantlllas to
match, with the tilmy masses Of lace and
the glittering beading, are crowned and
completed by the straw bonnets shot with
golden threads, and have the fine feather
50 delicately powdered with gold as to
have only suspicion created, which,
however, completely carries out the gen
eral idea. Not only for carriage dresses
are black silks pretty. Some of the
street costumes in it are absolutely SO
cheap as to make one ask twice that the
price be given. One in two pieces, a
tight-ftting coat and a skirt we'll draped,
were trimmed with silver-white and
black-strped pekin. The effect was
novel and very odd. The lower flounce
had regular stripes of woolly black and
white, broad revers of it, and vest and
cording of similar kind. 1t was pretty
and stylish, and cost $35.
+, A,coarse sitk} netting,s like white seine,
is being used withgreat effect The dress
is made in black silk. The trimmings
are of some high color in rather wide satin
ribbon. Sometimes two colors are used,
such as poppy and gold satin. Over this
is loosely draped this fsh-net, and then
the impression given is of iridescence.
The satin CLEANS out but subduedly.
With these dresses the sleeves; are usually
Of black lace, and the, bare arm shows
through pleasantly to the observer, though
it processes to be covered to the wrist
Among the grenadines shown this
spring are some of the most rich brocades.
At a few feet they look precisely like
heavy silk brocades, but closer observation
reveal the fact that the ground is Of light
silk grenadine,z and the brocades are
thrown in high reliefs of green and gold,
maroon and gold, &c. Odder still are the
large plaided grenadines in faithful imi-
tation of the Madras Or bandana plaits of
bright scarlet, gold, green and blue. At
first one says these would be atrociously
vulgar, but so skillfully are the colors
mingled that you can in moment realize
what pretty effective Saratoga or Long
Branch gowns these might be. En- suite
with grenadines are the the long bands
of silk gauze embroidered in scarlet,
maroon and gold. --'~ ,' - >9',a',:-~>
Among the stuffs shown for summer
wear are the most enticing Drilliantness
or percales, nsuch a perfect stimulation
Of silk patterns as to deceive the most ex-
perienced eye. The prettiness of these
goods when contrasted with old-fashioned
patterns in percales is overwhelming.
The fould satins are equally lovely, as
the should he, costing ever so much more
yet cheap after all, as they are marked
one dollar. They come u quarter-inch
stripes of black and white, black and
gold, garnet and gold, &C., or in the neat
little polkn dots that you associate with
vachtiny nartieS
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ONE TRUE FRIEND.

Oh! what is friendship worth
If it turn from us in the hour. of grief,
Forgetting all the vows of yesterday,
Hears each deep sigh yet offers no relief,
Knows it can help, yet cOldly turns away
Withholding words of comfort from the heart
Pierced by great words or stabbed by slarder's
dart?
Oh! what is friendship worth,
#, when we bend above the dying bed &"
Ofone we love, we find our friend away,
Absorbed by scenes of Smirth, where
pleasure led,
Careless of feeling or of sorrows sway /?
Such things wound deeply, and we often moan {:
"Friendship hath failed us, we must grieve
alone"
True friendship deals not thus;
1t hovers near with sympathetic tears
For things that pain, and smiles for
Il things that please;
In tribulation by the side appears;
When really needed never thinks of ease.
So hand in hand, friends through life's path
way move,
Cheering and cheered by constant deeds of
Then give me one true friend
TO watch my coming and to love my name :;
&, To share my joys, to soothe my hours Of
~ g ~ care; Z = Z s
Z j III prize her more than station, power or
fame,
And feel that l am rich such love to-
share.
Let pleasure vanish worldly honors end,
Yct Still the heart finds Joy in one true friend
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An Appreciative Old Party.


tain conversation even with man who
is apparently willing to talk. Yesterday,
on the c. B. & @. train coming east from!
front of me. One OF them was a pleas
ant-looking old man, and the other was Al
young man, who looked Ikea student.
They appeared to- be- strange to each
other, and for some miles they rode in
silence. Then our train paused moment
to catch its breath at siding and q
freight train went laundering past us!
Then the young man turned to his neigh
bor and, said: -; j. - "a /
"What wonderful thing is railroad.''
."Eh2" said the old gentleman, looking
up with pleased expression, "Eh?"
! 81 say a railroad" repeated the young
man, ''is wonderful thing" :
"Ohw said the old man, delighted, s'is
| The SUDDENLY looking young man
looked as though he didn't know just ex+
actly what osay to that, and nobody
blamed him. I
But the old man was too we'll pleased
to finds talkative friend to permit the
conversation to die an untimely death as
daC, ~ HC aohCus III O11on, Atoioo'cu
| tones: s-za.
ssWhy is it2"
The young man looked as though he
didn't exactly know why, as indeed any
man might have looked under the circum-
stances, but he gathered himself and said,
with little rhetorical flourish: ''1>
"Why, itwinds through the valleys and
scales almost inaccessible mountain
heights it creeps along the dizzy Lodges
Of the beating precipice and stretches
away hundreds Of miles across the smil-
ing plains and the limitless prairies; it
pierces the rockzribbed hills, and where
it cannot climb it burrows; it winds
! arOl1ild---->'s7 81 - -5s~ss
Old gentleman, in fine burst of en-
thusiasm.
"Oh, doesit?"
Now, what could any man, say to that?
The young man felt Just that way, and
all the fire died out of his eyes and the
flush, faded away from his cheeks, and
somehow he found himself wishing that
he had the old man in dark and lonely
tunnel on the Union Pacific railroad, and
no one by to stop the murder. Of course
he sank intov profound, abashedg silence,
but the old party was'by this time thor.
oughly interested in the subject, and he
spurred his young companion ON by aay-
ing, after an apparently intense intellecu-
.'Er-el but v =vhya vha' foraa
The young man made one more effor,
to entertain his enthusiastic comrade,
and answered his rather childish question
growing in earnesness as hesWent on:
Why, to meet the ceaseless# demands
Of restless trade; %" annihilate space and
bring the climates close together; to pou,
the gold and silver into the treasury
iyaults ct Washington; to bring the corn
tof iowa to the port Of New York; to emp.
ty the wheat fields of Minnesota into the
elevators of Baltimore; to- i
Old gentleman, fairly carried of his
feet with excitement:
ssGfound, fences and allan
! Then the young man glued his nose t.
the window and riveted his whole atten
ton to the landscape, and the old part,
vainly endeavored to draw him out again
Little Falls transcript., 1879-05-15
He was enthusiastic enough, was the old.
man, but somehow he didn't have tho
flow of language to express it.
ACOnnOlsseur.

He was Iathera we'll dressed man, with
a long mustache, and he wore ye-glasses.
As he approached the cigar-case the pro-
prietor stepped up with a bland smile, to
see what was wantea.'et1.
II have always been a great smoker; in
fact have only used the choicest brands,
and as it is pretty3 difficult to get them in
this part of the country I thought /
would just step in and make an examina-
tion OF your stock to S@5 ! suppose you keep
the best, chez. ~ 4 D>$- .,.'. ..,r
The dealer gave him the following g
stereotyped answer. - ,'- $'>:
81 keep the very best cigars in the
city" ,f.,.;5.r. tar
''That's the ticket, ,''y3 said the other;
''1'm glad to have met you'll think TIL
be regular customer I smoke on an
average about adollar's worth OF cigars
per diem. just let me take u look ut
some." Fta
The dealer, laid a;;handful on the coun-
ter, at the same time remarking:
''These arc the best three for a. quarter
weeds in the UNIVERSE -.:.
''They may be-" responded the other,
''but they are too cheap for me-. ! never
smoke anything less than a twenty-five
center. Now, if you. have some of
them" ...... il. u4;lt ,..%!
81 have, sir" broke in the man behind
the counter and he immediatel v produced
some. .:>..,.,. -. -
~ hate, to. buy anything Lam, not thor
oughly acquainted with. This may he
the best cigar in the land. am very
much infatuated with its contour and
general personal appearance, but, you
know, you should never judge a,cigaE by
its wrapper. Now, if you will just allow
me to try one for a sample, shall fill my
case here every day if it comes up to nmy
Standard +. -.
1T isn't customary, but I'll make a
deviation in your case:' 80 $3.50 ~
The man then lighted the cigar, tipped
back in chair, and pulled like a Turk.
He seemed as though dwelling in a realm
OF sunshine and flowers. After awhile the
dealer smiled very pleasantly, and said:
"Now then, my dear sir, how many
shall l put in yourease2''
"Not any, thank you.' ~.
WASN'T that a good -one?"
''Not more than-but. never like to
disturb mans equilibrium: I am a
very sensitive person myself. Now if
you will kindly furnish me with your adj
dress and a three-cent stamp, l shall take
great pleasure in dropping you line or
two, in which l shall give you my impair
tial opinion Of your cigars; may I have
the stamp?'
"Not much I think you're fraud;''
roared the man behind the case.
>"Then I'll get right out; don't wish
to remain in your place any longer. If
you call your customers a fraud you can't
expect to getalong successfully ..
= The cigar man was enwreathed in a
frown which seemed to have in it's tenn
perament all the furies of the elements.
The sampler stepped lightly out, and,
when he got around the corner, he lighted
a fresh cigar which he had surreptitiously
appropriated while talking to the proprie-
tor OF the establishment.
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Is Extrss-HazardO

If the tourist is unprovided with some medi-
cinaI resource. Changes of temperature, food
and water of an pnacustomed or unwholc-
some quality, and route that lies in the
tropics or other regions where malaria exists,
are each and all fraught with danger to one
who has been improvident enough to neglect
a remedial safeguard. The concurrent testi-
mony Of many 5oyageurs by land and sea cs-
tablishes the fact that Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters enables those who use it to encounter
hazards of the nature referred to with impu-
nifty; and that, as medicine adapted to sud
den and unexpected exigencies, it is pecu-
iarly valuable. Disorders of the liver, the
bowels and the stomach, fever and ague,
on by exposure, are among the maladies TO
which, emigrants, travellers and new settlers
are most subject These and others yield to
the action of the Bitters promptly and COM
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Professional Vanity Sacrificing Life.

| There was aeonsiderable attendance of
doctors, surgeons and students at the
Blank Hospital one day. Dr:rv7--, a
celebrated surgeon was ito saanputate
boys leg, and a. brilliant operation was
looked for. It; was brilliant, but in the;
midst Of it one rof the spectators saw a
spdrt-spurt Of blood that his practiced
eye told him ought to be stopped at once.
He looked anxiously at the operator, but
though his eye saw it too,- his pride was
blind to.it. TO stop and bind it would
spoil the symmetry Of the performance.
He went On, and finished to i the admira-4
ton Of the whole thronggs- "a splendid
operation!'' 2S''
The next morning: our observing friend
went 10 the hospital q AS the door was
opened for him he said to the janitor !:
t.Little - iisdead: 2 The man stared at
him in establishment. Why, how do you
know that, sir2' az knew he would die
when / saw the operation" Said the man !:
Eyes, sir, he died this morning." That
same morning some one found the bril-
liant surgeon standing by the sheeted bed,
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-CAuEht af Last.

'r- = -: C0uSht 1t Last -,..t
The notorious depredator Kate-Arrh, who
has for somany years eluded the most accom-
plished and skillful detectives, has been caught
at last in Buffalo, N. T.. For further particus
lars, ask your druggist for bottle Of pr. sage's
Catarrh Remedy, admitted to be the best rem
edy for catarrh yet compounded.
To be of permanent benefit medicine must
reach the source Of the disease. The reason
why Scovilrs Blood and Liver Syrup is so sue
cessful in, overcoming scrofulous, syphilitic
and eruptive| complaints is that It entirely
them. The cause OF the evil being thus remov-
ed and the normal purity of the circulation re-
stored, the skin resumes it's original clearness
and sores and pimples disappear. Sold by all
Everyone who thinks of buying an. organ
should read circular headed "Useful Informa-
ton for Purchasers Of Parlor or. Cabinet
Organs" A postal card addressed to the Mason
&yHamlin Organ Co, will bring one, free.
j A neglected. cough, cold, or sore; threat'
which might be checked by simple remedy
like "Br",on's Bronchial 1t,oches;" if allowed
toprogrcss may terminatea seriously. 25 cts
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with M face thatstold its.owna story He
said he would give all he had in, the,
world if he could bring that boy back to-
life, for he knew that his vanity had
killed him.----N. y. Cor Cincinnati; Ga
1etfp rs = kit&sf2tS sE5t% - s5%$}1J "A
Little Falls transcript., 1879-05-15

A deaf mute stole coat the other day
in order that he might be taken into
court and obtain q hearing.
Little Falls transcript., 1879-05-15

From the Wife to the M0ther-How threaten
Ing danger may be recognized and sverted. How life
may be saved st tinaes before physician can be
cured, even in city. Knowledge invaluable 70 the
more than 6 years experience incspaciated for sctiye
ton medical advice any subject sent by enclosing
81 to address Of DIR. o. WENZ, --%R
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THE NEW YORK SUN
Observation-Disclosures.

We publish an etRht-paSo paper" THE NATIONAL.
TRIBUNE devoted to the interests Of Penaoners Sol
ders and Sailors and their he,rs; also contains later
esting family reading.
Price.-Fifty cents = year-spscal Inducements to
clubs proper blank to collect amount due undsr new
ARREARS OF PENSION BILL furnished gratuitously to
regular subscribers only and such claims ed in the
specimen copy free Send forit. GEORGE e. LEN
ON 4 CO., Washin9ton d, c. Lock Box 846.
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-08-14

II The Hiawatha Herald says that Lappin
and Scrafford were partners, were arrested and
put in Jail for forgery, aud escaped together.
We would suggest that the Herald man send
copy of the paper to Scraford, with that article
marked. 1t will impart news to him. At the
time of the forgery, Lappin aud scraiford we're
not partners; Scrafford was not put in Jail, and
consequently did not escape; he was not charg-
ed with completely in the forgery until some
time after he had gone; and he voluntarily gave
himself M for trial
The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1879-08-14

Too MUcH OF A COOP THING.-In discussing
the Republican Presidential candidates, the pa
pers usually wind up Sherman with the state
ment that his prospects would be good, were it
not that Senator Conkling dislikes him, and his
influence would lose him the vote of New York,
which is necessary to Republican success. 1t is
just as common to read that Blaine would cer-
tainly be the coming man, were it not that
Conkling is his enemy, which would lose him
New York. Now, Senator Conkling may be a
grand man, and an eloquent man, and man for
the Republican party to be proud of; but it is
quite possible that he may become too delicate
a pet on the hads of the party. If he absolutely
controls the vote Of New York, and hates every
prominent: Republican but conkling, he is decid-
edly too much of good thing.