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Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12
A Brute's Affection.

One of the most touching of anecdotes
about dogs. is told Of a collie shepherd
dog, owned by Mr.. H, which was
very clever at its duty, until it had lit
ter of puppies to tend. Only one puppy
was spared to it, and on this the poor
collie so centered its affections as to do
most unwillingly the work she had to
do.
| The master, vexed at the collie's un-
willingness. cruelty drowned.-the puppy
before the mothers eyes, covering the
bucket in which he left the body with a
sack. He then went round the fields
followed by the dog. who from that mo-
nent resumed her usefulness.
On Mr.. HIS return, after having
had his tea in the evening. he bethought
himself of the bucket, and went to fetch
it to empty the contents into hole he
had made in the manure heap.
He found the bucket, covered as be
had left it, but on pouring out the con-
tents there was nothing but water. He
questioned his wife and her niece, but
neither knew anything about it.
The next morning Mrs. H. was
struck with the piteous expression OF
the poor animals face, and she said to
her, "Scottie, tell me where you have
taken your puppy?"
The dog Immediately ran off dis
lance of quite hundred yards to the
kitchen garden, jumped the fence and
went direct to the farther end of the
garden, to spot situated between two
rows of beans; there. where the earth
had been apparently recently moved
she eat and, as it were, wept.
Mrs. H-went again into the house,
and without mentioning what had oc-
Cured, said to her niece. "Ask Scot
tie what she has done with he,
puppy"
The question was put, and again the
poor creature went through the same
performance. a .s.3 d.
These circumstances were mentioned
to Mr.. H, who pooh-poohed the idea
Of their being anything out of the com
mon; but to satisfy his wife, went to the
spot, and dug down a distance of three
| feet, and there sure enough had the
faithful, fond mother carried and buried
| her little one. .s
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The Bad Boy.
ssWe had company at dinner to-

I'VE had company at dinner to-day 9 9
said the bad boy, "and pa is always in
his element when we have company. He
prides himself on his carving. We had
q roast Of beef, and before il went onthe
table Istook the. steel that pa sharpens
the carving knife on, and made two
holes right through the roast, land then
Il took . raWhide whip that pa basted
me with once, cut il in two, and run
pieces of the rawhide ii the holes Of the
beet. Pa began carving with a. smile,
and asked the minister If be would have
his beef rare, or an outside piece. He
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MUSINGS {As IT wERIs.}

-A
Loving the eracetul willows " *sS
Shelter the old gray mill, 5*5%
And-ye godsl but whence come the
money .s3
To settle my tailor's bill7
Over the sky, rain-dripping.
The golden rainbow is bent, :a55
And Tomorrow, O golden rainbow, Il.
must fix up my last months rent
Over the daisy decked meadows b,
The dear lambs are frisking gay,
And speaking of sheep reminds me !
Of the butchers bill due to-day.
In the blossom fields of clover
The cattle are lowing low,
And my milk bill is ripe tomorrow,
Which gives me pain to know. .s 4
The blue-bells are blossoming sweetly,
And sweetly the blue birds sing,
And I thinK Of my wife and the unpaid
For the bonnet she got last spring.
*4s = --Pcuk.
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FARMERS COLUMN.
Items or Interest to Farmers.

AIC1AAS u 1utCECSi ~ hVAAOXSs
The early Ohio potato proves to be a
week or ten days earlier than the Early
Rose, to- which it bears striking re-.
semblance in habit and manner of
growth. The vines are of vigorous
growth, the tubers being almost round
in shape and of uniform size. They
cook dry and mealy; but although Of the
finest quality are not exactly Of pure
white color. IT, ..
No farmer, says w. A. Armstrong
can expect to realize full profits from
manure of any kind until he has put
his soil into the proper condition for
sustaining plant growth.
A. M. Miller, of Illinois, is travelling
through England with his own horses
and carriage, 80 as to see the country
and people at his leisure. The Press, of
Philadelphia, suggests that it would be
we'll for some Of our thrifty farmers to
follow his example at home and thus
study the agriculture Of our country.
If we would abolish the horse trots at
agricultural fairs, let all keep away from
them and study the agricultural exhibits.
Again an @'oh" year for apples. Mich
igan will not have enough for home con-
sumption. Kansas is one Of the most
lucky States.
Most every one living in the country
has observed openings, the size of hen
quill, on the surface of the ground, with
little rough fragments of earth scattered
about them. How many know that
these are the burrows of worms? How
| many wodld imagine that every acre OF
good cultivated land contains 10000, 900
worms? Finally who can help being
surprised on learning that the rough b
| fragments Of earth mention ed as lying
! at the openings of the burrows are q
kind OF manure, voided by the worms,
| and that the amount of this manure de-
| posted on each acre, where it has been
measured, exceeds ten tons for one year2
! Worm manure cannot be called rich. A
great portion of worm food is the sol
Itself, but in addition to this leaves and
any othe accessible eget table substance
are eaten by these animals in large
quantity. But the great service Of
worms to agriculture lies in the pulver:
izing and admixing operation performed
upon the soil while passing through
their bodies, an operation to which if
almost wholly due, So now seems, that
ri chlayer of fine uniform black earth
near the surface, called vegetable mold
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A Motto for Farmers.

Dollars for comforts, but not cent
for luxuries!'' is a good home motto for
every farmer. The largest, sunniest
apartment in every farm house should
be in daily use by the family, and the
most cbeerless room should be used for
the parlor, which is rarely opened ex-
eept at funerals and for the meetings of
The sewing society. The freshest eggs
and the sweetest butter and the earliest
fruit should not all be sent to market
and good share of the proceeds invest
ed in bananas, almonds, raisins, coffee
and tea. Its bad policy to cut down
the shade trees along the Wayside to
raise money for the purchase of fashion
able parasols for the women folks. 1t IS
time nisspent for those who s'haVlng
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Hints for the Housewife,

MoussEL1NE PUDD1NG.--Take four
ounces of sugar, four Of butter, the rind
Of one lemon and the juice Of two, with
the yelks Of ten eggs to be mixed in a
saucepan and stirred on a slow fire.
Strain the mixture and pour among i!
the whites of the eggs, after whisking
them to froth. Place in mold and
steam for half an heur. Serve with jam
or sauce.
Satchets are now made by inclosing
the perfume in muslin bag and put
ting it in one Of velvet in any of the new
shades. The bag is made very fat, the
ends being merely gathered and tied
with a narrow ribbon or velvet.
Potatoes make very nice mullins,
boiled and mashed with small piece
of bntter and two eggs beaten into them
and little warm water added together
with small bit of yeast cake dissolved,
and little warm milk and -four till all
of the proper consistency. Set in warm
place to rise. and bake in rings.
A very pretty tidy is made by sewing
strips of Valenciennes insertion together
until you have the desired size for a
tidy; line this with ribbon of different
colors, and it may be of different widths,
finish with a lace edge. The ribbons
need not be entirely fresh, but must be
ironed smooth. Another way to make a
handsome tidy at small expense is to
get an oblong or square Of satin, cover
half of It diagopally with lace insertion
sewed together, trim with pretty ed &c,
and on the corner of the satin which is
not covered by lace work g spray of
flowers.
A simple and inexpensive method Of
clearing the waste pipe of wasbstands,
bath-tub, or kitchen, the stopsag of
which often entails great expense, is
said to be as follows: Just before retir-
ing at night pour into the pipe enough
liquid potash lye Of thirty-six degrees
strength to fill the ''trap," as it is called 1,
Or bent portion Of the pipe just below
the outlet. About pint will suffice
for washstand, or q quart for
a bath-tub or kitchen sink. Be sure
that no water runs into ititill next morn
ing. During the night the 4ye will con-
vert all of the ofal in the pipe into soft
soap, and the first current of water in
the morning will remove it entirely and
leave the pipe as clean as new. The go
called potash I've is not recommended
for this purpose. The lye should be
kept in heavy glass bottles or demijohns,
covered with wick er work, and plainly
labeled; always under lock when not in
actual use.
FRIED CANNED TOMATOES Procure
fne ripe, smooth specimens; cut in two;
put into the frying pan very sweet lard,
when very hot, drop in the tomato es
skin side down; when nearly done pack
in cans, add little hot water to
the juice in the pan, FIJI the can as full
as possible with it, and seal herrnitical-
ly. If there is the least air-hole, moth.
ing spoils more quickly. When wanted
for use, pour off the water and grease,
lay on plate, season and cook until
brown in a small quantity of melted
butter Add cream for gravy. BY this
method they can be had all winter, and
are just as good as when fresh.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12

The Moniteur de Rome, which Isl under
stood to reflect the pope's views, deprecates
the aggressive attitude of orangemen in Ire
ham. with regard to the national league, and
fears the te,mer, in usurping the functions
of government in upholding the law, may
achieve the opposite result
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Peppermint in Alississippi.

The announcement is made by COR
respondent in the Country Gentleman
that the cultivation of peppermint has
has been wonderfully successful in east
Mississippi. 1t has long been supposed
that this hardy northern plant would
not thrive in the south; but from some
very extensive experiments made, it is
now believed that the oil can be pro-
duced at tile south at a less price than
has ever been done before, and still give
fair profit to the producer. If these
new Mississippi plantations turn out
anything like what is claimed they will
do, our northern peppermint planta-
tions will soon be abandoned, for there
is only limited demand for the oil, and
the least over-production causes de-
cline in price below profitable figure.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12

. The British ship, Nuncio, which sailed
recently from Liverpool for New Orleans,
stranded in the Mercy, and will pro ebabIy
be a total wreck. The crew were rescued.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12

" A true tale comes from Michigan of
Nimrod who saw mlskrat near the
edge of the water twenty feet away. If
he shot the animal it would fall into the
water. But he shot, and at the same
time jumped forward SO very simultan-
eouslv that he got there before the shot,
which he received in his back. *ssl.
Little Falls transcript., 1883-10-12

Lewis the lover of the murdered Strait
ford girl, Rose Amber, demands to be ar
rested and tried. s. ,s*s .=
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David CopperfieIsl.
Fortniehtly ReYiaw.

In "David Copperfeld" Dickens is freer
frc m defect than In any other OF his works.
II is rarely that public opinion has ratified an
a ksow so ahs 9 mas
favorite, and the reason we all know. 1t may
be noted In passing how CHARACTERISTIC Of the
two men is their choice. TO Dickens "Dayid
saw the reflection of his own youth.
Thackeray, though he never spoke out
to have looked not little into his
heart when he wrote "Pendennis." Yet his
fayorite was "Esmond," for "Esmond" he
feet Of his works; 10 that exquisite book his
art touched Its highest point. With "Dayid
Copperfeld" no doubt the secret OF the writer's
partially Is In some sense the secret Of the
readers. Though none, perhaps. have been so
outspoken as Hogg, every man takes pleasure
In writing about himself, and we are always
pleased to hear what he has to say; egotism, as
Is always popular In writing. But not in the
charm OF photography alone lies the charm
Of fascination which this delightful book has
exercised on every class of readers. II is not
only Dickens most attractive work, but 1t Is
his best work. And II is his best work for this
reason, that whereas in all his others he is
continually striving to realize the conception
OF his fancy, in this alone his business Is to
idealize the reality; In this alone, as IL seems
to me, his Imagination prevails over his
fancy. In this alone he is never grotesquo or
for him So rarely that We hardly care to
qualify the adverb. Nowhere else is his
pathos SO tender and 80 sure; nowhere else is
hie humor, though often more boisterous and
more abundant, so easy and 80 fine; nowhere
else is his observation so vivid and so deep;
nowhere else has he held with so sure hand
the balance between the classes. II In the char
acter of Daniel Peggotty more eloquently and
more reasonably than he has ever done
elsewhere, even in honest Joe Gargery,
ing-place for virtue, he has also no.
where else been so ready and 50 glad TO
welcome her In those more seemly places
wherein for the most part he can lnd no rest
Ing place for her feet. Weak minded as DR..
Strong is, fatuous, II the reader pleases, We
are never asked to laugh at the kindly, chlv.
alrous old scholar, as We are ut Sir Leicester
| Dedlock; Clara PeGgotty is no better woman
| than Agnes Wickield. And even In smaller
matters, and in the characters OF second-rate
of touch.
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Splitting the difference.

The Detroit Free Press man tells how Sam
arrived at his majority.
"well, dad" he suddenly began, as he
placed top rail In place, "Im 81 years old
tomorrow"
"Yes," grudgingly replied the old man.
"And I'll be my own boss"
The old man looked troubled, aud 1t was q
long three minutes before he sail:
"see here Sam, believe you have jumped
ahead n year"
"oan't be, dad. The date Is down In the
Bible, and in your own writing"
"'Tis, eh Wall / never got anything
right within a month, and l reckon 1 let it
run along three or four weeks before put 1t
down. Well call 1t month";"
mot muchl Pm.g going to work for Deacon
Calkins tomorrow"
"Sam," said the old man, as he let the
maui down beside the rail-cut, "this ere fence
has got TO go up II 1t busts the country. I'll
shave tho time down TO two weeks, and II you
pitch 10 smart you can call me old man after
noon tomorrow"
Sam agreed. 1t was better than working fol
SIG per month.
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His Rich Joke.


1ttFoit EItt IIthns
Tho other day q baggage wagon brought q
trunk 10 the Union depot which was labeled:
"Dynamtte within-smash II you darel"
The trunk was closely followed by u young
man who had about seven minutes TO get his
check and catch the train. When he presented
his ticket and asked for check The baggage
master replied:
.,This trunk can't go as baggage"
''Why?"
s'The contents are dangerous. You'll have
to remove 1t from here at once or III make you
trouble"
NBut there is no dynamite Within"
"There is the warning"
"Yes, but that was for Joke on the baggage.
srnashers."
"Young man, a railroad never jokes. Got
that trunk out OF herel"
"Come. old fellow, It was only in fun" en-
treated the smart Aleck. 81 have only four
minutes TO catch the train"
N1f you do not remove the dangerous trunk
shall have 70 call an ofileerl" was the firm
81 tell you It is not dangerous"
"Let me inspect IT,"
This was grudgingly acceded to, aud moth
Ing more dangerous than four shirts, which
sadly needed washing, were discovered. BY
this time the train had departed, leaving the
joker with eight hours on his hands, and as
the trunk was relocked he was handed q
Beraper and the advice;
"Young man, II might be safer for you L
label yourself With something like: 'Parlsha
ble-no delay You are evidently TOO ripe fol
this section. Now ecrape that sign on, OF
the trunk cantgop
The Evening critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1881-1885, 1883-05-16
MAKING IT PLAIN
That General Brady Complied with
The Law in the Stnr.nOute Gases.

Mr.. Wilson was just starting upon tho dis
, cussion OF the Bismarck and Tongue River
route, the last In the list, yesterday, whom
THE CRITICS report OF the Star Route trial
closed. He declared that this route had beon
brought into notice more than any of the rosi,
and II was harped upon that II showed owl.
dences OF the existence OF conspiracy. He
spoke of the route running out from Bismarck
and to Fort Keogh, Miles City and other i'm
portant points. Before this route existed, he
said that letters from st. Paul and Fort Bn-
ford had to take circuitous route of 1000
miles. and 10 reduce tho distance Congress cs'
tablished this route. II passed through Q
country occupied by very savage and
hostile Indians; General Miles, VINO ,as, was
anxious and took n very active part In getting
the route established, and he thought the tes-
timony justified him In snyins that General
Miles did all In his power TO have increase of
trips and expedition on the route, and IL was
through his advice that the stations were
built some seventeen miles apart. The testi'
mony showed that Delegate Maginnls and
General Miles afterward went to the Postoflce
Department and urged the Increase OF trips
on the route. General Miles afterward won't
to tho War Department and urged that De-
partment TO press the Postoflco Department.
for the increase.
1t has been said that Miners arldavlt that
$50 men and $50 animals wore needed TO run
the route was not true, and yet the testimony
showed that when the railroad took up this
route the contractor sold 105 horses that had
been In use on the line. lie read communlca-
tions from Delegate Maglnnis, Postmaster
Lounsberry of Bismarck, General Nelson A.
Miles, U. s. A., and others, asking for the In
crease of trips and reduction OF time on tho
route, on file In the Postoflce Department.
Mr.. Wilson claimed that thore was ample
evidence 1ustifying tho Issuing Of the order by
General Brady.
lie wished to know where was the evidence
of fraud In the fact that Boone wrote to the
Second Assistant Postmaster General that the
route was not needed and ought to be aband'
oned, and he would not let them out. II he
had let them out then the Government would
have said that here was route on which they
would lose money, and that Brady let them
out. This the prosecution would Insist was
palpable evidence OF a conspiracy. But Cen
eral Brady declined to release them, and they
were compelled to perform the service at a
loss Of from 100000 to $4,000. Fines were
imposed for failures and stood unremltted up
to the present time.
After finishing with the routes he suspended
his argument for the day, 1t being near ad
1ournment time.
At the request of the jury the Judge decided
for the remainder OF the week to have thu
court meet at 10 o'clock, take a short recess q
noon, and adjourn at 2:30 p. m.
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"somenng MOS KemarkabIe.' .

Texas blfllnBb.
An old colored man, evidently from the
country, was standing, wrapped In admira.
tion and an old army overcoat in front OF the
folding machine. when he went into the press
room yesterday.
Ever see anything TO beat that, uncle ?"
well, boss, dat ar is mos 'stonishin'. Hits
a wonderful piece OBJ mechanicalism, an 1t
les lays out de paten' stump puller an froWs
dirt on de secular saw, but boss. we has mo-
remarkable thing down ter our settlement-
sOmenn' dat wud make dis yer machinery
look like de small side show 'longslder dc sho'
'nOugh snkus In de big tent"
'What is II, uncleT
FibberY'
'sYea."
swell, sab, dis yer machinery OBJ yours am
right peart; but Mars James Hornsby hab
pomenn' dat would make all dat mechanical
ism 'shamed Of Itself"
"Wha. Ia the mischief has he gOtT'
'Hare James HorngDy, sab, haD got houn'
pup Nhat's Webfo0ted, an a dominicker hen
Whbt croys iike rooster"
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THE GHOST OF TEHACHAPI.
what Railroad Engineer Saw ON
the Teilncilapi Grade.


Railroad engineers are queer fellows and
are as full Of superstition as an egg Is of meat.
Last week, while the big ninety-ton engine
was flling her tank at the depot J0urnm re-
porter and Engineer Drifting. who has taken
seven of those monsters down to Tehachapl,
had The following conversation:
"Did you over take train up the Tehachapi
grade at night mean since the horrible ac-
cldentT" asked the reporter.
''Yes; made a trip over that part OF the
road the last time was down." replied the
engineer, sand, so help me God, never want
TO see another sight like the one witnessed
that night"
''what did you see, II may askG"
"Well, don't like to talk about such things,
for I'm different to most of my brethren, and
don't believe that spirits visit this earth; but
what saw that night almost convinced me that
they do on some occasions. had had q very
hard days work and the night was one of tue
most fearful that ever saw on the mountain,
and I've been over the road moro than thou
sand times. Well, just as we were pass
ing where the cars jumped the track
my fireman-the young man In the cab now
called my attention to a man lying on the
moments work to stop the engine--we didn't
have a train. The cow-catcher was within
about three feet OF the body when we stopped.
! thought It was vas some poor tramp who had
the body Just as plain as l see you now, but
when got down and went In front OF the
engine couldn't see the sign of man, nor
where any one had been. This was n sticker,
for there were several inches of snow
on the ground, and had any one been
there could have seen the print in
the snow. / was so much astonished that
could not speak for few minutes. At last
my companion asked II he was dead. told
him there was no one there and he replied !:
whats the matter with you +? see him right
at your feet This caused me to take tho
eecond look, but not the sign OF man could 1
find. got back into the cab, and, strange to
say, could see that body Just as plain as day.
/ sent my fireman down and watched him. He
walked all over the body and came back in a
moment with the whitest face ever saw on q
human being. Neither of us could speak o
word. 1t was terrible; so i started up the
grade, determined to get away from the horrl-
BILE thing. When we passed over the spot
where the body seemed to be ! never heard
such yells in my, life. Thoy came from both
sides of the road"
They both stick to the story and say others
have seen it.-Kodesto Farmers Journal.
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The Department of Justice, Like
England, About Naked.

The lawyer who appeared In an ante,room
OF the Washington court In which the Star
Route trial is being held, In an insane condi-
uon and without as much clothing on his body
as the regulations OF society require, is said 10
have created quite sensation when he en-
deayored TO force his way into the court. But
the Star-Route trial and the interminable
arguments OF counsel have not driven more
men insane, and the deficiency of clothing
need not &c have excited SO much astonish.
ment In q case In which the prosecution Is
rapidly reducing the treasury Of the Depart
ment OF Justice TO condition Of absolute
nakedneeg.