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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11
Ben Wade's Strong Prayer.

A.story told me by Senator Hender.
son about the late 'Ben" Wade, OF
Ohio, sounds Enthusiastically true
to the popular portraiture of that
sturdy old abolitionists.f Chief JUS.
tice fancy was in feeble health about
the close Of Buchanan's administra.
ton. It was feared in Washingt on by
the abolitionists that be might die be-
fore Lincoln was inaugurnted and give
Buchanan the appointment of his sue.
-cessor. In fact, he lived along until
near the close of Lincoln S first term.
At his death Lincoln, it will be remem.
bered, appointed Salmon p. Chase,
who had just been N nominated for pres
ident by a convention at Cleveland,
and was thus arrival. Some time in
1858 Henderson was sitting beside
Wade OF the capitol when Chief Jus
tice fancy walked by. Wade spoke
up with much vigor: e 8 just look at
that old sinner how erect and firm
he walks. Why, along id 1859 and 80
Twas praying night and day that he
might live over into Lincoln's term.
Say, Henderson, it strikes mel must
have PRAYED too strong, chi New
York Tribune.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11
How Boston Has Changed.
oston Letter to New York Times.

Boston Letter to New York Times.
am not sure whether it is that the
city has hitherto undergone moral re-
naissance or whether my previous
visits have been ill-timed, but I am
positive Of one thing, that Concord
philosophy is at present away below
par; that the position of her base ball
nine in the championship tourney
gives Boston more concern than the
international copyright law, and that
she would hear that the Atlantic Mag
azine has been merged with the Police
Gazette with far greater equanimity
than that the Great Master Sullivan
had been knocked out in the prize ring.
In the business part of the city,
where once heard a policeman inform
person who took issue with him up
on a point OF fact that he did not han
die the truth with sufficient carefulness
to meet the demands Of veracity, I
have overheard no dicussion upon
the superiority of mind over matter
or upon the whatness OF the where
fore, but all the talk is of the respec-
tive merits of the Genesta and the
Puritan and the superiority of the
cutter over the sloop and vice versa.
l happened to be taking luncheon in
the Parker House cafe, when the news
that the rival yachts had come into
collision in New York harbor, was
received, and every man in the place
arose wildly from his table and clam
orned for a newspaper. The famous
Public Library opposite the Common
is all but empty during the day, but
crowds are always gathered before the
newspaper bulletins reading enthu.
siastically that boat has just put out
to the Genesta or that the Puritan is
ree6ng sail; and the excitement over
the base ball scores is so intense that
it is doubtful whether some minds will
be able to bear the strain until the
season closes. So "<s*-: .as-.e
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11

realize. Never again would she coye.
the splendors Of wealth; greater bliss
was there in the content Of the hum
hlest, faithful love. And never again
would honest, blunt Vess Alan seem
simple and disagreeable, or rude and
harsh to her. s. &. ~ ~ s.... q
'fBut he will never take ME back to
his heart again, she sighed, as she
Jagged down theshadowy road toward
the pretty farmhouse. ." b.
However, at that instant he had
gespied her from affair." off, and he was
speeding to meet her, all his rugged
features softened with Joyous surprise.
t'What has sent you back SO soon?"
he demanded in his straightforward
and unpublished fashion. "Mayhe,
Angelina Emory, you are sorry you
went away as you did, and vexed with
me about nothing as you were?"
II am sorry" she admitted with such
meek simplicity that his great tender
heart was sorely disturbed lest he had
somehow grieved and wronged her.
But as she pleadingly upifted her
fearful. brown eyes, his honest coun-
tenance frightened, and then
"He clasped her like lover,
And he cheered her soul with love-"
And SO hand in hand, they entered
the farmhouse toge ether, and before
the budding flowers had faded in the
pretty, country garden, she had be-
come his wife.
"And Angie has done a. NIGHTLY sem
sible thing, too," Brother Emory al
ways maintained.
well, for my part, l could never
make out why some folks have so
much doubling and delaying, afore
they know their own minds, ~ Sister
Huldah commented, with her familiar
acerbity.
Mrs. Alice Lyle did not become a
bride. The little drawing room cpl
sode had been q revelation to her, and
she declined an alliance with the ele-
CANT Guy Arnold, and relinquished the
European trip which had been arrang-
ed as her bridal tour.
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She Found PietrO.

Anew days ago there arrived Miss
Holga Gerberora from Sabine, small
village in Austria. She carried a small
bundle ofclothing and could not speak
English. Her face was wan and pale
but she was very pretty. She was
finely formed, stalwart young woman,
and attracted considerable attention
at the depot. When spoken to she
produced card bearing the inscrip.
ton:
~. III. Learner, book-keeper, First
National Bank, Columbia, Pa, U. S.
A."
She was at once taken in charge by a
railroad official and conducted to the
bank clerk, who explained that as an
agent he received cash deposit from
g. stalwart young Hungarian six weeks
ago, in payment for a ticket for one
passenger from Austria across the At.
lantic to this town, and he had en-
closed it as per directions, sent it by
mail to- Mfss-Holga in Austria, and
had given her directions how to come
written on the bank note paper. The
next step was TO find the young lover
who had sent so far for his bride. A
messenger was sent to Chestnut Level,
where's he was employed in the ore
mines. After considerable search.
among the foreign squatters scattered
over q wide territory, ,Pietro Pollaca
was found. Hewas brought to Column
bia, where his bride was awaiting him
at theresidence of Mr.. Detwiler. When
the two lovers first met touching
49, "a I 4 -
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Barnum's Talk About Jumbo

DsSA AusA > 1dAA ADOuO OuuADO
P. T. Barnum was interviewed by
Times reporter:
"Was Jumbo's life insured?" the re-
porter asked.
'No; the loss is total one, unless
the railroad company is liable, and
Pm not sure that I would sue fo1
damages in any event. Poor Scott! ]
don't know what he'll do without
Jumbo. He cares nothing for human
companionship. Jumbo was all thu
world to him. The affection mani
tested between him and the elephant
was simply wonderful. remember a
year or two ago, when our elephants
stampeded and Scott was in posi-
ton where he was in danger of being
trampled on and killed, Jumbo saw
the peril, and, reaching out with his
trunk, snatched Scott up, drew him
between his forelegs and kept him
there in safety until the herd was
quoted. They loved each other dear.
ly. Scott was the elephant, and the
elephant was Scott. They slept to.
gether, ate together and drank to-
gether. Scott used to get a bottle o:
beer just before going to bed in his
berth in the car. He generally drank
hall himself, and gave the other hall
to Jumbo. One night he drank his
half and forgot to serve his friend be
fore going to bed. Jumbo waited TO,
what he thought g. reasonable time
and then quietly reached over to the
berth, lifted Scott out and sat him
tenderly on the floor. Scott remem.s
bered the, beer then, Jumbo got his
drink and dozed peacefully off"
What is to be done with Jumbo's
remaines?" Ev@ r
II telegraphed at first to give the
skeleton to Prof. Baird of the Smith.
sonian institution, and the skin to nv
museum at Tufts college. That will
be the ultimate disposition Of them,
but my wife suggests that I have Jun.
DO mounted and continue to exhibit
him in heshow for the present. That
is what l shall do II can't have jun.
BIO living, I'll have Jumbo dead, and
Jumbo dead is worth small herd 81
ordinary elephants"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11
PrOVeSS of New York Policemen.

New York policemen possess the
good quality OF bravery, as a rule.
The patrolman who outrageously
clubs an inoffensive drunkard one min
ute will in the next respond SO prompt
ly to a call for daring that he COM
mands forgiveness for his previous
brutality. Ar italian fruit-vender was
beset by loafers the other morning,
and so exasperated that he drew an
immense dirk and stuck it through the
heart of his foremost tormentOr. He
fed into cellar. The first officer to
arrive, seeing that the stabbed man
was dead, set out without the slightest
hesitation to search for the murderer.
alone, in the dark, underground hid
ingplace. Within five minutes he came
UP with the prisoner, whom he had
disarmed and overpowered. The men,
bers OF the force, though largely ap-
pointed through political influence,
are required to be under %. years of
age on entering the service, and OF per-
fectly sound and robust physique.
This excellence Of strength gives con
fidence; but besides that they are dis
ciplined to act Instantly and courage
ously. Their prowess is fully recog-
nized by professional breakers. Yves
Allen, a pickpocket, Was accosted in
the Grand Central depot recently by
big, burly officer from Syracuse, who
showed q warrant tor his arrest and
tried to take him prisoner. The re-
Spouse was (, blow that felled the
Syracusan. mo country chump's
going to copper me-" Yves exclaimed
contemptuollsly. Then a New York
policeman Of the smallest permissible
! size, and SO much out Of health that
he had been assigned to indoor duty
in the depot, coolIy grabbed the thief
by the collar and led him unresisting
TO the nearest station, while the visit
ing officer followed, admiring the easy
feat.-Albany Journal.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11
Ranged by q Rattlesnake.

Botanizing in ones vacation is not
always as enjoyable as some persons
might imagine. The noted botanist
and pharmacist, DR.. Edward Cornell
OF Willlamsport, Penn, whose weight
does not exceed ninety pounds, while
searching forsome rare plants near his
summer residence at Paducohi, in a
mountain gorge, near Pine creek, in
western Pennsylvania, had q most re-
markable adventure with u large rat
tlesnake several days ago. A CORE
spondent of the Philadelphia Times
gives the following account of DR..
Cornell's thrilling experience with the
venomous reptile:
II was STOPPING down to pull up a
plant when a RATHER gave the alarm,
and before 1could locate the reptile he
made a spring at me and struck me on
the right arm near the elbow. Fortu-
nately Iwore a heavy flannel shirt, and
his fangs became fastened init without
penetrating to the skin. He was un-
able to dislodge himself, and hung
pended from my arm"
what did you dO?'
"Acting under a sudden impulse,
grasped the reptile with my left hand
about two inches back OF the head and
held him tight, thinking l could pre-
vent him from striking again"
Glow did you succeed?"
"Well, / never had such an expert
ence i'll my life, and hope may never
have anything likeit gain. The snake
was one Of the largest. He was fully
four feet in length, dark, ugly and veno-
nous. The moment I frightened my
grasp on him he commenced winding
around my arm and rafting wickedly
all the time. My sensations were pc
culiar. AS he contracted his folds
could feel the pressure on my arm, and
q sickening sensation came over me.
dare not relax my grasp, for he would
surely strike me. Bmouth was wide
open and I could see his glistening
fangs."
"Why didn't you draw your knife
and cut his head OFF,"
"Bless you! Icouldn't reach it with
my hand, because it was III the oppo-
site pocket Of my pants, and my only
safety Was to hold him firmly"
How did you succeed?"
well, I had q rough time. held
that snake fully forty minutes. He
ratified all the time and coiled so tight
" round my arm that the circulation
stopped and Iielt numbness up to
theshouldersf 1iss eyes glistened fike dia.
monds. would have given my share in
this cottage TO have been relieved,
While held The snake he really was
master. Idare not let go. l could
find nothing to crush his head. The
situation was becoming alarming,
assure you, and at one time felt that
would be bitten. Finally, as I was
about to give up, relief came
"a friend came down from the
mountain where he had been gather.
ing huckleberries, and hearing my cries
rushed tony relief. He directed me
to lay the head OF the reptile on q
hemlock stump, when he soon crushed
it with %. Stout stick that he carried D
CATER being relieved from your peril.
GUS situation, how did vol, feel?''
"a peculiar, sickening sensation fol.
lowed, and partially swooned. But
soon recovered and made my way to
the cottage with the assistance of my
friend, when I took SOME stimulants,
and in an houreI felt much better" :,
,ssF40
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11

Forman: Eve printed this cut yes.
terday as that Of a murderer, and to.
day its q wife heater" Editor: both
bad men; let it so in. Z But it's d
portrait Of Chris Mcguire, the we'll.
known politician. ''* oh, the public
don't know the difference But Chris
will s. q ell, il he kicks run the, cut
u. NEXT week for An Eminent Divine Z
Philadelphia Call. 80
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4. "a Curse to the Country. 4

# The evil effect Of Chinese immigration
IS being felt more keenly than ever be-
lore among the white artisans and
laborers of British Columbia. Meet
ings are being daily held to protest
against the employment Of Chinese lar
Dor in that Province to the exclusion
OF the white population. At one OF
these meet1.gs held a few days since at
Victoria the following resolution was
unanimously carried: .E &
* "That this meeting, considering the,
great mistake Of the Dominion and
Provincial Parliaments, in consenting
and allowing contractors Of the Cana
dian Pacific Railway, and Of other
public works, to employ Chinese
coolies on their various works.
causing an influx of 10000 coolies
into this Province to- the exclusion OF
q like number of our own race, thus
prostituting public works from they
legitimate use and end, and, furthef
thereby setting a bad example. may
ing it almost a matter of necessity Of
the part OF citizens to employ Chinese,
comparatively the only labor nov
Observation-Disclosures, expresses it's ur>
qualified disapprobation OF such MS
appropriation Of public funds, bota
in the past and for the future, and We
hereby demand legislation making the
employment Of Chinese on any
and all public works, in any province
Of the Dominion, direct Infringement
of the rights OF the people, and trea-
sonab}e."
tits shown on unmistakablea uthori-
ty that the government has encour-
aged Chinese immigration to enable
them to carry on the work on the Ca
madam Pacific railway at a minimum
figure. In this way thousands poured
into the Province who otherwise would
never have crossed the Pacific. The
Chinese question will be the main
point OF issue in British Columbia at
the next general election.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11

fellow, who had apprOachedher as she
stood in the ruby sunlight beneath the
luxuriant ilacs which shaded the gar
den gate. SssS #.E Al i
Maybe your aunt wants you to
travel with her? she wante you for a
maid, naybef" the young man said
with anxious inquiry and with q sud
den pallor perceptible behind the
bronzed tan Of his rugged features.
!. "A maidp' she echoed with inefable
scorn. Please do not be SO simple,
Sylvester Alan; You only make yourself,
disagreeable! You ought to know even
churning and scrub bling are better than
being lady g maid; although if i 70
to Europe / may require the services
of that sort Of person mysel," she add
ed with an accession Of the lofty and
mysterious 3 .s Ii. -siaE
81 may be simple enough, Angeline
Emory, and Iymay make myself dis
agreeable her companion retorted
n1oodily, sbut all the same i can see
/ an unvarnished fact which is as plain as,
the stesple on the church over yonder.
And the fact is, you have get a
stock OF new notions, second hand
which i do not hold as valuable nor
Identifying. You never gumbled
fss a': g s;s ss q oa
q work until you & !. Guy q. arnold,
sattuttine 4 bout WiGl l1iB 0lAmonds.
/ and fancy cane and his asugary twad-
de shout Heaven knows Wllstt, z
ss. ou mean III accuse the gentleman
IN nonle1ll pr 3 sid
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11

VI n0 ~ O1VC lOI G1ltlA LII S1lAllO" WALLET.
When they sink IN deep water we often
Jig them-haul them up with fish
hook and line. Some seals dive when
wounded, and swim off to sea; others,
turn to the shore and crawl up on q
rock to dis -
In the spring of the year they hunt
seals on the ice when it drifts against
the shores. Cape Baud, Newfound-
land, is noted point for this kind OF
sealing The foes coming from the
northern seas strike on this cape and
divide into two parts; one enters the
Strait Of Belle Isle, and the other goes
southwark along the coast Of New
found1and. ]. =. ,@
The people told me that hundreds of
hunters come there in March with dog
sleds from the settlements about Hare
Bay, etc. Each gang of men brings a
skin, provisions, ETC., and many camp
In little nuts, and remain till the 9th
or 10th Of May. They keep a con
slant watch over the drifting fields
OF ice. When seals are discovered
on aloe touching the shore or near
1t, the men put off to it in their
skiff, haul tive boat upon the ice and
then go about ubbing the seals. They
soon return to the shore with blubber
and hides, which they bury under
snow for keeping until q trading
schooner calls, Sometimes the wind
! or the current suddenly loosens the
ice and carries it out to sea and
the sport is then quite perilous. The
netting of seals is not unlike the taxi
M q fish IN nets. a strong net may
be n1oored on 8 favorable point or in
channel, or several nets are COM
blned and moored to form kind Of
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-12-11

0uy ATuOlO c4HlAlIl0u VIII d u66Clll8
grimace and an expressive shrug.
"Niy dear Alice asked me to amuse her,
but I evaded the honor; the extraordi-
nary young person would have been
the amuser, / fear, and should have
been guilty of some decidedly ungal-
liant mirth. After; our marriage I
shall certainly persuade my Alice to
suppress her grotesque, rustic nieces,
/ assure you .@. ge5 Z
Behind tho bushy exoticspoor Angie
arose slowly to her feet. She was no
longer red as q peony;; but white as
death. 'tShe would have been the
amuser!' she had always been thatto
Guy Arnold and nothing more!
he had amused himself with her for
the sport of 8 summer day., and that
wasell. And heswas to marry Aunt
Alice-whose dainty shoes he was not
worthy to unlace! .8,5 Il
The girl took step forward, but
she was sickened and faint with the
modification and humiliationo Of it all;
her Strengthens feet tripped again III
the unaccust oned train, and the next
instant she fell head Hong and helpless.
But she had not tainted quite; she
Was conscious that the startled Aunt
Alice knelt pityingly beside her, and
sshe Wal conscious i she hurled
some Hcathing truth III arc6ly upon The
elegant Guy Arnold And than she
begged To IS @ Una; d1ksuiint-
room debut had not l,eens - auspi-
cious that she cared to nain longer.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-10

One of the peculiarities of Arizona climate and contamina- ton of water is demonstrated by the fact that in the vicinity of the NaturalBridge in Tonto Basin, living shrubbery, moss and other fungi of the vegetable kingdom, which are subjected to the vapor which arises from the cataract in that section, in less than six months time become perfectly petrifed and fossilized. A col lection of these petrifications was recently brought to Phnnlx from the Basin, and is now on ex- hibition at Sam Hills tn shop. It consists of small branches of trees, leaves, moses, etc, which but for a change in color, are as true to nature as if they were in their natural state. The collection IS owned by Mir. James Ssmuels, who will send the same to New York, with the purpose of trying to create a market in the East for Arizona petrifcations.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-10
The Daily Tombstone Record

The Daily Tombstone Record Epitaph of a recent issue has an interesting editorial, from which we make the following selection. It is in error in the statement that thirty citizens of New Mexico and Arizona have been ruthlessly murdered. Many times more than that number have been num- bered with the victims of Apache vengeance. The Record says: Geronimo, with his handful of renegades, having escaped from the reservation, are leaving trail of blood behind them. Up to yes- terday morning some thirty citi- zens of New Mexico and Arizona had been ruthlessly murdered, and not an Indian has been killed. We hear a great deal of the con- centration of troops in pursuit of the outlaws, but the gratifying intelligence that they have been hunted to their holes and trans formed into good Indians does not reach us. It is high time that those having charge of the mill tary should exert themselves to effect the extermination of this band of Apaches, whose habit for years has been to use the reserva- tion simply as a recruiting sta tion, to which they can resort after the fatigues of their bloody raids, to rest, reouperate and dis pose of their stolen plunder pre- paratory to again taking the war path. If these Indians make good their escape into Mexico, then it IS the duty of the military to fol- low them"
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-10

A Deming telegram, in detail ing the movements of the troops and the hostile Indians, says: "At Fort Cummings the band was three hours ahead of the soldiers, but the troops camped and the Indians left the Black Tanks if teen hours ahead of them" The poor, tired troopsl who can blame them for wanting to camp three hours distant from a possible danger. They were undoubtedly fresh and brave at fifteen hours margin, and supremely happy at twenty-four.
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-10

The Tombstone Record says: "Gen. Crook is sorely grieved over President Cleveland's last order, wherein he demands the suppress sion of this Indian outbreak and the extermination of the rene gades, as it prevents treaty with the darlings; and if there is one thing that Crook knows less about than another, it is treating with Geronimo and his pals, as proven by past experience"
The Clifton clarion., 1885-06-10

The act of the last Legislature upon the subject of public schools, among other things provides as follows: "Sec. 50. An election for school trustees must be held in each district on the last Saturday in June of each year in the dis trict school house, if there is one, and if there is none, at place to be designated by the Board of Trustees" The trustees to be three in each district, and to hold office for one year from the first Saturday of July succeeding their election.