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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-15
Kindness as an Investment,

From the American Poultry Yard.
There is nothing worse for domestic
animals than to scare them half to
death. Fright uses up the vital forces
more than work, more than the growth
of flesh Or fat, more than anything else,
unless it is persistent starvation
Wehaye had two men working for
us, with teams, on the same farm at the
same time One would take his horses
from the stable when they had been
refreshed by few days rest. and were
feeling we'll, and because they were
feeling pretty frisky while they were
being harnessed up, and the off horse
did not keep the furrow we'll at the
first send off, would get out of patience
and yell at his team till finally they
would break into trot, when he would
throw the pillow to the full depth into
the first hummuck he could find, bring
the team to full stop, and by this
time they would be well in a father"
and quivering with excitement. After
he had yelled for few minutes, and
the horses had become fully frightened,
they had used up strength enough to
move the pillow for an hour.
The other man knew better. When
he observed, while 'llitching up" that
hehorses heads were carried high, and
that they We're feeling first rate, he
would say to himself: "There is a
good head Of steam on to-day, and I
shall be able to get good days work
out of these fellows if I save it all to
be used to the best advantage" There
fore he would speak in as quiet tone
as possible, would move gently about,
and aim to get his team afeld without
the risk of and rumpus or excitement,
and would bear with few irregulari-
ties, such as getting out Of the furrov
and pulling by tits and starts q few
times. The consequence would be
that when they were warmed up to
their work, they would move on
smoothly and at the same time quickly,
and at the end Of an hour there would
be row of nice fresh burrows to show
as an equivalent for tie Steam" the
other man had used up in mere fret
and fume and worry and passion.
As it is with large animals, SC it is
true Of fowls, if you at all times exer-
else kindness toward them, they will
doubly repay you for all your care and
kind attention.
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Flow Gun BARRELS are Made,

St. Nicholas. -The beautiful waved
lines and curious flower like figures that
appear upon the surface Of the barrels
are really the lines of Welding, showing
that two different kinds Of metals, iron
and steel, are intimately blended in maxi
ing the finest and strongest barrels. The
process of thus Welding and blending
steel and iron is very interesting one.
Flat bars, or ribbons, of steel and iron
are alternatively arranged together and
then twisted into cable.
Sevaral of the cables are then welded
together, and shaped into a long fiat bar
which is next spirally coiled around g.
hollow cylinder, called a nlandrel; after
which tho edges of these spiral bars are
heated and firmly welded The spiral
coil is now put upon what is called g.
Welding mandrel is again heated and
carefully hammered into the shape
of q gun barrel. Next comes the
cold hammering, by which the pores
are securely closed. The last or finish
ing operation is to turn the barrel on a
lathe to exactly its shape and size. BY
all the twistings and weddings and ham,
merings, the metals are so blended that
the mass has somewhat the consisten cy
and toughness Of woven steel and iron.
A barrel thus made is very hard to
burst But the finishing of the inside Of
the barrel is an operation requiring very
great care and skill. What is oallei q
cylinder bored barrel is where the bore
Or hole through the barrel is made Of
uniform size from end to end. A choke
bore is one shat is little smaller at
the muzzle end than it is at the breach
end. There are various ways Of "chok-
ing' gun~barrels, but the object Of all
methods is to make the gun throw it's
shot close together with even and regu-
lar distribution and with great force,
There are several kinds Of metallic
combinations that gun makers use, the
principal of which are called Damascus,
Bernard and Illuminated steel. The
Damascus barrels are generally con-
sidered the best.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-15
The Mazeppa of Nebraska.

NJ. Boussand, a wealthy cattle owner
Of northwestern Nebraska, who has
just returned to Omaha from his ranch,
relates tale that in some respects is a
counterpart Of the orthodox Mazeppa.
When Boussand reached his ranch in
the middle of juno he found his cow
boys nursing a man yet unconscious
whom two weeks before they had res
cued from the back Of a wild broncho
pony they had lassoed. Boussand was
able to revive him through his knowl-
edge of medicine, and he is now recov-
ering. He said his name WAS Henry
Burbank, all Englishman aged "a.
Three years ago at Falmouth, Eng, he
formed q partnership with Thomas
Wilson, and they began cattle business
in northwestern Nebraska. An i'm
proper intimacy began between Bur-
bank and Mrs. Wilson, and the latters
husband was informed of it by a cow
boy. On the night of May 9th VIII
son and three of his men surprised
Burbank in bed, mutilated and stripped
him, and then dashed him to the back
of wild pony, which they loosed.
Burbank says he became unconscious
before morning. AS he was rescued
June Sd, for seven days was he exposed
to the sun and wind without food or
water. The pony was nearly broken
down when caught, and was 200 miles
from Wilson's ranch. When fully re-
stored to health Burbank proposes to
make visit of retaliation on Wilson,
and in this he will be backed by Bous-
sands men and those Of the Ogallala
land and cattle company. whose range
is near Boussand's.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-15
40 Rounds, u. 81

On the return Of the 18th corps from
the relief of Knoxville, after having
marched al the way from Memphis
and back to Chattanooga, a soldier Of
the 9Th Missouri--one Of Sherman's
bummers. m freshman who had been n
roustabout on the levees OF st. Louis
came struggling along behind the
column Oh a cold, dreary day for that
section; his knapsack slung on one
shoulder, his blanket over the other :;
across his breast and tied at his lett
hip, greasy, but empty haversack
| his pants worn and rent in many places
and in others sewed up with cord; no
peak to his cap, his nlusket at reversed
arms and altogether presenting the
appearance of general disgust and de-
moralization. Of from the road he
was attracted by a headquarters tent and
sentinel in a neat and comfortable uni
form, whom he approached and accost-
ed, when the following dialogue ensued:
II say, sintinil, could ye tell me
where me regiment is?"
"What regiment do you belong to? ?"
eighth Misshony, sure"
"What division?'
Morgan III III Smit's, av coorse."
"What brigade:"
"Phwat brigade? Faith. an don't We
| know its Giles S1nit'- the Sucund brig
ade of Morgan Ills division"
what corps is ?"
"Phwat coor is it. All, then, ye
blackguard, DOESN'T everybody know
that it's the Fifteenth coor?"
"How could l tell what corps you be-
| long to when you have no corps badge?"
"Noa badge, is il? Coor badge!
| Now, thin, phwats coor badger"
"Do you see that crescent on my
partners hat? Well, that's the badge
Of his corps-the Eleventh; and this
badge on my cap is the badge Of my
corps the Twelfth"
''Ho, no! L see. Trims the lights
yez Potomac byes have to show home
q ark nights. Yes, takes the moon and
shtars along wild yez."
Laughing at the witty remark. the
sentinel responded: "Well, what's the
badge of your corpse" ...
Hesitatlng a moment to gather q
thought, then making q left face end
| slspping bis right hand on his cartridge
box, the Irishnlan replied: Dye see
that?" Then d moments pause.l Forty
| rounds in my cartridge box and twenty
in my pocket that's the badge Of Lo-
gan's 18th eoor, do yez mind that that
KEN ali the way from Vicksburg to help
yez Potomac fellers foight at Chatta-
noogy." -. .ya@. -. .>ssssz
The incident having been related to
General Logan the same evening by an
officer who overheard it, the cartridge
box bearing the legend 40 Rounds,
u. S." was at once adopted by Gen.
eral Logan as the corps badge, and a
! general order to that effect issued tha.
next day. r r >@ ==# s .@
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How the swordAsh are CauRhr

There IRE lively times now at sword
fishing off No Mans Land and Block
Island, says the Hartford Times. This.
however, is not q sport in which a nov
ice can take part. Great experience
and skill are required. Your true
swordfshman can't afford to have his
luck spoiled by the bungling antics Of
ambitious and over confident amateurs.
Everything must proceed just right.
The swordfish, a huge fellow, does not
show himself, like porpoise, by jump
ing out of the water, nor by blowing"
Like whale. He goes, however, near
the surface, and to a sharp and educated
eye he shows one sharp pointed fin
something like shark's--just breaking
the surface of the. water. It is very
inconspicuous object, and would be- ov-,l
erlooked by any but an experienced eye
But the lookout whois stationed aloft on
the mast Will see it at an Incredible dis
lance sometimes. Then The vess Ell is
turned that way, the harpooner goes out
on the bowsprit, and, firmly grasping
his weapon, silently waits the moment
OF fate. When, with a lightning like
movement, he throws that iron, it is
most. likely TO- penetrate deeply, if not
fatally. into the monsters vitals.
Them, when the wounded Ash goes
rushing off, the line; all fast to q cask
that cannot be sunk, is thrown over
board. cask and all and the vessel goes
off for a fresh victim, knowing that the
boating cask can be followed and the
tired swordfish pulled in, and, if neees-
sary, lanced to death at any hour. 1t
is said forty or fifty Of these fish are
brought into Newport every day. They
measure in some parts Of the world,
from ten to sixteen feet in length, but
on the New England coast they seldom
exceed seven or eight feet mot 1Deasur-
ing the sword), and weigh from 800 to-,
500pounds. This sword, a. curious bony
extension Of the upper jaw. is three Or
four feet long, and is very formidable
weapon. With it the fish successfully
attacks the largest whales, and even
thrusts it through several thicknesses of
plank in q ships bottom. a. swordfsh
last summer attacked man who was
bathing in the Gulf of California, and
came very near killing him before he
could get ashore, where he FELL wounded
and bleeding. Vessels from; the Vine
yard Sound bring these fish to New
London by the cargo. The flesh is solid
like old mess pork, and excellent when
fried but rather dry. But 1t is the
sport and excitement of capturing the
fish that make swordfshing the most
captivating Of all fishing: though it is
actually participated in by comparative
~ few but trained hands.
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FARM, FIELD and FIRESIDE.
Tenant Farming.

4 The population of this country is soon
to become very much denser in the old
er sections, and there will have to be a
dividing up Of the larger farms, or the
plan OF tenant farming more largely
practiced. Tenant help in Ohio is in
greater demand each year, and our larg-
er farmers now provide comfortable
houses and gardens, and men with fam
lies are now the principal hired help.
There is a reliability about such help
that pays in more ways than one. Ten
ant farming should also be more largely
encouraged, and it carries with it more
responsibility upon the part of the ten
ant; for the better he does, the larger
his income, and there is Indication of
better farming, and even culture that is
very gratifying. A large farmer near
by practices plan OF tenant farming as
an investment for his surplus money,
buying Large farm as often as every
other year. He will purchase large
farm and put upon it the best tenant
he can select from the large number
from which he can always choose.
The farm is stocked, buildings put into
thorough repair, and the tenant put
into possession, an equal division being
made of all incomes. 4 certain pro-
gramme of work is made part of the
contract, and certain repairs made, the
owner to furnish material, the tenant to
do the labor. The result is favorable;
the one has secured a fairincome for the
money invested the other has made q
good living and better return than he
could possibly have made from Gay
wages. Instead of forcing the surplus
families of township to go West it.
provides homes and incomes here, and
usually retains useful and Industrious
class of citizens; while it actually
doubles the former productive capacity
Of the farm. Correspondence Country
Gentleman.
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Cholera.

Cholera has made periodical twelve.
year visits to QUIZ country. The last
epidemic was in 1878. Thus we have
something to fear for next year if not
for this. The Philadelphia Medical
News says Of it's appearance in 1873:
"Cholera visited the United States be-
fore it appeared in Paris. Then there
were many sources Of infection--it was
first brought to New Orleans by Bre-
men barque, and developed in the case
of a man employed in unloading her
cargo Ga native of Pensacola who went
to New Orleans for employment. But
the larger number of cases we're import
ed directly through New York City on
non-infected vessels, but the disease was
not developed until the personal effects
of the victims had been unpacked at
their. destination. This was shown in
the three distinct outbreaks at widely
remote parts of the United States, where
the effects of enaigrants from Holland,
Sweden and Russia were unpacked-at
Carthage, O., Grow River, MIMI, and
Yankton, Oak, where, within thirty
six hours thereafter, the first cases Of
the disease Appeared"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-15

The sexton of Roman Catholic
church in one of the small towns in the
Province of Quebec had grudge
against fellow-church member, aud
and proceeded to crafty it by not put
ting the collection plate within his reach
on Sunday morning. The aggrieyed
man thereupon brought sult against the
sexton for depriving him Of the priyil~
eye of letting his light shine before
men to the extent Of his customary
charitable ten cent piece, and the court
awarded him damages to the extent Of
FIVE doilars. This decision creates much
remark in the United States, where an
individual omitted by the sexton, or
those who pass the "corn- pepper, /" would
be apt to consider chat he had a lucky
escape, especially if his neighbors had
not observed the omission. The obi
CATION to give has considerable force
among good people, but giging Is not
usually esteemed q privilege TO be earn
estlY contended for IN courts oflaw,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-15
70 rRrrE OWN SELF he rauE.

d . - ,
By thine own souls law learn to Evs,
And if men thwart thee take no heed,
And il men hate thee have no care; ~. 81:
Sing thou thy song and do thy deed, +;
Hope thou thy hope and pray thy prayer,
and claim no crown they will not give,
Nor bays they grudge thee for thy hair.
Keep thou thy soul-sworn steadfast oath,
And to thy heart be true thy heart;
What thy soul teaches learn to know,
And play out thine appointed part;
And thou shalt reap as thou shalt SOW,
Nor helped nor hindorod in thy growth,
To thy full stature thou shalt grow.
Fix on tho futures goal thy face,
Aud lot thy feet be lured to stray
Nowhither, but be swift to run,
And nowhere larry by the way;
Until at last the end is won,
And thou may st look back from thy place
and see thy long days journey done.
-Pakenham Beatty, in Spectator
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-15

| whale s hukes as she struck. How lone
was under water I know not, but
remember that all looked dark above
/ me and ! tried very hard to shove my
head through, III order to breathe. Al
last succeeded, but what sight was
that on which [ gazed when I found
| myself on the surface Of the water
About rode from me was the whale
that we We're fast to, thrashing the vat
er into a foam with his fiukes, the ocean
red with blood, aud the crimson streams
flowing from the wounds made by har-
poons. In another direction I could see
pieces of the boat floating around. At
the distance of two or three miles
could occasionally get a glimpse OF the
ship as 1 rode on the top Of swell,
and not human being in sight. Most
forcibly did the words of the poet apply
to my situation at this moment:
ooh, Solitude, where are the charms
That sages have seen in thy face
Better dwell in the midst of alarms
Than reign IN this horrible place"
So thought I, as I struck out for a
piece Of our once beautiful boat, q few
rods distant. The crew came mp, one
after another, catching at anything
they could see to keep them ahoat.
One poor fellow came padding along
with two or three oars under him, cry
ing out that his back was broken, An
other of the crew and myself got him
on the piece of O. boat that he had hold
of. His thigh was broken, and he
could not move his legs at all. The
second mate soon after picked us up
with his boat, and SO much had we been
engaged in looking out for ourselves
that we did not perceive that one Of our
number was missing. But, alas it was
too soon found out. He was young
man about seventeen years old, and did
not belong to the boat, but went in the
place of the midship oarsman, who was
sick st the time. The whale fell d.
rectly on him and probably killed him
in moment. With what feelings we
pulled round and round the spot where
the boat was steven, unwilling to be-
lieve even after we knew there was no
hope, that our shipmate was gone never
more to return. And how silently we
gIided alongside the ship and hoisted
in our poor shipmate now famed for
life.
Oh, that some of these people who
look upon sailors as little better than
brutes, and who know little or nothing
of the kind feelings and growing af1ec.
tons concealed under their rough exteri
ors, could have seen what I saw on
board that ship. even their hearts would
melt, and they would find that it is not
always the polished and educated, the
smooth faced and handsome man that
has the warmest heart or the most gem
erous feelings.--J. W. II.
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G
An Old Time Care Of Draw, 8.
From the Chicago Herald

From the Chicago Herald NJ
De good Lavd bless my soul !! Why,
ole Massa Smith, what EN- you dom
way up Norf hereY Don't you know
me, old Massa 4" It was the porter
speakfng to- o southern delegate en- route
for Clrieago. The delegate was an ell
derby man, who kept his s1ouch hat on
his head even in the sleeping car, and
pronouncea the word there" as If It was
q ~" and two sylables in it.. He failed
TO recognize She porter, when the lat
ter made himself known. TWENTY-FIVE
years ago they were master and slave,
Their greeting was as cordial as that be-
tween brothers. Sight Of an old time
face seemed to cause tile porter's pro-
nunciation to relapse, to the style. ohthe:
plantation. '-"Do+ you remember the.
time I went long with you to fine con-
vention at Ahleans; Massa Smith, back
befo' de wah, when { was nothin' but a
young buck niggah {? Don't you iaem
bah dat time? You kin jes' bet I do
right we'll. Youan' Massa Jenkins was
rival as'prrnts TO- nonaanashun, and
you sot down in your room at de hotel
to talk nj crate bout 70 clock in de
mawnin, Massa Jenkins looked shine
to me an wanted to buy me, but you
wouldn't SELL. Finly Massa Jenkins
made you an offah Of the nominations
fo'' me-, an you took. him up quick,
Don't yerec1ect it now? Then on give.
me the wink. an when you got to play
in pokah fo' beg: stakes, L pass the bot
tie, an while. he was, drinkin' handed
you fo' duces ont O. thah deck. Don't.
You me,nbah itnow?' You held: de TO-
duces till q jackpot come round, when
20 give Massa Jenkins, q pot full, an he
put me in de- pot an you scooped me
back. Sartinly you recklec now; but
this niggah lows you won't play no po~
kafl TO de nom nation up't Chicago, with
a culled boy in de- pot, hey. Massa
Smith,"
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A medical authority of Paris says
that corrosive sub1imate is the best
disinfectant in drains and closets; for
apartments he recommends picnic
acid, and advises any body suffering from
diarrhea to take Immediately ten drops
of laudanum in aglass Of water. "When
the cholera has once declared ITSELF" he
continues. "it should be treated with
opium. Since absorption is difficult,
and sometimes imposs ible to cholera
patients, alkaloids should be employed,
Of which morphine is the most power
full. He thinks that morphine will be
the great remedy should there be an
epidemic Of cholera. 5Es 4, 1. Il ~
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FOR ME ONLY.
I was climbing after a rosebud

I was climbing after rosebud
That grow little TOO high,
Though | stood on tiptoe to reach IT,
When heard him passing by.
He held in his hand lilly,
H. stopped and gave it to me,
But thought of The rosebud hanging
High up Oh the trellis-tree.
So I only took it a moment
And pressed its petals apart,
Inhaling one breath of tho fra GRANGE
That lay in it's golden heart,
Then gave it back again, saying,
"Iook, there here lpy ncighbor stands,
Waiting for just such plaything
To hold il her dainty hands"
He turned and went from me slowly,
Like one who silently grieves,
And Ill the green path behind him
Was strewn with white lilly leaves.
London Society.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-08-15
70 Cure Round Shoulders.

Letter in the New York Tribune.
More than thirty years ago got habit
Of being round-sho11ldered. In trying
to find a remedy, the following plan,
which grew out of my knowledge of
anatomy, came in sight: Hook the
fingers of the hands together; raise the
elbows as high as the shoulders and
pull like q shoemaker. The muscles
abont the shoulderblades, to keep them
in place, are thus strengthened, and in
a short time enabled to fulfill their
proper office. While lying on the back
press the head on the pillow so as tc
raise the chest up from the bed on
which you are reclining. This strength
ems the muscles that should hold the
head erect. When standing or sitting,
where the head can press against some
thing solid, repeat the operation. By
little thought at other times to use
these muscles, the difficulty may be over
come.