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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19
THE SNOW FLOWER OF THE SIERRAS
A Christmas Story.


On the crest of the Sierra Nevada
Range, amid eternal winter, there ap-
pears a. gorgeous blood-red plant,
massed with startling brillancy against
pallid banks of snow. In size and
shape, the cloud-hower resembles q
hyacinth, but the leaves and stem, as
we'll as the blossoms, are of one vivid
crimson hue. Unlike the Alpine flow
er, of hardy stem and straw-like tex
ture, tins plant is succulent and ruddy,
but it is phantom formed of ice and
fire. Plucked from it's cold bed, it
drips its life away in your hand, and in
few moments all the fire and color ia
gone in icy tears, and there remains on
ly a wet, shapeless, colorless film.
The traveller up the Sierras, hears of
the strange blossomfrom returning''way-
farers, long before he reaches the
heights where it blossoms. No care is
able to transplant or even to carry to
the lowlands the unique flower. On
the affairs of the upper air it is laid,
where no other fower-shape is found,
and he who would see it, must go to
that shrine of icy splendor.
In early times, the fire-fower, as it
was called, was counted miraculous by
the pious few who, on missions of mer-
cy, crossed the icy peaks. More than
hundred years ago, when English,
Dutch and French formed a sparse Dor
iler of civilization on our Eastern coast,
the dark-eyed Spaniard entered Amer
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19
ACHRIsTl6Aa HYMN.

Tho air was still DER Bethlehem's plain.
ASH the great night held its breath,
When life eternal came to reign s
Over q world Of death.
Allnature felt thrill. divine :
When burst that meteor on the night
Which, pointing to the Savior's shrine.
Proclaimed the newborn light.
Light to the sheperds and tho star
{ Gilded their silent midnight fold
Light to the wise men from afar,
Bearing their gifts of gold. 49,
Light to q realm of sin and grief;
Light to a world in all its needs:
The light of ife-a now belief
Rising DER fallen creedA
Light on : tangled path of thorns,
Though leading to martyrs throne:
A light to guido till Christ returns
In glory to HIS own.
There still it shines, while far abroad
The Christmas choir sings now, as then
"Glory, glory unto our God!
Peace and good will to men!"
T. BUCHANAN READ.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19
ma. He's In Illinois. | haven't saw
him" Miss Verena used saw" when il

ma. He's In Illinois. 1 haven't saw
him" Miss Verena used saw" when il
should have been seen ')-ssI haven't
saw Iim since last summer Q year ago,
when I was a-yisiting my aunt. John
amt my real cousin, You know. Only
his uncle married my aunt. and we call
ourselves cousins" explained Miss
Ferenn, looking down on her plate with
o corscions air, which gave her hearers
to understand that if John was not
alresdy much nearer than q cousin, he
would be soon, thereby filling their
hsarts with envy on account of the for
tune left by the 'Arkansaw" relative.
'tOh, girls, do look here! A gentle
man in sleigh stopping here! Who on
earth is it?"
It was Christmas morning, and jamie
had gone to church. The others were
gossiping in the little parlor, with it's
gaudy brussels carpet, cheap, snowy
curtains, and prim. halr-cloth furni-
ture. = F.a
"Such handsome man! Who is he 2"
repeated the Widow Dashavay, peeping
cut through the slst OF the half closed
window blind.
She had just time to change her po-
sition when Bridget the hired girl ush-
cred in the strange gentleman.
He was tall aud han dsome, with curl
ing brown hair, and dark, expressive
eyes.
"Why, Cousin John, what a sur
prise!"
Miss Verena was shaking hands, in
PRODUCING him to her friends, and show
ing he n cousin1y admiration in very de-
monstrative manner.
"But why didn't YOU write you were
coming? And how did you know I was
here, Cousin John ?" she demanded with
glance, which WAS meant to be coquet-
fish and irresistible
"You see-ah -" 80 VerenA-"
"Miss?" echoed ! ct ena, reproachful-
II mean cousin" stammcred John.
Il came to see another. Oh, here
she is now!'
And there was jamie in her cheap
black dress and hat, just come from
church.
And Cousin John was shaking hands
with her, looking OWN into her eyes
and talking to her, not at all embar-
rassed; for Miss Verena Gillette's
handsome cousin, who had just inheri-
ted fortune, proved to be JAMES low
er, to whom she had been promised"
for nearly two years.
Hurry, jamie, and get your things"
he was saying, "for I'm going to take
you home for your Christmas dinner,
though it will be pretty late one.
Get everything" he ordered, "for you
arc not coming back any moro. And
here's, your Christmas present, jamie.
Put it on and wear it home"
Miss Verena and her friends looked
enviously on as jamie unrolled her
Christmas present-an elegant sealskin
cloak, long enough to cover her from
head to foot, shabby dress and all.
And so jamie had her Christmas at
home, with her father and mother and
grandma-with the hickory logs snap
ping in the fireplace, and the red pep
pers festooning the kitchen rafters, and
her tall lover watching her admiringly,
making the pink cheeks glow pinker,
and the blue eyes brighter, with every
glance.
And Miss Verena Gillette has to swal-
low her chagrln as best she can, when
cousin Johns" wife comes to ;'Griggs
& Grimshawcs" to do her fall shopping,
or buy new summer silk dress.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19

mountain SHOWS. The best of every
thing is seen in the company only OF
God. In solitude we are closed with
the Most High, and, whether leaf thicket
or leo cavern, it is the place of worship
and joy. Therefore, the heart of the
maiden WAS stirred deepest, when on
winters day, alone in the vast white
universe, she peered from Glacier Point,
into the frozen crater of jewels. Then
tho valley shone in white splen-
dor that its summer worshipers can
never see. Down tho walls the falls
hung dumb md motionless, suspended
by an unseen hand, trailing miles OF
crushed jewels, opal and sapphire, and
emerald. Ell CAPTAIN lifted his white
plume among the army about him. The
exi,Hisite Bridal Veil swept in frosty
tis:.,1e down the white- robed cliff. The
Cathedral Spires rose crystal clear into
the blue sky, and on Clouds Rest, the
white drifting nimbus- of the sky
caressed their sister snowdrlfts of the
peaks. The great pines of the valley
were cones of amethyst; the very air
was set with dazzling jewel points, and
the pure solitudss pulsed with impris-
oned sparks of heavenly fire.
An artist sketching the picturesque
groups Of ountaineers, heard of "the
girl up yonder"--a grl whose daily
haunts were where the clouds and 81
lence wander, maiden who was seated
beside the moon, while the stars twink
led like frehies about her.
In time he found her. Never flower
before bloomed like this snowhower be-
meath his gaze.
Shows can not smother passion, or stars
stir the pulses like the light in nearer
eyes. To this ardent poetic soul, with
it's disregard of fitness, of constancy,
or duty, or happiness beyond the pres
emit hour, the snowfower gave her life.
He had found beauty, he worshipped it.
The humble eye is satisfied forever with
the shabby print of Madonna on
the wall, but new pictures replace the
old on the easel of the artist. His
search is always for beauty; having fix
ed one face upon the canvas his eye
roves for brighter cheek and SUMMER
HAIR. . ... .--. ..t.
But, for the time, she was his angel.
Disregarding the world, society friends !;
forgetting education, style, culture
all that he would at another time re-
member-he took her from the heights
where she had been the. companion of
nature, to show her to groveling, pu.
trid world. AZ ~: nv Z.
Alasl Snowfower of the Sierras
Alas. that fatal name-that pure and
fatal name-fower of the SHOWS! ..
Did Fate christen thee, child of the
upper air? Hast never seen the beau
tiful sunhower drained of it's rosy beau
ty, by ice-dripping tears? Dost thou
not know that the plant OF the clouds
has never been transplanted to lower
fields? FIX ~ 4
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19
4 gentleman who was travelinp

"a gentleman who was travelling
through West Virginia went to a house
and got food for himself and companion
and their horses. He wanted to make
payments, but the woman was ashamed
to take pay for mere act Of kindness.
He pressed the money upon her. FL
nallv she said: IF you don't think !
am mean, I will take one quarter Of :
dollar from you, SO as to look at now
and then, for. there has been no money
IN this house for q year. :" The little
farm and barter at the store had sup
piled oil the absolute wants Of this wom-
/ an. IA 5.ss5 ,*sts
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-12-19

Charles Bradlaugh, who appealed against
the verdict Of the jury which found him guilty
of misdemeanor in voting in the house Of COM
mons as member for Northampton after
having administered the oath to himself, haa
been refused new trial 1t sssEs s5.s sssS S.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-19
1A-sr>~aSf,r ra6 every
Srnu Gpxs a.. .ses sss wal. invaluable, !, !:

9A-se><atrsr ~ every
Snxntr OtInusiich, though valuable.
lsa ssirabie to graft upon strong
+. foving stocks ct the heigth at which
- fntended to form the head.
soL.hefe are also certain kinds, partic-
afplam and pears, that have an
ruu5 habit Of growth, not making
> -sz-.,..ss, 11S5q themselves, yet requir-
ssffffguetss6E steEks. These. when seed
nm 81 sufficient strength can not DC
prdinrei, are provided for by graftins
Xstbng, upright-growing, cuitiVa.eo
kariety upon q common stock near the
fround. Is above directed, upon which,
when itshas attained the desired neign.'
the irregular grower is grated. TINS
process is known as double, or inter-
mediary grating, and is also so"e-
times adopted in raising dwarfed pears
by first grating familiar variety
upon the ounce, and regraftins 'n,s
with kind that would not gro"
grated directly upon that STOCK.
For speciaI purpose, particularly 70
enable amateurs to enlarge their COL
lection of varieties of fruit upon g Inn
tied space, and to hasten the peiiod OF
fruiting, strong growing varieties OF
!. fruit-trees. or those kind which, though
vigorous. are naturally slow IN attain
ing fruitful maturity, are grated or
budded upon certain stocks Of compar-
at,yely small growth, by.which;they are
dwarfed, and tendency to earlier, and
in some cases, to superior fruiting is
induced: or rather that in climates UNI
suited to certain varieties, when grown
upon strong Seeding stocks. dwarfing
affords US aid BY Fastening the MATURE
ty of the fruit.
The stocks mostly used for dwarf
ing pears are the free growing ounce
"a it is the best and most generally re
For dwarfing the apple, small grow
ing varieties, known as Paradise
stocks, are used.
y PIums are sometimes, but rarely,
grated for this purpose upon the
ssmaller varieties of plums.
With the same view, peaches are
sometimes budded on the small, dou-
ble-flowering almond. to be fruited in
! pots. ]. 8. L.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-19
TO THE WEST.

There are number of routes leading to the
above mentioned section, but the direct and
reliable route is VIA Saint Louis over the
Missouri Pacific Railway. Two trains daily
afe run from the Grand Union Depot, Saint
son, q. Joeph and Omaha.
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars of the very
NJ Amake are attached to all trains.
AT kazsas City Union Depot, passengers
for Kansas, 0sloD( gcNew Mexico and Cali
f6rnia connect \ Bssdgpress trains of all lines.
At chison, Fiction is made with ex-
press Fains for sHsas and Nebraska points.
!: At Omahase ,uection is made with the
Overland train for California.
s Ths s.s3ers ma arties en- route to the
We :. Ths ne 49not only fast time and
more tha,s5,a ans, NV aD Dau.u'
'n 1m sdd, q ssszsska. Send for IL
10 u,ilizfs eb|atE &C., Of this line'
when estsl5e frsss;
But "a, ;s EoM rsss sl.s..
with with .sEsE hsS-=-
net NJ be fail
more thu emiaaasssltf = -. 60. D.
T. s;. a,.i led, t s "a Z 81 sssss
Mr.. Morss raesh6as hsrs1 EdU
graceful, and we trust pese3hs
tempt to corrupt eQe .5ppl&a
fed Mr.. MorKs Ss StIeI.
mighty alex, aSfs e ht es OF
nav make Tim Better mssse-i
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-19

= COLLINS AGUE CURE never fails, it is pos
ftively warranted. 30 cents bottle. Sold
by p. R.ICrisp, and Pilot Knob Drug Store.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-06-19
fsnpor.ed ConsractI sn,s

The Republican PIN .s 1,s
Republican party tsns ~
p6sed to placing 4 10 gesss,
~ competition with esfniy nexs, 81
labor, whethesmss11 chapter Al
this spirit We 1ass. and subss-
q - cfcontract lof
] 3 abroad as AM ofTenctyided into
OF American institution fAc'S'
e laration implies the e1..
practices against which 1t is
l-s Il implies that practices ha
mn which do "place our eVol
in competitioa with servile la
certain persons do "ineport
labor, to lower the wages an
the condition of AmAriSsol.
men.
Where do these pratt ( for
what parts of the Sea
- laborera-Italias q MAss.
dian French. -. %, the
under contract "a senate
own llaberers Of such
mates Of M = docu-
Vermont OF the
- these alonfdl1 ii al ., re.
wealthy .-lI ..s SaI,
nave sei 81 the Executive
Canada IN d pamphlet form ).
othef se. e Of public door
~ 10,rnr ~ eeneraI and local
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-07-25
MEMORIAL TO BISHOP KEMPER

1t has been thought best, in order that
the subject may be thoroughly under
stood by the people of Wisconsin, to Law
before them a short history of Kemper
Hall and of the help now needed in or
der to make its work permanent.
1t was the dearest wish of Bishop
Kemper to build up in Wisconsin a
school for girls, to give them the highest
type of literary training, together with
that education of character, moral and
religious, which we all know to be
needed to make the perfect Christian
woman. At the time the Bishop was
called to rest from his labors this prop
erty at Kenosha had been purchased
and partly paid for, and his successor
determined to make of it a memorial to
the Bishop, and as he belonged almost
equally to the whole northwest the school
was put into the hands of trustees, in
order that the other states might feel in
it an interest and right. In order to
put the property into proper condition,
finish the chapel, build necessary school
rooms, ETC., the sum of $4,000 was
borrowed, the school was taken by the
Rev. DIR. Everhart and opened with
every prospect of success. Before this
prospect had become a certainty DIR.
Everhart gave it up and went to more
southern climate, and it became neces-
sary to make new arrangements. The
trustees invited the aid of the sisters of
st. Mary, an order of women of the
Protestant Episcopal church in America,
who have given up their lives to work
ing, not for money, but for Christ's sake,
wherever work is to be done. They
came, and have made Of the school a
perfect success it is full of scholars of
all ages and from all churches. There
is but one verdict it is school good in
its mental training, good in its church
work, good in helping to form pure
wives and mothers for the future. Now
for the part we must take. Shall we
turn from our state this school wherein
our daughters can obtain liberal educa-
ton at small cost and near their homes,
or shall we keep it? In order to do
this the debt must be paid, and at once.
The income will pay all expenses and
make all repairs, can it be used for these
purposes, but not if it must be paid out
for interest. Now we call ON the church
men Of Wisconsin, on all who knew
Bishop Kemper, on all in our church or
out Of it, who love Wisconsin and de-
sire to keep within her borders so good
work, to aid us in paying this debt.
Let us not lay down work we can and
oughtto carry on ourselves.
The school courts inquiry, and any
questions will be gladly answered by
Bishop Wells, Milwaukee, or Mrs. Henry
Kimball, Kenosha Wis.
Kenosha. July Nth. 1884.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-07-25
JUST THE THING.
FILLS THE BILL TO A Dor, AND AS
THINGS GET Hot POLITICALLY
EVERYBODY WILL WANT IT.

FILLS THE BILL TO A Dor, AND AS
THINGS GET Hot POLITICALLY
EVERYBODY WILL WANT IT.
The special edition of the B. & O.
Red Book, devoted to the history of
the Republican party and its antece-
dents, is an almost indispensable pub
LEGATION to those at all interested in the
development Of the campaign of the
year. Great care is manifested in the
compilation Of data, and while every
thing is stated in the most concise
manner, the information is so clear
and explicit as to be readily compre-
hended. The chapter devoted to the
origin of the party and it's national
outcome from the dismemberment of
prior parties is of exceeding interest,
as is also the points showing party
policy as expressed through Congress
sional action. The condensed proceed
ings Of the National Conventions of
the various parties, from the earliest
period of the country's history to the
present, are of no ordinary value, and
it is thing never before attempted in
such form of publication. Indeed, it
would be difficult to tell of all the i'm
portant information gathered together
and shown so intelligently in the little
book.
Those who desire so Invaluable a
textbook for handy reference, as mat
tiers grow interesting, will not delay
long in enclosing tWo-cent stamp
with their address to C. K. Lord, Bal
timore, this being the only requisite to
secure a copy. In addition to the data
having direct bearing upon the one
party, there is vast amount of infor-
nation given as regards both parties,
and with the Red Book at hand no one
need be at loss for an authority to
settle almost any question as to politi-
cal history which may come up. In
common with all the B. & o. publica-
tions, it is a model of perfect typog-
raphy, the makeup and type used gen.
orally being very far above the average
of political text books.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-07-25
M ENTAIL IlTIYlTY AND LONG
LIFE.

The great body of men who reach
the age of eighty years become feeble
minded, or at least lose much of their
mental activity. Physical exercise is
regarded a requisite to health and
longevity; equally so is the active ex-
ercise o f the mental faculties. Bust
ness men who retire from the duties
of their accustomed occupations, and
allow their minds to relapse into a
quiescent state, soon lose their yigor
of intellect and grow dull in conyersa-
ton. There may be exceptional cases.
but as a general rule there is such a
possibility as keeping the intellect un-
impaired to extreme old age. Thur
low Weed, Longfell0w, Bryant. Sew
ard, and many others, preserved their
capabilities for vigorous writing to
the end of lives of over fOur. score
years. The secret of long and well
preserved physical frame consists in
keeping the mind busy in all wakeful
hours; the inroads of old age may be
resisted. The man who begins to find
himself growing old, and broods over
that fact. will prematurely become
wrinkled, STOPPING, unpleasantly-vis
aged, and the victim of imagined in
frmities, which really have no exist
ence. If the idea of youth be associ-
ated with old age, it will tend to resist
the encroachments of the latter, and
therefore the society Of the young
should never. be Stunned by the old, but
sought for. 1t is right in all suitable
ways to strive against old age, by re-
viving the recollections of youthful
days and amusements, thus avoiding
intellectual paralysis, and staving off
imaginary physical decrepitude.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-07-25
PROPOSAL TO PENSION THE
REBEL SOLDIERS.

People may not be generally aware
that the committee on resolutions in
the late Democratic Convention at
Chicago had before it a resolution pro-
posing to pension the rebel soldiers
who were in the rebellion. The re-
solution before the committee read as
follows:
ReSolCed, That internal revenue is a
war tax, and that so long as it con-
tinues the money so raised shall 90
toward the relief of the people from
the burdens of war, as by paying pen
sions and providing for disabled sol
diers, a0hether Confederate or not.
The committee deemed this resolu-
ton little too outspoken, and finally
agreed upon one of a milder form,
which will be found in the platform
adopted. The resolution, as passed,
carefully avoids saying anything
about Confederate or Union soldiers /:
it speaks of worthy soldiers disabled
in time of duty in the wars of the Re.
public" The Republican platform at
every National Convention since the
war has spoken in favor of pensioning
disabled Union soldiers. The exclu-
sion of the word Union or loyal from
the Democratic platform leads to
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-07-25
HON. JAMES g. BLATNR'S LET
TER OF ACCFPTAN NOE.

Every intelligent voter is earnestly
requested to read the letter of accept
ance of James G. Blaine. Although
it is long, it will pay for careful read
ing. 1t embodies a great amount of
valuable information in respect to the
financial and legislative history of the
country. Whoever attempts to crit
else or find fault with the document
will be obliged to attack official figures
and the conceded facts of history.
The statements of Mr.. Blaine do not
rest on mere assertion; they are forti-
fled by statistics which admit of no
equivocation. The Inter Ocean well
says: " 1t appears to US to be the ablest,
most explicit, influential and thorough.
ly wise document ever addressed to a
nominating committee as letter of
acceptance"
The letter bears evidence of superior
craftsmanship, such as has not been
excelled the past quarter of century.
The Republican party may well be
proud of such standard-bearer in the
campaign of 1884.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-07-25
SHEEP AND WOOL.

Don't crowd your commission mer-
chants to hurry the sale of your wool
Forcing sales results inlowering prices
and still further depressing the market.
Hon. G. B. Ladd, Dorsey, N. NJ, has
over 1000 sheep, from which he will
shear over IA tons of wool At shear
ing festival nine of his rams yielded
ffeeces weighing from 26 to "a lbs. What
proportion of this weight is dirt is not
stated.
Colorado will market 100000 fat
wethers and 100000 lambs before win
ter.
Reed Bros, of Valley Grove. w. Va,
have recently sold 100 fat Merino weth-
ers, averaging 122 lbs, at 5 cents Der
h., live. No other meat can be raised so
cheaply as mutton.
James McLymont, of Kinney Co.,
Texas, shipped recently to Chicago /,
100 fat sheep. They were a splendid
lot of muttons. The venture is a first
experiment.
Woolis lower in England than it has
been before in fifty years, and the wool
interests in other wool producing coun-
tries is in a depressed condition. If
misery loves company, the VIC oil growers
of the United States have plenty Of it.
Michigan woods are being bought by
dealers at Is to 26 cents, and Ohio for 81
to % cents for washed fleece.
A wool grower who was presented by
his wife with triplets looked grave and
mnrmured Over-production is what is
running us in this country"
The Missouri Wool Growers Associa-
ton had a spirited meeting and shearing
festival at Kansas city.
Mr.. Geo. Andrus said the loss of his
sheep in the cold storm after shearing
was not an argument against shearing
early unwashed. The types, by chang
ing no to an, made him say the reverse
last week.
The wool market is badly demoralized.
Manufacturers have been offered large
lots of wool at prices below what they
themselves thought it was worth, and
were willing to pay. The consequence
is, they are alarmed and don't know
what to do, and so wait and do nothing
till things settle.