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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
The April FOolishness.

DIR. LANCER states that the fat of
child CONTAINS less ollie acid, but more
palmitic and stearic acid than that OF
adults, besides being richer in the buty-
rio and caproic acids Perhaps this is
what causes the infant to yell so vocif-
erously during the night, but We can t
always tell. It may be the richness of
the butyric and caproic acids, ami it
may be a displaced pin.
A fair young damsel went into the
business place of one of Troy's most
worthy and kindly merchants, and ex-'
pressed desire to purchase a certain
article. Several specimens were shown
her, and she finally made choice Of one
as meeting her wishes. She hesitated a
moment, and then asked: ''Do you
make a reduction to ministers?": :" es,"
replied gentlemanty attendant, ARE
YOU a minister's wife? 'No-o~o. was
the blus hing response. "hut expect to
be soon" The reduction was granted.
Troy Times. -
Half way anyhow: you're getting
quite bald, old man; you try rum"
Rum! So have. I've bought gallons OF
it," "Ah, / see; but then, p'r'aps, you
J
MOUTH Judy.
Prohibition items: ''Wake me up dar-
ling, tonight and give me toddy,' said
an Austin inebriate to his wife, as they
were about to retire for tho night. "Bnt
how will I know when you want onee"
"You can't make a mistake, am always
thirsty when I am woke up."-Texas
Siftings. ="
An ear for music" eyes," said Fem
derson, :'I've got quite an ear FOR music:
"You have quite an ear, sure enough"
said Fogg, "DutI wasn't sure it was for
music. J. didn't know but it was intend
ed for windmill. Boston Transcript.
Her com carlson: "Here I've been
talking for an ,:,our." ~ exclaimed an
auctioneer, "and haven't got an offer"
Half an hour, indeed!" lnllrmured an
elderly maiden What's half an hour
to many long,,years' and still no hope ofan
oher?" Boston Transcript.
Climatic: A Boston lady who has an
orange grove in Florida was speaking
enthusiastically one day of the climate
there! " Bnt how is it for invalids2" said
friend: Ssh ,uld you want togo there
for your .healtll?" The ladysinstantly re-
Piled: con, I shouldn't want to go to
heaven for NV he nth" RI. Sf.'. *@ = .
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11

her homeseon and llaot re NAMED
for her but full colifession Solemn
scenes ensued. Csorresp leIsce com
Hnaeneed between the tW o Inafrons. Ella
had The anorti fica lion of knowing that
u her cousin knew she had borrowed her
! bonnet because che had no nice one of
her own. And horror fell upon the
s Haskell family w hen, having insisted
on paving Tor the bohnet, they heard
that it cost I'll teen ol lars. 3Z s4ss5
4 Ella sd id' with her last Winter's dress
i that year, and very sll i By IL gre w be.
lore spring, and with spring came q visit
h from Cousin Hester, " ho, much against
4 her will was sent: III her iincle's by her
father every wear. More airs, more
graces than ever large trunk *o OF
& rather larger trunks, and more extern,
siye Boosting. Ella conduct ei her rela-
q tive to the spare uedr ON, fresh with its
new curtains, and the girl began at once
( as Ella had declared she knew she
. would. E3st WAN s$5
There's my bonnet box. Dear me.
how did you lose the bonnet without
]. knowing it, GU meyer thonght Of the
long pin. Hero it is in the cover. That
head. I wonder who picked it up. Why,
t5sE -.
Isl never found it, replied Ella, snap
pishly, and as ma paid for It, / think
We may as well drop the subject
n .ssBur here it is" said Hester. 4&l
r. s'Here what ISL asked Ella. = . s#
a. "The bonnet" said Hester. /. r.
And there it was, indeed, as Ella saw
on looking in. Fresh III tint and dainty
in shape as ever. How it came there
was mystery doomed never to be I'M
travelled. -: ~. g. IN Er~ /.
The new servant had long before
= "giVen sauce and been dismissed; and
Aunty Wheeler had never found time
to "slip over to Mrs. HaskelPs" in her
Brief SO journs at home. r. F..
Nils. Haskell declared that Ella never
put it on at all but Silas Perkins, now
her accepted lover, remembered the
b,ae satin and crushed roses too we'll to
admit Of that explanation. Nospiritu.
q lists. we're, on hand, and Ella felt the
situation hey ond her. But she had suf-
fered too much for that bonnet. p ~
"Ma," she said eagerly. .t'you paid for
that bonnet. | went without my winter
dress for it. It is mine"
"Well, yes, so it. seems to me" said
Mrs Haskell. -, : r.s'~s~: :,
"I''m sure don't want last years bon
net said Hester, scornfully. T
Every we'll; let nobody approach me-
said Ella, Selling the tongs which stood
near small fire in the open fireplace:
She left the sitting. room in which this
conversation occurred, and returned,
bearing the bonnet before her between
the tongs.
There" she, said, depositing it in the
midst Of the flames. 1T is mine, and
that is what choose to do with it, ~.
Nobody stirred: The satin blazed, the
flowers crisped to finder, the feathers
snelfed as burning feathers will
II never knew you had such d tenn
per, Elias" sud her mother; but Ella
was happy for the first time since she
had lost her cousins bonnet.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
Susan Is. Anthony i'm England.

Mrs. Henry B. Stanton writes flom
London that Miss Susan b. Anthony ar
rived III England Oh March 6 after a par
ticularly pleasant voyage. Miss An
thony left London to spend Easter in
Rome, but before dong 50 she went to
see Mr.. Irving and Miss Terry in Much
Ado About Nothing" Next morning
some one asked her how she enjoyed it.
@..'ltwas so stupid I could 5har lily keep
my eyes open" was her pronpt reply.
'..Irving mouths the English language SO
that could not understand a word he
said. and what did understand was not
worth hearing, and he moves aoout IN
such a stiff way that one might imagine
him Just recovering from an attack of
rheumatism. The only q redeeming
points to me We're the beautiful scen merry
and the love making, which was cooler,
more distant and more pIotant than
usual y b 5sz
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
I He Meant Well.

f The st. Louis Republican tells Of an
amusing incident that occurred in a
church Of thAt city 3 :couplesof Sundays
ago. A gentleman was the owner Of q
very unique pin la the shape Of a large
black spider, the body Of which is:a
large amethyst. This ornament was
presented to a young lady friend and
she wore it on her dress to service 1t
SO happened, and unfortunately, that y
young gentleman near her perceived
athelifeiike ornament On the young lady's
Sdy's dress, and to all appearances crawl
ing up to her face "a look Of. terror
3overspread his features, and without
any hesitation he. endeavored to brush.
of what to him appeared a tarantula.
He missed 1t and brushed ut it again,
when the almost aud ible smiles Of aafeW.
who Witnessed the gentleman's heroic
end eaYors attracted the young lad att:
3tention. He became very red in the
face when lie discovered his mistake,
and it will be q long time before he att
tends tIsat chnrc AGAIN.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
PREFERENTIAL.


SHE 81
e shall live Ia rei,e1l,
EPrithee heed, love. my warning
we marry in Lent. 5}3.5R
We shall live to repent. S.3ss2.
/ is or il &c shoald consent, s,5
sf rhe old rourrb' b truth scorning
w j should live to repent.
prithse heed, love, my warning
f5{ l5F3! 81 ii II. ss 5#s
Butsinee all should repent,
Lets repent, love, together. q.
1t is propercinsI erx st.5. ss.s
That we all should repent.
t5 Nay, then. 81 eeJbeay. consent &
d Ia this sad Isenten weather; re-
81 Since we all should repent;
Let's repent, love, together
Putnam in Boston Courier.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
Wilkie Collins on American
NOvelists. =

Letters from London. Il
-, "Whom do You think comes near to
Walter Scott" Nobody comes near to
him in English fiction" He was great by
himself l know that am in minori-
ty of one almost in saying that OF the
American authors Fenimore Cooper is
the greatest and of the greatest in the
world. It isn't long ago that was in
Italy and found myself over night in
remote town in the north. .. as / always
do, T found my way to 4 theatre, Whese
til re was a performance by local Talent.
Of one Of Vel dis operas. When the act
was over the orchestra, which was a re-.
markablys good one, BY the way, went
out, as is their custom, all except their
old men, who took mp books and began
to read. My curiosity was excited and
Lcould moi forbear leaning over and ask.
ing what they had. One OF
them had Cooper's classics, The.
Pathfinder, III; The others were,
reading Sir5Walter Scotts stories, and
wherever + went I.always found tn Sc
books. They are the two writer's who
penetrated to countries: where no writ.
er ofthe English ever gets q hearing.
was panied In America to see how little
Cooper was appreciated. p In Buffalo j
bought that set OF his works, and the
Bookseller could not restrain, his sur prise
that Ishould want an expensive edition.
He had rare calls for them. America
has but one novelist that was Cooper.
indeed, she has had only q few writer's
sofany kind of great efninenc ice. He was
original; he was the found er of the ocean
romance. No man wrote like him He I;
gave the sea color to his stories, and !
even when dealing with the technical.
ties Of the sailors life he yet maintained
the interest Of the story even though the
readers cannot understand the terms.
made use Of. His Indian stories are alike
filled with the atmosphere of their SURE
roundlngs." Il .$= u, =.@..
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
The WOrld's Champion Checker
s PI aver. sss$s#3

Fro1n The Elmira Free Press. II
ss5rsAA man with a gripsack and q large
cane "a ressed ike III iarnner and locking
as if be had Just n 10 from The back
woods came ~ town. The. ST niger was
James Wiley, the 4 cham pion checker.
player 81 the worlt 3 N LEY IS / Il
fchflar and has beaten the best
play ers that the world I has reduced
and now he il sreg ed By all as the
cllainp He ii Six sears off
age Iiis hair zis " iiite ami ike fIOT-
sace eeleN lie II aIs q hi ard tiiasI der his
chin. His ,lssl me- MA kes il iIni pssil,se
II iofl him
ssiIa SITS lax ing ftis DIT
i'd ica Of
,out him s5r an slllss ,atiie.
He wears I'D has I'M intel igent
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
Personal Paragraphs.

Randall D. George is the most pros
porous colored planter in So nth Carolina.
He recently bought the Re nelzer lands,
in Colleton county, for $2O,OO0 cash. lie
offers to subscribe 5000 toward the con-
str,Iction of a branch railroad through
the section in which he lives.
Patti ascribes most of her excellent
health to Nicolin's paternal care of her
She is selfish little woman at best,
and this man has reached her heart Jy
his care Of her. They live very Happily
together, the fact til It she has a hus-
band living on one side and he d wife
and five children on the other, never
seemed TO disturb them. Great prime
dome can afford a hi.:h- minded indiifer-
ence in domestic III atters Of that sort.
Miss Lolita Misnon Cra1tree, better
known by the simple name Ct Lolita, has
been losing her singing voice during
some time past, and By the advic,: Of her
physician will retire from the stage jJr
two years in order to seek expert 5nedi-
cal treatment III Europe. should l. be:
lound that her voice cannot be reStored
her retirement from the stage vii be
permanent.
Wendell Phillips wife has been an in.
valid for over thirty years, and during
all this time the great orator has heen
untiring in his attention to her. No
one but you can know what it has
been to are for her.. was re-
marked to him recently. ''Ahl No one
but me knows how good she u.s. was his
hcarrsome answer. -.
Sir Anthony Mnsgrave (son-in-l.w OF
David Dudley Field of New York;, has
been appointed to the Governorship Of
the British, colonial province Of Queens
land, vice Sir Arthur Kennedy. with a
salary of E2 900 a year lass than be re-
cerved in Jamaica. He wilieAve Queens
town on May l. for New York.
A certain Continental cou! tess was i1l-
terrogating her sons tutor on the pro-
gress young hopeful was making in his
studies. How gets on the yiscnunt?'
said She :".Wnnderft,lly. wen. nv laLv;
we are working hard at the Sciences
The yiscount.is particularly well u, in
hischemistry. Indeed, alb! then Henri,
my child, 90 tell me what is Dynamite"
Pardon, madame" Interrupted the tu-
tor, but Nowadays dynamite does not
belong TO chemistry. 1t is consi.1e red
as part and parcel ofpoli,ical economy.
Senator'S Anthony and Sherman, says
the Boston Advertiser, are the only
two men now in active political life who
participated in the session of congress
ia 1851, called together by President
Lincoln, after the storming of Sumter.
The others are either dead or retired.
Senator Beck says that his son George
is doing finely in WYOMING y TERRITORY.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
Kicking Cows.

We see many remedies for curing a
COW Of kicking while being MIXED. The
best remedy is prevention. This can
only be- applied by handling the heller
while young, teaching her by gentleness
and kindness that man is her friend and
does not wish to harm her; but as this is
not always possible, it is we'll to know
how to prevent kicking after COW has
reached mature years. We have noticed
the following remedy many times: .!
tied the cow up by the head
mot legs, procured good switch (not
club), and proceeded to milk, and for
every kick I returned one good smart
blow with the switch on the offending
leg. A few kicks and blows sufticed for
that time. At the next milking only
three or four blows was required and at
the third milking one kick and one blow
was sufficient, and ever after the cow
was as gentle as need be-" Three inn
portant points are to be observed in the
above treatment: First, uniform kind
ness and gentleness; second, never strike
cow Tor kicking when loose in the
yard, or she will learn to run from you;
third, only one blow for each kick. With
the right kind of person and the rig ht
kind Of COW, we have no doubt that the
above remedy will be efficient, but there
are few persons who will stand "a few
kicks" and still be uniformly kind and
gentle.-Breeders' Live Stock Journal.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11

Fire l,oys nude years Of ags5
are il, ID ials;ed
With na(lr.ier 4. ssss
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
Veterinary Notes.

/, -. ~. 49, : :,
horses o g ho ~ . oscotie u st.te Auoo
N they are .too ofy7posstois - W =
e 7's eonalelon o o ''eee' VI non ti'e
s use k % grease or ,ol, of vi, "lllon
.lnoses ~ Wa.et lol 'i.en' 49,, Su s,l,
:; hastb b, % st pHa r is th"n elastic
and viii not break, Cold water viii
generally restore the hoofs when they
become TOO dry. It may be applied by
means OF wei pandages ~ Inc uaY.l lnIe
anu ~ tne slaple Wy Ple ~ paou ~
Sol cay or We1 IhucA .aol .ne llo.so ~
s.anu IN. an o'ller relneoiec ai0 "a
4. - ,os'' ~. 49,, :, ,...,.
caves liE 's are sup]ect 20 latai ulso1oer
/ known as anthrax s. fever, otherwise
black leg or black quarter They are
taken very suddenly, become adverse
Is An, ,no !, and slee ~ ana stupid. and
dia7 milk IL TIE hest remedy Is to Give
he 1.alf one so1nce IF linsged-oiI as. soon
/ &c 8 seams Il Ia ailinv:1 afta, that give
! : t - IF s,1It,hnr' and one Of
cream ere of tartar in q tablespoonful Of
!nolasses The dead ealyes snould pc
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11
Spring Halt.

ss SpTlHS lAAts
Spring halt lis an affection Of
the nerves of. the leg, or it may
be Of those Of the loins which control
the nerves De the limbs. If the animal
appears tender upon the loins, this may
be- also due to the same cause asthe ner-
vol1s disorder, and that may very pos
.sibiy arise from disease Of the spinal
meningitis. This may even cause url.
nary disturbances, because the whole
nervous system Of these organs will be
involved, as well as that Of the digestive
organs an q the limbs, by this disease, SO
that the treatment in sucli q case should
be for the primary cause and not the To-
cal disorde The treatment should be
to apply mustard plaster to the loins, to
purge freely by 3aloes, four drains, OF
inseed-oil, one pint, repeated, and to
give ene-half ounce doses of bromide Of
potassium daily. Swollen gums and pal
ate in a horse indicate bad health. The
treatment should be to give a dose or
two Of physic. "A pint OF linseed oil, or
a pound ofepsom salts, and to wash the
month with solution Of borax. Fee ding
too much whole cord will sometimes pro-
duce this trouble. z d. =. = g.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11

s'llieved by q dose of one pint linseedlr-11
oil and changing the feed giving 4 bran
mash with d quart Of linseed- oil -meal in
it once q day. "a D corn should be given
for time until the hair is shed hea lths-sl
fully. $ss8$4 KS 81 q B .s $s5 N
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-01-11

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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-15
The Lasker Resolutions.

The subcommittee of the house on foreign
affairs committee consisting of Messrs.
Curtin, Rice and Eaton, to whom the His
cock resolutions on the Lasker matter was
referred, at the meeting yesterday apopted a
substitute for the resolutions and prepared a
report to accompany the substitute. At a
meeting of the full committee the substitute,
resolutions, and report of the subcommittee
were laid before the members. Considerable
discussion followed, as result of which, the
report was referred back to the subcommittee
with suggestions as to certain changes the
full committee deemed judicious to have
made. Another meeting of the sub-commit-
tee will be held tomorrow, at which the re-
port will be amended in conformity with
suggestions of the full committee. The fol-
lowing, which will probably be adopted by
the full committee, and with the substitute
and resolutions reach the house on Monday
next are the sentiments which will be ex-
pressed in the report of the subcommittee.
First. That the house of representatives had
a right to adopt and transmit to the German
reichstag, resolutions expressing its opinion
of the character and abilities of the deceased
German statesman, its sympathy with the
Democratic ideas entertained by him, and its
coincidence with that party in German poll
tics to which he belonged, in the loss they
sustained in his death. Second.
It would not be a dignified course for
the house of representatives to indulge in
abuse of Prince Bismarck, for asserting his
rights, to say, that when the resolutions
reached him they should go no further, as
the question of his rights assert that author
ity is one to be settled between him and the
reichstag; and third, that the action Of our
state department in this matter, is deserving
of commentator. The resolutions, which
are to be reported as substitute for the
Hiscock resolution, will not differ substan-
TALLY from the latter, except in the modifica-
of the language respecting Prince Bismarck's
conduct, and in addition commendation of
the course of the state department in the
matter.
A liz ~
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-15
A RAILROAD MAN BEHEADED.

W. 4. Williams Instantly Killed at the
Western 4cenle Crossing of the NJ. & st.
L. Railroad Yesterday.
Yesterday afternoon horrible railroad &C
cident occurred at the Western avenue
bridge, in the instantaneous killing of W. T.
Williams, a young man twenty years of age,
and employed as fireman on the Minneapo-
lis & St. Louis railway.
When killed, Williams stood upon the
steps of engine No. 63, riding to his dinner.
The locomotive was backing up, drawing a
freight train. Just as they approached a
bridge, Williams warned brakeman of the
piers of the bridge which are located down to
the tracks, but he failed to take Necessary
precaution himself and when the bridge was
reached he was hit by the pier in question
and hurled to the ground, his head falling
beneath the huge drive wheel of the locomo-
tive. The wheel passed over the neck sever
ing the head from the body causing instant
death. The decapitated head was terribly
crushed and mutilated by other wheels pass
ing over it.
The county coroner promptly took charge
of the remains, and after making a cursory
examination decided that no in
quest was necessary as the
accident was purely the result of careless
ness on the part of the deceased.
The deceased boarded at 1874, First ave
nue., north, and his parents reside on Six
teenth avenue south, near Twenty-sixth
street.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-15
paid thousands of dollars into the
Northern Paeifie's hands for freight.

paid thousands of dollars into the
Northern Paeife's hands for freight.
The De Smet Leader says: The ssslickest"
swindle that ever struck De Smet came
along this week and took in the town. A
very nice fellow made canvass of the town
for the purpose of putting in a circulating
| library, charging one dollar for membership
and agreeing to put in valuable book for
every subscriber. He secured list of more
than sixty names, and the money. Then he
produced the books, which proved to be
cheap John affairs, worth about fifteen cents
apiece. An indignant mob waited on him
at the depot and demanded their money
back. He shelled out as long as his pile
lasted, and most of the victims recovered
their investment a few got stuck and at
tached some of the books left here. The
chap boarded the train and skipped He
claimed to represent Alvord Bros, OF SYRIA
cuse, n. Y.
! The jamestown Alert says: The report of
the Creelsburg land Office shows very sur
prising activity-surprising at this time OF
| year-in the filings. The filings have reach
ed as high as 240 per day. Out OF the thir-
| teen townships which have recently come
| into market in Tower county and con-
| tiguous places there is scarcely any vacant
| land left. The several newly surveyed
| townships near Minnewaukan, at the west
end of the lake, have been absorbed with
avidity. A very large immigration is an
ticipated this summer by way of the James
town & Northern railroad, and squatters, I'M
dismayed by the cold winds of the northern
| spring, are found scattered along on the IN
surveyed lands on its route between Mime
waukan and New Rockford. Out OF the
thirty-fve surveyed townships near Devils
Lake twenty-three are yet to come upon the
market, and it is probable that settlers IN
sufficient number to fill them will be on the
ground when the plats are received at the
land office.
1t is learned that at the recent meeting OF
lrish-Americans in Fargo there were htty-
| three delegates present, representing various
localities and societies, and in the main citl-
zens that would not be taken for fil1buster
or adventures. VIM. O'Neil, an alderman
and local chieftain, was the chairman and
leading spirit. If words will upset the rule
| in Manitoba few meetings of this sort will
accomplish the work, but there is no prospect
| that an army with banners and drums will
materialiZe on this side Of the line, though
| there are individuals who will per-
haps 60 there if the ways and means are pro-
vided. A deputation was arranged to visit
Winnipeg and confer with the disaffected
there and report. One of the objects pre-
sented at the meeting was the scheme to Sc
cure legislation declaring citizens OF Great
Britain from holding more than 500 acres OF
land in this country, unless they declare In
tentions Of becoming citizens. 1t could not
be learned where the cases of arms they
claimed had been shipped from Chicago are
stored. Some will visit Grand Forks, on
the 18th, although the st. Patrick display
there has no particular significance.