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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20

7 One day a. Bayard Taylor was travel.
INK southwark in Germany he observed
on stepping of the train, the Princess BIS
marck. She beckoned to him, and aftel
afew polite remarks, informed him that
her husband was on the train and was at
that morent reading q novel entitled
.Joseph and his Friends She had no
doubt that he would be pleased to receive
. visit from the author. Mr.. Taylor ac-
|cordingly entered the Chancellor's ear,
and after cordial greehngs sat down be-
side the Prince. 81 was just reading
your novel for the second time" said the
great German, and / like 1t more and
more But there Is one serious mistake
So it You let your villains escape far
too easi. That 10 not poetic justice,
nag any kind Of Justice 81 my opinion. 9
NJ Taylor couldn't help thinking, he
aaid, that this crit ciisn US psoff oundiy
chasacteEistic q 3iara
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20
4 Cave That Tells q Tragic Story.

"A S0VO L AOV ACAA6 q , A0&SAO 0V0lys
The Burnet (Texas) Bulletin tells this
story: The wonderful cave recently dis.
covered near Burnet is certainly one o.
the greatest curios,ties of the age. While
passing through this cave gentleman
discovered small aperture about sir
inches in width. Having a pick, he
broke into the opening. and to his aston
ishment, he soon discovered large and
airy apartment. Entering this, he found
what appeared to be q stone table beau.
tifully carved. Several stone chairs stood
in the corners of the room. He contin.
ued his search, and, at last in q dark cor.
ner, he found the skeleton Of man. he
attempted to raise 1T from the floor, but
though be. used his utmost strength, he
could not move il. He says that it ap.
peared 10 be. solid stone. It i is impossi-
bic to conjecture who was the hermit
and how long the skeletoa has remained
hidden away in that silent cave. s S
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20
Increase of Lunacy in Great Britain

1uCIcdSe VI AuudCy Ill UIbAL brlLd1Q.
Pail Mall Gazette.
From the report of the Commissioners
in Lunacy for the past year it appears
that the number Of lunatics is increasing
at a very alarming rate. On the LIST Of
January last the number Of persons regis.
tered as of unsound mind in England
and Wales numbered 1885, of whom
7,718 were classed as "private citizens,
and 62,108 as "paupered lunatics.'
Twenty years ago they numbered only
5000, and ten years ago 52,2T. An
examination, too, of the proportion Of
lunatics to population shows that in 1858
the ratio Of lunatics to 10000 of the
population was 1857. 1t is now 27.77,
or al increase Of so per cent. The in
crease, however,, jsmuch greater in the
case Of pauper lunatics than in that Of
private patients, the increase OF the ratio
in the former being SO per cent, and in
the latter only $3.50 per cent.
The only satisfactory point to he gath
cred from the statistics is; that, although
the ratio of pauper lunatics is steadily
advancing year by year, there has beer
no increase in the proportion of private
patients to the population during TIN
last four years. The sanity Of no fewe,
than 21.3 per cent. of the number Of mer
admitted to asylums during 1873 was as
signed to intemperance; while among
women the proportion was only rs pei
cent. The insanity of 1875 per cent Of
the male private patients admitted into
asylums during the last year was caused
by "pental anxiety, worry and over
work." Among paupers only 5per cent
of the cases were traceable to this cause
1t appears that insanity is somewhat
more frequent among males than females
At first sight this would not seem to be
the case; since the number of male luna.
tics on the list of January last was 81 1888
while the females numbered 1909. The
statistics, however, show that, although
the rate ot.recovery is higher among fe.
males than males, the mortality is &C
much greater among the latter than the
former that females largely preponderate
over the males in the total number un'
6ar cura
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20

A Boston journal has been investgat-
ing the cost of the Fall River strike. It
reaches the startling conclusion that the
loss on account of it cannot be less than
41O0, O00, 900 q week. The strikers are short
100000 week in wages; the mills
$a0O, 600 a week in profits; the injury to
|machlnary, the insurance and taxas are
put at q 800, 600; the advance in cotton
saddles the country with fully 100000
4 week besides. This makes half mil
l1oE. a like sum is Jumped in order to
express The loss to the cotton market, the
failures, tho loss TO tax-payers in support
ing panpers, the loss to dealers in not
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20
MINNESOTA EL e TION',..

Up 10 the hour d going 70 press with
this side Of our paper We have received
official returns from the counties lndicat-
ed below, and place in tabular form the
Republican and Democratic vote for Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor:
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20

recovered from the effects Of the injury be.
had received. -. .,,. 49,.
What happened after that-how sur
prised my father was to find himself in:
the church With q crowd of friends about
him, and how thankful we were whom we
heard the whole story, and realized that
ne was still safe after all-you can imag-
me tor yourselves. ~. -@sIz =,
Only short time has elapsed since it
all took place, SO cannot tell YOU yet
how much Pentateuch improved and de-
veloped, and what q. fine fellow he grew
up to be. But hesgoes to school regular
~, and is turning out very bright ard
quick to learn. So we have very great
hopes of him, both morally and intellec-
tually.
One thing 1 am sure of, he will never
want friends while my father or
any of his family are alive.-John Broann-
john, in. YOUTHS Companion.
PIANO MUSIC.
Oh! bark to the strains of the jinglinx piano
That float like the walls Of q gathering
storm;
Tinkle, ting, ting. from eight in the evening,
Rumble, dunn, dump, till past two in the
morn.
Arpoggios, staccato, sdante, tranquillo,
Con dolore. allegro, nix cum Grouse
All of 1t fruit Of the manipulation
OF a music struck Miss in neighboriug
house.
I've seen her by day. She's as fair as an an
gel,
With dark waving hair and eyes sparkling
bright,
But, however angelic she is In the daytime,
The demon possesses her soul in the night.
The Sweet "8y and By" with countless varia-
tons
"lhe Last Rose Of Summer" Oh! long-fa-
"The Storm" by blind Thomas, with hideous
thunder,
And other wild thunderings lull my repose
! idolize music from bass BRUINS to bagpipes;
drink in the strains OF Apollo's sweet
song;
worship Rossini, Beethoven and Verdi;
For Auber and Weber painfully long;
But hear her maniacal Interpretation
Dlngle dink, pingle pink, grunble GRIM
grump,
Exquisite torture of articulation
Toopey toop, pookey pook, plunkey plung
+ plump.
| Mem York 21tn
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20
The Habits Of Ants.

A few evenings ago dispute arose in
one Of our hotels, between q young stran-
ger and the hotel clerk, about the habits
Of ants. The clerk said they did not
come out of their holes at night, but the
stranger thought otherwise. To settle
the matter, a lantern was procured, and
the pair went out into the street to inves-
t1gate large nest. The young stranger
got down over the nest on his hands and
knees and explored about with his cane,
encouraged and directed by the clerk.
It was not long before natural conse-
quences followed, and the attention of
the police was called to a young man
dancing violently in the street, uitering
from time to time a velley of the most
heartrending shrieks, mingled with the
most emphatic profanity, accompanied
AZ violent slaps on every conceivable
portion Of his person, somewhat after the
fashion Of an intoxicated performer on
the tambourine.
An attempt was made by the clerk and
all the guests Of the hote to persuade
the policeman that tic young man wa
sober, but it resulted in q most .dismal
kind of q failure. he said he had beer
on the force too long not to know a cas-.
of the jimjams when it was that badl,
developed, and the wild talk of the younl
man about ants. crawling over him I and
eating him up only confirmed him tina
it was not the first time he had had then
mot by q long shot.
The young man is better this morning
| He sav5 the Nothfrn Hotel clerk ia no
always as accommodating as he nigh
be, but he don't blame HIM for 1t as mucl
as he used to. ,...-s.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20
MANAGING Bees by Electricity.


A correspondent Of the Deutsche Press
describes method, which he has adopted
with success, Of overcoming the obstacles
frequently presented to the rearer of the
bees by the selt-will of those interesting
and profitable insects. This is no othef
than giving them an electric shock,
Everyone interested in bees knows the
difficulties and danger Of hiving swarm.
One is often seen on hot day in June,
in the top branches of tree not to be
climbed, ana another in some inaccessa-
bic place, seems to be preparing to. set
out on its wanderings. If the bee-master
ventures to approach, all his dexteEity
and experience will not prevent him often
from being seriously stung. There are,
indeed, several cases on record If death
intervening from the stings inflicted on
such occasions. Herr Freiwirth, the cor
respondent referred to, hit upon the idea
Of employing the electric force to stupe-
fy the bees. Trials on large and small
clusters, and even on single insects, ans
wered perfectly; the bees coming in con
tact W tn the conducting wires fell stun
ned and motionless to the ground. They
were then sorted and marked, according
to the strength of the current applied
The time required for their recovery,
varying from ten minutes to eight hours,
was proportionate to the strength of the
shocks, but all came out Of the trance
safe and sound. Encouraged by the re.
suit Of this experiment Herr: Freiw1rth
resolved to try it on larger scale, namely,
on bees in tho hive. To this end he intro.
duced the ends of two conducting wires
INTO fully occupied honey-comb and
turned on the current tor moment; the
bees soon lay on the ground, and it was
half an hour before they resumed activl-
IT,. Herr Freiwirth then constructed an
apparatus In small box, six inches each
way, which, similar to cartridge-pouch
he wore with strap around his body.
The two wires of the apparatus were,
when required to be used, fastened to
rods of suitable length, the wires, Of
course, always projecting oyer the ends
of the rods. These ends were then ap-
piled to the swarm, knob similar to
that employed for room telegraph being
attached to the apparatus, that the cur
rent might be turned on at the proper
time. Everyone 10, of course, not skill
full enough to construct such an appara-
tus, though none are prccluded from do
ing so, as Herr Friewirth has not patent
A6 IT .--..zx-.s--..,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20
"Half:fare."


The tlcket-seller at the Union Depot
has had another experience in human ma
ture, though he long ago made up his
mind that he was familiar with all the
tricks and traits OF those who travel. He
yesterday noted q middle-aged husband
and wife holding a close confab and
pointing his way, and after a time the
man lounged up and said:
II want to 60 TO Miles,"
every weil.''
81 'spose I'll have to pay fall fare, "
continued the man, "but that old woman
you see over there is fool, and I'm tax
ing her home to her friends. 'spose
fools travel for half-farc. don't they9''
mo, we charge just as much for fool
as anybody else. We have only one
price,"
"Well, that's kinder Singular" unused
the stranger. "They always let fools in
to circuses and balls and other shows for
half price, and sometimes for nothing.
Seems as if you ought to have some pity
on her."
II have pity on her, of course, but we
have only one rate"
OonAA0o OCAuk q AOoA, oAo AoS CAdAy
spells, too; couldn't she take advantage
of the lunatic act and go for half-fare!'
"She must pay full fare!' was the de-
cided answer.
The woman had been skulking forwar
during the conversation, and as her hus
band turned from the window, she whis
per1ngly inquired:
oxen go as foolS"
"Nawl' growled the man as he turned
upen her, "fools have no pay as much as
any body!"
"Well, I can't help it, can II" she
asked.
Il 'spose not; but we didn't work ii
right. I should ought to have thrown
snuff in yer eyes, put yer false teeth in
my pocket, and tried to pass ye along ae
poor blind woman going back to gaze
on your husbands grave2"-Free Pyess
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20
MINNESOTA NEWS ITEMS.
Chippewa County.

Cn1ppeWo county.
August Castle of Camp Release, Chip
pewa county, was thrown from his wagon,
last week, and had an arm broken.
Ole A. Bergstrom, of Montevideo. was
thrown from his wagon, last week, and
had his left leg broken near the ankle.
At elevator at Montevideo there is
a daily average off 1900 bushels of wheat
taken in. There is on hand in. the eleya-
tor now some 10000 bushels of wheat.
Mobiles County.
Gov. Miller has rented Rev, B. n.
Crever's house in Worthington, Mobiles
county, and will reside there in the flu
turc.
', Brown County.
William Yeas, of Brown county, .,oad-
ed his Springfield with goose shot and
then with hammer commenced batter.
ing the muzzle, he says to prevent its
scattering; the gun was discharged, the
contents lodged in his face and head, lac
Grating him terribly. Hopes are enter
tanned of his recovery.
Douglas County.
Some scoundrel shot and killed colt,
the other day, belonging to D. B. Robin
son, Of st. Mary, Douglas county.
A boy 10 years old, driving into Alex
andria with load of wheat, whipped his
horses into run to prevent other teams
from passing him, was thrown from the
wagon cntangled in the lines and drawn
under one Of the hind wheels, which
passed over his right arm, breaking it
near the shoulder and badly bruising the
flesh. -
r., ... Steele County. .> j.
"a Rev. Felix Sumptroy,a Catholic priest,
died at 0watonna, last week. He was a
Bohemian. =, 49,. nA.1 $3.50
At Owatonna, the other day, Jacob
Oppilger was found lying few PAGES
| from his horse and wagon, dead. The
doc .ors pronounce it a case of apoplexy,
caused BY over-exertion. His age was
80 years. -.
sSherburn County.
Artie Love, of Baldwin, Shcrbourne
county, lost his honse by fire the other
day. S., =: -, ..,'.s,.s '7:<.7 : -
The diphtheria prevails in a malignant
fern in q Norwegian settlement III Or.
rock, Hherburne county. It is feared it
will spread all over the town. There
'''''0 @ .,.,., 800. 80. ~, ...
,.,.,, g Wa llta,l COUNTY ta11tH.
:: Charles G. Pnotz, aged 1917 years and
four months, dled ct bis home IN Wilton,
Waseca county, oct. 81; ne was the old.
est man in the state. He fought under
) In New Richmond Waseca county ,ast
week. in four consecutiye DAYS there were
s,x accidents caused by runaway teams.
Harness and wagons considerably broken
M. and one man severely bruised. but no
lives lost OF bones broken,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20
Thanksgiving Proclamation.

Total. Al, 748 1921 Ss,740 60,1S5
Pillsbury's majority, 1888.
Gilman's majority, 81, s95.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20

~ A<VWA0 was 0A @SV6 VIA SosSAN05
Nov. Is, owing to- rumor that Commodore
Garrison, President and chief owner of the
Missouri Pacific railway, had deposited In
New York Bank Jay Gould's check for $780,
600. There was only one inference from this
fact and that was that Gould had-bought an
other Of the greatest roads which centers here,
Inquiry among the officials at this end of the
line went to show that the inference was cor
rect, for Oliver Garrison, vice president of the
road, acknowledged that he had received .
telegram calling him to New York at once,
and that Jay Gould was the purchaser. Just
what this new Investment of Goulds means IL
most interesting conundrum here, which
none are able to- solve. His purchase Of the
Wabash u St Louis and Kansas City & North
ern gave him . through route from seaboard
TO seaboard, and It can only bs judged that
this now purchase simply means that he CON.
siders the road good Investment, independent
Of the connections It affords.
b 4 BREAKFAsT BANQUET. .s:.
In New York City banquet was eiv-
en- on the morning of Nov. nth to Hon
Thomas Bagley Potter. member of British
Parliament by anumber Of New. Yorl'ss most
prominent citizens. Secretary Evarts presid.
ed and delievred Al address Of welcome, which
was responded to BY Mr.. Potter in an appro-
psiate speech. The President declines attend
ing the breakfast to be given Thomas BaGley
Potter and George Holyoke On Wedncsday.
ATiLA1E CITY, MINI.
A fire broke ont at Lake City, MINI,
ct 10 O'Clock On the morning Of Nov. 10 nsths
First National bank blOck, and owing to@ TIE
sare engine being 1isa6led md un1t @ Ion, &
Esors ~ IN was5so under control Il spread
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20

Inc steamship Minnesota, arrived from
New York at London, Nov. Is. She had on
board the crewufDsrk the Royal Arch, rescued
from that vessel when It was in sinking con.
dliton. The men had heen It the pumps sew.
eral days. One had been washed orerboard.
The vessel sent . boat to their rescue, but the
5watsr was % rough the men were compelled
g jump into the sea and were hauled Into the
boat ~ limo. y "a kEs ~, "l@
%rg THE AyENaEn. x vi.
w. 81. Coombs, Of Hopkinayille, Ky.
was shot and killed on the evening Of Nov.
III 090 o'clock on the mainstseet. Ooombs
s0ducsd fefEusons sister Under promise Of
marriage and having refused to comply With
the promise, Ferguson approached him with
ahot gun Of the hour named and emptted
the contents Of both barrels into his body
one load taking effect In Coombs Ia the right
!, q, arm and side and the other in the back Of the
bad. He died Instantly. Ferguson gave
himself up and was edged IN jail .::TT,
FIRE m AUBURN PEEITRNTIARY.
II the Auburn, N. =. penitsntiary on
1 The syening Of Noy. II, on alarm of 1re vas
eeundads and proved to be n the large brick
building ocbupidd BY Hayden 4 smith, Of
AAnoufn, q saddlery hardware and hame
& manniastoty, employing ITO tconyicts. Tho
No 8 one time threatened the destruction Of
I aAstns shops within the walls, hut was con-
dnsd 20 this one building by the energetic
wosk OF the convict company and the entire
nre department. Of the city. The contents
ware destroyed excepting Two sseam boilers.
n. Smith, Of the drm. estima tea TIE loss on
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20
"PENTATEUCH."

" The first time that we saw Pentateuch
he was about as unprepossessing and un-
promising spectacle as could we'll be
imagined.
Father and /, coming down the land
one day from the grove, where We had
been for autumn leaves, found him stand
ing at the parsonage gate waiting for us
to come up--a bare-headed, bare footed,
ragged young negro, who looked lust
then entirely out of season and out of
place.
He took one of his hands from his
pocket, long enough to give pull at a
lock of his short, woolly hair as we
drew near.
"Good mornin', folks" he said with a
tone of assurance. Twas long dis way,
an I jes' dropt in ter take dinner wit
yer"
stopped in astonishnent, while my
father stood looking down at him with
an amused smile: I think that father
was never provoked or surprised at any
thing or anybody.
1--WE are all of us just as God made lis,
after ALL" he used to say. He only
knows the whole story, and perhaps we
better let him do the Judging"
sand who are you, pray2" he asked
the boy.
"I'm Pentychuke."
"Pentateuchl How in the world did
you come by such name as that2''
"Yaas, sah," was the rapid answer.
my OIL man, yer see his name was Mo-
ses, an he christained me Pentychuke. !"
Father laughed heartily at this expla-
nation.
"Well. Pentateuch," said he, "you shall
have some dinner for your names sake,
if for nothing else. It will never do to
have it said that minister of the Cos
pei turned the law from his door. Beside,
for all ! know you may be an angel una
wares"
Dear old fatherl In his kindly, cleri-
cal way lie always made joke Of his
good deeds; but not one of Gods naked
or hungry creatures ever went uncare6
for a mo =, frov,, Tho r,oroCuonvo <~o<o
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-11-20

only she kissed him more than once be-
fore he turned togo out.
And that, / believe, is the last time we
should ever have seen him alive bur for
Pentat euch. The boy sat all the while
on cricket by the fire, listening eagerly
to what was said, though he appeared to
be thinking of the chestnuts he was roast
ing. "
I must pause moment here to tell
you about young Ellis. His was an ,1n-
pleasant story, and 1 will not dwell upon
its details. He was wild desperate
young fellow, the, son of one of the dea-
cons of fathers church.
From the time that he was old enough
to walk, he had never caused his parents
anything but pain and trouble, until one
night in last spring, he had stained his
hands, already black with sin, with a
most dreadful crime-the murder of his
own father. -, *5:#
He had been arrested, and tried and
convicted of the crime, mainly through
my fathers testimony.
The connection of all this with the
story I have to tell grew out of few
words thai the young man uttered as he
left the courtroom after the verdict had
been given. AS he was taken out of the
room he passed my father, who was sit
ting near the door.
1T is to you,' he said in a low Kissing
voice, ''that owe all this. Now mark
you; the law allows me year to live.
Before God I swear that will leave no
effort untried to make you suffer fur what
you have brought upon me to-day
It was those words that came to my
mothers mind, and to the minds of all
of us, that November night, when We
learned that the murderer was again st
large.
One would think that we should not
hove cared to talk about this terrible
threat after father had gone out; but we
did talk about it and gradually worked
ourselves into state of nervous appre-
hension that could hardly have been
| ho<3 ckl
Connecticut western news., 1879-07-09
One Boiler Explosion Explained.

"Before dying the engineer confessed that the water was low, and that when he started to back up the pump was set in motion. The explosion followed al most immediately. From these points in the report of recent explosion in Minnesota, it is inferred that that par ticular explosion resulted from the pumping of cold water into the hot boiler. There are so many explosions in which the boiler is without fault, ln which the engineers skill and caution are beyond question-in which nobody aud nothing are to blame-that it must certainly strike the public as startling and refreshing variation on the ordinary course of events thus to come upon a case in which abundant cause for explo- sion is explicitly declared to have existed by the engineer, who knew all about 1t. It is unfortunate for the fraternity of engineers that man so honest should be lost to their craft. Perhaps the esprit de corps in that occupation may hold that it is an engineers first duty not to blow up his engine, and that to tell the truth about the accident is subsidiary, and that the possession of minor virtue does not compensate for the absence of @ primary one. It may be so, and yet we are inclined to regret the death of the only engineer who ever knew why his boiler bursted. -N y. Herald.