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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-25
How to Write for the Papers.

The Boston Post hits the nail on the
head when it says: Communications
should be brief, and there are several
reasons for this. In the first place.
newspaper space is valuable. The mo-
dern newspaper Is never troubled with
the old-time complaint of needing
"sometlling to fll up" The editors
scalpel is constantly reeking from the
slaughter of live news matter and inter
esting miscellany. Short communica-
tons are much more likely to find read
ers than long ones are, and unless they
are to be read it is much better not to
publish them. More contributions can
be represented where the articles are
short than when they are long, and one
man has as strong claim upon the col
umns as another, provided he furnishes
as interesting matter. A short article is
usually more pithy and pointed than q
long one. A subject should have many
notifications to demand more than half
q column in newspaper, while all that
Can be saved even from that limit up to
a certain point is apt to be an improve
ment. That prince of journalists, the
late Samuel Bowles, once apologized for
long editorial, and gave as his excuse
lack Of time to write short one. He
expressed an important truth in his
usual epigrammatie way.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-25
The Romance of q Portananteau.

A man presented himself at an inn in
Valenciennes, France, and made a re-
quest to be admitted, together with a
very bulky portmanteau, which he car
ried on his shoulder. The woman of the
house, having allotted to him a second
floor room, offered to help him in carrying
upstairs the burden, which seemed too
henvy for his unaided efforts: but he re-
fused, on the ground that it contained
articles of very dehcate and fragile
nature, and that he could trust it to no
one but himself. He, however, requested
leave to deposit it in a corner of the
tavern until, after resting and refreshing
himself, he should be disposed to carry
it upstairs. When the hour arrived for
closing the house, the portmanteau re-
manned still below, and the woman, on
entering the room to put up the shutters,
looked at it, and to her horror perceived
that something moved within it. So
great was the terror that she sank down
speechless and GREATNESS in chair, and
in that position was found by a gen
d'arme, who came to protest against the
late hour at which the place was kept
open. As soon as the cause had been
explained to this minion of the law, he
forgot the primary object of his visit in
his curiosity to explore the mysterious
piece of luggage, and, drawing his sword,
soon solved all doubts by cutting open
the leather. He had no sooner done so
than stout man jumped out, pistol in
hand, and fell upon the gen d'arme; but
the latter was on his guard, and used his
weapon with good effect. The baggage
and its owner were both accordingly
arrested forthwith, and are now mourn
ing in prison the failure of their inge-@
NOUS but abortive scheme.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-25
Betting on q Sure Thfng.

A tough-looking citizen walked into
one of the Justices courts yesterday
morning very much intoxicated, and re-
quested that he be allowed to swear of
drinking forever. His Honor obligingly
put him through the solemn motions,
and the convert, with confused rumble
Of wel-meant but profanely expressed
resolutions, stumbled out Of the court
room.
''Bet he don't keep it an hour" said
one of the grinning lawyers.
"Bet he sticks it out q week anyhow"
observed the court with confidence.
i" Nonsense" cried everybody.
"Whatn you bet p asked the Judge.
"Twe4ty to ten !" exclaimed an eager
attorney, producing the money.
"Donel r cried his Honor, and the
stakes were turned over to . Chronicle
reporter.
"Constable, !" said the court quietly,
"go out and bring that man back.
In few minutes the reformed man
was dragged in, and the Judge ascended
his dais, raped for order, and looked
severe. ~
"Charged with being drunk" said the
court. "What's your plea?"
"Guess TIM full, admitted the prison
er, with On idiotic smile. ,...,
"Ten days in the county jail. Con-
stable, lock up your prisoner. Mr.. Re-
porter, hand this court that wealth.
Courts adjourned. "-Niryi'aia (Nev.)
Chronicle. ., -. --
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Too Mad for the Limits.

A gentleman whose face had look
anything but pleasant yesterday pur-
chased postal card at the postodice and
took up q pen and wrote for about two
minutes with determined hand. Then,
ashe blotted the card, he asked the stamp
clerk: 81 :.,-,
"1s it against the postal rules to call
man . iar on q postal card?"
r. The clerk. thought it was, and the man
tore up the card, bought another, and
after, writing a few lines inquired:
ut can't be against. the rules to call
him villain, can it," T1,>
The clerk again decided it was, and a
third card was purchased. This time
the man pondered over his lines. signed
his name, and said:
II have written here that he ought to
be in jail for. his conduct. Is that against
the postal rules?" - ?
! The clerk said he wouldn't dare run
the riak himself, and the indignant
citizen tore the card into dozen pieces
and exclaimed: %
sfGo to; Halifax with your postohiceI
= won'tssend any card at MI, but mi
waylay the fellow and knock the top a.
his head of" -Auo,ssta( Ga. } Chronicle,
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Professional ShOplifters.

professional shoplfters, said q New
York merchant, livery often wear great
cloaks. They can put away a good deal
under them. By raising their folded
arms under their cloaks they conceal
the added size the articles give them.
They have pocket made in the front of
their dresses big enough to hold num-
Der of large packages. Why, when we
unloaded woman here one day we took
out Of that pocket oil that good-sized
boy could carry on his outstretched
arms. I remember how indignant that
woman was when accused:
II was walking through the store one
day when q clerk told me he thought a
woman he was serving had stolen some
Leghorn hats. I walked up to her and
raised one of her arms suddenly.
Twenty-Five hats fell to the floor. You
know what Leghorn hats are? They
are made of 3 kind of grass and fold
close together. She had concealed $37
worth. She said she had picked them up
on the floor and was going to put them
where the rest of the hats were kept.
We arrested her. l.: IL
The hands of an experienced shop
Litter work faster than the eyes of an
observer. A Central-ofice detective
standing in the. store one day saw
woman putting away silk handkerchefs.
She'd hold one up as # to examine it,
and then she'd suddenly pass it into her
other hand, and then into big front
pocket with such lightning rapidity that
the detective couldn't tell what she. was
doing, but he thought she was putting
them back on the counter. He made o
study OF the subject and caught her.
Shopifters often steal our valises and
baskets, and then go around the store
filing them up. We know q good many
OF the profession. We sent q man to
the trial Of MI. and Mrs. Volkener, who
were accused lately of an attempt to
poison Mr.. Blair, of Chatham, N. Y
You remember it was said that Mrs.
Volkener and Mrs. Connolly, who lived
with her, were shoplifters. He came
back and said the face Of the big woman
Connolly was q familiar. ono in our
store. - .l..-.r
tn "The worst thing shoplifters do" he
said IN conclusion, is to steal from
onr customers. They are very fond of
taking pocketbooks and valises. We
would 9 great. deal rather; they would
steal from Us, for their victims are sure
to give q store where they are robbed
bad reputation. Not long ago lady.
who had $128 in avaliss rested it on the
counter moment and It disappeared.
She found On old one IN It's place. We
belleve that the thieves who took it knew.
tnas she had the money, and had fol-
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-25
Remains Of Gothic Architecture.

A most interesting discovery of q
beautiful vestige of Gothic architecture,
in excellent preservation, has been made
beneath the house at the southeast cor
ner Of Leadenhall, and directly opposite
Adgate pump, in London. The arches
and vaults in the basement have hither-
to been used as o storehouse for wood
and other materials, but the extreme
beauty OF the architecture, particularly
the sculpture and granting, led to an in
vestigation. After the most diligent re-
search, it was ascertained to be the re-
mains Of chapel dedicated to st.
Michael, and is designated by old his
torians as "next Aldgate." It appears
to be Of very great antiquity, having
been built by Norman, prior to st. Kath-
crime, Of the Holy Trinity, in the reign
Of Henry I. and his Queen Mathilda, OF
Boulogne, about the year 110s, and is
now nearly $50 years old. The chapel
consists Of pillars and arches. It's length
from north to south is 48 feet, and it's
breadth from east to west 16 feet. The
walls are constructed with oblong blocks
Of chalk, similar to those. of Rochester
Castle. The arches are of stone, the
keys Of which are beautifully sculptured
with knots and other devices, and exhib-
it at q glance the skillful masonry of
our ancestors. The chapel has been
filed with soil and rubbish nearly to the
capital Of the pillars. From the ground
TO the crown Of the arches is 10 feet, and,
allowing the shafts to be buried is
feet, gives . height Of 20 feet to the in
terror Of the building. The iron hinges
and easements are still attached to the
walls from which circumstance il is con-
jectured that the structure originally
stood on the surface, hut that in subse-
quent years the ground outside was
raised gradually until at last the relic of
past ages was completely buried. At the
southern extremity there is an appear
ance OF an arched passage in the direc-
lion Of st. Katherineis docks, the site Of
which the prory of st. Katherine's
occupied. Y i
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: Tie Dark Stock In Ireland.

A good deal is said about "the dark
stock" prevailing in the West and South
west Of Ireland. But one Of the chief
sources of that element is entirely over
looked, probably because too recent and
too obvious to arrest the attention of the
paleolithic and neolithic ethnologists.
The source in question is the Spanish,
due to the close commercial and even
social intimacy maintained by Spain
with the west coast of Ireland down to
quite recent times. There were import
ant Spanish trading stations at Dingle,
Valentia Cahirciveen, Bantry, limo
league, Galway, and elsewhere. Many
of the old houses in these places are
built in the Spanish style, and it may
not be generally known that Valentia
island was actually held by the Span
iards until expelled during the vigorous
administration Of Cromwell. Many Of
the peasantry in Kerry and Galway bear
an unmistakable Spanish expression,
and this factor ought certainly to be
taken into account IN dealing with the
complicated problem Of Iriah ethnol-
Natsse. ;zs s
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-25
4 + f7t ffg -
TEMPTED
Oniy 2 plunge, . CULVER, . plalh;
otcdng EDDY, Q little clash f..
" tne troubled waves, and TIT be freq
11om'th1s cruel world and III misery.

0niy z plunge, CULVER, plash;
oIcnne EDDY, Q little olash :
" me tfouhaed waves, and TIT be freq
From this cruel world and III misery. 49,.
Here thefe + nothing for mo b4t sontempt;
C M,otnin9 put eoorn on my poor head - heaped.
Clasp mo 20 close In your hind arms, oh, seal
Bear my tired soul to sternity. r.
ont meath your waves know there's bed
Sotter than earth's for my weary head.
1nsre are fairy ahels; and the seagrass win twtue,
With MOSES, shroud for this body Of mine.
The wild birds song viii my requiem be,
AZ Ae meath your crystal depths, oh, seal
br1ght coral sprays Will have for my bier,
ana earthsverdict win be: "Snpped from the pier.'
They never can know how you beckoned me
70 your peaceful depths, oh, friendly sea,
for yo9u tell no tales, a. you lap the beach,
" the friendless creature that's out Of their reach
Out Of the reach Of tho worlds cruel sneers,
gut OF the reach Of their pitless jeers,
9iad to clasp arms with the deep, wide sea
Rather than trust harsh humanity.
Al! lack Of the grace that suffereth long,
That should be tender with those who do wrong,
Ia cursng our world, that should be 90 fair,
And Enking sad souls in sin and despair.
Chicago Ledger. -
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Thrilling Adventure With Indians.

just below Kanawha falls, in West
Virginia, is an overhanging rock of i'm
mense size jutting out about 100 feet
over the seething whirlpool, and about
the same height above. This was once
the scene of remarkable adventure.
The Indians were in hot pursuit of Van
Bibber, settler and q man of distinc-
ton in those early times. he was
hard pressed, and, all access to the river
below and above being cut off, he was
driven to this jutting rock, which proved
to he the jumping off place for him. He
stood on the rock, in full view of the
enemy above and below, who yelled like
demons at the certainty of his speedy
capture. He stood up boldly and with
his rife kept them at bay. As he stood
there he looked across the river-saw his
friendships wife with her babe in her
arms, and helpless to render assistance.
They stood as if. petriied with terror
and amazement. She cried at the top
Of her voice: "Leap into tho river and
meet mel" Laying her babe on the
grass, she seized the oars and sprung
into the skif alone. As she neared the
middle of the river her husband saw
the Indians coming in full force and
yelling like demons. "Wife, wife, ne
screamed, "I'm coming; drop down q
little lower" With this he sprung
from his crag and descended like an ar
row into the water, feet foremost. The
wife rested on her oars moment to see
him rise to the surface, the little canoe
floating like cork, bobbing about ON
the boiling food. It was an awful mo-
ment it seemed an age to her would
he ever rise? Her earnest gaze seemed
to penetrate the depths Of the water,
and she darted her boat farther down
the stream. He rose near her; in mo-
ment the canoe was alongside Of him,
and she helped him to scramble into it
amid O shower Of arrows and shot that
the baffled Indians poured into them.
The daring wife did not speak word,
her husband was more dead than alive;
and all depended on her strength being
maintained till they could reach the
bank. This she did, just where she had
started, right where the babe was still
lying, growing and laughing. The men
pulled the skiff high up on the sand,
and the wife slowly arose and helped to
lift Van Bibber to his feet. He could
not walk, but she laid him down by his
babe, and then, seating herself, she wept
wildly, just as any other woman would
have done under the circumstances.
That babe is now grandfather, and
that rock is called evan Bibber's rock"
to this day.
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y sUmunER,s NIGHT. 4,
The day 10 drawing TO q close;
Tho golden curtains in the west
Speak Of = night OF calm repose,
And tired nature Einks to resf,

The day 10 drawing to 4 close;
The golden curtains in the west
Speak Of = night OF calm repose,
And tired nature sinks to resf.
Der the edge Of silvery clouds, #
= Far in tho western horizon.
b. In Eilvery lined and golden sl,rt.
Slowly lowers the setting sun.
Now the dew Of eve Is falling
Der natures carpet soft and green,
One by one the stars appearing ..g.s,
Lend rays Of light upon the scene.
The starry banners of the sky
Shed DER eartn their radiant Hight,
And Luna, from her throne ON high,
Essays to make the darkness bright.
IN the soft moonlight, cool and still,
Dewdrops glisten on the nowers:
Over the falls and near the mills,
Runs the water in wavy showers.
Now weary brother seek thy rest,
While angels are fondly watching
Ger the weary and Ger the blest;
Al the hours Of night are passing.
Now We feel no care nor sorrow;
On this side the river We rest;
Ere the dswning of the morrow
We may be resting with the blest.
A fairer morn for us Is coming,
When all sorrow will fade away;
And Joyful, too, will be the singing,
At the dawning Of that bright day.
'tcago Ledger.
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Curious Antiquities.

Being, through an affection, very much
confined to my house, take delight IN
being surrounded by domestic pets, and
have been much amused by what ]
thought the whims and affections OF
my acquaintance Some start and are
Ill ct ease while my mastif (who is IS
gentle as lamb) lies under my table;
some tell me they have an aversion to
my parrot Its sometimes startling APP
ropos, answers to words that curiously
fit in the conversation terrfy. them,
and they think it uncanny;" others
and these are nany-really cannot sit
in the room unless my cat Cwho is a
great pet) is removed. This all seemed
SO mysterious to me that searched an
old work on the affections and I'm.
aginaions of the Mind" for q solu-
ton, and was rewarded by the follow
ing extract, which I send, thinking it
may be interesting to your readers.
Mr.. Chevraux, q celebrated French
writer. observes GLOW exceeding
whimsical some antipathies appear
I have known people to faint on smell
ing the delicious fragrance Of rose.
and yet experience pleasure in SMELL
ing . jonquil or a hyacinth. A Ger
tain Governor of one Of the frontier
towns could not bear the sight of fish
spawn, and lady whom I knew went
into convulsions: on seeing a crawfsh.
Erasmus, who was native of Rotter-
dam, had so great an aversion to fish
that he could not even smell it without
being in fever. If we may credit
Ambrose Pare, q man of some celeb
rity, he says he could never sit
at table where eels were served up
without fain6ng. Joseph Scaliger never
drank milk, Garden could not bear eggs,
julius Caesar Scaliger had an antipathy
to crosses; Uladistas Jagelon, Polish
King, hated apples and when Du Ches-
ne, secretary to Francis L, smelt them,
they occasioned his nose to bleed. Hen
ry III. could net remain in room where
there was q cat; the same aversion, was
observed in Marshal: shomberg, Gov
ernor of Languedoc. The Emperor Fer
dinand introduced gentleman to the
Cardinal de Lorraine at Inspruck, whose
fear of cats was so powerful that when
h. heard them new at distance blood
sp1rted from his nose. NJ. de Laucre
says that he knew gentleman whose
fear OF the hedgehog was excessive, and
who believed that that animal had act
ually been preymg on his entrails for
more than two years. He also relates
another story, equally singular, of gen.
leman whose bravery none disputed, but
who was SO nervous when O mouse APP
peared that lie could not take out his
sword to destroy it. Mr.. Vaughneim,
tho KINGS hnnfSman in HanOvar fainta1
opher Chrysippas hated bows so much
that when he was saluted he fell down.
There are persons who cannot tolerate
the sight Of spiders, and there are those
who eat them for amusement. A friend
Of mine, gentleman brave as the best,
tainted when vaccinated few months
ago. He could not account for it, he
said, as of course there was no pain,
neither did he feel any repugnance.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-25
A YOiceless Wife.

Burdette leaves off his fun to write
this pretty little sketch: While I was
lecturing at Washington I saw lady
with an intelligent, pretty face and
bright, eloquent eyes that were rarely
lifted toward the speaker, and then only
for fash Of time. They were bent
upon her husbands hands almost con-
stantly. Brilliant and accomplished a
few years ago, she had gone down into
the world Of voiceless silence, and now,
all the music and all the speech that
comes into her life comes through the
tender devotion of her husband; and,
Is T talked, 7 watched him telling off
the lecture on his nimble fingers, while
her eager eyes glanced from them to his
sympathetic face. Il was . pretty pict-
ure Of devotion: They were 80 young
to have this cloud shadow the morn
ing skies Of their lives; but, as I glanced
from the voiceless wife to her husband,
I thought how beautifully the sunlight
Of his devotion was breaking through
these clouds and tinting even their af-
dictions with tender radiance. This
discipline Of attending upon suffering is
good thing fora man. It rounds out
his life it develops his manlier, nobler
qualities; il makes his heart brave and
tender and strong a. . woman's.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-25
Colorado Greenbackers.

I. "A dispatch from Denver, Of June 18,
says. The State Greenbackl convention met
here today, and nominated Col. J. Chittenden
for governor, Albert Campbell for lieutenant
governor; J.. w. King secretary of state; John
81. Pickett for treasurer and L. Hollinsworth
for attorney general. The resolutions adopt
Al oud oroo Koornov
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1880-06-25
Death Of Col. Wolcott.

Col. Charles Walcott Of Oshkosh, Wis.
died at his residence in that city, June II, aged
II years. He was born in Hartford, moved
10 Ohio and studied law with Gov. Tod, and
for twelve years commanded regiment of
cavalry in Ohio, and from 1S41 to 1876 was a
member Of the Ohio Legislature and was in
the treasury department at Washington dur
: ing Folks administration. !
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A Parting Scene.

Did you ever hear two married women
take leave of each other at the gate on
summer evening? This is the way they
loit:
"Good-by!'
.Good-by. Come down and see us
right soon.''
eyes, SO I will. You come up right
soon."
II will. Good-by."
"Good-by. Don't forget to come
SOON"
ono, 7 won't. Don't you forget to
come up"
II won't. Be sure and bring Sally
Jane with you next time"
, II will. I'd have brought her up this
time, but she wasn't very we'll. She
wanted to come awful bad"
''Did she, now2 That was too bad.
Be sure and bring her next time"
81 will; and you be sure and bring the
baby"
civil. I forgot to tell you he's cut
another TOOTH"
:'Yon don't say! How many has he
got nowY ..
Give. It makes him awful CROSS"
ri guess it does, this hot weather.
Well, good-by! Don't forget to come
down."
'No, I won't. Don't you forget to
come up. Good-byl"
And they separate.-New York Conn.,
naercial advertiser.
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r. Sitting Bulls Indians.

Information was received, June Is, at
St. Paul by Gen. Terry, commanding the de-
partment Of Dakota, that eighty lodges of
hostile Sioux, of Sitting Bulls band, had come
into Fort Keogh and surrendered. Also that
scouts at that fort reported that two hundred
other lodges of the band had crossed the Mis-
souri river, with the evident intention of sur.
rendering. Owing to the fact that the tele-
graph between Bismarck: and Keogh has
been badly Frustrated by recent storms. Gen.
Terry was unable to obtain particulars of the
surrender, but no doubt Is felt by him Of the
genuineness Of the report, not only for the &C.
tual surrender Of tho eighty lodges, but also
q the intention Of the two hundred lodges
mentioned by the scouts a. following in tho
same direction.
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Death in FaribauIt.

!: Hon. George w. Whalen died at his
residence in Faribault shortly after three
o'clock on the afternoon Of June 81. from an
attack Of paralysis. Deceased was for some
time one oI Fairbanks leading merchants, and
was once elected Senator from Blue Earth
county. Mr.. Whallon was greatly esteemed
hy all who knew him, and his untimely death
has cast gloom over the whole city The
funeral took place at two O'Clock Sunday after