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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
German Matrimonial Ex change

The establishment Of a "matrionial
exchange" is a late Berlin movement.
It's object is the promotion of marriages,
for the patriotic purpose of increasing
the German people. In the marriage
chamber Of commerce, single people, OF
all ages, and both sexes meet, and those
who fancy each other talk matrimonial
matters over in couples, and agree or
disagree as the case may be, and nobody
hurt. 1t is practical proceeding, with
no manner Of sentiment in it, but such
parties are generally in earnest, and
mean business. No time is fooled away
in moonshine. The object is wedlock,
and the conversations are directly to
the purpose, and sometimes couples
join their fortunes upon mutual faith,
sometimes references are given and re-.
guired, and nearly always, if the ear
nest man or woman sticks to 1t, the re-
suit is a match more or less eligible.
The entrance fee to the chamber is 81 :
80 for Berlinese, and 50 as for provin-
Gals, which entities them to admission
until their object is attained, or all
hope is aband oned. All parties con-
ttrac in case Of their marriage through
the agency Of the chamber to pay the
association one per cent. Of their annual
income during their welded lives
This novel cham Der Of commerce seems
to work well in Germany, and max
serve the patriotic ptlrp pose, while il
adds TO the general happ iness Of man
kind. 81 f ..zS Il tl5 5 l5sE Il.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
How Bonner Bluffed the Herald.
Robert Bonner, of the New York Led

ger. is one of the few really self made
men Of this city, and one OF the substan-
tial few. His history of sixty years is well
known to most readers, but J. think the
following anecdote illustrative Of hin,
has never been properly told. He had
been advertising quite largely in his
way in the Herald, Of this city, some
times taking as much as two columns to
announce a. blood cnrdling tale by
Selyanus Cobb, Jr., or some other OF
his sensational story writer's. On one
occasion he went to the Herald with a
six line advertisement which he wished
inserted once in each column Of one OF
Of the advertising pages, the rest of the
column and page to be blank. The
clerk taking the advertisement referred
it to Joseph Elliott, then the publisher
Of the Herald, to whom Mr. Bonner
said Can't I have page to myself q
Certainly yon cam" WAS the reply.
Cant ] have two?'' Bonner asked.
Eyes Can't I have fonr 2" Il guess
So" How about eight p Elliott had
to consult with Hudson or Bennett, and
there was some mechanical difficulty
Bonner had to content himself with
his six line advertisement inserted
twenty four times, at cost for Tho
single days pub of about 50 900
But he always claimed to have sbluffe,a'
the Herald correspondence Chicag,
| inter Ocean.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
Is the dairyman to woxry himself and

Is the dairyman to worry himself and
the COW in useless defiance of her nat
5ural habit? BY no means. He must
suit his case to the circumstance S, and
reduce the milk yield as much as posi-.
bic By milking once day perhaps, and
compensate the COW for her extra bur-
den by giving her more feed up to q
safe limit. What this limit may be de.
ponds wholly upon the ability Of the
COW to healthfully digest md dispose Of
the food. And no one but the inteli-
gent owner can say what this limit may
be, for it viii vary, as cows vary, and nc
two cows are precisely alike. AS long as
the COW is in thriving condition, not
losing flesh or making fat. the limit is
not reached. n. t1s4} .~E5 s..ss.r. +. u
But as d rule, to be contracted and
expanded judiciously and safely, it
might be said that COW should be dried
off six weeks before she is due to calve.
That up to to that time she should be
literally fed, in the usual amer; that
thenceforth her food should be curtailed
or even changed to dry hay; and if her
condition is reduced somewhat, so much
the better It will make it safer for her
and the calf. The milking may be
done once E day, or not wholly compile:
ted, leaving little in the udder. Wa
have even taken little milk several
times day from cow III this condition,
with the effect OF rapidly drying the nd.
der. But it is dangerous timing, and
one to be avoided, to leave any consid-
cradle quantity of milk in cows udder
at this time. ".
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
wrIRLTyG sPTRg OF wATEa
How q Funnel Of Sea-Poaul Danced Along
the Surface OF Jersey Entss-
From the New Tersey Coasr Pho

j 70 II tnS Se~ jBFSsSf Lsa5t 5. i''.
While your correspondent ard rod
were sailing IN Great Bay or The aitar
noon Of July Is they saw h':gS ToGer-
spout-the first ever know IL tbe.
body Of water Our attention was 81
first attracted by q violent c5mrno5iou
of the water, covering space of pros
ably twenty yards ii diameter. By the
aid OF d pair OF marine glasses VS.
watched it attentiveIy during It's iorna-
tion, and as It pursued its rapid fight
toward the vest We were enabled 20
make the following observations: The
body Of water appeared 90 hs laapiHg
and fosning with great violence ana
was travelling at the rate Of eight 0r ten
miles an hour AS il moved swiftly On
its course it gradually assembled toward
. dense, black cloud that everything IL
Presently va observed the eiouj 20
change IN appearance, q portion q Il
becoming elongated and descended to-
ward the waters that rose TO meet It
and, rs It drew The water up INTO i,
changed from sn iasy btaekness ~ 3
much lighter color.
The thing was nov complete aud con-
sisted Of mass OF seethiug, foamiag
water whose diameter nal Increased TO
forty Yards or more "a which MAS joined
narrow funnel, WHICH extended aS
least 8 quarter OF an mile upward, where
it united with the heavy, black cloud
that still lowered over it. The funnel,
if such we may call it, at first ran dowu
in almost perpendicular direction, but
soon changed In o double sEtrve, aud as
it swayed 60 and fro III the ar i5 pre-
sented the appearance OF hinge rope,
connecting the mass OF rxrter With the
inky cloud above.
The whole affair lasted, 81 near ~ ws
could Judge, for about fifteen minutes.
when the upper portion gradually BE-
came less dense until is finally dlsssp-
peared, while the waters continued IN
agitation a few minutes longer From
the time we discovered it until It's dis
solution it kept mp the same rSss Of speed
, had any boats been IN It's paFh i would
assuredly have meant destruction g.
/ bnem.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
The Horses Lungs.

The horse derives his power of en-
durance from an increased interior lung
surface. No m atter how great his stat
ure, or how heavy his muscle, if he is
deficient in lung power, he will be like
locomotive having very large and very
heavy driving wheels, surmounted with
disproportionately small boiler; the
wheels and shaft sufficient for train OF
thirty loaded cars, while steam for NOV
ing half that number is all the boiler
can generate. A horse of ten hundred,
having full lung Development, and with
al we'll muscled, will move given load
greater distance in a. specified
time than a horse with a fifth
more size, but having scant lung
surface. Bulk and heavy muscles, out
Of proportion to the lung cap acity,
is direct detriment. The horse
does not get his refrigeration, as is
commonly supposed, directly and at
once from the air he breathes, but, on
the other hand, the renewal of vigor
comes through the rapid change
wrought upon the blood by it's contact
with the an in the delicate lung tissue.
The air, as such, gives no tone or i'm.
petus to the muscles through the act of
breathing, but forty times in a minute
the heart sends the venous blood, de-
prived of it's valuable properties by
reason of having left these remote
tissues, muscular and otherwise, where
needed, to the lungs, Instantly as it
were, it is aerated, goes back to the
heart, and again forty times a minute,
in the horse, and nearly twice that
frequently in the human subject, the
heart sends the oxygenated blood to
the brain, muscles and all other tissues !;
and it is upon it's reaching it's destina"
ton that the horse receives the benefit
Of the lung capacity he possesses, and
not before. National Live Stock Jour
nal
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
THE HOME CIRCLE AND FARM.
The Model Woman.

Charles Dickens. She only is a true
and noble wife for whose ambition a
husbands love and her children's ado
ration are sufficient, who applies her mil
itary instincts to the discipline Of her
household and whose Legislatures exer-
clse themselves in making laws for her
nurse, whose intellect has field enough
for her in communion with her hus-
band, and whose heart asks no other
honors than his love and admiration {;
o woman who does think it q weakness
to attend to her toilet, and who does not
disdain to be beautiful, who believes in
the virtue of glossy hair and well-fitting
gowns, and who eschews rents and
rayeled edges, slipshod shoes and auda-
cious make-ups; woman who speaks
low, and does not speak much; who is
patient, and gentle, and intellectual
and Industrious; who loves more than
she reasons, and yet does not love
bliadly; who never scolds and never
argues but adjusts with smile; such q
woman is the wife we have all dreamed
of once in our lives, and is the mother
we still worship in the backward dis
lance of the past.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
Manners Of the Moors.
Tangier Letter to Pittsburgh Chronicle Tie
graph

1auSleT Aeuel 70 FlttSpUTRn CJlTOilcIt eio-
graph
Absolutely barl,aric IN their habits,
the 100000 or G, 900, 600 of inhabitants
"A census was never taken--can not be
said, however, to be entirely deprived
of Ger tain kind Of civilization. But
this civilization is d1anetricallv opposed
to our own. After having carefully OBJ
served their habits and modes of life, /
can readily understand why you could
easier make Chinaman or an Indian
accept our civilization than Moor !
will quote but a few instances In my
daily life. To honor a person the
European arises and removes his hat;
the Mussulman remains seated with his
head covered. When entering place Of
worship, or house, instead Of removing
his hat, the AIussulman takes off his
shoes and leaves them outside the
door. We consider the right side 81
the place OF honor; the Moor the
left. When inviting a friend to enter his
house the Moor steps in first and lets his
guest follow him. kissing the hand is q
sign of respect with us the Moor when
saluting kisses his own hand. 1t would
not be very digni6ed for n European
King to carry an open umbrella when
in Kingly attire; IN Morocco the UNI
brella is the emblem of imperial ma
jesty, and no one else is permitted to
carry one. All this is only matter OF
custom. There are many habits, how
ever, which would never be brought 20
correspond with our own. / hardly
need mention polygamy, the secrecy
wit, which females are surrounded and
hiddsd from view, nor the existing
slavery, which can not be stopped. We
take our meals by daylight ard sleep
at night; in the month Of the Rnanla-
dam, the great religious. and / may So
cial, festival of the Mohammedans they
partaGe not Of . drop Of water OF mos-
sci of food in daylight. They take their
meals at night and spend the night IN
eztrayagant feasts and orgies. We uu-
dress for our nights rest; the Naham-
| nedan sleeps in his daily dress, His
day of rest is Friday instead Of ssanday
We write from the left to the right, be
| writes from right to left. We begin "a
read book on the first page his frss
page is our last. In short, I believe
those two civilizations. hare actually
! nothing in common.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
Less Fancy aud More Pork,

Colonel T. D. Curtis, who raises an
aually more than 100 head Of swine, &C
knowledges having had "the short nose
and short ear hobby" and chad it bad, :"
and held to it until the Authorization ex-
tended also to weights and profits. Now
he wants less fancy and more pork"
long bodies with broad backs and full
rounded hams" mot mammoths," he
tells the Farm Journal, but good med
ium Sizes" such as have in his pens and
pastures averaged $50 pounds at eight
and half months age: IF these had
been of the fancy breeds with the short
noses and clumpy bodies, they could
not have been made to weigh more than
half as much. Such large hogs are
more active and vigorous. They will
help themselves, which is quite an item
in swine rearing, and they will grow
on grass and eat any kind of coarse food
and thrive on it. They also have less
fat, which is in their favor"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
An Tnducenaent fog In1ruigraeinn-

NJ. Geo. Han1aItou, froxa his 4aies
and orderly down east home, WIS II
Missouri looking for farm, When .
land agent showed hias through fsay
county, aud offered the following in
statements To settle shere. There is
40 such land elsewhere 10 Missouri. and
The society can not f,s surpassed. DO
you see that house over there Well
there Is where the Ford brothers HTesIs
and where poor Charlie coaaasifsesa sai-
eide. And also THAI oge across the field
Wood Hite was killed In saas house
Over yoader q little wars is The old
homestead of the James saraiiy. IF rau
could only stay ever until to-moFsov ]
would take pleasure IN Introducing ron
10 Frank, whom we expect ever from
Boenville 70 speaid dag CT swo vish
us. About six niles further an W.
come to tbs Mormon settlement Ali
good peopls 10 live among We have
about 800 Of Them. soters ID this eeun-
tyr Mr.. Hamilton took the ners tram
home. He won't settle IN lissoszra.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
L. Disappointed Wife.

''Pipsey Potts" in Arthur's Magazine
She was sentimental, and yet practi-
cal, and one of the best Of managin 8
housewives. She said to us once:
IT did wish Tobias would say to me,
as other kind, married men said to their
wives, that they were glad OF the day
that made them one that their homes
We're so happy and so we'll kept; that
they enviel no man, and all these
comfortable things that go so far to
make life blessed and enjoyable, and
one time I laid plan to make Tobias
say beautiful things to me. The
COW he had bought at a sale
had never been paved for. It
was to have been in three payments,
and by dint of the closest kind Of fnan-
ciering and extra managing l raised the
money, and little by little paid on it,
until finally the old farmer gave me the
note. Now was sure that as soon as
Toby saw what T had done he would
gather me to his bosom and wall out,
"my treasure! my priceless TREASURED"
In the evening after tea, while he sat
reading, stole up to bis chair, lald my
hand on his shoulder, and said, as 7
thurst the note before his face:
"See here; what do you think OF
this?'
Gle paused. He took the slip OF
paper listlessly between his thumb
and finger and turned it over,
turned it back, and then looked
at it calmly. I supposed he was get
ing ready to weep. Instead he handed
it back carelessly and resumed his pa
per. I said:
"What do you think of it?'
"Oh! it's all right, fur as I can see,
was the Indifferent reply?"
And the wife! She had the good
sense to laugh over it at the time, she
told US, though we presume she did
sneak away and wipe her eyes when she
was SO rudely walked from the dream she
had induIped in
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
j When Should a Cow 90 Dry.
From the Dairy.

From the Dairy.
There is such thing as burning q
candle at both ends. One may easily
do this in the dairy, and, while the
"good, easy man. thinks heis making g
good deal Of light at the same cost, sud-
denly his candle may go out. Thus kind
OF thing may go on when one milks the
cows up to the time Of calying or
near il, and even encourages it by
feeding it fer that end. But then it
may not. And it is the dairy s
business to know all about it and
not take my general rule for
B his guide. There is no rule Without a
multitude Of exceptions, and these are
as numerous as times, places and cir
cuastances.; and, IS eircumsta nces alter
cases, 50 the reply to the question we
have put above depends upon circun-
stances. There are cows that viii not
90 dry, but VIII milk from calf to cali.
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ro~.. anu ulaKlng myself known.
II think we'd better have tea" said
the voice; cts more refreshing than
coffee. Oh, how is Mary to-day?
Think Of my never asking before"
"Mary is poorly" said Mrs. Russell,
ooh, Mrs. Cullen, what pity it is that
flirting young minister came down tc
the Vale of Cruix. T don't know what
Mrs. Stevenson was about to let him dc
as he did! We all thought he was
counting Mary. She did, poor child.
She just loved him dearly. And that
day before he went away he told her he
was engaged to some girl in Glasgow.
I'm afraid It's broken her heart. She
told me all about 1t. oh, Aunt Rus
SELL she said, I know I ought to be
ashamed but can't helpit. He seemed
to like me so. I hope I shall die Of this
fever, for life is nothing tc me-
Ashamed? Wy, this he who ought to
be ashamed. Of all the things, min
lister to be cold, cruel flirt. And that
is what Hugh Mactaggert is. :"
T listened, but I could not move OF
speak. I felt as though my heart also
was breaking; and oh, the time SUI
tered! The women drank their tea and
lett, and then Angelina turned to me
with cold sarcastic smile.
II see by your face that the little
story is perfectly true, Mr.. Mactag-
CERT" she said.
"Angelina," I faltered, II have done
nothing that should give offense to you. !"
Nothing but love another woman"
she answered. Love her and let her
see it, meaning to marry me. Don't
think I'm hurt; indeed, I am relieved !!
I should have kept my word to you but
for this; but not so gladly as I once
should. You are q very good looking
man, but on the whole you don't suit
me. / met Mr.. S. at Millport, and he
does. Frankly, I have been thinking
what pity it was must decline his
offer. As for this-Mary, is it not p.
wouldn't she make "a very good minis
ter's wife %
1t came to my mind that she would
that she was the only wife for me;
that Angelina, splendid as she was,
would never have made me happy.
But I only said, miss Melville, if
you desire to have your freedom I have
no choice" A.. .'~
II desire it greatly" she answered.
1T is yours" said, with bow.
After that T think we were both hap
pier than we had been for days, and we
shook hands when we parted.
That night I went up to the Vale of
Cruix, and I told Mary that my mar
rage had been broken off and that she
was the only woman I had ever loved.
She tried to summon up her pride
and refuse me, but failed in the at
tempt, and let me take her to my
heart. To-day I am pastor Of the
church at the Vale OF Crt1ix. Mary is
my wife, and we are as plain and quiet
pair as you could fancy. ! even help
my wife pick currants, and I have tax
en- d turn at tie garden when help is
scarce. But i do not envy Mr.. s. his
wife nor pine for the luxurious posi-
Utilities that I lost with Angelina. Mary
and my little home content me. d ].
But one thing 10 on my conscience
I have never been able to ask myself
the question, Did / Hirt with Mary q
# moi, what was il English Maya
zine,
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and I would drive it out. The old peo-
pie would go to bed after while, and
then Mary and [ would find ourselves
hungry, and she would go into the
kitchen to find something good. I al
ways held height for her; and when
something good was found we ate it in
the back porch, sitting side by side on
the step, like two children. She was
so like a child---that little MarY-that
it seemed no harm to ask her to kiss
me good night, or to hold her hand in
mine as it rested on my arm in our long
walks home from church on Sunday
evening. ,@".. ...s....-.
The summer passed; October came
Angelina returned to the city and wrote
to me. It was while we were eating
peaches and cream in the back porch
that evening that I said to Mary: n
will tell you secret, if you will keep it
for while, Mary"
ooh, Of course ] Will, Mr.. Mectag-
CERT"
II I'm going to be married this au-
tumn, Mary" I said. ''Those pretty
letters you always thought came from,
my sister are from the Lady who is to
marry me. She is very beautiful, very
rich, very stylish, but very kind. You
must come and SEQ US, Mary, when you
are married. shall tell Angelina how
good you have been to me-what a
sweet little sister ! have found out here
in the Vale of Cruix. Why, Mary"
For, as spoke, T felt the little hand
t held grow cold and heavy in mine. I
saw her sink backward. The big china
bowl OF peaches and cream slipped with
q crash to the ground and was shat
tered to pieces.
| caught the poor child in my arms.
In moment she came to herself and
said she had oyertired herself, she
thought. They had been baking all
day, and it was warm. And now she
babe me good night But did not see
her next day, nor the next. She kept
her room, and was not we'll enough to
bid me good-by.
Poor little Mary! felt very misera-
BILE. However, Angelina met me at
Glasgow. She was more beautiful
than ever-more elegant in contrast to
my simple country friend--and very
soon 1 laughed at myself tor the thought
that had been in my heart. Of course,
I said it was the baking that had over
come Mary--it was not my news.
had only been to her as friend--as a
brother. had not made love to her.
But thought OF Mary great deal, and
T missed her every hour, exactly-oh,
yes, exactly--as | might sister.
I wrote to Mrs. Stevenson, and her
answer was very brief.
Il haven't much time to WRITE" she
said in her postscript. "Mary is sick
and besides being driven I am anxious.
This letter was in my pocket on that
day when Angelina and went together
to the bazaar for the benefit of the
| Church of St. Matthew
After we had roamed about the bazaar
and bought all sorts of knicknacks I es
corted Angelina to seat, and there sal
down to wait while one of the ladies,
who, ION this occasion only" was doing
good, onerous hard work, brought us a
tray Of refreshments.
AS we sat there slipping our cofe1 two
women sat down at the next table with
their backs to us. .
II am very tired, are you not, Mrs,
Russell?" And the other answered
Yes, I am tired. I don't think that
it ia worth tbe while tn "or"o "1' ~ e
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-10-03
Don't Fret

When l see g woman, with that beau
tiful countenance which has won the
heart of her husband, darkened by a
frown, constantly fretting and making
all about her uncomfortable because
there will be "llrt somewhere. the
maid servant is slow, and don't under
stand her business, baby is cross, al
ways crossest when much is to be done,
husband is unreasonable, didn't want
me to do anything before marriage, ex-
poets more of me now than 7 can do, I"
and so on, I am tempted to exclaim,
Flush, dear woman, these useless,
sinful repinings! examine yourself !;
perchance the blame lies at your
own door after all. There is a
talisman possessing a magic charm
that will scatter all these evils. It is
cheerfulness. The maid-servant is
quickened and improved by kind, en-
couraging words. The very cast Of
your countenance, the tones Of your
voice, are forming the temperament of
that little one. Then, let your hus-
band see that instead of a terrnagant and
fretter, his wife is gentle, kind, un-
complaining, elf-denying, shedding
peace and happiness around his hearth,
and Frightening his home by the sun
light OF her smiles. A man of sense is
not slow IN discovering the gentler VIZ
tues Of his wife. The secret of her in
Auence over him lies here. It is the
mystic tie binding him to her, that
aught Of earth, nor death itself, has
power to sever.