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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
a Long Pneumatic Tube.

New York Graphic: A company is
getting ready to build a pneumatic tube
for carrying letters and small packages
from Chicago TO New York. The idea
at first seems imprac5icable, but on ex-
animation it turns out to be feasible.
Two tubes ere to he made of brass,
which will run side by side, although it
is said one tube will be tried at first.
A powerful engine with an exhaust
wheel is to be stationed at one end. It
is said that if the tube is properly made
and planted no air will escape. The
right Of way it is believed can be se-
cured for nothing, or at q nominal ex-
pense, and the main cost will be the
tube and the engines and stations. A
letter, Il sample Of grain, or package of
any kind which is to be sent, is inclosed
in a leather ball. A ball presents the
least friction Us {. rolling object, and
the leather is to be stiff and heavy. "a
CONTINUOUS current of air is passing
through the tube constantly. With
one pipe the plan is to reverse the en-
CINE every hour the first hour forcing
air into it at the Chicago end and send
ing packages to New York, the next
hour exha1sting the air at Chicago and
drawing the packages rs quickly back.
The men who have. it in charge do not
say how. long it will take to send pack
age this way, but claim to be able to do
it LII less than o minute. Stations will
be established at the Important cities
on the route. IL is expected to pay a
large profit, and to do the business of
the telegraph companies, express COM
panies, and the mail J. They say the
scheme Of sending crude petroleum by
"a pipe Tor long distances, as is now
done, was laughed atat first and that
this one is more practicable, if possible,
and not nearly 50 cost as the pipes are
to be small and can go around curves
and over hill as we'll as On level. .ssI Az,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
Ahout Feather Pillows.

Many q housewife is deferred from
making satisfactory and needed changes
in pillows from the fact that it is al;
most impossible to do anything with
feathers without losing and scattering
them. Ii this plan is pursued she need.
have no further trouble Suppose that
she wishes to increase The size Of pair
of pillows By adding the contents Of a
third pillow to them divide the pillow
in two parts by tiieing string tightly
through the Ger tel, then rip about a.
quarter Of d yard at the end, and rip,
the same length. at. the end OF the I,iill-
low that You wish to increase, then join
these two cases and sew them together;;.
by SO dong you can shake the feathers,
into the case without scat ering them
at all hen they are ont of the small
case, rip the seam AMI sew the case firm
Ia bnying ticking it is always well
to buy the best syou will save great,
deal 81 time and energy if The ticking IS.
30 firm and closely woven that feathers
do not find their 81 an ont te blow about
theroo1n Z. Post. t}}ss
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
Enforcement CONTAGIOUS.

Let man begin work really adj
vantageous, and the good sense Of neigh
boris will see it. Let man ''tix" his
front fence, paint his house or arbor,
clear his back yard, OF dispose Of old
rubbish, hoop skirts and tin cans, and
people are not slow in noting the i'm
pro3ement. Now let a dozen or ascore
Of men join together by mutual promise
In such an enterprise, and those who
hold out against Improvements sooner
or later will join the swelling company.
IF one duck drinks all will drink" If
one sheep jumps the fence all will jump"
In neighborly influences the case is
likewise. The thing needed is a good
healthy gossip upon matters common
place.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
FARM, FIELD AND
Doy1 ana Home Work 4

Rural New Yorker 5 .[t has -; lg been
10 theory 81 mine that men DULL make
better husband than ii tie maj riity off
them 90, il they had been ttang Nc the
rndinents, Vt least, Of 4 house #ork.5
Som Some l might reply, IS q bright boy did,
who differed with me on this subject:
Do you want yonr daughter to do d
mans work /? 70 60 into the stable and
harness up horses and all such work ~
n 81 Z replied, 81 do not want her
TO have it to do, but want her to know.
how to do 1t, III case OF an emergency. 7
| III am al ways provoked to see great.
| lazy boy, read, play. or sit around idle,
while his mother and sisters make mend
and darn for him. And his mother I
feel out of patience with. / have seen.
| girls Of q family. who were attending
school along with their brothers, were
obliged by their mothers rule to make
THEFT own and their brothers beds he
fore going to school, and to do their
! own mending and darning, and that Of
| their brothers beside. This Would
have. been all right if the boys had beon
at something equally useful, but no,
they were out-of-doors, playing ball, or
something similar. on Saturdays, and
in the mornings looking over their les
sons, or "bothering around" until school
time. 1t is not just, but. there are few
families in which there are boys and
girls, that the girls don't get imposed
upon in some such way.
{ I know of q man who, when he was
growing UP, was Taught by his mother
not only to darn, but to make bread,
which requires strong hands to make
good; to wash dishes, never forgetting
to. rinse them in hot water, and in fact
to keep the house as neat as mother did,
and as careful about keeping out the
flies. .%4%.
Yes, and two others, who, in case of
sickness, company, or the wife's alb
sence, proved themselves as "handy
as a grill" about the house, and a great
deal more so than some hired girls.
They had 10 experience in such work
previous to their marriage, but they
were men quick to catch an idea, and
like to be useful on all occasions.
! also know a young woman, q far
mer's wife, who has never, during her
married life, been away from home for
moro than a day at a time, because her
husband ard the boys would starve to
death. She had no daughters, and
her sons scorn to learn "girls work"
And when, as it sometimes happens,
the poor woman gets flat on her back,
father and sons are helpless, and must
run for some neighbor. She often
says: ooh! if I had only made my
boys learn house-work while they were
small, how much it would have saved
me-"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
What East Trotters Cost.

Dan Mac was not at home, but one OF
his lieutenanty said: T.,
II suppose if any young fellow with
a lot of money in his pockets wanted to
buy fast trotter to give his dust to
/ the rest of the boys on 7th avenue he
would come here to Dan Mace's for
what he doesn't know about trotting
stock isn't worth knowing. During the
season we have from so to 100 horses.
to. sell on commission, and we have a
yearly sale Of trotting stock. A man
needn't pay SO very dear for q fast trot-
ter, unless he wants something thatcan
go faster than 2 80. If he is satisfied
with an animal that can trot somewhere
| in the neighbour of 2::40 he can get
one for 81, 600. H ss :. 81.
IS on see all the farmers all over the
country are trying to raise fast trotters.
If they get q colt that in his sixth year
can do i 0 mile in 2 rs, and he is ola
fashionable strain Hambletonian Eth
an Allen or General Knox & is worth
I 81, 600. But as animals that can make
I2:35 ara very much more Il ,nnero1ls
than those that can make 2:25, there is
q great dispr oportion in the relative
value. One is cheaper than he ought
to. be. and the other dearer. Ills the
supply that does this. Iisidore
| Garfield paid s15 200 for aa1ey
/ Cobb, but he can trot the mile to road
wagon IN 2 ri !. Capt. Jake Wand ri
pilt gave q big price for Boston, but he
has done it to road wagon IN q 20.
| Shep herd Knap latel sold histean for
$40, 900 to Chicago parties. 3. Smith
! owns a horse called Dodd, for which he
| paid q big price. Mr.. Eas tnan dries a
pair pf fast ones, Bob Acres and Cap
| tain Jack. al Hinckler drives his
father-in- laws team Col. ia ockafeI Iers
the ones that took the premium 1T
the first horse show illiarn a. AM
derbiit drives A l7ine and Early Rose,
and he has driven lline and Maud s..
d mile IN q :155a One. cam calculate
| the worth Of srch animals. They are
like big Diamonds. IL vou want to buy
them they cost enorIn ously But they
hold their value. even better than big
diamonds. So
They come from al parts Of the
country nor has there ret been any
Ione state more noted than smother for
the prod 1ctioa of n ting stock The
stud book IS kept i'll the greatest care
and just as much strlsy and Thought are
used IN breeding as il thorongh breds,
OF course the IL etter is not a thorough
bred though the word is some imes INF
correeti used But the niaaal shows
what can be done l,v breeding from
carefully selected stock y
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
fence H viii easily acc nlnod ate Us.


ny a'1esis
III small lens tom atoesshou "a never
BE al loWad Ii, ri. an s prs,,nd a,n-
81 q /,
Il, 8 - ~ .1oa 81 ies q IS
. So tes fastened 70 upright; posts pay for
Ihe Ut trouble they Ihe fruit will
re earlier more lolentl1tl and SO much
5lh1sr " $KepG UP out OF the dHt. S.s
The best de'velo pInent OF size II pota-a
toes gained l1 IN M ex e1iInenta IN cutting
potabo seed at the Oh'o leuIf1aral
stat,on VAS Was Obtain ed on plots where
e, euo ~ ule, eall Issu ), w
49, ~. -: sI1 yaoi, s g 10y g
y .no l',oe . % .1siis iAl - -
sa o 49, 10y ! es,a n,; n'ls
~ II ~, F. $50 ., = ~ = sa,I1 80
- $1,000 - 'isr M a,o 800
va :, ~ ,.-l,a., ~ 1aif'at 49, ~
- aa s s1-o ~
f'' - = = -. 'esst-
! IF Jou were to work hard in this hot
sun q whole half day without water.
,vo,,1an,t n :, o,,sa. a,roo+,vo ms
horsas raa,l - ona s,,,, 3, 49, n,-ot 1n;th
out it as you; can't you manage to give
them drink IN L the middle OF each half
e"y q DIT IIt liileu att' e.la"n % lne
eral davs. Trv II and see how orafef,7I
the poor animals will be, and now much
better you will enjoy your drink. It
pays to look after the comfort of the
teams! a,... j.. b.
rharo o,n ~ - ,.,o<o,, ~ ~
W o, ~ ~ 800, = =,
grass snould cue OUT OF the land Wn1le
clover does well excepting that the Glow
er oyerpoWers the grass bv its superior
x-;;1.o Hrrh;a =, 5, .,, =, !, 80
If ',ntosb ond H. -, 10 s sa; - ss;1.1
fro, l;haro1 drass;,a a prAo .t1a, ~" 49,.
Aioll Alpeial :, dressing ~ ASHES WHEEL
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
j. rj|.armer,ss Short Uptas.

The Lake n oorheea cattle ranch III
TERRITORY comp es /, O00, 600
acres of slandd, and one pasture Of 40 81
/ 900 acres IS inciosed by q single wire
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
me Farmer and the college Graduate!

Father, well, my son, what did You
study at college?" .r
Son.--''Oh!-French and--er-Greek
and Latin-and-
F.--fsNow, what is the Latin for
cart?"
s.-"Why, cartibus, of course"
F. And what is the Latin for fork?"
/ --"F'ork--fork--er- -er-forkibus ?"
F.-"What is tho Latin for hay?"
+ SHAY ?-hay! why, hayibus.''
F.-stJust see here, then! II you
don't take that forkibus, and pitch that
hayi.yus into that cartibus, I'll break
your backib1ls..", s.s,.=
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-08
Wheat Farming.

Like every other commodity, wheat
rises and falls Id the market in per-
feet accord with the law OF demand and
supply. -
i tits net at all likely that there will
be any Of the foreign wheat growing
countries. Climatic conditions ore good,
and the product is good. India wheat
recently exhibited in Chicago proved
to be better than orr grain dealers ex-
pected. Tropical wheat is not so good
as that grown in colder 1atitudes: but
it is evident that we can not calculate
on that to be any special service to us
ais farmers. Russia produces first
class wheat and so does Australia
Then, we have Canada right at our
DOORS, SIS good e wheat. country as Lies
under the sun, Ill, a. lE}s e .s
1T is an established fact that wheat
grows well in cold latitlldes, and tkatas
a general thing, tits not proftably grown
in the tropical regions. TT Is equally
well understood that in colder climates
The variety of crops is. less in number
than in warmer places. That argues
that the northern farmers will continue
to raise wheat as much from necessity
as from desire. .They can not grow
some crops that are profitable farther
south, and they can get little profit out
of stock In warner latitndes farmers
have opportunities that their northern
.neighbors do moi; enjoy. They can
change from one thing to another as .oc-s
scasion requires and make money out Of
al.
These considera atoms tend to- teach
MS that the days Of profitable wheat
farming III the southern one half ofours
scountry IRE passed. Our Kansas farm
.ers are iintuifiyely falling into this lines
IF thought Many 81 them this year
have little il any 1aers wheat growing
.than they expect to use in their own
families. But they are; doing more than
formerly III other directions. II costs
.t#enty -fYe cents TO thirty cents to-
take q bushel Of wheat from Tppek 70
New York That IS eliear veryE low,
but il is d large perce ntage OF the value
of the wheat. It will be wise b short
on up d little ID our wheat and lengt
en- ont ID fruit and meat Kansas
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aliuS SdAe $IfOtu Tue ss33SulSs5TdCGlui9# cOuSS-
quences Of your rashness, and then I
could tell my husband all. But that
hope was not to be realized.
He left me in bitter anger and I have
never seen him since, nor heard from
Linn, until q year ago friend abroad
sent me papers containing the account
OF the loss off q French steamer, one Of
whose III fated passengers lie was. I
thought then I should die, but God
swilled it otherwise.
Cousin Ralph surely you will never
approach me again upon a subject that
can only add one more pang to the sor
row that through yor1-I must say II,
though it wound ust forever bar
the entrance Of happ iiness into my
heart. ~ 81 $.s$
There Is = moments pause, then q
mans troubled voice breaks It:
~ And 1t was my hand thai wrought
you this suffering Though he I
vounded recovered from his hurt, and
my hand is free from the blood of a
fellow being, hare SLAIN 10 soul !!
Cousin Violet, forgive me il you can
can never forgive IN Yselff (.
There is d sound q Df retraatiing foot
steps, and i wonan's sob; then, unable
toscontrol any longer the emotions that
impelled him, deserving his friend, and
climbing with agile auiciknass mp the
balcony SUI ports, Carol Dant Oh stands
before the wife lie he'd lost but had never
ceased % lore, despite The torturinsgy
doubts that had embitt cred the last dark
years. B. .5ss
.#a wife !''l he cries my il jjured
ViolatI e is yorir hrls band not dead,
but alive and beside ron, who has heard
your exoneration ON your own lips.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-11
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS-.
THE SENATE.

Mexican Pension and Utah Bills Laid Aside
and the Diplomatic Bill Considered.
WASHINGTON, June 10.-A large number of
petitions we're presented opposing governmental
telegraph.
Mr.. Logan presented, as a memorial, the reso-
lutions of a mass meeting recently held in Cln-
%cinnati, of soldiers, sailors and marines, who
served in the war of the rebellion, expressing
the conviction that they are entitled to a quarter
section of land for each man. Referred to the
committee ON public lands.
Mr.. Beck withdrew his resolution, offered yes
terday, concerning the removal of political disa-
b~ilities, and the Senate resumed consideration of
the Mexican pension bill
The amendments offered by Mr.. Harrison in
tended to limit the beneficiaries of the bill to
those who had seen service, were laid on the Ia
ble-yeas, %; nays, 20.
The pension bill was then displaced by the
regular order THE Utah bill which was inform
ally laid aside to admit Of consideration of the
consular and diplomatic appropriation bill.
Mr.. Allison explained that the amendments
proposed by the Senate committee on appropria-
tions added $500, 600 to the bill as it came from
the House. The House had appropriated $500,
900 less than the appropriation last year.
The bill was read by sections and the amend
nenis proposeu ny tne oeHdte committee aereeU
to, with only the interpretation of occasional
remarks OF inquiry and explanation, except as to
the provision appropriating $250,O00 to meet the
expenses attendant upon the execution of the
neutrality act. When this provision was reached,
it was held in allegiance until the remaining pro-
visions were disposed of. On those being
agreed to, Mr.. Allison moved that the Senate
proceed to consideration of the clause referred
to in executive session, which was agreed to.
and the Senate went into secret session. The
deliberations continued until 6:10 P. NJ, when
the Senate adjourned.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-11
The Deluee at springfield. VT.

SPRINGFIELD, Vt, June i0.-1he food at this
point continued five or six hours before it began
to subside. 1t is estimated that over eighteen
inches of water has fallen since Monday noon.
1t rained nearly FALL day, and Black river began
to rise. Thousands of tons of earth were dis
placed in the streets, and, in some places, there
are channels nearly one hundred feet wide.
Valley street, for half its distance, is now the
bed Of a stream. and Upper street is excayated
down to bed rock. Roads are impossible from
w~ashouts, landsiides, etc, No mail was received
or sent this morning. 1t is the greatest calamity
Springfield has suffered since the great food OF
1869. a brook has changed to a swift river, and
business is suspended. The grass crop is ruined.
and field crops are nearly a total loss. Several
families were forced to abandon their houses.
and spend the night in a drenching rain on the
adjacent hills. A large force of mon is irving
to turn the water into the creek, with partial
success.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-11
MoODY AND sANKEY.
The Influence of Their Work Upon the Re
IigiOus English People.

London Telegraph.
The people who form the bulk of the Moody
and Sankey congregation are perhaps, of all the
people on this earth, those who lead the most
absolutely dark and dreary lives as far as out
ward appeals to their senses are concerned. They
are Protestaatso of the middle or humber classes,
honest, God fearing, quiet, sober men and
women. If church folk, they are as a rule evan
gelical. and their preachers seldom shine as ora
tors. If dissenters, their little bethels are plain,
without ritual variety, without a good organ
or trained choir. sweet singing, OF at
~tractive service. Their train of thought for
bids the music hail or the theater; they
rarely read novels; our climate and manners
exclude professions; our architecture is
gray; our streets grimy, and the skies above
them often dull. To people from whose lives,
homes and haunts color. music, movement, 70
nance, brightness, are thus excluded, there are
suddenly presented opportunities of hearing a
really stirring Grafton, and hymns well led and
powerfully supported. Thus the success of
Messrs. Moody and Sankey is easily accounted
for on the surface alone. But there are other
and deeper reasons. To many Englishmen of
these classes Theology is their only literature. and
religious aspiration the poetry of their lives.
They live in the past pictured by the Bible or in
the future which it promises, and the old English
of its history and prophecy brings the flavor of
antiquity into the modern prose Of their daily life.
1t is curious enough that, while the ordinary
Evangelicals find formidable rivals in the prech-
ing, prayer, and song of the new missionaries,
they should see another section assailing
them from the opposite quarter. The Ritualists
will not leave them alone. The eloquenee of
Mr.. Moody, the melody OF Mr.. Sankey shine by
contrast to their TOO often dry preaching and
dull services, while the advanced Angeicans
bring all the resources of art to bear against
them on the other side. Images, symbols,
emblems, pictures, color, incense, music, intona-
ton and song, varied yestments and elaborate
ceremonies make a church where the service is
very High" as attractive as a theater and pic
ture gallery in one. Between the two extremes,
the old Evangelicals, content to dwell in de
cencies forever" are certainly losing ground.
The droning duet between parson and clerk, and
the dull ugliness of the old-fashioned chapel Of
dissent, alike tend to disappear. New life is
poured in at both ends to stir up the whole
length and breadth Of the national organization
of religion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-11
COLUMBUS, June 9.
NulnisinaticS.

To the Editor of the Indianapolis J9rr a:
The silver piece described in your Saturday
issue, by Mr.. John N. Taylor, is an ordinary
issue of the British government in Elizabeth's
reign. Had he given the weight, its name and
value would readily follow. From the size, it is
probably a crown piece worth about $l.ln The
epigraph on the face is, when translated,
Elizabeth, by the grace of God, Queen of Eng
land. France and Ireland. The date viii
probably be found on close inspection. These
large silver pieces usually lose letters and figures
from abrasion. The reverse in Latin is a passage
from the Psalms. meum posui deum adiutorem,
etc, Il have placed the Lord always before me
as my helper, etc. Perhaps the missing word
should be semper. In any work on the British
currency this coin viii be found figured and de
Scribed. ROBERT MORRIS.
LAGRANGE, Ky.