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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27
A Good Story by Judge Black.

Judge Black, Of Pennsylvania, tells q
comical story of trial in which German
doctor appeared for the defence in a case
for damages brought against "a client of
his by the object of his assault. The
eminent jurist soon recognized in his
witness, who was produced as medical
expert, laboring man, who some years
before and in another part Of the country
had been engaged by him as builder Of
post and rail fences. With this ne he
opened the examination: You say,
doctor" he began, with great Difference
and suavity, "that you operated upon
MIS- head afterzit was cut by
Mr.-2"
so, yaw,"replied the ex-fence builder,
sine DO dat; yaw, yaw.'
-"Was the wound a very severe one,
doctor?" 1922
Enough to kill him, if not save his
life"
sWell, doctor what did you do for hima''
"Everything: - ., ~ r.
did you perform the Cesarian opera
toni"
20, yaw, yaw; if me do not that, he die2''
"Did you decapitate him7'
: "4aN, yaw, me do dat, too"
ibid you hold a post norton examina-
tion?" r,..4 -.x' ...|,.i..
80, to be sure, schudge; me always do
dat.n EG.i 222T'>,: II - .atIiA5: -
u. SWELL now, doctor, and here fheJudge
bent over in friendly, familiar way, .."tel]
us whether you submitted your patient to
the process known among medical men
as post and rail fenciorum2":ispd lis
"The mock doctor drew. himself IN
Indignantly. eScherrY Plack, !" said lie,
! know'd you vas a jayhawk, lawyer, an
now know YOU for q mean man. ~
Louisville Journal.
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useful. However it may have been
formerly, it has come to pass now that, a.
Professor Swing suggests, the temper
ance. reform has reached first the minds
that are most gifted. "Many years ago."
he says, ut was my good fortune to serve
my country BY being secretary Eof q tenn:
perance society, and, in that ofiicialdignity
! addressed letters of inquiry to presi-
dents of colleges and professors, to ask
what was the quality of the young men
who in those days :marred their college
course by the use, Of ardent drinks. Long
letters came from President Woolsey, Of
Yale, and from Horace Mann, then of
Boston, and from Professor MoAat, roi
Princeton, and they all bore testimony
that genius in their colleges and SC hools
drank less than stupidity; that whisky
was passing away from the higher order
Of mind, and was to be found only in
possession of the more sensual and less
Dclgf0s t. "a :.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27
Keep Dwellings Dry.

A warm and dry atmosphere is not un
wholesome, but when cloudy or rainy
weather brings a sultry air which damp
ems everything around us,the atmosphere
may be loaded with the germs of disease,
and fire is needed to destroy them. The
walls, the ceilings and the floors Of apart
ments should never be allowed to be-
come damp. Sometimes when the
warmth of the air is oppressive, fire is
more necessary to preserve health than
it is another season to protect us from the
cold of winter; and the rooms of dwell
ing should never be left without the
means of warming and drying: Investi-
cations have shown that many of the
most fatal diseases ale caused by the
germs of vegetable and animal life, and
that humid atmosphere is most favor.
able, neglecting to avail ourselves Of the
great discoveries of the age, and failing
to protect ourselves from scourges which
SO fearfully afflict families, when we ig.
more the dangers which surround u.s.
Apartments exposed to the full action OF
the sun may be less comfortable in ho1
weather than those from which the suns
rays are excluded, but they are more
wholesome, and when contagious diseases
prevail in clesely.bnilt cities it is founc
that the inmates Of houses on that side
Of the street exposed to the sun are less
liable to be attacked, while the greatest
number of sick are always found where
there is the least exposure to the rays O.
the great disinfector-the sun.-Cincin.
natl artisan.
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The Ne'er-do- w ellis of Washington.

There is always an inevitable token
that you have arrived in Washington.
Your bosom friend may not know of
your coming, but the ne'er- do v ell has
found it out. There are more ne'er-do.
wells to an acre in Washington than you
can ind in the same space in any other
city IN this continent; Here they muster
and concentrate: Itisnot strange Here
only are the great graneries Of the gov
eminent, at whose everhowing cribs they
hope to have q chance TO feed. The peo-
pie who have nearly but never quite sue
ceeded, and who hope for the one more
final chance; the people who have failed
utterly, and are seeking a last cover; the
people whose feathery brains culver
with mighty schemes, which, in their
judgement, need nothing but einfuencc"
and .'an appropriation toset them afloat
for the whole world 3 benefit, they come
here, and sooner or later they will come
to you. At the end of six months you
suddenly ask your befogged brain W hat
is the matter. Is it tired with studyi
with taking in mental trasures2 with
giving out intellectual stores to replenish
mankind9 Nothing of the Sort You
have not added one iota TO the world
riches, nor are you likely to till you can
breathe in clearer and brighter atmoe-
phere. You are simply worn out listen
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Sermon from a Pair Of Boots.

There lived, forty years ago, in Berlin.
a shoemaker who had habit of speaking
ha1shly OF all his neighbors who did not
feel exactly as he did about religion. The
old pastor of the parish in which the
shoemaker lived heard of this, and felt
that he must give him lesson.
He did 1t in his way. He sent for the
shoemaker one morning, and when he
come in said to him:
"Master, take my measure for pair of
boots"
with pleasure, your reverence" an
swered the shoemaker; 'please take off
your boot"
The clergyman did so, and the shoe
maker measured his foot from toe to heel
and over the lnstep, noted all. down in
his pocket-book, and then prepared to
leave the room. But, as he was putting
up the measure, the pastor said to him:
"Master, my son also requires pair OF
boots"
II will make them with pleasure, your
reverence: Can I take the young mans
measure?v = ~.~t. -
ut is not necessary" said the pastor
"the lad is fourteen, but you can make
my boots and his from the same last"
'Your reverence, that will never do.'
said the shoemaker, with a smile of sur
prise.
II tell you, sir, to make my sons on
the same last"
mo, your reverence, / cannot do it,"
ut must be-on the same last.''
"But your reverence, it is not possible,
if the boots are to fit,' said the shoe
maker, thinking to himself that the old
pastors wits were leaving him.
"Ah then, master shoemaker" said the
clergyman, "eyery pal; of boots must be
made on their own last, if they are to fit;
and yet you think that God is to form all
Christians exactly according to your own
last,-of the same measure and growth
in religion as yourself. That will not
The shoemaker was abashed. Then he
said:
II thank your reverence for this SER
mon, and I will try to remember it, and
to to Judge my neishbors less harshlv in
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TheSTrue WaVtO Iuytg0rate.


The true way to invigorate feeble system
is to infuse activity into the operations Of the
stomach, that wondrous alembic in which the
foo Is transmitted into the constituents
of blood, the chief element of our vitality.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, because it &C.
.complishes this end. is greatly to be preferred
to many so called tonics, useful indeed as APP
petizers, but imperative as aids to digestion
and assimilation. This sterling cordial while
it nvigorates the stomach, BEAUTIFULLY slim
ulates the liver, bowels, and kidneys, ensuring
the escape through the regular channels of
effete and useless matter thrown off by the
system. which is thus purified as we'll as in
vigorated BY it. Its tonic influence is soon
made manifest by an increase of vital energy
and more active and regular discharge Of
every physical function, and it has the further
effect of rendering the system unassailable by
malarial epidemics.
We are in receipt OF Geo. T Kowell & Co.'S,
American Newspaper Directory, con-
tanning the latest statistics up to the close
OF 1878 In this handsome volume will be
foI nd accurate lists of all the newspapers and
periodicals published in the United States, the
Territories and the Dominion of Canada and
Newfoundland, with description of the
leading towns and cities. The book is ab-
solutely indispensable for all men who have
the habit of extensively advertising their
business-and what man is there who ex-
poets to build up profitable business with.
out the aid of the press? The labor in the
compilation of such volume must be i'm
mense; but bears the marks of almost abso.
Lutte accuracy. The information it gives is OBJ
tanned from the most trustworthy sources. TO
say that the Directory is without superior
In it's line is to assert what everybody familiar
with the facts knows; to say that it is without
an equal for general merit is using language
none too stronp.-C Commercial ADVERTISER. Balf
fdlo,- ". r.. Jam. 49, 1879.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27
FARM AND HOUSE.
. Earnl Experiments t,uxsesten

- AsA 410GAAs4OMV0 HuKKe8C6O.
b Practical knowledge is only to be &C.
CURED BY actual experiments, and is the
only kind of real value. IF all soils we're
exactly alike, having the same exposure
and protection, subject to the same eli
mate, and the same amount of rainfall at
exactly the same dates, farming would at
once rise to the dignity Of an exact
science. One set of experiments, any
where would be the foundation for al!
farm operations of the same kind every
where. The vast body of farmers, so far
a. concerned their own avocatjon. would
become mere machines, or even less in
the social scale. Brains would be Of no
Value and the fool of the family would
40 as we'll as the genius on the farm. !:
fortunately, however, the soil is vari-
Gus and must be treated with brains or it
tails to produce. Business men never
trust any one until inquiries have been
made into his standing and his ability to
fulfill his promises. Farmers, however,
never think of enaurlng into the charac.
ter OF the land they are going to trust
their seed tc. They say to themselves
That's land, and this is seed, let's try
them together"
1t has been asserted that fertilizers
are all washed down into the subsoil by
rams, and are lost-lt so, why is the SUBJ
soil always poor9 An exp pertinent, easily
made, would settle this question for ever.
1t Is the practice with many to put on
too much lime, hoping to create plenty
of plant food. But they create too much,
and the crop goes to stems and leaves at
the expense Of the grain. Experiment
would teach valuable lesson here. The
question of deep or shallow blowing and
cultivation is yet debatables one; why
not experiment, prove that which is good
and hold fast to it2 Light and heavy seed
ing; early and late sowing; hone grown
foreign grown seed; seed grown north or
south of us; seed gathered when half-ripe
or when wholly mature; subsoiline, and
even whether it pays to feed starving
fields as we'll as to keep stock always |
growing, are all open questions.
Why is this so? Why have six thou
sand years of ceaseless tillage taught us
nothing? And are we to 60 on six thou
sand years more in. the same style. As
every farm is, in measure, SUI qeneria,
go must every farmer be its genius loci. |
Don't trust man till you know him. |
Don't trust your land till you know 1t. |
dig. pry. enquire at every |
possible opportunity; don't quarrel with
family you are not acquainted with,
and, above all things, don't bury money !
IN hole without bottom
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27
Feeding Hens for Eggs i'm Winter.

If man has comfortable place in
which to keep his hens, he can keep
them laying through the winter, if he
chooses to give them the necessary care
and attention in the preparation and va
riety of food. As to variety of food,
though either corn or buckwheat, as we'll
as other sorts of grain, are excellent feed
for poultry, still neither corn nor buck
wheat alone, meets the requirements for
egg production, but either CT both of
them with the addition of other food of
different kinds, to make variety suited
to the birds wants, will answer the pur-
pose. and produce supply Of eggs which
will we'll repay the expense and labor in
volved. have had excellent results
from feeding mainly with buckwheat,
giving daily, in addition, some kind of
cooked food warm, as, for instance, a
pudding of corn-meai, or some small
potatoes baked, and occasionally season
ing the mess we'll with cayenne pepper.
An occasional feeding of scraps of
meat or something of that kind, is also
necessary in the winter when the fowls
are confined to the house and there are
no insects or anything of that nature
which they can procure-at any rate if
this is not a necessity it will be found
very beneficial addition to their diet. A
supply of bones or oyster shells burned
and powdered, or in some other way
rendered fire; or some other material
containing lime for the formation. of the
shells, should always be kept within
each of the hens. They should also have
access to the earth in some manner, or
quantity of gravel should DO kept in the
poultry house, as it is necessary to
the health of fowls that they be able to
obtain something of this nature to aid in
the progress of digestion. L.
Perhaps it may be unnecessary for me
to say anything of the necessity of sup
ply of water always being accessible TO
them, but have seen fowls kept where
they could obtain no water in the winter
except by eating snow, and though they
may live through that bleak season de-
spite such treatment, still no one who
treats hens with such neglect deserves, or
will receive, anything from them during
the winter months to pay for the food
consumed by them. Now, let any one
who wants supply of eggs this winter,
follow the mode of treatment here sug-
gested, and think they will be satisfied
with the results.
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A Tender Husband.

From the Danbury News. .:sl =
When the news of the Adelphi's ex-
plosion reached Danbury, citizen, whose
wife had saileed from New York that
morning by way of the boat, took the
first train for Norwalk. They never had at
the best been very loving couple, but
they are eminen1ly respectable. He had
pursued is.way and she had gone hers,
each finding pleasure in characteristic
channels. But now with the presence of
her death upon him, the old tenderness
with which he had won her came back to
him, and during the long and dreary ride
to the seaside his thoughts were busy
with the past. He could recall with
painful distinctness every help he had re-
fused her, every cross word he had given
her, every GOODNESS he had shown her.
All the little acts governed by petty self :.
ishness of which he had been guilty, and
which had passed from his memory in
the doing, now rose up before him as
deeds of monstrosity at whose presence
his heart sank trembling away. "
As the last train reached Nolwalk, he
hurried out on his wretched: search, ask
ing here and there for intelligence of her,
his white lips and trembling frame testi-
tying most eloquently to his anxiety. At
last his search was rewarded and he found
her. Not dead and mutilated, but alive,
unframed. It was happy meeting
not demonstrative, because both were sore
~ out of practice in that, but he was re-
lieved of q terrible weight on finding her
as he did.
$50 you are all right?" he said.
"Yes," she answered; 81 amt hurt
bit, but was terribly frightened"
"You must have been,-horribly 50.
1t was terribly narrow escape. Where's
your satchel2' g..
~ don't know. l think it must have
blown overheard"
"Din't you have it with your
mo; l left it on bench, and had gone
to the front of the boat to look out on the
water when the explosion came"
"That was dreadfully careless. l don't
see what you could have been thinking
of to have gone off and left your satchel
like that.
"Why I never had thought the boat
was going to blow up, did II"
lit don't make any difference" he per-
sisted. Some one would have stolen it,
as likely as not, if the boat hadn't blewn
up. There was no sense in it anyway,
and it was foolish thing to do. I don't
suppose there's any use to go locking for
it now"
II know there amt" she answered,
"because was sitting right where the
boat blowed out, because it was warm
there"
SWELL, it can't be helped, I suppose,
but it is too bad. The next time you go
away you'll show more sense, hope,
than to 60 gallivanting all over a boat
without your satchel."
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Her Own Little Room.
BY 81 HARRIET, MAVEN. K1MlRR4AI1


Here Is my own little room;
Fair as lily in bloom
That is what mother dear said,
just see how lovely It looks!
Here are my desk and books,
gg Here Is my own little bed, -
Z This ie my sewing-chair; -
That is my work-box there,
Everything shall use:
Thi nble and scissors and thread,
Stocking-ball-darning dread!-
Emery, needles to choose.
Soon as learned to sew,
Mend my own linen, you know, .
( Take all the care for my own,
busting and making my bed,
Mother always has said.
Sister shall room all alone"
Not that he chfdfeh may
Not be allowed here to play
Sometimes when they are good;
But when Pm reading you know,
Romping and Shouting they go;
Then I want solitude.
Here I shall often sit,
Mother can read or knitD
Resting my book on this shelf;
Here my birdie will swing
Right overhead, the dear thing,
Singing away to himself. ~
Pictures? o yes, forget!
This is est. Margaret
None of them costly, but dear
This iss"Aurora" and this
This is 1.-THE Playmate's Kiss"
And "Jesus and Mary" here.
Hero in the winter time
shall have ivies to climb;
And my Hermosa rose,
All through the winter in bloom
How it will brighten my room!
shall forget that it SHOWS.
This pretty student-lamp's mine;
may sit up until nine,
But shall join mother dear
Till come up for the night.
50 my candle shall light
Unless she sits with me here.
Sometimes, my friends will come in;
Very soon shall begin
Asking them duty to come.
Here mean to 'receive;"
O, you may laugh, but believe!
For this is my home in my home!
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Young ladies for evening wear large bows
ribbon on the front of the crown Draia OF
hair, They are called Alsace bows, and view
ed fl ON in front look like bonnets.
In the present style of. dress large buttons
and rich laces are much used. handsome
buttons are of carved steel and chased silver,
but the most beautiful are those OF enamel.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27

ing to miserable peoples miserable wants
that in the final jam you can
neither help nor binders The one, verse,
of scripture, that you never forget is:
"The whole creation groaned and travelled
together until now You are sure 3of
that, because, you see, you live in Wash
ingtOn.-- M0ru CLen2ner. -'.lN "
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POAHN0 III OHV WVVhs
Yours respectfully,

We heartily endorse every word in the fol-
lowing notice from the Leavenworth Times:
we are in receipt OF Geo. P. Rowell s. Co.'S
Newspaper Directory for 1879. and must saw
that it is the best ever issued by Rowell--which
is saying a good deal. It is on the same plan
as the rate book issued by commercial agen-
cies, and is most complete in every particular.
Rowell & Co. are honest, straightforward and
reliable, and we commend their directory for
1879 to every advertiser in the United States
-KinSleu, KAN Leader. T'eb. &. 1874
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27
Gen ius and Strong Drink Divorced.

From the Chicago Advance. t.,:.,.-.. =. :
The remark is frequently heard that
It's the most gifted, the "generous,' fell
lows who are most apt to fall into intern
perance. The saying is neither true nor
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27

American Newspaper Directory. for 1879. It
is well gotten up book of $50 pages. Mr..
Rowell is entitled to great credit from the
press of this country for his newspaper enter
prise. The work is vastly important for the
library OF information which it contains
North W0ncheSter, Ind, Journal, Jan. 30. 1879.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27

All the @phones" of this phonetic age are
surpassed in practical benefit to mankind, by
the discovery of Allan's Anti-Fat, the great
and only known remedy for obesity, or corpu-
pleasant Or injurious eject, its action being
simply confined to regulating digestion, and
preventing an undue assimilation of the cor
bonaceous, or flesh producing, elements of the
food. Sold by druggists
ELLSWORTH, Kaaa., July 18Th, 1878.
BOTANIC MEDICINE Co., Buffalo, N. Y:
Gent1enaen-Allan's Anti-Fat reduced me
seven rounds IL, Ona .u,oal-
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27
CHEW
The Celebrated
"Matchless
Wood Tag Plug
hND nm
I'm PIONEER TOBACCO COMPAY.
New York. Boston and Cica on

New York. Boston and Cicago
For upwards of thirty years MRS. WINS
LOWS SOOTHING SYRUP has been used
for children with never failing success. It
corrects acidity Of the stomach, relieves wind
colo, regulates the bowls, cures dysentcry
and diarrhea, whether arising from teething
or other causes. An old and well-tried rem.
edy. Is cts. bottle.
Among American manufactures, few have
done our country as much credit as the Mason
& Hamlin Cabinet Organs, which have been
acknowledged best at all great worlds exhbi
tions for many years. See advertisement.
We have received Of Geo. 2. Kowell & Co.,
their Newspaper Directory for the quarter,
issued January. 1t is neat volume and OF
great value..-Southern Egis, Ashville, Aza
jan. 90, 1879.
Test ed by Time-F0r, Throat Diseases,
Colds, and Coughs, browns BRoNc1AL
TRocHEs" have proved their efficacy by test
Of many years. 25 cents box.
Chew Jackson's Best Sweet Navy Tobacco
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27

The Directory is Of Invaluable service to ad-
vertsers throughout the country, as it gives
accurate and reliable information of the circu-
newspapers published in the country. The
large advertising business of Rowell & Co.
gives them the very best facilities for obtaining
the reliable statistics presented in this volume.
-.Sunday Morning Tribune, Rochester, ". y.
Feb g 1874
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27
CHILDREN DO NOT DUE of the cr0nn to w

CHILDREN DO NOT DIE of the Group to whom
DIR. VIM. HALLS BALsAM EoR THE LUNGS is
administered. Parents will do well to re-
member this fact and keep medicine, which
ssyed so many lives, in the house ready for an
emergency. The Balsara overcomes tend
cncy to consumption, strengthens weak and
heals sore lungs, remedies painful and asth.
matte breathing, banishes hoarseness and
cures all bronchial and tracheal inaamm alton.
Il you have cough, use it "earlv and often"
All Druggists sell it.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1879-02-27
Octave Choruses.

A splendid stock Of these hand cost but to 10 cts
each and each contains favortte anthem, Gee Ora
torio or other Chorus, Quartet, or Part Song They
sro much used BIZ Chotrs and Societies for occasional
singing Try dozen2 Send for List send 10 cts for
our full Book Catalogue. 'ss 80 =. u =