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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-18
London Dancing.

What a wild scamper is the last new
syalse, says q London letter. The vari.
GUS couples dash and tear through it,
and, after two or three rounds, come to
q breathless stop, scarlet and gaspine
for breath. There are but few who can
dance quick valse with true grace and
those few do not always succeed in find
ing oongenial partners. The conse-
Quence is scene of wild confusion
that, to an INITIATED onlooker, must
SAVIOR of bedlam. A few couples still
practice the chandelier crawl" cir
cling slowly round and round beneath
d group of lights with langrid rhythm.
and getting heartily detested by the
rushing couples in whose way they get.
Apropos of the French word, Imay
mention that it is now highly
questionable in London to speak
or Write the word in it's English form,
"waltz." The cotillion reigns, espe-
cially in the houses of those hostesses
who like to find themselves some modi-
cum of fame by the beauty and costi-
ness of their cotiNion gifts. Such q
height has this sort of an advertisement
Of ones wealth and generosity now
reached, that an unwritten law has
come in force in the best circles, by
which it is enacted that only flowers
may be given in the cotilion, and that
costly gifts shall come under the cate
CORY of vulgar show" In the same
way, it is now considered the best style
to be married in the morning, as the
nouveaux riches always make it point
to be welded by special license, which
is the only mode ofhaving the ceremony
performed in the afternoon. ~ Z.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-18
Story of "Chinese" Gordon. /

StOEY OF G01uSS6 0OGQ0Us y;
An old British army pensioner relates
this story Of General Chinese Gordon !:
On the first day on VII ID fire was opened
at Sebastopol from The twenty one gun
battery, the sand bags forming one Of
the ambrasures scaught fire from the
fash Of q too closely mounted gun. A
corporal and q sapper Of the engineers
were told off to repair the. damage. The
corporal ordered the sapper to mcnnt
the embrasure, and proposed to hand
up the fresh bags to him. They were
under heavy fire at the time, and the
sapper, with some want 81. discipline,
certainly demurred to this arrangement,
and suggested that the corporal should
get up, and that he the sapperl would
go on with the handing up business.
There was a bit of q wrangle over Il.
Gordon, who was passing inquired into
the matter, and quietly telling the cor-
poral, Never order man to do what
you are afraid to do yourself = got up
on q pile Of bags himself and said,
Come up here, both Of you and then
ordered the men who were working the
gun to hand the bags up. The storm Of
bullets swept over Gordon and the two
men, hut his charmed life seemed 10
protect the trio. He finished his work
and came down as COOL e. he had
mounted, but the LESSON was never for
gotten, and there's y fine ring about the
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-18
characterization for Walls and Table.

A beautiful table cloth for small
table can be made OF crimson cloth,
tAinlmed with "a wreath of leaves in
and old artificial flowers, cut, steamed
and retouched with color, sewed on
with the leaves.
Hanging baskets have gone out of ia
vor because of the untidy drip from
them, and standing jardinieres,
tastefully filled, are better liked, since
to look into q plant is the only way to
appreciate it's loneliness. In filling
jardiniere bulbs may be buried in the
soil, which will give us later truss of
hyacinth, crocus or dainty snowdrop.
Ladies who admire beautiful boquets
of grass will appreciate the following
recipe: Take one and one-half pounds
of rock alum, pour on three pints of
boiling water; when quite cool put into
wlde-mouthed vessel, hang in your
grasses, o few at time. Do not let
them get too heavy, or the stems will
not support them. You may again heat
alum and add more grasses By adding
little coloring matter it will give. a
pleasing variety. ~ 49,.
Broad slips of brocade. or Genoa vel
vet are cut to suit the tops Of tables
mantelpieces> ara pianos, and edged
| with fringe cunningly woven in cold"
tints to harmonize.
A pretty fan for wall is made by
gliding large palm leaf fan and decor
ating it with a ribbon bow.
Among the popular flowers to be in
PRODUCED this season is golden colored
carnation named "Buttercup," tits ex-
lceedingly scarce, and will only be seen
in the most costly places. Orchids will
be used TO greater extent than hereto
fore for decoration, from the fact that
they are in more general cultivation than
formerly. They are extremely rich and
fauciful when placed near mirrors, where
their curious and often grotesque shapes
are reflected. Last week the butterfly
orchid was, at wedding reception in
New York city, SO disposed about
chandelier that these dainty flowers, on
their frnil trembling stems, seemed to,
dance about the lights like living insects.
The new foliage plants, asparagus. plus
mosa, climber, with leaves of q fern-like
texture and charming grace, will find its
way into decorations where choice plants
are required. s5 ag Nh al IT'D LIN,
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Gladstone off Duty.
Olive Logan, in Philadelphia Times.

Olive Logan, IN Philadelphia Times.
I do not mean to say that Mr.. Glad
stone looks like young man. He bears
his years grandly, but there is no effort
made to shirk them by foppery or ad-
ventitious aid. Half covered by a lap.
robe of black fur, England's large
imbed ruler leaned back in low vic
toria, his earnest eyes peering out at the
passers, as though he read in the face of
each his verdict on the Eastern policy Of
the government. What q responsible
ty rests on the shoulders of this intel
lectual giant! As he said, in substance,
in his great speech, the guidance Of an
empire of 300, 100000 Of souls is occu-
patton enough without the
Bupervention of extraneous work
arising from - disturbances
in barbarious lands; and yet that work
is put upon him. I could not help
thinking that the royal family possess
in Mr.. Gladstone first-class manager
Of their business house, when, after
passing the Premiers carriage, I came
upon that of the Princess of Wales,
whose placid features are unruffled by
a single cloud OF anxiety. The dainty
little woman, cladi il tight fitting appar
Ell of black, sable boa encircling her
tiny throat, was nursing lap dog as
she drove and toying with its silky ears.
With her were her three daughters, all
dressed alike in costumes of cherry-col-
ored serge, quaint caps Of the same ma
terial perched above their streaming
golden locks. These good people drive
without out riders, military escort ,equer-
ries or any paraphernalia Of the kind.
Their equipaget is elegant and their
horsefesh very fine, but not more SO
than many others one sees in the park.
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SkobeleM,

He had "delicate, handsome face,
fair beard, blue eyes, dark hair. He
looked like an Apollo as he rode
into battle "on white horse, and dressed
in a white coat" "a practice which won
him among the Turks the title Of Akh
Pasha, or the white General, y "look,
ing as though he, had come dressed fo1
a ball. lis not battle the soldiers
ball?' he asked some one. "Now, at
last, I feel happy" He was described
as lighting like an ensign" The an
swer given was, eyes, but he does not
hide himself like general y
He was always in the thickest
of the rain of bullets and shrapn Ell
cheering on his men, and showing the
way to the enemy's batteries. But
though he was careless of himself, he
was always careful of his men. His divi.
sion was always the best provided with
fur coats, with soup, tea, and "corn
brandy" He refused to have anything
to do with the Commissariat Depart
ment, and made each OF his regiments
do its own commissariat. Some one sug-
gested that the commanding officers
might embezzle. His answer was: IF
my men get as much bread and meat and
tea and brandy as they want, if the in
habitants of the district are satisfied
let them embezzle; what do I care 2
After the famous passage of the Balkans,
in which Skobelef and his division play
ed the first part, when they passed in re-
view before the Grand Duke in splendid
condition, while the other divisions
looked pale and starved" the Grand
Duke exclaimed: "What red faced fell
lows! One can see they are well filed.
Thank God that some at least do not
look like corpses!" Flogging and cuff
fling appear to prevail still in the Russian
army Skobelef would have none of
it in his division. He told one of his
favorite Colonels, who was beating a
soldier, that if he found him doing
it again he should dismiss him. After
Plevna one of his men was ordered by
his Colonel to be fogged. The man
appealed to Skobeleff, confessed his
crime, and asked for a court martial.
Skobelef told him court-martial
would condemn him to death. His an
swer was eve are all IN Gods hands
Every day of our lives we are under
fire here. I don t mind being shot, but
if I am to be disgraced, your excellency
Ishal commit suicide. THE Spectator.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-18
FARM and HOUSEHOLD.
Tested Cooking Rscipss.

G2StSu IOoXLU3 kkeCApSSs $50
y 70 Cook PorAToEs. = Take five or six
raw potatoes and cut into pieces as large
as snap beans. then mince one medium
sized onion very fine and cook both
onion and potatoes in the frying pan
4 with as little beef drippings as will
brown the potatoes lightly, and keep
them from burning. just before they
i. are done, CRATE any kind of hard cheese
over them, season with salt and pepper.
cover and cook until done. Cold boiled,
OF, baked potatoes may be used, but the
raw potatoes are the incest.
COFFEE cAKE.--Nicely made coffee
one cup, brown sugar one. and one half
cup; butter, one cup; molases, one cup
raisins, or English clrrants, one pound ;
flour, five cups; soda, one large tea
spoonful dissolved in the coffee; CHINA
mon, cloves and allspice of each one
half teaspoonful; one-half nutmeg.
Mix and bake in o. moderate oven.
Il Excellent" SO says my husband.
CREAM CAKE-Sugar, one cup; good,
rich cream one cup; two eggs; soda, one
! teaspoonf1ll flour, two cups; salt one
small teaspoonful.
. INDIAN PupDING-To BAKE. Sweet
milk, one quart; butter, one.ounce; four
eggs, we'll beaten; one teacnp Of Indian
meal; raisins, one-half pound; sugar,
one-fourth pound Scald the milk, and
stir in the meal while boiling. Then
let it stand until blood-warm and stir oil
we'll together, and bake about three
quarters of an hour. Eaten plain or
with pudding sauce. This is good and
healthy. 4
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Visiting Portland.

Among the wits Of the o1den time was
Beba Smith Major Jack Downing.
He thus describes his first journey to
Portland, Me-, and his call upon the
editor: d.
In the fall Of the year 1929 I took It
Into my head I'd go to Portland. I had
heard . good deal about Portland, what
\ fine place it was, and how the folks
got rich there proper fast; and that fall
there was a couple Of new papers come
up to our place from there, called. the
Portland Courier and Family Reader,
and they told q good many queer kind
of things about Portland, and one thing
azd another and all at once it popped
into my head, and / up and told father,
and says { .s.s@.
II am going to Portland, whether or
no; and I'll see what this world is made
of yet" ...s i /. y. s5.i..,s ]: .ss
Father stared little at first, and said
lie was afraid I would get lost but when
he seen I was bent upon it, he gave it
up, and he stepped to his chist and
opened the till and took out a dollar,
and gave it to me; and says he,---g 81 ...s
Jack, this is all I can do for yon;
but so and lead an honest life, and I
believe I shall hear good Of you yet"
He turned and walked across the
room, but could see the tears start into
his eyes And mother sat down and
had a hearty crying spell. r.
This made me feel rather bad for a
mint or too, and almost had a mind
to give it up; and then again fathers
! dream came into my mind, and must
cred up courage and declared I'd go.
So tackled up the old horse, and
packed in load of axe-handles and q
few notions, and mother fried me some
doughnuts and put 'em into box, along
| with some cheese and sausages, and
ropped me up another shirt, for I told
her I didn't know how long I should be
gone. And after got rugged out, I
| went round and bid all the neighbors
goodbye, and jumped in and drove of
for Portland.
Aunt Sally had been married two OF
| three years before and moved to Port.
land; and inquired round till I found
out where she lived, and went there.
anu put Lue Olu uOiSe UP Auu GU SOAue
supper and went to bed.
| And the next morning I got up and
started right off to see the editor of the
| Portland Courier, for T know by what I
had seen in his paper that he was just
| the man to tell me which way to steer.
And when I come to see him, knew !
was right for as soon as I told him my
name and what I wanted, he took me by
| the hand as kind as if he had been a
brother, and says he,-
"Mister," says he, I'll do anything !
can to assist you. You have come to a
good town; Portland is ahealthy, thriv.
|. ing place, and any man with prope.
degree Of enterprise may do we'll here.
! But" says he, stranger" and he
looked mighty kind of knowing, says
he, "if you want to make out to you1
mind, you must do as the steamboats,
do" :.
"Well," say I, chow do they do?'
for I didn't know what steamboat " as
any more than the man in the moon.
"Why, says he, "they go ahead"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-18
A Fensioued Mule,

A mule, belonging to the army has
been "pensioned" and laid aside from
service, under circumstances which are
creditable to the kind heartedness OF
several officers. The circumstances are
disclosed in the following narrative:
Lieut.. w. A. Kobbe, of the Third Ar
tillery, who is stationed at Mount Yer
non barracks, Ala, reported to the wal
department that there was at that post
white mule named Mexique, which has
been for many years in the service Of
the United States,- but which at last h az
been ordered sold.
The officers of the post, Lieut.. Kobbe
said, desired permission to purchase the
animal and keep and care for it at THEN
own expense.
Maj. F. L. Guenther, of the Second
Artillery, to whom the petition was re-
ferred, reported that the mule in ques'
ton was originally left at Key West bar
racks in 1848 by portion of the army
returning from Mexico at the close Of
the war. He added:
During the time that I served at Key
West-from 1875 to 1880-the mule did
not miss days work from any cause.
He is very old. and has been worn, out
by his long service in the Quartermast
er's department..
If there is any way of providing fol-
him, I should be glad to have it done.
as the expense to the Government would
be little or nothing.
The petition went through the regu-
lar channels until it reached Quarter
master. General Holabird, who endorsed
it as follows:
To promote the sentiment of kind.
ness toward animals that are so init
mately associated with man, it is recon-
mended in this special case that this
mule be kept in the department, and
left to the care of those whose kindly
feelings are 50 deeply enlisted in its be-
half.
Gen. Sherman submitted the case to
the Secretary Of War with the following
report:
I have seen the mule; and whether
true or false, the soldiers believe it was
left at Big Spring, whore Mount Yer.
non barracks now are, at the time Gen.
Jaekson's army camped there, about
1920.
Tradition says it was once sorrell
but now it is white from age.
The Quartermaster's Department will
be chargeable with ingratitude if that
mule is sold, or the care or mainten-
ance of it thrown off the charitable
officers OF the post.
[ advise that it be kept in the depart
ment, fed and maintained till death.
think the mule was at Fort Morgan,
Mobile Point, when Twas there in 1912
The Secretary Of War thereupon
made the following order: a
Let this mule be kept and we'll cared
for as long as lie lives, 3.
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Farming Paragraphs.

+ Nearly level culture, hand hoein g,
slightly killing but once, and keeping
the cultivator running, was recommend
ed at the recent Waterbury, Conn,
meeting as the best for potatoes. It
was said that the second killing induced
second growth Of roots higher up on
the plant which produced small tubers.
Ii this is not done the additional growth
( will make large potatoes.
IF seeds are to be kept over d year
they should be placed in cool location
and exposed to the light and air. Keep
ing them in darkness weakness vitality,
perhaps from tendency togrow which
darkness inoites, but unaccompained by
moisture enough to put forth leaf and
root. vii,
Don't forget the dust bath. This is
made by mailing together four boards in
the form Of q square No bottom is
needed. Place in a sunny corner and
fill with fine dry loan or road dust, with
an extra barrel to use when needed.
There is nothing equal to good dust
bath to keep the hens free from lice. If
they are very lousy bushel of wood
ashes may be added to the bath.
It is estimated that there are Is, OOO,-
900 horses in this country, and in Or
der to keep up the supply 100000
must be bred annually. The importa-
ton in large numbers, of late, of Per-
cheron and Olydesdale horses has in
creased the average size and capacity Of
our stock of horses, and further i'm
provement will necessarily follow.
A writer in the Ohio Farmer says
that he is not an old wheat raiser, but
has not lived these last few years to no
purpose, and thinks he has struck the
keynote of success in raising wheat in q
thorough fitting of the soil before SOW
ing the seed, and he is convinced that
poor piece of land dragged, rolled and
then reftted until the grounds as mel
low az an ash heap" willproduce better
yield of wheat than a rich piece of land
poorly plowed, half dragged, and the
seed scattered among the humps and
clods, sind portion Of it without cover
ing or any chance 10 terminate and OBJ
tain hold.
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LovE,s MISREPRESENTATION.

q strange sweet loneliness! Offender grace,
That in the light Of passions day spring
threw .es FL " 8
Soft splendor OH q fair familiar face
Changing it, yet unchanged and old, yet new!
sFerfect the rortrait IN my heart, and true,
Il Which traced the smile about that flower
4..Sst like lnbuth go
And those gay eyes with just doubt OF blue,
i Yet slarkened with the passion of the South,
And the white arch of Thoughtful forehead,
$45f q crowned - ].
With meeting waves Of hair;--bnt still
.al < found 2EgBa{ 4.
Some undreamt light of tenderness that fell
From the now dawn, and made more far to
45i# 7S see asfE %T5a 1t ITS, Sc So - :
/ What was 80 fair, that now no song can tell
5$ How lovely seemed thy heart-lit face to me,
:8 t4s' s9 Chambers Journal
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woMAN's SPHERE
Why Judge ludlow Refused 1krs. x11gor,
Admission 70 tho bar

Why Judge Ludlow Refused Mr.. x1lgor,
Admission g the Bar.
Judge Ludlow, Of Phi1adelp hia, in
refusing Mrs. Klgore admission to the
bar, took occasion to say Tt may be
admitted at once that no inherent reason
exists why q woman, married or single,
may not engage il any business which .
man may lawfully follow. It ought,
however, to be remembered that the
Creator Of the universe, for reason
which any reasonable being ought to
consider sef-evident, made q dis
tinction between the sexes, and saw
fit, b the propagation Of the species, to
protect the physically weaker sex BY
laws as infexible as other and general
laws governing the universe, and to
place under the protection of the male
sex the female, simply because, as g
general and universal law, applicable
to all created living organisms the fe-
male requires protection. OF excep-
tional cases we do not speak, but of gem
eral. laws, by which alone we must de-
termine principles Of universal appi-
cation. Again, experience, if it proves
anything, establishes the fact that
while a dividing line cannot be accur-
ptely drawn between duties chiefly per-
tanning to- the male and female, the laws
Of God or, for those who deny his ex-
istence, the laws Of nature distinctly
point to the female for the performance
of these duties-to my mind OF the high
est and noblest nature which may be per-
formed by her-~-if not in private, at least
from public glare and public exposure.
These duties are so various and many
that it is needless tn enumerate them.
I am opposed to the admission Of this
lady whoris married woman Of unQues-
tionable character and ability, first, be-
cause no law or custom sanctions, but
on the contrary, contemporaneous ex-
position and universal practice condemn
it; second, to grant this motion would
be, in the present condition of the law,
an act of judicial Legislation, and there
fore of judicial usurpation third, be-
cause in this instance the applicant, be-
ing married woman, cannot enter into
those contracts without ability to make
what she cannot legally practice as an
attorney of the courts fourth, because
the question is one peculiarly the sub
ject Of Legislation, and therefore must
be solved by legislative and not by judi
eial authority"
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tie to secure them. The garden should
now be put in order and planted as
far as may be before The farm work IS
begun or it will be apt to be neglected.
Andwhy should not the husband Imam
the farm husband take this burden
upon himself instead Of casting
it upon the farm wife, whose do
nestle duties are sufficiently engros-
sing without this addition to them
New York Times. z.5. rs 35:i 5slS=
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Old Riots Recalled.

4 The Cincinnati riots MAY recall Sir
Walter scott,s descr;,,t;on ~ tba.lvncb-
/ $3.50: 80 n. -
ns =, Oap -, 'onn . oi's'ous ~ me
people OF = Ed1inlbuu1rgn TOT ordering nus
soldiers to fire upon them. But much
closer parallel is to be found in the
GREAT riot which the half crazv + ,ord
go. ro.ao,, haoaoa - r -, = 8
o1o.s 80, u'oo1 ne. - -. ~
SET IN i'og, as aescriDed ~ Dlckens an
barnaby hudge. Dnflng Tour Wno y. !,
DAYS me Guy wore 1ne aspect O 9
stormed Town, thirty-sH u; mfes be1ng
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-04-18

Two patient criiLbbage players ii Bos-
ton have played q, 900 games, and sc
latest accounts one was only ono game
ahead Of the ether.