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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-09

style, and who recently cast them aside
and went to live in wickiup with q
Pluto buck, has repented Of her passion
for savage life. Recently, after drink
ing bad whiskey all night, he arose in
the morning and began 70 beat and kick
her. She escaped to- town and has once
more donned the garb Of civilization.
Perhaps it would be q good thing to
send her east as a lecturer on the beau
ties Of savage life. Il.
I The present wife of the emperor OF
Germany was not his first choice. The
lady whom he wanted to marry was the
Princess Elizabeth Radziwill. The lat
ter returned his love to the highest de,
gree, but she was much too noble
minded to accept the sacrifice OF his
hand, and, in a last interview with the
prince, she besought him to release her,
She went into nunnery, and Wilhelm
welded Augusta, but their married life
was not for many years a very happy
one. It is only since the different at
tempts on the emperor's life that their
relations have become warmer, and on
those, occasions the empress always
spent many hours daily near the bed
side of her husband. = -.m..5@
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-09
IN THE LAND OF DIXIE.
How Southerner Asks You to Step Up to
the Bar and Take Suth'in.

Idon't say that true southerner would
be mortally offended if you refused to
drink with him, yet when he invites
you you sometimes feel that the invita-.
ton comes right from the heart and
you feel mean not to accept. Don't
imagine that he walks around hunting
for somebody to swallow liquid in chorus
with him. His invitation comes only
after you have sat down with him and
had chat on old times and future pros
poets. He is shy Of you at first. You
can feel that he is sounding you and
trying to make an estimate of whether
you will do to tie to. By-and-by he
warns up and does two-thirds of the
talking. Further on he bitches his
chair little closer. Then he grows
confidential, and first you know he taps
your arm or your leg with his finger to
emphasize his remarks. An invitation
to drink is not far off. I have watched
it in hundred cases, and T never knew
it to fail once.
eyes, sir" he says-"yes, sir, I was in
that very fight you speak Of, and my
~ "f1S oli Jul IClU 1Altlhs l. UCll
you, it was hot. You Yanks were down
behind ridge, and it seemed as if every
one of You had sixteen shooter.
Along about. Say, let's have
something"
But Istarted to tell you how a South
ern man drinks. Almost invariably he
takes a straight whiskey. Your beer is
waiting while he pours out his hair
litter. He raises his glass, surveys the
contents for five seconds, and then with
nod and humble in which you catch
the word luck, he seems to throw the
whiskey down his throat in lump. He
never stops to taste, nor smack, nor
dilute, but down it goes as if he had not
a minute to spare, and you are left with
two thirds of glass of beer in your
hand. He'll settle the score, wipe off
his mouth, chew up two or three kernals
of coffee, and consult his watch before
the last of your glass is gone, and you
can't help but feel that you are trespass
ing upon his valuable time. --Nasby.
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Capel.s of a Cyclone.

Mr.. Robert Wilson, whose mothers
house was demolished, was blown out
into the yard, but not seriously hurt.
He had retired before the storm came
on and laid his clothing on. chair. In
his vest pocket was watch. The next
morning he found his watch hanging on
a small limb Of q tree that had blown
down IN the yard, the chain wrapped
several times around the limb. It was
sticking away as If nothing had hap
pened. Mr.. Stewart, who was killed at
Daniel Watson's $, was very fond Of hunt.
ing, and always kept his gun near the
head Of his bed When Mr.. Stewart
was found after the storm his gun was
lying near him, but il had been dis
charged, the entire load PASSING through
Mr. Steyart''s bod III one place We
noticed a large fat pine log, which would
weigh at least 5 t)tlO pounds, which was
taken mp from the ground where it was
lying ard carried 8 distance 81 twenty
TO twenty five PAGES and piled across,
some other logs orth Carolina
kb0CkHts
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-09

day before the father and Harry at the
break fast table that Harry was sweet
on q little girl down OF the hotel, and
that was the reason he did not come to
his meals regularly Harry colored
up q little, and after they had finished
their breakfast the old Judge seated
himself on the front porch, which over
looks Maunch Chunk and gives such a
magnificent view Of the Lshigh Valley,
the moving boats and trains, which his
own industry had created and brought
together. The old gentleman said,
Harry, who is this girl Robert refers
to ?'' Eli Sd ss. . s. ::
e Miss Lockwood, the daughter of a
man you know very well. Il.
Are you going to marry her Harry?'
said the Judge. 3=. ....s +
IT have some notion Of it,, fathe err
said Harry. y. s.s
"W,ll, wait until I go down and see her, +"
said the Judge, and picking up his old
white hat and cane the Judge quietly
ambled down to the hotel and asked for
Miss Lockwood She innocently came
to the Office Of the hotel with her dining
room apron on, and seated herself be-
side the Judge. just what he said to
her, or she to him, will never be exactly
known, unless she tells it; but when
the Judge came out he was smiling and
appeared mighty we'll pleased. He went
home and found Harry still sitting on
the porch where he had left him. BY
this time the Judges face had resumed
its usual grave but kind expression.
"Well, Harry" he said, "that is very
nice girl down there, but she has no
money. We straise her some
The old Judge put down his memo
randum for $50, 900, the mother and the
others for $25, 900 each, and this $780,
600 was placed in the bank to the ex-
elusive and immediate credit Of Miss
Lockwood; the engagement was an
nounced, the wedding day fixed, the
marriage took place, and Harry Packer
got the girl he liked.
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The Life Of a Harvard Student.
From the Boston Globe, : ssh

/. College students study with all sorts
OF incentives. A few study all the time,
when they are not sleeping and eating.
They are ambitious to lead their class,
or at least to get all average of 90 per
cent. for their four years, or they de-
pend upon winning O. scholarship Of
s25O TO carry them through, and so are
often obliged, by reason Of their only
ordinary natural ability, to "dig' con
s'tantly for high marks. Another and
q larger class Of men are content with
an average of SO per cent. and do not.
care to grind for a degree with the high
est est distinction They are fellows of
good parts who usually take what
course curse they like--Haryard students,
remember e l1al can study almost
What Y they choose after the
freshman III tr yeir-----and who work faith
fully every day. Men do not care, or
do not think they are able, to graduate
with great distinction, study hard
enough to get an average Of rs per cent.
Tor their four years, and get degrees
with dlstIn ction. They, as do ali kinds
OF students, some tlmes pick cut soft
courses co rises so called. and seldom hurt
themselves { with work, though they are
1a alr@ from q being loafers. All these men
, y = consider q course failure, if
they didn't get on the rank list" in it;
enat y Y they didn't get 10 per cent. OF
u. 8 bout 100 men, q should say. in
every Harvard class Of 200 average be-
low 20 per cent in Their. stndins " AI,out
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Management Of Swine,

How can we best manage our present
crop of hogs during spring and early
summer, and how can we get the earliest
green feed for them, as corn is scarce
and dear? 5
Ans. Hogs which have been winter
ed, will not only live, but thrive on
grass or clover pasture. They cen be
kept along on such pasture without
other food until spring grain IS ripe.
Peas are the best feed for. hogs, and
these will be read ID about % months
after sowing. Barley is next best Of the
spring grains, and will mature sooner
than the peas. Early sweet corn can be
utilized to good advantage, to befo lowed
by later varieties, and fed stalks and
az, and the hogs viii eat Is with great
relish. there are more fattening prop
5ertles sweet corn stalks than most
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-05-09
How Jay Cooke Recovered His
NJ Losses

When Jay Cooke was buried under
the Northern Pacific Railroad his
friends thought he would never recover.
To-day he is one of the wealthiest men
in Pennsylvania. He was over to New
York during the week and I learned
that he has investments in iron, coal,
gold and silver mines and railroads
reaching far into the millions. He is a.
trader by nature, and in trading got his
first recovering step after his disaster.
A gentleman well acquainted with him in
former days in Philadelphia, now resi-
dent of Portland, Ore, tells me Cooke
made $4,000 in less than q month in his
business venture after the crash He
was no sooner discharged from banA-i
ruptcy than he secured backing from
friends, and bought Of the receiver 49,
900 shares which he held of Northern
Pacific common stock. The price paid
was 81 so. He sold it within thirty
days at $3.50. Among the assets there
was also a large amount of stock in the
South Mountain Ore company, opera
ting a mine in the iron mountains in
Adams county, Pa, including a railroad
twelve or fourteen mil es long. This is
the same vein and quality of ore as the
great Cornwall vein in Lebanon county
adjoining. Lebanon county has as
much ore in her mountains as the whole
state of Missouri, and the Adams coun~
ty venture was only second to
it in quantity. This stock Cook
bought up, held a while, recognizing
the operations at the mines, and then
sold out at great profit. Next he turned
his attention to bit of silver mining
property in Utah, known Tvs the Hook
Horn Silver Mining Company. It was
considered wild cat" and "dead duck"
He prospected it carefully, opened up
the mine, got a railroad run. to it, and
before he got through with it was 500,
600 better off with only q year behind
him IN time. Nearly all his later b,1si-
ness ventures have been measureably
successful, but in these three projects,
undertaken just after his failure, he
was wonderfully prospered.
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The Short Rows.

A Vermont dairyman says young
calf should be fed three times day.
Overlooking at long intervals, and es-
pecially with cold food, kills good
many valuable calves.
A writer in Hygiene Pratique states
that boots and shoes may be rendered
waterproof by soaking them for some
hours in thick soap water. The COM
pound forms fatty acid within the
leather, and makes it impervious to
water.
Don't forget the dust bath for the
poultry. This is made by mailing to-
gether four boards in the form of q
square. No bottom is needed Place
in sunny corner and fill with dry loan
or road dust, with an extra barrel full
to use when needed There is nothing
equal to a good dust bath to keep the
hens free from liz If they are very
lousy blshel of wood ashes may be
added to the bath.
In windy localities, says J. J. Thorn
as, good screens Of evergreens on the
exposed sides Of the cattle yards
have the three-fold advantage of orna-
ment, comfort to the cattle, and econ
omy in feed and in saving flesh. This
kind of protection from wintry winds,
with its great saving and little cost, is
SO important that there appears to be
no excuse for its commission by any
farmer.
A correspondent says that young
horses should never have shoes imposed
upon them until it is we'll proved that
they cannot do without them. He pre-
diets that the day is not far off when
some humane benefactor of his kind
and horse-kind will produce breed Of
horses having such firm, tough feet in
addition to all other good qualities.
The negroes Of Sumter county, Ala,
have farmers club in successful oper-
alton, with some very practical features
worthy the consideration of white folks.
If any member fails to attend properly
TO his team, or keep his fences in repair
he is fined from 81 to $40, and the
money is collected out of the first pro-
ceeds Of his crop. Membership in such
aclub would prove expensive to a good
many white farmers.
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PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Flow to Get 1t, and How to Keep In Good
r. .-@ 2t@1' Condition.

T.! 80 G@s' Condition.
Detroit News.
"What do you do to keep in such good
condition. Isuppose you keep up your
gymnastic work all the time" ~
This remark was made by a Detroit
lawyer between thirty and thirty-five
years of age to man a year or two his
junior. The former, looked pale and
delicate, and he stopped a little. The
latter had rosy complexion, was as
erect and 1.-the as an Indian, and looked
the picture of robust health. The law
yer had just been "sizing up" his &C
quaintance and admiring the tirmness
Of his muscles. They were co-workers
in Aliens gymnasium number of years
ago -, :,
"No; 1 haven't seen the inside of
gymnasium for five or. six years. Butt
commenced SO young and laid such q
good foundation in those years that. I
have kept my strength, health and ac-
tivity with remarkably little systematic
exercise ever SINCE"
II wonder if that's the reason my
physical development hasn't lasted me
better? You see I didn't commence
until T was "a or rs, and though I
worked up and maintained good de-
velopment during my. two or three
years in: the gymnasium, it left ME
when I quit, and my muscles are as
fabby now, and my chest as fat, as
before I commenced going to Aliens, !"
II guess you've struck it. The time
for man to lay good foundation Of
physical strength and endurance by
means Of systematic and Intelligent ex-:
ercise is between the ages Of Is and "a
years. This is the time to expand the
chest, before the bones become set too
hard, to get the heart and lungs used to
accelerated action, and to put all the
vital organs into such fine condition
that they will do work continuously for
years without repair. Let person get
muscular development in the arms,
the shoulders or the legs in those days,
and he will retain it for years with but
a trifing use Of those members. l know
a man in this city who has
the finest pair Of thighs I ever saw on a
man of his size In fact, his thighs are
so large us to be out of proportion to
the remainder Of his body, and they
are as hard as blocks of wood. He was
drafted into the German cavalry ser
vice when Is years old, and should have
served seven years. He. was Pole,
and didn't like the Germans, and at the
first opportunity, after serving five
years, lie deserted and came to this
country. He attributes the unusual
development Of his thighs to those five
years on horseback. :. ay -
"But haven't you taken any exercise
since you left the gymnasium?"
"'None regularly. I've been out in
the air as much as could, though my
business has been mostly indoors. I
walk considerably, both regularly and
frequently, and often when I get I'M
dressed for bed go through our old
calisthenics in my bedroom, with the
window down. Then I rub myself and
polish the skin until it is all aglow.,.
Then to bed and to sleep; no night
mare after that, you bet" -. h
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plants for this kind Of gard ling, and
the tubero us-rooted varieties reduce
the labor to a minimum a box on my
own veranda, last summer, contained
our Of the latter, while Madeira
vines clambered over the
lattice work Of slender viii
lows to the ends, and Wreathed the mp
per part Of the window with their own
peculiar arapery Of green leaves, and
family sweet flowers. A quantity Of va
IRRIGATED periwinkl les completed the EFF
feet. On the approach Of cold weather,
such q box can easily be removed to
warmer quarters, gradually dried off,
and then placed in a frost proof room or
dry cellar until the following spring.
A collection Of fuchias, half dozen
different kinds, in q large box is also a
charming, and unlike specimen pot
plants, they can be left to their own de-
vices, and neither trimmed nor trained.
| For good-sized box no vine is more
desirable than the cobma scandens, and
| it is easily grown from seed. Two little
pots filled with moist earth and placed
| side by side in an empty match box, the
spaces around them tightly packed with
wet moss, the seeds planted edge down,
the whole covered with a pane Of glass,
| set in warm place and not watered,
have year after year started beautiful
little plants for me-. After the seeds
have terminated, they ask little favor
of any one, and their rapidity of growth
is something marvellous. " -
Nothing adds so much to the CHAINS
of the rich, glowing colors OF foliage
plants as 6 judicious mixture OF ferns
and some Of our native ones are quite
equal to the greenhouse varieties
Taken up in early spring before the
fronds have begun to unroll them
selves in the sunlight, and put here
! and there among brilliant coleus OF
crimson dracenas, they Will grow and
thrive either in shade OF sunshine, anc
lend grace and beauty to their surround
ings. Rustic boxes filled entirely witt
ferns, and wild grasses, and drapet
with mitchella vines, may deck shell
tered veranda all summer, and then dt
duty at a north window as ferneries al
winter.
| Cyperus alternifolius, also, though
usually recommended for Wardiar
cases, will give charming effects among
bouvardias or abutilons in large win
dow box, and sweet peas and mignon'
cite are always acceptable. Sweet peas
must be covered three Or sour inches
when sown, OF the vines will soon turn
yellow and droop away without single
blossom,
In regard to the size, shape and or
namentation of the boxes much will de
pend on the plants chosen. For strong
quick-growing ones, depth of soil ane
plenty Of root room are required, while
for the lower growing and delicate one
shallow boxes are more desirable One
thing bear in mind; no art can deco
rate equal to the forms, colors, shad
ings, intricate loopings and draperie:
Of healthy vines and flowers, so there il
no necessity for elaborate ornament il
the box itself; it should always be sub
: ordinate to the plants therein. The
: soil should be light and rich, and the
supply of water must be ample.-Vick':
/ Illustrated Magazine.
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SOUTHERN LAMGUOR.
a Northern WON IN Bears Testimony to
the Enervating Air of Florida.

a Northern WON IN Bears Testimony to
the Enervating Air Of Florida.
Florida Letter.
"Yis sir,' she said, with an emphasis
that brought every man out of the
strictly American position which he had
gradually assumed to one better adapted
for sudden flight. "Yis, sir; your
mighty right! Look at me" We
looked. II came down here ten years
ago-not for my health. Bless you, no.
I never had a sick day, and energetic
my! we'll, I wish sometimes that my
poor husband my first, I mean-could
have lived to see me now. Maybe he
would have lived if I hadn't hurried him
!. so"-and she gazed meditatively into
space. "Well, I came down here for
pleasure, and the first thing I
did was to fall in love with an
orange grove; fool, wasn't
II" she demanded Of her audience, who
/ stirred in an embarrassed way, for there
was still 50 strong trace of "energy"
|. in her eye that the possibility of being
hurried" like No. l made answering
ticklish business. s'Well, I married
that orange grove" she went on, 'sI al
ways speak of the grove, for the man I
got into the bargain didn't amount to
much poor fellow, he can't, just as you
say, sir, he can't hardly git enough life
from the air to live on, much less amount
to nything. An what's more, Tim git
tin just like him for all the world.
Why, 7 haven't got enough energy to
shake with the chi1ls. It's q fact. I've
lately taken on dumb ague. Same way
with the cattle. We'vefgot some good
pasture, but you don't reckon those
cows are goin' to waste all their strength
browsing around after grass. Not a bit
Of il; they save it all up; they save
it all up SOS they'll
have enough to chew their cud after
they've been to the house three times
day for their rations. Oh, i tell you
you northern folks don't know anything
about the south for iyin'. Why, Just
look at apple trees! They act the fool
the first two or three seasons just the
downright fool. They seem dazed; ).
they don't any more git through bearin'
than the sun commences calm, calm,
and out comes the new blossoms and
new leaves, an 50 they keep on an keep
on, till they don't know whether they're
apple trees Of evergreens, and bimeby
they get tired Yin TO find out, and lay
down an die. es, sir. You're just
right, the South has got TO git its 1iviin'
BY dom sonnet hing that don't take no.
great am ount Of either Be ain or musclein
And as the boat sheered up too disapid-
sated landing, the ex- widow was received
ID the 1ank arms Of the orange grove
III question, and her audience settled
down 10 cogitate on the resources Of the
south.
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Window Boxes.

Among the numerous plans for the CON-
ing summer made by the great army Of
flower lovers all over the broad land, I
hope many have included one, two OF
more window boxes. It can be said in
their favor that they offer one of the
easiest methods Of gardening, and one
of the prettiest forms Of outdoor decor
alton; and to the large class, who,
through ill health or many cares, are
debarred from the ordinary flower gar
den, they are especially suitable. They
give also rare chances for richness of
tone and harmony of color, and an
artists work may be as plainly visible in
a we'll filled window box as in many
more pretentious things. ~. ..
1 was especially struck with this lat
ter fact, one day, last summer, when
before the windows of an old farm house
I saw so beautiful combination of
form and color that I stopped and
begged permission to examine closely.
The brackets that held the window box
es were fastened in place with large
screws; and could be easily removed,
and the boxes made Of unpainted pine
nailed together. Up each side of the
window was a rustic ladder, made by
fastening a slender cedar stick about
four feet long in each corner of the box,
then lacking bits Of twisted messy
branches irregularly back and forth till
the desired height was reached; then
longer pieces formed an arch over the
top. In one box a white abutilon
formed the center piece, with scarlet
geraniums and sweet breathed hello
tropes on either side, while delicate
maurandyas, with their dainty leaves
and blossoms. twined around and over
the rustic supports. Then, mingling
with the stronger growing German
ivy, senecio scandens fell in long festoons
from the arch above. Bulbs of oxalis
deppi, which had been tucked in here
and there, furnished abundance of pref
lily marked leaves, and the outside of
the box was completely hidden by a
perfect mat of othenna, tradescantia,
German ivy and dew plant. The other
box had large, double, purple fuschia
in the centre, with white geraninms on
either side, surrounded by quant;; lies Of
mignonette and tie same charming COM
fusion of dropping vines. These boxes
were sheltered by veranda, but had
an unlimited supply Of sunshine during
The middle OF the day, and were perfect
maryeIs Of luxuriant growth.
Bogonias are among the most suitable