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Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-29
Curing by Faith.

The knowledge that the faith cure"
has risen to the dignity of .'craze''
in Boston, the reputed center of ocei-
dental civilization, is calculated to ex-
cite smile throug hout the country
The whole idea seems at first incon-
fgruous; we associate it Inevitable with
the ignorance and superstition Of q
past age, with charlatanry, street
corner quacks, spirit healers, sacred
relics, and the working Of miracles by
PRAYER. But Boston is not alone in the
present enjoyment Of this craze a
wave Of healing faith seems 10 be pass.
ing over the whole country, and In
England such wonderful cures are re-
ported to have been effected by the
Salvation Army people that there
actually has been talk in high circles
Of atiiiiating this fantastic Organization
with tie Esta blished Church. Thou
sands have hOcked into halls there to
be prayed for, and the lame, the para
5lytic, the deaf, and snfferers from 8
myriad other real u ina ined diseases,
have gone away believing themselves
cured. III
These displ IVA 81 cred nlity arc not,
perhaps, surprising IA one respect
they are the a. tural out groWth Oh the
Chris I'LL icall 3, there IL no
reason why The man 81 INV onan who
believe in Urine iiterpO iti6n IA
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-29
Another International Bone of Con.
tentiOn.

The subject of discussion among tho
representatives of all the civilized
powers in the world, who are request
ed to meet at the city of San Domingo
September Is, 1885, will be the bones
of Christopher Columbus. The ques-
ton connected with these remains of
the great navigator has lately reached
an acute stage, and it has become
necessary for the honor of those con-
cerned that it should be settled
promptly; and as Spain and San
Domingo are not prepared to declare
war about it, the dispute is to be re-
ferred to a congress. The difficulty
has arisen in this wise: Columbus
died May 81, 1906, at Valladolid. and
his body was deposited in the Francis
can priory there. In 1913 it was
transferred to the cathedral at Seville.
The discoverer having expressed an
earnest wish to be buried at Haiti, in
San Domingo, his mortal remains were
conveyed there in 1850 (forty-four
years after his death), and inferred in
the cathedral. When the island was
taken in 1895 by the French the bones
were. removed by the Spanlards to
Lorenzo, in Havana, and were placed
in the cathedral there on january 10,
1896. The Spanish Academy of His
tory defends the thesis that they are
there still, while the government of
San Domingo maintains that it sue
ceeded in burying the bones with due
honor in the cathedral of it's capital on
September 10, 1877. The latter posi-
ton is supported by learned and
lengthy historical disquisition which
has been officially communicated to
all the powers, who are now requested
to send representatives to a congress
to examine the facts and decide the
question once for all. = ss5.... go. !,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-29
The Teeth OF Immigrants.

The immigrant train on the Central
this morning was half an hour late,
and consisted of one solitary car, in
which were forty-seven passengers
"Come with me and take a walk
through the immigrant-car. 1 would
like to show you the difference between
foreign and domestic teeth The
speaker, addressing the surgeon, was
an old and well-known dental surgeon
of this city. II have come down here
for the express purpose OF noting for
myself the teeth Of our newly arrived
COUSINS said the dentist, as he led
the way to the train, which was just
pulling into the yard.
In the car were Germans, English,
Swedes. two Danes and four Polish
Jews. ''Look at that fellow in the
third seat there getting away with
that bacon; see those beautiful grind
ders,' said the knight of the forceps as
he intently watched sturdy German
who with huge jack-knife, was cut
ting alternate slices of schwarz- brod
and bacon, which he was putting under
his vest with marvellous rapidity. His
teeth were indeed magnificent spec
linens of sound grinders, milky white
evenly grown and regularly set. Pass
ing two seats further on were mother
and two children. The woman was
English, and, when spoken to, dis
played very beautiful worries. In an
swer to question of the dentist as to
whether she had ever had any trouble
with her teeth, she laughed and said:
..No, I don'tknow what toothache u.s."
Behind her was a group of several
persons chatting together, and while
talking they al displayed perfect
teeth. -
elbow do you account for these peo-
pie having such handsome teeth?'' was
asked Of the dentist. After speaking
of the difference between the thick
and musty odor within the car and
pure ozono outside, he said; "rhe
whole difference is in the food that is
eaten. These people at home were
wont to eat the coarsest kind Of food;
they never touch sweetmeats or deli
cacies Of any kind, and consequently
the acids which are in all fancy tidbits'
do net touch their teeth. Therefore,
decayed teeth are something utterly
unknown to them. I have not the
least doubt that some of these people
never saw tooth-brush. ). They don't
think of their teeth at all, and, yet
they look as pearly and round as if a
dentist examined them every day:
Utica Observer. r. - -
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-29

response to prayer should stop short
OF praying for relief from physical suf-
fering, or hesitate to believe that the
relief will be given. The Church, In
deed, specifically encourages this
faith, for has it not formulated special
prayers for the sick. and does it not
offer them up whenever the afflicted
cry for help? The church. then, can
not carp if the afflicted rush in throngs
to some ill-regulated and over Jealous
man who announces that faith and
prayer are sufficient medicines for the
sick body. II. s..5 ss h
Science, at any rate, is far from
soothing at all faith-cures. There are
diseases which ne amount of faith will
affect; there are others in which faith
alone seems to be the needed medicine.
In all these endeavors there is, Of
course, an enormous percentage OF
failures, though they are temporarily
lost sight of in the excitement attend.
ant upon the few real and fancled
cures. But that some of them are real
any physician can testify. They have
themselves often wrought them by
bread pills or colored water. The
fancy plays strange tricks with every
body. Sydney Smith tells how the
poet Rogers caught a severe cold at a
dinner party by imagining that a great
sheet of plate glass behind him was an
open window; and there is a story of q
French criminal who died under the
impression that he was being bled to
death, when the physicians were in
reality pricking his flesh and initiating
the sound of flowing blood. In other
cases people have been cured Of ner-
vous ailments by sudden shocks like
an alarm of fire or from burglars; and
generally physicians maintain that
often one of the most difficult phases
of disease to combat is the patients
own lack of faith in his recovery.
h Faith cures, then, are not only far
from impossible, but are based upon
one OF the recognized laws of human
ity; and they are by no means de-
pendent upon religious ardor. Three
centuries ago, in fact, the quacks who
worked upon the imaginations of the
sick were as much trusted as regular
physicians, and the .'wise women"
the vendors of herbs and salves, were
in tue time of Henry LII. protected by
law. That statute declared that
"divers honest people whom God hath
endued with the knowledge of the ma
ture, kind and operation of certain
herbs. roots and waters were to be
allowed to prescribe for sores, swell
ings, scalds, burns, E'the web and pin
in the eye,'' and more dangerous COM
plants. And even Lord Audley urged
Cecil to try the virtues of "sow-pig,
nine days DID, or a hedgehog distin-
ed with various spices and wines, as
remedy for fever. We have advanced
beyond that point now, happily, but
we are still far from the day when
man will so fully understand the laws
of his own being that the quack and
the faith healer will have no further
occupation ST. Loasis Globe Democrat
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-29
Waste. OF Bullets in War

Our readers may have seen or heard
the statement that it takes soldiers
weight Of lead to kill him in battle,
and they may have considered it to be
merely . rhetorical hyperbole, sug-
gested by the obvious fact that COM
paratively few out of the whole num-
Der of shots in war take effect 1t
seems, however, that the assertion,
which originated with the famous
Ms ~shal Sake, was proved by Cassen-
di, after careful mathematical calcu-
lation. to be exaggeration, and: with
all the improvements that have been
made in muskets and in the. art of
using them effectively, it is still not
far from the truth. At the battle of
Solferino comparison Of the number
of shots fired on the. Austrian side with
the number killed and wounded on
the part of the enemy shows that seven
hundred bullets were expended for
each man wounded, and 4, 200 for each
ono killed. Now, as the average weight
of the ball used was thirty grams, it
must have required at least 1876 ki}o-
grams, or about 277 pounds of lead, to
kill man. In the Franco Prussian war
the slaughter caused by the needle
gun among the French shows how
much superior that frearm was to the
Austrian carabine; but about 1890
shots were required then to accom-
plish the destruction of a single SOL
der. 1t is found in practice that a
great majority of the wasted bullets
go over the heads of the enemy; hence
resort is sometimes had to the expe-
dent of pressing down, by means of
a staff, the muskets Of platoon Of
men about to fire; a sergeant being
detailed for the service. When the
shots are aimed at an isolated soldier,
the chances against him are, of course,
greater; but even then the waste Of
lead Is enormous. In the Franco
Prussian war, according to an officer
who witnessed the performance. a
French company of chasseurs fired for
a quarter of an hour at German
mounted sentry posted on hillock
about three hundred yards off, Full
four hundred shots were fired before
either man or horse was hit. a really
expert marksman would probably
have picked off the. man at the very
first attempt, or certainly at the
second.-P0pazlt1r Science NeWs.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-29
Newspapers Of To-Day,

People generally, and even those
who may be termed steady readers
and close observers, have but faint
conception of the magnitude and in
fiuence The press of this country has
attained. From a careful examina-
ton of the advance pages of the 1885
edition of the american Newspaper
DIRECTORY, issued May lst, by George
T.. Powell & Co, of New York, it ap.
pears that there are IA, 147 newspapers
and periodicals published in the United
States and Canada; of these the United
States has 1878, an average Of one
paper for every 1867 persons. In
1884 the total number Of newspapers
was less than by 1913 than at present,
and while the gain this year is not so
marked as in some previous years, it
lis still considerable. Kansas shows the
greatest increase, the number being
rs while Illinois follows with gain Of
~. Its curious to notice that New
York, the scene Of so much political
activity during the last campaign,
should have only about one-thlrd as
many new papers as the state of Penn
sylvania. As an index to the compar-
ative growth and prosperity Of differ
.ent sections OF tho country, especially
the Territories, the number 81 new pa
33pers forms an interesting stud Y, and
may well occupy the attention Of the
curious. III III x.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-29

Bull terriers are fashionable pets. They are
asefm ii i. family of young chill dren, since
I ihey endure nything from their young
:harRes and resists any stack from stranger.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-29
A Practical Girl.

B.,
Helen Burdett's father was an III
inois farmer, with a good farm Of,
perhaps, 200 acres, but without any
one to share his labors or inherit his:
estate. He accordingly brought up
his daughter Helen very much as he
would have brought up a boy, She was
strong and healthy, very Intelligent,
and with decided taste for outdoor
life, and she very soon attained a rep
.utation for Judgment and for
tknowledg second to that OF no farmer
or stock-raiser in the vicinity. When
she was eighteen years old her father
died, and it seemed necessary that she
should carry on the place for at least
a year to come, a task to which she
was fully equal. The crops were &C.
cordingly planted unde: her direction,
and she went out to buy steers, as her
father usually went at that season.
She purchased sixty five head of steers,
pastured them during the summer, and
sold them at the end of the season at
clear profit of exactly 81, O66.
She knew ''eyery NH of ground
on the farm, as the saying u.s., and
just what should be done with it..
Every man in the vicinity understood
that She was thoroughly intelligent in
her business, and that it would be USE
less to try to overreach hei. One man,
when questioned about her, remarked
in the .vernacular of the country,
There ain man in the State can
size up a herd of steers as close as she
can, and our droveyea' says she beats
him at bargain every time. " Yet
Miss Helen Burdett is as modest and
lady-like as any girl in the United
States. The droyer did not mean that
she "beat hlm down. or s.beat him
out, $ but simply that she understood
cattle and could tell their points
better than he could.
When Helen was fourteen years old,
her father gave her permission to go
and buy q COW for herself. She went
forth alone and independent, bought
her COW, and came home leading it by
the rope.
i Her COW proved TO be an exceHent
Investment sI knew, = z said her faith
ser trinmp hantly that she could pick
ont 8 better one than I could myself,
xnd believe she has done Il. e 4 #zS
q picture Of Miss Helen Burdett
stands before MI, as / write. Bnt she
is Helen Burdett no longer Is weal thy
Young farmer from the Tar w est came
10 know and lore her, and appreciA ted
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-05-29

Brooklyn girls ID, herr Nare not
afraid to visit skating rInlts tteular,y Sc
the others ne not their oWn.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14

Some months ago Billy Hanley, young
man of La Sale, was found dead one morn.
ing alongside the railroad track Of the Rock
Island, in that city, with his skull smashed
in. The coroners jury, after lengthy e1-
animation, decided that the man was dead,
but how he was killel was one of those
mysteries the average coroner's jury Is
unable to wrestlc with. The opinion Of the
general public of that city was that foul mm
der had been committed, but since then moth.
ing has been done in the way Of an attempt
to unearth the rel handed criminal and hunt
him down. While in la Sale recently the
city editor of the Free TRADER was informe
that clue to the murder had been acci lent
" discovered \ certain woman, while
under the influence of liquor, so expressed
herself as to make the detection Of the muir
derer possibility. But it is not known
that any steps are being taken in that ditec-
ton. There is no doubt that skilful de,
tective could, with this clue, have the Grim
inal in custody before week has elapsed.
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r. F. LINCOLN,

S,TA,rE OF ILLINOIS, la SALE CoUN.
TVS In the Circuit Court, 10 January Term, A.
ID. 1886. , .,,,, p, ,,,
William Mailander ~. Calvin Shelds,-In Chdncery.
HadSyit of non residence Of the said Calvin Shields
having heen filed In the clerks office Of the Circuit Court
Of said county notice is therefore hereby given to
IN. said nonresident defendant that the complain
AMI aed mis- bill OF complaint In said court Oh the cha'
Gerry side thereof the 18th day OF November lss ana
wherein said SHIT is now pending, returnable on the
second Morday in the month Of January next as Is by
law required. , ,,,. ,,o,,,,,
above named, Calvin Shields shall personally De ana
appear before said Circuit Court on the frs DAY OF the
next term thereof, 10 be holden At County Court
House, in and for the said county, on the second
Monday In January next and plead answer or ue'
the same and the matters and things therein charged
and stated viii be taken confessed and decree en-
tered against you according the prayer OF said b
WILLIAM W. TAYLOR, Clerk
Ottawa Illinois, November 18th, 1885. -
Is. +, LINCOLN, ComprtsSorr. noNl'-'w
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B. F. LINCOLN,

MASTERS SALE.-STATEOFI ILLINOIS, LA SALLR
M CoUNrY-ss La Sale County Circuit Court.
In the matter Of Edward Rose ". John X; Keenan,
ana Martha A. Keenan.On BIZ 10 Foreciose Noftgdge.
Public notice is hereby given. that In pursuance OF
decretal order entered Ia the above entitled cause In
said CONT on the seventh day OF November A. D. 1885,
l. Geo w w Blake. Master in Chancery for said court,
on the fifteenth day OF December 4. p 1883 at tWo
auction 10 the highest and best bidder for cash. at the
south door OF the County Court House in ottawa sain
the county OF La Sale and state Of Illinois, TO wit:
The southwest quarter of the southeast quarter ws
sell OF section twentynine (29 ana the west sixteen
(6 acres of the southwest quarter OF the southwest
quarter (sw sw) OF section twenty eight (S all 10
township thrtysx 1867 north, range i've g. east OF so
tenenients and hereditaments thereunto belonging
GEO. w. W. BLAKE,
Master In Chanccry
November 18th, ID. 1883.
b. F. LiLCoLN Sol'r for COmprts. hoVl4-ow
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14
Not IA General Howl,

But if you want cloak we have just replen
ished our stock with some of the latest styles
to be found in the market. Now don't think
this is general howl to get you in to see
our stock of cloaks, but come and see new
styles and new cloths. We have some ofthe
prettiest tailor made coats for ladies you
ever saw. Our plush cloaks are fine, and if
in want Of one Of this style, see ours.
We also have some more novelties in short
wraps. One st $500 that is elegant. Come
and see. AT HULL's.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14
Eiske L BEEN

Have the largest lot of overcoats Of any
house in the west Laborers, mechanics
and farmers should look to their interests
and patronize the one price store of Fiske &
BEEN. Remember the one price is the low
est in the state for the same quality Of
goods.
The only one price hat and cap house in
La Sale county.
SILK HATS made to order. SEAL CAPS and
all kinds Of fur caps always on hand.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14
A Ileautiful Store.

There is no exageration in the statement
that the handsomest book store in La Sale
county is that of Hapeman & Graham. Fol-
weeks past force Of painters, paper hang
ers and decorators have transformed the in.
terror so that to-day it is indeed most beau.
tiful to the eye. The ceiling is laid off in
geometrical designs with cherry holdings,
and the 3S-inch stie around it is ingram,
with hand paintings and colors in gold.
The field of the ceiling is an ecru ground
with large gilt PLAGUE designs. The side
panels are covered with light terra Gotta,
with fine gold vine running through them,
while the corner and center panels and side
pieces are made up Of papier mache in
heavy relief with different shades of bronze.
The side panels are figures representing q
Bacchanalian scene and q hunting scene and
the frieze, which is sc inches wide, consists
of Corinthian columns, with hangings in
blue and gold, festooned with roses. The
side papers are blue stencil designs with
gold stars, very fine effect being produced
on one side of the store by deep maroon
back ground for pictures. The woodwork is
finished in cherry stain and hard oil, and
when the interior is illuminated by two arc
lights and nine incandescent electric lights,
it is truly a model of beauty, elegance and
taste.
W. J. Patton designed and supervised the
entire work, assisted by his force Of paint
ers and paper hangers. The work on this
store proves him to be an artist in the
broadcast acceptance Of the term.
NEW GOODS.
Mr.. Hspeman recently visited the cities
Of New York, Boston and Philadelphia on q
visit combining business and pleasure, and
while away purchased large stock of new
goods for the holiday trade, which have
been carefully selected, and are now being
unpacked. The stock is PROFESSIONALLY the
most elegant and handsome that has ever
been opened in the city of Ottawa. 1t em
braces brass goods, fine engravings, cabinets,
art goods, toilet sets, and the finest assert
ment of books ever brought to Ottawa
When on shopping tour for handsome holi-
day goods, do not fail to visit Hapeman &
Grahams
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14

Yesterday officers Brennan and Frost had
long and exciting chase after rabid dog
belonging to John Barrett. The animal was
finally shot on the door step of Barrett s
residence. The dog had bitten number OF
children during the week.
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SeS-
Ladies',

Did you ever think that nice well-ftting
suit on your boy makes him not only look
better, but that he acts much better, and he
will be better boy for having one of Fiske
s. Beem's nice suits? So don't forget that
Fiske s. Beem's goods look well and wear
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14

Night ticket agent Jones, Of the Rock Is
land, sold 1922 worth Of tickets Wednesday
evening in six minutes, all to Chicago. This
is q pretty fast ticket selling record.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14

Fiske & BEEN have nice line Of boys
overcoats and fur caps. Undershirts and
drawers for boys. Save your money and
don't buy until you have seen them.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14

Commenced falling Thursday night and win
want you to suffer, so buy one of those nice,
nobby suits that look so we'll and wear so
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14

Yellow Denver onions and snow fake pc
tatoes at SHAws.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14

The Joliet Electric Light and Power CON-
pany at the last meeting Of the council Of
fered to light the entire city for 1856 nights
in the year from dusk until midnight for
S53 per light.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14

First class g00dS at ONE PRICE, and that the
lowest, can always be found at Fiske &
Beems
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When Baby was sick, We gave her CAST0R1A,
When she WAS Child she cried for CASTORIA,
When she became Miss. she cluLg to CASTORIA,
When she had Children, she gave them CASTORIA
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B. F. LINCOLN,

Attorney at Lac.
LINAII SETTLEN1 ENE.-EsrATE OF
JouN NAGIE DYCRAsRD.--Notice Is hereby
given 10 all persons interested IN said estate that the
executors Of the last will and testament OF
said JoGn Nsgle deceased, will appear before the
Probate Court Of the county Of La Sale and state OF IL
inois, at the County Court House, In OTTAWA In said
county on Monday the list day OF December d. 1896,
for the purpose Of rendering an account OF their pro-
in the administration Of said estate for the final
Dated at Ottawa, this nth day Of November 1855.
D " MARY NAGLE,
RICHARD NAGLE,
Arrvsr. A T. BARTELs, Executors
CLERK Probate Court La Sale Co., Ill. novlt-Sw
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-11-14

Scrap pictures in endless variety at Lor
riauxs
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The First Snow

All like Fiske & Beem's goods