Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-16
man wonId become placid and many a
home be free from mp easant contre-
sternpts, IL onl the mast could be gifted
with bit Of that divine possession, tact.
Things Condensed.

with q bit Of that divine possession, tact.
Il. Things Condensed.
III an article by Charles F. living on
I'd lifts to Colleges and Universities, re-
Gently published lit is stated that the
amo,nt riibuted to college and uni
yersitv educate in the United States
during the past ten years is $35, 500 900.
and since 1b47 the total amount given
has not been less than $50, 600, 600.
The United States Government owes
the State Of New Jersey seventy three
cents with interest thereon since 1861,
the state having paid an excess Of the
am cunt assessed upon it for direct taxes
to carry on the war in 1851. The inter-
est amounts to niny cents and six
mills, and at the present time the sum
OF 81 7O.6 stands to the credit of the
state on this account on the books of
the treasury. An act of congress
would be necessary, however, in order
to have the debt paid off.
Moonshine Wh,skey is whiskey ,nadeia
secret without paying tax to the Govern.
ment. Living in what is called whis.
key neighborhood. know it is made i'll
isolatedspcts on mountain sides, and in
deep ravines, every winter and spring.
The stills are a curse to the coil,strv.
Is it any wonder that men drink wlis-
key, when for weeks and months to-
gether their diet is corn meal al coffee,
and often little of that? W-ilskey is
one luxury, and they will risk ANYTHING
to get it. o -. -s'5. ." From Z.
The Rugby school company limited,
Of Rugby, Tenn, is about to engaga in
an important educational venture. This
is the establishment OF school for bows
at Rugby, Tenn, in connection Of The
university Of the south at SeWanea. for
the southern and central states OF the
union. Tt is intended that the schools
will offer an opportunity to Americans,
and to the numerous English families,
who are settling in these states, Of Oh.
tanning for their sons an education, such
as is offered by the public schools Of
England.
It lis recommended that "young early
chickens be fed cooked bran and meal,
alternated with bread crumbs and finely
chopped, hard boiled eggs IF tie
meal can be scalded in milk so mucl.
the better. To insure thrift, the chicks
should be fed five Or SIX times "a daY
until five or six weeks old. Wheat
should be given as soon as they Will
eat it, though rice is the best Of all
grains. In order successfully to raise
earlyhatched chickens, three things are
indispensable-heat, proper food and
cleanliness. "
An Irish paper, the Dublin Fa~n1or's
Gazette, publishes astatement in sup
port of the position that it is exceet!ingly
difficult for ordinary judges to tell butter
from butterine. The story is thf,s some
excellent Normandy butter, costing IS
cents a pound, and a sample of buttc1i1.e,
bought Of q local retailer for q cents p
pound, were submitted to a jury Of nlne-
teen farmers, who tasted and examined
both samples. Ten out Of these nine
teen Judges declared the butterine to ba
the butter.
Tt is estimated that 500, 900 900 tons
of the South Carolina phosp?1atf: ro"k
are within reach Of profitable working.
The supply. Of bones for furnishing
phosphate is running low. aud pI!u,-.
phate rock makes 8 fair substitute.
Though called a'rock, tho So,ltn Caro-
lima deposits were undoubtedly once the
bones and shells Of marine animals, and
rank next to bones in fertiIizirg prop
critics, though of course. having now no
nitrogen III their composition. About
100000 tons of this deposit were ship
ped north last year. The results areso
favorable, and the supply eau be so
cheaply obtained, that this amount is
likely to largely increase.
DIR. Wilson says in the Southern
World that it is mistaken idea that No
fruit should be eaten at breakfast. In
the morning there is an acrid taste Of
the secretions, and nothing is SO we'll
calculated to correct it as peaches, apples
etc. The small seeded fruits, such a<s
figs, b]ackberries, raspberries, and
strawberries, may be classed among t'.c
best fruits and medicines. The sugar
in them is nutritious, the acid purifying
and the seeds laxative. We should
look more to our gardens for our med
clnes, and less to our drug stores.