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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-05
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-05

The city Of Erie, Pa, is said to have
been visited by an epidemic of insanity,
following the big bank failure OF last
winter, in which many people lost the
earnings of life time. Some of the de-
positors tried 10 get chance TO kill The
President Of tue broken bank, while half
dozen OF bis victims have been sent 10
an asylum within the past six months.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-05

Notwithstanding the distressing reports
from the wheat crop the bears succeed in
keeping the price at a pretty low notch.
The bears will doubtless become bulls
after a while, and then bread-wiuners Will
not have such an easy task as they have
now. The prices Of food products should
be controlled by the laws Of demand and
supply, and should not be subject to the
manipulation Of spectators. It seems
that there is little disposition on the part
of lawmakers TO remedy this great evil.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-05

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-06-05

MINERAL WATER-Apollinaris.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
The Top Rails Only.

From the Lumpkin (Ga.) Independent.
Noticing that Captain w. H. Harri-
son of the executive department has
been relating some OF his war tales to
a Constitution reporter, we asked Sam
Everett if he could not give us an in
cident of his experience in the valley
of Virginia. Sam said he WASH much
on yarns unless he had some of the old
Thirty-frst Georgia to laugh at, them,
but he would venture to give us. one.
Gordon's division were encamped upon
a thrifty farm that was fenced with
pine rails, something unusual in that
section OF country. General Gordon
knew that his men were obliged to
have wood to cook with, so he issued
an order for them to use only the top
rails, and under penalty ofsevere pun
ishment not to disturb any others.
Next morning when the general awoke
not a rail was left to show where this
fence had been, and the captains were
ordered to report at once as to the dis
obedience OF the order. Among others,
Captain Harrison of the Thirty-frst
handed in his report. 1t stated that
ne only allowed one man at time to
60 for rails, and that each one took a
top rail, acting strictly in accordance
with the general orders. Ofcourse the
last men to go found the top rails at
the bottom. General Gordon made
soldierly bow and announced that the
investigation had ended. .-~
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
Shooting Stars and Meteorites.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Prof. Ball, tho well-known astrono-
mer royal for Ireland, makes concise
distinction between shooting stars and
meteorltes, which are popularity re-
garded as the same. In the case of
the former Prof. Ball remarks one
special point, namely, that certain
great showers are periodical, and al
ways come from the same parts OF the
heavens--the inference from these re-
curing periods being that the orbit of
the earth then cuts the orbit in which
q mass OF these is moving. With this
fact OF recurrence is another, viz, that
certain comets are periodical, and,
from q comparison Of their supposed
orbits with those Of groups Of these
bodies, a connection between them is
supposed, whatever may be the origin
OF comets, which is not yet known.
Meteorites. on the contrary, remarks
DR.. Ball, are never known to come from
the direction OF q comet path, and, if
carefully examined, are seen to be frac-
ments Of some rock or rocks, closely
analogous, too, to our earth 3 yolcan-
&c rocks. The professor thinks that,
examining all the planets in turn, it
seems improbable that the meteorites
originate from any OF them, it being
much more likely that they were in
former times of greater volcano ac-
tlvity driven up from the earth itself,
and they again, after the lapse Of ages,
meet the earth in its orbit. .-g<5
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06

at the big balls iss furnished ~ !. most.
Eaof candles IS great copper and brass
chnnde liers, those metals being cheap.
They not only protect ,petrol eln,,2
but all mannfa ctured products;
and ore thereby 3 getting large
1,lanufac turing interest. There IS
not much American capital in the
country now. Formerly there was
some trade at st. Petersburg, but now
Ait is all gone. There is a large colony
Of Englishmen there, who have grown
wealthy in trade, but the policy Of the
Government does not encourage them
and their numbers are lessenina, Wi
mans, OF Baltimore, built the RAILROAD
from St. Petersburg to Moscow, and
owned q large interest in it. But he
sold out some time ago. He made q
great deal ofmoney in the transact ion.
The Russian Government is infiexibly
set against the Jews, They will not
let them trade there, unless they are
citizens subject to the Car. The Jews
came to the United States and got out
naturalization papers. Then they
went back, began to trade, and soon
owned whole towns. When called on
to perform military service, they pro-
duced their papers, *S.#tE. I
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
A Case Of Mistaken Identity.

am not sure whether the partic-
ulars OF a most remarkable case %
doubtful identity have reached you
by telegraph OF mail. They are SO
peculiar and SO important in their
legal bearing as to deserve mention
even at the risk OF repetition. Adam
W. Smith was tried at Fitcl1burp,
the other day, for having obtain
ing a forged note. Ten unimpeachable
citizens testified to his being the
who passed the note and two experts
identified as his writing the indorse-
ment on it's back. But now came
twice ten most respectable citizens of
Duchess County, N. Y, who swore
he was in that vicinity drivinga herd
OF cattle at the time the note. was
passed. His movements were all trac-
ed out and his lodging places estab-
]ished for every night. The alibis was
thoroughly established and he was &C.
quilted. It was clear that he had a
double. It will be remembered by
some that very respectable witnesses
testified on the rial of DR.. Webster
for the murder of Parkman that they
saw the supposed victim in the streets
OF Boston after he was dead, accord
ing to the theory OF the prosecution.
1t was shown in rebuttal that Mr..
George Bliss. OF Springfield, closely
resembled DR.. Parkman, and that he
was in the city the day mentioned by
the witnesses, and so the defendant
was acquitted without impeachment
OF the veracity of the opposing testi-
mony. The mistake was one very
like that just made and like that which
has afforded Henry Irving one of the
best opportunities for the display Of
his dramatic powers.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
The Kiss Happened.

Atall the Saratoga hops thechildren
are allowed to use the hop room from
8to9. There can be no more beautiful
picture than to see a hundred little
white angels flying around the bali
room to the music Of the waltz. M +
Recently Mrs. Astor's little n&l,
Ethel, danced with Freddy living
stone, who, in the excess OF his inno-
cent love and JOY, put his arms around
her neck and kissed her. This made
every one in the Stats ballroom
laugh. . : &. 81 4 4 & @=s
oh, Ethel, I'm ashamed to think
you would let o boy kiss you, said
her mot her. ii s5553
We'll mamma, Icouldn't help it, 2 2
said Ethel. 81
ou couldn't help it?'' exclaimed
her mot her.
d, mamma. You see, Fred y and
were dancing the polka, Freddy
had to- stand up close TO me, and ali
at once his lip slipped and the kisa
happened ,orresp ontlence Missouri
Republ
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
The Aurora BOrealiS.
From tho Literary World.

From tho Literary World.
What is the Aurora Borealis? many
men have asked and asked in vain.
Scientific personages have been
much interested in the matter. 1t
was as participation in the work of
the international Polar Research Elk
petition that Herr Trombolt visited
the most distant parts of the Euro
pean continent. His task was to take
observations of the remarkable phe-
nomenon known as the Aurora b.
reals, or Northern Lights, and princi-
pally in conjunction with the Norwe-
gian station at Bossekop,in Finmark-
an,and the Finnish one at Sodankla,i in
thevery heart of the wilds of Finland,
to effect measurements tor determin-
ing the height of the phenomenon
above the earth's crust. Science, he
owns, is still at fault; but in answer
to popular hypothesis, it can de-
clare that the Aurora Borealis is
not sunshine reflected from the ice
fields of the Arctic regions, nor the re-
Election OF sunshine on the surface of
the sea, nor the reflection OF sun rays
in ice crystals suspended in the upper
strata of the air. Further, science
tells us that the Aurora Borealis is OF
Electrical nature, and closely related
to the magnetic forces Of the earth.
While our author was at his post
every night the Aurora Borealis ap-
peared; at any rate, there was not g.
single clear evening when it was absent.
Some times it filled the whole sky; Of
ten its displays were confined to insig~
nificant and faint phenomena.
low in the north, just like those
observed in Southern Scandinavia;
but sometimes they obtain a
magniicence which defed descrip.
ton. He came to the conclusion that
the great many different forms might
certainly be reduced to a few simple
ones. In most instances the Aurora
forms belts, or zones, which stretch
across the earth in thedirection of the
magnetic east-west, which zones are
formed by q conglomeration of thin
sheets OF luminous matter, ranged one
behind the other. their direction being
parallel with the INCLINATION needle
The luminous matter in these sheets
is even, or diffuse, or divide into
streamers. The red colorin the lower
edge of arcs and bands often under
goes remarkable changes, and becomes
crimson, or purple, or pink, or red
ochre or violet. The light, however,
is weaker than was to be expected.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06

Sidewalk vendors in Chicago pay
$1OO. 600 9 year to property owners.
Steps are to be taken to compel the
payment Of these revenues to the city.
The Bank Of Engla land has been guard
ed every night since 17so by picked
body Of soldiery which consists Of
two sergeants, two corporals, a drum
mer and 26 privates, all under the
3command Of . chosen subaltern. The
guard goes On duty between s and q
g clock in tho evening according to
tho season Tie officer IS given dim
sner and 9 bottle of vine, each sergeant
i gwen half 4 crown. each corporal 10
pence and each private ashilling daily
on RoinR on dntY
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
Maud SIS Fastest Half Mile.

From the Chicago Herald.
Although the telegraph says that
Maud S. made the fastest half mile on
record during her trot against time at
Narragansett Park, there is a tradi-
ton that has been accepted by horse
men hereabouts that faster half
mile than LOB 1~2 was trotted at
Chicago five years:ag Strange as it
may appear, Maud S. herself partici-
pated in the event. Ii she could be
consulted about the matter She would
probably tell her present admirers
that one pleasant afternoon, note
worthy in the trotting calendar as the
day when she first beat Pill, she
trotted from the quarter pole to the
three-quarter pole in 1:C3 Hat. That
was Sept. lS, 1880, and horsemen are
fond OF telling how the queen of the
turf crushed all records, and almost
out-stripped time itself, on the Chica-
go track that day. Two days before
she had tried to beat Pill Ia, and
Jailed by quarter of a second. But
VA t.Aeeo e"Na0piSAoAo ucy Sllc SCdLLcu Oll
her journey at a moderate gait. arriv-
ing at the quarter pole in 81 Sd sec
onds. Then she Strengthened out for
the hall, and sped down the back
stretch like chestnut streak. The
half-mile pole was reached in 1904
seconds, and the spectators on the
grand stand could hardly believe their
stop watches. On she went along the
lower turn at an amazing pace. When
the three quarter pole was reached all
the watches showed 1877 Sd from the
start. If the first quarter be subtract
ed from this it will show q faster half
mile than was made at Narragansett
Park, Or has ever been made anywhere
else--to wit, 1903. Then she went on
and completed the mile in 33 seconds.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
Americans Rushing to the Cities.
From the Philadelphia Press.

s. . J = = d Il
From the Philadelphia Press.
Population seems to seek it's kind,
and such inducements as our cities af-
ford prove too attractive for Their
population. In 1880 only one-ninth
of the population of Minnesota lived
in cities. II the statecensus, just pub
lished, may be credited. one fifth OF her
present population lives in cities.
Speaking roundly, it may be said that,
in 179O, one-thirtieth of the popula-
ton of the United States was found in
cities Of more than 6, 900 population;
in $500, one-twentytifth; in 1910 and
also 1920, one-twentieth; in 1880, one
sixteenth; in 1S4O, one twelfth; in
1850, one-eighth; in 1860, one-sixth;
in 1870, more than one-ffth, and in
1880, 4half-wa between one-fifth and
ne-quarter. The tendency of modern
civilization is to mass population.
The strong lights and shadows of our
cities, the love of society, the satisfac-.
ton Of better shelter, better roads,
stronger institutions, lead men to
crowd together, even when unable to
be anything but dependents in the sys-.
tenn to which they unite themselves.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
Lime lin on the Battlefield

Yrs. General Custer in the Chicago Tribune
Our Minister to the Argentine Re
pnblic has been telling me Of q scene
which has as yet been unpubl ished.
Being the personal friend of the late
President Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, he asked the official to tell
him the truth regarding an accusation
against the President during the dark
days OF our war. "A newspaper para.
graph went the rounds attributing to
Mr.. Lincoln q want OF solenlnity in
singing a frivolous song at the very
outposts of our advance pickets. Mr..
Garrett, who accompanied Mr.. Lin.
coin on many q journey to the front,
gave the true version of the story
from which the garbled account had
been first evolved. General Nc
Clellan sent for the: President I'M g.
critical hour, and he responded by
starting at once. They had no soon
er alighted from the car ON reaching
headquarters than Secretary Stanton
approached General Mcclellan and
brusquely addressed him by saying:
"Why are you delaying an advance?
What keeps you from hurting this
army on to the foe?" II have asked
the President and you to come per-
sonally,' said the General, 'that you
might see for yourself the neces-
sity. OF achievements, the depleted
ranks OF our army. the broken
condition to which the last engage
ment has reduced us" Meanwhile
the dead ard wounded were being car
ried from the battlefield. The lantern
OF the men as they moved among the
slain shone out like firefies as they
progressed. As one stretcher was
passing Mr.. Lincoln he heard the voice
OF q lad callingto his mother III agoniz-
ing tones. His great heart filled. He
forgot the crisis OF the hour. His very
being concentrated itself IN the cries Of
the dying boy. Stopping the carriers
he knelt, and bending over him asked
What can | do for you, my poor
child?" ''Oh, you will do nothing for
me- he replied: "You are a. yankee.
l cannot hope that my messages to
my motht: will ever reach her." Mr..
Lincoln's tears, his voice full OF the
tenderest love, convinced the boy
OF his sincerity and he gave his good
bye words without reserve The pres
ldent directed them copied and ordered
that they be sent that night, with a
flag OF truce, into the enemy's lines.
He only told the soldier who he was
to convince him that his word would
be obeyed, and when told that time
was precious, as the distant outposts
must yet bevisited, hearose reluctant.
ly and entered the ambulance. With
sobs and tears he turned to Mark
Lemon, his friend, and said: "Mark,
my heart is breaking. Sing me some
thing; sing the old song I love, oft in
the Silly Night"
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
Bill 1A|rp--H Child ren and His
Grand lid rem. &. \


Our grand dren are having neood
time now They have finished break
ing the bull calf and are very busy
making fiutter mills under the fishpond
dam. The fall is about Ave feet and
they keep the water busy and the
wheel, too, and are talking about a
little saw-mill attachment. lust let
them 50 along and use my tools and
dull my handsaw and gap my ak and
waste my nails and leave everything
where they didn't find it. for they are
on a big frolic now, and will have to
go back to school in q few DAYS. |
overheard them talking about school,
and one said: 81 wish there wasn't
such q thing as school" And another
said: "Weil, l don't, for the school is
all right, and I don't want to grow up
a Ounce, but l wish my school days
were all over-that's what. ! wish"
But Jessie, our Jessie, my Jessie, has
left us. She hasgone to town to school,
and wewiil not see her but one day in
q week. It is mighty hard on us.
for she is the light Of the house and
the comfort of my age. One by
one they have to leave us.
Ralph has gone to Florida to live and
work, and we are getting lonesome and
honlesick. We miss them at night and
in the morning and at the table. Even
the dog looks sad and watches theroad
for their coming, But all's we'll that
ends well, and we are thankful for the
good that is left us. Carl is here yet
and lot ofgrandchildren. They car
ry their sling-shots with as much impu-
dence as a town boy carries his pistol
in his hip pocket. Two OF them made
target of some fine pears in the top
Of favorite tree and 'left the little
rocks in the pears. l promised them
a whipping but somehow or somehow
else they didn't get it. There is always
somebody around to interfere with my
arrangements. So they wanted to go
to the baseball again this evening and
| just put my foot down and said no.
determined to punish them and now
my opportunity has come. When
take a notion l am boss at my own
house, and now I've taken q notion
and I'll show the little rascals how to
shoot my pears. III teach them les
son.
Later-They have gone to the base
bali with their maternal ancestor, land
that's the kind OF man l am.-At-
lanta Constitution.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06

IS Because am to Do married to
your dear little niece this morning, !.
ne says gently, but with some aInuse.
nent. sS III :SsS $B.8s2
On the whole / am glad OF it,
says Mrs. Net horton and we think she
IS wise to make the best Of the mat,
ter. ,ss ~ II. 3,
So you SEQ Madge did not marry her
absent lover, but became the wife OF
s. man twenty years older than her
self in whose kiAgly heart she found
her earth a heaven of love and joy,
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
Too Much for q Bass.

A bat flew into the billiard room OF
anhotel at Greenwood Lake the other
evening, and was knocked down by
one Of the players who struck it with
3 billiard-cue. 1t fluttered behind
some wine-cases, and was not found
until next morning, when one of the
boys pulled it from it's hiding-place
and tossed it into g boat, in which
Cofair, the guide, who was about to
cross the lake. A fisherman occupy
ing the stern seat laid aside his tackle
and picked up the bat to examine it.
He found that one of the creatures
wings was broken, and in turning it
over got his finger too close to it's
mouth. In an instant, four needle-like
teeth were driven into his fnger-tip,
and with an exclamation Of pain and
anger he shook the bat loose and cast
1T out on the surface of the lake. As
the MANNED creature huttered about
In the water the guide stopped rowing
to watch it, and his passenger sucked
his finger. and muttered a few deep
drawn imprecations. il :.
Suddenly. with swirl and splash,
q magnificent bass, fully eighteen
inches long, eng,1lfed the bat in his
capacious jaws and shot full length
out of theWater. "Seryed him right, :"
said the victim OF the creatures teeth,
and, turning to the guide, he asked:
Whats the matter with getting some
more bats for bait2p VII. \. = -
Before the guide could answer the
bat rose to che surface, crushed, but
still gasping. Cofair smiled as he SAID:
Il Thought that a black bass was hog
enough to eat almost anything, but !
guess q bat is q little too strong even
for q bass. p i!ad elphia Times.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06
WATCHTNG AND " WAITING.

f Mrs. Clara We're ds Wore a,
Has sadly come again 10 town 8.
She thought to make i brilliant match
And win her daus hter inucl reno VIZ.
az men she smiled, but unbeguiled
They saw the snare and they retired,
The belle 0f full five Seasons past, .Is' &
She was not one to beadmired. &
II She made big eyes and sweet replies,
She wandered pensiye By the sea,
4 She fingered, hoping, at the springs,
nut I'll the boys said, mot for me."
Nrs- Clara We're dc We're, +. .. FI@@y.
But few rich snitors are about, @
Your daughter give to some poor man
Before her charms are quite played out
%5 .rs Boston Budget.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-11-06

One Of the largest fruit farms il the
world is situated in the southern part
Of Florida, and is owned by E. IA.
Osborn, Of Middleton, n. y. It com.
prises 2, 500 acres, and Is covered with
over 2OO. 600 eoco anut trees. So far
the undert aking has cost over 100.
GOO. Az the cocoanut only thrivea
south of the frost line and near the
coast, the owner Of this farm has 4
practical monopoly Of that trade III
Florida.